Originally Posted by
conscript
Each space mission seems to have hidden bonus quests along side the main bonus quest usually to kill X ships. This applies to the Republic ones but may be the same for Imps, the space station ones where you are killing the ports, towers, and cannons has a secret mission to destroy the communication relay at the bottom of the station. That is worthy a healthy amount of xp. The one where you are killing the shield generators on the capital ship, along with its turrets, has a bonus quest to destroy the ship itself which requires hitting it repeatedly in one spot on the bridge. In a later version of that there is also a bonus quest to destroy the engines of the capital ship. There bonus missions to kill shield generators, destroy engines on cruisers, completely destroy the minelayer, etc. Essentially if you can see it and blow it up, there is a good chance at some point there will be a bonus quest to kill it.