Re backing out from missions, is there not a big faction hit if you accept a mission then say you can't finish it? I've never done that yet, but I thought there was a standing hit *and* a delay in the next storyline mission? Not sure though.
Not sure about the storyline delay, but there is a faction hit if you back out of a mission after you've accepted it. I did that recently for Pirate Slaughter...it was the first time I was offered it, and I got lazy and didn't look it up first. The rewards were crap, it was dragging on interminably, and when I hit that last stage and saw the missile spam start flying, I said "This is NOT worth the trouble." I dropped from 9.9+ Amarr Navy faction to about 9.45.
You can reject one mission every 4 hours without penalty IF you don't first accept it.
“Why the fuck would you ... ?” is like 80% of the conversation with Poly — Chimpy