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Hi guys,
So, let's me explain the situation: in my group, there are two GMs: me and a friend of mine. When my friend is the GM, I'm a player and vice-versa. My friend love to make epic, heroic scenarios. I'm more inclined to sripts on a human scale.
We are doing a ROGUE TRADER campaign, and it's my turn to be GM.
My ideas for the scenario are the followings:

-put more emphasize on the Rogue Trader job (how to manage men, supplies, etc...)
- put more emphasize on the Rogue Trader's influence (recruiting a new Navigator, since I was the navigator and I died...). And
- Trade influence
- politic (how to get assets, who to help and how to help).
- and maybe a little overseing by an inquisitor, following the events of the previous game.

In short, it won't be in space, maybe closer to a Dark Heresy game. I think you guys could have some awesome ideas. So, if you have some, don't be afraid to write them done here !

Do you think it could be a good idea for a scenario ?

Thanks !

First off, I love Rogue Trader (speaking always as a GM). I love the system, I love the freedom, the scope and the variety (for both my players and campaign ideas).

If you want to focus on political manoeuvring, gaining influence etc., have an Inquisitor overseeing them. Enforce it as part of their Writ of Trade and then make the Inquisitor a dick to attract your player's ire.

I find that whilst Profit Factor is acceptable for normal purchases, anything really valuable (e.g ship turrets, archeotech etc.) should cost them PF.... this helps to regulate them and make these valuable purchases worth thinking about rather than (feth it, try it and we might get lucky).
Also, treat PF as logarithmic rather than linear (your players will always game a linear one and become ridiculous e.g. we mined a full load of Adamantium for 2 Profit Factor, why not do that 30 more times for 60PF?), this also makes logical sense; beyond a certain point, more money and contacts won't make a difference to acquiring assets.

I love the management side as well. I use a Google Spreadsheet to allow the players to manage the ship. They have crew numbers, food stores, fuel stores, ammunition for weapons. E.g. their frigate could have 29,000ish crew and they had to monitor it etc. Hold on, I'll link their old spreadsheet to give you an idea.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xu1BGb35CrSzZroJVPdcoOQyq6X-8MsNcuW-ewbTDd8/edit?usp=sharing

I also treat battle as more of a command exercise; equip, train and command your troops to achieve objectives for victory. For example, in one of my Campaigns, the players were once exploring an old abandoned hive city with primitives where they led an expedition into the heart of the hive with 300 Armsmen. By the end, they left with less than 70 after multitudes of traps, mass assaults, disease and supply problems took their toll.

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If you want some ideas, here's a write-up of my favourite RT campaign (maybe I'm seeing it through rose-tinted glasses because it was my first but I still love it).
https://40kprideandprofit.wordpress.com/2016/03/09/saint-dora-the-explorer/

Thanks for the advices !
Your campaign seems funny, a bit confused however ! :p
What is the most funny is how the AI is in the same situation in the beggining and in the end of the campaign !

What do you think about the deamons in Rogue Trader / Dark Heresy ? I couldn't use them in DH, as the players were really not strong enough, but I think they are now, with Rogue Trader characters.
The deamons don't seem THAT powerful, but as soon as the fear rule Is taken into account, they become awful.

If you used deamons in one of your games, how did it go ?