Conquest mid, quest get Profit froze at 26

I managed it with low gear Ithano lead, Quiggold, Kix (and someone else I don't remember), plus SLKR for crowd control versus Bossk Hunters in sector 1. Took a few battles, but I averaged about 20 stacks each time.

If you don't have pirates, this great is out of your reach. What is your ally code. If you have even a few pirates unlocked, someone may be able to help you cheese it.

Exactly this bug I’m using now. Enemy pirates give me profit. I don’t have any pirates myself. 

there was a bug that let you get credit for gaining profit when you fought a Pirate enemy (Captain Ithano specifically).  But they fixed it in Tuesday's update so now the only way to get it is to use new Pirates as they intended.

Try using pirates.