Drake

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Drake
Privateer - Sprite Sheet - Space - Asteroid Base.png
System Capella
Facilities Bar, Commodity Exchange, Landing Pad, Main Concourse, Mission Computer
Exports Brilliance, Factory Equipment, PlayThing, Slaves, Tobacco, Ultimate


Drake is a Pirate Base in the Capella system.

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Commodity Exchange

Commodities

The following table gives you a definite edge in the marketplace. Using these num-bers, you can construct the most advantageous trade route possible. Look for target bases close to each other with complementary needs. With these, you can minimize travel time and fuel expenditure while maximizing profit margin.

Empty box. Commodity cannot be bought or sold at this type of base. For example, the contraband drug Brilliance can neither be bought nor sold at Oxford.

Cost (top line). Amount of money exchanged when you buy or sell this commodity. When this is stated as a range (the usual case), the exact cost in credits (k) is ran-domly chosen each time from within this range. For example, at an Agricultural world advanced fuels can be sold fora price between 490 and 500 credits. They can be bought or sold at a Refinery base fora price between 480 and 490 credits.

Availability (second line). Percentage chance that this commodity will be available each time you stop at the base. For example, each time you land at a Refinery base, there is a 50% chance that there will be advanced fuels for sale there.

na (second line) not available. The commodity cannot be bought at this base (but you can sell it here for the price listed on the first line). For example, advanced fuels are not available for sale on any Agricultural base.

Amount (third line). If the commodity is available, the italicized numbers on the third line give the range of total units that might be available. The exact number available is randomly chosen each time from within this range. For example, if there are advanced fuels for sale at a Refinery base, there will be between 40 and 50 units of fuel available.

Commodity Cost Availability Amount
Advanced Fuels
500-600k
na
Artwork
85-100k
na
Books
50k
na
Brilliance
160-200k
100%
70-110
Communications
50k
na
Computer Software
100-120k
na
Computers
70-95k
na
Construction Equipment
Factory Equipment
80-100k
10%
30-50
Food Dispensers
100-140k
na
Furs
300-340k
na
Games
20k
na
Gems
930-1000k
na
Generic Foods
30-45k
na
Grain
20-30k
na
Holographic Equipment
500-600k
na
Home Appliances
100k
na
Home Entertainment
50-65k
na
Iron
35-50k
na
Liquor
50-65k
na
Luxury Foods
50-70k
na
Medical Equipment
500-600k
na
Mining Equipment
Movies
20-30k
Pets
100-120k
na
Plastics
50-65k
na
PlayThing
15-20k
80%
65-80
Plutonium
Pre-Fabs
Robot Servants
470-500k
na
Robot Workers
290-300k
na
Slaves
600-700k
60%
40-60
Space Salvage
200-240k
na
Textiles
50k
na
Tobacco
80-100k
80%
55-80
Tungsten
70-100k
na
Ultimate
900-1000k
50%
30-50
Uranium
Weaponry
300-340k
na
Wood
100-110k

Profitble Runs

You can always ram money by trading between different planets in Gemini Sector. Refer to the following chart to determine which products can be traded most profitably from planet to planet. This table is baud on average availability and price. Of course, once you reach a base and check the exchange, an unexpected commodity might actually be available, or another commodity might be offered at a much lower price than usual. This table is also based on being able to carry all of a commodity that is available — a Centurion's small cargo hold cannot always take full advantage of a particular commodity.

In each entry, commodities are listed in roughly descending order of profitability.

Boldfaced commodities are the most profitable runs (average profits in excess of 2000 credits), because they are available more often than most and because the target base usually buys them at a great profit.

Italicised commodities usually offer at least a 600-credit profit. but are less profitable than the other runs listed.

© indicates contraband commodities.

X indicates no reliably profitable runs.

Base Commodities To Commodities From
Agricultural Wood
Generic foods
Luxury foods
Furs
Pets
Liquor
Brilliance ©
Slaves ©
Ultimate ©
Tobacco ©
Mining Iron Brilliance ©
Slaves ©
Ultimate ©
Tobacco ©
Pirate X X
Pleasure X Brilliance ©
Slaves ©
Ultimate ©
Tobacco ©
PlayThing
Refinery Plastics
Food dispensers
Advanced fuels
Holographic eqpt.
Space salvage
Computer software
Home appliances
Medical eqpt.
Brilliance ©
Slaves ©
Ultimate ©
Tobacco ©
N. Constantinople X X
New Detroit Food dispensers
Holographic eqpt.
Advanced fuels
Space salvage
Medical eqpt.
Computer software
Home appliances
Plastics
Computers
Home entertain.
Weapons
Brilliance ©
Slaves ©
Ultimate ©
Tobacco ©
Oxford Generic foods
Wood
X
Perry Naval Base Weaponry X

Guaranteed Commodities

Of course, there are no guarantees in Privateer, but the following commodities come as close as possible. At most base types, them are one or two commodities that are nearly always available, and that can nearly always be sold at a profit of 1000 credits or more, wherever you go next. These include:

Pirate Brilliance, slaves, Ultimate, tobacco (but all are contraband, so not at New Constantinople, Oxford or Perry Naval Base)


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