Paranid space is a gorgeous dusty orange colour, I love it!
There are a few factories here using ore, but only a few seem to be in short supply. I've seen one mineral transporter, but that's it. Who is keeping them in stock? I haven't seen any mines around.
I hope someone isn't already shipping across from Argon space. Not entirely sure how I'll monopolise it without the capital to buy it all up myself.
Hrrrmph.
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Day 4, Log 2 - Punt Failed
Took a punt on some Silicon Wafers. Silicon was going cheap at a mine in Power Circle, so I bought up and headed the freighter south to Argon Prime's Advanced Satellite Factory, which was offering double what I paid per unit. The freighter has arrived, and someone has beaten me to it, stocking the factory with silicon wafers.
Now I'll be waiting for them to run low again so I can dump these for at least break-even (plus a little for opportunity cost).
Now I'll be waiting for them to run low again so I can dump these for at least break-even (plus a little for opportunity cost).
Day 4, Log 1 - A New Hope
Greetings,
After a few days break, I return to continue earning my fortune. A walk of 1,000 miles begins with a few steps.
First, a follow-up to my previous log.
My mission to tail a ship to a location and provide intel on a meeting failed. Worried of getting too close, I strayed too far behind and my client ended the mission as he feared I had lost the trail after my target left my sector. I knew which gate he had gone through, and my ship is significantly faster, but there's no arguing with these people.
Now? I'm in Paranid space, seeing what they're short of. If there's anything they're short of here that I can get in abundance back in the Federation, I'll start running freight across the pirate sector that separates our two empires. It means I'll have to run defence for the freighters, but my new Discoverer Raider should be capable of that. If only I could find weapons for it...
After a few days break, I return to continue earning my fortune. A walk of 1,000 miles begins with a few steps.
First, a follow-up to my previous log.
My mission to tail a ship to a location and provide intel on a meeting failed. Worried of getting too close, I strayed too far behind and my client ended the mission as he feared I had lost the trail after my target left my sector. I knew which gate he had gone through, and my ship is significantly faster, but there's no arguing with these people.
Now? I'm in Paranid space, seeing what they're short of. If there's anything they're short of here that I can get in abundance back in the Federation, I'll start running freight across the pirate sector that separates our two empires. It means I'll have to run defence for the freighters, but my new Discoverer Raider should be capable of that. If only I could find weapons for it...
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Day 3, Log 2 - Spreading the Word
I've started taking on some work to spread my name around as one of the trustworthy. First mission: escorting four ships through to an adjacent system and their eventual docking. I have no weapons on my ship, but it's Argon core territory, so it wasn't hard. Saw a couple of Xenon N ships, which worried me, but the local authorities took care of them. Mission completed, I'm now more trusted by the Argon.
Next mission: find someone who's been stealing information and selling it, and report their eventual location to my client. This could turn ugly.
Aside, the ore redistribution in the Ore Belt system is going well. Filled up the two processing plants and now I'm selling on to Plutarch Mineral HQ themselves. I've made bank on this, and it's going to be used efficiently.
Next mission: find someone who's been stealing information and selling it, and report their eventual location to my client. This could turn ugly.
Aside, the ore redistribution in the Ore Belt system is going well. Filled up the two processing plants and now I'm selling on to Plutarch Mineral HQ themselves. I've made bank on this, and it's going to be used efficiently.
Day 3, Log 1 - Further Afield
Okay, phase two needs to start soon, so here's the plan:
- Deliverator II (my second Mercury freighter), is running ore inside the Ore Belt, courtesy of Plutarch Mineral being unable to keep it flowing there;
- The Deliverator (my original Mercury) lies idle a few systems north, awaiting spare cash, after a few upgrades were bought, to run either ore or eCells, whatever looks best at the time;
- Me, I'm heading South through Elena's Fortune to see what lies there. Hopefully, some very lucrative long-distance trade runs.
I should maybe upgrade the speed on my scout ship to make this easier, but I really need to hold on to cash as I could do with a life support extension to my cargo hold so I can start running people and livestock around for cash and to get my name around. No way the Argon Federation will let me drop Ore Mines of my own unless they know I'm good for it.
Let's get started.
-Dru
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Day 2, Log 3 - A Brief Respite
No luck on the next golden egg. I've bought a second hauler in anticipation. I've found something to tide me over - a brief respite that improves my flagging ore trade for the time being.
I was originally going to get my second hauler running eCell trades for a bit of quick clean cash, but I've happened upon something curious. I don't know if it's anything to do with that Kha'ak raid in Ore Belt, but Plutarch Mineral seem to be having trouble keeping the ore following within that system. Both their ore mines are flush with the stuff, but the facilities needing it are dry. I've got my second hauler in there now, picking up a lot for 50 credits a pop and about to drop it in the same system for 188.
Sweet deals.
I might have to go further afield to find the next bit of sustainable profit.
Signing off for the day.
-Dru
I was originally going to get my second hauler running eCell trades for a bit of quick clean cash, but I've happened upon something curious. I don't know if it's anything to do with that Kha'ak raid in Ore Belt, but Plutarch Mineral seem to be having trouble keeping the ore following within that system. Both their ore mines are flush with the stuff, but the facilities needing it are dry. I've got my second hauler in there now, picking up a lot for 50 credits a pop and about to drop it in the same system for 188.
Sweet deals.
I might have to go further afield to find the next bit of sustainable profit.
Signing off for the day.
-Dru
Day 2, Log 2 - Information
I need more eyes on prices. I've invested in an advanced satellite and deployed in the Red Light system. This will let me see prices for that system in case I'm short on ore-buyers in Argon Prime and south.
Day 2, Log 1 - Exploration, Exploration, Exploration
Today has been all about trying to find my next golden egg.
The ore trade is working great, but it seems I'm moving too quickly for my own good. The stations I'm shipping to are filling up with ore, so my 50 credit buys are only selling for 90-100 instead of 125+. It's still nearly double profit, but now my full cargo holds aren't even taking me below 200k cash. I need to put this money into something - I won't build an empire running ore about.
I explored west and east. Found Cloudbase South East and South West, and accidentally found myself in pirate territory when I jumped into the Farnham's Legend system. On my way back I saw a Kha'ak fleet pounding the hell out of a Plutarch Mineral station... until their cavalry showed up and took down the Kha'ak carrier. Quite a show. The Kha'ak brought a carrier, two destroyers, and several 'clusters', but I didn't get close enough to find out what on earth one of those is.
No luck on the golden egg search so far. I'm distracted by thoughts of ship upgrades. Need to focus on a plan.
Talk later.
-Dru
The ore trade is working great, but it seems I'm moving too quickly for my own good. The stations I'm shipping to are filling up with ore, so my 50 credit buys are only selling for 90-100 instead of 125+. It's still nearly double profit, but now my full cargo holds aren't even taking me below 200k cash. I need to put this money into something - I won't build an empire running ore about.
I explored west and east. Found Cloudbase South East and South West, and accidentally found myself in pirate territory when I jumped into the Farnham's Legend system. On my way back I saw a Kha'ak fleet pounding the hell out of a Plutarch Mineral station... until their cavalry showed up and took down the Kha'ak carrier. Quite a show. The Kha'ak brought a carrier, two destroyers, and several 'clusters', but I didn't get close enough to find out what on earth one of those is.
No luck on the golden egg search so far. I'm distracted by thoughts of ship upgrades. Need to focus on a plan.
Talk later.
-Dru
The story so far...
Day 1 went well. Very well.
A little exploring took me north, to a system named Power Circle. A couple of solar power plants in here were selling energy cells, and a couple of stations in the system, and in the one I came from, seemed to be buying them. The prices weren't great, and there were a few other ships coming in and out running these items, but with a bit of timing I was able to get the eCells for 12 credits a piece and pop them off to some stations buying them for between 16 and 19 credits a piece depending on my timing. Profit is profit, and I'd be damned if I was going to waste time waiting for these stations to run a little lower on the things, just for another trader to catch me unawares and sneak a load in before me.
I bought some speed upgrades for my freighter to keep on top of the competition, and I soon had enough money that eCells became inefficient - filling my cargo with them didn't empty my coffers, and I intend to make every penny work wherever possible, so I looked for something heavier to trade in.
It dawned on me that the stations I was shipping eCells to needed them as part of a production process, and some of these stations were producing Ore. Ore is clearly not the end of any production chain, so I decided to look for some stations that needed it. While my Mercury freighter carried on with some eCells runs, I flew my Discovery around and explored. Picked up a few helpful items from the Argon Equipment Docks - a duplex scanner for quicker exploration (bigger scanner range), upgrades to my ship's engines for faster movement, and some trade software to let me pull up prices for any station in the system without needing to dock up. Very useful. I've got my hauler remotely following instructions, while I myself zip about in my scout to find what's needed where.
Sure enough, a few systems south of Power Circle, lies Argon Prime, and around that area there are a bunch of weapons manufacturers needing ore. Badly. I can buy this stuff for 50 credit a pop and dump it for 128. Lovely. A few runs of that and I'm in the six-figure mark for my bank balance. The great thing is, there are so many of these weapons manufacturers that even if someone does come down here with ore and beat me to one of them, I can offload onto the rest. I pondered the possibility of another ship, but decided that it would be best if I left that for when I have some different runs to make - a more diverse portfolio, if you will.
For now, I'm sticking with what I know until I find the next golden egg. I might need to get to grips with trading these weapons my drop-off points are using this ore for.
Fly safe.
-Dru
A little exploring took me north, to a system named Power Circle. A couple of solar power plants in here were selling energy cells, and a couple of stations in the system, and in the one I came from, seemed to be buying them. The prices weren't great, and there were a few other ships coming in and out running these items, but with a bit of timing I was able to get the eCells for 12 credits a piece and pop them off to some stations buying them for between 16 and 19 credits a piece depending on my timing. Profit is profit, and I'd be damned if I was going to waste time waiting for these stations to run a little lower on the things, just for another trader to catch me unawares and sneak a load in before me.
I bought some speed upgrades for my freighter to keep on top of the competition, and I soon had enough money that eCells became inefficient - filling my cargo with them didn't empty my coffers, and I intend to make every penny work wherever possible, so I looked for something heavier to trade in.
It dawned on me that the stations I was shipping eCells to needed them as part of a production process, and some of these stations were producing Ore. Ore is clearly not the end of any production chain, so I decided to look for some stations that needed it. While my Mercury freighter carried on with some eCells runs, I flew my Discovery around and explored. Picked up a few helpful items from the Argon Equipment Docks - a duplex scanner for quicker exploration (bigger scanner range), upgrades to my ship's engines for faster movement, and some trade software to let me pull up prices for any station in the system without needing to dock up. Very useful. I've got my hauler remotely following instructions, while I myself zip about in my scout to find what's needed where.
Sure enough, a few systems south of Power Circle, lies Argon Prime, and around that area there are a bunch of weapons manufacturers needing ore. Badly. I can buy this stuff for 50 credit a pop and dump it for 128. Lovely. A few runs of that and I'm in the six-figure mark for my bank balance. The great thing is, there are so many of these weapons manufacturers that even if someone does come down here with ore and beat me to one of them, I can offload onto the rest. I pondered the possibility of another ship, but decided that it would be best if I left that for when I have some different runs to make - a more diverse portfolio, if you will.
For now, I'm sticking with what I know until I find the next golden egg. I might need to get to grips with trading these weapons my drop-off points are using this ore for.
Fly safe.
-Dru
Druadan Mithrandir - Humble Trader
My name is Druadan Mithrandir, and I am a humble trader.
I own two ships, an Argon Mercury freighter, and an Argon Discovery scout. My business is profit, and I need to very good at it because one day, this galaxy will be mine.
My fleets will swarm the skies, keeping the peace, attacking the wicked, making fools of those who stood in my way and I will not weep for them as their empires crumble around them.
But first, here I am. A man, with no plan, and only two ships and 9,000 credits.
Here goes nothing...
I own two ships, an Argon Mercury freighter, and an Argon Discovery scout. My business is profit, and I need to very good at it because one day, this galaxy will be mine.
My fleets will swarm the skies, keeping the peace, attacking the wicked, making fools of those who stood in my way and I will not weep for them as their empires crumble around them.
But first, here I am. A man, with no plan, and only two ships and 9,000 credits.
Here goes nothing...
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