Starter Trade Route

Mon May 12, 2003 5:39 am by Dragon1

The first thing you have to do is bind your cruise control to the tilde key. This way you will have only one key to press for quick escapes because you will definitely need it. Best Ship for the trade is the Rhino Freighter. Money for this endeavor can be gotten by locating the derilects in the New York System. Do not sell the turrents because they can be used on the Rhino Freighter. When you get the Cardamine make sure that you make a bee line to Planet Manhatten.

New York System locate the jump holes to Colorado and Texas.
Texas System locate the jump hole to California.
When you enter the new systems you will be ambushed by the various factions.
Use the tilde key as soon as you finish the jump to minimize the damage.
You will be able to make the most money by flying this trade route after the Ashcroft mission.

Planet Manhatten, New York Consumer Goods Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado H-fuel Beaumont Base, Texas
Beaumont Base, Texas Engine Components Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California Polymers Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas Ship Hull Balitmore Shipyard, New York

Repeat as Necessary

Mon May 12, 2003 5:43 am by hairfarmer

You got an aproximate time on this one and the profit per unit per trip?

If I had a nickel for every time someone told me that my idea for melting down coins to make a giant robotic parrot was a bad idea, I would have one kicka$$ giant robotic parrot.

Mon May 12, 2003 6:08 am by Dragon1

I don't have the approx. times for each run but I can tell you the profit margin by showing you the purchase and sell price.

Cost Sell Profit
Consumer Goods 66 96 30
H-Fuel 269 450 181
Engine Components 675 974 299
Polymers 330 480 150
Ship Hulls 440 560 120

If you pick up boron on the planet Pittsburgh for 120 before the escape from New York you can sell it at LD-14, Leeds for 960 840 Profit per unit.

Edited by - Dragon1 on 12-05-2003 07:18:31

Mon May 12, 2003 10:22 am by Lone_wolf

Hmm,

How about:

Polymers from Newark to Denver, 414 - 491, 77 profit.
Optronics from Denver to Houston, 462 - 770, 308 profit
Engine Components from Houston to Los Angeles, 600 - 974, 374 profit
Beryllium from LA to Newark, 840 - 960, 120 profit.

Total: 879 per unit -- 70,320 for a rhino

Start again

A 4 pt. trade route using trade lanes (faster than flying through open space on cruise, unless you have a cruise speed mod).

Mon May 12, 2003 8:00 pm by Circumcisor

Better trade route near the start of the game is engine components from Los Angeles (974) to Freeport 4 in Magellen (1,350)

It's only 2 trade lanes and takes minutes

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