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$$ !!!Amazing trade route !!! $$

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Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 6:26 am

$$ !!!Amazing trade route !!! $$

Ok, this trade route has already been proposed (credits to Chris) but I really wanted to insist on this route !! It is great ! It takes 4m30s (with docking and repairs).

It works in SP after the campaing (could also work near the end of the game when you are at New Berlin). I did not test it in MP, but I heard it might not work since the sigma-13 jumphole isnt working... thats what Ive heard.

This route was performed in 4m30s (back and forth) including docking, buying/selling and repairs using a Humpback. Could also be done in a Rhino for all I care

Using Sigma-13 Jump Hole (Around E5)
New Berlin (Consumer Good (150$)) -> Yanagi Depot (330$)
Yanagi Depot (Cardamine (250$)) -> New Berlin (1 349$)

Total profit: 255 000$ (254 750$ to be exact) in one round.
Total time: 4m30s

Very short, very efficient ! You can use a rhino and buy a humpback when you get the money. Each time you deliver a cardamine cargo using a humpback you gain one level, so I got to level 38 fast.

Be careful: Hessians will wait for you when you exit the jumphole when you are coming from Sigma-13. Sometimes they are only two, but sometimes there are 8. They shoot like Lucky Luke, just afterburn and you will get to the trade line (about 3K away) in time. Use shield batteries and nanobots if needed.

There are also some Corsairs near Yanagi Depot but as soon as I got good shields and weapons on my humpback they let you alone.

It's a bit risky at the beginning since Hessians and Corsairs are after you, but like Chris mentionned, if you have good running skills and know how to use the afterburn efficiently (best way is to press/release, press/release ... if you keep afterburning all the way theyll shoot at you easily....)

Hope it helps...

I think this is the best trade route of all...
Again, credits to Chris who provided this route !




TigerLord

Edited by - TigerLord on 08-03-2003 17:56:41

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 6:43 am

Best ship for this work is dromedary!

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 6:45 am

How big is its cargo ?

I know a humpback is slow !!! Not very manoeuvable either ...

TigerLord

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 8:28 am

dromedaries carry the most cargo, 285 i believe

m4x

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 12:47 pm

Thx for the good tip,

in SP i have to kill over 300 Xenos to get a neutral reputation to the junkers... now i am back on my way to sigma-13

hf m4x

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 2:04 pm

This trade can be done even better if:

New Tokyo > Yanagi : Engine Parts (225 > 524)
Yanagi Depot > The Ring (New Berlin system) : Cardamine (510> 1349)
New Berlin > New Tokyo : Diamonds (396 > 1650)

And round and round and round....
Lots of profit in a humpback and not so hard a route

Pretty fast though too and u can do it without any probs

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 4:51 pm

I have found one outside of the Kursari system if you care to indulge:
Very sorry that I dont have exact prices.

Freiburg Staition(stuttgart)->PLanet Cambridge( sell engine components)
Planet cambridge->Freiburg station (sell gold)

Or...if you have a dromedary and a descent rep with the Lane Hackers...sell Cardamine from Mactan base to Manhattan. Its two systems away and the haul is worth like 450,000.

Post Sat Mar 08, 2003 5:54 pm

You can bribe a faction fix in the Yanagi Depot Bar. I think it is 95 000$ .

Well now, I don't really know what I'll do. I'll try to find these level 10 weapons and buy myself a Titan or Saber...

All the other trade routes are good .... but I think the one I proposed is the shorthest. I mean 4m30s passes real fast, especially when you're destroying corsairs with your turrets while you flee to the jump hole

TigerLord

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