[Incoming transmission]
[From: Planet Mayenne, Maine System]
[Comm ID: Oniyuushi Kerrigan]
[Ship ID : OSI-Libresari]
[Target: Jaimie Santacana, D.O]
[Subject: Re:Update on trade routes]
Hi there Director,
I would like to register a new trade route for the company. And I take this opportunity to thank you in person for my recent acceptance into the Omicron Supply Industries. I just moved to Gran Canaria, where I already feel at home. I pretty much lived aboard my ship for the past ten years, so it feels so good to actually be waken up by a warm sunrise (and I mean not some omicron gamma radiation for a change, but a real nice sunrise above the horizon).
Now, for the trade route. I call it the Galzon run. Yeah, I just invented that bit. Just put Gallia and Zoners together, and you got Galzon. I'm actually kinda proud of that name. I ran the circuit twice to be sure, and my ship was a civilian Firefly. Now, I know it's only 3500 cargo space, so you'll see I used per-unit-of-cargo benefit in the details of the trade route to avoid any confusion.
- Route name : The Galzon run (it's probably very egotistic, I probably didn't invent it, but you know... That's just how I like to do things)
- Type of the ship you used with exact cargo space : Firefly transport, 3500 cargo hold (in fact more like 34xxish)
- Time taken to complete the route : 76 minutes (it's pretty long I agree, but it's so profitable you won't care, plus I personaly like long and exotic routes, space is my friend)
- Total profit made on the route : 9324 credits per-unit. That's 46.6 million credits for a 5K cargo, for me it was 32M, still pretty decent for a Firefly.
- Profit per hour (the most important thing for a trader) : 36M/hours for a 5K cargo.
- Description of each leg of the route with time taken, cargo prices (buying and selling) and total profit made.
First leg :
Maine - Planet Mayenne -> Omicron Delta - FP11. Item : Cryocubes. Gain : 4880 credits per-unit. Time : Took me 38 minutes, then I stopped the clock to smoke a cigarette. Yes that's one of my vice.
Maine - Planet Mayenne : Cryocubes bought for 500 per-unit /
Ile-de-France/Burgundy/Lorraine/Omicron-80/Omicron-Alpha/Omicron-Beta/Sigma-19/Sigma-17/Omicron-Theta/Omicron-Gamma/Omicron-Kappa/
Omicron Delta - FP11 : Cryocubes sold for 5380 per-unit.
Second leg :
Omicron Delta - FP11 -> Ile-de-France Beaumont Base. Item : Iridium. Gain : 3973 credits per-unit. Time : 33 minutes.
Pretty much the same as above but in the opposite direction, but just stop at Beaumont.
Omicron-Delta - FP11 : Iridium bought for 2000 per-unit / same as firt leg but opposite direction /
Ile-de-France - Beaumont Base : Iridium sold for 5973 per-unit.
Third leg (optional) :
Ile-de-France - Beaumont Base -> Maine - Planet Mayenne. Item : Petrochemicals. Gain : 471 credits per-unit. Time : 5 minutes tops.
Ile-de-France - Beaumont Base : Petrochemicals bought for 200 per-unit /
Maine - Planet Mayenne : Petrochemicals sold for 671 per-unit.
I say optional because the gain is almost zero, it's just to reach Maine and start the circuit again. It doesn't affect the gain per second very much, so you can just stop after the second leg and try a different circuit if you know some starting in Ile-de-France.
- Notes regarding safety etc :
Now, it's kind of tricky. You don't run accross many enemies, except from your usual Nomads in the Omicrons. BUT you do have to cross twice the gallian border, that means you have to know your way in the minefields (twice in Lorraine and twice in Omicron-80, that's 4 minefielfs the the circuit, I personaly don't cut my cruise engine and have some fun). If you don't, that means your first run won't be 76 minutes, more like 90 in my opinion. Which stays somewhat profitable.
- Notes :
Obviously you can start the circuit at Freeport 11 and go backwards.