Can Junkers... well junk?

[Demoses]

I decided to try something new and start a Junker from scratch. I intend to stay extremely close to the Junker roleplay of collecting scrap from debris fields and exchanging it for cash. However, I have encountered a problem. As I go about collecting scrap in my little CSV and selling it on Rochester or Beaumont, I can't help but notice that other Junkers carry their finds to Planet Pittsburgh.

Now my first thought was, "TRAITOROUS SWINES!!!" as they seemed to be carrying away perfectly good loot to somewhere other than a Junker base. But then I decided to follow them. I found that on Planet Pittsburgh, one could obtain about 12 times as much pay as from an Junker base in the entire Sirius sector.

I find this... disturbing. Are Junkers suddenly becoming obsolete? Do corporations now own personal sorteries and smelteries?

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"If there is a god, let him be a terrible god. Let him be cruel, unjust, irrational, and emotional. Let him consume the weak to strengthen himself. Let him be envious of all those who worship him. Let him be empty and have him fill that void with material pleasures. In other words, let him be man."
--Raisiphus, Mercenary