' Wrote:[...]
Bretonia makes Spiced Tea, but likes Black Tea
Liberty makes Black tea, but likes White Tea
Kusari makes White Tea, but likes Green Tea
Rhineland makes Green Tea, but likes Spiced Tea
So essentially the trade routes would be:
Bretonia -> Rhineland -> Kusari -> Liberty -> Bretonia ect.....
[...]
' Wrote:Hmm... Regardless of wether or not tea actually gets made (Which I hope it does,) does anyone with knowlage of economic balancing in Discovery think that it's possible to get some trade routes going that arn't just "Point A to Point B," in a way similar to what I was suggesting for Tea?
If you take a look at some of the other commodities, this is already the case.
Example: Ship Hull Panels
If you want to roleplay that you want to help to produce more ship hull panels, you need to transport polymers, hydrocarbons, boron, basic alloys and super alloys.
Quote:Polymer buying points (selected):
Tsushima Depot - Rugen Station - Douglas Station - Planet Honshu
Hydrocarbon buying points (selected):
Birmingham Station - South Shields Refinery - Rugen Station - Douglas Station - Planet Quillan - Fuchu Prison - Briancon Station - Planet New London - Waterloo Station - Alesia Station - Planet Marne - Philadelphia Station
Boron buying points (selected):
Planet Pittsburgh
Basic Alloy buying points (selected):
Planet New London - Planet Gran Canaria - Planet New Tokyo - Planet Houston - Planet Hamburg - Beaumont Base - Planet Junyo - Trafalgar Base - Mainz Storage Facility - Planet Kyushu - Dortmund Station - Essen Station - Planet Holstein - Planet Cambridge - Osaka Storage Facility
Super Alloy buying points (selected):
Scarborough Station - Skye Base - Lancaster Trade Center - Trafalgar Base
And this is leaving out the fact that basic alloys and super alloys consist of other materials that you can acquire in Sirius.
And if I have missed the point, the last trade route for my indie trader character was
Quote:A: Alesia Station, buying Cryocubes
to
B: Saint Paul Base, selling Cryocubes and acquiring Synthetic Marijuana
to
C: Bethlehem Station, selling Synth. Marijuana and buying Helium or Neon
to
D: Planet New York, selling Helium or Neon and buying Luxury Consumer Goods
to
E: Planet Nevers, selling Lux. Cons. Goods and buying Consumer Goods
to
A: Alesia Station, selling Cons. Goods and buying Cryocubes
...
Nice little route, of course with the permission of the Gallic government to enter their space.
NOW, as you can see, you don't have to follow the easy A to B pattern. You just need to find a "trading loop".
