THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod
THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod
THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod
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Rank Class<br />
Solrain Quantar Octavius<br />
Ship Capacity Ship Capacity Ship Capacity<br />
0 Shuttle Premia 4 Storm 2 Apteryx 1<br />
3 Shuttle - - - - Albatross 3<br />
6 Large Shuttle Premia SC 6 Breeze 7 Buzzard 8<br />
9 Light Fighter Interceptor 6 - - - -<br />
12 Fast Transport Vedetta 15 Whirlwind 14 Hawk 12<br />
21 Transport Traveler 60 Hurricane 52 Wyvern 48<br />
21 Light Miner Quarrier 62 Harmattan 65 Simurgh 60<br />
26 Tow Pioneer 500 Thunder 500 Condor 500<br />
38 Freighter Viceroy 750 Chinook 735 Roc 740<br />
Light Miners are primarily mining ships. While having larger cargo capacities<br />
than Transports, their lack of speed and poor handling tend to make them<br />
inferior craft for trading.<br />
Trading in shuttles tends to be relatively inefficient. If done carefully, shuttle<br />
pilots can make modest profits trading, but they cannot expect to compete with<br />
whose able to fly larger vessels, with more cash and higher political ratings.<br />
5. Price Basics<br />
The price of a specific item may vary between different stations. These<br />
variations are a combination of fixed differences and variable differences.<br />
Fixed differences primarily reflect long term demand and supply. Stations that<br />
demand or require an item, but do not produce it, tend to pay more than<br />
stations that produce it. The value of the fixed difference is commonly used as a<br />
profit margin on an item.<br />
Variable differences reflect short term shortages or surpluses of an item at the<br />
station. Shortage will raise the price, surplus will lower it. It takes about half a<br />
day for a complete adjustment in price, for example, from a situation where<br />
there is a shortage to large surplus. Price will gradually change, reducing<br />
slightly every six minutes. Since the station's inventory is in constant flux (pilots<br />
keep on buying and selling), prices also tend to be in a state of constant<br />
adjustment. Variable price differences are relatively small - typically less than<br />
5%. Clearly on large shipments of high value items, such small percentages<br />
can account for a lot of cash. Recent changes mean that variable differences<br />
tend to only be significant when stocks are low - typically less than 2000 units.<br />
Pricing Water<br />
Earlier we transported Water from Wake to Outpost for a fairly good (in<br />
percentage terms) profit. Why was there a price difference?<br />
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