THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

Producer: (Base_Price) * (1+ (1 - Stock/2000)*0.03)
Neutral: (Base_Price) * (1 + (1 - Stock/2000)*0.05) + 200
Consumer: (Base_Price) * (1 + (1 - Stock/2000)*0.07) + 500
6. Cargo Missions
Cargo missions involve finding a specific commodity, purchasing it, taking it to
another station, and selling it onto that station's market to complete the mission.
Only one unit of the commodity must be sold to complete the mission.
Additional experience and credits are paid for additional units (the maximum
number of additional units that may count towards the mission are shown in the
mission description - this varies by rank). Sell everything at once to maximise
bonuses.
It will not always be profitable to undertake the mission. Evaluate the cost
involved carefully before taking a cargo mission, particularly one for a high
value commodity.
Cargo missions are made available from a station producing a commodity and
with more than one unit of that commodity in stock, to a station that demands
that commodity but does not produce it and currently has less than 2000 units
available (later condition may not apply to US server). Most stations make
demands based on economic needs (see Demand and Supply below). Depots
and neutral stations make some irrational demands. Cargo missions can never
be taken from Depots (no production) or neutral stations (no mission computer).
Brokering may be used to for fill a cargo mission. This involves taking the
mission and flying to the destination without the cargo. On arrival, another pilot
trades the commodity to you. You then sell to complete the mission. While in
the station, you can place cargo on the floor, which effectively increases cargo
space by 25 units. This increases the volume that small ships can sell to
complete the mission above what they could have transported there
themselves: Particularly useful for lower ranking pilots. Unfortunately brokering
of cargo is difficult to organise for conventional cargo missions, mostly because
the commodity is not available at the destination.
Faction missions are often missions involving the delivery of cargo. They
encourage organisation and brokering. Commodities sold as part of a faction
mission are not immediately placed in the station's hidden inventory. Missions
often request commodities that are available at the destination station.
Brokering is therefore easier for faction missions. Faction missions are
conventionally organised across f5 channels - first letter of faction, followed by
bld - for example qbld for the Quantar faction mission.
Faction Mission Brokering
Faction missions are often designed to undertake reconstruction projects - often
new buildings, equipment, or technology. Brokerage speeds up the completion
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