THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

1. First, identify what is required to make Purgs, and where they are made.
Then find out what is required to make each of those required commodities, and
where they are all made. Progressively work backwards through the full
production history, until you are familiar with everything that might be needed.
Hint: JOSSH is useful for this.
2. Now, examine the current stock of required commodities at producing
stations. Do this first for those immediately required to produce Purgs. Do this
for all three producing stations. Find out what is available on the station market
and what is not, and what size any existing stockpiles are. Discount very small
stock levels (under 100 units) since these may not last long enough for you to
use them. Hint: You could fly to all the stations in question, but the use of
inventory tracking utilities will save time.
3. There are other factors in station choice, but for now, use the station that is
missing the smallest number of commodities.
4. Next, find out if any of the missing commodities are stockpiled at any of their
production stations. If they are, all you will need to do is fetch them. Note:
Normally avoid stripping commodities from non-producing stations. You will be
making it harder for someone else to produce another item. You will also
probably lose money. A possible exception is where the commodity has no use
in production where it is found.
5. If a commodity is not available at a producing station, you will need to first
concentrate your efforts on producing that commodity. Again, identify what is
missing at the production stations, and fill the smallest set of gaps at one
station.
Missing Commodities
Assume that Barium and Fuel Cells are missing from the station we intend to
produce Purgs at.
The nearest producing station for Barium is Klatsches Hold, where there is
plenty stockpiled. All we need to do is transport it to the Purg production station.
Assume Fuel Cells are not available at any Octavius station. However,
Chemicals, Gallium and Phosphorous are available at Octavius Core. So, by
shipping Silicon from Klatsches Hold to Octavius Core, we can start the
production of Fuel Cells at Octavius Core, which we can then buy up and
transport to the station where we are making Purgs.
6. Now assemble all the required commodities for Purgs at the production
station, by transporting those that are missing from the current market inventory
of the production station to that station. At this stage, assume the same
proportion of each commodity is needed to make one Purg. Assemble as much
as you can: four or five units of everything is adequate, but a hundred of each
will give you more scope for experimentation and will, ultimately, create more
missiles. There is scope here to involve other pilots - particularly if you need to
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