THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

ing commodities in from a range of stations, or you need to fly across
unregulated space.
7. Sell five or ten units of whatever is missing for Purg production at the
producing station. If you only have a small quantity sell everything at this point.
Everything you sell should almost immediately be brought up by the station
(and placed in its hidden inventory) if Purgs were previously out of production.
Now wait until the production cycle ends (up to six minutes). You should
eventually see one or more Purgatory missiles on the market. Buy your Purgs
quickly before anyone else spots them. Congratulations. You have produced
something that was not available before, but is normally in heavy demand.
Cycle Tips
A good method of spotting that the market has cycled is to watch the stock level
of a raw material which is produced at the station, but which is often shipped
elsewhere (for example Grain or Water). Increased stock normally indicates that
a cycle has been completed.
The market inventory will eventually automatically update after a cycle.
However, this process lags some time behind. You can force an update by
clicking on a different market category, then clicking back on the category you
want.
If you are intending to buy a specific item, display all the items in the category,
and try and adjust the sort order so that the item is visible in the upper part of
the screen. This might save valuable seconds scrolling down the list prior to
purchase.
When you spot production has cycled, make a note of the time. Be back in six
minutes for the next one.
If you have a large volume of commodities available, follow steps 8 and 9. If
not, just read them and jump to step 10 - they are only worth doing if you are
trying to create large volumes of Purgs.
8. Next try to determine what other production processes may use up the
commodities required to make Purgs at the production station. (Hint: JOSSH
can be used, but the usage section of this - http://www.capsu.org/jumpgate/ -
may be easier ;-) .) Look at the complete requirements of everything that uses
any of the commodities required to make Purgs. See if there is any easy way in
which their production can (ultimately) be stopped by removing another
commodity from the market. Look specifically for small volumes of other
commodities that are relatively cheap. Buy them up and hold them until
production of Purgs is complete.
Why are we trying to stop their production?
Those other production processes will use up commodities required for Purgs,
and so reduce the final volume of Purgs we can make with the commodities we
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