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Blame It On The Black Star...
Location: Kusari, Sigma, Edge, Omega, Bretonia
Difficulty: Dangerous
Duration: 35 minutes
Profit: 2.0 million per hour
Required neutrality: Kusari & Bretonia Authorities & Corps, Outcasts, Zoners. Ideally Corsairs & Hessians too.
1. Start at PLANET HONSHU, F3 Honshu. Buy Optronics.
2. Sell at RUIZ BASE, E4 Omicron Beta. Buy Cardamine.
3. Sell at FREEPORT 9, E4 Omicron Theta. Buy Alien Organisms
4. Sell at CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH STATION, D6 Cambridge.
5. Go to PLANET CAMBRIDGE, D6 Cambridge. Buy Luxury Food.
6. Sell at LUXURY LINER HAWAII, D6 Sigma-19.
7. Go to PLANET HONSHU and repeat.
This is the best route I've found so far despite the annoying cargoless journeys. To make 2 million an hour you'll need
to complete the route in or under 35 minutes (allowing for cargo expiry, nanobots & repairs). This is tough but can
be done without requiring too much luck due to the small number of trade lanes used. Go from Beta to Theta via Alpha of
course. As far as I can tell the quickest route from Theta to Cambridge is via Omega-41 and Omega-5. I tend to go straight
past the Omega-41 neutron star with 2 or 3 nanobots to spare but it may be best to go around it if (a) you've got
lots of weapons (higher repair cost) or (b) server is laggy. On the weapons front I just carry one low level weapon in
case wrecks are available. Cambridge to Sigma-19 is via Omega-5, Omega-41, Omicron Theta and Sigma-17.
VARIATIONS: RUIZ BASE (eng. comp) ---> PLANET MALTA (cardamine) ---> Freeport 9 is worthwhile if wrecks are available
since Viking in D6 is worth 150k. Going straight from RUIZ to CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH with alien org. about as good as the
given route. Taking artefacts from Hawaii to (a) BERLIN (then silver to MAINZ & cobalt to HONSHU) or (b) TOKYO
(then luxury food to HONSHU) is worse. There are lots of alternatives from Cambridge some of which follow.
HARDMAN CHALLENGE: The first challenge is to complete the route in 35mins. The Hardman challenge is to complete the route
three times in two hours with NO equipment (ie. no weapons, countermeasures, nanobots, thruster and SHIELD!) in a Humpback.
You may not die. You may repair at bases.
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