Oxford (university planet)

Oxford
System	Oxford
Facilities	Bar, Commodity Exchange, Landing Pad, Library, Merchants' Guild, Mercenaries' Guild, Mission Computer, Oxford Square, Ship Dealer
Exports	Books, Generic Foods, Grain, Luxury Foods, Wood

Oxford is a Terran Confederation University Planet in the Oxford system. It is home to Oxford University.

Services

• Oxford Square
• Bar
• Commodity Exchange
• Landing Pad
• Library
• Merchants' Guild
• Mercenaries' Guild
• Mission Computer
• Ship Dealer

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Commodity Exchange

Commodities

The following table gives you a definite edge in the marketplace. Using these num-bers, you can construct the most advantageous trade route possible. Look for target bases close to each other with complementary needs. With these, you can minimize travel time and fuel expenditure while maximizing profit margin.

Empty box. Commodity cannot be bought or sold at this type of base. For example, the contraband drug Brilliance can neither be bought nor sold at Oxford.

Cost (top line). Amount of money exchanged when you buy or sell this commodity. When this is stated as a range (the usual case), the exact cost in credits (k) is ran-domly chosen each time from within this range. For example, at an Agricultural world advanced fuels can be sold fora price between 490 and 500 credits. They can be bought or sold at a Refinery base fora price between 480 and 490 credits.

Availability (second line). Percentage chance that this commodity will be available each time you stop at the base. For example, each time you land at a Refinery base, there is a 50% chance that there will be advanced fuels for sale there.

na (second line) not available. The commodity cannot be bought at this base (but you can sell it here for the price listed on the first line). For example, advanced fuels are not available for sale on any Agricultural base.

Amount (third line). If the commodity is available, the italicized numbers on the third line give the range of total units that might be available. The exact number available is randomly chosen each time from within this range. For example, if there are advanced fuels for sale at a Refinery base, there will be between 40 and 50 units of fuel available.

Commodity	Cost	Availability	Amount
Advanced Fuels	490-500k	na
Artwork	85-100k	na
Books	40-50k	100%	80-110
Brilliance
Communications	50-70k	na
Computer Software	90-100k	na
Computers	70-75k	na
Construction Equipment	100-105k	na
Factory Equipment	100-140k	na
Food Dispensers	100k	na
Furs	280-300k	na
Games	20k	na
Gems	930-1000k	na
Generic Foods	15-30k	70%	60-70
Grain	7-20k	70%	60-70
Holographic Equipment	480-500k	na
Home Appliances	100-110k	na
Home Entertainment	45-50k	na
Iron	45-50k	na
Liquor	50-55k	na
Luxury Foods	35-50k	50%	40-50
Medical Equipment	490-500k	na
Mining Equipment
Movies	20k
Pets	90-100k	na
Plastics	50-60k	na
PlayThing	20k	na
Plutonium
Pre-Fabs	50-65k	na
Robot Servants	470-500k	na
Robot Workers	290-300k	na
Slaves
Space Salvage	180-200k	na
Textiles	50-60k	na
Tobacco
Tungsten	90-100k	na
Ultimate
Uranium
Weaponry	300k	na
Wood	70-100k	70%	60-70

Profitble Runs

You can always ram money by trading between different planets in Gemini Sector. Refer to the following chart to determine which products can be traded most profitably from planet to planet. This table is baud on average availability and price. Of course, once you reach a base and check the exchange, an unexpected commodity might actually be available, or another commodity might be offered at a much lower price than usual. This table is also based on being able to carry all of a commodity that is available — a Centurion's small cargo hold cannot always take full advantage of a particular commodity.

In each entry, commodities are listed in roughly descending order of profitability.

Boldfaced commodities are the most profitable runs (average profits in excess of 2000 credits), because they are available more often than most and because the target base usually buys them at a great profit.

Italicised commodities usually offer at least a 600-credit profit. but are less profitable than the other runs listed.

© indicates contraband commodities.

X indicates no reliably profitable runs.

Base	Commodities To	Commodities From
Agricultural	X	X
Mining	Iron	X
Pirate	X	Generic foods Wood
Pleasure	X	Wood Generic foods
Refinery	Plastics Home appliances Factory eqpt. Food dispensers Pre-fabs Communications	Wood Generic foods
N. Constantinople	X	Books Wood Generic foods
New Detroit	Home appliances Factory equpt. Plastics Food dispensers Communications Pre-fabs Construction eqpt.	Wood Generic foods
Oxford	X	X
Perry Naval Base	X	Wood Generic foods

Guaranteed Commodities

Of course, there are no guarantees in Privateer, but the following commodities come as close as possible. At most base types, them are one or two commodities that are nearly always available, and that can nearly always be sold at a profit of 1000 credits or more, wherever you go next. These include:

Oxford	Wood (also generic food)

Note that few profitable runs exist between a refinery and New Detroit (which is essentially a large refinery) or between an agricultural world and Oxford (which grows most of its own foods).

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Appearances

• Wing Commander Privateer
• Privateer Playtester's Guide
• Privateer Righteous Fire