Basra

Basra
System	Palan
Facilities	Bar, Commodity Exchange, Hangar, Mercenaries' Guild, Main Concourse, Mission Computer, Ship Dealer
Exports	Advanced Fuels, Communications, Computer Software, Computers, Construction Equipment, Factory Equipment, Food Dispensers, Holographic Equipment, Home Appliances, Home Entertainment, Iron, Medical Equipment, Mining Equipment, Plastics, Plutonium, Pre-Fabs, Robot Servants, Robot Workers, Space Salvage, Textiles, Tungsten, Uranium, Weaponry

Basra is a Terran Confederation Refinery Base in the Palan system.

Services

• Main Concourse
• Bar
• Commodity Exchange
• Hangar
• 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	480-500k	50%	40-50
Artwork	85-100k	na
Books	50k	na
Brilliance	200-250k	na
Communications	40-50k	70%	60-70
Computer Software	80-100k	70%	60-70
Computers	65-70k	70%	60-70
Construction Equipment	80-100k	70%	60-70
Factory Equipment	80-100k	60%	55-60
Food Dispensers	80-100k	80%	65-80
Furs	280-300k	na
Games	20k	na
Gems	1000-1100k	na
Generic Foods	30-40k	na
Grain	20-27k	na
Holographic Equipment	480-500k	50%	45-50
Home Appliances	70-100k	80%	65-80
Home Entertainment	40-50k	70%	60-70
Iron	50-65k	25%	37-50
Liquor	50-55k	na
Luxury Foods	50-65k	na
Medical Equipment	490-500k	40%	35-40
Mining Equipment	80-100k	70%	60-70
Movies	20-25k
Pets	90-100k	na
Plastics	20-50k	100%	80-100
PlayThing	20-25k	na
Plutonium	1000-1190k	15%	22-30
Pre-Fabs	40-50k	80%	65-80
Robot Servants	470-500k	50%	40-50
Robot Workers	290-300k	50%	45-50
Slaves	700-780k	na
Space Salvage	180-200k	60%	55-60
Textiles	45-50k	70%	60-70
Tobacco	100-120k	na
Tungsten	100-145k	10%	20-30
Ultimate	1000-1100k	na
Uranium	500-530k	35%	37-40
Weaponry	290-300k	40%	35-40
Wood	100-140k	na

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	Wood Generic foods Luxury foods Grain	Plastics Home appliances Construction eqpt. Food dispensers Factory eqpt.
Mining	Uranium Iron Gems Tungsten	Plastics Food dispensers Home appliances Construction eqpt. Computer software Holographic eqpt. Space salvage
Pirate	Brilliance © Slaves © Ultimate © Tobacco ©	Plastics Food dispensers Advanced fuels Holographic eqpt. Space Salvage Computer software Home appliances Medical eqpt.
Pleasure	X	Plastics Home appliances Robot servants Food dispensers Construction eqpt. Pre-fabs Communications
Refinery	X	X
N. Constantinople	X	Plastics Food dispensers Home appliances Communications
New Detroit	X	X
Oxford	Wood Generic foods	Plastics Home appliances Factory equpt. Food dispensers Pre-fabs Communications
Perry Naval Base	X	Plastics Food dispensers Home appliances

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:

Refinery	Plastics, food dispensers, home appliances

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