Drake

Drake
System	Capella
Facilities	Bar, Commodity Exchange, Landing Pad, Main Concourse, Mission Computer
Exports	Brilliance, Factory Equipment, PlayThing, Slaves, Tobacco, Ultimate

Drake is a Pirate Base in the Capella system.

Services

• Main Concourse
• Bar
• Commodity Exchange
• Landing Pad
• Mission Computer

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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	500-600k	na
Artwork	85-100k	na
Books	50k	na
Brilliance	160-200k	100%	70-110
Communications	50k	na
Computer Software	100-120k	na
Computers	70-95k	na
Construction Equipment
Factory Equipment	80-100k	10%	30-50
Food Dispensers	100-140k	na
Furs	300-340k	na
Games	20k	na
Gems	930-1000k	na
Generic Foods	30-45k	na
Grain	20-30k	na
Holographic Equipment	500-600k	na
Home Appliances	100k	na
Home Entertainment	50-65k	na
Iron	35-50k	na
Liquor	50-65k	na
Luxury Foods	50-70k	na
Medical Equipment	500-600k	na
Mining Equipment
Movies	20-30k
Pets	100-120k	na
Plastics	50-65k	na
PlayThing	15-20k	80%	65-80
Plutonium
Pre-Fabs
Robot Servants	470-500k	na
Robot Workers	290-300k	na
Slaves	600-700k	60%	40-60
Space Salvage	200-240k	na
Textiles	50k	na
Tobacco	80-100k	80%	55-80
Tungsten	70-100k	na
Ultimate	900-1000k	50%	30-50
Uranium
Weaponry	300-340k	na
Wood	100-110k

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 Furs Pets Liquor	Brilliance © Slaves © Ultimate © Tobacco ©
Mining	Iron	Brilliance © Slaves © Ultimate © Tobacco ©
Pirate	X	X
Pleasure	X	Brilliance © Slaves © Ultimate © Tobacco © PlayThing
Refinery	Plastics Food dispensers Advanced fuels Holographic eqpt. Space salvage Computer software Home appliances Medical eqpt.	Brilliance © Slaves © Ultimate © Tobacco ©
N. Constantinople	X	X
New Detroit	Food dispensers Holographic eqpt. Advanced fuels Space salvage Medical eqpt. Computer software Home appliances Plastics Computers Home entertain. Weapons	Brilliance © Slaves © Ultimate © Tobacco ©
Oxford	Generic foods Wood	X
Perry Naval Base	Weaponry	X

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:

Pirate	Brilliance, slaves, Ultimate, tobacco (but all are contraband, so not at New Constantinople, Oxford or Perry Naval Base)

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Appearances

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