New Detroit (industrial base)

New Detroit
System	New Detroit
Facilities	Bar, Commodity Exchange, Landing Platform, Merchants' Guild, Mercenaries' Guild, Mission Computer, Ship Dealer, Street Level
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

New Detroit is a Terran Confederation Industrial Base in the New Detroit system.

Services

• Bar
• Commodity Exchange
• Landing Platform
• Merchants' Guild
• Mercenaries' Guild
• Mission Computer
• Ship Dealer
• Street Level

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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	460-500k	190%	70-100
Artwork	85-100k	na
Books	50k	na
Brilliance	200-300k	na
Communications	30-50k	80%	65-80
Computer Software	70-100k	80%	65-80
Computers	60-70k	80%	65-80
Construction Equipment	60-70k	80%	65-80
Factory Equipment	70-100k	70%	70-90
Food Dispensers	70-100k	90%	70-90
Furs	280-300k	na
Games	20k	na
Gems	1000-1180k	na
Generic Foods	30-45k	na
Grain	20-30k	na
Holographic Equipment	460-500k	60%	50-60
Home Appliances	60-100k	90%	70-90
Home Entertainment	30-50k	80%	65-80
Iron	50-65k	25%	37-50
Liquor	50-55k	na
Luxury Foods	50-70k	na
Medical Equipment	460-500k	50%	40-50
Mining Equipment	70-100k	80%	65-80
Movies	20k
Pets	90-100k	na
Plastics	20-50k	80%	65-80
PlayThing	20k	na
Plutonium	1000-1200k	15%	22-30
Pre-Fabs	30-50k	80%	65-80
Robot Servants	460-500k	60%	40-60
Robot Workers	270-300k	60%	45-60
Slaves	700-780k	na
Space Salvage	170-200k	70%	60-70
Textiles	40-50k	80%	65-80
Tobacco	100-150k	na
Tungsten	100-135k	10%	20-30
Ultimate	1000-1125k	na
Uranium	500-550k	35%	37-40
Weaponry	270-300k	50%	40-50
Wood	100-150k	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 Grain	Home appliances Construction eqpt. Plastics <br Factory eqpt. Food dispensers Pre-Fabs
Mining	Uranium Gems Plutonium Iron	Mining eqpt. Food dispensers Home appliances Construction eqpt. Holographic eqpt. Computer software Plastics Space salvage Robot workers Medical eqpt. Home entertain. Computers
Pirate	Brilliance © Slaves © Ultimate © Tobacco ©	Food dispensers Holographic eqpt. Advanced fuels Space salvage Medical eqpt. Computer software Home appliances Plastics Computers Home entertain. Weapons
Pleasure	X	Home appliances Robot servants Food dispensers Construction eqpt. Plastics Communications Pre-fabs Textiles
Refinery	X	X
N. Constantinople	X	Food dispensers Home appliances Plastics Communications
New Detroit	X	X
Oxford	Wood Generic foods	Home appliances Factory eqpt. Plastics Food dispensers Communications Pre-fabs Construction eqpt.
Perry Naval Base	X	Food dispensers Home appliances Plastics Space salvage

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:

New Detroit	Home appliances, food dispensers, plastics

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