Trade - Items & Upgrades


 Items of Interstellar Trade

Metal alloys Basic metals. Used in platform construction and maintenance. Cheap trade item, acquiring metal alloys from asteroid microparticles is a common practice among ship owners.
Raw dilithium (89%) An extremely precious trade item from which dilithium starship fuel is processed from. Can be occasionally found on asteroid fields.
Dilithium fuel (0.2%) Fuels all forms of known faster-than-light travel. Aside from being used in dilithium subspace drive, a constant amount of this fuel is needed for hyperspace jumps. Expensive.
Hydrogen fuel Cheap fuel needed for conventional maneuvering thrusters and afterburners. Produced in massive quantities from water.
Radioactives Some platforms and old craft require radioactive substances for certain functions. Relatively expensive and rare trade item, can be found from asteroid fields.
Liquid oxygen Liquid oxygen is cheap trade item. Aside from use as a component for emergency breathing air, it has only a few uses. Produced in massive quantities as a side-product when hydrogen is separated from water.
Weapons Interstellar trade item consisting of handguns, ammunition, tools and spare parts for weaponry maintenance. Price of this basic weaponry determine how expensive ship weapon upgrade installation is.
Luxury goods Luxury goods, such as alcohol, coffee, tea and tobacco. Expensive trade item, especially on distant outposts.
Spare parts Generic spare parts. Automated hull repair system on most modern starships can use these to repair hull integrity. Ship systems cannot be fixed using these, however.
Water Water. Aside from drinking, clean water is crucial in several industrial processes, such as hydrogen fuel production.
Foodstuffs What the name says. The more populated platform, more there is demand for foodstuffs.



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