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True Blue's Presidential Information Mirror

Welcome to my player page!

If you visited my old version, you saw a short, incomplete journal that hadn't been maintained for over one hundred and eighty turns. I was looking for something with which to replace it, but couldn't quite find the right 'gimmick.' Thanks to former President Knjaz' Igor' and his posting of the Presidential information, I was finally inspired. And thanks to current President Annushka Moya for now sharing the contraband info with everyone!

I know Mr President is quite busy governing the galaxy and such, so I didn't want to pester him with my complaints about the format of the information page. So, with his permission, I created a different view of the same data, which I think is much easier to digest. I hope you like it -- but, if not, feel free to drop me an e-mail and tell me what you think. Feedback is always welcome, and flames can be interesting, too.

Trading Information

See below for copious amounts of information about this data and trading in general. Use the links below to jump to the cargo you're interested in, or just scroll down. Enjoy!

Cheap ($25-$75): Scrap | Chocolate | Fudge | Hankies | Hats | Jumpers | Marzipan | Mittens

Moderate ($100-$150): Beards | Elvis Memorabilia | Ninja Beer | Puddings | Snowmen | Tea | Winegums | Lists | Surprises | Videos | Web Pages | Xylophones

Expensive ($200-$250): Boardgames | Emperors' New Clothes | Eye Robots | Dilithium | New Tricks | Old Songs | Quad Trees

Contraband ($400-$500): Ray-guns (!) | Sharp Sticks (!) | Steely Knives (!) | Euphoria (!) | Windows (!)

Trade Good Colony Selling At 1089 1088 1087
Scrap
Factory: Adhara
Base Price: $25
Alioth 260% $65 $64 $60
Sadir 228% $57 $56 $52
Sadir 228% $57 $56 $52
Regulus 164% $41 $40 $36
Canopus 132% $33
Markab 132% $33 $40 $36
Olympus ?
Wolf ?
Chocolate
Factory: Merak
Base Price: $50
Cygni 356% $178
Pollux 260% $130 $142
Centauri 228% $114 $110 $104
Sirius 196% $98 $94 $104
Aurigae 164% $82 $78 $72
Markab 132% $66 $62 $56
Betelgeuse 100% $50 $46 $40
Kruger ?
Fudge
Factory: Hydrae
Base Price: $50
Alnitak 276% $138 $136
Cygni 276% $138
Sadir 276% $138 $138 $136
Mizar 212% $106 $106 $104
Lupi 148% $74 $72
Alcor 84% $42 $42 $56
Olympus ?
Wolf ?
Hankies
Factory: Crucis
Base Price: $50
Deneb 264% $132
Merak 264% $132 $132 $132
Pherda 232% $116 $116 $116
Regulus 168% $84 $84 $84
Aurigae 136% $68 $68 $68
Markab 104% $52 $52 $52
Adhara ?
Olympus ?
Hats
Factory: Kruger
Base Price: $75
Wezen 308% $231 $231
Altair 244% $183
Hydrae 244% $183 $183 $183
Aldebaran 212% $159
Bootis 180% $135 $135 $135
Kochab 180% $135 $135 $135
Scorpii 116% $87
Tauri 116% $87 $87 $87
Jumpers
Factory: Vega
Base Price: $75
Mizar 332% $249 $243 $243
Alioth 268% $201 $219 $219
Centauri 204% $153 $147 $147
Indi 204% $153 $147 $147
Ophiuchi 196% $147
Sirius 172% $129 $123 $123
Polaris 140% $105 $99 $99
Kruger ?
Marzipan
Factory: Canis
Base Price: $75
Mira 304% $228 $225
Lyrae 208% $156 $153
Algol 176% $132 $129 $126
Antares 176% $132 $150
Caph 176% $132 $129 $126
Arcturus 172% $129
Olympus ?
Rigel ?
Mittens
Factory: Altair
Base Price: $75
Merak 344% $258 $258 $258
Pherda 344% $258 $258 $258
Aldebaran 184% $138
Castor 184% $138 $138 $138
Capella 152% $114 $114 $114
Indi 152% $114 $114 $114
Aurigae 120% $90 $90 $90
Regulus 120% $90 $90 $90
Beards
Factory: Hamal
Base Price: $100
Lupi 310% $310 $290
Achernar 255% $255 $250
Deneb 255% $255
Antares 190% $190 $210
Antares 150% $150 $170
Aurigae 150% $150 $175 $210
Kochab 150% $150 $135 $130
Olympus ?
Elvis Memorabilia
Factory: Centauri
Base Price: $100
Kochab 320% $320 $320 $320
Alcor 240% $240 $240 $240
Mizar 240% $240 $240 $240
Altair 200% $200
Castor 200% $200 $200 $200
Betelgeuse 160% $160 $160 $160
Vega 80% $80 $80
Adhara ?
Ninja Beer
Factory: Aurigae
Base Price: $100
Aldebaran 290% $290
Lyrae 290% $290 $285
Ceti 250% $250 $245 $235
Kochab 250% $250 $245 $235
Lupi 210% $210 $195
Scorpii 125% $125
Aurigae 90% $90 $125 $115
Hamal 90% $90 $85 $155
Puddings
Factory: Draconis
Base Price: $100
Aldebaran 250% $250
Ross 250% $250 $245 $240
Cephei 245% $245
Antares 210% $210 $200
Caph 210% $210 $205 $200
Capella 130% $130 $125 $120
Hamal 130% $130 $125 $120
Olympus ?
Snowmen
Factory: Achernar
Base Price: $100
Alioth 265% $265 $260 $255
Procyon 260% $260
Schedar 225% $225 $220 $215
Zosca 225% $225 $220 $215
Bootis 185% $185 $180 $175
Schedar 185% $185 $180 $175
Scorpii 140% $140
Sadir 105% $105 $140 $175
Tea
Factory: Rastaban
Base Price: $100
Deneb 285% $285
Fomalhaut 285% $285 $285 $280
Thuban 205% $205 $205 $200
Canopus 165% $165
Canopus 125% $125
Hamal 125% $125 $125 $160
Altair 120% $120
Rigel ?
Winegums
Factory: Cygni
Base Price: $100
Canis 355% $355 $355 $355
Canis 315% $315 $315 $315
Antares 235% $235 $235
Sadir 235% $235 $235 $235
Rastaban 155% $155
Lupi 115% $115 $115
Tauri 115% $115 $115 $115
Olympus ?
Lists
Factory: Procyon
Base Price: $125
Rastaban 238% $298
Schedar 238% $298 $298 $292
Cephei 200% $250
Aldebaran 162% $202
Antares 162% $202 $196
Ophiuchi 162% $202
Sirius 162% $202 $202 $244
Olympus ?
Surprises
Factory: Cephei
Base Price: $125
Fomalhaut 339% $424 $424 $418
Centauri 262% $328 $328 $322
Capella 224% $280 $280 $274
Cephei 147% $184
Tauri 147% $184 $184 $178
Ceti 109% $136 $136 $130
Adhara ?
Olympus ?
Videos
Factory: Eridani
Base Price: $125
Alioth 272% $340 $328 $328
Altair 262% $328
Caph 234% $292 $280 $280
Ophiuchi 224% $280
Lyrae 195% $244 $232
Aurigae 157% $196 $184 $184
Indi 157% $196 $184 $184
Lyrae 157% $196 $184
Web Pages
Factory: Barnard
Base Price: $150
Zosca 349% $524 $524 $524
Procyon 312% $468
Indi 237% $356 $356 $356
Algol 200% $300 $300 $300
Cephei 200% $300
Kapetyn 125% $188 $188 $188
Alcor 88% $132 $132 $132
Olympus ?
Xylophones
Factory: Spica
Base Price: $150
Centauri 382% $573 $566 $538
Diphda 284% $426
Betelgeuse 158% $237 $286 $258
Regulus 158% $237 $230 $258
Alcor 121% $181 $174 $202
Pollux 83% $125 $118
Adhara ?
Olympus ?
Boardgames
Factory: Indi
Base Price: $200
Scorpii 250% $500
Aldebaran 215% $430
Aldebaran 215% $430
Alioth 215% $430 $420 $420
Arcturus 210% $420
Antares 175% $350 $420
Wezen 170% $340 $340
Achernar 130% $260 $260
Emperors' New Clothes
Factory: Polaris
Base Price: $200
Caph 300% $600 $600 $580
Kapetyn 300% $600 $600 $580
Rastaban 220% $440
Rastaban 220% $440
Diphda 170% $340
Castor 140% $280 $280 $340
Castor 140% $280 $280 $340
Hydrae 100% $200 $200 $180
Eye Robots
Factory: Mirfak
Base Price: $200
Pollux 325% $650 $640
Thuban 285% $570 $640 $630
Tauri 165% $330 $320 $310
Diphda 155% $310
Algol 125% $250 $240 $230
Alphard 125% $250
Olympus ?
Wolf ?
Dilithium
Factory: Lalande
Base Price: $250
Rastaban 234% $584
Zosca 234% $584 $572 $560
Zosca 234% $584 $572 $560
Hydrae 195% $488 $572 $560
Regulus 195% $488 $476 $464
Pherda 157% $392 $380 $368
Deneb 152% $380
Olympus ?
New Tricks
Factory: Zosca
Base Price: $250
Alphard 277% $692
Indi 238% $596 $596 $740
Indi 238% $596 $596 $644
Mirfak 200% $500 $500 $452
Wezen 200% $500 $452
Polaris 162% $404 $404 $356
Zosca 162% $404 $404 $356
Ross 123% $308 $308 $356
Old Songs
Factory: Regulus
Base Price: $250
Diphda 291% $728
Cephei 267% $668
Hydrae 238% $596 $668 $632
Lyrae 200% $500 $476
Canopus 162% $404
Vega 162% $404 $344
Eridani 123% $308 $380
Olympus ?
Quad Trees
Factory: Ceti
Base Price: $250
Markab 291% $728 $692 $668
Lyrae 253% $632 $596
Castor 214% $536 $500 $572
Indi 176% $440 $404 $380
Antares 138% $344 $380
Antares 138% $344 $380
Sadir 138% $344 $404 $476
Olympus ?
Ray-guns (!)
Factory: Algol
Base Price: $400
Pherda 235% $940 $940 $920
Rastaban 235% $940
Canis 195% $780 $780 $760
Pherda 195% $780 $780 $760
Regulus 195% $780 $780 $760
Scorpii 195% $780
Vega 195% $780 $760
Olympus ?
Sharp Sticks (!)
Factory: Arcturus
Base Price: $400
Cygni 265% $1060
Alphard 225% $900
Diphda 185% $740
Hydrae 185% $740 $740 $740
Lupi 185% $740 $740
Lyrae 185% $740 $740
Zosca 185% $740 $740 $740
Olympus ?
Steely Knives (!)
Factory: Thuban
Base Price: $400
Spica 250% $1000 $960
Cygni 210% $840
Hydrae 210% $840 $980 $960
Sirius 210% $840 $820 $960
Achernar 205% $820 $800
Canopus 170% $680
Castor 170% $680 $660 $640
Cephei 165% $660
Euphoria (!)
Factory: Kapetyn
Base Price: $500
Mirfak 240% $1200 $1000 $1075
Merak 200% $1000 $800 $675
Sadir 200% $1000 $1000 $1075
Tauri 200% $1000 $1000 $875
Cephei 160% $800
Hamal 120% $600 $1200 $1275
Kruger ?
Wolf ?
Windows (!)
Factory: Tauri
Base Price: $500
Eridani 240% $1200 $1100
Diphda 195% $975
Diphda 195% $975
Fomalhaut 160% $800 $1300 $1175
Pollux 160% $800 $700
Spica 160% $800 $775
Deneb 140% $700
Olympus ?

Notes on Trading

First, about this information. As a perk of being President, each alien ship reports data from its current system every turn. The President can use this data as he sees fit, and President Annushka Moya has chosen to share the colony market prices (even contraband!) with the general public. This page simply reformats that data for easier comprehension. If you end up using this table frequently, please thank him personally!

I have chosen to use only the last three turns of trading data to create this page. (I plan on keeping a full historical record, so this can change.) There are, unfortunately, several missing prices, simply because some colonies (at non-homeworlds, usually) only get reported when an alien happens to show up. But a price that's only a few turns old could still be good (or better).

Second, about trading. There are a few tricks that some players may not know. Most of these are in the rules, but might be... 'hidden,' shall we say. Hopefully, none of these points will be too obvious.

When you sell cargo to a colony, the price there will go down by 35%, and up 5% at the other seven colonies. But power sorting (that is, the order in which ships appear in the system) also plays a part, because selling will proceed by the galaxy-wide sort order. For example, you send an order to sell your cargo for 200% of its base price. But, so do five other ships around the galaxy, all of whom would sort higher than you in the same system. When you get your turn results, you've just sold your cargo for (200% + 5% * 5) = 225%! This can come in handy at times...

You might need to pay attention to the order of buying and selling for other reasons, too. For instance, buying cargo comes before buying modules, so you have to wait a turn before filling up that pod you just bought... but, if you know an adventure will net you a pod, you can buy cargo for it that same turn (assuming you're successful). The same applies to combat, although you won't be able to sell any new cargo the turn you get it, unfortunately.

Each colony will only buy one unit of cargo, per ship, per turn. But, once you find a good price, you might not want to buy too many units. It will take ten turns to sell off ten units, which means not only ten actions each to keep your officers busy, but, depending on how thinly traded the cargo is, you could be making 300% the first turn and 125% the fifth turn! (That's why Windows (!) are so popular -- the price stays fairly constant everywhere because so many people sell it.)

One fact that may help you fill in the holes in this data -- the rules say that 'the initial price at all colonies is double the basic value,' or, more plainly, every colony started out buying at 200%. Once one unit is sold, one colony's price goes down to 165%, while the rest raise to 205%. But, if you do the math, the average price is still 200%! So, if you have seven current prices and one missing, you just need to solve for that average to figure out what it is.

Finally (for now), here's one last thing that stumped me at first. You won't be able to sell any cargo to a colony whose asking price is less than 100%, even if you didn't pay a cent for it (like Chocolate, Scrap, or combat loot). But factories will always buy up to fifteen Scrap units per turn, and at least you know that some colony somewhere will have a good price!

Well, that's about it. Last, but not least, if you'd like to contribute your own trading information here, for the good of your fellow players, send them to me. Even data from a few turns ago can help flesh out the total picture. Thanks for reading, and Happy Sailing!

Captain H'roo'roo of the True Blue

Page last updated on 6 April, 2004, during turn 1089. Contact me if you have suggestions or corrections.

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