Markets
PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY IdeoPraxist - March 11-13, 2015
Ascent:TSG has many types of markets to exchange goods between players and NPC's.
Local Market
The local market is a station-based NPC market to buy and sell minerals. Each station in the inner-8 systems sells one type of product which corresponds to the resources produced by the settlement of that system. Each NPC station will purchase other inner-8 resources for at least a minimum price, in most cases, for a profit to the seller. Here is a list of the resources sold corresponding to the station name and system:
Resource
|
System
|
Station
|
Minimum Price (credits)
|
---|---|---|---|
Grain
|
Ceres
|
SS Andromeda
|
100
|
Iron
|
Vulcan
|
SS Archimedes
|
200
|
Meat
|
Apollo
|
SS Plato
|
300
|
Vegetables
|
Ubertas
|
SS Orion
|
150
|
Fruit
|
Pomona
|
SS Archon
|
150
|
Titanium
|
Veritas
|
SS Elysium
|
900
|
Aluminium
|
Vestra
|
SS Mica
|
400
|
Carbon
|
Sol Invictus
|
SS Solaris
|
1,100
|
The picture below shows a standard Local Market at the SS Elysium Space Station in Veritas:
Prices change every 15 minutes except at the bottom of the hour (the 00:30 mark). When you sell goods, you receive a percentage of bonus credits from your current Trading Skill level. As you sell more goods, your Trading Skill increases, and you receive a higher percentage of bonus credits. When you reach a new level, a message will appear showing your improved Trading Skill level along with the amount of bonus credits you received for the current trade.
Each time you sell metal goods to an NPC space station, their Industry level increases, and they produce more goods per day. Each time you sell food goods to an NPC space station, their Starvation level decreases which also affects production.
Galactic Market
The Galactic Market allows players to buy and sell resources (Material), ship modules (Ship Parts), and Ships with other players. The Galactic Market at a Private Space Station (PSS) (also known as the Inner Space Station (ISS)) only allows players to buy and sell ship modules (Ship Parts) and Ships with other players.
To find items, the player needs to know the item they are looking for and enter the search parameters in the Items box. For further precision, the player can enter the minimum quantity or the minimum price after the greater-than sign (>) in the specific boxes.
If a player purchases an item from a seller's PSS, a new destination appears in Apollo's Autopilot (see image below).
NPC station versus private space station (can't sell minerals).
Stock Market
After finding the stock market you want to buy or sell to, click on the name. The map will then center on the system that the stock market is located in. You will need a ship with a hyperdrive and enough fuel to reach the system. If you have the requirements, just click the Jump button on the highlighted planet.
After Jumping to the system with a Stock Market, you will need to click the Auto pilot button, and warp to the colony that has the Stock Market.
Once you are in range, there will be a Green Skybeam from the Stock Market out into space.Follow this beam down to the Stock Market. Once in range, a button will appear to “open stockmarket”. Click the button, and a list of buy and sell options will come up.
You can buy or sell any amount, up to the amount listed. For example if a Stock Market is buying 1027 Tin, you can sell it any amount from 1-1027.
When you buy or sell to a Stock Market, the owner gets a message in the mail, telling then what was bought or sold, who it was from or to, and the amounts.
Waervyn shows how to use the stock market: Waervyn's Stock Market Video