Markets

PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY IdeoPraxist - March 11, 2015

Ascent:TSG has many types of market to exchange goods between players and NPC's.

Local Market

The local market is 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. Here is a list of the resources sold corresponding to the station name and system.

- Grain Farm - for use on Ceres

- Iron Mine - for use on Vulcan

- Animal Ranch - For use on Apollo

- Vegetable farm - for use on Ubertus

- Orchard - for use on Pomona

- Titanium Mine - for use on Veritus

- Aluminium Mine - for use on Vestra

- Carbon harvester - for use on Sol Invictus

Resource	System	Station	Minimum Price (credits)
Grain	Ceres	SS Andromeda	100
Iron	Vulcan	SS Archimedes	200
Meat	Apollo	SS Plato	300
Vegetables	Ubertas	Mineral	100
Fruit	Pomona	Mineral	100
Titanium	Veritas	Mineral	100
Aluminium	Vestra	Mineral	100
Carbon	Sol Invictus	Mineral	100

Each Space Station has a Market where you can buy one specific product, or sell any other product. The sell price varies between space stations, and changes over time (changing roughly every 15 minutes of real world time)

Each Star System specialises in producing one product: it is this product that is available to buy at the local space station, and the buy price doesn't fluctuate. If you settle the local planet, you can also mine/farm for this product. The map below shows the products available from each Star System. In order to sell the goods you produce or buy, you must travel to a new star system. Because the prices fluctuate, you might want to keep travelling to different star systems in order to find the space station offering the best return for your investment.

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, this will appear on the screen along with the amount of bonus credits you received for the current trade.

Each time you sell metal goods to a planet (through the space station) their Industry level increases, and they produce more goods per day. Each time you sell food goods to a planet, their Starvation level decreases which also affects production.

Galactic Market

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