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.
Backup power cells
These cells are an universal way of transporting moderate amounts of charge.
They're primarily meant for powering platforms in case of a reactor failure, but MicroSpace has
implemented support for them into most of their large spacecraft.
Do not underestimate the value of this item, in combat a power cell can save your life.
Spare parts
Generic spare parts. Automated hull repair system on most modern starships
can use these to repair hull integrity. Advanced 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.