Tales of an old n00b - part 4
29 Jun 2020Runjikol
3306-06-30Selene Jean wants 10 tonnes of Painite. Well, okay. Refitting Brasscoat, I mean "System Patrol Vessel", costs a few hundred thousand. 2B Refinery is the best I can find on the way to 127 G. CANIS MAJOR, AB1. Before I get there I'm interdicted by a pilot in a DBX. I submit and he opens fire without scanning my cargo hold of limpets. Unfortunately for him the Python is still fitted with The Dweller's enhanced pulse lasers and a Tod McQuinn special multicannon. The bounty was 32,000cr and it pays for my ammo and time.
At 127 G. CANIS MAJORIS returning to ring B I see this rich Painite deposit. It is meant to yield rewards quickly. I spend 2 hours hitting 100 asteroids and only find 3 Painite cores but of course I had no seismic launcher fitted. Welp... misread the cart's on this one. Lucky I've got a lead on another spot in GCRV 1568, AB1 ring A. That yields spectacularly. I scoop up 90 tonnes of Painite and a few dozen tonnes of Praesydium, Palladium, Platinum and Gold.
There's a Praesydium rush at the local Orbis station and the sell price is 150% of galactic average. The Palladium was also well above gal-average but the Platinum was well below. All of it was profit since modules sales are the same as purchase price. Some obscure law by INRA is the rumour. Refit the python again and "System Patrol Vessel" is ready to make the jumps to Selene Jean's home system of Kuk. I feel like a joke is being had at my expense.
Note: must find interstellar factor to get this bounty voucher cashed-in and off my list for those sentry skimmers.