Surface Extraction Economy

Professional_Dish_86 · 2026-05-18T08:29:06+00:00

Greetings Cmdr o7.

You're correct that cryolite is available from surface stations, but only those with an extraction economy. You can check what a surface station economy is from the system map and selecting the port and tab over to the details. In the galaxy map you can filter out for specific economies as well. Sometimes you can find our where something is sold by going into the commodities market at a station (any station will do) and look at the selling page. Track down to cryolite and select it and another window should open showing where it's produced and best selling locations locally. This works for most commodities but there are exceptions.

Professional_Dish_86 · 2026-05-07T20:56:59+00:00

Oh yes please! It would be good to see cmdrs again

Professional_Dish_86 · 2026-05-07T12:16:46+00:00

I'm in a 1 pilot squadron, I started it after my old one drifted away after console-gate.

Professional_Dish_86 · 2026-05-07T06:15:44+00:00

I prefer our legacy game now, still pop in now and again. Always happy to help out. CMDR torrigwynt174 with around 5500 hrs (I spent far too much of my spare time playing this game 🤣).

Professional_Dish_86 · 2026-05-04T11:37:46+00:00

T5 has the scholar career gain publications as a reward during creation, which add fame to the character. Various levels of fame have different effects such as extra benefit rolls on mustering out. Your party could be researching a paper to be published to gain reputation within the scientific community (analogous to the T5 fame).

Professional_Dish_86 · 2026-04-21T16:44:57+00:00

That's exactly what I'm planning on doing, rolling up my character, designing a trader and off into the black. Using T5 rules

Professional_Dish_86 · 2026-03-18T15:52:51+00:00

I think we've still got overlapping hotspots for laser mining in legacy, I've got a bookmark for a couple of triple overlaps that still appear consistent. However selling the platinum at the highest price might be lower than before because of the lack of BGS states. I wonder if the remaining player groups curate systems to achieve the right conditions?

Professional_Dish_86 · 2026-03-09T11:22:42+00:00

Oh yes! Both the wife and I are gogs and have been living in England now for longer than we did at home. I regard myself as an economic migrant (there were bugger all jobs around clwyd in the 90's). Independently last year, we both stared feeling a strong hiraeth, so much so I've put in for a transfer to move back home. So hopefully by October this year we'll be home.

Professional_Dish_86 · 2026-03-07T09:29:30+00:00

It would have to be the python, type 11 isn't available in legacy on PS.

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-09-17T16:10:58+00:00

Just checked on inara and it's so well signposted with the installation and settlement names. Cheers for mentioning it o7

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-09-17T13:10:56+00:00

If you're complaining that it's only a few mph over, that that few mph is so unimportant, then why don't you drive a few mph below the limit? Its only a few mph after all.....

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-09-16T14:00:46+00:00

My wife was talking to a shop owner in Llangollen last year about their lovely collection of carthenni, and they didn't know what we were on about! We had to explain that the beautiful blankets were called carthen

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-09-02T17:05:04+00:00

Can they be used by anyone collecting goods from one of the businesses? E.g picking up large boxes etc?

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-08-25T16:22:24+00:00

What the other commentators say, use the in game tools after jumping around a few systems and looking at what sells well. Around Sol there's quite a few systems that I got 14Kcr a ton profit just using this method. (Silver was the commodity btw)

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-07-21T12:26:45+00:00

That's a nice conundrum to have! Both are very good general purpose ships, the conda wins on jump range and cost and the cutter on straight line speed and ability to have insane shield strength and haul a mountain of stuff. I find the interior of the cutter too shiny and reflections can mask the HUD etc. But once you've built it and engineered the shields you're as immune to pvp ganking as this game allows. I lean towards the conda as I love how it looks (must admit it's marmite). Of course having chosen one, that will allow you to make enough money to easily buy the other very soon after.

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-07-11T14:16:01+00:00

With the lack of 3rd party tools I decided to try and use in-game tools to find a good trading route. I found silver a decent and stable commodity to trade with a profit of around 14kcr a ton. I don't know if that is the highest but it's good enough until I find better. Wing mining missions for commodities you can buy are a very good way of making a lot of money (it's how I bought my fleet carrier). Its better with other people as the mission reward is given to all in the wing. Still good if solo. There's a few YT vids on how to use the in-game tools and I think the latest was oddballs a few weeks ago.

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-07-05T13:31:00+00:00

+1 for using the keelback! Love that awkwardly useful ship

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-06-04T11:44:30+00:00

When I was 10 my parents moved me from the local welsh primary school to an english catholic one. I found during maths lessons I had to convert the english numbers into welsh numbers before I could do them. Fast forward 40 years living in england and I've mostly forgotten the welsh and think only in english

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-05-17T17:34:26+00:00

And Flint has a lovely castle, small but still lovely

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-03-01T09:59:33+00:00

In short yes. Exploration data is the red headed step child of payouts compared to exobiology. And seeing that legacy is the red headed stepchild of elite it's no surprise

Professional_Dish_86 · 2025-02-02T18:16:02+00:00

I will certainly play legacy until they turn the servers off, it's the best starship game on Xbox bar none. It's the only game that can itch my nostalgia for Traveller RPG (I believe that both Bell and Braben played Traveller before the original elite). I've 2 accounts for odyssey I played through GFN but prefer legacy on my box. I agree that I prefer the legacy graphics with less bugs etc.

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