Trade missions supporting the war

Hawkcode · Feb 20, 2023

I've heard of people make huge sums for doing trade mission supporting the war effort, Where can I find these.

Thanks

Untilting · Feb 21, 2023

I'm curious, where did you hear that? I've only done a couple of the thargoid supply missions and the profits weren't astonishing, in the time it took me to complete them I'd have made more on passenger evacuation runs.

Hawkcode · Feb 23, 2023

Maybe that was it, Where do you get those?

SteveWW57 · Feb 23, 2023

The profits depend on how the mission is set up. Some missions, as CGs can be very profitable, others less so. You have to look around.

There is a new trade CG, so might be worth checking the profitability of that.

Steve

Untilting · Feb 23, 2023

Hawkcode said:
Maybe that was it, Where do you get those?

All stations in invaded/alert systems have loads of passenger missions to a rescue ship. If you kit out a Python or a Type 7 (if large pad available) with cheapo passenger cabins then you can do runs to and from the rescue ships. My evac ships can carry 152 passengers, it's usually 3 or 4 jumps to the rescue ship (then the same back), and about 16M credits per run. Both ships can boost above 420 so Thargoid interceptions are just a nuisance.

You can use an Anaconda if you want to fit in a few more cabins, but higher rebuy if an interception goes wrong.

Hawkcode · Feb 23, 2023

SteveWW57 said:
The profits depend on how the mission is set up. Some missions, as CGs can be very profitable, others less so. You have to look around.

There is a new trade CG, so might be worth checking the profitability of that.

Steve

I'm sorry what does CG stand for?

Untilting · Feb 23, 2023

Untilting said:
All stations in invaded/alert systems have loads of passenger missions to a rescue ship. If you kit out a Python or a Type 7 (if large pad available) with cheapo passenger cabins then you can do runs to and from the rescue ships. My evac ships can carry 152 passengers, it's usually 3 or 4 jumps to the rescue ship (then the same back), and about 16M credits per run. Both ships can boost above 420 so Thargoid interceptions are just a nuisance.

You can use an Anaconda if you want to fit in a few more cabins, but higher rebuy if an interception goes wrong.

PS I've been having most fun in a Type 7 - it gets 6 more LY range than my Python so sometimes cuts 4 jumps to 3, handles nicely in supercruise and just outruns the murderflowers...

I only really use the Python if there are no large pads available.

GraphiteGB · Feb 23, 2023

Hawkcode said:
I'm sorry what does CG stand for?

Community Goals

Discuss current and previous community goals and events here.

forums.frontier.co.uk

community goals = CG

Untilting · Feb 23, 2023

Hawkcode said:
I'm sorry what does CG stand for?

Community Goal - intermittent community missions introduced by Frontier. Trade missions usually pay a bit over the odds (sometimes spectacularly over the odds)

Untilting · Feb 24, 2023

Untilting said:
Community Goal - intermittent community missions introduced by Frontier. Trade missions usually pay a bit over the odds (sometimes spectacularly over the odds)

PS the current CG is in reasonably spectacular territory - if you have a large trading ship (700T+), then each full load of Palladium delivered nets over 100M profit.