I think the Alliance are going to become the biggest threat in the galaxy, all thanks to their endless supply of rare goods. Who cares though, especially if we all get rich.. Right?! 
Having those 3 Alliance systems [plus the Indy system: Orrererere] that all trade in rares, in such close proximity, has caused a somewhat an exponential explosion in the local economies; much like what's happening in Qatar. There's commodities going cheap and they're making/going to make people lots and lots and lots of monies. It appears that many Commanders are going utterly daft for it - including me. It's probably a good thing that FD has put a cap on how many commodities one CMDR can source at any one time.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the coming days/weeks when Lave [and its Alliance partners] all start (inevitably) expanding. There will obviously be some form of civil wars when the attempted takeovers/invasion of the Indy/Fed systems begin. I'm also wondering if Alliance platforms will start constructing in neighbouring systems and/or if FD will get involved and generate some extra back-story to all this - Either way, it will be good to see the 'background process' put to the test with the continued explosion of rare trading!
FYI - I only just started rare trading yesterday, but I've managed to get my trading statistics up from 30,000Cr [or 50,000Cr] up to 2.9 Million credits in a couple of trips. All-in-all, about 7 hours work? Maybe? Not sure. I've not been keeping track of my time spent, really, and that was without using a predefined A->B->A, etc. path + real life + fuel scooping + hanging around in the Galaxy Map, waiting for routes to propagate. Essentially, I was just jumping around from system->system that sold rares, trying to see how much I could buy/sell items for and really discover how it all works. One thing I've found out the hard way was that after around 120LY-150LY it's diminishing returns. You'd probably be able to travel around 110-120LY and get double the 'Galactic Average'. I travelled 300LY with rares from Lave only to find that I'd have made more around 130LY earlier...
PS.
At the time I wasn't aware that Diso/Orererere sold rares, else I'd have stocked right up and had a lot more than only 60T of cargo in my hold when I arrived at my final destination!
Having those 3 Alliance systems [plus the Indy system: Orrererere] that all trade in rares, in such close proximity, has caused a somewhat an exponential explosion in the local economies; much like what's happening in Qatar. There's commodities going cheap and they're making/going to make people lots and lots and lots of monies. It appears that many Commanders are going utterly daft for it - including me. It's probably a good thing that FD has put a cap on how many commodities one CMDR can source at any one time.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the coming days/weeks when Lave [and its Alliance partners] all start (inevitably) expanding. There will obviously be some form of civil wars when the attempted takeovers/invasion of the Indy/Fed systems begin. I'm also wondering if Alliance platforms will start constructing in neighbouring systems and/or if FD will get involved and generate some extra back-story to all this - Either way, it will be good to see the 'background process' put to the test with the continued explosion of rare trading!
FYI - I only just started rare trading yesterday, but I've managed to get my trading statistics up from 30,000Cr [or 50,000Cr] up to 2.9 Million credits in a couple of trips. All-in-all, about 7 hours work? Maybe? Not sure. I've not been keeping track of my time spent, really, and that was without using a predefined A->B->A, etc. path + real life + fuel scooping + hanging around in the Galaxy Map, waiting for routes to propagate. Essentially, I was just jumping around from system->system that sold rares, trying to see how much I could buy/sell items for and really discover how it all works. One thing I've found out the hard way was that after around 120LY-150LY it's diminishing returns. You'd probably be able to travel around 110-120LY and get double the 'Galactic Average'. I travelled 300LY with rares from Lave only to find that I'd have made more around 130LY earlier...
PS.
At the time I wasn't aware that Diso/Orererere sold rares, else I'd have stocked right up and had a lot more than only 60T of cargo in my hold when I arrived at my final destination!
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