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milk runs

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hi.
what milk runs have you guys found in G1? me, i used to do isinor to ensoreus, now i'm doing laenin to xexedi, and i think there was at least one more in G1, but i can't find it. any ideas?
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Re: milk runs

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Hi Harry747

There are 5 optimal trade routes in galaxy 1, where the greatest differences in prices will give you maximum profits:-

Ararus - Ensoreus
Raleen - Maesin
Inera - Raale
Erlage - Xeesenri
Qudira - Bierle

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Ararus - Ensoreus <-- This one is my bread and butter in G1, right below Ensoreus. Good cash to be made here, plus its an anarchy system, so alot of combat as well. :) Even better, they are very close to each other to maximize that fuel for multiple runs, and/or injector usage.
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Ararus and Ensoreus are the closest to Lave so for new commanders this will be where you'll ba able to buy that docking computer the quickest.

The list I gave in my previous post is in fact in Oorder of distance to Lave
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Wish this had been posted 2 weeks ago, lol :lol:

I was runnung Ra - Relaes, made some great Credits to, after some exploring I ended up doing the Erlage - Xeesenri run. More by Luck than judgment.

Wondering if you experienced Commanders could put a danger rating to each run ?

Would be helpful to know where to go to make cash and get kills (killed) and where the run would get all sleepy.
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Cmdr Radan wrote:
Wondering if you experienced Commanders could put a danger rating to each run ?
The amount of danger only depends on the political constitution of the two systems involved. The existing political constitutions in the Ooniverse are (in degrading order):

Corporate State
Democracy
Confederacy
Communist
Dictatorship
Multi-Government
Feudal
Anarchy

You can get a little background on that on the [wiki]Powers and Organisations[/wiki] page of the Wiki.

The further up a system is on this list, the safer (and therefore less dangerous) it is. You can access the political constitution of your destination system (or any system) in the game itself by either selecting it on the chart and then visiting the info-screen (F7), or by pressing 'I' while you are on the short range chart. This will bring up some condensed information about all systems currently displayed. Their political constitutions are indicated by logos, most of which are pretty self-explanatory. They are explained on the Oolite Reference Sheet.

Therefore the only thing you need to do to assess the danger factor of your next milk run is to look up the political constitution of your destination.
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Cmdr Radan wrote:
Wish this had been posted 2 weeks ago, lol :lol:
The best place to find answers is onthe Wiki FAQ

You will also find BGS.oxp will help, it conveniently displays all the political and economic types as part of the background screen.

Pressing the keyboard letter I in screen F6 (local systems) will show the details graphically.

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Thanks again guys (and galls - maybe?)

Thats the beauty of being the noob :D
I can ask the dumb stuff and still get polite answers :lol:

ps. is it bad form (or cheating) to shoot Thargon drones instead of scooping them, to get a better kill score?
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Cmdr Radan wrote:
is it bad form (or cheating) to shoot Thargon drones instead of scooping them, to get a better kill score?
Splash them... that's what I do (and we love a derailed thread here).
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El Viejo wrote:
(and we love a derailed thread here).
Almost as much as Jellybabies...
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Cmdr Radan wrote:
(if this question will de-rail the thread, just don't answer)
El Viejo wrote:
(we love a derailed thread here).
One could even say that a thread isn't really a thread until it has been derailed. :D

And the real fun only starts from there. Only if your thread has been derailed, the derailing has been derailed, then re-railed, then derailed again, and finally someone submits a post about the original content of the thread, you can say that you've seen it all.

Well, for a given amount of 'all', of course. Don't get us started on another big hobby: reviving dead threads after months or even years! The real art is to meaningfully resurrect a thread which has seen no posts for at least four years—and then derail it! :wink:
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Cmdr Radan wrote:
I can ask the dumb stuff and still get polite answers :lol:
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Commander McLane wrote:
The real art is to meaningfully resurrect a thread which has seen no posts for at least four years—and then derail it! :wink:
Don't give me ideas... :wink:
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CheeseRedux wrote:
El Viejo wrote:
(and we love a derailed thread here).
Almost as much as Jellybabies...
:lol: :lol: :lol:

See also https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9134
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Commander McLane wrote:
The real art is to meaningfully resurrect a thread which has seen no posts for at least four years—and then derail it!
Like this, you mean? Seems to be quite a good idea.
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