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I've implemented the suggestions from Death's Overture and Ktayn.
Alien Organisms will be for sale at Gran Canaria.
Cold Bay Depot's terraforming gases supply comes from Dortmund Station, which is considerably closer to it than Canterbury Station. Any increase in Canterbury to Cold Bay profits will increase the Dortmund to Cold Bay profits by far too much.
I'm working on a concept for 4.86 that will involve Planetform, Cryer, and Synth Foods, with resulting goodies for all three factions, but that is all I can say about it at this time. In the meantime, people in those three factions might think of ways to improve their corporate relationships with each other in preparation. When plans are firmer I'll give the faction leaders some more details to work with.
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The recent update added mining grounds for Alien organisms in Sigma-19 complete with a bonus to GMG whales, miners and freighters.
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Kusari
Alien Organisms added to Sigma 19 and Hokkaido
From the infocard, it seems the GMG would have interest in harvesting these organisms to accelerate the Miura Terraforming.
Quote:A previously undiscovered bacterial lifeform unique to the Sirius Sector, these microorganisms are remarkably efficient at metabolizing certain elements into oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide. When seeded in an immature planetary environment they can accelerate the terraforming process tenfold, or provide a rich, abundant source of food for other organisms in more mature planetary ecosystems.
The above would lead me to believe that there should be a reasonable price for them at Isehara Terraforming Outpost. I don't yet know how the system works for mining, so I can't exactly provide numbers. The trade run from Kurile to Isehara should not be extremely profitable (Samura wouldn't be supplying), I'm more concerned about the profitability of a GMG mining venture in Sigma-19.
Kurile->Isehara is 438 seconds, so a 140c/s route would require the price to be 745 credits at Isehara, or 7.45*base. Since Kurile is simultaneously the cheapest and closest buyable source of Alien Organisms, there is no route to Isehara with Alien Organisms more profitable than that.
As for factions involved, this is really a minor change. Basically, it would be encouraging activity in the Donyuu cloud, affecting GMG and Outcasts, and the countless Cardamine smugglers.