[New player guide - Trade/Mine] New in space?

[Jaina Wheeler]

Getting the hang of it

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Make Navigation easier

To navigate around you'll probably find that it's an issue that you don't have everything on your Nav Map yet. If a station or system is named that you cannot find just use one of these tools to help you:

• Discovery Interactive Navmap - This tool shows you all of Sirius! Frequently updated too!

• FLStat - Don't be discouraged by the look of this tool. It's fairly easy and shows you where to buy anything. Though if you want further help with it visit this guide: [Tutorial] FLStat - Freelancer Database

• Freelancer Companion - This tool unites some of the features of the Interactive Navmap and some of FLStat. It can show you traderoutes and actually pull the event and ore prices. For more information visit this guide: Freelancer Companion - Guide / How-To

Trade Route suggestions

Now that you have some basic funds I assume you really want to run some other routes. Considering we have an installation in Bering I'll list you some of those and then some.

The main import and export of Bristol Depot is Military Salvage - sorted into origins. With 200,000 standard cargo units allocated merely for salvage the Depot is the prime exporter.

Trade Routes

A few well known trade routes are listed here:

Military Salvage Sigma Run:
Military Salvage(Bristol Depot, Bering) 3,000 -> Planet Kurile, Sigma 17, 9,905 (6,905 Profit)
Uranium Ore(Mekong Station, Sigma-21) 3,000 -> Bristol Depot, Bering - 8,500 (5,500 Profit)

Military Salvage London Run:
Military Salvage(Bristol Depot, Bering) 3,000 -> Planet New London, New London - 9,145 (6,145 Profit)
Gold Ore(Various Stations, New London) 3,000 -> Bristol Depot, Bering - 9,621 (6,621 Profit)

Military Salvage Gallia Run:
Military Salvage(Bristol Depot, Bering) 3,000 -> Planet Marne, Champagne - 14,330 (11,330 Profit)
Molybdenum Ore(Le Paradis des Chats, Languedoc) 2,500 -> Planet New Berlin, New Berlin - 11,210 (8,830 Profit)
Rheinbier(Planet New Berlin, New Berlin) 199 -> Marshall Station, Bering - 1,269 (1,070 Profit)
or
Rheinbier(Planet New Berlin, New Berlin) 199 -> Bristol Depot, Bering - 1,270 (1,071 Profit)

Mining Ships

For all details on this visit: Discovery Mining Guide

If you would like to help us mine in Bering I would suggest you to get either an ALG, DSE or Junker ID!
Get either of those by making a new ship and doing /restart rhcorpalg /restart licorpdse /restart fcjunker
The reason I suggest you to use a freighter is simple: You can mine a little yourself and drop it in space without sacrificing mining speed. Big ships are just so much slower.
Mining is best done with a friend. You can join the Mining Discord or the Bristol Discord for coordination.

For ALG you can buy:

Ragnar
850 cargo space
3,400,000 credits
Sold at Dortmund Station in New Berlin
Place Mining Turrets on slots 4-5-6-7
You can mine Military Salvage and Premium Scrap

For DSE you can buy:

Rhino
560 cargo space
1,700,000 credits
Sold at Planet Manhattan in New York
Place Mining Turrets on slots 4-5-6-7
You can mine Military Salvage, Premium Scrap and Copper Ore


For Junkers you can buy:

CSF
500 cargo space
2,700,000 credits
Sold at Beaumont Base in Texas
Place Mining Turrets on slots 4-5-7-8
You can mine Military Salvage and Premium Scrap

Mining Areas

Now that you have a ship we'll move from the Helium fields to a real mining area. For Military Salvage we will go to the Minable Zone in Bering, G6. Keep in mind that Military Salvage is not entirely legal. In Rheinland it is allowed for Rheinland corporations and in Liberty for Liberty corporations. Well and in both for Bristol.

Mining areas can be easily identified by the Mining Buoys in the fields. Just make sure you have the right combination of IFF+ID+Ship to get the bonus. Official factions get a higher bonus.

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