Contraband Black Market
The Contraband / Black Market screen lists the current price of all the
contraband items on the black market. The price of the various items is controlled
by market conditions. If a race sells a large number of items into the black
market the price of the item will fall in price. If a race buys a large number
of an item the price of it will increase. If a race that demands a certain type
of contraband is doing really well the demand for that item will increase
forcing the price to go up. Buying contraband items will take the items off of the
blackmail market and decrease the amount of crime in the area of all races that
demand that type of contraband. If a massive amount of contraband is sold on a
planet that is near a race that has a high demand for that contraband item it
will cause a big jump in crime on that race ' s ground bases.
The Buy / Sell sub screen of the contraband screen allows you to place
requests to buy and sell contraband items. Your requests to buy contraband will
only be honored if there are enough contraband items in the area to buy. If there
are not enough contraband in the area to full your order you will buy as much
as you can get and the rest of the order will be canceled. You will always be
able to sell contraband without a problem. If after you place an order to buy
or sell you can always delete the order by opening the pending order screen and
deleting the order.
In the above display there is a buy order that is about to be entered that
calls for the buying of 7 units of Lerchin Spices at a cost of 2.07mc each for
a total price of about 14 mc. The order will be placed when the Buy button is
pressed. So far this base has placed buy orders that will amount to 12 mc if
they are carried out. The base has also placed sell orders that amount to 10 mc.