SWIFTSURE brings a Robots up for bid and wins it for 51 (Mi18, Re13, Wa8, Wa7, Wa5). He then buys a Research Factory (MWa) and the population to man it (Re11)
Bartertown opens the bidding on Ecoplants and wins it for 30 (Wa7, Wa7, Wa6, Wa5, Or5). He then buys a Titanium factory (Ti12, Ti8, Ti10)
RDS starts the auction for the Orbital Lab which MMC wins for 63 (Wa6, Wa8, Mi19, Mwa). RDS now buys a new chemicals factory (Or6, Wa5, Wa6, Wa9, Re11, Re13, Or5, Wa6) and transfers a population factor to man it.
HDBC VI buys a Titanium factory (Wa6, Wa7, Ti8, Wa9) and two population (Or2, Wa4, Wa6, Wa8) to man his idle factories.
MMC now buys a population (Ti11) and goes back into Ore production.

MMC and SWIFTSURE take MegaWater cards.

The Outposts

	Company	Player	Factories	Upgrades	VPs
1	SWIFTSURE.	Michael Lowrey	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Re	DL, NO, SC, OL, La, RO	26
2	Bartertown	Andy York	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti	HE, RO, EP	25
3	MMC	Eric Brosius	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti	NO, HE, WH, OL, OL	20
4	HDBC VI	Kevin Wilson	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti, Ti	HE, WH, OP	20
5	RDC	Chris Hassler	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, NC	DL, DL, NO, WA, SC, SC, RO	19

SWIFTSURE is Stellar Waif Intergalactic Futures Trading, Space Urchin Recovery Element
HDBC VI is Heavenly Bodies Development Company VI
MMC is Mud Mining Company
RDC is Resource Development Corp.

Upgrades
Just arrived: Ecoplants, Ecoplants, Laboratory

Upgrade	Available	Remaining	Minimum Bid
Data Library	0	0	15
Heavy Equipment	0	0	30
Warehouse	0	0	25
Nodule	0	0	25
Scientists	0	0	40
Orbital Lab	0	0	50
Robots	0	0	50
Laboratory	1	1	80
Ecoplants	2	0	30
Outpost	2	0	100