Swiftsure opens the bidding on a Planetary Cruiser which he wins for 162 (Wa8, Re14, Wa6, Wa6, Re10, Re10, Re10, Re12, Re12, Re14, OM30, MWa). He then buys a population to man it (Or5).
Bartertown now opens the bidding on the second Planetary Cruiser and wins it for 161 (Wa5, Or3, Wa4, Wa6, Wa7, Wa10, Ti9, Ti10, Ti12, Re10, Re12, Re13, Re16, Mti). He mans it with his idle robot.
MMC now buys 3 Titanium factories (Mi16, MWa, Mti) and three population to man them (Mi19).
RDC buys a new chemicals factory (Or2, Or3, Re16, RO40) and two population factors (Wa5, Wa6, Wa9) to come back up to full production.
HDBC VI opens the bidding on a Moon Base and wins it for 200 (Wa8, Ti9, Wa10, Ti10, Ti11, Ti11, Ti11, Ti13, Re13, Re14, Re10, Wa5, Wa6, Wa8, Ti7, Ti8, Ti8, Ti10, Re10, Re12, Re13) and transfers a population factor to man it.

PRESS:
Press: MMC - SWIFTSURE: We appear to be eating your dust.

SWIFTSURE and MMC take MegaWater cards. Bartertown and MMC take MegaTitanium cards.

The Outposts

	Company	Player	Factories	Upgrades	VPs
1	SWIFTSURE.	Michael Lowrey	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Re, Re, Re, Re, Re	DL, NO, SC, OL, La, RO, EP, SS, PC	65
2	Bartertown	Andy York	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Re, Re, Re	HE, RO, La, PC, EP, OP	62
3	HDBC VI	Kevin Wilson	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti, Ti, Re, Re	HE, WH, OP, La, MB	48
4	MMC	Eric Brosius	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti	NO, HE, WH, OL, OL, OP, EP, SS	48
5	RDC	Chris Hassler	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, NC, NC, NC	DL, DL, NO, WA, SC, SC, RO, PC	41

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.

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