RDC has a powerful thirst and buys a water factory (Or3, Or4, Wa5, Wa8) and a population factor to man it (Wa10).
Swiftsure opens the bidding on a Nodule and wins it for 25 (Wa8, Wa8, Or4, Or3, Or2).
HDBC VI opens the bidding on Heavy Equipement, but is outbid by Bartertown who wins it for 36 (Or5, Or1, Wa7, Wa9, Wa6, Wa8)
HDBC VI then opens the bidding on the second HE and wins it for 35 (Wa8, Or3, Or2, Wa6, Wa9, Wa7)
MMC slakes his own thirst with another water factory (Wa9, Wa7, Wa6) and imports population to man it (Wa10).
Bartertown, Mark III now passes.

The Outposts

	Company	Player	Factories	Upgrades	VPs
1	SWIFTSURE.	Michael Lowrey	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa	NO	6
2	HDBC VI	Kevin Wilson	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa	HE	6
3	RDC	Chris Hassler	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa	DL	6
4	Bartertown	Andy York	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa, Wa	HE	5
5	MMC	Eric Brosius	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa		5

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: Warehouse, Warehouse, Nodule

Upgrade	Available	Remaining	Minimum Bid
Data Library	0	2	15
Heavy Equipment	0	1	25
Warehouse	3	0	30
Nodule	2	0	25