Swiftsure buys a Water Factory (Wa8, Wa7, Or5) and the population to man it (Wa8, Or1, Or1).
HDBC VI opens the bidding on a Warehouse and wins it for 25 (Wa9, Wa7, Wa5, Or2, Or2).
RDC opens the bidding on a Nodule which MMC wins for 30 (MWa). RDC then opens the bidding on a second Nodule, and wins it for the bargain price of 25 (Wa8, Wa7, Wa7, Or3).
Bartertown, Mark III buys one population (Wa10) and resumes Ore production.
MMC now passes to close out the round.

The Outposts

	Company	Player	Factories	Upgrades	VPs
1	RDC	Chris Hassler	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa	DL, NO	8
2	SWIFTSURE.	Michael Lowrey	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa, Wa	NO	8
3	MMC	Eric Brosius	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa	NO	7
4	HDBC VI	Kevin Wilson	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa	HE, WH	7
5	Bartertown	Andy York	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa, Wa	HE	6

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: Data Library, Data Library, Heavy Equipement

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