RDC opens the bidding on a Data Library, which Swiftsure wins for 22 (Wa7, Wa6, Or5, Or4).
RDC then opens the bidding on the second DL and wins it for 23 (Wa7, Wa6, Wa5, Or3, Or1, Or1)
Swiftsure now passes
MMC buys a Water Factory (Wa8, Wa7, Or5), and population to man it and his Ore factory (Wa9, Wa7, Wa4)
HDBC VI buys a Titanium Factory (Wa8, Wa7, Wa6, Wa5, Or5) and shifts pop to man it.
Bartertown thinks this is a good idea and does the same, although more economically (Wa8, Wa7, Wa6, Or5, Wa4)

The Outposts

	Company	Player	Factories	Upgrades	VPs
1	MMC	Eric Brosius	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa	NO	9
2	RDC	Chris Hassler	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa	DL, DL, NO	9
3	SWIFTSURE.	Michael Lowrey	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa, Wa	DL, NO	9
4	HDBC VI	Kevin Wilson	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa, Ti	HE, WH	8
5	Bartertown	Andy York	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti	HE	7

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: Nothing

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