Bartertown buys 4 robots (Ti9, Wa5, Wa6, Ti11, Ti10) and mans all his factories.
RDC opens the bidding on the Scientists, which he wins for 66 (discount(20), Re16, Wa8, Wa6, Wa5, Wa5, Or5, Or1).
MMC now opens the bidding on the Orbital Lab, which goes to SWIFTSURE for 53 (MWa, Re13, Wa8, Or2).
MMC now buys a Titanium factory (MWa) and moves population to man it.
SWIFTSURE now passes.
HDBC VI opens and buys the Outpost for 100 (discount (15) , Ti12, Ti10, Ti10, Wa10, Wa10, Ti9, Wa9, Wa8, Wa7) and buys a pop to man the new factory (Wa7, Wa5).

MMC and SWIFTSURE take MegaWater cards.

The Outposts

	Company	Player	Factories	Upgrades	VPs
1	Bartertown	Andy York	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti, Ti	HE, RO	16
5	HDBC VI	Kevin Wilson	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti	HE, WH, OP	16
4	SWIFTSURE.	Michael Lowrey	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa	DL, NO, SC, OL	14
2	RDC	Chris Hassler	Or, Or, Wa,Wa, Wa	DL, DL, NO, WA, SC, SC	14
3	MMC	Eric Brosius	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti	NO, HE, WH	13

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: Orbital Lab, Robots, Outpost

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	1	1	50
Robots	2	0	50
Laboratory	1	2	80
Ecoplants	0	3	30
Outpost	1	1	100