Pilots Trade Network Wine and Credits Windfall... The Booze Cruise Part 2 - 07 May 3307
P.T.N. Booze Cruise 'making billionaires out of old fermented grapes'
Calling all those hard working, heavy hauling members of the Pilots Trade Network, thank you for tuning in to today's broadcast, brought to you by P.T.N. News, hosted by Jacque Diamond!
"Greetings to all astute commanders out there in the black voids betwixt the stars, Jacque Diamond here finally back again bringing you the latest news from the Pilots Trade Network, live from the Peak of the Galaxy! "
"Do you enjoy making nearly 80 million per delivery? Do you enjoy scenic vistas of the galaxy? Want to leave the bubble a millionaire and return a billionaire? ... Well... Do we have a trade for you!
"It is indeed that time again, the P.T.N. Booze Cruise is upon us once more. I come to you from onboard the mother ship P.T.N. Atlas and we have a very special guest with us today.... Admiral Law! Welcome to my humble make shift studio, so kind of you to have the staff set this up with all the buzz in the air I'm surprised they had the time. Tell me Admiral, and we sit here staring out at the vast galaxy below... What comes to mind?"
The Admiral straightens himself as he takes a breath whilst taking in the awe inspiring vista. How can any words adequately describe this? .... pause.... think....
"Well Jacque and thanks for having me here... If I'm honest, I'm not really too sure what comes to mind exactly, I mean... Look at it... All the sum of our history, past, present and future is down there in an area that seems like just a grain of sand amongst a vast sea. Everyone you know or have known... or will know. Everything that is beautiful and good, as well as all the evil and bad... It just seems... So.... Insignificant up from up here. It makes me think of what an old earth scientist once said, which I'll quote I may in the words of the Great Carl Sagan from Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space*..."*
"Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves."
"The Cosmos extends, for all practical purposes, forever. After a brief sedentary hiatus, we are resuming our ancient nomadic way of life. Our remote descendants, safely arrayed on many worlds throughout the Solar System and beyond, will be unified by their common heritage, by their regard for their home planet, and by the knowledge that, whatever other life may be, the only humans in all the Universe come from Earth. They will gaze up and strain to find the blue dot in their skies. They will love it no less for its obscurity and fragility. They will marvel at how vulnerable the repository of all our potential once was, how perilous our infancy, how humble our beginnings, how many rivers we had to cross before we found our way."
".. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the 'Momentary' masters of a 'Fraction' of a 'Dot' "
... The Admiral drifts off as he stares again out the viewport.... Jacque seems absorbed in thought.
"Sorry Jacque, I get off topic slightly.... I need to get back to my duties anyway.... How about we tell the Commanders out there about why we're here... and not have them listen to me rattle on.... Jacque?! "
Jacque snaps out of his haze.
"Ah yes apologies Admiral... Now the actual reason we're here is because of those corporate party goers and they're love for copious amounts of booze! Listen in commanders and this is another BIG ONE!"
Into broadcast mode Jacque now goes....
o7 Commanders we here at the Pilots Trade Network welcome you to the Booze Cruise!
After our last hugely popular, vastly profitable adventure we're back to it at the Rackham's Peak for yet another round! Our in house P.T.N. Trade Boffins heard a rumour through the space grapevine that the price of alcohol may peak again.... and guess what? They were bang on the money! Give or take a day or so....
Bigger than the last P.T.N. Booze Cruise, We currently have 54 carriers loaded and the taps have opened!
Note - Carriers still in the bubble to depart as follows
P.T.N. RAS TSCHUBAI From System CD-75 661 Departure due 21:00 UTC 07 May 3307
P.T.N. PILOTS LOUNGE From System Orrere Departure due 13:00 UTC 08 May 3307 - TBC
In total between official P.T.N. carriers and our growing auxiliary fleet (soon to be fully fledged PTN carriers waiting in the wings) we have over 1 million units of wine in stock !
1,034,436 units of wine to be exact at the time of broadcast! That's over 287.5 billion credits worth of profits as the station is buying wine at over 278,000 credits per unit!
That's enough profits for another 57 fleet carriers ! Holy Void!
For live & updating details on carrier stock as well as which is currently open for business please join our Discord Server Pilots Trade Network Discord Invite , we have an epic and growing community of almost 800 members now (799 at time of writing) , and over 920 Reddit members /PilotsTradeNetwork. Note for events like this, due to popularity and demand we strongly recommend to join Discord if only for events like this to help coordinate.
What is the Booze Cruise?
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The system HIP 58832 is the rooftop of the galaxy. There is no other system which is "higher" *Although, which way is up in space?*.
In this system there is an observatory operated by Rackham Capital Investments. Next to this there is the lovely outpost Rackham's Peak with one of the best views in the galaxy. The corporate members and attendants enjoy a good party or public holiday (PW) for approximately 2 days, and well…. Let's just say they enjoy their booze a little too much… But hey, it's good business, so let them party as much as they want.
So all they want during such a public holiday is alcohol, and we deliver
them what they want… in massive quantity! P.T.N. Carriers as well as PTN affiliates/members will be hauling wine from the bubble up to Rackham's Peak for the party. As this is over 5000 Ly away from the bubble and it takes approximately 6 or so hours to get there, so this is quite a cruise... and a quiet cruise too (apart from a few carrier honks). Have a look outside on the way, you come quickly to the point where the galaxy is on one side, and nothing on the other side…. It sure is a sight to behold!
So why do we do this?
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Out of the 3 main beverages they prefer, wine is the most profitable. On a normal day they offer 33k cr/per unit, but on a public holiday the price goes up to more than 278k cr/per unit! . So 15,000 units of wine on a carrier equates to roughly 4 billion credits!
Due to the fact Rackham's Peak is accessible by **Medium/Small ships only*\, *we would strongly recommend a Python for this trade mission*, and flying brave with no shield means you can cram 288 units of cargo into it, whilst still having flight assists if you so choose... That's over 77 million profit per single wine trade run! \fancy hey?*. This is an insanely huge profit, about 12 Pythons full of Wine, and you go from Penniless to Elite Trader... Just be sure to race to load up as much wine as you possibly can, there will be plenty of other CMDRs after these juicy profits!
How much do you earn and why do you invite other people?
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The carrier owners do not earn credits from trading the wine itself on or off the carrier and usually technically loose on this as we typically pay max value to load & lowest value on the offload.
Each carrier has to load approximately 3,500 units of Tritium (50-65kCr) for the journey there and back, so roughly 175 million or more, so the owners will typically do a few runs minimum to cover base costs… and well… like any pilot, try to make a decent bunch of credits out of it.
However, we can't be having all this fun sigh fun… say that after hearing "Docking request denied" for the millionth time after trying to dock at the small station that's crowded with oblivious NPC's! …. Any way… As I was saying… We're the Pilots Trade Network (P.T.N.) and we like to share & facilitate the best trades known in this little galaxy we call home.
Note whilst some carriers may be locked exclusively for platform specific squadron members only, a vast portion of the fleet will be coordinating open/closed timed markets to try to ensure a fair share of the wine/profits for all. **Please follow the relevant Discord Channels for the details of this, as well as the carrier channel of those who you plan to land on for up-to-date information were possible*\*
Whilst we do not require you to join our Squadron (PTNS on each platform), obviously we would be pleased if you do so and want to stick around. The Pilots Trade Network is an open & independent corporation, so all are welcome to join in and take part in trading whether squadron members or not. There is no need to leave your current squadron *unless of course you want to join, however it would be of bad spirit to join the squadron only to access cargo set aside for our dedicated members.*
We fully understand if you don't want to leave your current Squadron, and we are ok if you do not want to join a Squadron at all.
Where do I find the info which FC has Wine to sell?
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Have a look in the #expedition-alerts channel in discord and the channels called booze cruise.
There you should see if currently a FC is selling wine, and what the limitations are (if any).
**Important Information To Note*\*
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**You can only get to the system with a Fleet Carrier (FC)*\*
Due to the remote location of the destination system HIP 58832 high above the galactic plane, you **cannot*\* plot a route out of the system in a ship as it is **only accessible via fleet carrier*\*. As the route up there takes a long time, if you wish to leave early or otherwise get back to the bubble without the use of a fleet carrier there are two ways.
- You can purchase a hard point from Rackham's Peak station and 'shoot' the station in order to get a fine/be arrested (if you dock once getting a fine and pay it under the authority contact, you should be taken to a NPC prison carrier back in the bubble once you pay the fine/re-buy cost. You can then take off from there safely back in normal space.
- Bring a disposable ship with you for the journey (a sidewinder is best, and one that you don't mind loosing permanently) Hop in the 'disposable ship' once you want to go back to the bubble, and destroy it. Then choose the option *not to pay the re-buy cost\. This will then cause you to respawn back in the bubble in a fresh sidewinder. Take note transferring any of your ships to/from Rackham's Peak takes a long time & is costly. *To repeat again, you will loose the ship you destroy using this method permanently you cannot get it back by any means.**
**We will take you there AND back on our carriers*\* If you don't wish to blow yourself up or cause a ruckus at the station, they're will be many official P.T.N carriers at Rackham's Peak, and we will ensure to give a final boarding call for each carrier once the party ends and we each start to travel home.
We recommend joining the Discord if only for this trade run if you are coming along, as you have access to talk to the carrier owners, see updated information and ask for help if needed It is a long way there and back, so company is always appreciated. We hope you'll stick around with us afterwards obviously as it's always good fun talking with the commanders out there. Pilots Trade Network Discord Invite
Wine price link evidence to Inara - https://inara.cz/commodity/14/ - Note this event lasts a maximum of 48 hours from todays server tick 7th May, so will end 9th May.
Pilots Trade Network is an independent Fleet Carrier Trading Corporation.
Everybody is welcome regardless of squadron or faction, so if you like making space bucks' in a friendly open environment you've come to the right place. It has been a fantastic and humbling journey to have so many people get involved, we have many exciting plans for the future and as always many more opportunities for credits.
Note again - Carriers still in the bubble to depart as follows if you are wanting to join in.
P.T.N. RAS TSCHUBAI From System CD-75 661 Departure due 21:00 UTC 07 May 3307
P.T.N. PILOTS LOUNGE From System Orrere Departure due 13:00 UTC 08 May 3307 - TBC
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