I feel sorry for all the people in Metropolis, but we are unable to resupply the stations right now. The increasing Nocxium prizes are so high, that active recycling of our products seems worthwhile to some mislead capsuleers.
Metropolis: 22200 Drones were bought by one single capsuleer entity, acting against our end user license agreement. I tried to contact this person, but they show no remorse:
Months of work have been wasted. The behaviour of said capsuleer is unacceptable. We need to wait until the noxcium prizes go down again, before we can set up large market offers for drones again, else the risk might just be to high that the drones get to the wrong person …
The fact to buy our Drones to reprocess them seems outlandish to me. They are valueable assets and could generate a lot more value if they would be used, that’s what’s upsetting about this.
We will have to change our distribution Method again, until stockpiles are so insignificant that market-traders that are looking for personal profit do not care anymore.
Raising the price of those drones would make them unavailable to the people we build them for. Small businesses and people that want to salvage in the local area. They are not build for profit, but for the Heimatar, Metropolis and Molden Heath. They are an investment into the future. We will come up with a new distribution model that will prevent those mass-sellings in the future.
Yes I know… we should have made changes to the distribution method after the Molden Heath incident. But it worked well in Heimatar before but we couldn’t see this dramatic increase in the Nocx price.
Don’t you think that it is a waste of time if one person destroys something you’ve build? Seeing the fruits of their work being reprocessed isn’t really feeling great for our workforce.
Having observed your situation and your intentions, I felt that it would not be out of place to offer advice.
As you have noticed, pricing your salvage drones competitively makes them unaffordable to the general population. Conversely, pricing them in such a way that baseliners can afford them makes them liable to be bought up as they were. The reality is that even if the population could afford the drones and no one bought them up, they’d still have to own a ship from whence to launch them. Additionally they’d have to be lucky enough to not get struck by pirates.
Consequently, you should drop this approach and instead focus on stimulating the local economy by creating jobs. Consider what is required in the region. Based on that, focus on the primary, secondary or tertiary sector. Whichever offers the best prospects. Create jobs, and people no longer need to resort to crime. Less crime means less disruption for local economies and shipping lanes.
I hate to chime in here, but if your produce is being bought out, surely that does nothing more than pave the way to produce more - also giving room to up the price of your product a little. Now there is even more room on the market for you to continue taking advantage of regarding salvage drones.
Being bought out and lacking stock is one thing, I understand that a trickling income is a long term scheme, how ever, as I said; reinvest the ISK made from being bought out. You are in a lucky position that most non-capsuleers do not ever reach, having capsuleers being your main target demographic and such.
Do not see this as a blow, but a boost, Ms. Valentine.
There is only a limited number of Contracts available in this first production cycle. Whoever buys a ship will receive a certificate confirming its authenticity.
I will be looking into methods of acquiring ores containing Nocxium, and other rarer minerals, with much thought on the reduction of risk. Such methods may result in a lower overall yield, but if you have people skilled in reprocessing, the mineral yield may go some way to offsetting production costs.
I’d be willing to drop the price of these ores somewhat below market value, both out of respect for your work and in exchange for reliable sales. Depending on the rate we agree on, I may also be able to recommend other more prolific miners.
In the last months a lot has happened. I am back and I want to share the bad news first.
The Vherokior Shipyards got attacked and all assembly arrays were destroyed. Thanks to a supportive Capsuleer Thomaass we were able to safe the control tower before the attackers would return.
Our reports about the people and assets on the station got corrupted. Most people survived, however there are around 60 Citizens that are still missing to this day. Our condolences to their families o7
We are looking for partners who want to invest in our newest project.
A few hours ago, the only refinery in Frarn, which was owned by a capsuleer, was unanchored. We think that the extraction of minerals is very important for the future of the System. Especially after the heavy war with the Triglavians the ressources are very sparse and the prices of minerals are climbing.
This is why the Minmatar Development Assistance Association will build a space Refinery in Frarn* !
We calculated, that it would cost around 2,5 Billion ISK. That is far beyond our wallet, even tho we had wealthy investors in the past. This is why we are looking for partners.
Our Offer:
You can buy shares for the Refinery. If You invest 25Million ISK today, you will own 1% of the Refinery and 1% of all it’s yields in the future. You will be able to trade those shares, too. It’s an investment in the future!
51% of the Refinery Shares will be bought by the MDAA to make sure we control the structure.
1 Share = 1 Million ISK
0 / 1.250 Shares are available!
Help us now and invest into the future of Frarn.
o7 Komi
[[ EDIT: Some more information about the shares.
You can write Komi Valentine a message with the amount of shares you want to buy. After the money enters the special donation wallet of hers, you will get the shares.
Payout will be monthly, so you get a percentage of the station profits according to the amount of shares you own.
If the structure is destroyed, you can calculate yourself how much the shares will be worth >_< ]]
Mrs. Denton,
I do not speak on behalf of Mrs. Valentine, but to my knowledge her shipyard was not actually a structure such as this athanor, but instead rather a POS.
I believe that Mrs. Valentine will have many assets to assist her if there is a war declared to defend such structure, but no structure is ever guaranteed safe once it is in space.
We have calculated, that the refinery will make a minimum net profit of around 100million ISK per month.
The refinery will carry the flag of the DammFam Alliance. We count on those capsuleers and their loyal Minmatar allies to defend the structure against small pirate groups.
It is illegal to deplede Moons in Frarn and we are not looking forward to do such things.
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