X3:Reunion Manual - Steam

Each race has a hierarchy of goods it manufactures. Some are common across the races andothers specific to a race. At the bottom of the ‘technology pyramid’ are the widely availableraw materials like Energy, Bio and Minerals. At the top are the luxury goods and technologicalsystems including weapons, with various products in-between.If the local availability of a product is low, its price will increase. Likewise, the price willdecrease when quantities are increased through the manufacturing processes of eachfactory.Other Useful Trading ToolsAs we mentioned, the economy in the X universe is dynamic and inter-dependent. A shortageof one specific resource can have knock-on effects throughout the whole universe, especiallyif it is a base product that all stations require, such as Energy Cells.The Teladi are a race driven almost solely by profit and their trading secrets are well guarded.The Split curator of the Profit Guild, Hut F’Naak did however commence work on a valuableresource known as the Trading Pyramid, but he has since vanished. Rumours that the Teladiassassinated him cannot be substantiated, however the early parts of his work still exist asshown below:39Hut F’Naak’s notes, that formed the basis of the above, are detailed below. You are remindedthat this information may not be entirely complete or accurate.Most of the factories that produce end-products like missiles, shields or other weapons rely onprimary resources like energy, ore and food products. Primary resources are what a factoryneeds to build its end-product, but it can also use secondary resources where the primaryresources are in short supply.As most Teladi hatchlings learn in their first lessons, although it can be profitable to just keepbuilding factories to supply primary resources, the demand for these products will decreasewhen the market reaches a point of saturation, seriously reducing your potential profits.