![]() This is exactly what I expect in a game centred around building a resource extraction company on Mars, competing against other companies that are also vying for the largest market share in both providing the nascent Martian colonies with all manners of resources (food, water, air, fuel, steel, chemicals, electronics, etc.) and in physically constructing new colonial structures for the main colony (habitats, workshops, labs, offices). When a rocket ship leaves Mars, bound for either Earth or some asteroid-based mining venture, the voice proudly proclaims “Offworld shipment launched look at all the money!” ![]() With the purchase of Paulo Rubini’s company, Frank Dawson’s business model reigned triumphant. I built a second offworld market (I had the engineer for it) near the main colony it received a bonus for being near its warehouse modules. The other two companies were much easier to deal with, not becoming the threats that Maisie’s expansive enterprise had been. Her company was now my subsidiary, and I acquired a neat profit from her ventures. When her stock purchase button flashed red for the first time, I bought her company out, and realising that I had just purchased my biggest threat, I exhaled in relief. Keeping her tied up chasing fires, rather than pursuing my stock and thus my own downfall, ensured she didn’t expand too quickly. I smashed Song’s production queues with viruses and circuit overloads. Furiously, I kept selling off my diversified list of resources, and after the minute-long countdowns the welcome voice proclaimed, ‘offworld shipment launched look at all the money’. Her stock price steadily climbed from the low $60 mark through to the low $80 mark. I rushed as quickly as possible to build an offworld market, with which to load food and water. #Offworld trading company stock price upgrade#When Maisie’s nascent company colony claims were large enough, I smashed her with network viruses and circuit overloads to keep her busy, while diversifying my resource production cycles as much as possible, staying on top of research to claim the few patents left, and upgrade the efficiency of my systems. This, combined with modest production values, can be a great advantage over the others, where their business models may be more easily open to subterfuge and sabotage. This reflects the idea of street-savvy scrappers and scavengers, of merchants who buy low and sell high, keeping on top of news that wouldn’t reach official channels until much later. They also have early access to news about price movements. Rack up too much, and you won’t be able to use that network virus as often as you like! They have easy access to the black market, which is useful as long as you stay on top of your debts. The Scavenger company model is the wheeler and dealer of the Martian corporate world the Han Solo model of doing business, if you like. The trick was to beat Maisie Song as quickly as possible, reasonably mustering enough cash to purchase her ‘Expansive’ company outright, knowing that when she gets too big, her stock price skyrockets to well over $120, if not more. Considering I had to restart the final elimination round as a ‘Scavenger’ company, under the wily leadership of Frank Dawson, about six times, I’m just bloody glad that insanity is over.
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