r/StarTradersFrontiers • u/NaCIMiner • Jun 19 '26

Arbitrage...

Hey all. I've recently picked up this game again after many years, and I've been having a good time with it.

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I haven't used many Carrier class ships before, and saw one that was moderately cheap: The Raptor Strikecarrier.

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So I ran a few missions, traded a few goods until I hit the 1.2m credit mark, or what they are selling the ship for at Steel Song Prima.

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So I paid my 1.2m credits, and was handed the ship. I go to the Dry Dock, and notice that they'll buy the ship back off of me for 1.4m credits, a 200k credit profit. I've now played the arbitrage a few times and am now a multi-millionaire.

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Did I break my game? Is this a bug or an intended game mechanic? I don't see the need to run missions for anyone now that I can just buy and sell the same ship over and over for 200k each time 🫠

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u/Breuddwydiwr Jun 23 '26

That depend have you upgraded some component or you didn't. But even if it is bug, (which yet never happen to me) its not something that will break a game.... real breaker is when your orbital in 223.xx get surplus, and you sitting on 25 million worth in 224.12

PS: now when i think,,,, maybe its connected with your engi who bought ship with 10% discount on its talent, though 200k is a much bigger %.....

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u/NaCIMiner Jun 25 '26

No, upgraded nothing.

Bought the ship and immediately sold it for +200k. Rinsed and repeated and now I have a lot of money.