Manual for Remote Operation of the Irregular Telegraph

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STATIONARY - TRADING

This document covers how to receive orders, and how to buy and sell wares.
The following commands are for use while the train is at a station.
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1. Receiving Orders

Command:

/station receive

This command receives a random assortment of available orders at your station. You will get three to choose from.
Each order lists a ware, a recipient, an estimated cost, a reward, a destination, and an estimated database corrosion.

The ware is what they are asking for. You will need to acquire this and bring it to the customer. The stars (*) next to the name indicates the size of the ware.
The recipient is listed with their Official UC ID. You will use this to find their personal information for offloading (See Section 3). A UC ID follows the format 123-456.
The reward is how much money you will be paid once the order has been successfully completed.
The estimated cost is an estimation based on the regular price of the ware and the travel costs of storing it (accruing taxes and tariffs). This is an estimation and may be inaccurate. We trust you judge the efficacy of the order judiciously.
The destination is the Precinct the order must be offloaded at. Consider this in relation to your current location when choosing. Further distances will require longer travel time (increasing expenditure of tariffs and taxes).
The Estimated DB Corrosion is an estimation of the corrosion of the data for the recipient. Less corroded data will make the recipients information easier to ascertain. More corroded entries should be left to experienced Operators.

Pick the most profitable and efficient based on your needs by pressing the appropriate of the three buttons.
Remember you can see your available money, your current orders and wares with the inventory command. It may be valuable to inspect the price chart (Section 2.a) before you choose.

1.a Penalties Upon Failing to Receive Orders
If you cancel the order reception procedure or fail to pick an order within 5 minutes of requesting, you will be incurred a penalty, due to increased administration costs. We expect you to be able to accept an order when you request.

1.b Penalties Upon Failing to Deliver Orders
Keep in mind that failure to deliver an order will also accrue a severe penalty (and unhappy customers). We expect you to pick orders you are able to complete.

2. Buying Wares

To fulfill orders you will need to buy the appropriate wares:

/station buy [ware] [amount]

The buy command can buy any wares the current station has. Note, not all wares will be sold at all stations. It is advised to not purchase wares outside of the CRC market.

2.a Seeing the CRC Price chart

The price chart shows the wares available at the CRC market at the local station.

/station pricechart

As per CRC policy, all purchases must go through official channels. As such, wares not listed in the pricechart are unsafe for purchase.
Ware prices might differ at each station. Be mindful of this when choosing orders to fulfill, as there is much to be gained from choosing your options wisely.
Refer to the Atlas for guidance of general pricing, although we are aware this does not provide complete information.

2.b Selling Wares

If needed, you can sell wares with the following command:

/station sell [ware]

Note that prices for all wares will be lesser than the purchase price as there is an incurred fee upon relocation of the ware. Selling wares is best avoided.

Reference

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