Business Career Tutorial Walkthrough Mission 6 of 10
Balancing the Books (6 of 10)
| Objective: | Find and return one unit of “Tracking Computer I” module | |
| Given: | Skill book “Mass Production” | |
| Reward: | “Miner I” module | |
| Bonus: | 37,000 ISK |
Mission Log: Lady D’Mentia (that’s me), Capt. This is a simple purchase and deliver run. I need to search the market for a tracking computer, buy it and deliver it to my agent. The prices vary greatly from system to system and region to region. The tracking computer seems a bit high in local so I expanded my search for the whole region. I found one about half the price but it was 10j (10 jumps) out. I set up the autopilot for the round trip. I undocked and hit the autopilot. Autopilot dropped me as always out of warp about 15km from the gate, but with the injector it cut that trip time almost in half. Once I entered the system with the tracking computers, I look to see which station had the good price and docked. Bought the tracking computer and loaded in my cargohold. Undocked and hit the autopilot again. Once in my home system I docked and Checked in with my agent to complete the mission and get my reward and bonus.
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- This mission gets you familiar with the market in EVE. Some items are provided by Non Playing Character (NPC) in the game, but this does not mean that those prices are locked. Some items the NPC has locked and will not change (Skill books for example), others vary by supply and demand. Other players can buy and sell items for whatever price they want. Being familiar with the market is a good way to get the best ISK for your time and effort.
- You can use the browse or search tabs in the market to find your items. You can select the range of your search from the station, system, or region. You can also filter out low sec and 0.0 space. And you can select to show only what is available or show all objects.
- You can buy an item anywhere in the current region, then go there and pick it up. But to sell an object you must be in a station in that system. You can also place a buy order for items and set how much you are willing to pay and how far you are willing to travel to get it, but those limited to your skill levels.
- As for setting the autopilot for a market destination. Simply right click on the location, hover over ‘Location” and select ‘Set Destination’.
- Aura should give you ‘Trade’ and ‘Retail’ skill books through the tutorial, If you have not already received them.
