Commodities

Commodities (abbreviated commods) are the backbone of commerce in Star Sonata. Commodities always take up 1 hull space each but their weight can vary drastically.

Common Commodities

These commodities are easily found throughout the universe. Most AI bases stock them and most can be extracted from planets and moons, or mined from asteroids.

• Baobabs
• Fermium
• Metal
• Nuclear Waste
• Silicon
• Space Oats
• Peasants
• Workers

Built Commodities

Some commodities are built from other commodities. The following are the most common ones:

Name	Value	Made With	Requires	Notes
Crack Whores	600-1400	Crack House, Den or Palace	Peasants and Silicon
Fine Space Whisky	1000-2000	Large Distillery	Space Whisky and Baobabs	Not sell-able to colonies.
Microchips	100-150	Micro-fab	Silicon
Rations	30-150	MRE Factory or Cannery	Space Oats or Peasants	Required for workers on bases.
Space Whisky	200-600	Distillery	Made from Space Oats	Not sell-able to colonies. Also produced as waste from Whisky Outpost Generator

Some are a bit more expensive to build:

Name	Value	Made With	Requires	Notes
Titanium Sheets	Market	Titanium Sheet BP	Microchips, Nuclear Waste and Metal.
Bars: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum	Market	Bar BP	Cyanure and metal	Each kind has it's own special metal that can be used.
Promethium	18,000-36,000	Nuclear Convo-Tronics	Fermium	Half Life 25 minutes

Rare Extracted commodities

There are a number of rare extractable commodities. Often these are quite valuable and are required for some high-end construction.

• Vis
• Quantumum
• Energon
• Tin
• Bronze
• Titanium
• Silver
• Copper
• Gold
• Platinum
• Alien Bacteria
• Bacta
• Frozen Blob
• Jelly Beans
• Adamantium
• Rubicite
• Ablution Crystals

Uncommon Dropped Commodities

Many AI drop commods used in training skills or building.

Name	Dropped By	Used for
Space Boomerangs	Pax Astralogica	Building Pax Astronomicas and training shielding
Sputter Nutters	Equanimities	Building Equanimities and training weapons
Dark Remains	Dark Freighters, Dark Guards or Mined	Used to build Dark Freighters, or training skills
Blue Whisper	Space Blue Alpha Scout, or mined	Used in production, or training skills
Blue Aether	Space Blue Alpha, Space Blue Alpha Interceptor	Used in production, training skills, or as a key in Blue Outpost
Blue Vapor	Space Blue Beta or mined	Used in production, training skills, or as a key to Blue Research
Blue Dust	Space Blue Gamma	Used in production, or training skills

Rare "Uber" Commodities

Uber AI drop commods used in the highest end construction projects. These commods can be extremely rare and valuable.

Name	Dropped By	Used for
Nutter Sputters	Sputty Nutty	Required to build an Equanimizer
Astronomica Boomerang	Marco Columbus	Required to build a Pax Astronomica
Dark Helmet	Dark Curse	Required to build a Death Striker
Reaver Corpse	Reavers and Grim Reaver	Required to build a Reaver
Dark Freighter Remains	Captain Bartholomew Roberts	Required to build a Dark Freighter
Scorch's Remains	Scorch	Required to build Scorch's Immolation
Rackham's Remains	Rackham	Required to build a Rackham's Bigger Pulse
Barbe Noire	Barbe Noire	Required to build a Rosmarinus

Complete Sortable Listing

Add Trade Good Suggested Price refers to the price given at a user base when one goes to place the item in the trade bay.

Name	Add Trade Good Suggested Price	Half-life	Weight	Source	Comments	Description
A Billion	100	None	1	Christmas Drop	_	Merry Christmas!
A Dozen Eggs	200	&nbsp	12	Halloween Drop	Halloween Missions	They didn't give you any treats? Go get the Star Sonata offices!
A Fun Size Snickers	?	None	1000	Astro-Grinch Drop, Halloween Missions	Halloween Missions	Collect and win
Ablution Crystals	1000	None	30000	Extract using Ablution Extractor	used for Equipment	How to cleanse the soul?
Adamantium	50,000,000	None	4000	Extract using Adamantium Extractor	used to build Adamantium Sheets	Iron-based alloy, malleaable in its molten state but its virtually indestructible once cooled.
Adamantium Sheet	50,000,000	None	1000000	Built from Adamantium	used to build Adamantianized Base Gear and UZ ships	Iron-based alloy, malleable in its molten state but its virtually indestructible once cooled.
Adonis Crest	?	None	1000	Built from Adonis Augmenters	used for Station Tweaking	Symbol of the Adonis
Adonis Crest	?	None	10	DG Drop	Trade in for Prowress Augmenters	Can be redeemed for a medium tech Class Augmenter.
Alien Bacteria	5,000,000	None	1	Extract using Alien Bacteria Extractor	used to build high level things	You probably don't want to know what left those there.
Ambrosia Crest	?	None	1000	Built from Ambrosia Augmenters	used for Station Tweaking	Symbol of the Ambrosia
Ammo Crate - Large AP Type I	?	None	1000	Built by Large AP Production Mk I	Breaks into 10 Large AP Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Large AP Type II	?	None	2000	Built by Large AP Production Mk II	Breaks into 25 Large AP Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Large AP Type III	?	None	3000	Built by Large AP Production Mk III	Breaks into 50 Large AP Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Large Kinetic Type I	?	None	1000	Built by Large Kinetic Production Mk I	Breaks into 10 Large Kinetic Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Large Kinetic Type II	?	None	2000	Built by Large Kinetic Production Mk II	Breaks into 25 Large Kinetic Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Large Kinetic Type III	?	None	3000	Built by Large Kinetic Production Mk III	Breaks into 50 Large Kinetic Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Medium AP Type I	?	None	1000	Built by Medium AP Production Mk I	Breaks into 10 Medium AP Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Medium AP Type II	?	None	2000	Built by Medium AP Production Mk II	Breaks into 25 Medium AP Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Medium AP Type III	?	None	3000	Built by Medium AP Production Mk III	Breaks into 50 Medium AP Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Medium Kinetic Type I	?	None	1000	Built by Medium Kinetic Production Mk I	Breaks into 10 Medium Kinetic Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Medium Kinetic Type II	?	None	2000	Built by Medium Kinetic Production Mk II	Breaks into 25 Medium Kinetic Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Medium Kinetic Type III	?	None	3000	Built by Medium Kinetic Production Mk III	Breaks into 50 Medium Kinetic Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Small AP Type I	?	None	1000	Built by Small AP Production Mk I	Breaks into 10 Small AP Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Small AP Type II	?	None	2000	Built by Small AP Production Mk II	Breaks into 25 Small AP Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Small AP Type III	?	None	3000	Built by Small AP Production Mk III	Breaks into 50 Small AP Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Small Kinetic Type I	?	None	1000	Built by Small Kinetic Production Mk I	Breaks into 10 Small Kinetic Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Small Kinetic Type II	?	None	2000	Built by Small Kinetic Production Mk II	Breaks into 25 Small Kinetic Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ammo Crate - Small Kinetic Type III	?	None	3000	Built by Small Kinetic Production Mk III	Breaks into 50 Small Kinetic Missiles	Nano technology makes 'em on the fly.
Ampage Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Ampage Drop	Used for Pirating Mission	Special Ampage Trade Goods.
Anaconda Scales	?	None	1	Anaconda Drop in Snake Hole	used for Shielding 20 in Emphatic Biology	Slimy but protective.
Ancient Pax Medal	50,000	None	?	Paxius Missions Reward	used for Warp Navigation in Paxius	Feel proud.
Andaman Crest	?	None	1,000,000	Built from Andaman Augmenters	Used for Station Research	Symbol of the Andaman
Arcadian Crest	?	None	1000	Built from Arcadian Augmenters	used for Station Tweaking	Symbol of the Arcadian
Argonaut Crest	?	None	1000	Built from Argonaut Augmenters	used for Station Tweaking	Symbol of the Argonaut
Astral Silk	?	None	1	Colony Extract	sell to Colonies	The finest and strongest silk in the universe, clothes made of this material are affordable by only the wealthiest colonists.
Astro Santa's Good Deed	?	None	1000	Christmas Mission reward	Used for Christmas Missions	One Good Deed deserves another
Astronomica Boomerangs	1000	50 Hours	10000	Marco Columbus Drop	used to build a Pax Astronomica	Always comes back around...
Bacta	?	None	100	Extract using Bacta Extractor	used to build high level things	Bacta is a combination of gelatinous, translucent red alazhi and kavam bacterial particles
Baobabs	800	None	300	Extract using Tree Cutter	Sellable to Colony	luxury wood
Barbe Noire	?	50 hours	100,000	Barbe Noire Drop	Used to build Rosmarinus	Ce qu'il reste du fameux pirate.
Barbe Rouge's Letter of Recommendation	?	None	1	Barbe Rouge Drop	Used in Tortuga Missions	From Barbe Rouge, with love.
Basil Bouquet	?	25 Minutes	100	Basil Drop	Used to get out of Bonnet and to build Basil	Great for salads.
Basil Salad	?	?	?	Drops from Stede Bonnet	Commod needed to build Basil	?
Blue Aether	1000	25 Minutes	?	Drops from Space Blue Alpha	Used to train Warp Navigation 1 in Sol	capture it before it's gone...
Blue Dust	?	?	?	Drops from Space Blue Gamma	Used to train Tractoring and Remote Control	?
Blue Vapor	?	20 Minutes	?	Drops from Space Blue Beta	Used to train Weaponry and Remote Control, and to build a Vortex Pellet	?
Blue Whisper	?	30 Minutes	5000	Drops from Space Blue Alpha Scout	Used to train Piracy and [[Remote Control	A Whisper of a Blue
Broken Bottle	?	None	1	Mined near Whiskey Outpost in Cadet Oupost	none	Orbital Space Waste
Bronze	2,000,000	None	625	Convert from Tin and Copper using Bronze Furnace, or mined in Arena Lobby	Used to make Bronze Bars	Made from a fair amount of Tin and Copper.
Bronze Bar	?	None	1000	Built from Bronze or Cyanure and metals, or converted using Mobile Bronze Forge	Used for Station Tweaking	1 ton of Bronze
Bronze Sensor	1000	none	1000	made with a factory using 1 Bronze and 1 Vitalized Microchips	Used in making high-end and fine-tuned gear	Detect stuff.
Bule Red Orb	?	None	10000	Ruin -- ?	Used to build Orb Drone	what is this good for?
Bulk Trader II Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Goldenboy Ingot Drop	Used for Pirating Mission	Special Bulk Trader II Trade Goods.
Cadet Rank	?	50 hours	100	Dropped by Leonard McCoy in Bonnet	Used to make Parsley	Some plant with a complicated name.
Carum petroselinum BENTH	1000	50 hours	100	Dropped by Leonard McCoy in Bonnet	Used to make Parsley	Some plant with a complicated name.
Carcass	?	2 hours	10,000	Dropped by Vultures	Used to make Vulture	Fine quality meat
Christmas Tree	?	none	100	Christmas Drop	_	It's full of stars! Err Lights!
Chrome Knobs	?	32 minutes	10	Dropped by Rumble 3 AI	used to train Piloting 17-19 in Rumble 3	pathetic trophies
Chronoton Radiation	?	None	1	Dropped by Temporal Rifts	Converted to Temporal Flux using Temporal Generator to enter Enigmatic Sector	What's this? Quantum particles of time? Oh my!
Cloud Mercury	?	None	300,000	Mined in XYZ or Lunacy	used to make Porpoise	vaporous mercury you'll go mad for
Complicated Factory Parts	?	none	500000	Built	Used in building complicated factories	Not quite so fabulous, since they are quite complicated.
Conclusion Icicle	?	2 hours, 46 minutes, 40 seconds	100	Forgone Drop	Needed for training Electrical Engineering	Cold clarity
Constable Rank	?	None	10	Mission Reward	Used in Constable Missions	Mark of Rank.
Copper	500,000	None	?	Extract using Copper Extractor	Used to make Bronze	A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor.
Copper Chunks	?	None	100,000	Mined in Blue Outpost	?	A big chunck of copper. Breaks in to 5 to 20 copper
Crack Whore's Spirit	200	None	10	Halloween Drop	Used in Graveyard Missions	How'd she die? She'd rather not say... it's just that she regrets it.
Crack Whores	620	None	450	Convert from Peasants and Silicon using Crack House	Sellable to Colony	popular on every deep space station
Cyanure	1,000	?	?	?	Used to make Bars	?
Dark Curse Helmet	?	50 hours	100,000	Dropped by Dark Curse	Used to make Death Striker	In this helmet you will find the secret to dogfighting. Guaranteed.
Dark Matter	50,000,000	None	1000	Extract using Dark Matter Extractor	Used to make high level gear	Unseen matter. As the name implies, dark matter does not interact with light or other electromagnetic radiation, so it cannot be seen directly.
Dark Remains	1,000	5 hours	100,000	Dark Transport Drop	Used to build Dark Freighter, and to train Astral Injection	Some wreckage.
Dementium	10,000	None	100,000	Built from Dementium Fragments using BP from Lunacy Missions	Used for Engine 19 in Lunacy Also used to build Demented things	Stable and Glowy Material
Dementium Fragments	1,000	50 hours	10,000	Rare Drop	Used to build Dementium	Unstable Rare and Glowy Material
Diamond	5,000,000	None	100	Extract using Diamond Extractor	Used to build high level things	Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem.
Energized Microchips	?	none	40	Convert from Microchips using ??	Used in building high level gear.	Microchips infused with energy.
Energon	50,000,000	None	1000	Extract using Energon Extractor	Used to build high level things	Energon is the primary source of power for the Transformers. using Energon, transformers live, power their machinery, and even craft weapons.
Enforcer Rank	?	None	10	Sol Mission Reward	Used to get Mission Rewards in Sol	Mark of Rank.
Enriched Nuclear Material	100	1 hour, 15 minutes	3000	Convert from Nuclear Waste using Enrichment Plant or mined from an asteroid Sun.	Used to fuel high tech energies	U-243 at it's best.
Exc. Proximity Sensor	1,000,000	none	30,000	BP	Used to build some Proximity Module	?
Exc. Tracking Gizmo	1,000,000	none	30,000	BP	Used to build some Tracking Module	?
Faranji Debris	?	None	1	Mined in Enigmatic Sector DG	Used in Enigmatic Sector Mission	Faranji space debris
Faranji Luscious East	10 mil	None	10,000	Ruin -- ?	used to build Luscious West	Luscious greed, north
Faranji Wreckage	?	None	1	Mined in Enigmatic Sector DG	_	Blaster marks still fresh!
Fermium	90,000	30 seconds	1000	Mined from Asteroids, or Extract using Fermium Extractor	converted to Promethium	Don't blink, or it's gone
Fine Space Whiskey	1200	None	300	Convert from Space Whiskey using Giant Space Still	?	Smooth
Fly Wings	?	32 Minutes	10	Rumble Drop	used for Piloting 12 in Rumble	Glorious, yet grotesque trophy
Frozen Blob	?	None	100,000	Extract using Frozen Blob Extractor	Used to build high level things	Someday, someone will find it and it will be awakened again!
Funky Furniture	?	None	1,000	Convert from ? using Iquea Workshop	?	Household furniture at its best.
Gabriel's Neurolich	1000	20 Minutes	?	Drops from Seraphs	used to train Astral Injection and Cloaking, and to enter Penance	Angelic neuralconnectors
Gargantuan Goblets	?	5 hours	100,000	Green Battleship Drop	Used to train Remote Control 17 in Beta Antares	Hug the cup.
Ghostly Worker	200	None	10	Halloween Drop	used in Graveyard missions	This worker died during a ration strike, now he regrets leaving his post!
Ghosts	13000	None	10	Random Drop	used in Graveyard missions	Captured soul of the dead!
Giant Goblets	?	5 hours	100,000	Big Green Drop	Used to train Remote Control 16 in End of the Universe	Kiss the cup.
Goblets	?	30 minutes	1000	Goblin Drop	Used to train Warp Navigation 2 in Lavanite, and for Astral Injection	Kiss the cup.
Gold	5,000,000	None	1460	Extract using Gold Extractor	Used to build Gold Bars	A soft, shiny, yellow, heavy, malleable, ductile transition metal, gold does not react with most chemicals.
Gold Bar	1,000,000	None	10,000	Built from Gold or Cyanure	Used for various Bar Skillls	1 ton of Gold
Gold Dubloon	50,000	None	1	Tortuga and Piracy Mission Reward	Used in Tortuga Missions	To trade for stuff on the black market.
Goldenboy Coin Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Goldenboy Ingot Drop	Used for Pirating Mission	Special Goldenboy Ingot Trade Goods.
Goldenboy Ingot Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Goldenboy Ingot Drop	Used for Pirating Mission	Special Goldenboy Ingot Trade Goods.
Goldenboy Nugget Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Goldenboy Nugget Drop	Used for Pirating Mission	Special Goldenboy Nugget Trade Goods.
Goldenboy Pyrite Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Goldenboy Pyrite Drop	Used for Pirating Mission	Special Goldenboy Pyrite Trade Goods.
Goldenboy Statue Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Goldenboy Statue Drop	Used for Pirating Mission	Special Goldenboy Statue Trade Goods.
Good Deed Token	?	None	1000	Christmas Mission reward	Used for Christmas Missions	A token of the Christmas Spirit
Good Proximity Sensor	?	none	20000	BP	Used to build some Proximity Module	Used in building a proximity module.
Good Shield Booster	?	none	20000	BP	Used to build some Shield Module	Used in building a shield module.
Good Tracking Gizmo	1,000,000	none	20,000	BP	Used to build some Tracking Module	Used in building a tracking module.
Grammies	?	32 Minutes	10	Rumble 2 Drop	Used for Piloting 16 in Rumble 2	Not-so-glorious trophies
Great Pumpkin	?	None	1000	Halloween 2009 Undead Tobal drop and Halloween Missions reward	Used in Halloween Missions	Rare mythical gourd of Halloween :-O
Hell Fire Remains	1,000,000	2 hours, 3 minutes	5	Cleft Thorn Drop	used to build Scorch's Immolation	Still hot hot hot!
Holochart Fragment Alpha	50,000	None	1	Mined in Tortuga	used to build Holochart	Part of an old map
Holochart Fragment Beta	50,000	None	1	Mined in Tortuga	used to build Holochart	Part of an old map
Holochart Fragment Delta	50,000	None	1	Tortuga AI Drop	used to build Holochart	Part of an old map
Holochart Fragment Gamma	50,000	None	1	Tortuga AI drop	used to build Holochart	Part of an old map
Holochart Fragment Epsilon	50,000	None	1	Spawns in Tortuga as green debris	used to build Holochart	Part of an old map
Honorary Diploma	50,000	None	10	Lyceum Mission Reward	used for Infinite Knowledge in Lyceum	Not exactly the same, but at least it's something!
Honorary Mention	50,000	None	10	Lyceum Mission Reward	used for Infinite Knowledge in Lyceum	They recognize that you did... something.
Huge Launching Tube	50,000,000	None	10,000	DG Drop	Used in Streamlined Fighter Bay Blueprints	Speed up a fighter or missile bay.
Imperial Chest	?	None	1000	Reward for reporting an exploitable bug	Breaks into 1 Imperial Seal	A golden chest, this must contain something valuable
Imperial Seal	?	None	1000	Cleaned with Imperial Cleaning Machine from Unclean Imperial Seal	Neuro-Bound Used for various Imperial Seal Skills	Approved by the Emperor Himself
Immature Rat Kitten	?	None	100	Convert from Rat Flesh and Rations using Rat Hatchery	used in Graveyard mission to make Rat Kitten	Too young for even you to toss out the airlock.
Infernal Cell	?	None	1000	Infernal Tempest Mission Reward, 5 in return for 3 Xeno Isotope, 3 Neutron Rod, and 7 Solar Radiation	turned in at Earthforce Headquarter for Sol Missions.	Store of untapped energy.
Jelly Beans	?	None	10	Extract using Jelly Bean Extractor	10 Jelly Beans used for building Alien Bactery Extractor(initial cost)	Jelly beans are a type of confectionery that comes in many different (primarily fruit) flavors.
Kendalite	10,000,000	None	?	Mined from asteroids in Contracosta	Used as a mission item to get a key for the rest of the Contracosta chain.	Used most commonly for ganglinite research.
Laconia	5,000,000	None	400	Extract using Laconia Extractor	Used to make Laconia Sheets	A rare and nearly magical metal.
Laconia Sheet	5,000,000	None	100,000	Built from Laconia	Used to fortify things	Laconia, one of the most durable substance known to man.
Large Launching Tube	25,000,000	None	10,000	DG Drop	Used in Streamlined Fighter Bay Blueprints	Speed up a fighter or missile bay.
Lion Heart Key	?	none	1000	? Drop	Used to enter Lion galaxy in The Serengeti	The key to the lion heart
Love Cylinder Remains	?	2 hours 30 minutes	5	Rosemary Drop	Used to build various surgical things	Seem less intimidating that way.
Luscious North	?	none	10,000	Built from orbs	used to build Luscious West	Luscious greed, west
Luscious South	?	none	10,000	Spawns as green debris in The Neutral Zone	?	Luscious greed, east
Luscious West	?	none	10,000	Built from other Luscious	used for Slave Research	Luscious greed, south
Mad Scientist's Brain	?	50 hours	100000	Drops from Mad Scientist	Used for Electrical Engineering 20 in Lunacy	Even dead this thing is probably more intelligent then you.
Mad Scientist's Other Brain	?	150 hours	100000	Drops from Mad Scientist	Used for Remote Control 18 in Lunacy	Even dead this thing is probably more intelligent then you.
Master Pirate Crest	10,000	None	100	Drops from W2 and W3 Pirate AI		Mark from a pirate
Medium Launching Tube	?	N/A	10000	DGs	used for Fighter Bay Blueprints	Speed up fighter or missile bay
Metals	90	None	550	Extract using Metal Drill	Used to build just about everything	make the universe go 'round
Microbes Amoureuses	?	None	1	Built from Microbes Noirs, Commodity Blueprints	used for tuition for Warp Navigation 4 in Emphatic Biology and Station Management 20 in Biologique	Tout le monde aiment les microbes amoureuses.
Microbes Noirs	?	33 minutes, 20 seconds	1	Mined in Emphatic Biology	Used to build Microbes Amoureuses	Microves Noirs, pas pour les marches noirs.
Microchips	150	None	10	Built from silicon using MicroFab	Used to build many things	Pentium LVX's
Milli's Burger	?	55 hours, 33 minutes, 20 seconds	5	The End of the Universe -- 500 million	Used in Apprentice's Ward Missions	The composite interest over the last few trillion years should be enough to cover the cost of theat meal right?
Mining Token	5	None	10	Mined from Asteroids in Arena Lobby	Used in Arena Lobby Missions	Great for making any good miner proud!
Monochrome Hue Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Monochrome Hue Drop	Used for Pirate Mission	Special Monochrome Hue Trade Goods.
Monochrome Tint Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Monochrome Tint Drop	Used for Pirate Mission	Special Monochrome Tint Trade Goods.
Mzungu Green Orb	?	None	10,000	Ruin -- ?	Used to build Orb Drone	what is this good for?
Nathaniel's Emblem	?	None	10	Nathaniel Courthope and Captain Albatross Drop	Used for Piracy 20	Token of your pirating.
NCC-Bulk Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	NCC-Bulk Drop	Used for Pirate Mission	Special NCC-Bulk Trade Goods.
Neural Keysyncs	?	None	1	Drop from all DG AI	key used to get through locked warps in DGs, decays upon warping and on relogging.	Delicate membrane allows intergalactic travel through locked gates
Neutron Rod	_	45 Minutes	2000	mined from Asteroids in Infernal Tempest near the Alpha sun	used for missions in Infernal Tempest	Eating this is a bad idea, in fact you probably shouldn't be touching it.
Nuclear Waste	500	None	1400	Extract using Nuclear Waste Collector	Used to fuel energies	not in my back yard!
Olduvai Gorge key	?	None	1000	?	Key to Olduvai Gorge	Used in accessing Olduvai Gorge
Paranormal Research Diploma	?	None	100	Graveyard Mission Reward	used for missions in Graveyard	Proof that you believe in ghosts!
Pax Astralogica Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Pax Astralogica Drop	Used for Pirate Mission	Special Pax Astralogica Trade Goods.
Paxian Research Medal	?	None	10	Enigmatic Sector Missions Reward	Used to train Knowledge Skills in Enigmatic Sector	Learn something.
Peasants	200	None	200	Bought from colonies or AI base.	population of colonies	politically correct term for slaves
Personal Computers	?	None	400	Convert from ? using Dall Computer Assembly Plant	?	Making world's go round all across the universe.
Petroleum	?	None	1000	Extract using Petroleum Extractor	Used to build high level things	A generic term applied to oil and oil products in all forms.
Phantom Peasant	?	None	10	Halloween Drop	Used in Graveyard Missions	A disgruntled dead Peasant... how suprising.
Pieces o' Eight	?	N/A	1	Brigand's Stronghold missions	none	To Trade for stuff on the black market.
Pilot's Renevant	200	None	10	Halloween Drop	Used in Graveyard Missions	He found out that sometimes a Hotrod can go to fast. Coincidentally, he forgot his pressure
Pirate Crest	10,000	None	?	Drops from pirating AI	Used in Sol Missions	Mark from a pirate
Plasma Crystals	1,000,000	None	10,000	Extracted from Hyper using Plasma Extractor	Used to build Plasmite Drone	_
Platinum	?	None	1617	Extracted using Platinum Extractor	Used to build Platinum Bars	A dense (heavy) silvery grey metal, atomic number 78, atomic weight 195.078
Platinum Bar	?	None	20,000	Built from Platinum or Cyanure	Used for various Bar Skills	1 ton of Platinum
Primal Panther Powercore	?	none	250000	UZ Drop	Used to build Panther	Still flicker with energy.
Primal Zebra Powercore	1,000,000	none	250000	UZ Drop	Used to build Zebra	Still flicker with energy.
Promethium	18,000	25 minutes	2000	converted from Fermium using Nuclear Convotronic	Used to build just about everything	Stealing fire from the Gods!
Promethium Crystals	_	None	100,000	DG Drop	Breaks into 75 to 150 Promethium	Crystalized Promethium
Psion Icicles	13,000	None	10,000	bought in Absolution	Used to build Base Weapons and Porpoises	frozen brilliance, rather valuable to some
Pumpkin Shard	?	None	1000	Halloween 2009 Drop	Used in Halloween Missions	a glowing piece of gourd
Quantumum	5,000,000	None	100	Extract using Quantumum Extractor	Used to build high level things	Powerful energy particle that sometime stay in a stable state.
Quickened Microchips	5000000	none	30	Made with a Built from silicon using ??using 1 Quantumum and 1 Microchip	Used for building modules for high-end gear	Microchips infused with energy.
Rations	80	None	200	converted from Space Oats using MRE Factory	Used to feed Workers	K-rations, grits, and more
Ravings	?	50 minutes	1	Wingship II+ drop in Fraternity	Used to train Slave Tweaking	Rabble, Rabble RABBLE!
Red Photon Keycard	?	none	?	Red Photon Oversized Turret drop	Used to enter Red Photon Research Complex	Can't go on without it
Rosemary Sprig	?	25 Minutes	100	Rosemary Drop	Used for Piracy 14 at Bipolar	Great for potatoes.
Rosfire Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Rosfire Drop	Used for Pirate Mission	Special Rosfire Trade Goods.
Rotting Remains	?	None	1000	Dropped by Undead Tobal during the Halloween season	Used to build Rotting Equanimizer	Nasty! Why do zombies have to be so gross?
Rousings	?	50 minutes	1	Zebucart+ drop in Equality	Used to train Slave Tweaking	Rabble, Rabble Rabble!
Royal Rat Gland	?	72 hours	200	Dropped by Royal Undead Rat during the Halloween season	Used as a key to enter Undead Broodmother Nest	Despite how gross they are, they're actually quite useful.
Rubicite	50,000,000	none	1000	Extract using Rubicite Extractor	Used to build high level things	Crystalline and somewhat metallic red allow used to make some interesting materials.
Santa Letter	?	None	1	Christmas Drop	_	Dear Santa, this year i want 15 bil and 1 izer with good augs. Signed: saiyan-24.
Scorched Trader Badge	50,000	None	10	High Level Trader AI Drop	Used in Pirate Missions	Proof that BIG guns don't mean safety in this universe.
Scorched Trader Insignia	50,000	None	10	Mid Level Trader AI Drop	Used in Pirate Missions	Proof that you can loot something that shoots back.
Scorched Trader Signet	50,000	None	10	Low Level Trader AI Drop	Used in Pirate Missions	Proof that the undefended merchant isn't safe.
Scorch's Remains	?	50 hours	100,000	Scorch Drop	Used to build Scorch's Immolation	Still burning hot
Scrap Parts	50	None	?	Mined from Asteroids around Janitor Outpost in Nexus	Used in Nexus Missions	?
Serengeti Nebula key	1,000,000	none	1000	?	Used in accessing Serengeti Nebula	Used in accessing Serengeti Nebula
Serenity Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Serenity Drop	Used for Pirating Mission	Special Serenity Trade Goods.
Silicon	50	None	800	Extract using Silicon Extractor	Used build Microchips, Crack Whores, and base Transference weapons	Basic element in electronics and bodily augmentations
Silver	?	None	792	Extract using Silver Extractor	Used to build Silver Bars	A soft white lustrous transition metal, silver has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity
Silver Bar	?	None	1,000	Built from Silver or Cyanure	Used for various Bar Skills	1 ton of Silver
Small Launching Tube	1,000,000	None	10,000	DG Drop	used for Fighter Bay Blueprints	Speed up fighter or missile bay
Snowball	?	None	1	Christmas Drop	_	Melting...
Solar Prisms	?	None	300	Mined in Prism	Used to build Porpoise and Prismatic Conversion	a perfect refraction
Solar Radiation	?	12 Minutes, 30 seconds	2000	Produced by Infernal Battery	Used in Infernal Tempest Missions	Strange radiations
Somewhat Defragmented Holochart	?	None	1	Tortuga mission reward	Converted to Treasure Holochart using Holochart Defragmenter	Nearly readable.
Souls	13,000	None	10	Random Drop	used in Graveyard missions	Captured soul of the dead!
Space Boomerangs	1,000	30 minutes	10,000	Pax Astralogica Drop	Used to build Pax Astronomica and for Engine 18 in Nihilite	Always comes back around...
Space Oats	35	None	300	Extract using Harvester	Used to make Rations and Space Whiskey	agricultural space tragedy fodder
Space Whiskey	120	None	300	Convert from Space Oats using Space Still	Fuels some energies	Take the edge off
Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Goldenboy Bar Drop	Used for Pirating Mission	Special Goldenboy Bars Trade Goods.
Spirits	13,000	None	10	Random Drop	used in Graveyard missions	Captured soul of the dead!
Spoiled Rat Flesh	2,000	None	100	Undead Rat Drop	Used in Graveyard Missions and to build a Rotting Equanimizer	Ewww! The Decaying flesh of the undead!
Spoiled Rations	2,000	None	100	Undead Rat Drop	Used in Graveyard Missions	Yuck! I'm not eating those!
Sputter Nutters	1,000	30 minutes	10,000	Equanimity Drop	Used for Electrical Engineering 18 in Nihilite	Nut-rific!
Stabilized Plasma Fusion Core	?	None	100,000	Lyceum Mission Reward	Used to build Adamantium Sheets	Very powerful core.
Station Manager's Spectre	?	None	10	Halloween Drop	Used in Graveyard Missions	Died during a ration strike, now he wishes he would have fed the workers.
Std. Proximity Sensor	100,000	none	10,000	BP	Used to build some Proximity Module	Used in building a proximity module.
Std. Tracking Gizmo	100,000	none	10,000	BP	Used to build some Tracking Module	Used in building a tracking module.
Storm Crystals	6900	none	250	Bought from Colonies	_	Formed naturally as hail in gigantic storms in the atmospheres of some of the largest gas giants, these crystals are both the rarest and most beautiful in the universe.
Sup. Class Augmenter Token	?	None	10	Mission Reward for returning an Expertise augmenter to Parthenon in The Acropolis	Redeemed at Augmenter Labs in The Acropolis for a Mastery Augmenter	Can be redeemed for a higher tech Class Augmenter.
Sup. Tracking Gizmo	1,000,000	none	40,000	BP	Used to build some Tracking Module	Used in building a tracking module.
Tin	500,000	None	550	Extract using Tin Extractor	Used to make Bronze	This silvery, malleable poor metal that is not easily oxidized in air and resists corrosion is found in many alloys and is used to coat other metals to prevent corrosion.
Titanium	500,000	None	340	Extract using Titanium Extractor	Used to make Titanium Sheets	A type of metal alloy that is very strong.
Titanium Proximity Module	?	none	50,000	?	?	Hopefully detect stuff that are close by.
Titanium Sheet	50,000	None	10,000	Built from Titanium	Used to fortify things and for building Augmenters	Pure durability.
Titanium Tracking Module	?	none	50,000	?	?	Track fast moving space objects.
Towel	100	None	1	comes on captured Zebucarts in End of the Universe	Used to build an Infinite Improbability Drive	More useful than you could ever imagine.
Trader Badge	?	None	10	Merchant Mission Reward.	Used for Gargan Missions.	This show that you can move ALOT of EXPENSIVE things around FAST! You rock!
Trader Emblem	50,000	None	10	Drops from trader AI	Used For Piracy levels in Handel's Cove	Token of your pirating.
Trader Insignia	?	None	10,000	Merchant Mission Reward.	Used for Gargan Missions.	This show that you can move ALOT of things around.
Trader Signet	50,000	None	10,000	Merchant Mission Reward.	Used for Gargan Missions.	This show that you can move things around.
Traginium	10,000	None	100,000	Mined from asteroids in Bonnet or Arena Lobby	used for Piracy	Condensed and stabilized promethium
Transformed Impossibly Dark Matter	?	None	1,200,000	Radar 20 Mission reward from The Dark	used to train Radar 20 in The Dark	Still impossible to see, but less so.
Transformed Very Dark Matter	?	None	120,000	Radar 19 Mission reward from The Dark	used to train Radar 19 in The Dark	Still impossible to see, but less so.
Translator Droid	?	None	200	Nexus mission reward	used for Enigmatic Sector Missions	Is fluent in up to 6 different types of communication!
Treasure Holochart	?	None	1	Converted from Holochart Fragments using Holochart Defragmenter	used to find location of secret base in Tortuga	Northernmost Point of Spuglass Hill, 5000 E by 1000 N.
Uber Kills	?	None	1000	Uber Drop	used for Temp Uni Contest	nice - you killed an uber!
Unclean Imperial Seal	?	None	1000	King Midas Drop, Emperor Reward, Reward for reporting exploitable bugs.	used to build Imperial Seal	Not yet Approved
Urk'Ududuu Qu	?	2 Hours, 30 Mins	5	Drop from Roaming level 1k Bana AI	used to build ?	Urko what?
Urk' Aku' Qua	?	2 Hours, 30 Mins	5	Drop from Jujuso'qi	used to build ?	Urko what?
Urk' Qokujiii Qa'ik	?	5 Hours	5	Drop from Qokujiii Qa'ik	used to train Weaponry 20	Urko what?
Urk' Ukukuu Qu	1,000,000	2 Hours, 30 Mins	5	Drop from Qokuji'qi	used to build Qa Quuu Drone	Urko what?
Urko Ka' Qur	?	2 Hours, 30 Mins	5	Drop from Suqqa Uj'Qi	used to build ?	Urko what?
Urko Q	10,000	None	100	Drop from Suqqa Uj'Qi	used to build ?	Uj'qi Q
Urko Qa	10,000	None	100000	Drop from ?	used to build Aku Qa	Qokujii Qa
Urko Qu	10,000	None	1000	Drop from Suqqa Uj'Qi	used to build ?	Uj'qii Qu
Urko Quu	10,000	None	10,000	Drop from Jujuso'qi	used to build ?	Qokuji Qi
Vampire	2000	None	200	Halloween Drop	Used in Graveyard Missions	Wooden Stakes, Sunlight and Garlic sold separately.
Vazaha Blue Orb	?	None	10,000	Ruin -- ?	Used to build Orb Drone	what is this good for?
Veteran Pirate Crest	10,000	None	100	Drops from piratey AI	Used for various missions	Mark from a pirate
Vicar's Robes	?	None	100	Drops from Cardinal Bellarmine ??	Used to build a Vicar	The Exact Same Robe the Vicar was wearing the day you got excommunicated!
Vis	500,000	None	10	Extract using Vis Extractor	Used to build high level things	Basic energy source sometimes found in nature.
Vitalized Microchips	1000	none	30	Made with a factory using 1 Vis and 1 Microchips	Used in building modules in high-end and fine-tuned gear.	Microchips infused with energy.
Voltage Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Voltage Drop	Used for Pirating Mission	Special Voltage Trade Goods.
Vortex Pellets	?	30 minutes	1,000,000	Made with a Built from silicon using Vortex Convertersusing 1 Kromelite and 1 Blue Vapor	Used for Warp Navigation 2 and Crazy Glue 10	Quasi-dimensional mumbo-jumbo.
Werewolves	2000	None	?	Halloween Drop	Used in Graveyard Missions	?
Wernher von Bleu	?	None	10,000	Space Blue Fighter Mission reward from The End of the Universe	Turned in at Earthforce Headquarter, Sol	Chief Spacecraft engineer by day and janitor extraordinaire by night!
Workers	400	None	250	Convert from Microchips and Peasants using Galactic Training Module	Used to provide Manhours in Bases	9 to 5er's
Zebra Armada Crest	1,000,000	None	1	UZ Drop	?	This clearly used to belong to some ship from the Zebra Armada
Zebucart Specialized Trade Goods	50,000	None	10,000	Zebucart Drop	Used for Pirating Mission	Special Zebucart Trade Goods.
Zombies	400	None	?	Halloween Drop	Used in Graveyard Missions	?
Xeno Energy Remains	?	2 hours, 30 minutes	5	?	Needed for building various stuff, used for missions	What is this Xeno stuff?
Xeno Isotope	_	45 Minutes	2000	mined from Asteroids in Infernal Tempest near the Beta sun	used for missions in Infernal Tempest	What is this Xeno stuff?
Xeno Shield Remains	?	2 hours, 30 minutes	5	Forgone Drop	Needed for building various stuff	What is this Xeno stuff?