Outpost Commodity Trading Loop

Steps

1. Identify a viable commodity trade route between planetary outposts (such as Shubin Mining Facility SAL-2) and major orbital stations or city TDDs using external route planners.
2. Land at Shubin Mining Facility SAL-2, positioning the ship ramp adjacent to the freight elevator platform, and access the storage building commodity kiosk.
3. Select the outpost warehouse destination, specify container sizes and commodity quantity (such as Titanium), and complete the transaction.
4. Interact with the freight elevator console, transfer the purchased cargo containers from the warehouse inventory to the lift, and raise the platform.
5. Use a two-handed tractor beam to transport the containers from the freight lift and snap them firmly onto the ship's interior cargo grid.
6. Fly to Seraphim Station, Everus Harbor, Area18, Lorville, New Babbage, or Orison, either storing the ship for automated offloading or transferring containers into the destination freight elevator, and complete the sale at the trade terminal.

Risks

• Total loss of invested trading capital if the ship is destroyed or pirated before selling.
• Vulnerability to ambushes and theft while manually loading cargo at unmonitored planetary outposts.
• Container clipping or physics desync when manipulating crates with a tractor beam inside cargo bays.
• Fluctuating outpost supply or sudden local market demand drops causing reduced margins.

Required Capabilities

• Cargo hold
• Tractor beam

References

• YouTubeCommodity Trading Guide: Buying, Selling & Making aUEC | Star Citizen 4.10.2 by Fabio Ponta