1 CONTENTS Offworld Trading Company Strategy Guide .................................................................................. 6 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 6 2. General Concepts ................................................................................................................. 6 a. Overall Strategy ............................................................................................................ 6 b. Stock ............................................................................................................................. 6 c. Debt .................................................................................................................................. 7 d. Resources ...................................................................................................................... 9 e. Buildings ........................................................................................................................ 11 f. The Black Market ........................................................................................................... 12 g. Player Controls ........................................................................................................... 13 3. General Information ........................................................................................................... 14 a. Company types ............................................................................................................... 14 b. Buildings ..................................................................................................................... 15 c. Black Market .................................................................................................................. 17 d. Match Runout ............................................................................................................. 20 e. Game Facts ..................................................................................................................... 20 4. Strategy .............................................................................................................................. 22 a. Tactics ............................................................................................................................ 22 b. 1v1 Skirmish ............................................................................................................... 26 c. 4 player FFA................................................................................................................... 29 5. Examples ............................................................................................................................ 31 6. Final Words ........................................................................................................................ 40 Campaign ...................................................................................................................................... 41 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 41 7 Sols ......................................................................................................................................... 41 Campaign .................................................................................................................................. 42 Campaign Flow ......................................................................................................................... 43 CEOs ......................................................................................................................................... 45 Maisie Song .......................................................................................................................... 45 Reni-6 .................................................................................................................................... 46 Frank Dawson ....................................................................................................................... 46 Ilana Kamat ........................................................................................................................... 47 Anastasia Xu ......................................................................................................................... 47 Paulo Rubini.......................................................................................................................... 48 Joji-5 ..................................................................................................................................... 48 Sam Moreno .......................................................................................................................... 49 Silas Crichton ........................................................................................................................ 49 Campaign Perks ........................................................................................................................ 50 Unlock HQ Perks .................................................................................................................. 50 2 CEO Specific Perks............................................................................................................... 50 Advanced Building Reward Perks ........................................................................................ 51 Free Buildings ....................................................................................................................... 51 Free Patents ........................................................................................................................... 51 Free Sabotage ........................................................................................................................ 52 Resource Shipment Perks ..................................................................................................... 52 Tips and Tricks ......................................................................................................................... 52 Final Thoughts .......................................................................................................................... 54 Geologic Justification Maps ......................................................................................................... 55 1. Olympus Mons ...................................................................................................................... 55 1.1 Olympus Mons Alternate ................................................................................................ 55 2. Hellas Basin .......................................................................................................................... 55 2.1 Hellas Basin Alternate .................................................................................................... 56 3. Arcadia Planitia ..................................................................................................................... 56 4. Syria Planum ......................................................................................................................... 56 4.1 Syria Planum Alternate ................................................................................................... 56 5. Isidis Planitia ......................................................................................................................... 56 6. Chryse Planitia ...................................................................................................................... 57 7. Utopia Planitia ...................................................................................................................... 57 7.1 Utopia Planitia Alternate................................................................................................. 57 8. Sinus Sabaeus........................................................................................................................ 57 9. Sinus Meridiani ..................................................................................................................... 57 9.1 Sinus Meridiani Alternate ............................................................................................... 58 10. Tharsis Montes .................................................................................................................... 58 10.1 Tharsis Montes Alternate .............................................................................................. 58 11. Sinai Planum ....................................................................................................................... 58 12. Solis Planum ....................................................................................................................... 58 13. Valles Marineris .................................................................................................................. 59 13.1 Valles Marineris Alternate ............................................................................................ 59 14. Margaritifer Sinus ............................................................................................................... 59 15. Syrtis Major Planum ........................................................................................................... 59 15.1 Syrtis