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Hypertech Smuggler

Advanced tab: only after you own the store

Category
Referral
Official description
Joe Wild refers you to a smuggler who deals in Hypertech items, technology far beyond what the station's industry can produce. Unlocks the Hypertech Smuggler nightly service.
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How it works

Only after you own the store. Calls a smuggler of hypertech goods (high-end batteries, boosters, neural cores and more), 500 per night you call him. Reporting him ends the service.

What it does

The Hypertech Smuggler comes to meet you; after that, you can pay to have them visit again, with a cooldown.

Rating

CLow priority

Available only after the store is paid off. Expensive specialized supply can support a deliberate advanced build, but the unlock and paid repeat visits are poor generic spending without a particular item to obtain.

A narrow use, a high price or a nightly fee usually makes fixing your current business the better spend. Buy it only for a specific plan.

Ratings by specialization

  • Rating
    Available only after the store is paid off. Expensive specialized supply can support a deliberate advanced build, but the unlock and paid repeat visits are poor generic spending without a particular item to obtain.
  • Rating
    Available only after the store is paid off. Expensive specialized supply can support a deliberate advanced build, but the unlock and paid repeat visits are poor generic spending without a particular item to obtain.
  • Rating
    Available only after the store is paid off. Expensive specialized supply can support a deliberate advanced build, but the unlock and paid repeat visits are poor generic spending without a particular item to obtain.
  • Rating
    Available only after the store is paid off. Expensive specialized supply can support a deliberate advanced build, but the unlock and paid repeat visits are poor generic spending without a particular item to obtain.
  • Rating
    Available only after the store is paid off. Expensive specialized supply can support a deliberate advanced build, but the unlock and paid repeat visits are poor generic spending without a particular item to obtain.
  • Rating
    Available only after the store is paid off. Expensive specialized supply can support a deliberate advanced build, but the unlock and paid repeat visits are poor generic spending without a particular item to obtain.
  • Rating
    Available only after the store is paid off. Expensive specialized supply can support a deliberate advanced build, but the unlock and paid repeat visits are poor generic spending without a particular item to obtain.
  • Rating
    Available only after the store is paid off. Expensive specialized supply can support a deliberate advanced build, but the unlock and paid repeat visits are poor generic spending without a particular item to obtain.
  • Rating
    Available only after the store is paid off. Expensive specialized supply can support a deliberate advanced build, but the unlock and paid repeat visits are poor generic spending without a particular item to obtain.

Recommended time to buy

Late game

Undiscounted unlock price on Mark Up: 2500. Only after ownership. Unlocking it schedules the first introduction; repeat calls cost 500 and have a 5-day service cooldown, with the stock purchase cost still separate.

Upgrades and perks that work well with it

  • Commercial Grade Power Supply Unit

    If advanced battery equipment is the intended purchase, check whether existing charging throughput also limits the build before spending on the supplier.

Related customers

Price

  • No perk

    Price Gouge
    2,500
    Mark Up
    2,500
    Thin Margins
    3,750
    Red Ink
    5,000
  • Wild's Favorite

    Price Gouge
    2,250
    Mark Up
    2,250
    Thin Margins
    3,375
    Red Ink
    4,500
  • On Wild's Bad Side

    Price Gouge
    2,750
    Mark Up
    2,750
    Thin Margins
    4,125
    Red Ink
    5,500
  • Pillar of the Lower Levels

    Price Gouge
    2,125
    Mark Up
    2,125
    Thin Margins
    3,188
    Red Ink
    4,250
  • Wild's Favorite + Pillar of the Lower Levels

    Price Gouge
    1,912
    Mark Up
    1,912
    Thin Margins
    2,869
    Red Ink
    3,825
  • On Wild's Bad Side + Pillar of the Lower Levels

    Price Gouge
    2,338
    Mark Up
    2,338
    Thin Margins
    3,506
    Red Ink
    4,675

Favor pays first; the rest is cash.

Requirements and unlocks

Requires
None

Nightly fee

500 a night, only on nights you use it.

After you use it, you can't select it for 5 days.

This fee doesn't come back as Favor.