                               Command : TRADE

NAME
   trade - Buy planes/ships/land units

Level: Expert

SYNTAX
   [##:##] Command : trade

The  trade  report  lists all ships, planes and land units that are being sold
and allows you to buy them.

It is based on a bidding system, and after the bidding time  has  passed,  the
transactions  are executed, and the highest bidder gets the goods (maybe.)  If
there are no bidders once the time passes, the goods stay on  the  market  and
the first bidder will get them.

Your bid must be higher than the currently high bid.

Typical output looks like:
   [##:##] Command : trade

        Empire Trade Report
     Wed Mar 13 14:42:45 1996
    lot high bid  by time left owner  description
    --- --------  -- --------- -----  -------------------------
      0 $   1000   2  0.06 hrs (  2)  tech 0 100% inf1  infantry 1 [f:21 ] #3
   Which lot to buy: 0
   Destination sector: 4,0
   WARNING!  This market issues credit.  If you make more
     bids than your treasury can cover at the time of sale,
     you can potentially go into financial ruin, and see no
     gains.  You have been warned.

   How much do you bid: 1100
   Your bid on lot #0 is being considered.

The  cargo  of ships and land units are listed in the square brackets, in this
case, 4 guns and 40 shells.  The nuclear  armament  of  planes  is  listed  in
parentheses.

SEE ALSO
   set, Market

