Manufacturing Profitability
| Item | Engineer Hours | Item cost (thousands) | Item profit (thousands) | Net monthly profit (thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fusion Ball Launcher | 400 | 242 | 281 | 70.2 |
| Laser Cannon | 300 | 182 | 211 | 69.6 |
| Tank/Laser Cannon | 1200 | 500 | 594 | 56.4 |
| Medi-Kit | 420 | 28 | 46.5 | 31.71 |
| Laser Rifle | 400 | 20 | 36.9 | 30.42 |
| Heavy Laser | 700 | 32 | 61 | 29.83 |
| Personal Armor | 800 | 22 | 54 | 28.8 |
| Laser Pistol | 300 | 8 | 20 | 28.8 |
| Alien Alloys | 100 | 3 | 6.5 | 25.2 |
Here's the list from the OSG (sorted by profit) for you to use as needed:
Item Cost Sell Profit ---- ---- ---- ------ Hovertank/Launcher $900,000 $1,043,000 $143,000 Hovertank/Plasma $850,000 $980,000 $130,000 UFO Power Source $130,000 $250,000 $120,000 Tank/Laser Cannon $500,000 $594,000 $94,000 Flying Suit $58,000 $115,000 $57,000 Blaster Launcher $90,000 $144,000 $54,000 Heavy Plasma $122,000 $171,600 $49,600 Power Suit $42,000 $85,000 $43,000 Mind Probe $262,000 $304,000 $42,000 Small Launcher $78,000 $120,000 $42,000 Plasma Beam $226,000 $267,300 $41,300 Fusion Ball Launcher $242,000 $281,100 $39,000 Plasma Rifle $88,000 $126,500 $38,500 Psi-Amp $160,000 $194,700 $34,700 Personal Armor $22,000 $54,000 $32,000 Laser Cannon $182,000 $211,000 $29,000 Heavy Laser $32,000 $61,000 $29,000 Plasma Pistol $56,000 $84,000 $28,000 Fusion Ball $28,000 $53,300 $25,300 Medi-Kit $28,000 $46,500 $18,500 Laser Rifle $20,000 $36,900 $16,900 HWP Fusion Bomb $15,000 $31,500 $16,500 Laser Pistol $8,000 $20,000 $12,000 Motion Scanner $34,000 $45,600 $11,600 Blaster Bomb $8,000 $17,028 $9,028 Stun Bomb $7,000 $15,200 $8,200 Alien Grenade $6,700 $14,850 $8,150 Heavy Plasma Clip $6,000 $9,590 $3,590 Alien Alloys $3,000 $6,500 $3,500 Plasma Rifle Clip $3,000 $6,290 $3,290 Plasma Pistol Clip $2,000 $4,400 $2,400 UFO Navigation $150,000 $80,000 -$70,000