by nickgb
They were just good to buy. The idea was you bought the factory when you are at your own space port (get 10% of the cost back for the commission). Then you buy the Factory Good (at your space port, get 50% commission back for owning the factory plus 10% commission back for the transaction being at your space port). So the cost of the item was mitigated right there. Then you could sell it at another of your own space ports at the appropriate culture (getting another 10% commission on the sale). The amount you made on the factory good just by itself was better than the normal goods from that culture, and add in two 10% commissions and a 50% commission on top of that and there was never a reason not to do it if you had the money to invest in the first place.Then, if the factory good ever came up again for someone (or you) to buy again, that was just gravy. It was always worth doing even if it was just the single time.