And we have a winner. Congratulations to Michael, and to Andy for a close second!

Swiftsure opens the bidding on the first Moon Base, which he wins for 214 (Re9, Mi16, Or4, Wa8, Re11, Re11, Re14, Re14, Re17, Mi15, OM25, RO40, MWa ). He then buys a population and a robot (Re10, Wa7) and mans the Moon Base and his last Ore factory
Bartertown opens the bidding on the second Moon Base which RDC wins for 203 ( Re11, NC22, NC24, Or2, Or5, Wa4, Wa6, Wa9, Re13, Re14, NC20, NC22, NC26, RO30 ). Bartertown now opens the bidding on the final Moon Base which he wins for 203 (Wa5, Wa6, Wa8, Ti8, Ti9, Ti11, Re12, Re13, Re15, Re17, RO45, MTi ). Bartertown now buys a population to man his new Moon Base (Or5).
HDBC VI now opens the bidding on the Space Station which he wins for 120 (Ti7, Wa9, Ti11, Ti13, Re9, Re14, Re17, MO40 ). He then buys two population (Wa7, Wa9, Ti10) and mans the Space Station and a Water Factory.
MMC opens the bidding on the Planetary Cruiser, which he wins for 163 (OM40, Ti8, Ti13, Mi14, Mi14, OM30, MTi ). He then buys a Titanium factory (MWa) and shifts population to man the Cruiser and the TiF.

The Outposts

	Company	Player	Factories	Upgrades	VPs
1	SWIFTSURE.	Michael Lowrey	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Re, Re, Re, Re, Re	DL, NO, SC, OL, La, RO, EP, SS, PC, MB	86
2	Bartertown	Andy York	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Re, Re, Re	HE, RO, La, PC, EP, OP, MB	82
3	MMC	Eric Brosius	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti	NO, HE, WH, OL, OL, OP, EP, SS, MB	63
4	RDC	Chris Hassler	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, NC, NC, NC	DL, DL, NO, WA, SC, SC, RO, PC, MB	61
5	HDBC VI	Kevin Wilson	Or, Or, Wa, Wa, Wa, Ti, Ti, Ti, Re, Re	HE, WH, OP, La, MB, SS	59

SWIFTSURE is Stellar Waif Intergalactic Futures Trading, Space Urchin Recovery Element
HDBC VI is Heavenly Bodies Development Company VI
MMC is Mud Mining Company
RDC is Resource Development Corp.