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- Ask for: Discount (a discount for the station unless NPC is a Trader, than you could chose a discount with them instead).
- -not used-
- Ask about: Job applicant* (receive directions to a random NPC best-skilled NPC, on their station's platform/area, of a chosen type - not great).
- Trade Updates (see below as not all NPCS offer it; they unlock continuous, real-time market info for the NPC's station).
- Give: Item (craftable gift unlock the option to learn location of a chosen NPC type with the best-skilled in skills in the zone*, or a 2nd mini game for Training Manuals).
- -not used-
*If wishing to look for higher-skilled crew via Smalltalk without using craftable gifts, it is 's best to do so in zones on platforms with many of the desired crew type. If using craftable items, then it make sense to do so in zones where the sidebar shows many hireable NPCsof the desired types.
Trade Updates
These will only be offered by a subset of NPCs.
NPCs that can offer Trade Updates:
Arms Dealer
Inventory item traders (e.g. Food Merchant or Black Marketeer).
License broker
Mechanic
Recruitment Officer
Ship Dealer
Station Non-hirable station crew, only if which are working on the particular a station (Defense Officer, Engineer, Manager or Specialists) - typically found on Administration platforms.
NPCs that never offer Trade Updates:
Architect (even if they are working on plot-rated NPC CVs during the main plot)
Captain
Hirable Marine Officer
Pilot
Station crew if they are available for hire (Defense Officer, Engineer, Manager or Specialist
Marine Officer
Pilot).
Training Manuals
These are only available via the craftable gift option after the first smalltalk and if the second smalltalk was completed with a score of 9 or 10 points. Good completion of the second smalltalk allows us to ask for 'Training Manuals', which are unique to Smalltalk. They are available for various potentially important skills, such as Engineering, Leadership and Morale. A Training Manual can be used to add one star to the related skill of one of your hired NPC's primary, bold-highlighted skills (e.g. only Engineering for Engineers), to a maximum of 5 stars. Exactly which Training Manual you may be offered relates to the primary skills of the NPC in question so it is somewhat random in the sense that it is random as to which NPC may begin a smalltalk.
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