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- "Restrict trade to other factions" set to "Yes" prevents other factions selling wares to the station.
- "Manage trade offer prices" allows for changing supply/demand-based automatic pricing to manual pricing.
- "Supply Options" govern the optional automatic stocking of Cargolifters, Defence Drones and Missiles.
- "Trading operation range" is applies to ships that are Trading only (selectable between zone and , sector , or system (if a Command Realy (AKA Radar) Relay is built)).
Civilian ships working for stations
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Mining ships are described in more detail here. Essentially, Mining ships will collect harvestable resources that the stations needs if they can carry it and typically, a Mining ship cannot carry both Bulk and Liquid resources. Mining ships do not follow the Trading operation range setting mentioned above (see here for information on the travel behaviour of ships that are Mining).
Ship assignments: Manager
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