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Stations are build by Construction Vessels (CVs), which are sold by XL Ship Dealers and can only build the varients variants of stations from the CV's originating system. The CV needs an Architect NPC (and optionally an Engineer for repairs and a Defence Officer for weapons control). Once construction of a station is begun; you can technically cancel construction, but it's better to make sure you build it in the correct place rather than risk the possibility of something bugging out with the CV and/or Architect.
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- Cargolifter URVs:
- A prerequisite for transferring wares to and from Large and Extra Large ships. Lacking The lack of any on a station or its assigned ships can lead to ships (including NPCs) buying/mining wares they cannot unload.
- Station Managers organise stocks through the Supply Options menu.
- Defensive consumables:
- V Crusher missiles for V Launcher surface elements (optional).
- Combat drones for use against S/M ships (optional).
- Station Managers organise stocks through the Supply Options menu.
- Lots of credits, at least initially:
- Manager budgets are used for buying ingredients, selling products, and for Supply Options.
- Architect's budget is used for buying wares for constructing, repairing or upgrading the station.
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* Default range for Managers is Sector (System becomes available after Command Relay is constructed); default range for Architects is System.
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- As noted, civilian ships come in Trade and Mine varieties. However, the distinction is not binding since both types of ship are capable of fulfilling both roles as they are essentially very similar. If you would like them to operate in their defined roles, this is done through deciding on whether to equip mining drones to them or not. With no mining drones, they can only Trade; with mining drones they are likely to only mine provided the station needs such materials.
- The Teladi Vultures are classified as "Trade" but they double up as Teladi mining ships so as the Vulture (Bulk) has mining lasers. Since they double up as mining ships their default drone suggestion at shipyards includes a surface mining drone. Therefore in relation to the point above, that drone will need deselecting if you wish them to trade for Managers.