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Gaining trade information

Visits to NPC stationsTrade info gainedBenefit of a Trade ComputerBenefit of a Trade Agent
Player flying to it

Approach a station's Trade Port unlocks the offers available at that Trade Port (several per station).

  • Unlocked offers are a snapshot so after moving away from the Trade Port, it won't update when the station's needs change.
  • Player knowledge of the offers is lost after 5 hours, or after the player leaves the zone.
  1. Approaching any part of the station will unlock all the station's offers.
  2. Trade offers are lost on zone change.

(Trade offers remain time-limited and snapshots)

  1. They share all the station's offers with the player, regardless of the player's location.
  2. Trade offers is updated in real-time

(The Trade Offers Menu does not update in real-time so to refresh that, you need to close and reopen it)

Traders doing manual tradesWhen these ships initiate docking and trading, we gain a snapshot of all the station's trade offer.None.
(Trading Captains are the equivalent of a player with one).		Manual trades can only be ordered when we have knowledge of trade offers so the benefit above apply here.
Traders subordinate to ManagersManagers can be considered to have access to their own network of Trade Agents since subordinate Captains have full and automatic knowledge of all trades within their station's trading operation range. Player-related Mission Computers and Trade Agents have no bearing on stations.



Whatever type of trading the player may get involved in, there a couple of core mechanics that provide helpful information:

  1. We have to fly near trade ports (multiple per station) to learn about trades (time-limited info, which is lost on zone change).
      • Our ships undertaking manually-ordered trades will referesh trade info about the station they visit.
      • A Trade Computer simplifies this by unlocking all trade info for a station when we are nearby and preventing loss of info on zone change.
      • Placing a Trade Agent on a station provides real-time info on all the offers available there, stopping the time limit and the zone change issue.
  2. Captains of trade ships working as subordinates to stations and CVs operate independently.
      • They have knowledge of all trade offers withing their Managers' Trading Operational Range.
      • Their knowledge isn't shared with the player so when they visit stations while tradingstrading, the station's offers are not shared with the player. 
  3. Scanning info points on station modules unlocks info, such as storage level and production times.
      • Trade Agents unlock all storage modules at their station, which helps identify supply bottlenecks.
  4. Economy Analytics  Softwareprovides graph provides graph-based stats for individual stations or an entire map (zone, sector, system or galaxy).

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