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Actions | Information gained | Benefit of a Trade Computer | Benefit of a Trade Agent |
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Player visting stations | Approaching a station's Trade Port unlocks offers available at that Trade Port (several per station):
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(Special Trade discounts/commissions remain time-limited and snapshots) |
(The Trade Offers Menu does not update in realtime so to refresh that, you will need to close and reopen it) |
Player scanning station Info Points | Can Unlock knowledge of modules, such as on ware storage and manufacturing processes. Capability to scan some hardened module to 100% is dependent on:
| n/a | All storage modules are automatically unlocked by Trade Agents. |
Traders doing manual trades | When 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 a TComp). | Manual trades can only be ordered when we have knowledge of trade offers so the benefits above apply here. |
Traders subordinate to Managers | Managers 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.
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