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It is possible to control various aspects of how the station trades, in terms of what wares assigned ships may trade and what wares NPC factions may trade. Player faction ships Ships assigned to player faction stations can freely trade with any player station, regardless of settings. Trade restriction options, and ways to set them up, are described in the child page here.
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Trading with an NPC faction ships and stations (no restrictions).
Trading with an NPC faction stations only.
Trading with an NPC faction ships only.
Trading only with player property.
Manager and architect settings are summarised in the following table.
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