Campaign-only NPC stations

Introduction

Campaign-unique NPC stations fall into 3 groups. Stations with different owners, stations created for events, and stations constructed over time. The constructed stations became a consistent part of campaign games after Rebirth v3.60 was released.

Station with changing ownership

This is a station who's ownership changes only during a campaign game.

Station created for an event

This station is constructed in the background during the campaign while the player is busy elsewhere.

Stations constructed over time

NPC Construction Vessels for these stations are deployed during the plot. There isn't a mission associated with them and they will work away in the background without player intervention.These CVs will be replaced if they are destroyed if stage 1 of their station has not been built. If they are destroyed after that, they won't be replaced and the station won't extend further; however even if their CVs are not destroyed, these stations do not become fully extended.

It's not possible to deploy Trade Agents to these CVs so you'll either need to be nearby them and order wares remotely, or if you have a Trade Computer their offers will remain known for a while but can become inaccurate over time. Since the local system is unable to produce most of the wares needed for station manufacture and NPC galaxy traders may have other priorities, these stations may not be constructed promptly without player intervention.