[Request] See the storage of stations earlier in the game

[jojorne]

You know one thing I miss from X Rebirth? When you hire a trade agent (the equivalent of trade license in x4) you also get to see the stations storage.

[DanKara]

I may be confusing things ... but I think thats already possible.
You just need to scan the station up to a certain point (or maybe only scan the storage modules of the station) then you have the data whath ressources and products are stored within the station info.
For updated data you need a ship or satelite nearby.

[blackphoenixx]

Scanning a station until at least 30% will let you see its inventory.

[GCU Grey Area]

+25 rep with a faction provides storage info for all of their stations, even those outside satellite coverage.

[jojorne]

I may be confusing things ... but I think thats already possible.
You just need to scan the station up to a certain point (or maybe only scan the storage modules of the station) then you have the data whath ressources and products are stored within the station info.
For updated data you need a ship or satelite nearby.

Scanning a station until at least 30% will let you see its inventory.

This means you have to manually scan each and all stations to unlock the info. But what happens when you're sitting on a pile of cash and you just want to pay someone to do it for you?

+25 rep with a faction provides storage info for all of their stations, even those outside satellite coverage.

With 25? If so, that's nice. But getting to 25 will take time... I can get 10,000,000$ faster than I can make 25 rep xD

[blackphoenixx]

With 25? If so, that's nice. But getting to 25 will take time... I can get 10,000,000$ faster than I can make 25 rep xD

Put your first couple mil into mining stations in every factions territory and you'll be at 25 rep before you reach 20 hours playtime. Without doing missions or shooting criminal traffic which obviously accelerates that.
Same for trade of course, but miners are cheaper, faster and don't get harassed by pirates so they require less investment and less upkeep. And there's always demand for minerals and gas, usually in huge quantities if you don't supply any.

Or if you don't mind being cheesy a couple scout ships on repeat orders trading a single ecell (or any other ware) do it even faster since the rep gain doesn't care about the trade value, just that it happens.
Put twenty or thirty of those to work trading between two factions and you'll be at rep 25 with both of them in no time.

On the other hand the only stations i've ever cared to know the storage levels of are wharfs and shipyards and scanning those to 30% isn't exactly a huge time investment even in a starter ship.

[jojorne]

I got 25 rep with PIO and I still can't see their station storage. So, no reputation or contract has the same function as a trade agent.

[DanKara]

I got 25 rep with PIO and I still can't see their station storage. So, no reputation or contract has the same function as a trade agent.

From what I remember, at rank 27 you are allowed to teleport on faction stations and ships. With this rank you also see the orders of faction ships. I am not sure but believe you also get 'trusted' enough to see the storage of station you have not yet under 'surveillance' (as my previous post).

[jojorne]

From what I remember, at rank 27 you are allowed to...

I got PIO to 27 and it looks like I can now see their storage and access to a lot of other stuff, yes. But since it does not mention the storage anywhere, I'll check TEL now, because I'm almost at 27 with them too.

Anyway, my reason is because towards the end of the game I'm mostly flying L and XL ships and I don't want to get into small ships anymore. I've already spent days on these small ships that it gets repetitive and I want to attend to other things.