MOD-Idea: contracting NPC ships for trading/mining

[Browser_ice]

Hi, since at one point it will be hard to build any ship at all, why not have a MOD that would allow the player to ask any NPC ship to contract him for either doing trading or mining?

The NPC would ask for a commission based on selling price for trading and based on the mining's worth.

[Buzz2005]

you can always buy trade ships from ALI Wharf

[Browser_ice]

you can always buy trade ships from ALI Wharf

Meaning ?

I have not yet explored the whole galaxy. So I do not recall seeing any ALI faction.

What is different from an ALI Wharf then an Argon/Teladi/Paranid Warf? Doesn't suffer also from the lack of enough goods to build ships?

[Buzz2005]

you can always buy trade ships from ALI Wharf

Meaning ?

I have not yet explored the whole galaxy. So I do not recall seeing any ALI faction.

What is different from an ALI Wharf then an Argon/Teladi/Paranid Warf? Doesn't suffer also from the lack of enough goods to build ships?

Exactly that, they are full of resources and you can buy M trade ships from all races

[Browser_ice]

Where is this ALI faction?

[Angsaar]

Not sure how much it's relevant to 2.2 economy, but I'd love something like this in a mod using surplus ships and inventory as a QoL improvement.


-Station with big surplus of mining mats leases mining runs from it's fleet directly to an allied station via mission
(balances specific stock without -subjectively- excessive effort from player bypassing station manager, at a high cost)

-Substantially higher cost than trade value, so player traders are still far superior in the long run
(You don't have a trade ship and need it asap? Prepare your wallet to be boarded!)

-Automated mining/delivery mission to said station needs safe route
(so the player can't send their ships to their deaths )


Effective use of ships and overstock with better performance as a bonus

[Buzz2005]

Where is this ALI faction?

Trinity sectum VII