Trader price list

Every item has a base value per piece. Exploration finds have a fixed guide value. Otherwise the highest piece price a game trader ship asks for it applies – or, if the ships only buy it, 2 times their buying price. If the ships sell a pack, such as seeds in packs of three, the price is divided by the contents; varieties with special genes and boxes with contents do not set a piece price. Everything else gets an estimate by kind of goods (ore, ingot, seeds, kit, filter, circuit board …). The server's price factor applies to all prices (default 1, adjustable from 0.2 to 5).

The trader pays 45 % of the base value, 60 % for its favourite goods. With reputation the share for everything else rises to 46.4, 47.7 and 49.1 %, it never goes beyond the favourite rate. Finds bring 75 % of their guide value, 100 % at the black market; the spare parts kit is trade goods and gets the normal share. Stacks and ingots count by number: base value × quantity × share, rounded down, at least 1 Cr. Filters, flour, milk and other items with a fill level count as one piece and are paid by their fill level – a half-full filter brings half, an empty one nothing.

At every change a post puts together 9 goods from its range, the black market 6. A lot costs base value × quantity × 0.95 to 1.1, rounded – the factor is rolled at the change. Each reputation level makes it 4 % cheaper. 1 to 4 of each lot are in stock, shared by all players. Filters, flour and the like come as full single items, large amounts split into several stacks. Some goods are visible right away but can only be bought from a certain reputation level.

You pay with the game's credit card in the uniform's card slot or in your hand. Each post buys at most 3,000 Cr from you until the next offer, counted per player. With the new offer this allowance is full again: every 51 to 69 minutes of game time, at the black market every 20 to 28 minutes. If a stack no longer fits completely, the trader only takes as much as still fits – the rest stays with you.

Reputation counts per player and trader type. Every credit you spend there counts in full, every credit you earn counts 50 %. Level 1 starts at 250 points, level 2 at 1,000, level 3 at 3,000. If the server turns reputation off, every reputation requirement goes too: then all goods can be bought right away.

Never bought: the credit card, backpacks, tool belts, LERCHE logbooks and data chips with an access code. Things with contents – a suit with a canister, a crate with goods – are only taken empty, battery tools however together with their battery. A black box with lost data brings a flat 10 Cr. You can only sell what you carry in your hands, tool belt or backpack.