Trading

Many resources can be bought and sold through **trading** in *Stellar Tactics*. Generally, there are two different kinds of trade: trading through the trade-net and trading with vendors on stations.

## The Trade-Net

The Trade-Net is a marketplace where **goods** are sold by various orbiting stations across the universe. Trade Stations issue buy and sell contracts for goods required by the population of that system. These goods are transferred between orbiting stations and planetary colonies.

The Trade-Net is not available until you leave **Achmedius** and place at least one beacon near a Jump Point in another system. Once you place a beacon in another Star System, Achmedius will be added along with any other Star Systems where beacons are placed. You can expand the number of systems streaming data to the Trade-Net by placing beacons in every Star System where you find stations.

Trade contracts are delivered through the cargo storage terminal on stations. Cargo storage has been revised so it opens immediately without the need to purchase storage. If you want to buy cargo storage at a station, just open the cargo storage terminal and select the option to purchase storage. Delivering or retrieving purchased Trade-Net items is as simple as traveling to the station where the trade contract was placed and retrieving or placing the cargo in storage. The contract(s) are completed when closing the cargo storage menu. Cargo storage has a new area at the bottom of the UI that displays delivery contract information.

A few notes related to the addition of the Trade-Net.

* Over time, the number of trade goods in any available contract on the Trade-Net is reduced as AI merchants accept orders.
* Trade goods and refined ore cannot be bought from or sold to vendors, only traded via the trade net. These items will not be displayed in the vendor interface.
* If a beacon is placed in a hostile system, trade data is not streamed to the Trade-Net for that system. You cannot trade with hostile factions.

After completing the mission for **Forley Coresh**, **contraband** is unlocked as trade goods in the Trade-Net.

Prices of all items in the Trade-Net can be found **here**.

## Vendors on Stations

On each station, there are several kinds of vendors:

* Merchants
* Weapons
* Armor
* Shields
* Pharmacy
* Augmentations
* Ship Vendor
* Ship Equipment
* Faction Vendor (currently only Shikaru, Varadyn and Halamis faction)

Vendors are shown as dollar signs on the radar. The items in stock of vendors are random and change with each reload.

The prices of the vendors depend on the reputation with the **faction** controlling the solar system and the highest charisma value in the active ground crew. Technically, each item has a value. Basic selling prices are 50% of the value, while basic purchase prices are 200% of the value. The basic prices are then modified by the **reputation bonus/malus** and the **Charisma** according to the following formulas:

* selling prices: ITEM\_VALUE\*(0.5+CHA\*0.00125)\*REPUTATION.MODIFIER
* purchase prices: ITEM\_VALUE\*(2-CHA\*0.0025)\*REPUTATION.MODIFIER

The reputation modifier for neutral reputation is 1. For "friendly" reputation it's e.g. 0.85 for purchase prices and 1.15 for selling prices.

Some examples are given in the following table.