'Real' Supply and demand

[weylin]

Trading is mind-numbing, and any encounters you have are rarely much fun - just someone out to take your credits.

I'm not entirely sure what the capabilities are of FL Hook are, but could planets and stations be given their own Production and Consumption rates along with limited storage of each commodity?

The less of a commodity a planet has - the more it will be worth. This will provide an ever changing supply line.
There would be no one 'best' route, they would change day by day, hour by hour.



Another thing to consider would be special requests or offers being broadcasted over the galactic channel.
For example - "President calls for the commissioning of 5 new Battleships, Norfolk shipyard is in need of 360,000 units of ship hull panels paying 50% above the regular price!"

I suppose a more generic method could be used that allows the system to choose stations and commodities at random without the need to write all these 'stories' to justify it.

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