Giving additional gameplay to commodities that haven't felt the sweet caress of a cargo hold since Ores became a thing
Incentivizing Official Factions a bit more
Encouraging players to explore lesser played factions
Give an additional sense of "control" for factions representing sovereign states/nations/territories
Encourage roleplay in the commerce side of things
This will come in the form of Trade Deals. Players belonging to official factions may RP lobby another official faction that represents a sovereign area of space (think Bretonia, Crayter, the Coalition, Auxesia, etc) for a negotiated deal for a specified commodity (non-ores) at a better than average rate.
This might be RP in the form of a reward for work done for the sovereign group, might be in order to gain better "access" to markets or certain products, or simply that there isn't enough Liberty Ale on Minato Harbor (kidding).
Whatever the case is, the RP will need to occur, multi-part, between the groups and specify in it the commodity in question.
This commodity will need to be "native" or at least commonly abundant, in the sovereign faction's territory, representing they have substantial control over that market.
Once completed, a Dev Request prefaced with [Trade Deal] can be submitted for review that includes links to all the relevant RP, ingame dealings, and other relevant material to push your case, and if approved will result in a bonus for the participant faction being set up through the Event plugin. These will last no more than 30 days for the time being.
So, requirements in a nutshell:
Both factions are Official
Specified commodity cannot be an ore
Decent roleplay be worked and submitted with the Request
Commodity is "native" or commonly abundant in the sovereign factions home territory
Loose Examples:
Gateway Shipping wants better access to Liberty markets for commercial reasons, they do some work for the Liberty Navy for some time, RP works out, and are granted a sweet bonus for hauling Liberty Ale to say, Planet New London from Planet Manhattan.
or
OS&C wants a better deal on keeping their ships fuelled and does some work for the Gas Miners Guild for a negotiated deal on H-Fuel, hauled to Planet Curacao.
or
SLRC needs vast amounts of Plutonium for "research" and consults with KNF to lock in a better rate
This is a prototype system, so please be patient and offer any feedback to me through Discord (lordzentor) or here on the forums.
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