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Luke 26 Aug, 2018 @ 1:56pm
New game, economy trouble
So I've just started playing, and I have some questions.

One of my first contracts was for Food delivery in The Farm. I guess for a habitat that is under construction. I can never deliver more than a couple food at a time, because it is always full.

What do I have to do? Supply all of its other resources so it can progress? Help that company earn more money somehow?

I has have a Carbon Haulage contract that has a similar problem. The vendor is only producing about 2 units per day, so I'd have to sit there for a month to get a full load.

And another one, I picked up a contract to bring Food to Crossroads, but the customer has Zero space.

For this last one, I tried to fly to one of those Trade Hubs that say they are used for warehousing, but I can't figure out how to offload my cargo there. Maybe I cant warehouse at NPC owned stations?

Is there a way to dump cargo? Or should I just abandon contracts and work on trade routes instead?
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Luke 27 Aug, 2018 @ 10:07am 
Okay, figured some things out.

There is a way to dump cargo, just mouse over the cargo bay and the icon shows up below it.

Bases typically only consume 1 resoure per day at their first level of development, so if they are full then they wont be needing more for some time.

Same deal for production, if a station is empty and only produces 1 per day... or does not have the requisite resources to produce... it is going to be a while.

There are a couple of options, you can either wait for the AI to upgrade their stuff and get the economy rolling, or you can work on doing it for them. The station will /probably/ not be destroyed or declare war on you before that happens. I'm about 2 years in, and I dont think there have been any destroyed stations yet. I dont think the AI destroys stations, as such.

Trade hubs, look like they are for the faction owner only. I think the Steam Guides that say otherwise are outdated.
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