Star Citizen Trading

In Star Citizen, trading is growing in popularity.  The number of ships dedicated to the purpose of hauling and exchanging goods has grown considerably as well as the number of niches in the trading occupation.

With a player-driven economy, trading will be the backbone of the economic world.  NPCs will also take part in the economy in all aspects – producers, influences, and consumers.

In order to create a fairly stable economy, and yet one that is still able to be affected by player actions, the economy in Star Citizen is built to represent millions of entities (whether players or NPCs) that work together to move resources and finished goods from one end of the galaxy to the other. Miners and other resource gatherers work to extract basic resources from the available supply, traders collect those goods and deliver them to other places, escorts protect those convoys from harm (while pirates attempt the opposite), refineries turn the raw goods into processed goods, and factories collect these processed goods to build the finished products that are in demand on worlds throughout the Star Citizen universe. These goods are not assigned an arbitrary fixed price at each location. Instead, we are creating an organic system that keeps track of how much of everything is available, how much it is needed, where it is needed, and what individuals are willing to pay to get it.

Because the simulation reflects a real population going about their business, if a player is not available to carry ore from Ellis to Terra, an NPC cargo hauler will step in and run the route. If escorts are needed, and players are unavailable to escort that transport, then NPC pilots will escort the vessel. Pirates, too, might be NPC or player ships.

Meanwhile, the nodes that are producing, refining, and consuming these goods are run by non-player characters, as well. As players progress in the game, they may choose to purchase some of these facilities and take over the day-to-day oversight.

Business goes on, and players step in wherever they wish to take part.

More in depth information on the Star Citizen economy can be found here.

Trade Ships

There are plenty of options when choosing from ships to use for trade.  Here is a list of dedicated cargo ships.  Technically any ship with a cargo hold can conduct trade operations and that list is HUGE!  There are currently 15 ships that are dedicated for trade operations.