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| - | To set one of your ships as a free trader, open the ship’s setup menu, select a new home-sector (you can select any sector in a given solar system) for it, then in the AI package menu select the Free Trader option to run it. If you’ve not set an home-sector, it will automatically use its current sector. | + | To set one of your ships as a free trader, open the ship’s setup menu and go to the automation tab. Select the "Free Trader" jobs. Then, select a new home-sector for it, uf you’ve not set an home-sector, it will automatically use its current sector. |
| - | If you select a home-sector in a solar system, you'll restrict the free trader to that particular solar system, independently of its other settings. | + | If you select a home-sector in a solar system, you'll restrict the free trader to that particular solar system, independently of its other settings. Any sector in a solar system will qualify as selecting the whole solar system. In that case, your trader will stay and trade in that solar system exclusively. |
| - | If you set the home-sector **outside** of a solar system, it will use its current settings, and granted you've set a long range and allows it to use warp-gates, it will most likely cover all the map. | + | If you set the home-sector **outside** of a solar system, it will use its other settings to determine where it is allowed to trade. For instance, if you allows it to use warp-gate and set its maximum range to 10, it will most likely cover all the galactic map. In that case, you're strongly advised to also restrict it from trading in pirate sectors in order to increase its survival rate. |
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| * Free traders are prime target for pirates. Be wary of systems with a pirate base nearby or, worst, inside. | * Free traders are prime target for pirates. Be wary of systems with a pirate base nearby or, worst, inside. | ||
| * Setting too many traders in a the same system will reduce your potential income as they'll compete with each other. | * Setting too many traders in a the same system will reduce your potential income as they'll compete with each other. | ||
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| * You will sometimes loose free traders, and most often than not it will cost you the goods it was carrying too. | * You will sometimes loose free traders, and most often than not it will cost you the goods it was carrying too. | ||
| * They are still very good money earners. | * They are still very good money earners. | ||
| + | * Generally, traders tied to a particular system are more likely to stay alive, but less profitable than the others. | ||
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