Trade Routes & Covert op

[zokka]

I'm sure this has been suggested before but I can only find suggestion on trading ships.
How about the ability to trade resources with people It could work one of two ways.

1. Send an request to 4:2:1 to exchange 20000 metal for 20000 crystal.
2. Planet 4:2:1 receives notification of quest in news with a button to accept.

All trade routes would be shown on the mining page or a separate trade page.
You could scan a planet to reveal their trade routes.
You could covert op the trade route stealing all resources inbound to that planet.

[Monroe]

How would the trade happen? Would it be instantaneous, or over a period of time? How would it be covert opped? Please expand.

[JonnyBGood]

If you're going to implement something like trade routes there are far more interesting ways to do it. Copying and pasting out a paragraph for the vision I wrote up for PA a few years ago

One new element that should go a long way in this area is the introduction of trade routes. Trade routes are routes, of a limited number, that can be established between different members in a galaxy (or potentially cluster if we went that way) which can be proposed by one player and then accepted by the target of the trade route. The originator gains a research/construction time bonus and the target gains a certain percentage of the originator's income per tick extra (the originator doesn't lose resources, those new resources are "wealth created" due to the presence of the trade route). The principle here is that a big planet can get a bonus that will be beneficial almost regardless of the point in the round, and a new planet gets a boost that gets it up and running quicker. You could also alter it slightly so that both gain research bonuses due to the trade route (the option of different types eg scientific, commercial comes into play here). Along this same theme one angle to consider is galaxy gained score for defence fleets sent ingal or attacks sent to the same galaxy, basically rewarding people for co-operation but more as a whole than individually.

Making them cov-oppable would be a fairly minor addition I guess.

[zokka]

Originally Posted by Monroe

How would the trade happen? Would it be instantaneous, or over a period of time? How would it be covert opped? Please expand.

I wouldn't be instant, It would sort of be like a hidden fleet. Certain races could even have eta bonuses.The covert op would function just like any other covert op enter in coordinates and all resources either sent from or sent to those coordinates would be stolen.

I would also add a new feature the ability for your Alliance or gal leader to set a tax on trades.

Originally Posted by johhnybgood

One new element that should go a long way in this area is the introduction of trade routes. Trade routes are routes, of a limited number, that can be established between different members in a galaxy (or potentially cluster if we went that way) which can be proposed by one player and then accepted by the target of the trade route.

I would have unlimited trades and would not limit it to galaxy and cluster.

Originally Posted by johhnybgood

The originator gains a research/construction time bonus and the target gains a certain percentage of the originator's income per tick extra (the originator doesn't lose resources, those new resources are "wealth created" due to the presence of the trade route).

Johhnybgood your way is certainly more verbose and expanded in scope but you seem to be using it more as a way to gain bonuses.
When they implement population then we could maybe trade cash for people.

[Makhil]

The cov op for trade route "piratery" should be like sending agents for a number of ticks and they would intercept whatever come their way, otherwise the chance that you do the op on a planet the exact tick it's doing a trade is very very remote.
The other solution is that the trades take x ticks to be completed... any cov op done during that time steals the resources.

The number of Trade Routes you can open should depend on a new building available: Trade Center. OFC you could deal only with planets having also built Trade Centers.