Traders (SA)(2.1)

Galactic opportunities for galactic profits. This mod WILL NOT BE UPDATED for Stellaris v2. 2. Tech: Interplanetary Trade Initiatives To begin building your trade empire, you'll need this tech. To have a chance of pulling it, you need the vanilla Space Trading tech and to have started the Prosperity Traditions. Interplanetary Trade Initiatives will unlock the Trade Station building. This can be built on any habitat, or any colony that is in a system with a starbase with a trade hub module. Establishing Domestic Trade Routes These can be established between two of your own colonies that have a Trade Station, using Planet Edicts. Establishing Foreign Export Routes This is a bit trickier, as these require a neighbouring empire to have a colony with a Trade Station. Planetary edicts for exporting to other empires will become available on your colonies with a Trade Station, when a trade route can be established. You will only begin to get foreign imports from neighbouring AI empires when they construct Trade Stations. And they will when they can. TRADE POLICIES There are two policies that will be unlocked when you are able to establish domestic or foreign trade. See the slideshow for an introduction to them. Acension Perk: TRADE GUILD To expand your trade empire into a Galactic Trade Guild you'll need the ascension perk: Trade Guild. See the slideshow. To take this perk you will need to complete the Diplomacy Traditions and have the Interplanetary Trade Initiatives technology. When you take the perk, all your subjects, allies, federation members and any empire you have a migration treaty with will be given the Interplanetary Trade Initiatives tech. Your subjects will automagically get a Trade Station on their homeworld. Anyone who doesn't already have the tech, you become their Guild Master. If they already have the tech, they become Guild Partners. This is reflected in their opinion of your empire. The perk will also give you access to a third foreign export route from a