Station Trader Synergy

Default station traders use the maximum jump range between the manager and the pilot. This mod

wants to encourage the use of station traders by converting their trader max range from

a hard max based on their number of stars, to a soft max that gives them a chances to work additively with their manager

using raw skill points (0-15). The formula is (Manager Skill + Pilot Skill)/2 for a maximum of 15 jumps.

Faction NPC traders are not attached to stations directly. To simulate a commander for NPCs, we take

the manager skill of a friendly station if they are near one. For NPCs, we also use the maximum of their

default jobs or the jump range calculated by this mod. The goal is not to harm NPC economies.

The new jump range is determined randomly, with a bias towards the shorter end of the extra range.

The maximum jump range will never be less than the vanilla range.

This mod was developed to work well alongside

Logistics Optimization, which adds non-greedy trades to the trade AI among other enhancements.