Frontier Exchange
Trading terminals installed on the bridge of a captured Crimson destroyer. The weapons consoles are gone; the intimidation factor remains.
serviceTier 5marketouter rimuniquefrontier_exchange
Stats
CategoryService
Level5
Build Cost0 cr
Build Time0 ticks
Labor Cost300
Always OnYes
ServiceMarket
EmpireOuter Rim
UniqueOne per station
Maintenance
Consumed continuously to keep the facility running. Starve it and it degrades.
SuppliedThe repurposed bridge terminals flash with prices, cipher-verified deals closing fast. No regulations, no inspections, and the scorch marks add character.
StarvedWell, mostly. Half the terminals display static, cipher verification timing out. Traders revert to shouting prices across the bridge, which honestly isn't that different from normal.
Upgrade Chain
Frontier Exchange has no upgrade path — it is built once, at this level.
Lore
The old bridge still has scorch marks from the boarding action that captured it. The weapons consoles were ripped out and replaced with trading terminals, but the commander's chair remains — nobody sits in it, and nobody will say why. Haven ciphers authenticate the deals. No regulations, no inspections, no questions asked.