Being the Market Leader

[mcsproot]

So how exactly do you do this? In the Galactic Market it says 'the current market leader is:' so how do you become that leader?

[jacobellinger]

before the galactic market is astablished you must first discover 50% of the galexy's races and the event should fire to choose a leader, at that point you will see a 'decision' you can enact on your capital to nominat your home world as the leader. depending on how well your econemy is doing will effect your probablillity to win the election for it. you can boost your stance twice before the event completes but if someone else gets it before you do the only way to get a new one is to take over the leading empire.

[CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate]

I am not sure how changing the market leader is possible myself. However, I know how to become the market leader in the first place, so I'll cover that.

To become the first market leader, once about half of the civilizations are in contact with each other, an event starts in your log.
Please note: If you are not in contact with any of these civs, you will not know it is happening and will miss out.

During this event, you can nominate your best planet to become the market leader. You only get one nomination, but the planet gets the trait "Market Candidate: <Foo>" where the missing word is "Weak," "Average," or "Strong." After a certain period, all of the market candidates are tossed into a hat and I suppose the drawing is weighted on how strong they are, and one gets chosen. That civ now gets a -10% market cost.

Now the Galactic Market seems to be tied to a specific sector. It may be that if you conquer or upset that sector enough, you gain the Galactic Market. I don't know about that part.

[kongle]

Playing on hardest difficulty, and choosing not to nominate any planet. A non capital planet of mine, still got it. Was surprised.

[Garatgh Deloi]

I belive you can capture the planet where the galactic market is to take the role of market leader from someone else. Haven't tried it, but the galactic market is a building that appears in system over the winning nomination (small space station), so it should work like that.

[FluffyNo3]

If you vassalise the market capital empire, do you then become the market capital?

[cooltv27]

Originally posted by FluffyNo3:

If you vassalise the market capital empire, do you then become the market capital?

no. you have to own the system directly

[CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate]

Originally posted by Garatgh Deloi:

I belive you can capture the planet where the galactic market is to take the role of market leader from someone else. Haven't tried it, but the galactic market is a building that appears in system over the winning nomination (small space station), so it should work like that.

I've gotten market leader, and no building or planetary feature appeared. After it was awarded, the only indication I could find said it was in my province, not my planet.

[cooltv27]

Originally posted by CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate:

Originally posted by Garatgh Deloi:

I belive you can capture the planet where the galactic market is to take the role of market leader from someone else. Haven't tried it, but the galactic market is a building that appears in system over the winning nomination (small space station), so it should work like that.

I've gotten market leader, and no building or planetary feature appeared. After it was awarded, the only indication I could find said it was in my province, not my planet.

its a very tiny thing that appears in the system around the star

[CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate]

Originally posted by cooltv27:

Originally posted by CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate:

I've gotten market leader, and no building or planetary feature appeared. After it was awarded, the only indication I could find said it was in my province, not my planet.

its a very tiny thing that appears in the system around the star

Oh, it's in the system map and not the planet map? I hardly ever look at that, unless I need to for something.

I mean nothing interesting ever happens there unless there's a fight or something.

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate:

Oh, it's in the system map and not the planet map? I hardly ever look at that, unless I need to for something.

I mean nothing interesting ever happens there unless there's a fight or something.

Yea sorry if i was a bit unclear, but as mentioned its a small space station in the same system as the planet that won the election.

Heres a system view:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1596378033
And a closeup:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1596378064
(The radar dish ontop of it rotates slowly)