How can I buy energy cells?

[Flip]

I want to buy energy cells to help my base construction that has been idle for 3 hours as nobody wants to deliver. So I bought a transporter and I still cannot buy from the Station screen, all are greyed out. Any advice would be appreciated.

[db48x]

Which ship did you buy? Does it have container storage? How much space does it have free? How many ecells is the factory selling?

[Azunai]

Use the trade filter to find stations that sell a specific ware such as energy cells. I think there is an in game tutorial how to use the trade filter.

[Doom]

Go to map window, press "Trade" window, in search bar type "Energy Cells". That'll show all stations that have them, accordig to the data you have.

[Flip]

I purchased the Baldric transporter. It's brand new and no cargo in it yet. I am trying to buy from a shipyard and it has 24k energy cells but all trades from it are greyed out. Will try other platforms to see.

[Flip]

Ok after using the filter it seems like nobody is selling, just buying. Guess that's why nobody is delivering either.

[Doom]

Originally posted by Flip:

Ok after using the filter it seems like nobody is selling, just buying. Guess that's why nobody is delivering either.

Energy Cells are produced by power/solar stations. You'll probably need to explore for a bit.

[Azunai]

Terran economy kinda sucks since the sol system only has good spots for powerplants on the innermost sectors (really just mercury - why settle for venus when you can have 3 times as much one sector over) but all the resources are in the outer system beyond Mars.

That's a decent way to make money while also helping the economy, though. A simple powerplant in mercury is a fairly cheap investment that will help the terran economy a lot by providing much needed energy and it earns you money with practically no effort. Win-win.

[Cellar_Cat]

Are you updating trade info? When station icons go darker on the map you won't see trades from them until you send a ship near them again.

[Flip]

Originally posted by Azunai:

Terran economy kinda sucks since the sol system only has good spots for powerplants on the innermost sectors (really just mercury - why settle for venus when you can have 3 times as much one sector over) but all the resources are in the outer system beyond Mars.

That's a decent way to make money while also helping the economy, though. A simple powerplant in mercury is a fairly cheap investment that will help the terran economy a lot by providing much needed energy and it earns you money with practically no effort. Win-win.

Thanks for the tips, what is needed for a good energy cell producing station? I am in the Sagaris sector and there is over 200% here, havn't seen any energy cell stations.

[Azunai]

Ah yes, the segaris pioneers have it easier than the actual terrans, they have good resources and good sunlight in 2 of their systems.

Depending on the start you picked, you may already have the required blueprints for a powerplant.

You need a dock (for example the terran 10s4m dock), a container storage and 1 or more solar panels. That's all, really.
You can also add a pier (for large freighters), but that will be somewhat expensive (maybe add it later)

[Doom]

Originally posted by Flip:

Thanks for the tips, what is needed for a good energy cell producing station? I am in the Sagaris sector and there is over 200% here, havn't seen any energy cell stations.

Segaris has plenty of sun and is a good enough sector for energy stations. Though energy cell trade is not incredibly lucrative.

Basically, their sectors are decent if you want to build a terran tech superfactory. You may still need to import ecells to build the thing, but if in a pinch you can haul them from elsewhere in a galaxy, including commonwealth space (argon/teradi/paranid).

Minimum station is 1 solar panel, 1 small container storage and 1 M dock.

[Flip]

Originally posted by Doom:

Originally posted by Flip:

Thanks for the tips, what is needed for a good energy cell producing station? I am in the Sagaris sector and there is over 200% here, havn't seen any energy cell stations.

Segaris has plenty of sun and is a good enough sector for energy stations. Though energy cell trade is not incredibly lucrative.

Basically, their sectors are decent if you want to build a terran tech superfactory. You may still need to import ecells to build the thing, but if in a pinch you can haul them from elsewhere in a galaxy, including commonwealth space (argon/teradi/paranid).

Minimum station is 1 solar panel, 1 small container storage and 1 M dock.

Super helpful thank you!

[Flip]

Originally posted by Azunai:

Ah yes, the segaris pioneers have it easier than the actual terrans, they have good resources and good sunlight in 2 of their systems.

Depending on the start you picked, you may already have the required blueprints for a powerplant.

You need a dock (for example the terran 10s4m dock), a container storage and 1 or more solar panels. That's all, really.
You can also add a pier (for large freighters), but that will be somewhat expensive (maybe add it later)

Really useful thank you. I have waited 4 hours for my station in oort to be built waiting for energy cells so I think I need to take matters into my own hands as I want to expand more into Segaris & Sol and seems Energy Cells are a bottleneck

[Geist]

Originally posted by Flip:

Originally posted by Azunai:

Ah yes, the segaris pioneers have it easier than the actual terrans, they have good resources and good sunlight in 2 of their systems.

Depending on the start you picked, you may already have the required blueprints for a powerplant.

You need a dock (for example the terran 10s4m dock), a container storage and 1 or more solar panels. That's all, really.
You can also add a pier (for large freighters), but that will be somewhat expensive (maybe add it later)

Really useful thank you. I have waited 4 hours for my station in oort to be built waiting for energy cells so I think I need to take matters into my own hands as I want to expand more into Segaris & Sol and seems Energy Cells are a bottleneck

You want to build one? Its simple. You just need a dock, a container storage and of course solar panels. Thats it. Its super simple.