Can You Create Your Own Base, and Have Traders Visit?

[MycroftCanadaNS]

I'm very new to this game, and I need to know if you are able to build your own bases, and have traders visit to increase your income?

OH, one more thing, What do with the Ore I mine? Can I sell it to a station or do I have to add a processor to my ship in order to make things I can sell?

So far every ore I have come across I can't sell.

Also if the main game doesn't have these options are there mods which add these things into the game?

I apologize before hand if these questions have been answered.

[Xeno42]

you can sell all the ores to stations as long as they have the space for them

[MycroftCanadaNS]

Originally posted by Xeno42:

you can sell all the ores to stations as long as they have the space for them

Okay thank You, I appreciate the help.

[=BB= Misophist]

Originally posted by MycroftCanadaNS:

Originally posted by Xeno42:

you can sell all the ores to stations as long as they have the space for them

Okay thank You, I appreciate the help.

However, you are much better off refining them first.

[Daunmi]

Originally posted by MycroftCanadaNS:

I'm very new to this game, and I need to know if you are able to build your own bases, and have traders visit to increase your income?

No. You have to do all your trading yourself.

Originally posted by MycroftCanadaNS:

OH, one more thing, What do with the Ore I mine? Can I sell it to a station or do I have to add a processor to my ship in order to make things I can sell?

So far every ore I have come across I can't sell.

Don't mine (most) ore in the first place. The VAST majority of materials will be what you get from blowing up other ships. About the only exception to this are diamonds and tristeel (and even then you start getting these later on anyway). It's also not worth much unless you refine it, which is needlessly fiddly at times and isn't worth much compared to, again, just blowing things up and selling the parts you don't need.

Mine ore when you need it to make ammo/missiles.

Stations have a limit to how much they can buy. Almost all stations buy all things (there's usually something like 3 neutral stations and 2-3 faction stations in each system, the neutral ones buy anything), but if they're full of other things they simply can't accept your stuff.

[Nox]

I have dedicated trader ships - while I am raiding a sector my trader ships accept quests, turn in rewards and sell my extra goods

They are just a control base and cargo - and they generally don't move from the stations

[MycroftCanadaNS]

Thanks for these tips guys, I appreciate the help.