Galactic Trade Terminal
What does the Galactic Trade Terminal sell? Crafted products and raw resources. A space station's terminal shows 15 to 18 items from a list of 44; any other terminal, on a planet, a freighter, or the Space Anomaly, shows 12 to 18 from a list of 45. Part of each list is always on sale, the rest is drawn.
On a space station
Every item a station's terminal can show, with the description the game gives it and its base value. The price at a terminal moves around that value with the system's economy. Behind the station's terminal stands the Scrap Dealer, who sells for Tainted Metal.
| Item | What it is | On sale | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Metal Plating | A lightweight metal product, heavily used in the manufacture of starship parts and deployable technology. A mainstay of the construction industries of all known primary species. | always | 800 |
Ion Battery | Convenient and optimised power storage unit. Used in a wide variety of defensive and hazard protection systems. | always | 200 |
Microprocessor | A compact, low-heat microchip. Assembled from processed Chromatic Metal, created from one of several specialised terrain metals. | always | 2,000 |
Wiring Loom | A prefabricated circuit board, designed for flexible use in a large range of technology components. | always | 25,000 |
Life Support Gel | Emergency life support fuel. | always | 200 |
Unstable Plasma | Densely-packed fuel capsule for use in the Plasma Launcher. | always | 5,750 |
Ferrite Dust | An abundant mineral element, found in rock formations and other areas of geological interest. Easily extracted using a Mining Laser. | always | 14 |
Cobalt | Mined from underground minerals, cobalt is found in plentiful supply in caves and caverns. Useful in the manufacture of Ion Batteries. | always | 76 |
Oxygen | Integral to the atmospheric filtering technology at the heart of the exosuit life support system. | always | 34 |
Sodium | A powerful catalyst, useful for charging defensive technologies such as shields or hazard protection. | always | 41 |
Di-hydrogen Jelly | A faintly-glowing jelly. Its gentle light and soft wobble belie the fact that this sticky gel is both highly toxic and highly flammable. Skin contact is to be avoided at all costs. | drawn | 200 |
Aronium | A lightweight and highly malleable alloy. Crafted from Paraffinium and Ionised Cobalt. | drawn | 25,000 |
Dirty Bronze | A popular metal alloy with a wide variety of uses. 'Dirty Bronze' has shed its scientific name in favour of the popular term for its colour. | drawn | 25,000 |
Lemmium | Pure Ferrite alloy. Crafted from Pure Ferrite and Uranium. | drawn | 25,000 |
Magno-Gold | Highly prized and lustrous alloy. Popular with traders of all known primary galactic races. Crafted from Ionised Cobalt and Phosphorus. | drawn | 25,000 |
Carbon Nanotubes | Metres and metres of high capacity carbon nanotubes. | drawn | 500 |
Hermetic Seal | A high-performance carbon seal, able to withstand both the harsh interstellar environment and the rigours of intensive, high-energy industrial use. | drawn | 800 |
Amino Chamber | A specialist biological catalysation device. | drawn | 12,300 |
Solar Mirror | A specialist optical component. Employing an impossibly polished surface, this mirror is able to selectively filter different wavelengths of light, changing its reflective pattern based on nearby magnetic fields. | drawn | 6,150 |
Magnetic Resonator | An electromagnetic frequency oscillator, able to function in a wide-range of conditions thanks to both ferrous and non-ferrous magnetic properties. | drawn | 6,150 |
Quantum Computer | An extremely fast advanced processing unit. Allows real-time solving of otherwise impossible calculations. However, protection against decoherence is not guaranteed. | drawn | 4,200 |
Hydraulic Wiring | Specialist wiring and control threads, this flexible material allows the transmission of power and signals, as well as offering direct manipulation of remote components. | drawn | 3,600 |
Tritium | Radioactive isotope commonly used to fuel the fusion reactor at the heart of starship Pulse Engines. | drawn | 6 |
Salt | A naturally occuring salt, found in abundance in underwater minerals. | drawn | 101 |
Chlorine | A reactive element most easily harvested by processing the salt-infused minerals found in oceans. | drawn | 205 |
Pure Ferrite | Processed metal, free of dust and pebbles. Used to construct a wide variety of structures and technologies. | drawn | 28 |
Magnetised Ferrite | Highly processed metal, requiring several stages of processing in a Refiner. | drawn | 82 |
Sodium Nitrate | An advanced catalyst, useful for charging defensive technologies such as shields or hazard protection. | drawn | 82 |
Ionised Cobalt | A highly energised form of Cobalt, this processed metal can be used to create Advanced Ion Batteries, a conveniently portable source of energy for the Exosuit. | drawn | 162 |
Copper | A chromatic metal, generated by fusion in the heart of a star. Such stellar material ends up forming deposits in the crust of local planets. | drawn | 41 |
Chromatic Metal | A processed metal alloy, created in a Refiner from the stellar metals: Copper, Cadmium, Emeril and Indium. | drawn | 88 |
Paraffinium | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Pyrite | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Ammonia | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Uranium | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Dioxite | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Pugneum | This oily, unsettling liquid leaks from the circuitry of Sentinels. | drawn | 138 |
Phosphorus | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Silver | Valuable interstellar trading mineral, typically mined from asteroids. Occasionally found in underground planetary deposits. | drawn | 186 |
Gold | Highly valuable interstellar trading mineral, typically mined from asteroids. Occasionally found in underground planetary deposits. | drawn | 353 |
Platinum | Extremely valuable interstellar trading mineral, typically mined from asteroids. Occasionally found in underground planetary deposits. | drawn | 505 |
Activated Copper | A chromatic metal, generated by fusion in the heart of a star. | drawn | 75 |
Residual Goop | A pulsating, foul smelling goop that builds up in poorly-maintained machinery. | drawn | 20 |
Rusted Metal | Handfuls of corroded metal, distorted by years of exposure to the harsh environment. | drawn | 20 |
On a planet, a freighter, or the Space Anomaly
Every terminal outside a space station, at a trading post, in a settlement, aboard a freighter, or in the Space Anomaly, keeps much the same list, and adds Starship Launch Fuel, Navigation Data, and the Exosuit Upgrade Chart. A settlement's Marketplace also has a Settlement Technology Merchant, who sells crafted components.
| Item | What it is | On sale | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Metal Plating | A lightweight metal product, heavily used in the manufacture of starship parts and deployable technology. A mainstay of the construction industries of all known primary species. | always | 800 |
Starship Launch Fuel | Highly reactive solid-state fuel, required to fuel Starship Launch Thrusters. | always | 450 |
Microprocessor | A compact, low-heat microchip. Assembled from processed Chromatic Metal, created from one of several specialised terrain metals. | always | 2,000 |
Life Support Gel | Emergency life support fuel. | always | 200 |
Unstable Plasma | Densely-packed fuel capsule for use in the Plasma Launcher. | always | 5,750 |
Ion Battery | Convenient and optimised power storage unit. Used in a wide variety of defensive and hazard protection systems. | always | 200 |
Ferrite Dust | An abundant mineral element, found in rock formations and other areas of geological interest. Easily extracted using a Mining Laser. | always | 14 |
Cobalt | Mined from underground minerals, cobalt is found in plentiful supply in caves and caverns. Useful in the manufacture of Ion Batteries. | always | 76 |
Oxygen | Integral to the atmospheric filtering technology at the heart of the exosuit life support system. | always | 34 |
Sodium | A powerful catalyst, useful for charging defensive technologies such as shields or hazard protection. | always | 41 |
Navigation Data | Encoded navigation data. This highly portable data unit contains all relevant cartographical information for a planetary region. | drawn | 1,000 |
Exosuit Upgrade Chart | Encoded navigation data which, when properly decrypted, will reveal the location of a Drop Pod containing an Exosuit Inventory Upgrade. | drawn | 85,000 |
Di-hydrogen Jelly | A faintly-glowing jelly. Its gentle light and soft wobble belie the fact that this sticky gel is both highly toxic and highly flammable. Skin contact is to be avoided at all costs. | drawn | 200 |
Aronium | A lightweight and highly malleable alloy. Crafted from Paraffinium and Ionised Cobalt. | drawn | 25,000 |
Dirty Bronze | A popular metal alloy with a wide variety of uses. 'Dirty Bronze' has shed its scientific name in favour of the popular term for its colour. | drawn | 25,000 |
Lemmium | Pure Ferrite alloy. Crafted from Pure Ferrite and Uranium. | drawn | 25,000 |
Magno-Gold | Highly prized and lustrous alloy. Popular with traders of all known primary galactic races. Crafted from Ionised Cobalt and Phosphorus. | drawn | 25,000 |
Carbon Nanotubes | Metres and metres of high capacity carbon nanotubes. | drawn | 500 |
Hermetic Seal | A high-performance carbon seal, able to withstand both the harsh interstellar environment and the rigours of intensive, high-energy industrial use. | drawn | 800 |
Amino Chamber | A specialist biological catalysation device. | drawn | 12,300 |
Solar Mirror | A specialist optical component. Employing an impossibly polished surface, this mirror is able to selectively filter different wavelengths of light, changing its reflective pattern based on nearby magnetic fields. | drawn | 6,150 |
Magnetic Resonator | An electromagnetic frequency oscillator, able to function in a wide-range of conditions thanks to both ferrous and non-ferrous magnetic properties. | drawn | 6,150 |
Quantum Computer | An extremely fast advanced processing unit. Allows real-time solving of otherwise impossible calculations. However, protection against decoherence is not guaranteed. | drawn | 4,200 |
Hydraulic Wiring | Specialist wiring and control threads, this flexible material allows the transmission of power and signals, as well as offering direct manipulation of remote components. | drawn | 3,600 |
Salt | A naturally occuring salt, found in abundance in underwater minerals. | drawn | 101 |
Chlorine | A reactive element most easily harvested by processing the salt-infused minerals found in oceans. | drawn | 205 |
Pure Ferrite | Processed metal, free of dust and pebbles. Used to construct a wide variety of structures and technologies. | drawn | 28 |
Magnetised Ferrite | Highly processed metal, requiring several stages of processing in a Refiner. | drawn | 82 |
Sodium Nitrate | An advanced catalyst, useful for charging defensive technologies such as shields or hazard protection. | drawn | 82 |
Ionised Cobalt | A highly energised form of Cobalt, this processed metal can be used to create Advanced Ion Batteries, a conveniently portable source of energy for the Exosuit. | drawn | 162 |
Copper | A chromatic metal, generated by fusion in the heart of a star. Such stellar material ends up forming deposits in the crust of local planets. | drawn | 41 |
Chromatic Metal | A processed metal alloy, created in a Refiner from the stellar metals: Copper, Cadmium, Emeril and Indium. | drawn | 88 |
Paraffinium | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Pyrite | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Ammonia | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Uranium | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Dioxite | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Pugneum | This oily, unsettling liquid leaks from the circuitry of Sentinels. | drawn | 138 |
Phosphorus | Local mineral extract, typically found in large deposits or extracted from common minerals after inspection with an Analysis Visor. | drawn | 62 |
Silver | Valuable interstellar trading mineral, typically mined from asteroids. Occasionally found in underground planetary deposits. | drawn | 186 |
Gold | Highly valuable interstellar trading mineral, typically mined from asteroids. Occasionally found in underground planetary deposits. | drawn | 353 |
Platinum | Extremely valuable interstellar trading mineral, typically mined from asteroids. Occasionally found in underground planetary deposits. | drawn | 505 |
Activated Copper | A chromatic metal, generated by fusion in the heart of a star. | drawn | 75 |
Residual Goop | A pulsating, foul smelling goop that builds up in poorly-maintained machinery. | drawn | 20 |
Rusted Metal | Handfuls of corroded metal, distorted by years of exposure to the harsh environment. | drawn | 20 |
The pilots who land beside a terminal trade from their ships too, as Starship Pilot lists.