Originally posted in the Q & A thread, but perhaps that isn't noticed as much?





Tried to find some sort of "Diplomacy FAQ", but didn't see one.



Question: What are the necessary conditions in order to trade a planet with another Faction? I do already have "Relativistic Markets" (giving me "Alien Security" which says it should allow this), and I'm trying to trade with a friendly Faction with whom I have a Peace Treaty: they were crippled in their start by being overwhelmed by Pirates and they lost a planet to them, and while I can capture the planet back for them, I don't seem to be able to give it back to them.



It is pretty rare to be able to find a situation where I can have a peaceful interaction with a Faction and even, perhaps, Trade, and this would help me explore that in this game start...any info? Searching on 'trading planets' or 'trading star systems' didn't seem to help me find prior posts on this.

I think there is no response, because nobody has done it.

I had the AI do it to me (I think). But I haven't done it the other way yet.

OK, thanks for letting me know it wasn't just me, or something I didn't understand.

I managed to get the AI to trade me a system once, in the first game I played. But, since I've never again seen any systems available for trade... I have no idea how I did it. :/ But it is (or was) possible.