I just played as the Pilgrims and was testing out the diplomacy. I took over 4 planets and that was it. I uncovered the entire map (it was the 4 player spiral) and found that only my capital had trade routes for some reason. Why is that the case?

I am also new to this game, but I like it. The trade is not very well explained. There are many things you can build in your cities to increase the trade cap. However, I am uncertain if the trade is domestic (as in between your own planets or solar systems) or if it's between races/empires. If it's between empires, then that's terrible because I don't seem to have any diplomatic actions to make friends with anyone. The best I ever get is cold war.

Could someone please explain trade a little? Thank you!!

Well I know it is between you and empires you have a ceasefire with unless you are the Pilgrims. They get trade routes regardless. The problem is they are supposed to generate automatically yet I only saw them made on one of my 5 systems.

you must build improvements to increase the cap. systems other than your home have a base cap of 0/0. trade is automatically initiated with explored systems that are ceasefired with you or like you said if youre pilgrims you can trade with anyone and through blockades as well.

You can find a pretty good explanation of the trading system in this thread: /#/endless-space/forum/34-faq/thread/14929-how-does-trade-work



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