Star Trader

NEW CAPTAINS, WELCOME ABOARD: A SIX-STEP TUTORIAL A new Tutorial Start tab on the title screen walks you through Star Trader's core loop in order: **Buy Low** — pick up cheap raw materials; the "Best Destination" column hints where they're worth more **Fly** — jump to the suggested world **Sell High** — land and sell for your first credits **Discover a Recipe** — experiment freely in the lab; fail

STAR TRADER NOW SPEAKS SEVEN LANGUAGES The game is now fully localized in the following languages (interface, event feed, goods/planet/company names, achievements — switch anytime in settings): 中文（简体） Simplified Chinese English Deutsch Français Español Português (BR) Русский Your language choice is remembered automatically and can be changed from the title screen or the ESC menu. Saves and scenari

THE SAME SECTOR, A HARDER START **Penniless Start** — Starting funds ×0.5, volatility ×1.25 — thin purse, wider spreads, earn it on skill. **Turbulent Gold Rush** — Starting funds ×0.75, volatility ×1.6 — steeper waves, risk and opportunity alike. **One-Clipper Run** — Starting funds ×0.75, ship costs ×1.5 — every hull has to earn its keep. All three live in the new Challenge dropdown on the Rando

THE SECTOR HAS A PULSE **Real trade traffic on the starmap** — AI merchant ships now fly their actual routes (decorative streaks step aside where real cargo flows). Hover any ship for cargo intel: which company, what goods, how many, and from which world to which world. Read the routes, read the market. **First-discovery bonuses** — +500 credits for your first visit to a handcrafted world, +500 fo

POST YOUR ORDERS, LET THE FLEETS WORK **Limit orders** — post capped buy/sell orders on any unlocked world (up to 3 at once, 1% posting fee). They fill automatically when the market reaches your price; buyer funds and seller goods are escrowed, and cancelling returns the escrow in full. **Automation knobs** — auto-arbitrage fleets gain two dials: a minimum margin % (skip thin routes) and an arriva

THREE NEW STORY CHAINS: OPEN DOORS FOR COLD SYSTEMS **Escort contracts** — field a combat ship and a guild will find you: score three combat victories within the term for a 600-credit retainer, and leave that sector's pirates unable to breed for 45 turns. **Starport charters** — deliver manufactured goods to a target world on order and earn a charter grant: 40% off your next station build, one tim

Our first post-launch patch goes straight at the two most frustrating economy issues in the launch build. Thank you to every captain who came aboard. **Crafting now always earns its keep.** Roughly two thirds of manufactured recipes used to sell below the cost of their ingredients. Finished goods are now priced against what goes into them, and the cargo hold's crafting list gained a profit line —