we still dont own anything on that system, as we were unable to trigger direct conflict with the other factions. so the only way for other players to directly affect our inf is by killing our npc ships, or by increasing other faction's inf... thats exactly why we dont understand the state change because deliveries would not affect us at all...
OK, so there's a lot of things getting conflated in some of the posts here, so I'll try and put everything into one spot for clarity.
- Trading on the market at a station only affects the station owner. To date, there is
no evidence to suggest trading biowaste on the commodity market causes Outbreak to increase. Any reports of this are anecdotal at best, and nobody has actually reliably caused outbreak through trading biowaste on the commodity market, however many have traded large volumes of biowaste on the open market and had no effect on the chance of outbreak.
- Some missions like deliveries, massacre missions and the like are issued by one faction, and target another faction, regardless if that targeted effect is positive or negative. Such effects include:
- Increased chance of lockdown for the target of a "Kill CZ ships" massacre mission
- Increased chance of boom for the issuer and target faction for a boom time data delivery mission *regardless* of the station owner.
- As relevant here, an increased chance of outbreak for the target faction of a biowaste delivery mission, again, *regardless* of the owner of the station it's delivered to.
- The distinction between trading on the commodity market and doing missions is critical here.
- There is a natural increase in the chance of outbreak occurring to a faction as time goes by. This was introduced by FD in a patch when they realised that Outbreak (and Famine, which has the same effect applied) was not occurring anywhere in the galaxy. This effect is generally outstripped by player activity, however:
- Anecdotal evidence suggests that trading medicines on the commodity market will reduce that. If you aren't the owner of a commodity market in that system, regardless of whether or not trading medicines has an effect here, it'll be impossible for you to receive that effect.
- Some missions will reduce chances of outbreak for the issuing faction (like donate medicines). If you're not doing them, you won't be reduce the chance of outbreak occurring.
I'll get some pictures quickly to illustrate this.
I've accepted this mission from Shanhauls Jet Life Interstellar, to ship 72t of Biowaste to Finlay-Freundlich Port in Sitakapa. Note the target faction of the delivery is Callici Empire League
Finlay-Freundlich Port is owned by Sitakapan Expeditionary Forces, not Callici Empire League
When handing in the mission at Finlay-Freundlich Port, the effects of the mission are:
- Decreased chance of outbreak for Shanhauls Jet Life Interstellar, at the source of the mission (Shanhauls)
- Increased chance of outbreak for Callici Empire League (*not* Sitakapan Expeditionary Forces) in Sitakapa
This sort of mission running, combined with the natural increase in chance of an outbreak, and an inability to undertake *potential* (not confirmed) trading in medicines to mitigate these effects (as you don't own any assets) are why outbreak can occur for any faction who owns no assets anywhere.
It's important to reiterate though that this shows how Biowaste delivery *missions* can cause an increase in outbreak. This does not prove that simply trading biowaste on the open market increases the chance of outbreak though
