I had the same problem. Checked a few locations (INARA and EDDB and it seems they're at ZERO on everything except mineral oil. Current state (when I went there to get brandy for Didi) was famine. Might still be that way. I doubt anyone there will be selling brandy until food becomes available first.
Lavian Brandy has disappeared
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I've been running missions from Lave tonight, trying to get allied with the (new?) ruling faction. Perhaps if I'm allied I could achieve more? I've been doing mostly Famine Data Transportation, as there's easily 4 or 5 of those missions available at a time. But I keep getting sidetracked ... I'm not allied yet, but I did find new (to me) rares at Arque - Baird Gateway (586Ls) and at Ethgreze - Bloch Station (351 Ls).
There are several factors that determine availability of any commodity. System State has a large effect on availability as well as customer Demand (or quantity demanded for the business nerds). It is possible for a rush of customers to deplete a station's supply of a commodity, such as during Community Goal events.
There are also two "maximums" when trading. There is a "transaction" maximum which just like it sounds is the maximum amount you can purchase in a single transaction, then there is what I call a "ship" maximum which is the maximum amount a station will sell you in total before you have to go and get rid of some by selling it, donating it, jettisoning it, whatever.
A CMDR can usually purchase only a few units of a commodity in a single transaction, "usually" because sometimes a station will sell the ship-maximum all in a single transaction.
A CMDR can purchase the transaction-maximum, then leave the commodities market, come back in (over) ten minutes and the station will sell that same transaction-maximum over and over, every ten or eleven minutes until the CMDR reaches their "ship" maximum and the CMDR must go and dispose of some. You can usually tell you have reached your ship-maximum when you have been buying your transaction-maximum several times every 10 minutes and suddenly the amount the station is willing to sell to you drops i.e.: you have been buying 12 of something over and over and suddenly the station will only sell you 8. You have reached your ship-maximum. Go sell it, donate it, whatever and return for more.
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The commodies are available again. So we did it. Thanks to all supporters
It’s still controlled by the Lave Radio podcasters.
It’s a shame they can’t seem to mobilise all their Fed supporters to fix the famine. They had so many powerful friends when they were trying to oust the Alliance, now there are some chores and all you hear are crickets.
Where’s all your proxy muscle now?
You could help if you were genuinely concerned for the population. Lots of altruistic stuff isn't getting done because time is taken away having to manage conflicts instead of finding common ground through alliances and diplomacy.
I saw on twitter that Aislings Angels were in system.
So I came and spent some time trying to find them until my notoriety got a bit high.
