Hi, so these ships have onboard computers right? Perhaps they could become an upgradeable item with varying storage capacity (for storing warrant, ship scan, system, planetary, and starbase trade data) and perhaps providing improvements to say targeting and planet/warrant/frameshift wake scanning distance and time.
Add a searchable trade database on the ship for systems that you have visited to quickly reference what commodities are traded at particular stations. Such a database would be a logical addition as such information would naturally be stored in a real situation. The current "trade data" information on the galactic map is too generic but still works for systems/stations one has not visited but bought information on and is still good for a general overview. Perhaps pricing information could be bartered as well.
Add a searchable trade database on the ship for systems that you have visited to quickly reference what commodities are traded at particular stations. Such a database would be a logical addition as such information would naturally be stored in a real situation. The current "trade data" information on the galactic map is too generic but still works for systems/stations one has not visited but bought information on and is still good for a general overview. Perhaps pricing information could be bartered as well.