Does anyone do regular trade trips to stations/outposts that are far away (~100,000Ls say) from the star? Have they noticed a price advantage to making the trip?
If not then the underlying trade model does not take account of distance. If I put on my logistics hat on from my knowledge about the real world, any goods being transported to remote islands/villages always are more expensive. That is because of fuel costs and the additional time staff (labour cost) spend in transporting the goods has to be calculated in order for a business to be profitable. So in ED to make trips to remote outposts profitable wares in those places should command a much higher price. In RL, an increase of 100-300% is quite common. For ED I propose the percentage increases should be even higher and should be proportional to the distance of the outpost from the star where you arrive.
If not then the underlying trade model does not take account of distance. If I put on my logistics hat on from my knowledge about the real world, any goods being transported to remote islands/villages always are more expensive. That is because of fuel costs and the additional time staff (labour cost) spend in transporting the goods has to be calculated in order for a business to be profitable. So in ED to make trips to remote outposts profitable wares in those places should command a much higher price. In RL, an increase of 100-300% is quite common. For ED I propose the percentage increases should be even higher and should be proportional to the distance of the outpost from the star where you arrive.
