Slave trader?

[oldskoolsouljaz]

Did the slave trader stop showing up for anyone else? I've had nothing but combat, industrial and food ships pass by but it has been a while I'm on year 3 there has been no slave ships since year one?

[Snownova]

Which storyteller are you using? Generally only Randy gives you regular slave traders, because the other two are limiting your population.

[Quasarrgames]

I think trade ships are mostly random, both in occurance and type of items for sale.

[REMworlder]

I'm the same way, I haven't had a slave trader in 120+ days. It probably has to do with my population being high. I don't mind not being able to buy new members, but being able to sell prisoners would be nice.

I haven't had a combat ship for awhile either; they've been almost nonexistent since I've developed a stockpile of high-tier weapons. I'd like to sell my surplus weapons too.

Pretty much have only seen industrial traders lately.

[stefanstr]

I'm the same way, I haven't had a slave trader in 120+ days. It probably has to do with my population being high. I don't mind not being able to buy new members, but being able to sell prisoners would be nice.

I haven't had a combat ship for awhile either; they've been almost nonexistent since I've developed a stockpile of high-tier weapons. I'd like to sell my surplus weapons too.

Pretty much have only seen industrial traders lately.

I’m playing on Cassandra - Rough and I get regular trade ships of all kinds. I haven’t reached very populous colonies, though (about 10 people at the most).

[Damien Hart]

Slave traders are treated as a separate event to regular traders, and only have about a third of the chance of appearing. Regular traders are randomised when the trader event occurs, so there's an even chance of each type.

Cassandra has a soft limit of about 12 colonists,; after that she makes it harder to get new colonists - no slave traders, harder recruitment etc.

[bobucles]

It's strange that you're surrounded by half a dozen civilizations, yet not a single one of them has any ability to trade. 

[stefanstr]

It's strange that you're surrounded by half a dozen civilizations, yet not a single one of them has any ability to trade. 

That would be a great suggestion for a future update, actually. I wonder if it is on the roadmap (i.e., in Tynan's head ).

[muffins]

It's strange that you're surrounded by half a dozen civilizations, yet not a single one of them has any ability to trade. 

Pirates in my game are happy to accept lead for their gear 

[Damien Hart]

It's strange that you're surrounded by half a dozen civilizations, yet not a single one of them has any ability to trade. 

Pirates in my game are happy to accept lead for their gear 

That doesn't sound like a very fair deal; lead isn't cheap in The Rim you know! 

[Bodog999]

I rarely get trading ships mostly I get food traders :/ luckly I got mods I have a chance to call a trading ship either food/Industrial/combat/slave/black market. I'm gonna need a lot of black market traders

[JuiceBox]

Bodog,

What mod is that?!

[Bodog999]

Its the mod called Glittertech I just have the armor and generator downloaded but you can also download the weapons. Personally I dont like them too much but they are pretty good. Also edited the Black Market Traders price for the electro magnetic coil 1200 silver for 1 and you need 8 of em to build the generator. The generator generates about 6400 w default I changed it to 12000 w and the cost to 300 silver

[Zeta Omega]

Anyone know a mod that increases the chance or gives all ships the ability to sell slaves?
(Crew if you want it to sound friendly for the others)

[SubZeroBricks]

I just use the dev tools to force a slaver to come after 6 months of no slavers. I also just starve prisoners.