Merchant

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The merchant trades against Dark Matter, the account-wide currency — earned, among other ways, by destroying bot colonies. The exchange buys and sells stocks at the posted rates; the standing offers are stock-for-stock bargains that renew on their own clocks; officers are hired for a fixed term; the shop carries classes, speedups and cosmetics. A cosmetic grants nothing mechanical — owning it is the feature.

Exchange rates

Resource	Buy per Dark Matter	Sell per Dark Matter
Iron	42	58
Carbon	26	36
Hydrogen	15	21
Biomass	20	28

Standing offers

Offer	Effect	Price	Resets every
Deuterium Delivery Contract	+40,000 deuterium added to this colony	9,000 Iron, 6,000 Carbon	6 h
Salvaged Alloy Lot	+60,000 metal added to this colony	7,000 Carbon, 3,000 Hydrogen	6 h
Relic Shard	+50,000 crystal added to this colony	14,000 Iron, 10,000 Carbon, 4,000 Hydrogen	1 d
Yard Efficiency Charm	-20% shipyard build time	11,000 Iron, 5,000 Hydrogen	12 h
Deep Scan Charm	+2 espionage report levels	8,000 Carbon, 6,000 Hydrogen	1 d

Officers

Officer	Benefits
Commander	a second build order queues at once; the advertisement bar stays off
Admiral	+2 fleet slots
Engineer	defence losses halved; +10% energy production
Geologist	+10% mine production
Technocrat	+2 espionage levels; −25% research time

An officer is hired for 1 week or 3 months at a time.

Shop

Item	Effect	Price (Dark Matter)
Collector	+10% resource production, +25% storage capacity	12,000
General	+2 fleets in flight, +1 expedition, faster fleet recovery	12,000
Discoverer	+50% expedition find chance, halved expedition risk	12,000
Instant Building Speedup	completes the active building queue at once	3,000
Instant Shipyard Speedup	completes the active shipyard queue at once	4,000
Instant Research Speedup	completes the active research at once	3,500
Instant Lifeform Speedup	completes the active lifeform queue at once	5,000
Planet Field Expansion	+1 buildable field on this colony	8,000
Moon Field Expansion	+1 buildable field on this colony’s moon	6,000
Lifeform Field Expansion	+1 buildable field for lifeform buildings on this colony	7,000
Bronze Booster	+10% resource production on this colony	2,500 (30 d) / 6,000 (90 d)
Silver Booster	+20% resource production on this colony	6,000 (30 d) / 14,500 (90 d)
Gold Booster	+30% resource production on this colony	12,000 (30 d) / 28,000 (90 d)
Discovery Charm	+25% expedition find chance	1,800
Salvage Charm	+15% debris field recovery on this colony	1,400
Tidal Sigil Frame	a profile frame in the tidal aquamarine	1,200
Verdant Crest Banner	a profile banner in the verdant lead	900
Glacial Rim Emblem	a profile emblem lit with rim light	800