Stations

(Notification: Written for game version 1.3.8)

Stations are the places the player can set foot on personally to talk to people, trade, accept bountys etc.

Finding stations
The player can find a station of his choice by bringing up the space atlas and hovering over a system. If there is a station in the system it will show in the mouseover window. There is also an option to show all systems with space stations.

Major Stations
Each main faction (Arbug, Duon, Xziax and Pirates) has several space stations across their territory. All of these stations offer the following services:
 * Ship Shop - buy and sell your ships
 * Ship Loading Screen - modify your ships
 * Merchant - sells crafting gear and ship consumables
 * Armory - sells ship weapons and modifications
 * Trader - sells trade goods
 * Bounty Terminal - hunt down wanted criminals
 * Galaxy Bank - access to your galaxy wide account
 * Bar - provides information about the location of your current bounty target
 * Station Commander - gives side quests, where you can earn faction reputation
 * Hangar - like Galaxy Bank, only local

Notes:

 * Pirate Stations also offer a slave market, where you can sell your captives
 * Pirate Stations also offer an informant (inside the Bar), who can give you information about the person who placed a bounty on your head
 * Besides the various Station Commanders (Generals or Scientists) there exists also a Governor (found at Capital Stations?), who can give you side quests for faction reputation as well

Special Stations

 * Galaxy bank central station - Contains nothing itself since the player can't enter it but he can access his account, buy more space for it, request a loan and check if he still has unpaid debt here. The player might also change his name here.
 * Soma Station (player HQ) - Once fully upgraded, contains a ship shop, a bar, a merchant, an armory, a bounty terminal, a bank and a ship loading screen. Also offers the ability to hire up to 7 mercenaries which can guard the station or help the player during his fights
 * Crafting stations - This is where you can buy blueprints and craft your items. In addition you can find a merchant and a trader here and you have access to your galaxy bank account.

Outposts
Outposts are small Space Stations you can't land at and walk around. Also they won't appear when you hover over a system in the galaxy map. However they offer a quick access to several services: There are different Outposts: To date there is no real difference between them.
 * Merchant (on rare occasions sells some ship consumables - you can sell loot here)
 * Galaxy Bank
 * Pay Off Bounty
 * Trade Panel
 * Military Outpost
 * Trade Outpost
 * Mining Outpost