Trade route creation

[OLLY2410]

Sooo ... How does that trade route creation works? Because in the center of my empire is a waiting enigmatic fortress and that damn trade route system insists on sending all trade routes coming from the upper half of my empire through that system loosing all trade to the enigmatic fortress instead of creating a safer route through my systems around that leviathan which would a a 1 system longer route but through my space and not throwing all trade into a leviathan? Whats wrong with that system?

 

[Twogs]

You can lock out not-owned systems.

But it is of course only a word around

 

[OLLY2410]

Ok ... seems I've not seen that option

 

[Eled the Worm Tamer]

Ok ... seems I've not seen that option

clich the system and it will be in the lower pannel to the left of the name small square with a ship and a circle with barthough it. Mousing over will give a tool tip 'system not restricted' click to toggle.

 

[Tacticus101]

You can also direct which stations your trade goes to. I assume all your trade is automatically just going strait to your capital, which is through the fortress, you should set the routes to go to a different station off to the side first.

 

[Derp]

i would highly recommend keeping each individual segment of your trade routes as short as possible

i.e., don't connect a planet directly to your capital if there's a starbase in between; route all trade through the next closest starbase instead

it cuts down on the chance that the game will "helpfully" redirect all your trade down a new but unprotected shortcut