Trade ships randomly appear as part of an event. You will be automatically notified when a trade ship appears if a comms console is powered (ships can still arrive unannounced during a solar flare, for example). In any case, the ship leaves in 16 hours, or 40,000 ticks (11.11 mins), after arrival.
A powered orbital trade beacon is required to initate trade, and items must be placed in a beacon's radius to be traded. While it may seem logical that a passing orbital trader could be contacted from any colony with a comms console, the game does not work like that. Any orbital trade notification is tied to a specific colony, and only that colony has the option to trade with them.
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Most other uses of the comms console all require an allied faction. Outlanders are preferred allies for trade due to their higher tech level, and thus higher tech items on offer. The Empire will only trade with a Knight/Dame or higher, but is even more advanced. Also, only outlanders and the Empire are at a high enough tech level to send immediate military aid.
How do I trade with trade ships? I have built a communications console and a drop beacon, but I can never seem to initiate trade with any trade ships that are in range. Am I missing something? The wiki says to select a colonist and right clicking the com console, but that doesn't seem to be working.
Select a colonist and right-click on the comms console; there should only be one option, "open communications". Select it. They will walk over to the console and start fiddling with it, at which point a window will pop up asking which ship to open communication with. If there are no ships in range, they'll still try to use the console but that window will instead say "there is no-one in range to communicate with".
FYI, the trade beacon area does not have to touch the comms console, just the items you are willing to trade. And you can have multiple trade beacons, so you don't have to worry about being limited on the number of items you want to trade. As well, a tip I saw on another webpage is to place a floor of some sort under the trade beacon area(s), so plants do not take up space in these area(s).
Sending caravans out from your home, instead of just waiting for other tribes to come to you, helps keep fluid commerce. It provides a wider selection of goods since friendly outposts have much more inventory than the limited selection traders (who are restricted by carrying capacity) show up with, and you get a 2% price bonus for direct trading. It's also cheaper than requesting traders at the comms console.
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You will only be able to open communications by right-clicking on the comms console and selecting colonist. Make sure it is selected. After walking over to the console, they will start fiddling with it, and a window will open up asking which ship they should communicate with.
A range of trade beacons from Orbital. Colonists can communicate with each other using the comms console if they are in range of a ship. As soon as the beacon reaches a range of silver and tradeable items, they will be available for trade. There will be a roof for trade beacons.
The comms console can be accessed by ordering a colonist. Trade can only take place between items within a certain range of an orbital trade beacon. Drop pods will be used to send purchases to open-air tiles on a beacon, otherwise, they will phase through roofs constructed from the ground up.
Colonists can communicate with each other using the comms console if they are in range of a ship. As soon as the beacon reaches a range of silver and tradeable items, they will be available for trade. In addition to silver near beacons, it is necessary to pay for factions for whatever reason. There will be a roof for trade beacons. 2ff7e9595c
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