22 May 2026: Trade routes, trade with yourself, or an ally
Run a route between two of your own stations · Allied routes pay 2× overall
Trade with yourself
- You can now set up a trade route between two of your own trade stations. Open Trade Agreement on a station and "Yourself" appears in the partner picker. Choose it, then pick another of your stations as the far end. The trade ship shuttles between them and both drops are credited to you, so a self-route pays you at each end. (You'll need at least two trade stations built for the option to appear.)
Allied routes pay double
- A trade route between two mutually-allied players now pays 2× on every drop. On an ally route you collect the drop in your system and your ally collects theirs in theirs, and each of those is doubled. The route delivers twice the RP overall versus running it solo, so there's a real, shared reward for setting up trade with an ally rather than only with yourself. Self-routes and non-ally standings are unaffected.