Trade Route



A Trade Route is the exchange of Goods, such as spice and/or Sporebucks between two or more nations or space empires.

Civilization stage
In the Civilization stage, an economic nation can propose a Trade Route with another nation. If that nation's relationship is above zero, the Trade Route will begin and depending on the amount of Economic vehicles and their Economic strength, the Economic takeover bar will gradually fill up and the city becomes "on sale". You can then buy the city for a fee, the higher you bid, the higher the probability of acceptance. If you make a low bid, it will result in a -50 You were cheap relation negative.

Space stage
In the Space stage, your empire can propose a Trade Route with any empire that has at least a +30 relationship. A Trade Route will then be enacted, and the Economic takeover bar will gradually fill up. Once it full, you can purchase the star system for a reasonable amount of Sporebucks, which is based on how many planets are colonized and their T-scores. However, you can only have a limited number of trade routes at one time, so it's a good idea to spread them out amongst your friends and allies.