Mlog: Trade Stations Report
Compact roster of every trade station in the galaxy with M-subordinate count and storage-capacity metrics. Primary diagnostic for Station Subordinate Traders (ST) — the ST subsystem attaches M-class trader ships to trade stations, and this menu shows how many each station currently has.
Introduced mlog088-089 in v3.0-beta1.
In-game view
Section titled “In-game view”
Header: Total: 21 trade stations. Capacities are raw max (m3), shown in millions.
Columns
Section titled “Columns”| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ID | 3-char + 3-digit station idcode (e.g. ULE-689, EAS-787). Vanilla-format engine-generated ID. |
| Fac | 3-letter faction shortname (BOR, HAT, PAR, PIO, QUE, TEL, TER). |
| Sector | Sector known-name. |
| M subs | Number of M-class subordinate ships assigned (typically ST traders). |
| Cont M | Container storage capacity in millions of m³. Higher = more capacity for solid goods. |
| L/S M | Liquid / Solid storage capacity in millions of m³. 2/2 = 2 million m³ each. 0/0 = station has no liquid/solid storage modules. |
Sort order
Section titled “Sort order”Composite key: owner.shortname + '/' + sector.knownname. Groups stations by faction, then sorts by sector name within.
Observed values in the sample save
Section titled “Observed values in the sample save”Total: 21 trade stations across 7 factions.
Boron (BOR) — 8 stations
Section titled “Boron (BOR) — 8 stations”| ID | Sector | M subs | Cont M | L/S M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ULE-689 | Atreus’ Clouds | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
| UPP-498 | Barren Shores | 19 | 1 | 0/0 |
| HJK-493 | Kingdom End I | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
| TBQ-336 | Menelaus’ Oasis | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
| QHL-166 | Ocean of Fantasy | 19 | 1 | 0/0 |
| RFZ-249 | Reflected Stars | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
| SDF-350 | Rolk’s Demise | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
| ICZ-568 | Towering Wave | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
Hatikvah (HAT) — 1 station
Section titled “Hatikvah (HAT) — 1 station”| ID | Sector | M subs | Cont M | L/S M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URI-598 | Circle of Deceit | 12 | 5 | 5/5 |
Paranid (PAR) — 2 stations
Section titled “Paranid (PAR) — 2 stations”| ID | Sector | M subs | Cont M | L/S M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAS-787 | Cardinal’s Domain | 15 | 2 | 2/2 |
| VPR-887 | Pious Mists II | 11 | 2 | 2/1 |
Pioneers (PIO — Segaris) — 3 stations
Section titled “Pioneers (PIO — Segaris) — 3 stations”| ID | Sector | M subs | Cont M | L/S M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOD-798 | Circle of Deceit | 19 | 2 | 2/2 |
| TBV-616 | Gaian Prophecy | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
| TBJ-015 | Segaris | 19 | 5 | 2/2 |
Quettanauts (QUE) — 1 station
Section titled “Quettanauts (QUE) — 1 station”| ID | Sector | M subs | Cont M | L/S M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HHJ-136 | Mitsuno’s Sacrifice | 0 | 2 | 1/1 |
Teladi (TEL) — 1 station
Section titled “Teladi (TEL) — 1 station”| ID | Sector | M subs | Cont M | L/S M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EJC-844 | CEO’s Doubt | 2 | 2 | 2/2 |
Terran (TER) — 5 stations
Section titled “Terran (TER) — 5 stations”| ID | Sector | M subs | Cont M | L/S M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YZW-129 | Earth | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
| QCY-084 | Mars | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
| PPU-045 | Neptune | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
| AGV-148 | Saturn 1 | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
| XRK-683 | The Moon | 20 | 2 | 2/2 |
Read the sample save
Section titled “Read the sample save”Total M subs across all stations: ~ 335 — matches roughly the Discovered: 23 | Fleet: 371 shown in the Trade Optimizer footer (small difference because trade-stations report shows 21 but ST tracks 23, and Fleet 371 vs summed 335 — the difference is in-transit / spinning up ST traders).
Full-quota stations (20/20 subs) — 12 out of 21 stations at max. Terran and most Boron stations healthy.
Under-quota (< 20 subs):
- Boron in Barren Shores (19) and Ocean of Fantasy (19) — slight shortfall.
- Hatikvah Circle of Deceit (12/20) — significantly under. Circle of Deceit is dangerous (contested Xenon-border sector) so trader casualties are frequent.
- Paranid Pious Mists II (11/20) — same story.
- Quettanauts Mitsuno’s Sacrifice: 0/20 subs — ST completely failed here. Probably the station just discovered and ST hasn’t spawned traders yet, OR the sector is blacklisted for ST spawning.
- Teladi CEO’s Doubt: 2/20 — same problem.
Hatikvah Circle of Deceit exception
Section titled “Hatikvah Circle of Deceit exception”Note URI-598 (HAT) has Cont M = 5 and L/S M = 5/5 — this is unusually large. All other trade stations show 2 or fewer. Hatikvah’s Circle of Deceit trade station has expanded storage modules — Hatikvah lore-flavor “traders that carry a lot”.
Similarly TBJ-015 (Segaris) at Cont M = 5, L/S M = 2/2 — Segaris trade station in Segaris core sector expanded.
Interaction with the 5-sector ST blacklist
Section titled “Interaction with the 5-sector ST blacklist”The mlog094 blacklist excludes Earth, Reflected Stars, Towering Wave, Atreus’ Clouds, Rolk’s Demise from ST spawning.
But all 5 blacklisted sectors show ~20 M subs in the report! This is because:
- The blacklist was added later (mlog094) — pre-existing stations in blacklisted sectors keep their ST traders assigned.
- The blacklist only prevents NEW ST spawning, not despawning existing traders.
- If ST traders die in a blacklisted sector, they won’t be replaced. So over time these numbers should decline.
Sort order — reason
Section titled “Sort order — reason”Source: MlogDaTsReportBuild in md/mlog_da_report_tradestations.xml sorts by owner.shortname + '/' + sector.knownname for consistent per-faction grouping. Makes it easy to see all Terran stations together, all Boron stations together, etc.
Use cases
Section titled “Use cases”- Diagnose ST subsystem health: stations with 0/quota subs = ST failed here (blacklisted? DA subsystem disabled?).
- Verify blacklist behavior: stations in blacklisted sectors keeping subs = pre-blacklist assignments.
- Compare across factions: Terran always at 20/20, Hatikvah / Paranid struggling in contested sectors.
- Spot expansion opportunities: stations with 5+ storage modules are “big” trade centers — attractive economic hubs.
- Only trade stations — factories, wharves, shipyards, defense platforms don’t appear.
- Snapshot at menu-open — reopen to refresh.
- Storage in millions of m³ raw max, not fill percentage — a station with Cont M = 5 has 5,000,000 m³ container-storage regardless of how full it is right now.
0/0L/S M means the station has zero liquid/solid storage modules — everything routes through the container.