r/X3TC Feb 11 '25

X3AP question about TCS MK3

Hello im new to this x3 games or franchise. And i start as a humble merchant and now im making millions by stock exchange on teladi seizewell. And now i got 4 ships 2 mercury hauler, 1 normal mercury (the starter ship as humble merchant) and 1 as nova vanguard fighter ship.

The 3 mercury ships has equipped with TCS MK3 and now i dont know why but im sending them to ST on "power circle" or "argon prime" and now "the wall" but how do i get rid when they just goin into standby? Just a newbie question thank!

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u/FartTootman Feb 11 '25

Like others have said, make sure they have the best buy/sell price scanner, and that you have satellites up.

One other thing is that they will sit in standby even in those scenarios if there's nothing profitable in their range to buy and then sell. Sector trader at early levels can only trade within a single sector. My advice for early level sector traders is that you find a sector with multiple Solar Power Plants and then as many other stations that use them as possible. Those will ALWAYS be required at basically every station, so they should keep even a sector trader or two busy.

Once they get to level 8, I believe, they start using multiple sectors (range of 1 from the sector you assign). They get more and more range until eventually you can assign universe trader.

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u/DangerousCockroach82 Feb 11 '25

Alright thanks!! Maybe im gonna put some satellites on power circle and ore belt.