Broker

Building

Broker
Type	Building
Description	Buys and sells goods for its community. Sends shipments to other solar systems.
Placement Requirement	Can't build on aliens' claims. Can't build in aliens' jurisdiction.
Note	Offices determine import amount and shipment limits.
Structural Requirements
Arena	Ok
Auditorium	Ok
Battery	Ok
Commodity Storage	Ok
Field Area	Ok
Generator	No
Guard Post	No
Home, Large	Ok
Home, Medium	Ok
Home, Small	Ok
Livestock	Ok
Lounge Space	Ok
Office Space	2 Office Required
Parking, Ground Vehicles	Ok
Parking, Space Vehicles	Ok
Parking, Water Vehicles	Ok
Parking, Spacecraft	Ok
Radar	No
Shield Generator	No
Shop Space	Ok
Space Vehicle Launchers	No
Space Vehicle Recovery Systems	No
Store Space	Ok
Surgery Units	No
Transporters	No
Turrets	No
Weapon Bays	No

The broker is used to formulate trades between spacecraft and buildings on the surface of a world.

Secondly a broker allows sending of shipments to other solar systems.

Trade

A broker will buy and sell commodities from its inventory and connected building's inventories to spacecraft. A spacecraft may trade cargo with any broker if the ship is physically present on a connected building's site. When connected to an airport terminal, spacecraft may trade cargo with the broker if they are near a friendly space station in the solar system. A space station acts as a trade hub for all friendly brokers connected to an airport terminal in the solar system.

See the Trade page for more information.

Shipments

A broker is able to send shipments to cities in other solar systems. A maximum number of shipments can be scheduled at and enroute from a broker at any one time, this is determined by the number of offices in the building design.

When at a broker, it is possible to setup and manage shipments using the City (F10) window's Broker tab.

Shipments of magmium and crystals to the Tail solar system.