Editing Orbital trade beacon

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|name = Orbital trade beacon
|image = Drop Beacon.png|Orbital trade beacon
|description = Required for orbital trading. You can only sell goods to orbital traders if they're near an orbital trade beacon. Can be placed indoors.
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An '''orbital trade beacon''' is a [[miscellaneous]] structure that allows items stored within its range to be used for trading with [[Trade#Orbital|orbital traders]]. 

== Acquisition ==
Orbital trade beacons can be constructed once the [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] research project has been completed. They require {{Required Resources}} and {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work.

== Summary ==
[[File:Orbital trade beacon range.png|thumb|left|Orbital trade beacon range. 15 tiles in diameter.]]
To initiate the trade a ship must be in range, which a colonist can communicate with using the [[comms console]]. All [[silver]] and tradeable items within range of a beacon will then be available for trade.  Payment towards factions for whatever reason also requires silver near beacons.

Trade beacons will work outdoors or under a [[roof]]. Solid walls and separate rooms will break the area of influence of a trade beacon, however support columns for larger rooms don't block its effect. Items purchased from a trader will be dropped within range of a beacon if unroofed, otherwise they will be dropped as close to the beacon as possible, avoiding the roofs.

Unroofed beacons can be used to designate the area where goods will be dropped, as the trader will prioritize dropping goods within the area of effect of the beacon.
Drop pod [[raiders]] will also preferentially drop near an unroofed beacon.

Trade beacons do not need to be placed in range of your comms console. You can place them wherever you want throughout your colony.

40% of centerdrop [[pirate]] [[raids]] will target a powered, unroofed orbital trade beacon if one is present, but will default to regular behavior if one is not present.{{Check Tag|Outlanders?|What about other factions that can do drop pod raids?}}
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== Analysis ==
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Orbital trade is a significant resource that should be exploited. For ease of use, it may be best to place your stockpiles with beacons in mind - shaping them such that places are left for the beacons and the beacons cover at the very least anything that will likely be sold, if not everything in storage.    

Even if you don't intend to do orbital trade for some reason, it is still worth building a beacon outside of your base to force some percentage of drop pod raiders through your defenses rather than having them drop on your base. This can be further exploited by having defenses such as [[IED trap]]s built around the landing site. Note that this will also attract received trade goods, so it must still be safely accessible to colonists. Alternatively, the bait beacon can be powered off, and the receiving beacon powered on when trade is performed, and then switched back for daily operation. However this adds additional micromanagement and trade ships are ultimately time sensitive

== Version history ==
*[[Version/0.3.410|0.3.410]] - '''Landing pad''' replaced by '''Orbital Trade Beacon'''.

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Launch pad.png|Original landing pad sprite
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