As far as I understand it the square that you build the trade good on actually houses the manufacturing facility for the trade good. Which does make sense on how someone can obtain it by taking the planet. I'm not sure that having it disappear after construction is right based on my previous statements. Can't really have a trade good without having somewhere to produce it.

That's an interesting point about where the trade goods is being manufactured and that it allows capture. However, that leads to the question, what happens if you sold a trade good to someone else, and then the trade good gets captured. Who would get control of the trade goods? The person you sold it to? Or the person who captured it?

If the person who captured it gets the trade goods, then you have the person who bought it being ripped off almost. There would have to be some in-game mechanic for them to keep track of who they bought such and such trade goods from so that they can protect them.

On the other hand, if the person who you sold it to gets the trade goods, then the person who captured it gets ripped off, and will lose a tile permanently.


IMO, because of this wierd quirk in the selling/buying/capturing mechanic, it would be better if the trade goods doesn't use up a tile.

i'd also like to see that tile freed after production
as it is, i hate to build trade goods on my manufactoring capital since i better use the space for factories
if they wont take space, my capital could start crack out trade goods and ships instead of ships only as it is right now ...