Are your ambitions for this mod only releasing a tool to help guide players find the best deals? or do you perhaps have bigger plans? I do think the Broker could have its own faction, a banking system where players could invest their money, get other benefits with time, take loans, and the consequences of crossing the Broker, like gaining a huge bounty (if using NEX), or thugs after you, being able to work with the Broker, tackle debtors, destabilize and sabotage markets for the Broker's clients, maybe some new hulls and features, like a ranking system where you unlock goodies as you rise in the Shadow Broker's ranks, stuff like encrypted boxes you can unlock, influence factions, recruit Agents (if using NEX) I always thought a Central Place like the Prism Freeport should have it's own faction instead of being Independents, that would be so cool.
There are definitely some good ideas in there. I'm very new to modding the game and to the game itself for that matter so my grasp of its underlying mechanics is still a little up there, but I am definitely looking into some of these. I'm particularly interested in positively influencing development of specific markets, in some way. The rest as well, I have made a list of what I think might fit into an expanded feature set.
As far as factions go, however, I'm not entirely sure the Broker would run his own faction with markets and fleets, as that would expose his activities to way too much scrutiny for a guy who enjoys prosperity specifically because of the shadows he has made his home.
I am rather curious if this ends up fixing the single faction existing, by providing a stock building on planets that can trade on one another that makes profits from the deficits of the planets with lesser resources.
What do you mean? As I mentioned above I'm very new to the game so some nuance is lost on me. I am looking into working more with markets and their surplus/deficit so the more I know about the underlying caveats of the existing mechanics, the better.
Anyway, thank you for your time, this mod has huge pontential, it's amazing to have a "consultant" when you're unsure where to sell your Sto#($, valuable, honest goods.
But as a means of helping out starting the game? it's pretty nice so far. 
Thanks. I'm glad you like it. Please, tell me if you encounter any issues with it.
