Hello, this is a little idea I had yesterday when I was beginning a new game.
The idea is that with enough money and faction relations, the player could be able to purchase a small business in a friendly planet. Of course, nothing too big, so it is not able to make a competition to the planetary industry(ies) of the owner of the station/planet, but something to small but safe amount of money/resources each month, like the workshops from Mount & Blade game series.
Those business could also include small extra bonuses for the player:
- Space Bar - earn income & stockpile crew
- Fuel Reseller - earn income & stockpile fuel
- Supplies Shop - earn income & stockpile supplies
- Storage - free ship/item storage
- Amatorial Forge - choice for income or ships
- Small scale mining operation - income & ore
- Small scale farming operation - income & food
- Organ Harvesting Operation - income & organs, but chance to harm relations or for a roundup
- Drug Syntesis Operation - income & drugs, but chance to harm relations or for a roundup
- Personal Embassy - pay upkeep, but get monthly +1 relation
- Fleet Office - pay upkeep, but can train/recrut custom officers for a price
- Smugglers Den - earn income, but chance to harm relations or for a roundup
- Space Taxi Company - earn income & get taxi quests
- Courier Company - earn income & get delivery quests
- Mercenary Company - earn income & get bounty quests
