I want to get everyone's opinion on commissions - to me they have a lot of upsides with no downsides.
- You can steer your commissioned faction's reputations with others much faster than they can yours. Having less control over relations was the primary downside of commissions in vanilla - with Nex you arguably have more since you're controlling essentially 2 factions.
- You can take over your commissioner's pirate planet to have very easy development and no tribute
- You can dispose of planets to your commissioner rather than having to deal with tacbomb results and rebellions
- If you do plan on getting governorship, you can do so after funding anti-rebellion forces on your commissioner's tab, and increase your own market demand.
- If you plan on pulling an Andrada, the rep penalty is minimal
I've been thinking about removing or replacing the relationship sync-with-commissioner thing, at least (though I don't yet have a good idea for what it should look like instead). It makes the commissioning faction's relations with others work a lot differently than NPC-NPC relations (e.g. after player fights enough battles, relations drop to -100, when the same thing doesn't happen without player involvement no matter how long the war goes on). Also adds a bunch of complications to the code.
Though in general, it makes sense that associating with an established power makes you stronger than going alone. It just shouldn't be so easy (as mentioned) to lead that established power around by the nose like a daft ox.
I have procured a ship with my operative but I cannot find it anywhere on the planet he procured it.
Where are they stored?
There's a dialog where you can pick a specific destination while the operative action is ongoing.
It defaults to the production gathering point (where your heavy industry and techmining output is set for delivery), or if that doesn't exist then the nearest market where you have storage access (and aren't hostile to the owner), then the same market the procurement took place.
If you're having trouble finding it, try the Command -> Colonies screen, that lists not only player colonies but also places where you're paying storage rent.