Max value of trade routes, trade module bonus

I am confused, can you help me out? Thanks!

1) What do the "current value" and "max value" represent? (Why "current value" appears to be always the same as "max value"?)

2) Is it more beneficial to place an economic starbase with trade modules near destination planet rather than home planet? The reasoning: the module increases the value of route when minifreighter is in its area of influence, however, the route yields more income when the minifreighter is further away from the home planet.

Thank you for your time and answers!

P.S. I have v1.5

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kryo

Join Date 05/2003

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The income a trade route gives varies depending on how far from along its route the mini-freighter is (income rises as it travels from home to target and back, then resets). The value displays *should* reflect that.

Edit: corrected.

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Thanks kryo!

1) Apparently there is a bug: "max value" is always the same as "current value".

2) I made some "research". There appears to be error in documentation. The value of the route is not based on the distance from the home planet but on the distance travelled. Minifreighters go back and forth, which means that the value of the route is greatest one turn before the freighter reaches back home. But what you said is correct: the bonus depends on the curremt value of the route.

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kryo

Join Date 05/2003

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In that case (apologies for the incorrect info, too much work to play and keep little details in rememberance!

), it really wouldn't matter much where you put the starbases, since the average base income of the mini-freighter will be the same regardless where it's at.

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