Noob question here.

I modified a freighter to include more engines. One of the options was the TRADE module. I didn’t add it, thinking it was already a part of the freighter. But I could not get Mr. Freighter to initiate a trade. He just sat beside the target planet.

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Before I realized that the problem was with the ship, I gave away trade technology to the Terrans, hoping THAT would let us trade. Nope. Then I discovered that the freighter could lacked the ability to initiate a trade route. (I had the same sort of problem with a colonizer – it could not colonize. GRRR!)

So I went back to square one, and modified a freighter, thinking "I’ll stick the trade module on this time."

But no. Where the heck is it? It vanished. I see no trade module in any of the lists – modules, extras, hulls, etc. I can’t add it. I can buy a regular freighter. That works. But I can’t modify a freighter to trade. Where am I blowing it? Did I give my module away to the Terrans? Am I about to experience the same issue with modified colonizers?

Thanks