Myrm wrote:TorTorden wrote:...There is no looking for shit. You just land randomly on random planet and find anything right at your feet.
What absolute nonsense! Sorry but it is. I am currently on a barren planet looking desperately for zinc and Thamium9. I have wandered around for half an hour, well, just shy of that, and I haven't found it anywhere. On other planets it's in abundance. I'm still looking. All the bases I have been to so far on this planet have had no galactic trade terminals for me to buy the stuff. Oh well, my hunt continues.
Then you have found an odd planet, sure there are planets where some shit is rare but it's simply a matter of going anywhere else.
Every system has a space station.
That space station always has a trade terminal.
You can also talk to other ships that land to buy and sell, you can also buy their ship if have enough money.
Zinc is fairly rare usually found in yellow glowing plants, if the planet has no plant life then yeah it probably wouldn't have it.
Thamium9 however is everywhere but most readily available in space. Shoot any asteroid off planet and you will have ships pile off Thamium in a minute (500 units)
There is also copper, gold iron and iridium in the asteroids but 99% of them have thamium9.