You've been around trading and commerce enough to have picked up some basic knowledge about buying and selling. Maybe you grew up in a family business, or you've just spent enough time in markets and trading posts to understand the basics.
You're not some galaxy-spanning trade mogul, but you know enough about commerce to spot an obvious scam and understand basic negotiation principles. Your exposure to different trading situations has given you some familiarity with how deals work, though you're still learning the ropes.
Choose one of the following skill boons.
A specialized device loaded with market data, trade routes, and price histories across the galaxy. It helps identify profitable opportunities and fair market values.
A secure digital ledger that tracks all your transactions, contacts, and outstanding deals. It includes encryption to protect sensitive business information.
A handheld device that can assess the value and authenticity of goods quickly, helping you spot counterfeits and evaluate merchandise.
Your grandmother's stall had the worst location in the Ganymede market. She made it the most profitable pitch through sheer force of knowing what people needed before they knew it. "Price is a conversation," she said. "Value is what you make them feel."
The parts dealer quoted twelve hundred credits. You paid four hundred. The negotiation took forty minutes and involved three walkouts. The dealer called you a parasite.
Two hundred units of atmospheric scrubber filters; boring, necessary, priced identically everywhere. You sold them at a fifteen percent premium by repackaging the pitch. Same product. Different words. Different feeling.
The synthetic protein market crashed on a Tuesday. You sold your inventory the previous Friday because the shipping manifests showed a surplus that hadn't hit the spot market yet. Numbers tell stories before the stories happen.