[Matryx]

Sounds like an excellent idea.
Also, maybe writing in deceitful trading ideas as well (if not too difficult) so you never know when to accept trades from the AI (just like a human player)

[Edit: decided an example would be good here]

For example, when trading ships with people, you rarely know what you're getting... they could strip the ship before you trade or it might even be in a black-hole system. Perhaps the AI could be written to emulate this in some way?

Matryx

[This message has been edited by Matryx (edited 31 May 2001).]