Empty freighters?

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Has anybody else experienced a problem where a freighter arrives at a destination, but is unable to complete a trade route?

I'm currently in the late stages of a Huge game that has bogged down tremendously. I have 10 trade routes available, but only have 3 filled. I've now had three freighters refuse to establish a trade route. I've tried killing routes and sending the freighters to different planets. In between these three freighters, I've had a freighter successfully establish a trade route with the same AI. I had four routes at one point, but killed one in an attempt to get the third freighter to establish a route.

Considering how far these ships have travelled (and especially considering the extra time it takes them when the auto-pilot decides to skip a turn or two), this is a very frustrating non-development.

Most peculiar...
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I have struck the same situation with 1 freighter trying to establish a trade route with a minor race. I thought it must have been due to a trade route aready existing somehow, or that the minor races economy could handle (more) trade?
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Neither of you has stated what responses you got when you attempted to establish the trade routes. Did you get a nasty message of refusal (normal if you are at war with the civilization)? Did you get some other message? Did the freighter just refuse to "move onto" the intended trade partner's star?

I have never tried to establish a trade route with a minor race. I never even thought it possible. I think we need a comment from Stardock on whether we should expect it to work.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
There is nothing to prevent you from creating trade routes with the minor races, and they will also create their own trade routes.

If you aren't getting error messages about being at war with the race, not having enough trade routes left, or something else like that, and you can reproduce this problem in your save games, please e-mail the save games to me at [email protected]
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
I did not get any notifications of any sort, the freighter simply sat next to the star. It has only happened once for me, if it happens again I'll fire off a saved game.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Sorry if I wasn't clear. There was nothing to state: no message, no warning beep, no flowers, nada. Just a refusal to move onto the star system and establish a route.

I rarely trade anything but lessons on hegemony with the minor races. They're a fallback trading partner when the major races are being difficult. In this case I am trying to trade with the Altarian AI.

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Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
I reported this problem in a different thread a week or two ago. I could not move the freighter onto the system I wanted to trade with. Tried at least 3 different systems, eventually gave up.