I don't think you are doing anything wrong, it just takes a LOT of buying from the Black Market to get to Lord rank. The ranks are based on the number of xp you have. It starts off fairly easy, civilians have 1xp, and doubles or triples through the ranks up to 3000xp for Member. But it then jumps to...

You are correct, it does require an auton bay which is part of the Corporate Command (aka CC) expansion.
One of the CC playerships comes equipped with the Nami auton bay at game start, or you can order one at a Corporate Trading Post. Rarely they are available to buy at larger stations.

Which mods have you tried? And which ones didn't work? It is difficult for mod writers to keep up with the many changes to the game, so good mods may not work in current game versions. "Trading Post Menu" by PM is good. It shows a list of every item you can order there. "Identify Before Buying and S...

Could you give a bit more info on your game please, Xene?
Which game version? You can get this from pressing 'V' in the intro screen or 'F2' while playing.
Which playership?
Any mods you have selected.
This will help us find out what is happening.

Code used: <Text id="nounShip">ship(s)</Text> (scrSetActionDesc gScreen 'actionShips (scrTranslate gScreen "actionShips:ShipCount" { ships: (fmtNoun (typTranslate &baD789CommandersLogBase; 'nounShip) (count (@ (logGetBroker) stationID)) 'countAlways) }) ) <Text id="actionShips:ShipCount">This statio...

EDIT: This version breaks the game with an "Unable to load evD789CommandersLog (d78911d2) because its type changed" error. Not recommended. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX An updated 1.9b3 version. Now shows capital ships and their wrecks and autons and auton wrecks. Unknown items in stations are set known...

Hi, i'm playing on 1.8.3 steam and i'm stuck in the battle arena wall, how do i get myself unstuck? Your best chance is to use the mouse to rotate the playership very slightly. Using the keys to rotate the ship may spin it too far, the mouse allows smaller rotations. Then thrust and see if the ship...

A mod which offers extremely basic versions of the ships normally available at ship brokers, EI500, Sapphire, Wolfen, EI200, Centurion, Centurion/X, Minotaur and Minotaur/M. Also adds an EI7000 playership with 2000 tons of cargo space. Requires 1.9b3 or higher. These basic versions are fitted with t...

Thank you both. I can make it work now. Searching for the two text IDs led me to fmtNoun. There are enough examples of this function to allow me to work out how to use it with a "ship(s)" text ID. Good stuff!

The next version of the Commander's Log mod lists ships for sale at ship brokers. The 'Ships' dockscreen is accessed by an action which has a varying action description underneath it. One of the action descriptions is "This station has n ships for sale." I am currently using this code for the action...

You are doing nothing wrong, @superdad. This confused me too.
The requirement to join the IMU (Interstellar Miners Union in Corporate Command) to increase your rank has been removed in 1.9b4 so promotions will work as expected.
http://ministry.kronosaur.com/record.hexm?id=94051

An updated version. Still not recommended for gameplay, there could be bugs. Requires 1.9b3 or above. No pricing code yet so changing to another ship type is free! Ship broker stations cannot change armor or devices above their tech level. Cargo space needs work. The mod currently uses the new ship ...

There was an archive page but it hasn't been available for years. 1.3 is available here: https://forums.kronosaur.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8830&p=77154&hilit=archive+1.3#p77154 thanks to @digdug. I have 1.1 but the forum won't attach 18 MB zips, the file size is too large. Do you have a dropbox/file ...

Thank you. I had a quick look at the new Squadron features. They look good. Now I need to work out how to use them!

I would love to be able to compile a new version but it is a long way down the list of things to do. But thank you for keeping the info out there for people. Good work.

I have put a Transcendence.exe file in the git version previously to get an early look at the changes in the next version. This isn't working ATM. Using a 1.9b3 exe file gives an 'unknown Decontaminate error'. Is there another way of playing the git version that doesn't involve compiling a new versi...