So after reading the manual and playing around with the game a little bit, I still haven't figured out part of the Black Market Screen. The part in question are the two options in the bottom left and right corners. This has something to do with me putting up excess amounts of metal and crystal, and setting some sort of price for them.
Can anyone explain to me how this works exactly? Are my resources spent immediately, and then put into a reserve? What effect does setting the price have on the market? Is this an effective way of making the prices of the trade goods what I want them to be for other players? (i.e. destroy the market) Do my resources eventually sell to another player, and I get the money?
Anyway, I'm hoping someone knows the answer, it looks like an interesting part of the game.