(On GalCiv 2: Dread Lords)

First, there's confusion now on if economic starbases must be placed along a trade route with the trading post modules or at the originating planet.  It's definitely necessary to place the stations along the trade route.

Second, in a small map ("Chaos") and bordering military races, I've figured out you can give your enemies trading vessals.  They then setup trade routes, which brings in even more money.

I haven't yet figured out:

• If you place the freighter near a 2nd race's planet and give the freighter to a third, will the third setup a trade route with the second (typically, at least)?  Will those relation benefits then prevent the beginnings of the galaxy-wide wartime.
• When you give a freighter, what planet is then chosen as the "owner" for that freighter, such that the chosen planet will then be one of the two endpoints of the trade route?
• When you give a freighter, will the game confuse the incomes or apply starbase bonuses to them (and possibly your income) when it should not?

Time to investigate!

Any other nifty strategies with trade?