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I really love old game: Sid Meier's Pirates! One really cool feature was the ability to get new information from barkeep; like which governor has pretty daughter, which cities are easy to plunder etc…

That is something I would like to see in Odyssey, once enough reputation with specific bartender is made via trading (faction reputation is irrelevant).

For example:

• there was a big battle in xyz system, you can find abc if you hurry
• war is brewing in qwe system, plenty of mercenary options
• new rich mining region has been discovered
• news about the location of guardian sites
• station abc is paying extra for xyz
• rumors about exobiology

One of the more important information we could get is where to update our weapons; that was vital information in Pirates, and sure would be in E:D which has way more posts and stations.

Right now, we basically have to use Inara all the time. But with idea from Pirates, game could become much more immersive, realistic and drastically reduce the need for 3rd party applications.

What do you think?