I'm about ten years into a game where I started in Sol; I have two extrasolar colonies in systems which I will call A and B, and of course a Mars colony.
Sol, A, and B are all connected to one another by jumpgates, and my A and B colonies do not yet supply and demand civilian goods.
I've just noticed a civilian freighter in System A, in a path leading directly from the Sol jumpgate to the B jumpgate. The shipping line screen indicates it is carrying 20x spices to Mars; evidently it came from Earth, since no other colony has a surplus of spices.
Additionally, looking at the Mars Wealth/Trade screen, the current shortfall in spices is 18.5, but it should be over 20 by the time this freighter actually reaches Mars.
Question is, is this simply a bug, or did this shipping line actually choose the ridiculously long trip in order to make sure the spices are in demand by the time it arrives?
