For those of you who are still struggling learning the basics of the game, you may want to spend some time reading some TW manuals.

I have assembled all (to my knowledge) that have been written since the begining of the game. Just keep in mind that the old bugs they describe are no longer active. But, they do contain some very good basic strategy, that will help you to learn how to play better and stay alive longer.

The best lessons are those mistakes you learn from.

(Some of these manuals were written back in the day when TW was only a 1k sector universe.)

http://tradewars.fament.com/Cruncher/tradewar.htm