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I have a research station and a trade station, they both have the same model. The trade station is pretty active, ai coming and going. However the research station there was one successful delivery, and now there's an AI sitting outside doing nothing and nobody else has come. Any rules of thumb I should know about placing stations? Things the AI doesn't like? tips? Thanks.

Thanks for the replies everyone, that was helpful

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