Ah thanks. I hadn't considered that, even though they could still trade with a status of war, they would not be immune to attack from any ships at the planet. I'm assuming planetary, ground based defenses would not attack or money laundering would be useless, but what about orbital defense platforms, would they attack the trade vessel under a status of war, evn if the other player had money laundering? Even then, if they have mercantile diplomacy, they would still be able to trade without being attacked at least sometimes. Speaking of which, that skill says AI ships will not attack some percent of the time. When techs refer to all ships, does that include orbital defenses or not?