u/Joetunn

I’m trying to make sure I understand the wording around assaulting the trader correctly.

On the official wiki page for Trading, under Assaulting the Trader, it says some negative permanent effects can occur.

My question is about the word “permanent” here.

Does permanent mean:

1. permanent only for the current settlement,
2. permanent for the whole current cycle,
3. or permanent forever / account-wide?

My assumption is that things like Trader Arrival Speed loss, cost-of-goods penalty, and Hostility are only permanent within the current settlement, while City Score just affects that settlement’s final score. But I wanted to check with more experienced players to avoid misunderstanding the wording.