The Market

Overview
The Market is where Blood Amber and Coins can be exchanged as currency to purchase a wide variety of useful equipment, credits and crafting materials. They are split into six sections: Each market sells their own categories of odds and ends. Their contents may change periodically every week or so.
 * Featured
 * Arms Merchant
 * Black Market
 * Credits
 * Crafting
 * Scrapyard

Also see: The Market/List of Market Deals

Featured
"Rare featured items for select customers."

- In-game Description

A new market for "select customers" (coiners), it is usually open during feature events and alien events. High-end things like T6 Hulls, Mk V upgrade packs and so on are sold here for coins. The contents also change from time to time. This market is not officially run by anyone in particular.

Arms Merchant
"Wandering arms merchants travel sectors seeking to profit from war."

- In-game Description

The Arms Merchant market only opens on special occasions. It offers exclusive deals (currently Demon Corps and Iron Star hulls) in exchange for coins, similar to the Featured market.

Black Market
"Access exclusive contraband smuggled from other sectors by the secretive Larus."

- In-game Description

The Black Market is run by Larus. It sells weapon/equipment blueprints, armaments, formations, equipment packs, core boxes and ships. The contents change every week. Ships are only sold for coins, while the remainder is sold for either Blood Amber or coins.

The offensive and defensive packs up for sale in exchange for coins are never worth it and are borderline scams. Do not ever purchase them!

Credits
"Acquire ready-to-fit equipment credits and rare technology."

- In-game Description

The Credits market sells equipment that can be instantaneously equipped to a ship, including resistors. They do not sell blueprints. The contents are changed once per day.

Crafting
"Exchange your crafting materials for different, or more valuable, materials here."

- In-game Description

The Crafting market sells materials needed for crafting such as patterns, cores and crafting parts in exchange for coins or Blood Amber. Their contents change once every 24 hours.

Scrapyard
"Trade unwanted items with the enigmatic Algol to get a variety of odds and ends."

- In-game Description

The Scrapyard is run by Algol. This market enables players to trade in patterns for core(s) one tier lower for free. Players could also downgrade armaments one tier at a time, which costs coins or Blood Amber. According to the lore, Algol collects Blood Amber just to destroy it.

Trivia

 * The Market used to be occasionally open and hidden in a planet, players had to find it and dock a fleet in order to make a purchase.
 * The Black Market used to be the only market around. A major update added the Credit, Crafting and Scrapyard markets.
 * The Featured Market was first introduced during the Outbreak event.
 * The Arms Merchant Market was first introduced during the 2nd Time Token Riot as part of the Gear-Up Week.
 * During the Civil War Black Market, blueprints are temporarily moved to the Credit market, core boxes to the Crafting market, armaments to the Scrapyard.