"Based in" and "trade heavily" are not the same as "relies on" which is what the comment I was responding to said "Trek" was doing. You've made a very good case that it does not.
So I accidentally double-posted this and im going to delete this one just in case you'd like to repost your comment to the other thread: https://startrek.website/post/13613548
I'm still having Needole nightmares how am I supposed to incorporate this now??