There are a few inefficiencies in the dock services UI, particularly when trying to figure out what upgrades a station has to sell.

Other games manage to show multiple lists on the same screen. For example, in Diablo II you see three groups of items:

  • Items for sale (split into several tabs)
  • Items currently equipped/installed
  • Unequipped items in your inventory

The player can then drag and drop items from one group to another. Thus one screen manages to support buying, selling, installing, and uninstalling.

Perhaps we can do something similar. We can split the dock screen into two sections side-by-side. On the left we show a tabbed list of items available on the station; one of the tabs can be items in the player's cargo hold. The right side shows all armor and device slots.

The player can buy items, install items, and use enhancements all from a single screen.