There are a number of commercial facilities on the Cryosphere, these are the interesting ones -
| Station Stores | sells basic equipment |
| Officers' Club | sells more advanced equipment (Warrant Officers and above only) |
| Insurance Office | sells life insurance! (see 'INFO INSURANCE') |
| Hospital | sells first aid equipment or treatments |
| Bank | stores money for safekeeping (see 'INFO BANKS') |
| Simulations Shop | sells simulator training crystals |
| Games Club | sells simulator game crystals |
| Cafeteria | sells food |
| Muon's Bar | sells drinks and some junk food |
| Travel Agent | sells tickets for long-haul flights |
| Quartermaster's | can rent out private quarters to players (currently at no cost), and sells furniture to fill them with |
To find these, be sure to use the map command on station.
In a shop, you can type list for a list of things that it sells, and then buy to buy a particular thing. You can also preview things. If there's more than one shopkeeper in a location at a time, you'll have to specify from, for example, 'list from bert', or 'buy carrot from andy'.