I was just wondering if there are any mods that re-integrate trading stations into Fleetops. If there aren't any, what are the known technical hurtles that I would need to overcome to make such a mod?
There are no trading station mods that I know of. The reason being that trading stations give you free Latinum, which FleetOps uses as Tritanium. And there is no way to change which resource you get from trades.
Fleet Ops would have to change Supplies to use the Latinum resource, Tritanium to use the Metal resource, and Collective Connections to use the Biomatter resource in order for the trade system to work properly.