W. Dow Rieder writes:
> Speculative Cargo
>
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> variously sized lots. At this point, your person with Trader looks them over
> to determine the first die roll for each on the actual value chart for sale at
> the destination. 1/6 of them, on average, will have a prerolled "6"; for
> ~67 tons. He then buys the largest combination of these lots that will
> fit in the hold. I will assume that the ship averages 50 out of 61 tons
> of prerolled "6" cargo. In practice, any remaining nooks can usually be
> filled with prerolled 4 or 5 cargo.
>
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> At the destination, the goods are sold with the aid of a Broker-4
> (available at all type A starports). The prerolled 6 gives a total roll of
> 7 thru 12 +4 for the broker gives 11 thru 16, for an average actual selling
> price of 270% x 0.8 (left after broker fee) = 216% of 6,000 = 12,960 per ton.
> Profit is 12,960 - 3,500 (cost) = 9,460 per ton for 50 tons gives a total of
> Cr. 473,000 average profit on speculative trade per jump.
Hmm, I'd say that allowing a separate roll for each consignment gives the
players a too big advantage. This way, they can be assured of a "6" at the
first roll and a 3.5 average at the second roll.
To moderate this a little, why not let the cargo consist of 1-6 cathegories
(rolled on the types of goods tables), more for Hi In Histellar and possibly
only one or two for a Lo Ni or Ag. The first rolls is then rolled once for
*each cathegory* to reflect the probable price on the market. The when the
market is reached, roll *one* die for the whole consignment as second die roll
to reflect the markets current view on goods from that source.
Also, a task roll could be required for each estimate:
To estimate the price of goods on the market world
(ie roll a die in advance):
Difficult, Trader, Edu, 2 min, (uncertain)
Referee: Lack of accurate data about the market world makes this task
Formidable. On Full Truth, roll one die, this is the first die on the sale price
table. On Some Truth this die is not correct. On No Truth he goods will be
worthless on the market world.
Implement mishaps as legal problems on the market world, ie cargo banned or
disliked for legal or religous reasons. Legal skill can be used to detect this
in advance.
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