> TL difference is also a DM on the Cargo Table.
>
>I suggest you use the MINIMUM of source and destination as DM. So flows
>are the same in both directions.
I'd be inclined to scrap the TL difference entirely. Starport quality should
influence trade; trade classification should influence trade; population
should influence trade. I'd only expect TL to affect trade in industrial
cargo; a TL15 computer is worth more than a TL7 one, but TL15 fruit is still
fruit. It might have some effect on packaging, but that's all.
> Lots of Hi population worlds next to each other; you couldn't go wrong!
>
>Funny, when I travelled through that area, the authorities were well aware
>of profits to be made and either (1) the merchant cartels leaned heavily on
>so-called "free traders" (sugar in your LOX) and took a hefty bite out of
>profits (reducing them to zero)...
I was running a subsidised merchant anyway. Serves you right for poaching on
my territory! :-)
I still think that the old Book 2 system was far superior.
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