Re: Economics in Gamba
In reply to #4712 Economics in Gamba by Steve Higginbotham
Steve Higginbotham writes: > Wildstar writes: > >0109 Motet C898735-3 AG Y > >Obviously an agro world feeding Madrigal, and maybe other parts of the > >subsector as well. Good destination for traders looking for an unususl > >cargo > > Why does ANYONE believe that TL3 worlds can feed a subsector? TL3 countries > usually have trouble feeding themselves, much less anyone else. Look > around at the food exporting countries in the real world: they are all > comparatively high technology (TL6+). Steve's right on the mark with this one, although I will note that TL3 is roughly 1700-1860 by my classic Traveller guidlelines. I don't really think that Motet will be feeding the subsector, or even Madrigal. I do think that they may have sufficient food to export, although I expect that the exports would concentrate on high value foods of various sorts rather than bulk grain. Real world analogies would include bananas, coffee, and alcoholic beverages as examples. This brings up one of those sticky points about Traveller, which we are all aware of, and which we all have different ways of dealing with: WHAT IS TECH LEVEL? I tend toward the "sustainable with local resources" description rather than the "maximum level to be found for sale" description, so it would not be too unreasonable to think that some farming on Motet is carried on with the assist- ance of TL6 farm equipment from Madrigalan factories, which are either repaired by Madrigalan technicians using imported parts when they break down, or perhaps simply scrapped.... Rob Dean