From: [email removed] (Carl Rigney)
Subject: Re: Steve's Cheap Traders
[Put this in TMLN if you like.]
> [Steve describes a Mcr27 Free Trader with annual operating costs of
> MCr1.577 that brings in MCr3.5/year with 25 trips, but for a tiny bit
> more you have local agents to cut down on the week-stay and do 40 trips]
Which means MCr4/year return on a MCr7 investment, or about a 56%
return on investment - Silicon Valley should do so well!
Which means in 18 months you have enough profit to make a down payment
on a 2nd ship. Another 18 months, 2 more ships. In 6 years you have
16 ships; by the time you pay off your original note in 20 years you
have over 8000 ships, and you're not competing with Tukera, you ARE
Tukera.
This is the *real* reason there should be no Free Traders - they all
become fabulously wealthy and turn into major lines. The smart ones,
anyway.
- --
Carl Rigney
[email removed]
"There are lots of neat things you can do with roleplaying, most of
which have some tendency to explode if mishandled." -- Mary Kuhner
PS:
This is one of the reasons why I never use money as a motivation when I
play or run. Money is too easy to come by, unless the GM goes out of
his way to screw you, or you haven't the patience to acquire it.
---Steve