Naasirka, as compensation for their failure to do due diligence in locating you once a client had highjacked their ship with you as crew; have offered your choice.
Full ownership of a 200 ton Beowulf class Type-A Free Trader.
Full ownership of a 200 ton Empress Marava class Type-A2 Far Trader.
50% ownership of a 400 ton Akkigish class Type-R Subsidized Merchant, with rights to a route and its subsidy.
Assignment as crew of a 600 ton Stellar class Type-M Subsidized Liner; with profit sharing.
What would you choose?
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I would go with the Empress Marava-class Far Trader. J-2 for the win!
ReplyDeleteI like that choice a lot myself. She sacrifices a lot of cargo space for that extra jump and that can make her uneconomical in the hands of a less than shrewd owner. Like most PC captains and crew... Of course not having to make a payment on a loan helps a great deal on making ends meet.
ReplyDeleteYou just have to remember rule 1. Engineers don't get paid until the end of the month!
That's hard to say, because it brings up a question I've never figured out the answer to: what sort of subsidy does the Subsidized Merchant get? Using Book 2 numbers, I can't make the Type-R profitable even assuming that every port always has all the mail, regular cargo and high/low passengers that will fit.
ReplyDeleteGURPS Traveller: Far Trader has some pretty detailed rules. I'd have to actually do the math to see how it works. The subsidy includes a route so the trade along that J1 path has to be worth putting a Far Trader on it.
ReplyDeleteI remember even back in the LBB days that you needed Book 7: Merchant Prince to make enough money.
The subsidy is basically the same as a mail steamer. You reserve a portion of your hold for the subsidy holder and they pay you as if they use it all every jump along a pre-agreed route. If they don't actually have cargo for you, you can use that space for yourself and get paid double for it.