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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin
This may be discussed in Far Trader.
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I’ve occasionally wondered about it in the past, aside from the current reason, because I suspect a TL-12 world could manufacture lower tech goods and undercut factories manufacturering at that TL even given the cost of shipping the goods in.
ATL-12 world could also manufacture TL-8 goods and sell them on a TL-6 planet... the TL-6 world would never be incentivized to increase its own manufacturing TL if higher TL goods are easily available.
...and the goods would probably be better quality since they would be built at the “fully mature” level of that TL. For example, replica TL-5 firearms that are built at TL-8 are generally much better than the originals.