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Old 01-16-2019, 03:30 AM   #33
swordtart
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Default Re: Shipping in a Traveller Universe

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Originally Posted by hal View Post
For such a simulation to work, one would need to track all available ships, determine where the sailing master will head towards, etc.

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There are rules to simulate the variation of shipping lots - plus the variation in the cost for freight shipping rising or falling. Presumably, this would be a function of how available ships are to carry the fright (ie, competition) as well as how few ships there may be to meet the needs of the situation. I wonder if I can tie it into that somehow.
I wasn't actually suggesting that you did track all other traders, I believe the system already takes that into account. Re-rolling each day is perfectly reasonable if all those other traders are operating behind the scenes.
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