09-15-2020, 06:29 PM | #1 |
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[Space] Question on Low TL prices in High TL societies.
So I'm looking at a space settings with the following things:
Society recovering from a "long-night". The center of the campaign being a city on a Ceres sized body (with artificial gravity) -- "Tython". The inclusion of Alardin (or something based heavily on it) from Space Atlas 4. Now Alardin is listed as TL 4(10), but in my campaign it would end up as TL 4 at the edge of 5, with a TL 9 walled start town. My question is this...with the economy of Tython self-sufficient but lacking in certain things, how would that affect the prices of TL 4 luxury items that would be impractical for a TL 9 space colony to produce? I'm thinking things like natural fabrics, wood and leather, and food that isn't grown in a vat. Travel times would be 2-3 weeks, but it's still not economical to lift massive amounts of things into orbit. I know that RAW state that a TL 4 item is the same cost at TL 9 as it was at introduction, but that doesn't take into account things like a closed-environment space habitat not being able to raise sheep or grow trees. |
09-15-2020, 07:43 PM | #2 | |
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If they can't economically produce something themselves they spend their time and energy on something more lucrative and trade for the difficult to produce items. Example: it would be extremely difficult for the people of Minnesota to produce their own coconuts. So they don't. They buy their coconuts from somewhere they are cheap and a hypothetical cost to produce coconuts locally doesn't matter. Just the other people's costs and the shipping expenses.
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09-15-2020, 09:30 PM | #3 |
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Re: [Space] Question on Low TL prices in High TL societies.
Since they can sell TL9 equipment for 32x to a TL4 society, they have massive advantages coming and going. For example, a superfine shortsword might cost them $1200, but they could sell it to a TL4 noble for $38,400. They could then use that money to purchase goods for export to the TL9 society, which they would use to purchase two superfine shortswords, pocketing the remaining $36,000. Rinse, wash, repeat.
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09-15-2020, 09:54 PM | #4 | |
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You need something unquestionaly useful to many low TL people but also affordable. Cigarette lighters might be a decent choice.
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09-15-2020, 09:55 PM | #5 | |
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09-16-2020, 07:34 AM | #6 |
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Re: [Space] Question on Low TL prices in High TL societies.
Could go the British route and sell them narcotics.
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09-16-2020, 08:10 AM | #7 | |
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So on average, those three cargo categories have a 60% price delta between the two planets. Thanks for the reminder to look in Spaceships 2. Last edited by cvannrederode; 09-16-2020 at 08:48 AM. |
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09-16-2020, 08:28 AM | #8 |
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09-16-2020, 09:45 AM | #9 |
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Re: [Space] Question on Low TL prices in High TL societies.
The low-tech world probably counts as Poor, which drops the price on everything there by 2. It also drops the cost on art/antiques by 2.
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09-16-2020, 10:01 AM | #10 |
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