[Spaceships] Making a setting work...

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Stormcrow

Mal owns, with no strings attached, a cheap or very cheap ship, yet he is Poor. A character cannot start like this in GURPS without GM fiat or without spending hundreds or thousands of points on Signature Gear or extra cash.

I wouldn't say he's Poor, but he's certainly not Wealthy. However, I would submit that Mal's ship is GM fiat in action; Joss Whedon is not the type to do detailed economic analysis, and Mal has the ship because Mal having the ship makes the plot work.