[Spaceships 2] Maintenance on Cheap Ships

[Purple Haze]

Originally Posted by fredtheobviouspseudonym

Works for can openers, too.

I used to always buy the cheapo "widget aisle of the supermarket" can openers that cost c. $2.00 but came apart in 2, 2 1/2 years or so.

One time I was in a kitchen store, had just gotten paid so I felt flush, & bought a German-made $8.00 can opener. Boy, did I feel dumb when I got it home. Waste of money.

That was 23 years ago & I'm still using that "dumb purchase." Still works fine. So with the cost of occasional washing I'm still ahead about $12 on that can opener, not counting the hassle of buying a new one every 2.5 years.

Yep. Got me one of these 24 years ago:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CDEFK0

... and what do you know, eight bucks!

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In every Traveller game I've ever seen: every regularly scheduled freight service is subsidized by the government, either by providing the ships at discount prices, or some mail contract at grossly inflated rates.

Player characters operating a tramp freighter are expected to be merchants, buying low and selling high, taking other's freight only as a last resort.

The problem only arises if you have a player as clever as I am. There is no reason to own and operate one's own ship, leave that to the NPC's, best just to buy and sell and use the commercial shipping lines.