Mission of Gravity

This is a postal (or PBM) game of Star Trader run by Mike Dommett and published in my postal games 'zine, To Win Just Once. This is the web version of the latest turn. Follow the link for an introduction to Star Trader.

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Turn 9

      “Can you track that ship?”
      “I’m trying, but one is jamming us, and that’s making it hard to pick up the others.”
      “Others?”
      “At least two other ships are trying to make Planetary Landing.”
      “It’s that Tempus. The Feds can’t catch it, and these SOBs will take it round the Galaxy!”

And, indeed, three streamlined ships converged on Sigma Draconis in attempts to corner the illegal commodity. But there was worse to come.

The crash of the well known Centauran Bank, Unwitting, Slime and Anthropoids, brought a great deal of pain to the sector. Several Corporations found part of their borrowings called in, with consequent disruption to their activities. Those following the maxim “neither a borrower nor a lender be” were able to observe with schadenfreude the wrigglings of their less well advised brethren.

VOGON INDUSTRIES bought 8 Alloys for 1 HT each at Gamma Leporis, becoming Market Manager and CAESAR WHOLESALE bought 5 more on Contract.

CAESAR WHOLESALE also managed to sell 4 Petroleum for 10 HTs each at Epsilon Eridani

At Delta Toucanis ZWILLINGE sold 9 Isotopes at 8 HTs apiece and gained a Contractorship, while TRANSURANIC’s bid of 9 to sell was ignored. HONEST DARTH’S USED SPACESHIPS bought 7 Petroleum for 4 HTs each and was also granted a Contractorship.

Tau Ceti saw VOGON’s selling 4 Alloys at the price of 7 HTs, and TRANSURANIC being shut out again. Buying Isotopes were ISNOT-ISTOO, taking 10 at 5 HTs (and gaining a Dealership), while TTRADEWINDS took advantage of the fall in raw materials prices to buy 10 for themselves at 4 HTs each. They also got a Dealership.

ISKANDER FIRE & ACCIDENT, SOLARWINDS, and SWISS MERCENARY all sold some Liquors at 11 HTs at Mu Herculis. IFA sold 9 to acquire a Dealership, SOLAR sold 1, and SMF sold 2.

ZWILLINGE picked up 10 Alloys at Sigma Draconis, bidding 4 to buy, and gaining a Dealership into the bargain. ZWILLINGE picked up 5 Isotopes on Contract; VOGON’s conditional order to sell failed. ISNOT-ISTOO sold 3 Monopoles for 18 HTs each, while only ISKANDER FIRE & ACCIDENT (selling 9) and HONEST DARTH (selling 2) sold Petroleum for 15 HTs each, ZWILLINGE and SOLAR WINDS being too late to dispose of any of theirs.

Finally, at Beta Hydri, ZWILLINGE sold 11 Petroleum for 10 HTs apiece and gained a Dealership as their poorly guided ship at last managed a Hyperjump successfully. SOLAR SPICE LIQUORS & MONOPOLES sold 5 Spice and 5 Monopoles on Contract, while ISNOT-ISTOO sold 2 Monopoles for 12 HTs each, and 4 Spice at 12 HTs as well.

ISKANDER FIRE & ACCIDENT was first to land on Planet at Sigma Draconis and was able to purchase 10 units of Tempus (taking OP 41). They sold their warehouses at Epsilon Eridani and Delta Toucanis and equipped their new Phoenix Hull with cargo pods and an A class crew. They had had to sell a Liquor Factory earlier to meet their loan repayments.

VOGON INDUSTRIES also sent a ship to Sigma Draconis. They built a new Warehouse at Gamma Leporis, sold a Passenger pod from Pestilence – taking a loss on the deal – and had to sell two Alloy Factories earlier in the quarter to meet their loan repayments.

TRANSURANIC TRADE CORPORATION took a few passengers on.

ZWILLINGE hired agent Z at Sigma Draconis, bought 3 Isotope Factories at Sigma Draconis and then ran out of money.

SWISS MERCENARY FLEET thought that they would do all sorts of things, but, like those before them, repaying part of its loan had stripped the Corporation of ready cash.

ISNOT-ISTOO took out a 280 HT loan for 8 turns and, with the money, bought 5 warehouses, giving them 100% system coverage, and 4 Spice Factories at Sigma Draconis.

TRADEWINDS increased their Reputation, going up substantially, and equipped their new ship, Mindwipe, with an A class crew. They also bought an Isotope Factory at Sigma Draconis.

HONEST DARTH’S QUALITY USED SPACESHIPS fitted out their new Phoenix Hull with cargo pods and an A class crew.

SOLAR SPICE, LIQUORS & MONOPOLES sold their ship Melange and three Warehouses to repay their loan. The new loan they took out to replace it was only 242 HTs over 8 Quarters. A new Phoenix Hull, the North, armed with light weapon pods, was laid down at Epsilon Eridani Shipyards.

TRANS SOLAR TRADING Inc were another Corporation whose loan matured this Quarter. Their fleet sold very well for 140% of list price at Mu Herculis. Their sole remaining ship had 3 cargo pods added.

CAESAR WHOLESALE laid down a new Phoenix Hull with a mixture of pods at Alpha Centauri Shipyards. They failed to get OP 41, but did sell OP 34, using agent Willy to good advantage.

NEIKAN-DO suffered from the bank failure, selling an Isotope Factory to meet the 25% requirement.

And for once there was no sabotage at Mu Herculis.

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Corporations Table

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News

EV 28 took place this turn: disruptive to many plans.

Corporation P took OP 41, beating Corporations N and C to it.

There were four new chits this turn. New chits are shown in Bold:
    Turn 10  B10, C4
    Turn 11  P4, P2, B6
    Turn 12  B8

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