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 15
"So that's the lot."
"Yep, 10 tonnes of Tobacco."
"And you burn it."
"And inhale the smoke."
"Sounds pretty stupid to me."
"But there are people out there who are addicted to the stuff."
"And I want my bonus this year."
Trading at Gamma Leporis saw the price of Alloys rise once more as TRANS SOLAR TRADING bought 18 Units for 6 HTs each and gained a Contractorship. CAESAR WHOLESALE bought 5 on Contracts.
Epsilon Eridani was where SWISS MERCENARY FLEET, hurriedly relocating, sold 13 Liquors for 9 HTs apiece, undercutting ATA and CW's bids of 12. CAESAR WHOLESALE did manage to sell 4 Monopoles at the price of 17 HTs, ZWILLINGE sold a Petroleum for 12 HTs and CASEAR bought 3 Spice for 13 HTs each as the price failed to fall.
ZWILLINGE sold 5 Isotopes and 5 Petroleum on Contracts at Delta Toucanis.
TRANSURANIC sold 4 Alloys for 5 HTs each at Tau Ceti. TSTI tried to sell at 4 HTs and failed as they had no Alloys to sell. TSTI did buy 7 Isotopes for 4 HTs each. ZWILLINGE sold 3 Petroleum on Contracts.
Mu Herculis saw ZWILLINGE selling 4 Isotopes at a price of 6 HTs, undercutting ISKANDER's bid of 7. ISKANDER FIRE & ACCIDENT bought 13 Monopoles for 13 HTs each to gain a Contractorship, while SOLAR SPICE, LIQUORS & MONOPOLES sold 5 on Contract.
TRANSURANIC bid 1 to buy Alloys at Sigma Draconis and failed, but did manage to buy 6 Spice for 8 HTs apiece, holding up the price as ZWILLINGE and SSL&M bought 5 each on Contracts.
Beta Hydri saw ISKANDER failing to sell Isotopes as the price dropped, but Pevans van Rijn (CEO of SSL&M) sold 5 Monopoles and 5 Spice on Contract.
Alpha Centauri saw CAESAR WHOLESALE selling 10 Alloys for 6 HTs each and gaining a Contractorship. ZWILLINGE sold 6 on contracts using Percent. ALSAFI-TOLIMAN ACQUISITIONS Co. sold 6 Isotopes for 7 HTs apiece and VOGON INDUSTRIES sold 7 more for the same price - and a Contractorship SOLAR SPICE, LIQUORS AND MONOPOLES bought 7 Liquors for 9 HTs each, leaving TRANSURANIC and ISKANDER empty handed. SSL&M also gained a Contractorship. Finally, Spice saw ISNOTISTOO shut out as TRADEWINDS sold 10 at the price of 10 HTs to gain a Dealership and ZWILLINGE sold another 3 for 12 HTs apiece.
SOLAR WINDS bought 5 Isotope Factories on Sigma Draconis and 2 Warehouses.
VOGON INDUSTRIES disposed of its Tobacco for about 200 HTs and bought a Warehouse at Sigma Draconis. The passenger pods on its Corco Gamma hull were sold at Mu Herculis and replaced with Cargo Pods. This was combined with endorsements from various companies about its cargo shipping and Reputation increased.
CAESAR WHOLESALE increased their Political Connections, using profit gained from selling smuggled weapons.
TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC bought cargo pods for Crco, Wheelock, and Betly, before buying Spice Factories at Sigma Draconis.
SOLAR SPICE LIQUORS & MONOPOLES was also increasing Reputation this Quarter.
TRANSURANIC named their ship launched last turn, the TTC Americium. They laid down a new Phoenix Hull at Alpha Centauri, the TTC Nobelium.
ZWILLINGE retaliated against TSTI for the sabotage attack last turn and attacked the Corporation's Reputation successfully. Not that it seems to have stopped the attacks completely. There were two this turn. HONEST DARTH'S QUALITY USED SPACESHIPS lost 3 Isotopes from their warehouse at Sigma Draconis, while ZWILLINGE lost 10 Spice from the same Spaceport. ZWILLINGE also upgraded the Twosome's crew to A and bought a Political Level and an Isotope factory at Sigma Draconis. They tried to sell two warehouses that they had sold last turn, but a spokesman later reported that a middle manager had decided to take unpaid indefinite leave.
ISNOT-ISTOO bought 3 Isotope Factories at Sigma Draconis.
Corporations Table
| Corporation letter & name | Conn'n Levels Bus/Crim/Pol |
Init Bid |
Turn Order |
Cash | Rep'n | Player | |||
| A | Alsafi-Toliman Acquisitions | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5th | 324 | 40 | Rob Fuller |
| B | Solar Winds Trading Co | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3rd | 120 | 27 | Steve Bunce |
| C | Caesar Wholesale | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 11th | 393 | 40 | Simon Burling |
| D | Trans Solar Trading, Inc | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 67 | 32 | Jerry Elsmore |
| E | SSL&M | 10 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 9th | 138 | 33 | Paul Evans |
| G | HDQUS | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13th | 714 | 32 | Howard Goble |
| H | Trade Wind | 5 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2nd | 433 | 40 | Colin Parfitt |
| J | ISNOTISTOO | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12th | 425 | 40 | William Hay |
| K | Swiss Mercenary Fleet | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 281 | 40 | Martin Jennings |
| L | Zwillinge | 9 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1st | 503 | 20 | Michael Martinkat |
| M | Transuranic Trade Corp | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4th | 243 | 40 | Bob Parkins |
| N | Vogon Industries | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10th | 252 | 40 | Nathan Richards |
| P | Iskander Fire and Accident | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7th | 145 | 40 | Przemyslaw Orwat |
| 'N' under Initiative Bid indicates No Move Received; ‘F’ indicates the Corp was floated | |||||||||
News
EV25 took place - with a boost for some commodities on Sigma Draconis (but not Liquors).
There were three new chits this turn. New chits are shown in Bold:
Turn 16 P9, P2, C2
Turn 18 B9
Turn 19 P8, C8
GM Notes
Several Loans become due this coming turn.
You can only buy as many factories as the total of your Political and Business levels. If your special ability was 3 Isotope factories at Sigma Draconis, those three factories do NOT count against this limit.
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