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Mission of Gravity
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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.
Sections: Report, Corporations Table, News, Press, GM Notes, Star map (separate page)
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Turn 18
"Well, try this." The woman held the tumbler out.
"OK." The man lowered his lips to the glass and sipped the dark amber liquid. "So it's whisky..."
"And?"
"Pretty good stuff, I would say. Maybe a 2090 Glenmorangie?"
She smiled. "What if I told you that I had made that here, and that I could make it almost anywhere in the galaxy?"
There has been a breakthrough in Liquor production, and demand for all Liquors, already a little depressed by current overproduction and cutthroat marketing, is bound to drop.
Trading in Alloys at Gamma Leporis saw TSTI selling on contracts as the inflated price started to drop back. VOGON and TRANSURANIC unloaded small quantities as well.
TRANSURANIC sold 7 Isotopes for 4 HTs each on Epsilon Eridani and ZWILLINGE used Percent to dump another 5. ALSAFI-TOLIMAN sold 4 Liquor for 7 HTs apiece. SSLM& sold 9 Monopoles for 13 HTs each and were made Contractors and ISNOT-ISTOO sold 2 more at the same price.
Delta Toucanis saw ALSAFI selling 6 isotopes at 4 using their Market Manager position. Demand was strong, however, and both TRADEWINDS and ISNOT-ISTOO sold 5 Isotopes for 5 HTs each. ZWILLINGE sold 1 more on Contracts. DARTH's sold 4 Petroleum at a price of 12 HTs and ZWILLINGE sold 5 on Contracts too.
TSTI gained a Contractorship at Tau Ceti by selling 10 Alloys for 4 HTs apiece and bringing the price down. ZWILLINGE bought 14 Isotopes for 5 HTs each and gained the Market Managership, while TRANSURRANIC bought 5 on Contracts. ZWILLINGE sold 5 Petroleum on Contracts.
Mu Herculis saw TRADEWINDS selling 8 Alloys for 5 HTs each, beating VOGON's bid of the same value and gaining a Dealership. VOGON did sell 5 Isotopes at 5 HTs. SWISS MERCENARY FLEET sold 7 Liquors for 4 HTs each and then SSL&M unloaded 5 on Contracts, leaving ISKANDER's bid of 5 to sell ignored. ISKANDER outbid HONEST DARTH's bid of 9 to buy Monopoles, buying 6 for 14 HTs apiece and becoming Market Manager. SSL&M bought 5 on Contracts at the same price. ISKANDER then used its Market Managership in Petroleum to buy 14 units for 11 HTs each.
VOGON wanted to sell Alloys at 4 HTs at Sigma Draconis, but were ignored. They did buy 3 Isotopes for 5 HTs each. ZWILLINGE sold 7 Petroleum for 10 HTs each and were made Contractors, after SOLAR WINDS had sold 4 at 8 HTs. SOLAR SPICE, LIQUORS & MONOPOLES bought 5 Spice on Contract.
Alpha Centauri saw TSTI sell 4 Alloys for 1 HT each and SOLAR WINDS sell 5 Liquor for 3 HTs apiece. Beta Hydri had TSTI selling 10 Alloys at the price of 4 HTs to gain a Dealership. HONEST DARTH bid 3 to sell and got no takers. ZWILLINGE disposed of 5 Isotopes on Contracts, while ISKANDER used another of their Market Managerships to sell 4 Monopoles at 17 HTs. SSLM sold 5 on Contracts at that price. ISKANDER were also selling Petroleum: 8 for 10 HTs each and a Dealership. DARTH's bid of 12 was ignored, as was ALSAFI's of 11. ZWILLINGE sold 3 Petroleum on Contracts to complete the trading.
TRADEWINDS FOUNDATION loaded OP42 onto the Mindswipe and will be transporting to their preferred destination within the next quarter.
TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC were selling Cargo pods and replacing with Passenger pods, so that nearly all their fleet are now liners. Despite their chairman's best efforts, they found out that there is no such thing as a free loan, taking a 40 HT loan at 1 HT per turn interest for 4 turns.
ISKANDER FIRE & ACCIDENT registered their new heir.
ALSAFI-TOLIMAN AQUASITIONS repaid their loan starting the new quarter loan free.
TRANSURANIC TRADE CORPORATION hired agent X and then started a campaign to undermine ZWILLINGE's Reputation. Unfortunately, this backfired and TRANSURANIC ended up with a much lower Reputation and 20 HTs lighter. Lots of passengers were embarked and they are now starting to rival TSTI in this market. One Liquor factory was bought cheaply at Alpha Centauri as the news of the breakthrough spread.
SOLAR SPICE, LIQUORS & MONOPOLES bought a Warehouse at Epsilon Eridani, to avoid holding spaceships as mobile storage.
VOGON INDUSTRIES sold all of their Isotope Factories at Sigma Draconis and sold the Pestilence for which they received 160% of list price. They then repaid their loan and took out a new loan for 8 Quarters of 341 HTs.
ZWILLINGE raised their Reputation a little, and found that their Political Connections allowed them to avoid an Enquiry this Quarter. They still had to sell an Isotope Factory at Tau Ceti to match their lower Connections. They do seem to have made some enemies.
SOLAR WINDS tried to buy Factories for which they had insufficient Connections.
ISNOT-ISTOO loaded their new ships up with Passengers, where these were still available, and laid down a further liner, the YOUHEARD, a Corco Zeta Hull with Passenger pods and A grade crews.
Press
ISKANDER FIRE & ACCIDENT announced the birth of a son and heir to the Chairman, Cyryl, a healthy 4,900 grams; Best wishes to the child and parents from staff at Federation Offices.
Drew "The Fisk" Vanderbilt-Scott, the "hands on" Chairman of Trans Solar Trucking Inc. denies any refusal to comment on rumours. "We'll buy Passenger Pods from anyone prepared to sell them. We always have and we always will," he declared as he announced the purchase of another seven pods. "We're also interested in expanding our fleet, so get in contact if you're short on cash and want a quick sale."
Corporations Table
| Corporation letter & name | Conn'n Levels Bus/Crim/Pol |
Init Bid |
Turn Order |
Cash | Rep'n | Player | |||
| A | Alsafi-Toliman Acquisitions | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 246 | 40 | Rob Fuller |
| B | Solar Winds Trading Co | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12th | 279 | 29 | Steve Bunce |
| C | Caesar Wholesale | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 13th | 252 | 31 | Simon Burling |
| D | Trans Solar Trading, Inc | 10 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 2nd | 229 | 40 | Jerry Elsmore |
| E | SSL&M | 10 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 6th | 194 | 40 | Paul Evans |
| G | HDQUS | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10th | 909 | 34 | Howard Goble |
| H | Trade Wind | 9 | 0 | 8 | 10+9 | 1st | 609 | 40 | Colin Parfitt |
| J | ISNOTISTOO | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9th | 154 | 40 | William Hay |
| K | Swiss Mercenary Fleet | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11th | 186 | 40 | Martin Jennings |
| L | Zwillinge | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8th | 331 | 7 | Michael Martinkat |
| M | Transuranic Trade Corp | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5th | 644 | 34 | Bob Parkins |
| N | Vogon Industries | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7th | 362 | 38 | Nathan Richards |
| P | Iskander Fire and Accident | 10 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 3rd | 81 | 40 | Przemyslaw Orwat |
| 'N' under Initiative Bid indicates No Move Received; ‘F’ indicates the Corp was floated | |||||||||
News
EV 18 took place this turn.
TRADEWINDS took OP 42.
There were two new News Chits this turn (shown in Bold):
Turn 19 P8, B1
Turn 20 P10, C5, P2
Turn 21 C4
GM Notes
You can only have as many factories as your Political and Business Connections combined.
There is no such thing as a free loan, you always pay 1 HT interest.