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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 19
Two big items this Quarter - the upsurge in demand for Monopoles and, to a lesser degree, Isotopes and the Appearance once more in front of the Federal Courts of ZWILLINGE - this time they drew a Major 400 HT fine and their Connections have been gravely weakened. It has lowered their stock and left their position much weakened.
TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC sold a cargo pod, their three spice factories at Sigma Draconis, repaid their loan and took out a new loan over 4 Quarters for 1,497 HTs at 73 HTs a Quarter interest. They then sold 3 Warehouses from Gamma Leporis, 1 Warehouse from Delta Toucanis, bought a new Warehouse at Mu Herculis, laid down a Piccolo Hull with A crew at Epsilon Eridani and bought 17 Monopole Factories. Together with the Passenger business running well against the competitors, they can probably service this huge loan.
TRANSURANIC paid to undermine ZWILLINGE's Reputation, which they did by 3, and also embarked a lot of Passengers. They increased their Reputation, bought a Warehouse at SD and laid down a new Phoenix Hull with B class crew at Alpha Centauri; we understand that the ship will be named TTC Fermium.
VOGON INDUSTRIES increased their Reputation by 4 and then bought 10 Isotope Factories at Sigma Draconis.
ZWILLINGE survived the Inquiry as a going concern, but the fine has hurt them. They sold all their Isotope Factories at Tau Ceti and took out a loan for 1200 HTs over 4 Quarters.
SOLAR SPICE, LIQUORS & MONOPOLES bought 3 Monopole Factories at Mu Herculis.
CAESAR WHOLESALE took OP4 and one of their ship now bears a Battle Comm Pod.
SOLAR WINDS increased their Business Connections to 5 and bought a Monopole Factory at Mu Herculis; their connections stopped them from purchasing any more.
ISNOT-ISTOO lost 7 Isotopes at Sigma Draconis from a sabotage attack that bore evidence of being made by ZWILLINGE.
HONEST DARTH's USED SPACESHIPS lost 10 Isotopes to a self-inflicted sabotage attack.
As the price of Alloys fell at Gamma Leporis, TRANS SOLAR TRADING and TRANSURANIC sold Alloys on Contract.
TSTI also sold 2 Alloys for 3 HTs each at Epsilon Eridani, while TOLIMAN sold 2 Liquors at 6 HTs. TSTI also undercut ZWILLINGE, selling 9 Spice for 8 HTs apiece and gaining a Dealership, while ZWILLINGE found no takers at 10 HTs.
At Delta Toucanis, ISKANDER FIRE & ACCIDENT sold 9 Isotopes for 4 HTs each and became Market Managers.
Tau Ceti saw TSTI selling Alloys on Contract. ZWILLINGE bought 17 Isotopes at a price of 9 HTs, though unable to gain further Market Position, while ISKANDER sold 5 units on Contract and TRANSURANIC bought 5 on contract. Do these Corporations ever talk to each other? ISKANDER sold 8 Petroleum for 8 HTs each and were made Dealers, as also happened to TOLIMAN when they sold a further 6 at 9 HTs to meet the heavy demand.
VOGONS sold 6 Alloys for 4 HTs apiece at Mu Herculis; CAESAR WHOLESALE sold 5 more on Contract. SWISS MERCENARY FLEET sold 6 Liquor for 2 HTs apiece, after which VOGONS bought 2 at the same price. SSL&M sold 5 on Contract and only ISKANDER - unable to sell at 4 HTs - felt left out. SWISS MERCENARY sold 10 Monopoles for 10 HTs each and a Dealership, and ISKANDER bought 3 at 13 HTs.
Sigma Draconis was quieter - TRANSURANIC sold 6 Isotopes for 1 HT each and gained a Contractorship. ZWILLINGE sold 1 Petroleum on Contract and both ZWILLINGE and SOLAR SPICE, LIQUORS & MONOPOLES bought Spice on Contract. VOGON INDUSTRIES wanted to buy at 6 HTs, but received no offers.
TRANSURANIC bought 6 Alloys at Alpha Centauri and were made Dealers. TRADEWINDS bought 9 Liquor for 5 HTs each to gain a Dealership, while SWISS MERCENARY sold 5 on Contracts and VOGON's bid of 5 was ignored. SWISS MERCENARY benefited most from the rising Market in Monopoles, selling 20 for 14 HTs each and gaining a Dealership, though ISKANDER did sell 2 at 15 HTs apiece. TRADEWINDS then sold 10 Spice at 7 HTs and were made Market Managers
Beta Hydri saw VOGON selling 8 Isotopes for 5 HTs each, undercutting ZWILLINGE's offer of 6 and ISKANDER's 7. ISKANDER sold 12 Monopoles for 17 HTs each, SSLM selling 5 more on Contract, though CAESAR WHOLESALE didn't sell at 17 HTs. ZWILLINGE sold 5 Petroleum on Contract and CAESAR WHOLESALE finished the trading by selling 5 Spice for 10 HTs each.
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 | 11th | 347 | 40 | Rob Fuller |
| B | Solar Winds Trading Co | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 200 | 31 | Steve Bunce |
| C | Caesar Wholesale | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9th | 247 | 31 | Simon Burling |
| D | Trans Solar Trading, Inc | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2nd | 765 | 40 | Jerry Elsmore |
| E | SSL&M | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0+1 | 8th | 64 | 40 | Paul Evans |
| G | HDQUS | 10 | 2 | 2 | N | 12th | 909 | 26 | Howard Goble |
| H | Trade Wind | 10 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1st | 749 | 40 | Colin Parfitt |
| J | ISNOTISTOO | 10 | 0 | 3 | N | 12th | 138 | 40 | William Hay |
| K | Swiss Mercenary Fleet | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4th | 638 | 40 | Martin Jennings |
| L | Zwillinge | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7th | 1471 | 6 | Michael Martinkat |
| M | Transuranic Trade Corp | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5th | 529 | 39 | Bob Parkins |
| N | Vogon Industries | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6th | 217 | 40 | Nathan Richards |
| P | Iskander Fire and Accident | 10 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 3rd | 412 | 40 | Przemyslaw Orwat |
| 'N' under Initiative Bid indicates No Move Received; ‘F’ indicates the Corp was floated | |||||||||
News
Event 20 took place this turn.
Caesar Wholesale took OP 4.
There was one new News Chits this turn (shown in Bold):
Turn 20 P10, C5, P2
Turn 21 B4