Pevans
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, Market Positions, Press, GM Notes, Star map (separate page)
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Turn 21
"That's a lot of people, with all their goods and possessions."
"Well people will always want to go out and plant their feet on another world, even those who have never left Alpha Centauri Prime before."
"They will find it a little different."
"Yes, no two companion stars to brighten the sky."
"And the planets have lakes of Petroleum on the surface."
The two spacemen leaned forward and watched as another group of Colonists filed across the dock and into the TSTI liner.
Five and a half years and still no one Corporation has dominance in the sector, though some are closer to achieving this than others.
At Gamma Leporis, CAESAR WHOLESALE bought 10 Units of Alloys for 4 HTs each and removed TSTI's Market Manager position. TRANSURANIC bought 5 on Contracts, but VOGON's bid to buy of 1 was too low.
Epsilon Eridani saw trading by SWISS MERCENARY FLEET, first selling 4 Liquors for 4 HTs, undercutting ISKANDER's bid of 5, and then selling 16 Monopoles for 14 HTs and gaining a Contractorship. SOLAR SPICE, LIQUORS & MONOPOLES sold 5 on Contract; ISKANDER's bid of 16 to sell was undercut.
ISKANDER FIRE AND ACCIDENT used their Market Managership to sell 5 Isotopes for 3 HTs each on Delta Toucanis, after which SOLAR WINDS sold 6 more at the same price. CAESAR's bid of 6 was ignored. ISKANDER gained a Contractorship by buying 9 Petroleum for 10 HTs apiece and CAESAR WHOLESALE were only able to buy 2 more units at 9 HTs.
Tau Ceti has TRANSURANIC selling 13 Alloys for 4 HTs each to gain a Contractorship and TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC. sold 5 on Contract. Isotope prices dropped, stopping both ISNOT-ISTOO's bid of 6 and the bid of 8 from the re-christened Corporation G, OMICRON-MIRA FUNDING GROUP. ZWILLINGE sold 5 on Contracts and 6 more using Percent and TRANSURANIC sold another 5 on Contracts. ZWILLINGE then tried to sell Petroleum it didn't have and OMICRON-MIRA bought 2 Petroleum at the price of 12 HTs.
VOGON INDUSTRIES sold 3 Alloys for 5 HTs each at Mu Herculis. SOLAR WINDS sold 8 Liquors for 1 HT each, gaining a Contractorship, and VOGON bought 2 more at the same price. TSTI sold 16 Monopoles for 15 HTs apiece and ISNOT-ISTOO and SSL&M both sold 5 on Contracts at the same price. There was some confusion in the Isotopes markets when Corporations without Isotopes tried to sell against rising demand.
Sigma Draconis saw VOGON INDUSTRIES buying a single Alloy for 1 HT. ISKANDER bought 8 Spice for 6 HTs each and was awarded a Contractorship. But it was Isotopes that saw the largest volumes in trading. TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC. bought 23 Isotopes for 8 HTs each, filling their storage facilities and gaining a Contractorship, before ISNOT-ISTOO sold 5 Isotopes at 5 HTs each, reducing the market value of the TSTI Factories substantially. TRANSURANIC bought 5 isotopes using Contracts while VOGON sold 5 using the same mechanism.
ISNOT-ISTOO sold 4 Isotopes for 4 HTs each at Alpha Centauri. ISKANDER sold a single Liquor for 3 HTs and SWISS MERCENARY FLEET sold 5 on Contracts. ISKANDER also sold 2 Monopoles for 13 HTs apiece.
Beta Hydri saw OMICRON-MIRA buying 8 Isotopes for 4 HTs each using its Market Managership. ZWILLINGE then sold 1 unit back at the same price. ISKANDER's bid of 5 to sell failed. ISKANDER used its Market Managership in Monopoles to sell 6 for 15 HTs each, as SSL&M sold 5 on Contracts. OMICRON-MIRA sold 4 Petroleum on Contracts and, finally, SOLAR SPICE, LIQUORS & MONOPOLES sold 5 Spice on Contracts.
ZWILLINGE raised its Reputation, bought a Political Connection (4) and hired agent Amy at Beta Hydri. It then sold the Stock and bought an A class crew for the TTC Americium, which remains an Illegal Hull.
TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC loaded its ships with passengers, having first taken OP 32 with the Weaver at Alpha Centauri. The 1497 HT Loan was repaid, and the Isotope Factories at Sigma Draconis were all sold. A 240 HT loan over 4 Quarters was taken out, after which Political Connections were increased to 8. A new Warehouse was bought at Tau Ceti, and a further 4 ships were laid down to join the 8 already in service. These are the Piccolo Hull Grimsditch, and the Phoenix Hull Bollin, both laid down in the Alpha Centauri Shipyards, and the two Phoenix Hulls Biddle and Birkin, both laid down at the Epsilon Eridani Shipyards. The existing ships Weaver, Wheelock and Walwen transferred 3 Passenger Pods to the nearest shipyard for incorporation onto the new hulls and replaced them with 3 Light Weapons pods each. This despite rumours of an agreement with ZWILLINGE. There were two sabotage attacks at Sigma Draconis, destroying 20 units of Isotopes, but no Corporation could be blamed. This perhaps could be a flicker from the Association of Interstellar Anarchists, allegedly eliminated by Federal Forces. To finish the Quarter, 18 Liquor Factories were bought at Alpha Centauri and the price is expected to rise shortly.
ISKANDER FIRE & ACCIDENT bought 3 new Warehouses: 1 each at Sigma Draconis, Epsilon Eridani and Gamma Leporis. They then sold their Monopole Factories at Mu Herculis, repaid their 909 HT loan to the Federation Banks and took out a new 4 Quarter Loan of 400 HTs.
OMICRON-MICRA FUNDING GROUP hired Alexis at Epsilon Eridani for a bargain 30 HTs. They then increased their Political Connections to 3 and hired a new A class crew for the Arrow.
TRANSURANIC TRADE CORPORATION undermined ZWILLINGE's Reputation, still vainly claiming that their ship should be returned to them. They also loaded Passengers and sold a Cargo pod off each ship, replacing it with a Light Weapons Pod. SOLAR WINDS loaded a few Passengers onto its ships.
ISNOT-ISTOO found Passengers hard to come by, but, undeterred, they laid down the TAKEITBACK, a Passenger pod A class crew Corco Zeta Hull at Epsilon Eridani Shipyards. SOLAR SPICE LIQUORS &MONOPOLES bought a 10th Monopole factory.
CAESAR WHOLESALE swapped a Light Weapons pod for a Cargo pod on the Vespasian. VOGON INDUSTRIES, having managed to land War on Tau Ceti Planet, loaded 10 units, it is believed, using OP 33.
Press
Drew "The Fisk" Vanderbilt-Scott, the "hands on" Chairman of Trans Solar Trucking Inc. declared today that anyone attempting to intercept and delay TSTI Inc ships has been given a clear warning of the consequences. "I can confirm that Vickers, Stronginlimb & Cruppes have been retained to install the latest anti-terrorist measures on all TSTI ships. No expense will be spared to ensure the safety of our passengers. Our previous precautionary measures ensured that our ships and passengers were not harmed and we apologise for the delay to their journey and any inconvenience that may have been caused. Compensation has been paid. Clearly stronger counter-measures are now called for and our ships will be equipped with sufficient firepower to ensure safe passage. TSTI Inc welcomes the reward offer posted by Zwillinge for the capture of Poum. TSTI will add a further 500HT and an additional 2000HT to anyone supplying evidence which results in the successful prosecution of any Corporation who has employed him."
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 | F | 13 | 426 | 40 | Rob Fuller |
| B | Solar Winds Trading Co | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 197 | 33 | Steve Bunce |
| C | Caesar Wholesale | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 170 | 35 | Simon Burling |
| D | Trans Solar Trading, Inc | 10 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 287 | 40 | Jerry Elsmore |
| E | SSL&M | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0+1 | 9 | 287 | 40 | Paul Evans |
| G | Omicron-Mira Funding Group | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 850 | 27 | Alan Frost |
| H | Trade Wind | 10 | 0 | 8 | F | 6 | 719 | 40 | Colin Parfitt |
| J | ISNOTISTOO | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 164 | 40 | William Hay |
| K | Swiss Mercenary Fleet | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 617 | 26 | Martin Jennings |
| L | Zwillinge | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1853 | 12 | Michael Martinkat |
| M | Transuranic Trade Corp | 10 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 615 | 40 | Bob Parkins |
| N | Vogon Industries | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 47 | 40 | Nathan Richards |
| P | Iskander Fire and Accident | 10 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 809 | 40 | Przemyslaw Orwat |
| 'N' under Initiative Bid indicates No Move Received; ‘F’ indicates the Corp was floated | |||||||||
News
TSTI took OP 32 (B2), VOGON took OP 33 (C1).
There were four new News Chits this turn (shown in Bold):
Turn 23 B6
Turn 24 B1, P3, B6
Turn 25 C1, P6
Market Positions
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GM Notes
Alsafi-Tolliman and Tradewinds, Corporations A and H, were floated at their request.
The S/D for Isotopes at Tau Ceti is +1, and at Mu Herculis is -9. (This was a rule change before the game started.)
Some players are trying to sell goods they do not possess at some systems.
Please state where you wish an Agent to be placed or I will place it at random.