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, Press, GM Notes, Star map (separate page)
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Turn 24
The ship bobbed up and down in the waves. A steady stream of hover tanks flowed out from the cargo holds under the hot sun.
"I think that you will find that it is all in order."
"Yes, I believe so. You have done all that was promised." She reached into her pocket and brought out a cube. The Vogon fed it through his analyser.
"Satisfactory. Now all we need are the signatures here, here, here, here, here, here and there as well..."
TRADEWINDS bought 10 Alloys at Gamma Leporis and was made a Dealer. TRANSURANIC bought 5 on Contract and TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC. sold 5 on Contract.
At Epsilon Eridani TSTI sold 5 Isotopes for 1 HT each and 7 Liquors at 1 HT too. The second trade earned them a Dealership. ISKANDER's bid of 3 to sell was too high. SOLAR SPICE, LIQUORS & MONOPOLES sold 5 Monopoles on Contract.
Delta Toucanis saw ISKANDER FIRE & ACCIDENT selling 7 Isotopes at 3 HTs each using their Market Manager position. There was sufficient demand for VOGON INDUSTRIES to sell a further 7 at the same price. ISKANDER bought 5 Petroleum on Contract and ZWILLINGE sold 2 Spice on Contract.
Tau Ceti saw more Contractual trading. TRANSURANIC sold 3 Alloys, ZWILLINGE bought 5 Isotopes, and ISKANDER sold 5 Petroleum.
VOGON INDUSTRIES sold an Isotope for 6 HTs at Mu Herculis. TSTI were dumping Liquors: 7 for 1 HT each and they must have been surprised when TRADEWINDS started buying them at 4 HTs. The latter Corporation bought 8 and was made a Dealer. Even more surprised to see ZWILLINGE trying to buy at the same price. SWISS MERCENARY FLEET sold 18 Monopoles for 6 HTs apiece and were made Contractors, while ISKANDER bought 5 Monopoles cheaply on Contract. CAESAR WHOLESALE's bid to sell of 11 was ignored.
Sigma Draconis saw ZWILLINGE failing to sell Alloys at 3 as the price dropped. ZWILLINGE and TRANSURANIC both bought Isotopes on Contract and VOGON sold on Contract as the price stayed stubbornly at 1 HT, later affecting TSTI's attempt to sell Factories. SOLAR WINDS sold 6 Petroleum for 7 HTs apiece. TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC bought 18 Spice for 11 HTs each and ZWILLINGE bought another 5 on Contract, though probably at a somewhat higher price than expected.
CAESAR WHOLESALE bought 7 Alloys for 6 HTs each at Alpha Centauri. ISKANDER FIRE & ACCIDENT sold 9 Isotopes for 3 HTs apiece and gained a Dealership. Liquors were sold, 2 for 2 HTs each by TSTI, leaving TRADEWINDS, TRANSURANIC and SWISS MERCENARY FLEET clutching unsold units. SOLAR WINDS sold 4 Monopoles at a price of 10 HTs. Spice saw TRADEWINDS selling 8 units, also at 10 HTs each, after which ISKANDER sold 2 for 11 HTs each and ZWILLINGE sold 6 at the closing price using Percent.
Beta Hydri had ISKANDER selling 2 Alloys for 7 HTs each. TSTI sold 5 Isotopes at just 1 HT per. ISKANDER disposed of 15 Monopoles at the 14 HT price after which SSL&M sold 5 on contract. Then SSL&M finished up by selling 5 Spice on Contract.
SOLAR WINDS loaded up some Passengers.
CAESAR WHOLESALE took OP17 on Epsilon Eridani.
TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC. failed to sell Isotope Factories, as it didn't have any, but still decided to increase its Criminal Connections. Lots of Passengers were loaded into their liners.
TRADEWINDS undermined SWISS MERCENARY FLEET's Reputation and sold OP31 for a profit.
SWISS MERCENARY FLEET paid to increase their Reputation and bought a Warehouse at Epsilon Eridani. Then they were back in the real estate market, buying 8 Monopole Factories and 8 Liquor Factories.
ZWILLINGE hired a new agent, Tender, at Sigma Draconis Spaceport. Clint was seen looking for Red Choir at Delta Toucanis. Two new Warehouses were bought at Sigma Draconis and two more at Delta Toucanis, Political Connections were increased, the two new ships were launched and Reputation was improved.
TRANSURANIC loaded passengers, though some ships flew empty.
VOGON sold OP2 (Weapons) for a profit, paid to increase Reputation, laid down a Phoenix Hull at Tau Ceti Shipyards and sold all of their Isotope Factories.
ISKANDER FIRE & ACCIDENT sold the Tempus (OP41), paid to increase their Reputation and sold a Warehouse at Gamma Leporis.
Press
Press Releases for Trans Solar Trading Inc
Drew "The Fisk" Vanderbilt-Scott, the "hands on" Chairman of Trans Solar Trucking Inc confirmed that the attempt by Zwillinge to claim the reward posted by TSTI for the capture and successful prosecution of the saboteur Poum had been rejected out of hand as "He is not captured, he is not prosecuted, he is not moving, he is no more - he is a dead Poum."
Press Release for ZWILLINGE
The agent provocateur has been apprehended and dispatched, so to speak.
Clint, has collected his reward from Zwillinge, and immediately reinvested the money.
Clint now wishes TSTI to keep their promise and pay up too.
The hirers of Poum will now be targeted by Clint's fellow agents.
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 | N | 11th | 648 | 40 | Rob Shirai |
| B | Solar Winds Trading Co | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 623 | 40 | Steve Bunce |
| C | Caesar Wholesale | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10th | 409 | 40 | Simon Burling |
| D | Trans Solar Trading, Inc | 10 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 1st | 556 | 39 | Jerry Elsmore |
| E | SSL&M | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0+1 | 7th | 988 | 40 | Paul Evans |
| G | Omicron-Mira Funding | 10 | 2 | 3 | N | 11th | 875 | 27 | Thomas Frost |
| H | Trade Wind | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0+9 | 2nd | 1002 | 40 | Colin Parfitt |
| J | ISNOTISTOO | 10 | 0 | 3 | N | 11th | 528 | 40 | William Hay |
| K | Swiss Mercenary Fleet | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4th | 1013 | 11 | Martin Jennings |
| L | Zwillinge | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6th | 71 | 34 | Michael Martinkat |
| M | Transuranic Trade Corp | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3rd | 933 | 40 | Bob Parkins |
| N | Vogon Industries | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9th | 225 | 28 | Nathan Richards |
| P | Iskander Fire and Accident | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 723 | 26 | Przemyslaw Orwat |
| 'N' under Initiative Bid indicates No Move Received; ‘F’ indicates the Corp was floated | |||||||||
News
EV9, Isotope Breakthrough occurred this Quarter.
There was one new News Chit this turn (shown in Bold):
Turn 25 P6, C2
Turn 26 B9
Turn 27 P6
Turn 28 B4
GM Notes
EV 8 took place this turn - all S/D modifiers for Isotopes have been reduced by 3: +1 is now -2, -7 is now -10, and so forth.