Odessa StepsThis is a postal (or PBM) game of Star Trader run by Mike Dommett and published in my postal games 'zine, To Win Just Once. Below is the report of turn 11, as published in TWJO 44 (May 2004). Follow the link for an introduction to Star Trader. Sections: Report, Corporations Table, Press, News, GM Notes, Star map (separate page) Previous reports: Turn 10 Turn 9 Turn 8 Turn 7 Turn 6 Turn 5 Turn 4 Turn 3 Turn 2 Turn 1 Start-up Turn 11
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And so it turned out. THE CULTURE was caught red-handed by the Federal forces. Despite suggestions from various Political leaders in the Quadrant that everyone knew the piracy was really caused by terrorists, the subsequent inquiry forcibly closed down the Corporation and confiscated all its assets. A fairly popular result, judging by the celebratory street parties on Delta Toucanis. Despite new ships being laid down, the spaceways are much emptier than they have been for some time. Some Corporations tried to claim The CULTURE's shipping fleet, or elements of it, but all claims were rejected. THE CULTURE had apparently been selling information as part of a triad of Corporations, but had failed to live up to its side of the bargain recently. Though attempts had apparently been made to agree terms with TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC., the third - as yet unknown - party did not consent. Sanctions were therefore put on THE CULTURE that would have brought it before an inquiry once again. Except that the now defunct group of crooks shot more shipping out of space, finally snapping the Federation's patience. Shipping groups compared notes and, with the freer information flow, we have been able to confirm that THE CULTURE's Ice intercepted the IM's Vanadium at Mu Herculis. Vanadium successfully Emergency Hyperjumped away. Ice then intercepted TT2070's DX Goods, which fought back. Despite heavy damage, IT was blown away with missiles. At Sigma Draconis the blockader was Better Red, which captured BLAND & BRASS's ship, the Friday. This fight was bitter, and the CULTURE's ship took 3 Hull hits before it managed to subdue the Clarinet hull. However, most of the fighting took place at Delta Toucanis where KATKORP's Leopard was overwhelmed, the Dagger hull loitering in System Space. The same Corporation avoided a second loss when Panther successfully made an Emergency Hyperjump back to Tau Ceti. IM's Titanium apparently missed being intercepted, before SHYLOCKS ship, Uncle, was captured. UNIVERSAL's Tin Soldier might have added to the numbers, but its low-grade crew failed the Hyperjump. Of course, in quieter Quarters, the news of a breakthrough in producing artificial Spice, with Market Demand for the genuine product dropping, would have been the big news. GRAND LARS THENI & T. HEFT have re-launched themselves under new management, also an interesting development. TRANS SOLAR TRADING sold Alloys on Contract at Gamma Leporis. They then sold 10 Alloys for 5 HTs each at Epsilon Eridani and gained a Dealership. THE UNIVERSAL tried to sell Spice, but had shipped it to a different system. At Delta Toucanis, THE CULTURE sold 7 Isotopes for 7 HTs apiece, after which INTERSTELLAR METALS sold 10 more at the same price. IM got a Dealership though. KATKORP then sold 5 on contracts. KATKORP was buying Petroleum - 9 units at a price of 8 HTs - and becoming Contractors. IM bought 5 more on Contracts and the UNIVERSAL's bid of 4 to buy was ignored. The UNIVERSAL did get to buy 5 Spice on Contract. Tau Ceti only had dealings in Isotopes. TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC. sold 10 at a rock-bottom price of 1 HT, driving the price down. KATKORP sold and SHYLOCKS bought on Contracts. TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 sold 4 Alloys, all that remained on its ship after the damage it took, at Mu Herculis for 5 HTs each. INTERSTELLAR METALS bought 5 isotopes for 2 HTs apiece, after SHYLOCKS had bought 6 at 3 HTs. TT2070 couldn't find takers to sell at 5 HTs and the UNIVERSAL's bid to buy of 1 was too small. SWISS MERCENARY sold 5 Monopoles at 6 HTs and IM bought 5 Petroleum on Contract. Sigma Draconis saw IM using its Contracts again, buying 5 Isotopes as the price fell. Then IM bought 5 Spice on Contract, after SWISS MERCENARY FLEET had sold 8 units for 6 HTs and TRANS SOLAR has bought 9 units for 11, both Corporations gaining a Contractorship. The UNIVERSAL tried to sell Liquors at 11 at Alpha Centauri, but this was too high a bid. TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 sold 7 Isotopes for 5 HTs apiece and was granted the Market Managership. INTERSTELLAR METALS sold 2 Alloys for 5 each, and then TSTI sold their last 4 on Contracts. TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC were also selling Alloys at Beta Hydri, 11 for 5 HTs each, gaining a Dealership. SWISS MERCENARY FLEET sold 13 Spice at 11 HTs apiece, meaning that they were awarded a Contractorship and that BLAND & BRASS trying to sell at 14 were left with no sales. Finally, THE UNIVERSAL sold 6 Petroleum for 14 HTs each. TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC took out a 740 HT loan over 4 turns. With this money the Corporation first bought 15 Isotope Factories at Tau Ceti, together with a warehouse, before upgrading Zorro's crew to A class and re-equipping Fiacre, Adam, and Eve with passenger pods (replacing cargo pods). BLAND & BRASS considered buying a new ship, but decided to meet their interest payments first, rather than follow in the footsteps of INTERSTELLAR METALS who frequently fail to make theirs. TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 bought a Monopole Factory at Mu Herculis and two Petroleum Factories at Delta Toucanis, being caught out here by the ramping up of the price prior to selling the factories at a profit by others. They sold a warehouse at Epsilon Eridani and then decided to lay down a new Phoenix hull with cargo and light weapon pods. SHYLOCKS took out a 200 HT loan over 8 turns - their first priority must be buying a ship. THE UNIVERSAL paid off their loan just in time and sold their Spice factory at Sigma Draconis. INTERSTELLAR METALS took delivery of their new ship Scandium and added an Augmented Jump pod to it. KATKORP sold a warehouse at Gamma Leporis and bought a new one at Delta Toucanis. They sold all of Tiger's non-military pods for a pathetic sum and re-equipped with Light Weapon pods. THE CULTURE tried to increase reputation, but as it was at 0 this wasn't possible. They then sold all their Petroleum Factories at Delta Toucanis and bought 9 Isotope Factories and a Warehouse at Tau Ceti. The Corporation increased their Political Connections, but this failed to save them this time. There are a lot of embarrassed supporters of THE CULTURE keeping quiet. GRAND LARS THENI & T. HEFT sold their Alloys factories at Gamma Leporis, took out a 96 HT loan for 4 turns and laid down a Corco Zeta hull with Passenger pods. A new mission statement is promised. Corporations Table
Press
GLT Sale Completed
Press Releases for Trans Solar Trading Inc
GLT to diversify?
NewsEV 8, breakthrough in artificial Spice. took place this turn. There were 3 new News chits this turn.
Current News Chits (new ones in bold):
GM NotesWelcome to Ian Whitchurch who is going to try to revive the fortunes of GRAND LARS. No Move Received from TAU CETI XPRESS; nor from NEWBIE - has anyone heard from him? A ship in system space is automatically intercepted if another ship enters system space. The Inquiry roll for THE CULTURE was 6, reduced to 5 by connections. Ships captured by THE CULTURE are lost and gone. A Reputation reduced to 0 stays at 0 until the Inquiry phase. Page created 7th May 2004. Last updated 7th June 2004. This website produced by Paul Evans. © Copyright Paul Evans 2004. All trademarks acknowledged. Problems, comments and feedback to the Webmaster. |
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