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 12, as published in TWJO 45 (June/July 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 11 Turn 10 Turn 9 Turn 8 Turn 7 Turn 6 Turn 5 Turn 4 Turn 3 Turn 2 Turn 1 Start-up Turn 12
The INTERSTELLAR METALS Official looked gloomily out of the window. On the bays of the Spaceport the Gamma Leporis Soldiers were efficiently taking possession of the two Phoenix hulls. Calls from the surface made it clear that the Alloy production facilities had been overrun by one of the groups of rebels.
EV5, Civil War at Gamma Leporis struck this quarter. Perhaps the CULTURE had some truth in the defence they made last quarter. All ships, warehouses and factories were confiscated and 50% of the value refunded, while stockpiled goods were lost completely. TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 bought 2 petroleum factories at Delta Toucanis and launched their new ship, Compound. Representatives went to the Federation Banks and repaid their loan early to complete a good quarter. KATKORP took OP20 and bought Dagger Hull Leopard II at Epsilon Eridani (on planet), together with a Battle Comm. Pod. The Corporation also took OP12, buying 10 units of Tempus. They then disarmed the Tiger - fitting it with cargo pods instead - and bought a Liquor factory at Alpha Centauri. TRANS SOLAR TRADING shuffled pods around at Tau Ceti, turning two ships into passenger liners and immediately loading up with Passengers. They then upgraded the crews of Fiacre and Cutty Sark to A grade, before buying a warehouse at Beta Hydri. SHYLOCKS laid down a new Phoenix hull at Tau Ceti shipyards, as their previous ship had been lost to the unlamented CULTURE last quarter. SWISS MERCENARY FLEET sold off their Spice factories at Sigma Draconis, and bought 5 Liquor Factories at Alpha Centauri. They repaid their loan. INTERSTELLAR METALS bought a warehouse at Beta Hydri, the third Corporation to do so, and then added 8 Isotope Factories at Sigma Draconis. GRAND LARS THENI retains the old name, but was equipping its passenger ships with up to date casino facilities. Rumours of the state of the art and borders of good taste gambling opportunities are rife. A warehouse was bought at Epsilon Eridani. Selling some Light Weapons pods from Grand Turk helped finance the laying down of a Corco Zeta hull at Alpha Centauri. BLAND & BRASS increased their Criminal Connections and laid down a Corco Gamma Hull at Alpha Centauri. TAU CETI XPRESS launched their three new ships at Tau Ceti. Trading at Gamma Leporis was aborted - INTERSTELLAR METALS bid too low to buy and TSTI didn't have any Alloys left to sell after their warehouses had been looted. At Epsilon Eridani TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 sold 8 Monopoles at 17 HTs each to become Dealers as a result. KATKORP was busy at Delta Toucanis, buying 5 Isotopes and 5 Petroleum on Contracts, while IM bought 5 Petroleum on Contracts as well. No-one sold Alloys at Tau Ceti as the price unexpectedly fell, frustrating TSTI and IM. TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC. bought 12 Isotopes for 9 HTs apiece and gained a Contractorship. If they were ramping up the share price to possibly sell their Factories, they saw the price fall again as INTERSTELLAR METALS sold 7 units at 7 HTs and obtained a Dealership. KATKORP just bought 5 units on Contract, before selling 10 Petroleum at a price of 11 HTs to secure a Dealership of their own. Mu Herculis saw SHYLOCKS sell 5 Isotopes on Contract, TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 sell 5 Liquors on Contract for a substantially greater sum and GRAND LARS buy 9 Monopoles for 9 HTs apiece and become a Dealers. IM bought 5 more Isotopes at Sigma Draconis on Contract, then bought 5 Spice using the same mechanism. SWISS MERCENARY FLEET sold 5 Spice on Contract, but it was TSTI who bought 14 Spice for 10 HTs each, becoming Market Manager. TT2070 sold 3 isotopes for 4 HTs each at Alpha Centauri. BLAND & BRASS sold 7 Spice at 12 HTs apiece and were made Contractors. Finally, at Beta Hydri, INTERSTELLAR METALS sold 2 Isotopes for 7 HTs each. KATKORP sold 10 Petroleum at a price of 15 HTs, but no Market Position, and IM crept in and sold 6 at the same price using Percent. Corporations Table
PressDrew "The Fisk" Vanderbilt-Scott, the "hands on" Chairman of Trans Solar Trucking Inc., confirmed the rumours that negotiations with the new owner of GLT were true. "We've made it clear that with the absence of Culture in this Sector there is plenty of cake to be divided, so we've sat down with a cup of tea to tidy things up. We believe that there are more than enough passengers to go around as long as we work together on the timetable. TSTI has recently configured a couple of ships to pick up the passengers stranded by the recent collapse of the service promised by TCX. Close co-operation of this nature is not virgin territory for us, so we are not expecting any delays or cancellations." EE: Passenger line GLT, known throughout the sector as the fun way to travel, announced that Epsilon Eridani was to be its new hub for passenger traffic. GLT spokesbeing Rzanga M'Botu, last years runner-up Miss Sector, said "You should always fly GLT: it's more fun." What do us poor sods do who can't ramp the share prices (take a loan?)? Rumours of my Corporation's demise are vastly exaggerated. We are back. News
There were two new News chits this turn. Current Chits (new ones in bold):
GM NotesYou can only have as many Factories as the total of your business and political connections. You order to take passengers from System A to system B in your orders for this turn and the ship then jumps on the next turn. You can't order a ship to jump "picking up passengers" on this turn. We may have a person to take over NEWBIE. KATKORP took OP20 and OP12 and EV5 took place (as INTERSTELLAR METALS knows only too well!). Page created 16th July 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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