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 latest turn report, as published in TWJO 47 (September 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 13 Turn 12 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 14
"So we have an agreement?" The impassive GRAND LARS spokesbeing let a small smile play across its faces. Across the table the besuited humans from BLAND & BRASS checked with their Principal.
At Beta Hydri INTERSTELLAR METALS sold 9 Isotopes at the price of 3 HTs and became Dealers. They will also doubtless be pleased to know that their Isotope Factories at Sigma Draconis are back on line once more, though company spokesmen would not give a firm assurance that they would continue to keep the production facility open. IM didn't sell Petroleum, bidding 11, because KATKORP took the initiative, sold 6 for 11 HTs each before them and gained a Contractorship too. At Alpha Centauri, GRANDS LARS THENI bought 6 Liquor at 11 HTs apiece, possibly expecting to turn a profit and see the price rocket when TRANS SOLAR TRADING Inc. ramp the price next Quarter. But this is supposition. GRAND LARS will be happy adding a Dealership to their Market Positions. TSTI were selling Isotopes - 8 units for 4 HTs each - and acquired a Dealership as well. They then sold 6 Spice at 14 HTs each and got a second Dealership in the Quarter. IM sold a further 6 at the closing price using Percent. SWISS MERCENARY FLEET sold 9 Monopoles at a price of 14 HTs and became Contractors. Sigma Draconis saw GRAND LARS trying to sell Isotopes, but refusing to sell at a loss. They bought 4 Alloys for 4 HTs each instead. TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 sold 5 Monopoles for 18 HTs apiece. In Spice, INTERSTELLAR METALS bought 5 on Contract, and SWISS MERCENARY bought 1 on Contract. Monopoles were the big movers on Mu Herculis, as TSTI bought 18 for 14 HTs each, which made them sure of a Dealership. SWISS MERCENARY sold 5 on Contract, while a rare private deal took place as BLAND & BRASS sold 11 Monopoles to GRAND LARS for a grand total of 121 HTs. GRAND LARS then wanted to buy Petroleum, but the price slumped, allowing INTERSTELLAR METALS to pick up 5 on Contracts at a lower price. IM also bought 5 Isotopes on Contract. TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 sold 5 Liquor on Contract here. Undoubtedly miffed by events last quarter, TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC dumped 14 Isotopes for 2 HTs each at Tau Ceti, regaining the Market Managership and undercutting IM's bid of 4 to sell. KATKORP sold 5 units on Contract. KATKORP bought 14 Petroleum for 12 HTs each at Delta Toucanis, allowing IM to make a good profit selling 5 units on Contract. TSTI sold a single Isotope for 5 HTs. Epsilon Eridani saw GRAND LARS selling 7 isotopes for 3 HTs apiece. Then TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 sold 5 Liquor at a price of 18 HTs. The KAT sold 2 Petroleum for 14 each and had hoped to dispose of more, while THE UNIVERSAL's sole trade of the Quarter was selling 6 Spice for 12 HTs each and a Dealership. Finally KATKORP Bought 2 Alloys at Gamma Leporis. Going Round the Corporations, TRANS SOLAR TRADING INC sold their 14 Monopole Factories and bought 16 Liquor Factories at Alpha Centauri. KATKORP sold their 10 Petroleum factories at Delta Toucanis, and repaid their bank loan. They then took out a new smaller - 300 HT - loan for 4 turns, bought 10 Liquor factories at Alpha Centauri, built a Warehouse at Mu Herculis and increased their Criminal Connections. SWISS MERCENARY bought 2 Monopole Factories at Mu Herculis and 2 more Liquor Factories at Alpha Centauri. Corporation Spokeswomen, speaking around large bars of chocolate, were at pains to make it clear that these two were for the Chairman's special benefit. TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 bought a Petroleum Factory at Delta Toucanis. INTERSTELLAR METALS repaid their Loan, and took out a new loan of 249 HTs for 4 Quarters. A new Phoenix Cargo Ship, the Curium was laid down at Tau Ceti with A grade crew. BLAND & BRASS sold their Factory and Warehouse at Tau Ceti. GRAND LARS THENI equipped Midnight Duke with Passenger pods before running out of money leaving further re-equipping impossible to carry out. Corporations Table
NewsThere were no new chits this turn. Current Chits (new ones in bold):
GM NotesSpice and Liquor are the legal Commodities that can be transported in Spaceships and do not take up any space. Piccolo hulls, which cannot have Cargo pods attached, can only carry this sort of goods. Any ship can carry these goods, even if they do not have a Cargo Pod. Tempus is the Illegal commodity that doesn't take up space, but you need to have the Opportunity chit as well to buy it. If a Hull has a Pod capacity - the Phoenix for instance can have up to 6 pods - an Augmented Jump pod does NOT count towards the number of pods the ship can carry. (There are a number of people with one less pod on their ships than the ship can carry and I don't know if this is deliberate.) If only one player says that he will carry out an agreement, the agreement does not take place. (Even if you insist that you have agreed it with the other player. It must be in both sets of orders.) If you increase Criminal Connections, your Reputation drops by one. This affects Reputation bonus at the end of each Quarter. Some people are trying to load their ships with too many goods (IM, you know who you are). I will decide arbitrarily which goods are actually loaded in this case. Page created 17th September 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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