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 for turn 17 (the last turn), as published in TWJO 50 (December 2004). Follow the link for an introduction to Star Trader. Sections: Report, Corporations Table, Estimated Corporation Value, Press, News, GM Notes, Star map (separate page) Previous reports: Turn 16 Turn 15 Turn 14 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 17At Gamma Leporis GRAND LARS THENI became a Contractor, buying 13 Alloys for 3 HTs each and shutting out INTERSTELLAR METAL's bid of 1. Epsilon Eridani was quiet, KATKORP selling 8 Petroleum for 12 HTs apiece. TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 sold 10 Isotopes at 5 HTs at Delta Toucanis, as KATKORP tried to sell on Contract with material it didn't have. KATKORP did sell Petroleum on Contracts, just as IM did. KATKORP sold 5 Petroleum on Contracts at Tau Ceti, and were bidding to sell Isotopes as well, but only managed to shift 4 units from their stockpiles. INTERSTELLAR METALS sold 5 more Isotopes on Contracts at the closing price of 5 HTs. Mu Herculis was hit by the drop in Alloy prices and TT2070 failed to sell at 6 HTs. KATKORP bought 2 Isotopes for 1 HT. SWISS MERCENARY FLEET sold 20 Liquor for 10 HTs each and was made a Contractor. GRAND LARS, bidding 19, and KATKORP, bidding 17, were left with unsold stock. KATKORP did manage to sell 4 Monopoles at 14 HTs each but GRAND LARS were unable to buy at the same price. Petroleum was popular, with IM and GRAND LARS buying using Contracts and then IM adding 6 more from Agent Ferret's contacts. Sigma Draconis was fairly busy. KATKORP bought 2 more Isotopes for 1 HT each. TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 sold 10 Monopoles at a price of 13 HTs and secured a Dealership. They followed this up by selling 10 Petroleum for 7 HTs apiece, undercutting KATKORP's bid of 9, and being awarded a Contractorship. Lastly INTERSTELLAR METALS bought 5 Spice on Contract. INTERSTELLAR METALS shifted 11 Isotopes for 3 HTs each and gained a Dealership at Alpha Centauri. GRAND LARS were buying Liquor at 14 HTs and took 5 units as TT2070 sold 1 for 13. IM and KATKORP bid less and were left empty handed. SWISS MERCENARY FLEET sold 17 Monopoles for 10 HTs apiece and were made Market Managers. After which GRAND LARS THENI bought 7 units at 13 HTs. INTERSTELLAR METALS sold 8 units of Spice for 11 HTs each and gained a Contractorship - yet another Market position for the metal Corporation. Beta Hydri was quiet - IM selling 2 Isotopes on Contract and KATKORP selling 5 Petroleum in the same fashion but for much more money! GRAND LARS THENI were embarking Passengers, 26 groups travelling this Quarter. They bought Warehouses for Beta Hydri and Gamma Leporis. Cargo pods were added to their Passenger Liners and a new Phoenix Hull, Morning Duchess, was laid down at Alpha Centauri shipyards where they apparently have a reduced rate for outfitting. INTERSTELLAR METALS repaid their loan and, finding some money left over, built a Warehouse at Gamma Leporis. TOTAL TRANSIT 2070 bought warehouses at Mu Herculis and Delta Toucanis and then bought 4 new Cargo Pods for the valiant DX Goods to replace those destroyed by the attempted Piracy. KATKORP undermined SWISS MERCENARY's reputation using Alexis, revealing various little known facts about the Entrepreneur's private life. They then increased their own Reputation, bought Warehouses for Tau Ceti and Mu Herculis (warehouse obviously being flavour of the month), sold 4 Isotope Factories at Tau Ceti, bought 4 new Liquor Factories at Alpha Centauri and bought an A class crew for their new ship Leopard 3 (though there were those who cavilled and said that this was the Cutty Sark). Finally SWISS MERCENARY FLEET sold their 10 Monopole Factories at Mu Herculis and their 10 Liquor Factories at Alpha Centauri, banked the proceeds and discovered that they had over 2000 HTs. Corporations Table
Estimated Corporation Value
GM NotesEV 14 took place this turn, with Alloy Prices diving as Petroleum, Isotope and Monopole prices rose. Corporation E, SWISS MERCENARY FLEET - Martin Jennings cashed in most of his assets and has over 2000 HTs in cash. He is the winner of this game. I will be running another game starting in a few issues when there are enough names on the waiting list. I would like to see at least 12 starters. Game end statements are welcomed from all players, including those who were eliminated earlier and those who dropped out due to other commitments. I have been keeping a spreadsheet showing Corporations' approximate worth at the end of each turn if all their assets were turned into cash. Obviously this can only be an approximation, but it is some guide as to the worth of the Corporations. Page created 15th January 2005. This website produced by Paul Evans. © Copyright Paul Evans 2005. All trademarks acknowledged. Problems, comments and feedback to the Webmaster. |
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