Discussion: New Commodity Ideas

[Fletcher]

Let's see what ideas the community has regarding new commodities that can be added to Discovery's economy model.

The only guideline that I can suggest and with a failed suggestion, Xoria wants/needs/loves ORIGINAL not TWEAKED commodities. I think the Gaian Wildlife falls into that category.

If your posting a new commodity, I ask that you use the following:

Code:

[list][*][b]Name:[/b] >Insert Name Here<


[*][b]Type:[/b] (Legal? Contraband?&nbsp;&nbsp;Contraband to certain places?)


[*][b]Information:[/b] >Insert background on item here


[*][b]Item origin/purchase point:[/b] (e.g. Cardimine from Malta)


[*][b]Item destination/High value sell point:[/b] (Malta > Manhattan)

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From what I hear, these won't get considered for a few months or something. But lets fine tune them in that time for the next update! Whenever it may be.:rolleyes:

So folks, any ideas?:yahoo:

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[Ark]

Designer drugs. I think it's kind of sad that the only thing we've put in other than cardimine is synthetic marijuana. Where's the imagination?

We can name the drugs after what they're designed to do to people... Rage, Dream, Euphoria, Amnesia...

[Eppy]

Diversify Human Cargo. We need more than the two runs we have now. One that doesn't bottleneck through California. We need loops between all the houses, we need variety in passengers, passengers from each individual planet, system, different kinds of tourists, more kinds of VIPS, etcetera, and they ALL need to pay out more.

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Quick comment - we thought that Panzer was the Leader, Swift. -Agmen

Which Dreadnought was that?

One of your nine.

[Camtheman Of Freelancer4Ever]

Would POW's be a subgroup of refugees? Or what? hmm?

Name: Millitary Technology


[s]Type: Contraband in Origin nation


Information: Various Millitary technology including heavy tanks, research classified documents, and other sensitive millitary information that is very valuable to the opposing nation.


Item origin/purchase point: Dropped by certain high level house Navy VHF's


Item destination/High value sell point: Opposing nation's millitary bases

[Benjamin]

Designer drugs. I think it's kind of sad that the only thing we've put in other than cardimine is synthetic marijuana. Where's the imagination?

We can name the drugs after what they're designed to do to people... Rage, Dream, Euphoria, Amnesia...

Hell yeah go Cryer

Diversify Human Cargo. We need more than the two runs we have now. One that doesn't bottleneck through California. We need loops between all the houses, we need variety in passengers, passengers from each individual planet, system, different kinds of tourists, more kinds of VIPS, etcetera, and they ALL need to pay out more.

Er the main 'power' run for humans doesn't even go through Liberty. I'll admit the profit sucks but they're nicely spread already.

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[Black Widow]

What about the Coalition they have no Commodities of their own!

Their commodities should be worth a lot of money!
How about Coalition VODKA and CAVIAR?

[Cellulanus]

Robots.

Not robotic components, but complete robots.

[Unseelie]

A rework of the Human commodities:

Human cargo involve two things, People Destinations and People
The destinations are classifications of places, and the people are the sorts of people.

Population Centers (high wealth planets), Employment Centers(low wealth planets), Resort Bases(OSC/etc), Research Bases(Cryer bases, Willard, Planetform, anythign with the word Research.)

VIPs, Vacationers, Passengers, scientists, turists.
The cargo is delienated by what the people will do at their destination.
So, VIPs are on return from Research stations to Resort bases or Population centers.
Vacationers are moving from Employment Centers and Population Centers to Resort Bases
Passengers are moving from Resort Bases and Population Centers to Employment Centers,
Scientists move from Resort Bases and Population Centers to Research Bases.
Turists move from Research bases and Employment Centers to Population Centers.

Note the number of routes this allows for with only four bases:

Such a base allowes for a vibrant human trade in all houses, though it ignores Prisoners, who have something of their own trade routes already, and the same as slaves. PoWs could replace prisoners on battleships, and Refugees start at very specific places, and head to other specfic places, as the story progresses.

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[Patrician]

Coffee!

[DiscoveryAccount]

Why are tourist going from research stations and employment to normal planets? And why are the VIP always form research centers?

• Name: Politician or diplomatists (One kind for Kusari, Liberty. Rheinland and Britannia)
  
  
• Type: Legal
  
  
  
• Information: Some politicians/diplomatists do need sometimes to go to other planets for diplomacy.
  
  
  
• Item origin/purchase point: Home planet of the government of a faction
  
  
• Item destination/High value sell point: Home planet of another faction
  

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