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Beta and Higher Patron Notice for 11/27/2020
🕑 Added 2020-11-28 01:02:49 +0000 UTCBASIC DESIGN
add new section NUCLEAR MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC GENERATOR
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/basicdesign.php#nukemhd
NEARLIGHT STARSHIPS
added to Tau Zero a quote JOHN FISHBACK AND THE LEONORA CHRISTINE
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/slowerlight3.php#fishback
LIFESUPPORT
added new section FAST FOOD
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/lifesupport.php#fastfood
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
added to They Are Not Ready a quote from TOWARD A NEW PRIME DIRECTIVE
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/scisociety.php#prime10
MAN AMPLIFIERS AND ROBOTS
added new section BODYGUARD ROBOTS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/manamplifier.php#bodyguard
INTERSTELLAR TRADE
added new section TRAMP TRADER
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/stellartrade.php#tramper
STARSHIP OWNERSHIP
added new section SHIP BUILDERS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/starshipowner.php#shipbuild
CREW GEAR
added to Goggles quotes ARMY'S SCI-FI INFANTRY GOGGLES and HAMMER'S SLAMMERS COMMO HELMET
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/crewgear.php#infgog1
SPACE WAR INTRO
added to What Will It Be Like? a quote SIX PROBLEMS WITH REALISTIC SPACE BATTLES
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewarintro.php#sixprob
UNOBTAINIUM
added new section QUANTUM RADIATORS
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/unobtanium.php#qrad
SPACEWAR: TACTICS
added to Gallery video clips from THE EXPANSE, BATTLESTAR GALACTIA, and BABYLON 5
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewartactic.php#thothvid
Comments
John
Oh, and on the open spot market, the person that makes the most money isn't the owner of a ship, it's the broker back at port. They either work on commission, the client looking to ship something pays them a fee, or they charge a fee for their services to the tramp trader to use their service to find a client. (In many cases, both.) In the big ports, they may be handling dozens of clients each day and twice that in tramps. They make good money at what they do.
John
I do love how the article on "Tramp Traders" emphasizes one of my points. None of those ships buy and sell cargo. They _haul_ cargo. It's a fool's errand to try to trade on the interplanetary, let alone interstellar market. The big trade houses have all the lucrative deals tied up in contracts and connections. The only way you can make any money as a tramp trader is to become one of their contractors and haul their cargo.
