MGT Only: Common spacecraft prices

[tonieee]

Are the prices for common spacecraft in the main rulebook correct? Some of them seem to be but for others I get different total prices.

For example - the Seeker Mining Ship I get as a inital total of 28,895,000 less the 10% (excluding turrent) for standard design of 2,839,500 giving a price of 26,055,500 but the rulebook has 22,765,500.

Another example is the Free Trader which I get as 35,667,000 and the book lists as 36,567,000.

Am I doing something wrong or is my maths incorrect (quite possible!)?

Also the Scout has the price of its Air/Raft listed as 600,000 but the Vehicles and Drones table on page 111 lists the price of an Air/Raft has 0.275 MCr. Which is correct?

 

[Timerover51]

Are the prices for common spacecraft in the main rulebook correct? Some of them seem to be but for others I get different total prices.

For example - the Seeker Mining Ship I get as a inital total of 28,895,000 less the 10% (excluding turrent) for standard design of 2,839,500 giving a price of 26,055,500 but the rulebook has 22,765,500.

Another example is the Free Trader which I get as 35,667,000 and the book lists as 36,567,000.

Am I doing something wrong or is my maths incorrect (quite possible!)?

Also the Scout has the price of its Air/Raft listed as 600,000 but the Vehicles and Drones table on page 111 lists the price of an Air/Raft has 0.275 MCr. Which is correct?

It shows up at 0.275 Million Credits on page 103 in the Vehicle cost listing, but the price in the original Little Black Books was 600,000 Credits. Chalk it up to a poor editing job, and figure that for the other problems, as the Free Trader issue could be a case of transposed digits. I would say go with the lower figure.

Besides, you are the one that is going to be playing or running the game, so it is really your call. Everyone runs their Universe a bit differently.

Edit Note: You might also want to check the Errata and see what that says as well. I tend to go with what I view as correct, but checking never hurts.

 

[tonieee]

Thanks. I did check the errata but couldn't see anything.

I think you're correct in the Free Trader - I'd not noticed the transposition.

It's not just the Free Trader and the Seeker that I'm getting wrong though. Several of the others came out different. I can't remember which but I do know the Scout (if you take the Air/Raft price as it has it listed) and the Far Trader come out correct. I think they were roughly 50/50.

The reason for checking them is I've written a little web app to do the ship design and wanted to check it was working correctly by using the examples in the book but they don't match so was wondering whether the books are wrong or I've coded it incorrectly.

 

[Timerover51]

Thanks. I did check the errata but couldn't see anything.

I think you're correct in the Free Trader - I'd not noticed the transposition.

It's not just the Free Trader and the Seeker that I'm getting wrong though. Several of the others came out different. I can't remember which but I do know the Scout (if you take the Air/Raft price as it has it listed) and the Far Trader come out correct. I think they were roughly 50/50.

The reason for checking them is I've written a little web app to do the ship design and wanted to check it was working correctly by using the examples in the book but they don't match so was wondering whether the books are wrong or I've coded it incorrectly.

The problem has existed for a while. In The Traveller Book, some of the spacecraft prices do not come out right either for the pre-built ones that appear in the book. I would have to go back and check which ones. The problem is that the same mistakes were carried forward into the newer editions rather than being corrected.

If, after throughly scrubbing your data, and then maybe having someone else check it over, you keep getting your own result, figure the problem is in some of the published data, and go with what you have.

The Errata problem is what keeps DonM so busy at nights.