Thoughts on High Guard mods

[rancke]

Passengers, however, need that extra space. Ever spent a week entirely inside a hotel room or a trailer? I have. With good company, it's fun; with bad company, it's hellacious.

Ever read about emigrants going to America in the 19th Century? I'm not saying some people wouldn't pay eight month's salary for a single stateroom. I'm saying a lot of people would put up with DO to save two or three month's salary.

The cost of DO is significantly more than half of SO.

Though just how much more is a subject for debate. However, no matter what, it is also significantly less than full SO.

The share of the steward doesn't change, nor does (except under MGT) the cost of LS per person.

The share of the steward is 1/50, IIRC. Life support is too high even if you believe in those Cr2000 per 14 days (passengers only strain the system for 9 days on the average).

And that accounts for about 1/3 the cost of a passage; the other 2/3 are the cargo loss and infrastructure, which does scale. The exact ratios vary from system to system... But DO should be about 65 to 70% the cost of SO.

Let's say that's true. That's a saving of Cr2400 to Cr2800. Not exactly insignificant.

As for crew getting 4Td? Do they? Not in HG; only officers. MGT allows doubling crew up, too. Bk2 allows it for non-commercial ships.

Bk 2 disallows it for commercial ships, though, which is what I was referring to.

Incidentally, if crew can make do with 2T year in and year out, surely some passengers can stick it for 9 days?


Hans