Traveller Adventure Question

[DElrick]

I was reading through the Traveller Adventure this morning and doing the numbers on the March Harrier for a new game and I came across something I don't understand.

Under Ship Payment on page 130, it says that the Fat Trader is subsidised and 50% of its <i>Gross Income</i> (my italics) must be paid to the subsidy agent. It then goes on to say that the subsidy is Cr 211,000 per trip.

Further down, it says that assuming a full ship, the Harrier can make Cr 289,000 per trip (8 high passengers, 9 low passengers and 200 tons of cargo). 50% of the revenue is Cr 144,500.

So my question is are revenue and gross income different, or did someone miscalculate when the Traveller Adventure was first written? What am I missing here?

I've had this adventure 25 years and run it four times. I can't believe I didn't notice this before.

 

[Fritz_Brown]

Is the Cr289,000 after the subsidy payment? Of course, that wouldn't be 50% either, but it would be a lot closer!

 

[DElrick]

Is the Cr289,000 after the subsidy payment? Of course, that wouldn't be 50% either, but it would be a lot closer!

Nope, the Cr 289,000 is takings before any deductions such as the subsidy.

 

[mmbutter]

Under Ship Payment on page 130, it says that the Fat Trader is subsidised and 50% of its <i>Gross Income</i> (my italics) must be paid to the subsidy agent. It then goes on to say that the subsidy is Cr 211,000 per trip.

I finally got around to digging out my copy The Traveller Adventure, and you misread it.

Ship Payment: This fat trader is a subsidized vessel, and 50% of its gross income must be paid to the subsidy agent. Payments may be made at any class A, B, C, or D starport. Although the amount due is a large fraction of the total income the ship produces, a standard ship payment would be more: Cr211,OOO per trip.

It's saying that a standard ship payment for this type of vessel would be Cr211,000 per trip, so 50% of gross income is less. That's where the "subsidy" part comes in - the sponsoring government makes up the difference between 50% of gross income and the Cr211,000 payment.

 

[DElrick]

Ah, gotcha. Thanks. That makes more sense.