Enoki
SOC-14 1K
One thing I usually do with ships in a game is they regularly get hit with port fees, often are charged for things like refueling off a planet's ocean, that sort of thing if there is sufficient resources locally to support a revenue service.
Anything pop 6 -7 + and TL 5+ you can't land anywhere you want, dump your waste tank, and suck the water out of a lake or river without repercussions. This gets more stringent as the law level rises and the government tends towards big or repressive.
Customs are very common and there are often fees involved for that.
I also tax nobles heavier than "commoners." It is assumed that nobles have access to "resources." The Empire expects more of them...
I would assume that the Imperium taxes planets / systems rather than individuals. The exception is nobles. I use day 300 of the Imperial calendar as "Emperor's Day." That's the day every noble has to make an offering / donation to the Emperor to show their loyalty. It has to be in front of any other nobles around, and better be commensurate with their rank in the system. These get sent back to Capitol. That way there's some serious cash coming in all year from the nobility.
The system works on the concept that the local nobility on a world collects their offerings, the senior one forwards it to the head noble of the subsector, he sends the subsector's on to the sector, etc.
Hint: It also gives you great opportunities for scenarios where you rob some ship carrying a bunch, a noble or two into graft who's skimming off the "take," or other such fun.
Baron So-n-so is outed for his skimming off noble offerings. He's now wanted by Duke What's-his-name who wants his head... He wants passage on your ship and is offering hard cash for a stateroom...
Anything pop 6 -7 + and TL 5+ you can't land anywhere you want, dump your waste tank, and suck the water out of a lake or river without repercussions. This gets more stringent as the law level rises and the government tends towards big or repressive.
Customs are very common and there are often fees involved for that.
I also tax nobles heavier than "commoners." It is assumed that nobles have access to "resources." The Empire expects more of them...
I would assume that the Imperium taxes planets / systems rather than individuals. The exception is nobles. I use day 300 of the Imperial calendar as "Emperor's Day." That's the day every noble has to make an offering / donation to the Emperor to show their loyalty. It has to be in front of any other nobles around, and better be commensurate with their rank in the system. These get sent back to Capitol. That way there's some serious cash coming in all year from the nobility.
The system works on the concept that the local nobility on a world collects their offerings, the senior one forwards it to the head noble of the subsector, he sends the subsector's on to the sector, etc.
Hint: It also gives you great opportunities for scenarios where you rob some ship carrying a bunch, a noble or two into graft who's skimming off the "take," or other such fun.
Baron So-n-so is outed for his skimming off noble offerings. He's now wanted by Duke What's-his-name who wants his head... He wants passage on your ship and is offering hard cash for a stateroom...
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