Condottiere
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How much would it cost to rent a technological level seven ground vehicle variant, with a hybrid engine?
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kilemall
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My rule of thumb based on a quick survey of local car prices vs rental cost is vehicle cost/350 per day.
Figure a hybrid is $30000, divide by 350 yields $85.71, about what they are going for.
Divide 30000/5 for conversion to credits, that’s Cr6000. Per day, Cr 17.14. Not counting insurance, fuel, etc.
CT Air/raft, that is Cr 600000/350, 100x the hybrid at Cr1714.28. 7 days is Cr12000. So, not so casual money to walk away from.
Which brings up a point- can a detached duty scout charter out the ship or air/raft?
Condottiere
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In terms of opportunity cost, every tonne of cargo space utilized for vehicles loses you a potential thousand starbux.
The problem with renting out vehicles is insurance; if your operation is large enough, you can probably self insure, but I suspect third party damage is the wild card, such as leaking oil in a nature preserve, or flying into a skyscraper.
The problem with renting out vehicles is insurance; if your operation is large enough, you can probably self insure, but I suspect third party damage is the wild card, such as leaking oil in a nature preserve, or flying into a skyscraper.
Were I to start from scratch, I'd set charter rates at "whatever covers operating costs (including the mortgage) for the duration of the charter". Bump it up a bit to provide a suitable profit margin if the ship isn't paid off yet.. Possibly add a surcharge if the charter does not end at the starting point (if the end point is not a likely market for the next charter). Definitely add a risk premium where appropriate.
The bottom line isn't how much the renters can make with it, it's what it costs the owner to own and operate. They're not in business to lose money!
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Spinward Flow
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Are you sure about that?
I've seen The Albatross ... and that thing is designed to be a money pit with an event horizon!
Condottiere
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The trick is juggling the accounts, to get the result you want.
If you you don't want to pay out to your investors, it's run at a loss.
Surprisingly, a lot of vendors you purchase goods and services from, seem to belong to your friends and family.
If you you don't want to pay out to your investors, it's run at a loss.
Surprisingly, a lot of vendors you purchase goods and services from, seem to belong to your friends and family.
At standard rates, sure.Are you sure about that?
I've seen The Albatross ... and that thing is designed to be a money pit with an event horizon!
Figure it burns the better part of half a megacredit every time you hit the big Jump button.
Still, there are cargoes in the 50-ton range that'll somebody will pay that much to bounce halfway across a subsector in just a week*. And make money doing it.
Not many, true. But they're out there. They might not show up on the tables though.... at least not the trade minigame tables anyway.
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* or halfway across the Marches in a month....
Spinward Flow
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When it absolutely, positively, has to be there over
Never mind the chump change of an arm and a leg, that'll cost you an entire torso ...
Just the traditional half-kilo nearest the circulatory pump.When it absolutely, positively, has to be there overnightthe next week.
Never mind the chump change of an arm and a leg, that'll cost you an entire torso ...
