space-trader-multiplayer-boardgame-esque:

- projector shows the star-map with everyone's positions
- players all have a laptop to control their character
    - choose a starting ship
        - you have 10_000 credits, and the down-payment % of the ship total value affects the interest rate you get
- Ships:
    - attributes:
        - cargo space
        - Alcubierre Drive efficiency
        - Passenger space
        - Passenger amenities
        - smugglers holds
        - life-support system
    - Sparrow [2, 1, 0, shared-bunk, 1, 0, 1, 100k]
    - Dart [5, 8, 2, shared-bunk, 0, 1, 2, 150k]
    - Hauler-Prime Z-1 [120, 2, 0, X, 2, 1, 4, 180k]
    - NX-400 [15, 4, 8, shared-bunk, 0, 2, 3, 280k]
    - CabinRun 40-X [40, 3, 45, shared-bunk, 1, 4, 6, 380k]
    - IronBulk X7 [350, 3, 0, X, 3, 2, 8, 420k]
    - Solaris-200 [25, 6, 24, shared-bunk, 0, 3, 4, 520k]
    - Merchant's Run [180, 5, 12, shared-bunk, 1, 2, 5, 620k]
    - Genesis-Long-Haul V2 [100, 4, 80, shared-bunk, 2, 6, 10, 720k]
    - Titan-Class HC-3000 [800, 4, 0, X, 3, 3, 15, 890k]
    - Steady Hand [420, 6, 25, shared-bunk, 1, 4, 7, 1.1m]
    - Pathfinder [60, 6, 65, shared-bunk, 0, 5, 8, 1.4m]
    - Ark-Class Transport A1 [250, 5, 95, shared-bunk, 3, 8, 18, 1.6m]
    - Starlight [8, 9, 5, private-apartment, 0, 3, 2, 2.1m]
    - Leviathan's Route [900, 7, 40, shared-bunk, 2, 6, 12, 2.3m]
    - Voyager's Dream [140, 7, 100, shared-bunk, 1, 8, 12, 2.8m]
    - Apex-5000 Deluxe [150, 8, 18, private-apartment, 0, 4, 6, 3.2m]
    - Aurora Crown [18, 10, 35, private-apartment, 0, 4, 5, 3.8m]
    - TerraFreight Luxe-900 [380, 9, 30, private-apartment, 0, 5, 8, 4.5m]
    - Odyssey [320, 8, 100, shared-bunk, 2, 10, 20, 5.4m]
    - Celestial Palace [55, 9, 85, private-apartment, 0, 7, 10, 6.2m]
    - Sovereign Expanse [950, 10, 60, private-apartment, 1, 8, 20, 8.7m]
    - Nexus-Elite-7 [120, 10, 100, private-apartment, 0, 9, 14, 9.1m]
    - Infinity's Embrace [280, 10, 100, private-apartment, 1, 10, 22, 10m]
- turn-based. Everyone does their trading at the same time, and then flies to the next station
    - instead of making journeys take longer, for game-sake, longer journeys just cost more fuel.
    - "faster" drives are actually just more fuel efficient
- the prices of goods are supply/demand based on quantity produced/consumed at planets/stations
- the prices/goods available at a place are only visible to those who are in the station
- stations may build "reputation" prices for repeat suppliers/buyers.
- players can trade with each other while at the same station
- certain stations have shipyards, with mortgages available for trade-in/upgrading ships drives/storage capacity, etc.
- all systems have a safety rating, indicating likelyhood of piracy. High risk systems often have higher profitablilty
    - "safe" stations have high risk of being inspected for illegal goods
    - "criminal" stations have high risk of piracy
    - but it's always a dice roll that some event happens at all when you arrive in system.
- AI station trading agent for haggling deal-making?
- transport contracts available at stations randomly.
- in a system, you can fly out to the asteroid belt and try to buy from miners directly, but it's a gamble on even finding any of them.
- game ends when someone pays off their ship's mortgage.
- passengers/VIP transport
- playstyles:
    - Mass-Cargo hauler
    - Fast-expensive-goods transport (precious metals)
    - passenger transport
- commodities:
    - Hydrogen (Fuel)
    - Oxygen
    - Water
    - Food: (plants provide seed versions as well)
        - Wheat
        - rice
        - corn
        - potatoes
        - beef
        - chicken
        - butter
        - olive oil
        - alcohol
    - fertilizer
    - cleaning supplies
    - air filters
    - Chemicals
    - clothes
    - textiles
    - Electronics
    - Construction parts
    - 3D printer parts
    - clothing fabricator
    - hand tools
    - machine tools
    - cutlery
    - robots
    - plastics
    - hand weapons
    - batteries
    - solar panels
    - medicines
    - optical components
    - glass
    - Metals (Ore-form and Purified-form):
        - Lithium
        - Berylium
        - Magnesium
        - Aluminium
        - Silicon
        - Scandium
        - Titanium
        - Vanadium
        - Chromium
        - Manganese
        - Iron
        - Cobalt
        - Nickel
        - Copper
        - Zinc
        - Selenium
        - Zirconium
        - Molybdenum
        - Ruthenium
        - Rhodium
        - Palladium
        - Silver
        - Cadmium
        - Tin
        - Tungsten
        - Rhenium
        - Iridium
        - Platinum
        - Gold
        - Mercury
        - Lead