space-trading

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