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From:     "Nicole A." <verden@????????.com>
Date:     Tue, 06 Jul 1999 01:01:40 -0400
Subject:  Re: Names
Any one have some good ideas for names for Characters and/or ships? I
have an idea for something I'd like to add too my page.

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Starship/4784/main.html

Any new creations excepted. ;>
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Alone in fear they question why Goddamn not an angel when I die

~Engel By Ramstein~


On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 21:31:50    Leroy Van Camp III wrote:
>
>
>Adam Miller meandered fecklessly...
>> >     Either reason sucks.  Though I do think you are underestimating
>> > the cost of both the lumber (or whatever the ship is made of)
>> > and the labor.  Neither of these things is going to be available
>> > in abundance, thus driving up prices.
>>
>> 	Well, lumber price from Paul (Jammers game:), and being fair with labor
>> (assuming what, 20 laborers per day, about 5 sp per a day's hard work;
>> that's 15 gp per month assuming constant work:)
>
>    I have no idea what Paul charges for lumber in his games,
>but on the labor side, I would also include fees for the shipwrights
>that oversee the labor as well as fees for the time the ship
>spends in the dock or drydock.  Plus mark up on all of it.
>Just because the shipwright company pays it's grunts
>5 sp a day doesn't mean they charge their customers 5 sp
>per day for the labor.  Add in tools, other facilities, bookkeeping,
>and other overhead.  Yadda yadda yadda...
>    In my own games, in places like Bral, lumber is expensive stuff.
>I never have settle on specific prices (other than what's reflected
>in my systems), but it ain't cheap.  Only so many ships cary raw
>lumber as cargo, and some of that is sold to outgoing ships,
>and some is used for other purposes.  And since ship repair
>can use up a lot of that, it's gonna cost ya'.
>
>
>
>Leroy Van Camp III
>malacoda@???????.com
>ICQ #20039817
>
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>
>                    Dr. Venkmen, Ghostbusters
>
>
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