Re: Why Tradesman need large cargo space

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corpses anymore!
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On 6/4/06, DIABLO AMANOS <el_diablo_amanos@?????.com> wrote:
> Heres a question... what besides specialty materials will one ship
> from one sphere to another...
> Granted I could make a killing on Krynn selling steel and hell they
> can afford to pay for it with their abundance of gold.
> But what about perishables foodstuffs that maybe considered delicays
> somewehre else. Creative spellcasting would be required for keeping
> perishables in good condition.
>
>
> --- Dreamer <dreamer@??????.?????.??.uk> wrote:
>
> > In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Sun 04 Jun, Rian A. McMurtry
> > wrote:
> > > Into space, bulk foods--grain, beans, etc.-- become important
> > commodities.
> > > I'd expect a lot of tradesmen in such a basic trade.
> >
> > Using the SJ rules I posted previously, SJ ships have 100 cubic
> > yards of volume per spacial ton, 2700 cubic feet (nautical ton is
> > 35cf, to 40cf).
> >
> > You get enough water for 5.5 men per ton for four months - food
> > is not an issue and air is calculated on a four month basis
> > anyway.
> >
> > A 100 cubic yards is 76.5 cubic metres, and a cubic metre of
> > water is a metric tonne.  If you assume most food stuffs are
> > about the same density as water, i.e. they will just about float;
> > then lose that is 76.5 tonnes of food per spelljamming spacial
> > ton of cargo.  Even in barrels or whatever wasting 50% of the
> > cargo volume that is still about 38 tonnes; about 42 (short)
> > tons.
> >
> > A Tradesman is 25 spacial tons, so say that it has the maximum
> > number of 25 human-equivalents on board.  12.5 tons of cargo, as
> > the cargo space is half the tonnage.  Call it 5 tons for food and
> > water for the crew for a four month voyage.  That leaves 315
> > (short) tons of cargo; well packed-in, even more.
> >
> > I would expect that a skilled merchant could make a reasonable
> > living with that sort of cargo capacity.  If it was all fine wine
> > at 10gp per 1.5lb bottle then that is 4.2 million gold pieces
> > worth!
> >
> > --
> > Dreamer
> > dreamer@??????.?????.??.uk
> > http://www.romsys.demon.co.uk/
> >
> >
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