RE: [OT] [HIST] Paymasters of 2183

Don't forget that relativly, even a near-lightspeed trip of 28 light
years
distance is only a couple of weeks real-time. So if the marines stay
awake
(doing training etc) during FTL travel, then just pay them at their
normal
subjective rates, adjusted for inflation.

Don't forget though that this system is really not all that practical if
you
don't have FTL, as by the time the marines arrive at the combat zone,
everything is long over and the kra'vak have probably blown it all away.

Of course, thats the nice thing about point-to-point style FTL drives:
Its
all zero time, subjectivly and objectivly. So at a rate of one jump per
couple of days, and the jumps are about 1-2 light-years long, in about a
month you get there (pretty good for about 30 light-years), you just pay
at
normal rates for the length of the trip, or maybe a bit less if they
hypersleep the trip.

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From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of Allan Goodall
Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2001 1:19 PM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [OT] [HIST] Paymasters of 2183

On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:37:17 +1000 , "Robertson, Brendan"
<Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au> wrote:

>In a travelleresque RPG, at one point we got stuck in marine coldsleep
for
7
>years (ship got blown-away around us), the backpay really screwed up
their
>budget for a while.

This is funny, as yearly interest should easily cover any change in
inflation.
In fact, your economy has serious problems if your inflation rate is
higher
than your rate of interest.

So, you put the money aside for the fellows and let the money work for
you
while they are off. Done correctly, you'll make a small profit even
while
they
are in cold sleep. In fact, you may hope they stay in there
indefinitely.

On the other hand, imagine waking up from cold sleep to find out that
the
interstellar economy went belly up and you have no money. Or that your
bank
was destroyed (along with the planet and all backups) during a Kra'Vak
invasion.

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