On Fri, 26 Jun 2015, Onno Meyer wrote:
But mechanics will be hired and repair equipment will be owned by and
large by companies thats businessmodel is to to do star port services.
"Sorry, all our teams are working on that Fat Trader. Now, if you were
willing to pay for a rush job, something could be done."
If it's a low TL world, high TL equipment will be there exclusivly for the
rich and powerfull and possibly the military. I am following here the
advice that was IIRC in GT:Far Trader: The world stats tell you how the
world looks like, it's the GMs job to come up with a reason, why it turned
out that way. (They formulated it differently)
If it is a low TL world grav vehicles are not everyday vehicles. (if you
are pedantic, yes a world that has grav vehicles but no other high tech
still would count as low TL world) So if there also is a starport, there
also is a reason, why the tech of the star port does not leak out into the
general population.
Low TL worlds with D class star ports are pretty canonical. So that
outcome has to be pretty common.
Now i try to reverse engeneer reasons, that don't contradict Traveller
canon, geting as much suspense of disbelieve as possible.
That pretty much leaves 3 options:
* The companies in the star ports don't want to trade with the natives.
Maybe they are offworld companies, that have internal red tape that gives
the local managers an incentive against doing so. Or they assume better
long term prospects, if the locals stay low tech.
* The local goverment hinders trading. Can be done, but the scenario is
too common for my taste, to always pin it on the local actor.
* The imperium/star port authority hinders trading. Given that is against
the offically stated policies, it would have to be an indirect effect of
red tape, that most likely comes with subventions or from monopoly laws.
So sure there are situations where the companies react that way, but they
will happen reliably only on high TL worlds, or on worlds, that soon will
be high TL.
Johannes
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