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Hard Times - Stage 2: Collapse of Financial Markets

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Yabusama

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IMTU the players are about to witness this stage of the Rebellion on their planet. I am curious as to how other people have played this stage out and what effect it had on their players?

Could the collapse be overnight with saving devalued to almost nothing? Or a more gradual process with spiralling inflation? Do player's cash reserves become worthless as a result?

Any input appreciated.
 
IMTU the players are about to witness this stage of the Rebellion on their planet. I am curious as to how other people have played this stage out and what effect it had on their players?

Could the collapse be overnight with saving devalued to almost nothing? Or a more gradual process with spiralling inflation? Do player's cash reserves become worthless as a result?

Any input appreciated.
 
IMTU the players are about to witness this stage of the Rebellion on their planet. I am curious as to how other people have played this stage out and what effect it had on their players?

Could the collapse be overnight with saving devalued to almost nothing? Or a more gradual process with spiralling inflation? Do player's cash reserves become worthless as a result?

Any input appreciated.
 
Given that news, financial or otherwise, is going to be carried by the ships that travel to the system in question then it depends on the volume of trade.

If a lot of ships hit the system, then the true state of the Imperium is going to be confirmed beyond doubt in a lot of people eyes. Then again - a system with a lot of trade may have a lot of resiliency in such a case.

Low volume systems are going to have the news confirmed and/or possibly denied over a period weeks or months. They may even have a sick b*****d of a ship captain who is willing to play the bad news up (or down) to make a quick buck...

Starviking
 
Given that news, financial or otherwise, is going to be carried by the ships that travel to the system in question then it depends on the volume of trade.

If a lot of ships hit the system, then the true state of the Imperium is going to be confirmed beyond doubt in a lot of people eyes. Then again - a system with a lot of trade may have a lot of resiliency in such a case.

Low volume systems are going to have the news confirmed and/or possibly denied over a period weeks or months. They may even have a sick b*****d of a ship captain who is willing to play the bad news up (or down) to make a quick buck...

Starviking
 
Given that news, financial or otherwise, is going to be carried by the ships that travel to the system in question then it depends on the volume of trade.

If a lot of ships hit the system, then the true state of the Imperium is going to be confirmed beyond doubt in a lot of people eyes. Then again - a system with a lot of trade may have a lot of resiliency in such a case.

Low volume systems are going to have the news confirmed and/or possibly denied over a period weeks or months. They may even have a sick b*****d of a ship captain who is willing to play the bad news up (or down) to make a quick buck...

Starviking
 
Well given that the team are on Efate, a high tech level prosperous planet I would assume that the news gets there very quickly.

I take your point that a high volume system could be more resistant to the crash, but surely it must still have an effect upon them?
 
Well given that the team are on Efate, a high tech level prosperous planet I would assume that the news gets there very quickly.

I take your point that a high volume system could be more resistant to the crash, but surely it must still have an effect upon them?
 
Well given that the team are on Efate, a high tech level prosperous planet I would assume that the news gets there very quickly.

I take your point that a high volume system could be more resistant to the crash, but surely it must still have an effect upon them?
 
Under strict cannon, Efate is probably going to be spared the worse of the collapse, due to the factthat it is deep in the Marches, that is in the realtively stable Domain of Deneb. Trade with the rest of the Imperium was severed a long time ago (when the Vargr overrun Corridor), so things would be more or less stable... Ofcourse, in your TU, you could extend the Collapse to the Marches as well.
 
Under strict cannon, Efate is probably going to be spared the worse of the collapse, due to the factthat it is deep in the Marches, that is in the realtively stable Domain of Deneb. Trade with the rest of the Imperium was severed a long time ago (when the Vargr overrun Corridor), so things would be more or less stable... Ofcourse, in your TU, you could extend the Collapse to the Marches as well.
 
Under strict cannon, Efate is probably going to be spared the worse of the collapse, due to the factthat it is deep in the Marches, that is in the realtively stable Domain of Deneb. Trade with the rest of the Imperium was severed a long time ago (when the Vargr overrun Corridor), so things would be more or less stable... Ofcourse, in your TU, you could extend the Collapse to the Marches as well.
 
I understand that Efate would be spared the worst of any financial crash but it must have some effect on the planet's economy?
 
I understand that Efate would be spared the worst of any financial crash but it must have some effect on the planet's economy?
 
I understand that Efate would be spared the worst of any financial crash but it must have some effect on the planet's economy?
 
Originally posted by Yabusama:
IMTU the players are about to witness this stage of the Rebellion on their planet. I am curious as to how other people have played this stage out and what effect it had on their players?

Could the collapse be overnight with saving devalued to almost nothing? Or a more gradual process with spiralling inflation? Do player's cash reserves become worthless as a result?

Any input appreciated.
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Looking at history the process will likely be a slow one even at high-volume planets. Since the collaps of the 3I is a slow one with the factions retracting to their core systems the model to use is IMHO Germany 1918-1920 rather than Germany 1945. Industry is damaged but not totally destroyed, infrastructure has problems but is generally healthy etc.
 
Originally posted by Yabusama:
IMTU the players are about to witness this stage of the Rebellion on their planet. I am curious as to how other people have played this stage out and what effect it had on their players?

Could the collapse be overnight with saving devalued to almost nothing? Or a more gradual process with spiralling inflation? Do player's cash reserves become worthless as a result?

Any input appreciated.
Click to expand...
Looking at history the process will likely be a slow one even at high-volume planets. Since the collaps of the 3I is a slow one with the factions retracting to their core systems the model to use is IMHO Germany 1918-1920 rather than Germany 1945. Industry is damaged but not totally destroyed, infrastructure has problems but is generally healthy etc.
 
Originally posted by Yabusama:
IMTU the players are about to witness this stage of the Rebellion on their planet. I am curious as to how other people have played this stage out and what effect it had on their players?

Could the collapse be overnight with saving devalued to almost nothing? Or a more gradual process with spiralling inflation? Do player's cash reserves become worthless as a result?

Any input appreciated.
Click to expand...
Looking at history the process will likely be a slow one even at high-volume planets. Since the collaps of the 3I is a slow one with the factions retracting to their core systems the model to use is IMHO Germany 1918-1920 rather than Germany 1945. Industry is damaged but not totally destroyed, infrastructure has problems but is generally healthy etc.
 
I like the post-WWI analogy with escalating prices as industry finds the supply of off-world materials drying up.

This would lead to rampant inflation, could this result in a stock market crash?
 
I like the post-WWI analogy with escalating prices as industry finds the supply of off-world materials drying up.

This would lead to rampant inflation, could this result in a stock market crash?
 
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