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    MarcusIII reacted to Condottiere's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    Recall, that Traveller passage prices may be consistent, but arbitrary.
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    MarcusIII reacted to AnotherDilbert's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    The number are in that region in all (the few) sources that give a number. That is roughly where the OTU is, the average citizen isn't...
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    MarcusIII replied to the thread Adventure-Class Ships.
    It's 1977 prices. And accounting for inflation isn't "disingenuous". Do you even know WHY one would compare by adjusting for...
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    MarcusIII reacted to Arkathan's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Haha Haha.
    You don't spend a week minimum on a plane. Have you been paying attention to cruise ship deaths recently? Correlates nicely with old...
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    MarcusIII replied to the thread Adventure-Class Ships.
    A concept that never reached fruition in the setting. If they had made ships significantly cheaper it could have happened
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    MarcusIII reacted to AnotherDilbert's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    Cool ad-blurb, but the numbers don't agree, from LBB2'77 to MgT'24...
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    MarcusIII replied to the thread Adventure-Class Ships.
    "A 7-day Caribbean cruise typically costs from around $500 to $1,300+ per person." A low berth trip is about $5k - $6k in 2025 $. WITH...
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    MarcusIII reacted to Condottiere's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    If you have to take an interstellar passage because of your work, the corporation, or institution, pays. If it's tourism, I think I'd...
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    MarcusIII reacted to AnotherDilbert's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    Looks reasonable compared to peoples salaries, see starship crews. A Mid Passage is about two months salary for an Engineer, compare...
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    MarcusIII replied to the thread Adventure-Class Ships.
    Right. Because I can get a flight from LA to NY for ~$60 one way, not direct, if I book ahead. And, New York (NYCA) to London (LOND)...
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    MarcusIII reacted to Vormaerin's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    4+distance for the Astrogator. So a typical far trader jump is 6+ for the Astrogator. So, yeah, you can do various things to get a +4...
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    MarcusIII replied to the thread Adventure-Class Ships.
    At the equivalent of $10,000 in today's money that is not economy. It is a rate that makes such travel rare not common. As I stated...
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    MarcusIII reacted to rinku's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    To be fair, it's fairly trivial to make the jump roll a 2+, and even missing it by one or two is still a safe arrival, just late or a...
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    MarcusIII reacted to WHULorigan's post in the thread Adventure-Class Ships with Like Like.
    I wonder if that quote was originally intended to be an Imperium-wide reference, or more characteristic of the Imperial Core in...
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    MarcusIII replied to the thread Adventure-Class Ships.
    Well a mid passage is what Cr8,000. That's = to about $40,000 in today's money. So that statement would have to be a mistake.
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