Calculating Life Support Costs

[Sliceydicey]

I need a little help determining how monthly life support costs are calculated. Let's imagine the following scenario for a ship:

10X Single Occupancy State Rooms

1X Double Occupany State Room

6 Crew and no passengers

No Low Berths

Page 145 has a chart where it says the cost for a stateroom is 1,000 credits a month and the cost of a double occupancy is 3,000 credits a month, but then the paragraph description below it does not mention an extra cost for double occupancy. So by my calculation, the cost according to the chart would either be:
-19,000 according to the chart: 10 Staterooms at 1,000 each, one double occupancy state room at 3,000 each, and 6 passengers at 1,000 each
OR
-17,000 according to the paragraph: 11 staterooms at 1,000 each and 6 passengers at 1,000 each

Does anyone know what the intended cost is supposed to be? Also, I DO add the cost for the staterooms and for each individual passenger, right?

Thanks!

 

[phavoc]

I need a little help determining how monthly life support costs are calculated. Let's imagine the following scenario for a ship:

10X Single Occupancy State Rooms

1X Double Occupany State Room

6 Crew and no passengers

No Low Berths

Page 145 has a chart where it says the cost for a stateroom is 1,000 credits a month and the cost of a double occupancy is 3,000 credits a month, but then the paragraph description below it does not mention an extra cost for double occupancy. So by my calculation, the cost according to the chart would either be:
-19,000 according to the chart: 10 Staterooms at 1,000 each, one double occupancy state room at 3,000 each, and 6 passengers at 1,000 each
OR
-17,000 according to the paragraph: 11 staterooms at 1,000 each and 6 passengers at 1,000 each

Does anyone know what the intended cost is supposed to be? Also, I DO add the cost for the staterooms and for each individual passenger, right?

Thanks!

Here's how it would breakdown using the CRB as your baseline (HG may change a few things, but since it's not out, and not everyone will have it, let's use the CRB as our guideline).

10 Single Occupancy Staterooms = Cr10,000 per month (Cr1,000 ea)

1 Double Occupancy Stateroom = Cr1,000 per month (Cr1,000 ea) - Here the rules are in conflict. A stateroom may be either single OR double occupied. So the table contradicts what is being stated in the explanation below on pg145. If you do the math a double-occupied room costs Cr3,000 IN TOTAL (Cr1,000 for the room, Cr1,000 per passenger, for a total of Cr3,000). So you wouldn't want to charge yourself extra. Once you break it down, it makes sense. As stated... not so much.

6 Crew = Cr6,000 per month (Cr1,000 ea)

That gives you a life support cost of Cr17,000/month for this configuration.

Per CRB each STATEROOM, regardless of size, costs a baseline Cr1,000. Each CREW or PASSENGER adds Cr1,000 PER PERSON. This is coming from the published version, pg145. I suggest following what is laid out in the explanation and not the table.

Using the above rule, it's pretty straight-forward to calculate costs. In HG, which will introduce new cabin sizes and concepts (such as quadruple occupancy), it may change. But assuming you have a cabin occupied by four individuals, that's Cr1,000 for the cabin, and Cr4,000 for the occupants, or Cr5,000 total per month.

I think the explanation on costs has it backwards here, "Each stateroom on a ship costs Cr1000 per month. This cost covers supplies for the life support system as well as food and water, although
meals at this level will be rather Spartan. Each person on board a ship who is not in a low berth will cost an additional Cr1000 in life support costs."

Since there is a charge for an unoccupied cabin, that cost is a set one, and thus should have no food/beverage cost. The additional Cr1,000 per person is where the cost of food and consumables should come into play.