Lore-to-table the phoron scarcity with wild price hikes

[Marlon P.]

Throw a 0 behind all goods for sale from vendors and cargo vendors to simulate the economy tanking.

During the embargo of tau ceti by the Alliance before and the economic troubles afterwards i experimented with hiking up prices on some goods to show a persistent effect of the disaster. The prices also stayed up to show corporations price-gouging even with the crisis passed.

The KoTW disaster is roiling the entire galaxy and our analogy for fossil fuels, phoron, is supposed to be scarce. The superpower Alliance also collapsed. Presumably the economy is mucky atm.

But we dont see that on station. Theres no concerns for money. I honestly forget that there's anything wrong in the galaxy mid-round because everything is normal.

[greenjoe]

I was thinking about phoron scarcity stuff too. Maybe reducing the amount on-station and the asteroid a bit more then it already is, and perhaps a regulation change to make any theft of phoron an automatic grand theft charge, either that or theft of phoron as it's own separate charge.

[Marlon P.]

Im personally hesitant to throw the law at people due to events; supply shortages creates a lot of rp potential for many people where tough-on-crime is pretty exclusively security.

If foods wildly expensive for example then the gardener becomes super valuable for people. And their decision on what to do with their produce that round has an outsized importance.

[Caelphon]

This will be handled by the Lore Team in due time. We are busy with larger projects that require our immediate attention. 

[Marlon P.]

Sick. Fastest suggestion resolution ive ever seen!