Oolite Bulletins

So while on my way to parts north in Galaxy One, I decide to stop by a local Pi-42 constore in the Lerelace system to refuel:



I know, I could've easily gone sundiving to get some free fuel, but I was feeling hasty, not cheap this time around.

Anyway, just for kicks, I decide to take a look at what sort of bulk goods the store has for sale, just as a way to fill my cargo. I'm immediately struck by this:



Out of 48 tons total of merchandise, nearly half of that is slaves! Is Pi-42 harboring some sort of underground slavery ring?

Yes it is. I guess it's quicker to drop off all those Escape Capsules at the Constore than go all the way to the main station.

There may even be NPCs that will react after awhile to you buying Slaves from there...

Slaves are legal cargo ... you can bring in as many slaves as you like into a GalCop station and nobody will bat an eyelid. Well, strictly speaking that's not true: a lot of people don't like slavery or the slave trade, and won't be shy about telling you – but it's perfectly legal. Slaves are a controlled commodity, though, like narcotics and firearms, so it's illegal to take them out of a GalCop main station without a special permit.

Dr Nil, who created the original convenience stores, always intended slaves to be a major commodity there: the originals had "Make your bid on shoplifters and deadbeats" written across the back of the docking bay.

Huh, interesting to know. Still, it was very surprising to see so many in one place, especially compared to the meager stocks of everything else.

I guess those shoplifters never learn, eh?

Sure, there is a underground slavery ring. Rumors say that it is a arm of 'The Esreatesian Triads', but who knows...

Svengali, what OXP gives you the option to free slaves?

Not being a slaver (although not complaining about selling scooped slaves on the open market)...

Bugbear1973 wrote:

Svengali, what OXP gives you the option to free slaves?

The pic is from Vector that does it for some special scripted escape-pods only, but PhantorGorth is working on an OXP that gives you some options for generic slaves.

I was in one of the early galaxy 1 ports and could buy 16t of slaves.
I don't really want to free them though. It's just a sign that they are lousy at their jobs!

>search galweb for price of slaves
GOOLITE found 143342 entries for "price of slaves"
Displaying entries 1-20...

If you visit enough Constores, you'll find some in which Food, Textiles, Slaves and Narcotics all sell for about 99.9 - 101.9 Cr/ton. Which can make the slave trade seem very profitable!

Mauiby de Fug wrote:

If you visit enough Constores, you'll find some in which Food, Textiles, Slaves and Narcotics all sell for about 99.9 - 101.9 Cr/ton.

Ah! The good old overflow bug/cheat (depending on intentionality and perspective).

Commander McLane wrote:

Mauiby de Fug wrote:

If you visit enough Constores, you'll find some in which Food, Textiles, Slaves and Narcotics all sell for about 99.9 - 101.9 Cr/ton.

Ah! The good old overflow bug/cheat (depending on intentionality and perspective).

It's a feature!

Captain Baz wrote:

Commander McLane wrote:

Mauiby de Fug wrote:

If you visit enough Constores, you'll find some in which Food, Textiles, Slaves and Narcotics all sell for about 99.9 - 101.9 Cr/ton.

Ah! The good old overflow bug/cheat (depending on intentionality and perspective).

It's a feature!

One man's bug is another man's feature.

But yes, as far as I recall Dr. Nil built it in as a feature. So it's more a cheat than a bug (and one of the reasons why I don't use the OXP).