something out of pure curiosity in regards to the indentured servitude is that you have to make it possible for them to pay it off, at least according to Reaha.
I mean, afaik we don't really get a scope on the average income a day for most characters, apart from someone like Reaha for which we can calculate one based on whoring and milking respectively. In my case these were the 2 forms of income for her:
If we apply the whoring income to Yammi she should be free in ~65 days while it would be ~108 days with the milking income. Although she says she'd be free within 7 standard pay-cycles, so 1000 per cycle. I'm assuming that she also quickly dismisses any form of freedom by saying
unless the thing with Yammi is not the PC buying out the remainder of the contract and instead donating her freedom to her, which might be the case since her being indentured to the PC doesn't get mentioned anywhere.
My assumption to the whole "indentured servitude" thing is that the PC requires their crew to pay for rent, electricity, food, etc. so that we reach a +-0credits for any form of housekeeping. If that were the case the PC would have to charge all NPC's different amounts a day based on their standing. Celise would probably be charged 0credits, since she's essentially just a liquid loving pet. Reaha obviously spends any sort of money she earns while addicted to patches on them, and pays us relatively quickly back once she's sober as seen above, so we can assume that her charge would be no more than 20credits. Anno's share is probably being covered by steeletech so we assume her charge is 100credits, since Bess can be another steeletech employee her charge would be 100credits just like Anno's, or 0 if she isn't employed by steeletech. Yammi can be seen as either being the PC's employee, I'd assume her pay would be 75credits a day while her expenses are probably also at 75 since she has to cover for herself and the Pexiga, or she too is a steeletech employee so 100credits. I'd assume the gray-goo's charge would be 0, due to it not using up any sort of resources. The Varmint and Siegwulfe can be considered pets as well so 0, just like Celise.
the problem with a Catch-22 would be that we cannot force cured Reaha into that sort of situation, at least not yet.
this is probably way too much thinking for it and way too convoluted etc. but it's something that kind of interests me. And I'd love to know other peoples views on this.
"You can’t just keep me forever, dummy! Read the contract - you have to give me a fair way to pay my debt back. And now that I’m not wasting everything I scrape together on patches, I can actually work on paying my contract off. Unless you wanna boot me off the ship to get a real job, you’ve got to let me do something to make money"
I mean, afaik we don't really get a scope on the average income a day for most characters, apart from someone like Reaha for which we can calculate one based on whoring and milking respectively. In my case these were the 2 forms of income for her:
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Reaha pays it off in ~47 days, starting from the day she has the "I'm cured" talk and with whoring as job, averaging at ~108credits per day.
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Reaha pays it off in ~82 days, starting from the day she has the "I'm cured" talk and with the milking as job, averaging at ~65credits per day.
If we apply the whoring income to Yammi she should be free in ~65 days while it would be ~108 days with the milking income. Although she says she'd be free within 7 standard pay-cycles, so 1000 per cycle. I'm assuming that she also quickly dismisses any form of freedom by saying
“My ex-owners are really angry. I don’t care though!” She laughs, then hugs your arm. “Okay! Where to, Boss? Your ship has a kitchen, right? Galley? Whatever it’s called? I can cook; I promise you won’t regret this!”
You inquire if she isn’t perhaps interested in her freedom instead of latching onto you so quickly. She kisses you on the cheek.
“You have a ship. You’re going all over the place. Don’t tell me you couldn’t use a fresh-made hot meal! And don’t worry, I can take care of myself. If we get boarded, I’ll just duck into my water tank and turn it real cold, it slows my life signs down to undetectable levels. And I have basic self defense training, in case of robbery!” She insists, picking up her bag of clothes and whatever personal effects she has. “I won’t be in your way and I won’t charge you anything for the services. I promise! Besides, I can breathe underwater. I can be useful for finding things!”
You inquire if she isn’t perhaps interested in her freedom instead of latching onto you so quickly. She kisses you on the cheek.
“You have a ship. You’re going all over the place. Don’t tell me you couldn’t use a fresh-made hot meal! And don’t worry, I can take care of myself. If we get boarded, I’ll just duck into my water tank and turn it real cold, it slows my life signs down to undetectable levels. And I have basic self defense training, in case of robbery!” She insists, picking up her bag of clothes and whatever personal effects she has. “I won’t be in your way and I won’t charge you anything for the services. I promise! Besides, I can breathe underwater. I can be useful for finding things!”
unless the thing with Yammi is not the PC buying out the remainder of the contract and instead donating her freedom to her, which might be the case since her being indentured to the PC doesn't get mentioned anywhere.
She seems really interested in being free. If we apply the whoring income to her she'd be free within ~139 days, while the milking income would leave her at ~231 days before freedom, assuming her contract would cost 15000 credits. Now if you give her the required 15000 for turning her into a vendor she pays you back in 365 days with the 15000 credits and an interest of 20%, so 3000. This would put her at an income of ~50credits per day. Now under the assumption that she'll stay a vendor after paying the PC back she would be able to buy her freedom from the PC within 300 days after she payed the PC the 18000 for the shop.
My assumption to the whole "indentured servitude" thing is that the PC requires their crew to pay for rent, electricity, food, etc. so that we reach a +-0credits for any form of housekeeping. If that were the case the PC would have to charge all NPC's different amounts a day based on their standing. Celise would probably be charged 0credits, since she's essentially just a liquid loving pet. Reaha obviously spends any sort of money she earns while addicted to patches on them, and pays us relatively quickly back once she's sober as seen above, so we can assume that her charge would be no more than 20credits. Anno's share is probably being covered by steeletech so we assume her charge is 100credits, since Bess can be another steeletech employee her charge would be 100credits just like Anno's, or 0 if she isn't employed by steeletech. Yammi can be seen as either being the PC's employee, I'd assume her pay would be 75credits a day while her expenses are probably also at 75 since she has to cover for herself and the Pexiga, or she too is a steeletech employee so 100credits. I'd assume the gray-goo's charge would be 0, due to it not using up any sort of resources. The Varmint and Siegwulfe can be considered pets as well so 0, just like Celise.
if she is bought the first question for me would be the job she'd be fulfilling, unless getting fucked and trained by the PC is the job for which the PC pays her. Now obviously the PC could create a Catch-22 sort of scenario for Sera in which the money she earns has to be spent on her survival.
this is probably way too much thinking for it and way too convoluted etc. but it's something that kind of interests me. And I'd love to know other peoples views on this.
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