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I am re-adjusting the mission rewards to account for the fact that personnel and fuel to be delivered/picked up are variable. Do these min/max numbers seem okay to you? I know, game balance is still an issue. Keep in mind that for the "high reward" missions below you will have to have significant space for cabins or cargo.

Assumptions:

• Hydrogen fuel: $1
• Passenger cabin: $1350

Variables:

• Fuel delivered (depending on fuel tank mass and future nav target of ship to be rescued) => max: 440t/min:1t
• Personnel delivered/picked up => 50:50 chance of max:8/min:1 or max:28/min:2.
• Mission target distance => same planet, same system, other system

Calc Rules:

• Base price per mission target distance (+/-50%) of $200, $1000, $2000 for same planet, same system, other system
• Value of commodities delivered/picked up * 10
• Value of cabins necessary for transport * 1.15 (copied that number from walterar)

Min/Max rewards per mission type:

• Same planet, fuel delivery: $110/$2500
• Same planet, personnel rescue: $1653/$43770
• Same system, fuel delivery: $510/$5900
• Same system, personnel rescue: $2053/$44970
• Other system, fuel delivery: $1010/$7400
• Other system, personnel rescue: $2553/$46470

Just a quick thought: I don't think a passenger cabin necessarily aught to repay itself after only one mission. It is an investment in the ship and would require some work before it pays itself back.

How many trips should it take to amortize purchase of a passenger cabin? 2 or 3?