[Gryphin]

Trade Federation? Ideas for SE
I. Purpose:
a. To trade / sell Resources, Technology, Intel, Ships etc to / with other races.
b. To store Resources at a fair, ”Storage Charge”
c. To be “Gifted” ships that have run out of resources.
II. Racial Makeup:
a. Ancient Race
i. Would give knowledge of the Quadrant.
ii. Would give knowledge of “Ruins”
1. These could be Exchanged
b. Traders = Gives 5 percent more Trade Revenue
c. Political Savvy - As many points as possible
i. Would Increase Revenue from Trade
With those settings and 5000 Racial Points there are 1500 points left over. This allows some customizing for the FT player
III. Possible Rules:
a. May not initiate war
b. Can cancel treaties with other races for any reason
c. Can refuse to deal with races
d. Can refuse any Trade
e. Can apply a ”Storage Charge” up to 2 percent per month. (Just a random number pulled out of thin air) Ideas Anyone? On what the “fair ”Storage Charge” would be?
f. Would be allowed to colonize and develop any planet that had Ruins on it.
g. It could not claim the system. FT could Sell the planet if it chose to.
i. An agreement to return the existing population to the FT or pay for their “Consulting services” on a planet.
ii. Restrictions to this may be: Planets in question could not contain: Mining, Intel, or…. Ideas Anyone?
h. When Gifted ships that have run out of supply
i. An additional “Covering Cost” may be charged to cover the expense of Retrieving or destroying the ship in question.
ii. Ship could also be Traded or Sold to another race “As Is” or after repair.
i. FT could act as a “Broker”, (for a charge of course), in trades between two untrusting races.
i. It would be gifted the items in question
ii. Only pass them on if it was correct.
j. FT could maintain a “Repair / Refuel” fleet of “Tenders”
i. They would go to a “Gifted” ship
ii. Repair or refuel
iii. Gift it back.

Some thoughts:
This looks like it will be a lot of actual “Spread Sheet” work for the FT player.

More ideas anyone?