Sorry--I was going to say that they do equip space ship security teams, and so you can have a thirty percent discount on lots of one hundred, as long as they are all alike.
Yes, the sporting goods shop sells replicas of well-known ancient weapons, such as Winchester rifles, Desert Eagles, M-16s, AK-47s, and others. They also sell a wide range of ammo and can order other types from their catalog. For which guns do you need what type of ammo, in what quantity?
They're offering one hundred credits for your crossbow. A comparable weapon sells new for about four hundred, but the sort of thing you want is probably a high-end weapon, high-tensile polymer bow with SpiderSilk™ cable, cantilever two hundred pound draw and silvilon track, for twelve hundred.
--M. J. Young
5849 credits
I'm buying
10 fragmentation grenades.
10 glue grenades
At the sporting goods store:
"Do you have any Ruger P-89 9mm pistols, or comparable handguns? I have one, I'd like to have 2, one for each hand."
"I need some 9mm ammo, and some 7.62x39 ammo. (The AK-47 is exactly the same as the MAK 90, same ammo, same clips, just the MAK isn't full auto.) I also need some magazines. What kinds of magazines do you have? Do you have any 100 or 200 round snail drum magazines?" (It's just what it sounds like. It's a magazine shaped like a snail shell. I know 100 round drums exist on earth, and I believe 200 round drums also exist. The 200 round drums are cool. Supposedly, if you were to empty one in full auto mode, it would literally melt the gun barrel)
"I'd like 1,000 rounds of each type of ammo." (1,000 rounds of ammo weighs about 40 pounds, give or take)
"What do you have in the way of shotguns? I'd like a Mossberg Persuader." (8+1 shot capacity, 20 inch barrel, pump action 12 gauge. Bad ass close-range weapon)
"Do you have any small frame revolvers?" (38/357 caliber, 5-6 shot, 2-4 inch barrel perfect for concealed carry)
"And yes, one of those 1,200 credit crossbows will do nicely. How much are the arrows? Or can I use the arrows that I already have? Also, do you have any special arrows?" (Exploding, poison, etc.) What about a grappling hook type arrow?"
I AM NOT selling my crossbow just yet. I have a feeling I can do better than 100 credits for it somewhere else
And since I have a feeling this is going to come to a lot more than I have in my account, is there anywhere to sell more gems?
NOTES
15@10 Do Anything. Bias of current world. 0@25. 15@10 possible. 15@10 Do Anything. "Make me now and forever completely immune to bias curves in any area in any world I land in."
So, I could do 15@10 skill in a flatline world.
You can sell more gems where you sold the others, if you like. You can probably find other stores, but probably can't get better value.
10 frags is 2000c; 10 glue is 3000c.
At the sporting goods store:
- Ruger P-89 9mm pistols, or comparable handguns are a special order item, but they can get them in three days, 350c each.
- 9mm ammo, also special order, 10c per hundred rounds.
- 7.62x39 ammo is in stock, same price.
- kinds of magazines, keep mostly 30 and 50 shot versions, but do have a couple of 100s in stock, 200s available special order. 10c for a 30, 15c for 50, 25c for 100, 35c for 200, plus cost of bullets.
- shotgun, something like the Mossberg Persuader, 12+1 shot capacity, 20 inch barrel, pump action 12 gauge, 900c. Also has an Edison Street Sweeper, 8 gauge 8+1 shot 19" barrel pump action, 750c.
- small frame revolvers 38/357 caliber, 5-6 shot, 2-4 inch barrel, several varieties starting 150c running to 500c depending on features and quality.
- Target quarrels for crossbows are 10c per dozen; hunting quarrels are 15c per dozen. Your old quarrels should work fine. They can get a variety of special purpose quarrels, including grappling hooks. Most of them run from 5 to 15c apiece, but the grapple system is 200c and comes with two grapples, lines, and the adaptor system for use.
Since the crossbow is 1200c, it looks like you do not at the moment have enough for the grenades and the crossbow. Intention?
--M. J. Young
Buy grenades. All 20.
Purchase 1,000 rounds MAK 90 ammo.
Place order for 1,000 rounds of 9mm ammo. (I'm going to trust MJ to do the math)
Purchase one 100 round drum, one 30 round clip, 1 50 round clip (All MAK 90)
(I should have enough credits for all of this, if not, sacrifice 9mm ammo, in lots of 100 rounds until I do)
NOTES
Sell more gems ASAP.
Purchase Edison 8 gauge street sweeper. What kinds of ammo?????????
Purchase more, and higher capacity MAK magazines.
maybe buy comparable 9mm pistol.
Purchase small frame revolver and 100 (at least) ammo (Verser's Survival Pack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
See if you can build a crossbow-fired grappling hook. I bet the scrap dealer (what's his name, anyway?) can provide light material for building grappling hook.
Keep Current Crossbow (for now, we know it works in a low-bias world. Would the other?) Do they have similar loading designs in their polymer crossbows? Don't want to bias out the (intended) low bias weapon.
You start with 5849 credits.
You buy 10 frags for 2000c, 10 glueys for 3000c.
1000 rounds of 9mm at 10c per hundred is 100c.
The magazines for the MAK are 25c for the 100, 10c for the 30, 15c for the 50.
It's 100c for the 1000 rounds of MAK ammo.
That comes to:
- +5849
-2000
-1000
-100
-25
-10
-15
-100
=2599
Three days for delivery on the 9mm, he puts a hold on that money so your account shows 100c more but shows a lock on 100c.
--M. J. Young
John has been unable to post to this thread, so I am attempting to add a link to a new one to continue his game, Crossing the Galaxy: John Cross' game continues.
--M. J. Young