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<P>Sounds good. When you figure the weight of "other factors", increase for quality, etc, a mainline trireme would probably run 5-700 gold if the base minimum is 220.<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>Scott Adams <longshot@darktech.org></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>The Powers and Perils Mailing List <pnp@abroere.xs4all.nl></I><BR>To: <I>The Powers and Perils Mailing List <pnp@abroere.xs4all.nl></I><BR>Subject: <I>[PnP] Ships...</I><BR>Date: <I>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:45:13 -0500</I><BR>><BR>><BR>>Based on research (a good site i found recently)<BR>>1 drachma = 1.5, 2.5 or 3.5 pnp CC. But tends to average around 2.5. So<BR>>we can either round it up or down to 2 or 3.<BR>><BR>>Based on ancient roman/athen costs for Cow, Ox, Horses, Wine, Goat and<BR>>other materials this is the conversion factor. Based on a an ancient athen<BR>>fiancne scroll the cost (min) to build a trireme is 67889 drachma. It gets<BR>>higher and other
factors.<BR>><BR>>But this is at least 220 gold in pnp terms. For a Trireme? Seems cheap to<BR>>me. But what do you guys think? All figures seem to be accurate and based<BR>>on good research/evidence.<BR>><BR>>Course this figure hasn't been decompiled further since at least half that<BR>>ifgure is based on pay for a few months time. Will further analyze that<BR>>data later.<BR>>Longshot - ZC of AdventureNet International Echomail Network<BR>>Fringe BBS - EWOG II - 904-733-1721<BR>>Telegard / Allfix Beta Site<BR>>Website: http://users.cybermax.net/~longshot<BR>>ICQ: 24436933<BR>><BR>><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>pnp mailing list<BR>>pnp@abroere.xs4all.nl<BR>>http://abroere.xs4all.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pnp<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div></html>