In one of my previous games in RCES setting, I tried to establish possible trade routes after "second contact" was made to an isolated/backwater world in the Coalition region. Possible trade is still not guaranteed or even possible. Sometimes trade routes (in other versions) are determined by the presence of a gas giant and a serviceable starport. Starting from nothing, how does trade progress to a point of profit
The following is a concept from the World-Tamer39;s Handbook (GDW 0311). Initial trading is called "off-world trade" on (35), but how is this done by a civilization without a starport? Would we assume that damaged facilities exist? Am I confusing "second contact" with the actual tech level?
What is the value of making second contact in terms of opening a world to trade with other emergent systems
The following is a concept from the World-Tamer39;s Handbook (GDW 0311). Initial trading is called "off-world trade" on (35), but how is this done by a civilization without a starport? Would we assume that damaged facilities exist? Am I confusing "second contact" with the actual tech level?
What is the value of making second contact in terms of opening a world to trade with other emergent systems