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<blockquote data-quote="Systole" data-source="post: 6265677" data-attributes="member: 93930"><p><span style="color: #ff8c00">"It's not the tarriffs, ma'am. Everything in Gandling is designed to extract money from the ships and the crew without them noticing. The prices for restocking goods and water are high, but the captains can depend on the supplies being here when they need them, so they pay. The sailors on shore leave have their choice of drink, gambling, and ... uh ... ladies of negotiable virtue. And the ships and the crews are guaranteed safe when they're here, which makes it even easier for them to spend money. When the killer got those two sailors as collateral damage, that was pretty upsetting to everyone involved." </span> Harry clears his throat. <span style="color: #ff8c00"> "And while the Syndicate and the Crew don't steal off the boats, exactly ... well, if someone knows the contents of a particular shipment, and then makes it back to Venza a day or two before the goods arrive ... there's certain ways to turn that in profit, if you know the deals to make. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff8c00"></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff8c00">"And more than that, there's just a LOT of profit to make from the Jirago trade, ma'am. There's a veritable river of gold flowing from west to east. It's easy for the Crew and the Syndicate to dip a bucket in."</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff8c00"></span></p><p>Off to the side, Cheesewright gets to his feet and begins to sidle off into the shadows.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii513/pnthffr/BH_150.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii513/pnthffr/Cheese_150.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>. . . .<span style="color: #ff8c00"> Blind Harry</span> . . . . . . <span style="color: #696969">Cheesewright </span>. . . .</strong></p><p></p><p>[gm]While the Syndicate and the Crew are at each other's throats, none of that violence gets passed on to the sailors or the ships -- no one wants to kill the golden goose, as it were. They're both very carefully extracting the maximum amount of money from the visitors with the minimum amount of fuss, Las Vegas-style. And they're supplementing that with some insider trading. </p><p></p><p>Edit for TLDR:</p><p>1. High restocking fees.</p><p>2. Sailor money.</p><p>3. Insider trading.[/gm]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Systole, post: 6265677, member: 93930"] [COLOR=#ff8c00]"It's not the tarriffs, ma'am. Everything in Gandling is designed to extract money from the ships and the crew without them noticing. The prices for restocking goods and water are high, but the captains can depend on the supplies being here when they need them, so they pay. The sailors on shore leave have their choice of drink, gambling, and ... uh ... ladies of negotiable virtue. And the ships and the crews are guaranteed safe when they're here, which makes it even easier for them to spend money. When the killer got those two sailors as collateral damage, that was pretty upsetting to everyone involved." [/COLOR] Harry clears his throat. [COLOR=#ff8c00] "And while the Syndicate and the Crew don't steal off the boats, exactly ... well, if someone knows the contents of a particular shipment, and then makes it back to Venza a day or two before the goods arrive ... there's certain ways to turn that in profit, if you know the deals to make. "And more than that, there's just a LOT of profit to make from the Jirago trade, ma'am. There's a veritable river of gold flowing from west to east. It's easy for the Crew and the Syndicate to dip a bucket in." [/COLOR] Off to the side, Cheesewright gets to his feet and begins to sidle off into the shadows. [IMG]http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii513/pnthffr/BH_150.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii513/pnthffr/Cheese_150.jpg[/IMG] [B]. . . .[COLOR=#ff8c00] Blind Harry[/COLOR] . . . . . . [COLOR=#696969]Cheesewright [/COLOR]. . . .[/B] [gm]While the Syndicate and the Crew are at each other's throats, none of that violence gets passed on to the sailors or the ships -- no one wants to kill the golden goose, as it were. They're both very carefully extracting the maximum amount of money from the visitors with the minimum amount of fuss, Las Vegas-style. And they're supplementing that with some insider trading. Edit for TLDR: 1. High restocking fees. 2. Sailor money. 3. Insider trading.[/gm] [/QUOTE]
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