Markus Armbruster
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undocumented feature: When a buyer didn't have enough money at the time of the trade, the seller *automatically* granted a high-interest, medium term loan for up to 90% of the price. This is just a silly trap for unwary sellers and buyers alike. (N_FIN_TROUBLE, N_CREDIT_JUNK): Unused, remove. (rpt): Update accordingly.
35 lines
1.1 KiB
Perl
35 lines
1.1 KiB
Perl
.TH Command TRADE
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.NA trade "Buy planes/ships/land units"
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.LV Expert
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.SY "trade"
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The trade report lists
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all ships, planes and land units that are being sold and allows you
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to buy them.
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.s1
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It is based on a bidding system, and after the bidding time has passed,
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the transactions are executed, and the highest bidder gets the goods
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(maybe.) If there are no bidders once the time passes, the goods stay
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on the market and the first bidder will get them.
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.s1
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Your bid must be higher than the currently high bid.
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.s1
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Typical output looks like:
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.EX trade
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.NF
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Empire Trade Report
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Wed Mar 13 14:42:45 1996
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lot high bid by time left owner description
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--- -------- -- --------- ----- -------------------------
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0 $ 1000 2 0.06 hrs ( 2) tech 0 100% inf1 infantry 1 [f:21 ] #3
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Which lot to buy: 0
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Destination sector: 4,0
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How much do you bid: 1100
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Your bid on lot #0 is being considered.
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.FI
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.s1
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The cargo of ships and land units are listed in the square
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brackets, in this case, 4 guns and 40 shells. The nuclear armament of
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planes is listed in parentheses.
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.s1
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.SA "set, Commerce"
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