Five tutorial runs before the deal and a tutorial XP multiplier of 2.
The deal no longer waits for the loaner to be back at Earth, since five
runs end at the Moon; accepting it still puts the avatar at Earth.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Every cell of the CR-015 reach table and the CR-016 additions holds with
the existing tanks, so no content changes: the step adds one test per
new cell, the Bulk Hauler's 900M km minimum, and the Courier's
Jupiter-system loop.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Venus Cloud City, Io Sulfur Works and Europa Ice Station join the map
(fixed positions, Io and Europa riding with Jupiter), with their
fuel prices, range factors, shippers and sprites. Each makes a
Standard good so boards work there. The first-purchase balance window
widens to 45-95 minutes (user decision).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Applies CR-015's amendments to the implementation plan (deferred list,
decisions, content, sim, client and phase notes). The balance check now
also confirms no simulated ship ever needs emergency fuel while the
player has credits on Auto top-up. Phase 15 is complete.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The no-strand rule now asks whether the ship could leave the
destination on a full tank where fuel is sold, or on what is left
after the leg where it isn't. Emergency fuel is offered to an idle
ship that can't reach anywhere when the player can't afford the
shortfall: the cheapest leg's fuel at 2.5x the local price.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Ships carry fuel: a leg burns from the tank at departure (no credits),
dispatch needs the fuel on board (not-enough-fuel), a leg's fuel cost
is fuel burned x the tank's average price, and Auto top-up refills on
landing with what the credits cover. The save gains tank fields (save
version 2, migration fills every tank). Market ships arrive full; the
deal's ships come with a quarter tank to keep the balance targets.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Ships get a tank capacity and a burn rate instead of range and fuel
cost; locations get a fixed fuel price and a sellsFuel flag instead of
the launch cost multiplier. A leg burns burn rate x the economic
distance of (distance / origin factor), and reach is a full tank's
worth. Tanks are sized so every reach answer is unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Positions, distances, range checks, trip times, fuel and the no-strand
rule no longer take a time argument; the 48-hour no-strand margin goes
with it. Tests now check that a route's pay, trip time and fuel are the
same whenever it is offered or flown.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Locations get fixed polar coordinates (the Moon as an offset from
Earth) and astronomy-engine is removed, so positions now come from
content. Ranges move into CR-015's reach bands for the fixed distances,
and the Lighter's price drops to 36,000 to keep the balance targets.
Date-sampled tests become yes/no.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bay contract mass now comes from per-ship-size bands, and the first
contract in each band is a no-skill Standard job to a discovered
location, so a new player with only a Courier always has work.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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