I, Admiral Stan, have decided to start up a small transport business. I will transport any amount (up to 2000 cu) of goods to anywhere but Serco territory UNTIL others are hired (because my Serco rating is at -1000). There will be a fee (depending on distance traveled and amount of cargo taken and other factors, which are listed). See tables below to calculate cost. I am also looking for people to deliver stuff to Serco territory and to everywhere else while I am away. The weekly salary will be between 15,000 and 30,000 credits (depending on how long/well you've been working and amount/distance of runs) and I will be in charge of all profits made/salaries (until someone takes over treasurere position).

EXAMPLE: JoeBob (hired by Admiral Stan) transports 240cu of Heliocene Ore from Azek I-4--->Sol II@X credits
X credits--->Admiral Stan (Founder and Treasurer, unless another treasurer is hired)
At end of week X credits from Admiral Stan--->JoeBob for salary
Etc...

If you would like a position as a transporter or would like to take over the treasurer role, please let me know. If you would like stuff transported anywhere in UIT/Gray/Itani space, post a reply here or message me ingame. I will post a thing here when my company will be able to transport to Serco territory.

BILLING by CARGO SPACE: 120cu: 12000 credits
Every cu of cargo: 100 credits
Maximum cu of cargo: 2000 cu (X cu of Cargo times 100 credits/cu = total cost)

ADDITIONAL BILLING: One jump: 500 credits
Accidental deaths: 2000 credits
Replenishing ship of cargo: subtract amount cargo cost to buy or (for ores) sell price at destination station from total
Gray space tarvel: 3000 credits per system (due to danger and ammo useage)
Change of station after origional destination is reached: 1000 credits/ station or system

Note: The additional billing ONLY applies to the trip THERE, NOT the way back.

PLEASE LEAVE A SHORT NOTE/RESUME IF YOU WOULD LIKE A JOB! NOW HIRING ALL POSITIONS LISTED!

HIRING: Chief of operations, Treasurer, Hauler(s), and Boss.

DESCRIPTION:
Boss: Maintains Controll of company/company affairs and decides salaries (I will always be a boss)
Treasurer: Handles all money (MUST keep a log of money coming in and out)
Chief of Transport (CT): Sees over the hauling of goods
Hauler(s): Hauls cargo to desired destination, also collects fees from client and then gives it to treasurer

SIGNING BONUS:
Vice President:100,000 credits
Treasurer: 75,000 credits
Escort(s): 62,500 credits
Chief of Transport: 50,000 credits
Hauler(s): 25,000 credits

SALARIES:
Vice President: 50,000 credits
Treasurer: 40,000 credits
Escorts: 35,000 credits
Chief of Transport: 30,000 credits
Hauler(s): 20,000 credits

STAFF:
Founder/President: Admiral Stan
Vice President: Mintebi
Treasurer: Admiral Stan
Escort(s): Admiral Stan
Chief of Transport (CT): Admiral Stan
Hauler(s): Admiral Stan, Thor X
Owners: Admiral Stan (51%, founder), Magic Bus (4%), Mintebi (45%)
Investors: Thor X ($1 million)

NOTICE: From now on all changes will be made on our website. This will soon become outdated.

wait... wait....

we would pay you for accidental death and replenishment? if you die with our cargo, you owe it to us.

you boom, you pay.

Excellent! A one man trading corporation. I look forward to violating you with MegaPosi bursts and liverating yer cargoes.

How come people on the VO forums always act like such dicks? Like seriously, what's wrong with a guy starting a small business? NOTHING! At least my guild respect me and give SOME positive feedback and say they are glad to have a company to haul goods. Oh and if you didn't notice DrDoak007, it says SUBTRACT cost of replenished goods from total you owe us...if we die, it's probabally from a dangerous route (like one through Gray space with tons of Unnies). Jerks...

Personally I think its pretty cool Axis, at times I have found myself needing goods transported and was literally unable to find anyone I could pay to do it. And I always pay well..just hate trading [tho it is sometimes necessary. So contact me sometimes, I might be interested in hiring your company under some type of contract. :-)

MysticRogue
Commander
CLM

Thank you MysticRouge. That's that kind of people this forum need, people who offer positive feedback/suggestions and who want to use peoples services. Ill message you sometime or something and ya. Thanks again Mystic

Admiral Stan

Thor X is my first hired Hauler. Congrats to him!

Admiral Stan

Forgive me if my idea is out of date, I haven't played the game in quite some time.

Here's my idea:

Anyone who has played Escape Velocity (sorry for the inevitable comparison) is familiar with the cargo transport missions. What's cool with a MMORPG is that now it can be real people posting these missions, which will be especially cool with a dynamic economy. What is needed (maybe this already exists) is the ability to post to the missions menu at stations. There should be an option to post at just the current station, all of one government's stations, or all stations everywhere. You can post the amount of what type of whatever you want shipped to wherever and whatever pay you are offering; or if you don't want so much information available publicly where pirates can know exactly where what is going and when, just give a vague idea and your name and negotiate on a secure channel with whoever is interested. The only problem would be people accepting a mission and stealing the cargo. The best penalty for that would be to place a bounty on their head (which I guess you can't do right now), but the problem with bounties in this game is that death means almost nothing. What is feasible, though is another place where you post crimes committed by other players. If someone contacts you offering to carry your cargo, check their name against the list of known offenders, and if they have stolen cargo in the past, don't give them your cargo. Also, if you want work, post somewhere in game that you are looking for work. Basically this would work in stations kind of like a classifieds section of the newspaper.

Now now, Axis. Keep in mind I didn't say your idea was bad. In fact, I love it when things like [TRB] and [IGPK] flavors I and II crop up. I just enjoy the bejezus out of killing you folk =)

But why? Its costing me profit from my clients...then they get mad...then i lose business...then i'll get sad...

Thing is, a reputable person could probobly just bill Broma to do this sort of stuff---he does run an ore transport business after all. And so I warn you, Axis.Master, you won't be without competition.

We need small businesses like this. Congrats.
I dont like trading so ill be using your services often.

dang it i started something like this a few months back and nobody paid me crap :/
even had a few workers and a specific color for all the ships! must have started at the wrong time.
anyway best of luck to ya, glad the idea is finally working for someone :P

50K for a trip across gray space? I charge more than that just to escort someone.

So...hypothetically...

If I gave you 120 helio to transport across gray...and some pirate (or one of my alts (or even me)) exploded you...you would have to reimburse me 240000+?

In any case, I'll be aggresively persuading you to hire an escort, although it doesn't look like you'll be able to afford one with your current rates.

Axis...

I think you knew full well when you made up your mind to start the company that there would probably be people after your hide (and your cargoes) the second you launch. Dr. Lecter informing you of his intent to inspect your cargo holds is merely a tip of the hat. Others'll just blow you out of the sky.

Don't get me wrong, I find the Idea of small delivery companies intriguing, for pretty much the same reasons as Prof. Chaos (another EV fan. Wahey!). However, I also like the thrill of piracy. If there were no pirates, I wouldn't even bother trading, because then it's only 'get there asap'. If it's 'get there if you can', there's a challenge involved.

Great Idea but wrong forum. This should be in RP.

So true tianzi...

[moved to RP]

Thanks for moving my thing to the RP forum tianzi. I like the escort idea so I will be hiring some of them. Thanks for all the feedback and let me know if you need my services. Laters!

Admiral Stan

No offense, but I can make 20k by sneezing on a mothful of xith ore. It's an idea alright, but you might need to modify salaries.

Why do would I change my salaries when my employees are happy with them? They also get a signing bonus so their perfectly happy. So am I so whatever.

Admiral Stan