So we know that Sandro has given a strong indication that we will be getting Brokerage Contacts for the exchange of Materials (&, I suspect, Data). He has also mentioned that exchanging more common materials for rarer materials will have losses attached to it.
However, what I'm thinking of is.....why not just have a straight up exchange rate? So if we allow for Very Common; Common; Average; Rare; & Very Rare Materials (both natural & artificial), then maybe we could say-as a starting point-that 50 units of Very Common Materials might get you 1 unit of Very Rare Materials, 30 units of Common Materials might get you 1 Very Rare Material.....and so on down to 5 or 2 units of Rare Materials for 1 unit of very rare material.....just as an example.
Of course, this exchange rate might vary slightly based on the relative scarcity of the materials within that system. So if a system was especially rich in Cadmium, then the exchange rate for Cadmium in this system would be better than for most other Rare Materials.
Anyway, just a thought.
However, what I'm thinking of is.....why not just have a straight up exchange rate? So if we allow for Very Common; Common; Average; Rare; & Very Rare Materials (both natural & artificial), then maybe we could say-as a starting point-that 50 units of Very Common Materials might get you 1 unit of Very Rare Materials, 30 units of Common Materials might get you 1 Very Rare Material.....and so on down to 5 or 2 units of Rare Materials for 1 unit of very rare material.....just as an example.
Of course, this exchange rate might vary slightly based on the relative scarcity of the materials within that system. So if a system was especially rich in Cadmium, then the exchange rate for Cadmium in this system would be better than for most other Rare Materials.
Anyway, just a thought.
