TNG #33 - Balance of Power - Quirks That Bug Me

[Stevil2001]

A one-time payment of 25,000 credits upon retirement doesn't seem so great if you've been make 96,000 per year!

 

[F. King Daniel]

Scotty saying that he “bought a boat” could just mean he’s acquired one. He probably traded something for it. I don’t think actual money was used.

With concrete examples saying there is and isn't money, there's a lot of wiggle room each way.

That pay thing is hilarious but it doesn’t give you an idea how much a credit is worth. For all we know, 8500 could be the same as a dollar.

I'm sure that somewhere in the book it gives a figure for the cost of a Galaxy-class starship, I can't seem to find it.

FASA's other manuals give prices on a variety of things. Trader Captains and Merchant Princes gives 350,000Cr for a used TOS shuttlecraft and 700,000 for a new one, 400Cr for a phaser pistol or a tricorder- but they're traders in deep space and may not reflect how much these things might cost on Earth.

 

[Amaris]

With concrete examples saying there is and isn't money, there's a lot of wiggle room each way.

I'm sure that somewhere in the book it gives a figure for the cost of a Galaxy-class starship, I can't seem to find it.

FASA's other manuals give prices on a variety of things. Trader Captains and Merchant Princes gives 350,000Cr for a used TOS shuttlecraft and 700,000 for a new one, 400Cr for a phaser pistol or a tricorder- but they're traders in deep space and may not reflect how much these things might cost on Earth.

True, there is a lot of wiggle room, it's just irksome for me to see some of my favorite characters go latinum crazy. It's so out of character for them when weighed against what we've seen on the screen.

 

[thribs]

It’s about 2500 Zen for a Tier 6 Galaxy Class ship in STO if that helps.

 

[Paris]

Thanks for that @King Daniel Beyond

 

[tomswift2002]

That pay thing is hilarious but it doesn’t give you an idea how much a credit is worth. For all we know, 8500 could be the same as a dollar.

Plus for the enlisted retirement is kind of odd. point-120 credits for Master Warrrant Officer! So what would that work out to? Would it be like "pennies to a dollar"?

 

[JD]

Also, as mentioned, Star Trek IV made it clear they didn't use money, either:



So there's ample precedent. It would be one thing if the book casually mentioned money here and there, but it's the central theme, and everyone in the story is practically obsessed with acquiring money.

One explanation I've heard for the TVH stuff is that everything is done digitally in the 23rd Century, so Kirk's confusion was just about the actual physical money, rather than the whole concept of "money".

 

[Amaris]

One explanation I've heard for the TVH stuff is that everything is done digitally in the 23rd Century, so Kirk's confusion was just about the actual physical money, rather than the whole concept of "money".

Perhaps, but then when Kirk and Gillian have go to dinner and have to leave earlier, the exchange when the check is presented kind of makes it clear:

GILLIAN: Don't tell me they don't use money in the twenty-third century.
KIRK: Well, we don't!

 

[Christopher]

Perhaps, but then when Kirk and Gillian have go to dinner and have to leave earlier, the exchange when the check is presented kind of makes it clear:

GILLIAN: Don't tell me they don't use money in the twenty-third century.
KIRK: Well, we don't!

Yes, yes, we all know that it's a bit of a cheat to pretend that Kirk was only talking about physical money. But it's the only way to make it work. Sometimes you have to fudge the details to reconcile a contradiction.