User:Triogenix/Sandbox Economy

= Economy =

Salaries and Wages
Salaries and wages are determined by the position an employee fulfils aboard the NSS Aurora. This ranges between one and twenty, with the latter being the highest-paid positions. This number is a significant factor in randomising the bank account of a character aboard the NSS Aurora. The numbers below are on a weekly basis and must be multiplied by four to get their monthly total.

Command
Captain: 20

Head of Personnel: 10

Chief Medical Officer: 10

Research Director: 15

Head of Security: 10

Chief Engineer: 10

Liaison and representatives: 7

Medical
Physician: 7

Surgeon: 7

Pharmacist: 5

Psychiatrist: 5

First Responder: 4

Medical Intern: 1

Research
Scientist: 7

Xenobiologist: 7

Roboticist: 5

Lab assistant: 1

Security
Warden: 5

Investigator: 5

Officer: 4

Cadet: 1

Engineering
Station engineer: 5

Atmos tech: 5

Apprentice: 1

Civilian & Service
Janitor: 1

Chaplain: 1

Bartender: 1

Chef: 1

QM: 5

Miner: 5

Cargo tech: 1

Assistant: 1

Visitor: 1

Wants and Needs
The salaries and wages of a character are in turn used to fulfil their wants and needs. This can range from spending a significant amount of their income on housing, entertainment, and even buying tickets to travel the Orion Spur through ferries and whatnot. Similarly to the above, it ranges on a numerical scale from 1 to 10, with the latter being the highest. This is on a monthly basis and does not need additional calculations.

NTCC Odin
Low-end room on the NTCC Odin: 1

Mid-end room on the NTCC Odin: 2

High-end room on the NTCC Odin: 3

Apartments
Low-end apartment: 2

Mid-end apartment: 4

High-end apartment: 6

Houses
Low-end house: 3

Mid-end house: 5

High-end house: 7

Public Transportation
Public Transit: 1

Motorcycles
Low-end motorcycle: 1

Mid-end motorcycle: 2

High-end motorcycle: 3

Cars
Low-end car: 2

Mid-end car: 3

High-end car: 4

Diet
Pauper's diet: 1

Commoner's diet: 2

Aristocrat's diet: 3

Entertainment
One outing a week: 1

Two to three outings a week: 2

Four to five outings a week: 3

Six to seven outings a week: 4

Eight or more outings a week: 6

Tax Brackets
One to four: 0

Five to eight: 1

Nine to eleven: 2

Twelve to fifteen: 3

Sixteen to twenty: 4

Other adjustments
This includes things that can either add or subtract the value of a character's salaries and wages.

Social Class
Wealthy: x1.30

Well-off: x1.15

Average: x1

Underpaid: x0.85

Poor: x0.5

Species
Human: 0

Skrell: 0

Unathi: -1

Tajara: -1

Dionae: -2

IPC: -2

Vaurca: -3

Examples
This includes examples and a guideline of sorts on how to calculate the class of your character.

Maria
Maria is a Chef and moonlights as a Bartender aboard the NSS Aurora. She is an IPC Shell. She is self-owned.

Maria's combined income is eight points for a month. She is neither well-off nor underpaid, so does not have any additions or subtractions on that front.

She rents a low-end room on the NTCC Odin, deducting one point.

She uses public transportation, deducting one point.

Maria does not eat, therefore she does not need to deduct any points. She uses the charging facilities NSS Aurora.

Maria goes out once a week, often to the Trinary Perfection Church, and deducts one point.

As Maria works two jobs that fall below the tax bracket, she is not deducted any points.

Due to Maria being an IPC, she is paid less than her organic counterparts. This deducts two points.

Maria is left with three points a month, which she can either spend or save as she sees fit.

Oleg El-Amin
Oleg El-Amin is a miner aboard the NSS Aurora. He is a Zhan-Khazan Tajara.

Oleg's income for the month is twenty points. He is considered underpaid, and therefore he has been deducted three points (20 x 0.85 = 17) from his gross personal income.

He rents a low-end apartment in Little Adhomai (District 6), deducting two points.

He owns a mid-end car, deducting three points.

Oleg is considered quite overweight compared to his peers. It is mostly due to his Aristocratic diet, which deducts a further three points.

Additionally, Oleg is fond of the drink. He frequents the bars across Biesel and often engages in some gambling. This leads to a deduction of four points.

Oleg's job falls within the first tax bracket, and he is deducted one point.

Due to Oleg being a Zhan-Khazan Tajara, he is paid less than his Human and Skrell peers. This deducts one point.

Oleg is left with three points a month, which he can either spend or save as he sees fit.