From:	K in the Shadows <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject:	Splitting the Difference (Re: Vehicle Design cost question)
Date:	Fri, 5 Feb 1999 22:29:37 EST

In a message dated 2/5/1999 4:55:00 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
chimerae@***.IE writes:

>
> - Why does the mark up factor count for every design option? I can
> imagine that it does for luxury vehicles, but security services
> aren't going to fork over 2.5 times the normal money to get a better
> sensor system for example. "So mr. car salesman you're saying that
> because my vehicle has a weapon mount, my sensor suite is 125K
> instead of 50K?" At which point mr car salesman suddenly realized
> that apart from having more money than the civil market, security
> corps also have a lot of fire power and the licenses to use it...

Something we've started doing is splitting up the Design Costs (and to some
extents) for Engines/Power Plants and for Chassis. We've also considered
subdividing out specific systems (such as magnanimous sensor suites), and then
adding up overall vehicle cost. It's not something for an "on-the-fly"
vehicle of course, nor for a beginning player, but we are usually neither one.

-K