A tale of a mercantile spacecraft, in spreadsheet form.
Outing 1: No real plan. From Drunia to Solstice.
Time in port: a week. Cost: 1,000 (inclusive of salaries, food, air, water, etc)
Time during outing: 6 weeks. Cost: 6,000
One Hyperspace jump. Cost: 1,000.
Mortgage: 700
Cargos: an unremarkable cargo pod, revenue of 10,000.
Net profit: 1,300
To the company, 20%: $260
To the crew: $1,040
Shares: 13.5 (3 for the Captain, 2 for each other officer (Cargo, Steward, Engineering, XO, 2nd officer), 2.5 for the crew (1 at fullshare, 3 at half share)
Profit per share: ~77. We're in the black, but only just.
Profit per week per share: $10
Outing 2: A plan! From Drunia to Solstice, thinking about profits.
Time in port: 2 days. Cost: $250
Time during outing: 5 weeks. Cost: $5,000
One hyperspace jump. Cost: $1,000
Mortgage: 450
Cargoes: Well chosen priority cargo pod, revenue of $25,000
Net profit: $20,300
To the company, 20%: $4,060
To the crew: $16,240
Shares: 15 (Cap: 3. 4 officers: 2 each. Crew: 4, as all made full share).
Profit per share > $1,080.
Profit per week per share: ~$200
Morals of the story:
0. Making people aware of incentives matters.
1. Revenue matters.
2. Costs matter.
3. If you have time-based costs like a mortgage, leverage each day towards productivity.
4. Train your people. They'll be happier, healthier, and more productive.
5. Companies are rent takers.
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Salaries should go up in the second one to cover the full share folks. I missed that one. That's a part of the cost in port & cost in transit, which already includes the big salaries of the officers. The others won't add too much.
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