E020 Payment on Arrival (takes 1 hour)
When you reach New Karma spaceport, space station or colony with the gypsies, roll 1d6. If you receive any rubies, they can be
sold at list value to any gem dealer you encounter, or bartered at half their value for anything in lieu of normal money payments.
Rubies cannot be deposited in a bank account. Die roll results are:
- 1: clan leader gives you a sack of rubies with a value of 53,000 S
- 2: clan leader admits he doesn’t have that many rubies, but gives you a small sack with a value of 8,000 S
- 3-6: the clan leader says one of the children has a broken arm (he does), suffered in your rough landing — since the clan did not arrive all in good condition, you violated the agreement and he’ll pay nothing, even if you threaten them or search them at gunpoint, you will find no more rubies, and in fact no money at all!