Hyperinflation.

[Rudo]

Yes, sadly there'd be too much work to do. It's not an impossible project, but a highly ambitious one.

Thing is, it's not the Credit unit itself that is devalued, but the sheer scale of capital generation that occurs due to the enormous revenue potential of trade ships. Also the sheer numbers of these ships in space. The credit value of pirate extortion is based upon the trader's profits, which themselves run into ludicrous millions upon millions of credits.

Of course, you need to factor in that in RP, ships in freelancer don't cross systems in minutes, and the entire sector within an hour. Long-haul runs are supposed to take days or weeks.

Thankfully there are only so many commodities whose value is dictated by the players; we'd be utterly screwed if we had to depend on player economies for ships, shields and weaponry.

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