Money, Cash and Credit Cards

[Akura]

I think Agiera designed the Neural Net system, pirates eventually got their hands on through piracy I guess.

And the Hackers use this Agiera filth? They must sever their ties to Agiera, doesn't make sense.

And Unioners, Xenos...


They can barely afford to weld their ships, let alone use Agiera tech.


And Agiera never invented a tracking system, or Admins for it?



It's just one of those unexplainable things.

[Robert.Fitzgerald]

Think of it as the internet. The internet was initially developed by one group, now is used all over the globe. It's used by criminals, police, civilians alike.

Imagine the credit system as being part of the net. It's just there, don't think Digital Anvil developers intended to explain it at all.

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[Tales23]

As mentioned before I believe all credits are stored virtually and money is transferred via some sort of card, or even a chip.

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[Linkus]

It all goes through a motherstation but no doubt the pirate factions etc using it would go through a number of different connections etc. Essentially like a hacker today might. Except it would both be harder to track and well, the pirate could easily get away before anyone can track them to the position.


The Mollys like Gold, it's our favourite sort of currency:lol:

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[Elsdragon]

Lets add counterfit cash as a smuggled commodity!

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[Mao]

I miss the 100k, 1 million, 10 millions and 100 millions credits cards.

I don't know about the others but I found 100k credit cards:)

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[Agmen of Eladesor]

I don't know about the others but I found 100k credit cards:)

Yeah - you tend to find 10 of them in the holds of those cap ships you blow up when you take missions...

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[jimmy Patterson]

there is probly a "fort knox" style system in liberty or all houses unless weve evolved past that

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[Elsdragon]

I think it is just between the individuals, thouh it makes sense there may be a bank of some kind.

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[Tenacity]

We cant really know, tbh.

However, I like to think of things as mass effect's codex explains...

In mass effect's universe, credits (electronic money) are the standard. Physical money is extremely rare, and the authorities restrict and even prevent the use of actual physical 'cash' because it's harder to track.

Every transaction that occurs via credits (electronically) can be recorded and investigated. Crimes are more easily stopped that way, because there's always electronic evidence. Of course, a good hacker can manipulate electronic transactions, and even forge credits, but that kind of skill is extremely rare.

Cash does still exist, however, and is primarily used by criminal sorts in order to make shady transactions where evidence on the "neuralnet" (to put it in freelancer terms) might be recorded. It's impossible for police groups to track your transactions when the transfer is being made in person, using solid cash - an 'under the table' payment, as it were.

I think in freelancer things are probably similar. Every citizen and lawful uses electronic credits through the neuralnet - they never actually hold their money. This allows the house military, government, and police groups to keep tabs on every transaction made - everytime something is bought or sold using electronic credits, the lawfuls know about it. Unlawfuls probably prefer to use commodities or 'physical credits' - perhaps in the form of credit cards - in order to make their exchanges, as those transactions cannot be tracked and effectively keep the cops off of their backs.

Among unlawfuls, buying and selling is probably less common than bartering. The use of various commodities, including food, water, sidearms, ship materials, and raw resources like metal ores and chemicals as bartering chips prevents any tracking of one's business at all, and these materials are as valuable, if not more valuable, than electronic credits - they are real, can be held, and cannot be forged.

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