Opened

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An opened world is fresh to the game of interstellar contact, one willing to reestablish the ancient bonds of trade that once webbed worlds together. Regrettably, most of them are not entirely certain how the whole business is supposed to work. The natives have little experience in dealing with offworlders, often misinterpret their customs, and have certain assumptions and expectations that they never think to question... along with an often-overblown esteem for "offworld tech". Opened worlds usually have not had time to develop sophisticated starports, complex interstellar trade bureaucracies, or a jaded indifference to far traders.

Leaders:
^{Who might be encountered while conducting business}

• Confused minister of the local trade bureaucracy
• Personally ambitious official
• Leader of the faction that advocated for opening the world
• New port master with no idea how to do his job

Enemies:
^{Who might be encountered who opposes the group}

Angry xenophobic local

Ruthlessly exploitative far trader rival

Offworld ambassador with a grudge against the far trader

Local ruler who expects pliant service from the offworlders

Complications:
^{How might the situation on the world be more complicated}

The locals opened up trade because they need the far traders to save the planet from something

The locals are convinced the far traders are Space Gods or something similar

Another world's government wants them quarantined for economic or religious reasons

The locals think far traders all belong to the same company- and are culpable for each others' sins

Things:
^{What items might be found on the world}

Pretech spare parts useless to the locals but priceless offworld

Cargo container full of enormously disruptive offworld tech

Access codes to a military space station inaccessible since the Scream

Cache of goods that the locals don't realize are extremely valuable

Things:
^{What regulations might complicate things}

Far traders don't yet have legal standing in the local courts

A rival trader has "helped" the locals set up the trade laws to his own benefit

The locals have dusted off trade laws from before the Scream

Spaceship travel is permitted only to and from designated "starports"

Tags: Lopop,Trade