The Currency on the frontier is varied based on the great house that issues it.
- Maxdel - Script
- Crowborne - Marks
- Ranet - Ducats
- Andirral - Dans
- Kowloon - Guineas
- Lomavillers - Credit
- Heanthugs - Florins
- Abilot - Kas
- Imperial - Rands (Dreams)
All house currencies are backed by their stockpile of Imperial Rands, and then the relative demand for such currencies in each house - for example Lomavillers credits are accepted at face value almost everywhere while attempting to pay using anything but Marks in Crowborne will see inflated costs. Ranet Ducats have some of the closest parity with Imperial Rands and are a known stable currency accepted in most ports.
Each currency is broken in to 100 pennies which is where most commoners operate. A grown man working part time - or child working full time can expect to earn 50 pennies a day. A skilled artisan working in a guild can expect to earn 10 Rands a day.
An unskilled worker sleeping in communal housing buying 2 hearty meals per day would expect to pay roughly 30 pennies per day to survive.
The prices that Nobles pay for goods and services is often quite inflated due to the perceived luxury associated with it with a single cafe meal costing 5 Rands or a laundry service costing 20 Rands.
Starships also have outrageous costs putting it well beyond commoner ownership except in rare circumstances - with a used Ketch easily costing 500,000 Rands.
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