FAQ- Must Read

Q: How should I choose my ship?

A: Each ship available for buying in the first season has its own benefits and constraints.

A larger ship has higher tonnage capacity and therefore gives the opportunity to earn higher profits

through trade. It also has higher crew carrying capacity safeguarding your team against any calamities

that you might encounter.

Smaller ship travels faster and thus reaches the port early thus enabling you to buy raw materials at

lower prices. Reaching early also means you’ll be able to spend higher amount on promoting

products (because of higher no. days spent on the port).

Q: How long we have to play? Do we have to sit in front of screen continuously?

A: Each round has been allocated a day for submission of decisions. The time of submission within

the day is immaterial. The results will be generated at the end of that decision period (end of day) for

all the teams simultaneously.

Internet connectivity: This is very important for the game to run smoothly. If your connection

breaks or session times out then you need to login again in order to submit your decisions. Please

save your data often in case of poor internet connectivity.

Q: Can you explain about the cost of the crew?

A: Each Navigator and soldier has two cost components. A fixed cost is to be paid to hire every

crew member and a variable cost (per day) has to be paid to each of them for the duration of the

journey. Fixed cost is 4000 AU and Variable cost is 500 AU for Navigators and Soldiers.

E.g. If you hire 8 crew members totally then fixed cost would be 32,000 AU. Suppose you took 25

days for the journey then the variable cost would be 100,000 AU.

Marketer costs: The marketers also have a similar payment structure. You need to pay a fixed cost to

hire each marketer and a variable cost (per day) for the number of days on the port.

Q: Does an attack/calamity depend on the type of ship?

A: No, the probability of the attack depends only on the route chosen and does not depend on the

type of ship. Attack / calamity happening on one ship (team) are independent of other ships (other

teams) on that route.

Q: When can I know the results for each season?

A: Results of a particular season can be viewed when you log in to play the next season. To view the

results go to ‘TRADE’ section
‘Trade Book’. This shows both buying and selling product details.

The actual quantity sold is viewed under the ‘Actual’ column. The actual quantity bought is viewed

under ‘Quantity’ column.

Q: Why can’t I see any information in the paid information section?

A: This information is available from season 3 onwards. It consists of the previous season’s

decisions of the teams which are currently at your port.

Q: Do we have to reach back to Nansita?

A: No, Your journey ends at the last port on your route plan. At this port you only need to submit

selling decisions. The remaining inventory is liquidated at the prevailing buying prices at the port.

Q: Can there be multiple attacks, storms, shallow water in each route for my ship? Again, how does

that map to a number for loss/damage/slowdown

A: Yes, There can be multiple attacks on the route if the gods do decide to screw your team :)

If there is a pirate attack it causes loss of ship cargo only. If shallow water/storms occur they'll affect

your ship’s speed and will also cause damage to your ship.

In case of more than one attack, both ‘damage to ship/speed loss’ and ‘cargo loss’ will occur.

Q: Can i put in multiple sell order for same goods at different prices? For example, i entered two sell

orders for rice 100 units @ 1300 & 300 units @ 1000 with 1 marketer each. In the trade book it

appears as 400 units of rice @ 1000 & 2 marketers each. So how is this going to be treated?

A: No, multiple sell orders are not possible. Your decisions will be taken as what appears in the trade

book. So before setting sail, please check the trade book to confirm the order.

CLARIFICATIONS

1. Probability of calamity from Nansenburg to Niberia: The probability calculated at the end of

page 4 is of atleast one calamity occurring. The probability of no calamity occurring would

be (1 – 0.18)*(1 – 0.12)*(1 – 0.40) = 0.433

2. Ship Salvage value: The ship value depreciates by 5.425% every season. At the end of season

5, ship will be sold off at the book value.

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http://nauticav20.blogspot.com/ or mail us at imperium08.nautica@gmail.com