Cost: 1.2 credits/3 platinum (up to 10 pounds)

Availability: Everywhere

The Allied Postal Service is a fairly reliable way to send small parcels on interplanetary freight. The maximum possible load is 500 pound for a cost of 5 credits per 25 lbs, or fraction thereof, beyond the 10 lb limit. If the recipient does not have a permanent home address or lives on a ship (at least currently), the receiver will be sent a wave and then have 2 weeks to pick up his parcel from a nearby Postal Office, though service and quality on the individual franchisee.

COMPANION

Cost (Evening): 350 credits/875 platinum

Cost (Full Day): 450 credits/1,125 platinum

Availabilities: Core Worlds

Companions are trained in all the arts, at least rudimentarily (though they must demonstrate skill at several), as well as games, and pastimes of all manner. Schooled in music, dance, etiquette, languages, and of course, the physical skills required. Companions provide provide comfort and care to their clients. Companions choose their own clients and may reject and even blacklist those who cross the line. The Companion's Guild has transformed the sex trade into an established and respective industry. The Guild is very powerful and protects its own (and its reputation) through networks of contacts that they have established over the years.

INTERPLANETARY FREIGHT

Cost (Cargo Run): 70 credits/175 platinum

Cost (Passengers): 20 credits/50 platinum

Availabilities: Everywhere

Running cargo and passengers from one place to another is a necessary part of the industry of the Alliance, and most other organizations in the 'Verse. A reputation for speedy and reliable service, as well as the quality of the transport can be weighty factors in the negotiation of prices. The rates given on the chart represent the level of quality and comfort a Firefly or similar vessel can proide - which is to say, not all that much. A luxury liner like the El Dorado could charge up to 300 credits per day, providing fresh food, entertainment, private suites, and the like to its customers.

Sailing the Black can be mightily expensive. The ship needs to be in good condition to be space worthy. Since help may be far away, you need to keep supplies on hand for all sorts of emergencies. Parts, supplies, and fuel are more expensive for spacecraft than for planet-side vessels. You can make a lot of money hauling cargo for the Alliance (and maybe a lot more hauling it without the Alliance finding out), but one big breakdown, a problem with a major crime boss, or a run-in with the law can cost you your ship - and maybe even your life. Things often don't go smooth, so the trick is to stay five minutes ahead of the posse and hope there's a Shepherd praying for you.

LEGAL CARGO COST

Passengers aren't generally worth as much as cargo on a lower-class ship, but they can pay for the cost of a fuel cell or two, and sometimes folk can't afford better or they want to move around without much publicity (in which case they might even be willing to pay a bit more). However, since a passenger eats food, takes up space, and uses air (unless stowed away in a cryo chamber, in which case you definitely want to keeps the Feds' noses out of your business), the prices for travel still tend to be high.

MEDICAL CARE

Cost (Antibiotic Course): 10.4 credits/26 platinum

Cost (Full Physical): 8 credits/20 platinum

Cost (Surgery, Minor): 150 credits/375 platinum

Availabilities: Everywhere

Cost (Surgery, Major): 600 credits/1,500 platinum

Availability: Core Worlds

SHIP REPAIR

Cost: 640 credits/1,600 platinum

Availability: Everywhere