On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 1:26 AM Phil Pugliese (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

you'll potentially have to 'pay thru the nose' for those TL15 imports

You know, maybe this is why the standard designs cost so F-ing much . . . almost every major component is imported. :)

Computers are the exception, having to be locally built because the Imperium imposes a tight embargo on the more advanced designs.

Richard Aiken

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