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On Wed, 6/14/17, Christopher Sean Hilton <xxxxxx@vindaloo.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] Dumb Q about Passages
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 12:38 PM

 On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 01:24:25PM -0500,
 Grimmund wrote:
 > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at
 10:45 AM, Christopher Sean Hilton
 >
 <xxxxxx@vindaloo.com>
 wrote:

 [ ...snip... ]

 > > If you are a high
 jump ship in a backwater port, E.g. the
 >
 > Millennium Falcon, Mos Eisley, you're there by
 accident or there's
 > > some other
 economic draw.

 > Even in
 a backwater, there is an economic incentive for the
 direct
 > jump, as opposed to the
 long/slow route.  OTOH, there is likely to be
 > less cargo going *back*, which means there
 is a risk of getting"stuck"
 >
 while waiting for enough cargo/passengers to make the leg
 back
 > profitable.

 No doubt. But if it's a real backwater
 there's not likely to be a
 surplus of
 passengers who favor time over money.

 Also, the question has to be asked: what's
 a J-3 fast trader, a rarity
 among J-1 and
 J-2 transportation anywhere, doing in this podunk port
 in the first place. My point is that when a J-3
 ship is there, the
 leverate to negotiate
 price is quite like on the customer's side
 rather than the captain's.

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I don't recall any standard J3 trader designs published by GDW & perhaps that's the reason why.
There are, of course, J3 passenger liners w/ a small but significant amount  of cargo space.
OTOH, there must be *some* J3/4 traders to service isolated worlds like the Droyne worlds (J4) in the 'Seven Sisters' subsector of the S'Marches.
Even though they are 'RedZoned' by the IN there is mention of Droyne-owned shipping companies & I can imagine that locally owned & based starships could be allowed in & out of those worlds.

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