06-20-2019, 04:03 AM
Metal is directly converted to cronodollars; they come from no other source. It makes sense to allow cronos to be converted back to the raw metal. The conversion is exactly equal back and forth. It cannot be used to make magic money.
It can be used to convert vulcium, magmium, and adamantine to metal, a feat of dubious value.
The only anomaly is the ability to transfer money without taking cargo space. This is a convenience. Cronos are metal coins. It would be a nuisance to consume one unit of cargo space for every 51.7 cronos in the ship’s fund, or worse, a unit of pack space for every 51.7 cronos in your possession. I recommend glossing over this one; think of it as a transaction handled by some intergalactic banking system.
In a Star Trek Next Generation episode we watched recently, criminals demanded payment in “latinum bars”. They could not ask for some kind of currency because the Federation is so advanced they don’t use money. Metal always seems to have value, assuming latinum is metal and not milk chocolate. Interestingly, the Enterprise had some aboard, though they could have synthesized it.
It can be used to convert vulcium, magmium, and adamantine to metal, a feat of dubious value.
The only anomaly is the ability to transfer money without taking cargo space. This is a convenience. Cronos are metal coins. It would be a nuisance to consume one unit of cargo space for every 51.7 cronos in the ship’s fund, or worse, a unit of pack space for every 51.7 cronos in your possession. I recommend glossing over this one; think of it as a transaction handled by some intergalactic banking system.
In a Star Trek Next Generation episode we watched recently, criminals demanded payment in “latinum bars”. They could not ask for some kind of currency because the Federation is so advanced they don’t use money. Metal always seems to have value, assuming latinum is metal and not milk chocolate. Interestingly, the Enterprise had some aboard, though they could have synthesized it.