Money musings

One of the three vows that I took at the onset of my quest to retrieve holy relics of the Empire, was a vow of poverty. 

I shall not accumulate wealth or ships beyond what is necessary for my quest. That is why you will not find me at the helm of a Victorieux luxury yacht any time soon. A few well chosen exploration vessels, some ISK to replace them if they get destroyed, and some ISK to organize expeditions, that should suffice.

Nevertheless, I feel that I have splurged a bit in extreme luxury now that I bought a Stratios-class exploration cruiser. Sure, it was necessary to survive in the Takmahl labyrinth, the Indigatrix would not have made it out in one piece. But still, including the (non-blingy) fittings the thing costed 400 million ISK.

The latest addition to my fleet, and the Aphi expedition itself, depleted my balance down to 15'531'950 ISK. Despite the fact that I returned plenty of overseer's personal effects found during the ice storms in and around Nasreri, I had to dip into my ship replacement fund. I'll need a bit of work to get it back up to its usual level (75 million, the replacement cost of the Indagatrix).

Oh, there is still 549'707'500 ISK on the skillbook fund, but I do not consider that money mine. It belongs to the library. Perhaps I should remind my fellow lumeneers of the possibility to buy skillbooks with this fund, it has been underused the last few months.

Also, I have by now a fine collection of artefacts from the ancient races, mostly Takmahl. This should be worth quite something on the market, but I will not sell them. After I finish studying them, I'll put them to good common use in a museum.