Talk:Trade classification/summaries/He Hi In Po

Notes (2017)

You said: "Thomas, missing reference to Po code."

Interpretation of the He code is size 3+, tainted atmosphere, 20% or less surface water. Interpretation of the Po code is very thin or thin atmosphere, 30% or surface less water. The overlay of the two is a very thin or thin tainted atmosphere and 20% or less water. Because it also doesn't have a De code, the hydrosphere is 10% to 20% (more accurately 5% to 25%). So my color text is "has a tainted unbreathably thin atmosphere and very little surface water. " Tjoneslo (talk) 12:39, 26 August 2017 (EDT)

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Ok. Thanks. In my mind, it should say literally "poor," as in economically poor, but I think your interpretation could work as well.

Po vs Ri trade codes.

- Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 13:04, 26 August 2017 (EDT)

From Book 2, p. 16

> Rich worlds have good climates and environments and are sought after by most individuals as living places. A rich world must have government type 4 through 9, an atmosphere of 6 or 8, and a population of 6 through 8.

> Poor worlds are undeveloped and marginal backwaters. A poor world must have an atmosphere of 2 through 5 and a hydrographic percentage of 3 or less

The Traveller use of the terms "Rich" and "Poor" are definitions of the environment and bio-diversity of the world, and not as much to economics.

A better relationship of codes would be Po/He/Ga and Ri/Ag/In.

Tjoneslo (talk) 17:34, 26 August 2017 (EDT)