This first came up when we were hashing all this out... I do recall that biomass is a basic standard for currency, which is why 90% of all transactions ARE effectively electronic.
Past that, I... actually like the idea that the fudalistic nature of the Fen means that all the different Banks have their own currencies. And there will be transactions that need to be untraceable, so..
Hmm. 'Paper' currency isnt paper, but a specialist plastic that feels a lot like paper. Its produced by a special strain of plantlife using venus hydrocarbons to create a fairly paperlike material, that will accept a single printing with special inks. after that its permanent. The production of 'bank paper' is the senshi's other primary export, and is therefore one of their most highly guarded state secrets (the other? its the same stuff that can produce Thionite, if you know what your doing)
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children
Past that, I... actually like the idea that the fudalistic nature of the Fen means that all the different Banks have their own currencies. And there will be transactions that need to be untraceable, so..
Hmm. 'Paper' currency isnt paper, but a specialist plastic that feels a lot like paper. Its produced by a special strain of plantlife using venus hydrocarbons to create a fairly paperlike material, that will accept a single printing with special inks. after that its permanent. The production of 'bank paper' is the senshi's other primary export, and is therefore one of their most highly guarded state secrets (the other? its the same stuff that can produce Thionite, if you know what your doing)
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children