I'd rather not put hard figures on things like this, solely from the meta-standpoint that it can get in the way of some good plots and some of the fun for the middle income Fen. I tend to just assume that there's enough money out there to make the plot work provided it isn't absolutely ridiculous. Never let reality get in the way of a good story.
That, and the majority of Fen probably have higher incomes than their earthside counterparts, but at the same time they have much higher outgoings. Food, clothing and other biomass-based products are always going to be more expensive, while some harder stuff like airframes and junk phones and wave-fodder will be cheap as chips. I'd imagine there's a big group of Fen who make their money trading dirtside luxuries that are cheap on the ground, but pricy in Fenspace.... the SS Ciara made most of their cash that way prior to 2012, bringing up bulk loads and running them around the inner system.
The average Fen dropping back dirtside might find themselves suddenly with much higher purchasing power, especially for 'luxuries' like genuine dead-cow steak and Quilted two-ply. The same way a Dodge Challenger in the States costs 33k dollars, while a cheapo 1.5 diesel family MPV costs 33k Euros here. Space is an expensive place to live, and even if you are able to mine 10 million euros worth of ore, you're operating costs are probably going to be something like 9.999 million once you account for plant, fuel, transport, defense, food, water, oxygen, repairs and the like.
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That, and the majority of Fen probably have higher incomes than their earthside counterparts, but at the same time they have much higher outgoings. Food, clothing and other biomass-based products are always going to be more expensive, while some harder stuff like airframes and junk phones and wave-fodder will be cheap as chips. I'd imagine there's a big group of Fen who make their money trading dirtside luxuries that are cheap on the ground, but pricy in Fenspace.... the SS Ciara made most of their cash that way prior to 2012, bringing up bulk loads and running them around the inner system.
The average Fen dropping back dirtside might find themselves suddenly with much higher purchasing power, especially for 'luxuries' like genuine dead-cow steak and Quilted two-ply. The same way a Dodge Challenger in the States costs 33k dollars, while a cheapo 1.5 diesel family MPV costs 33k Euros here. Space is an expensive place to live, and even if you are able to mine 10 million euros worth of ore, you're operating costs are probably going to be something like 9.999 million once you account for plant, fuel, transport, defense, food, water, oxygen, repairs and the like.
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