Now that is an excellent question, and I think the answer might surprise you. As far as I know, nobody has actually ever purchased StellviaCorp stock.
Noah incorporated the company and kept all the stock for himself back in the First Fen days. He's given almost everyone in his immediate family in space shares (one person refused the offer) because Noah wants this to be a family business. Most of us have been working for or with the company in some senior position, so the stock transfers were acknowledgements of our value to the company - or at least that's what Noah says. We all know that Yuu got her share because Noah felt sorry for her - even Yuu says taht - and Helen and I got our shares for reasons that should be obvious.
Jake, Patty, Kelly, Micheline, Jerry, Lea, and Sergy were voted their shares in exchange for long-time services rendered - in every case, one of the minority shareholders made the motion and we all agreed.
So, basically, you get a share if Noah likes you enough.
Because Noah gave his shares away as gifts, there's no real "fair market value" for a StellviaCorp share. The rumor that you could trade one for a palace on Pallas is just a rumor - but it made for a good estimate for how much we had to pay Sora for her share when the VVS pooled all their possessions in common earlier this year.
OOC: If you were paying attention, the shareholder just gave away her ID.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Noah incorporated the company and kept all the stock for himself back in the First Fen days. He's given almost everyone in his immediate family in space shares (one person refused the offer) because Noah wants this to be a family business. Most of us have been working for or with the company in some senior position, so the stock transfers were acknowledgements of our value to the company - or at least that's what Noah says. We all know that Yuu got her share because Noah felt sorry for her - even Yuu says taht - and Helen and I got our shares for reasons that should be obvious.
Jake, Patty, Kelly, Micheline, Jerry, Lea, and Sergy were voted their shares in exchange for long-time services rendered - in every case, one of the minority shareholders made the motion and we all agreed.
So, basically, you get a share if Noah likes you enough.
Because Noah gave his shares away as gifts, there's no real "fair market value" for a StellviaCorp share. The rumor that you could trade one for a palace on Pallas is just a rumor - but it made for a good estimate for how much we had to pay Sora for her share when the VVS pooled all their possessions in common earlier this year.
OOC: If you were paying attention, the shareholder just gave away her ID.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012