This section details the basics of trade and negotiation.
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The colloquial name for HEMES no larger than a couple centimeters across. Silver can generally be acquired one of two ways: by joining Raids & Raiding Parties or by completing Contracts for supercorporations (see below).
Rewarded only though OOG service to the game. Amber is incredibly rare, valued for its magitek properties. See the PDF below to learn how Amber is acquired and what it can be used for.
Individual NPCs and supercorporations will offer Contracts for service and/or goods in exchange for silver. Contracts have a fixed window for Negotiation in which characters can discuss terms, usually about an hour at the start of an Event. Completing a Contract will result in you and your Player Faction, if you have one, gaining Favor with them.
Beware however, many supercorporations have corporate rivals and there may be consequences for playing both sides.
When negotiating a contract, vikings with the Negotiation skill may adopt one of three strategies: Win Win Win, Hard Sell, or Appeal to Emotion. Using the correct bargaining strategy can win greater rewards from the contract than might otherwise be possible.
Rumors and Intel may fetch a high price from the right buyer. See Social Intrigue for details.
See: the Corporate Debt Flaws
While debt exists in the Valhalla universe, outright slavery does not. Supercorporations engage in various exploitative practices—running company stores, enforcing indentured servitude, offering predatory loans, and similar schemes.
However, slavery proves catastrophic for any supercorporation that attempts it. Those who try to implement chattel slavery are swiftly destroyed by a combination of unions, civil uprisings, anti-corporate groups, and even rival corporations. To maintain societal stability, all major supercorporations have criminalized even the attempt to institute chattel slavery.
By unanimous agreement, supercorporations also refuse to impose birth-debt on Constructs. The last corporation that attempted this practice was so thoroughly crushed by an unlikely alliance of supercorporations and anti-corporate groups that their name has vanished from history.