Economy

Economy Overview
The economy of the galaxy, much like the political climate, is fractured and fractious. Each government, of course, has its own official currency. The standard for interstellar trade is still the Sol Central Credit (SC¢), because it is the unit with which most government currencies maintain an official exchange rate.

In practice, however, these are often superceded by the ad-hoc economies natural to settlers and outsiders. Individuals on outposts and settlements have little use for credits and scrip, and most local economies function largely on systems of barter and negotiable, non-monetary IOUs, with actual money only coming into play in situations of large scale commerce. Underworld dealers will of course take payment in whatever forms they can make use of, but between themselves, power is worth more than money, and many transactions are paid with the nebulous currency of the Favor.