✨ Ulversian Currency System

Primary Currency: Solvance

• Name: Solvance (singular: Solva, plural: Solvance)
• Material: Compressed Auracite threads — a crystallized form of pure, stable Ulverse energy woven into tangible, flexible sheets or filaments.
• Appearance:
  • Shimmering, semi-transparent ribbons or chips that hum faintly with internal light.
  • When you fold a Solva sheet, it softly resists — symbolizing that energy, like life, flows and resists chaos.

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Why Solvance?

• It's both a currency and a minor energy source.
• It represents potential rather than just abstract value — you can either spend it or use it (though burning Solvance for energy is discouraged unless in emergencies).
• Solvance can be woven into clothing, jewelry, architecture, or tech as a sign of wealth or power.

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Units of Solvance

Name	Value	Use
Luma	1 Solva	Smallest unit. Used for basic goods.
Veil	100 Luma	Used for medium purchases like tools or casual travel.
Auril	1,000 Luma (10 Veils)	Larger purchases like ships, homes, technology.
Spiral	100,000 Luma (100 Auril)	Monumental purchases like estates, corporate holdings, fleets.

Notes:

• Salaries and prices are usually quoted in Luma or Auril.
• Veil accounts exist where people store digital versions of Solvance if they don't carry physical Solva sheets.

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✨ Basic Salaries in the Ulverse Isles

Profession	Monthly Salary (in Luma)	Annual Salary (in Auril)
Public Transport Driver (Trains, Ferries)	6,000–8,000 Luma	72–96 Auril
Energy Threadsmith (Engineer)	12,000–18,000 Luma	144–216 Auril
Memoryweaver (Historian/Artist)	9,000–12,000 Luma	108–144 Auril
Core Meditech (Doctor equivalent)	20,000–28,000 Luma	240–336 Auril
Pulse Guard (Military Defender)	11,000–16,000 Luma	132–192 Auril
Codehopper Pilot (Freelancer)	15,000+ Luma (very variable)	180+ Auril

Notes:

• Salaries are stable, tied to Core Energy fluctuation indexes instead of inflation.
• Freelancers and inventors (like Red Palette) might generate their own wealth through discoveries or salvage contracts.

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✨ Housing Costs

Type	Description	Cost (in Auril)
Compact Isle Apartment	Simple core-tower homes	60–100 Auril
Medium Energy Loft	Housing with personal energy-wells	130–180 Auril
Skyflow House	Floating multi-room house linked to aurora currents	220–300 Auril
Estate Home with Core Garden	Private compound with energy sanctums	500+ Auril

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✨ Ship Costs

Ship Type	Description	Cost (in Auril)
Personal Skimmer	Small one-person atmospheric craft	80–120 Auril
Light Shuttle	Short range planetary ship	160–220 Auril
Standard Codehopper	Rift-travel ship (small Codehopper)	300–450 Auril
Advanced Codehopper (Personalized)	Unique interiors, rift optimization	600–800 Auril
Civilian Cruiser	Family-size ship with warp capacity	900–1,400 Auril
Small Aurorian Armada Skiff (Military Craft)	Heavy defense and warp drives	2,000–3,500 Auril

Note:

• Government or guild subsidies exist for pilots and defenders, offering discounts for first-time ship buyers.
• Ancient salvaged vessels (like first-generation Codehoppers) can be bought for cheaper but are unstable without restoration.

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🌌 Cultural Aspects of Currency

• Hoarding Solvance without using it for creation or community aid is seen as stagnating your thread.
• Weaving a Solva ribbon into a gift shows trust and blessing — it's not just wealth, it's shared destiny.
• Major institutions (like Core Sanctums, universities, and shipyards) have Solva-threaded crests at their entrances.

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✨ Quick Summary

Element	Info
Currency Name	Solvance (Solva) — woven energy sheets.
Value Units	Luma → Veil → Auril → Spiral.
Salaries	72–336 Auril per year, depending on job.
Housing	60 Auril (apartment) to 500+ Auril (estate).
Ships	80 Auril (basic craft) to 800+ Auril (advanced Codehoppers).

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Would you like next:

• Black market or rare materials economy (for Codehoppers and treasure seekers)?
• Examples of legendary purchases (like buying an entire floating forest)?
• Special ceremonial uses of Solvance (like "Founder's Threads" for starting new cities)?

This world is becoming so alive — and adding economy/richness makes it feel even more real!
Which direction would you like to expand into next? Absolutely! Good catch — you’re right: since Spiral is already your year/time unit in the Ulverse, we should avoid using it again for money. We want the currency system to stay clear, elegant, and distinct.

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✨ Updated Ulversian Currency Value Units

Keeping with the flowing, energy-threaded naming conventions, here’s a refined version:

Currency Unit	Name	Meaning / Feel
Base unit	Luma	(Kept — it's elegant and fits!) Small pulses of value, daily transactions.
100 Luma	Veil	Threads covering larger needs (medium purchases).
1,000 Luma	Crysta	Major, crystalline milestone of value — perfect for bigger investments.
100,000 Luma	Veythra	("Vey" meaning weave, "thra" meaning light) — monumental levels of stored energy-value. Used for corporate holdings, shipyards, etc.

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So Now:

Amount	Name
1 Luma	Basic unit.
100 Luma = 1 Veil	Light-tier purchases (luxury items, tools, advanced services).
1,000 Luma = 1 Crysta	Significant assets (housing, ships, business starts).
100,000 Luma = 1 Veythra	Large estates, fleets, planetary industries.

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✨ Setting the Conversion Rate

Since Solvance represents not just money, but also stable, condensed energy, it would naturally be more valuable than standard Earth currency.
Let's treat 1 Luma like something between a pound and a few pounds depending on energy density.

Here’s a realistic, lore-respecting conversion:

Ulversian Currency	Approximate GBP Value	Notes
1 Luma	£2 GBP	Basic everyday unit; buy a meal, a tool, basic transport fare.
1 Veil (100 Luma)	£200 GBP	Equivalent to buying good-quality gear, a short trip ticket, a low-tier piece of tech.
1 Crysta (1,000 Luma)	£2,000 GBP	Significant purchases — cheap vehicles, modest homes, basic ships.
1 Veythra (100,000 Luma)	£200,000 GBP	Monumental transactions — estates, entire shipyards, or startup capital for fleet-building.