Economy Rework Part 1: Wages and Vending Machines

[Sundance]

I had an idea today:

What if direct transfers into bank accounts weren't possible, and that had to be done through the reallocation of wages?

In addition, I'd make the max wage 10000

There would still be ways to quickly embezzle the money from the payroll budget if you think it through a bit, but it wouldn't be quite so easy or instant.

That's a very good idea imo, simple and to the point. I'd support this, although here are my tweaks:

1. Max wage 10,000 -> 5,000. That's 3.33x the amount the wage of the Captain, which I think is plenty. 

2. Direct transfers into bank accounts are not possible, but bank transfers out of bank accounts are. This was probably your intention, but I thought i'd make that clear. This would mean if someone is embezzling, they'd want to withdraw their money in hard cash if their intent is actually keeping it, lest the HoP/Capn/HoS reverses their scheme.

3. The ability to force the automatic payroll early, which would be an option in the HoP's bank machine. This would have a cooldown in that it cannot be used again until the next payroll. 
This would make a stationwide announcement stating something along the following:
"CENTCOMM ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to increased station productivity, crew pay has been sanctioned early, etc etc".


This would actually have a dual use, as getting pay early basically means more money for the crew if the station is being productive. However, bearing in mind above, this option can be used as a means to speed up your embezzlement, with the massive caveat of the stationwide announcement.