Talk:United Merchants Guild/@comment-15410791-20130922005133/@comment-11135771-20130922025134

Actually, my preliminary planning suggests that if we establish a colony, small groups of colonists would have the option of returning to Earth, either permanently or temporarily, about once per month. Due to the high costs of spacefaring vessels, we would be reusing the same colony ships to bring multiple waves of colonists, and anyone who wants would be able to go with the ships on their return trip.

Fees for passengers would be calculated based on the weight of items being taken by each colonist, to compensate for the increase in fuel costs caused by weighting down the ship.

-Harrison Eltis.