Hat shops in Prospero’s Dream

 

Hat shops in Prospero’s Dream

Wardens! At a loss when your players' PCs want to go shopping for hats on Prospero's Dream (or any) station? Fear not! It's a common problem! 

Here I present my simple collaborative framework for designing such niche shops. I give some of the detail, then the players give more. Here, focused on the NPCs to talk to; but my players would probably want to add details about the shop itself and that's a great opportunity for improvisational "Yes and" GMing.

This gives them ownership of what they crave.

(Why are my players and their PCs obsessed with hats, and cats? Long story)

Shop 1:

Headgear for Your Head Here:

In a Spinward Alleys ghetto. Standalone cement bunker with a bullet-proof window crammed witha  display of helmets and hats. Interior is rugged but has a very well organised and portrayed stock of good quality items. Novo operated and has a hidden cellar safehouse. Competitive pricing (~25% markup) for Novos and those vouched for by them. ~50% markup for others.

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Used military and spacer goods; mainly helmets and their accessories. Also lots of faux (and some real) leather goods of all sorts. Insignia design and implementation. Can jury rig small devices; including comms and goggles; to integrate them into headwear. Repairs cost 20% of unit cost per AP repair.

Shop 2:

Le Chapeau Chateau:

In Uptown. Styled like a miniature (1-shop) medieval castle, but run-down now outside and tagged with graffiti. Mannequins crowding the space, used to promote sale items, all have cheesy big smiles and are posed evocatively, garbed in outrageous combinations of outfits that all feature extravagant headwear. Wide range of quality from cheap to top-tier.

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Stocks run from fashionable and once-fashionable hats and similar apparel; some old Coreworlds imports along with more practical Outer Rim wear. Also costuming. Does custom orders and tailoring. Alcove with exotic stock of feathers both natural and synthetic, familiar and xenobiological. Other alcove with sashes, boas, scarves and ties.

Backroom, small simple sign “Nani Nanny”, charge 1cr (credstick scan) for entry, is a combination exhibit and shop for fantasy anime-inspired costumery and accessories, with primitive video game synth music playing. Most goods are plastic and expensive.