Velma Udec

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Velma Udec
TypeServices
AffiliationSpacing Guild
HostileNo

Velma Udec is a Spacing Guild Banker. Players can deposit and withdraw Solaris by interacting with her, as well as access their personal item vault.

Location

This NPC is located in the CHOAM Exchange directly across the plaza in Harko Village.

Information

This NPC gives access to the Bank system. The bank currently has 500 slots and a total volume of 30,000.

You may also transfer items between your vehicle and the bank using the selector at the top of the window.

Dialogue

VELMA UDEC: Welcome. Would you like to deposit or withdraw Solaris?
PLAYER: Withdraw
VELMA UDEC: How much Solaris would you like to withdraw?

PLAYER: Withdraw All <number of Solaris in bank will be listed here>

PLAYER: Select amount to withdraw


PLAYER: I just want to store some items.
<Bank deposit box opens>
PLAYER: I would like to talk about something else.
VELMA UDEC: How may I assist you? 

PLAYER: I would like to know about the Solari.

VELMA UDEC: The Solari is the physical medium of exchange in the Imperium. It is circulated in myriad paper and coin denominations or 'micro-solaris' as they are known in the Regency Worlds. The Imperial economy relies on the Solari to facilitate transactions and fuel financial growth.

PLAYER: How is the Solari's value set?

VELMA UDEC: The Solari's purchasing power is reestablished every four centuries at a conclave known as the Imperial Diet. There, negotiations commence between the Emperor and the highest representitives of the Guild and Landsraad. The location and host of the Imperial Diet alternates between the three factions. The next is set to occur at Junction, the Guild homeworld, in two-hundred and seventy-seven years.

PLAYER: Are Solaris accepted throughout the entire Imperium?

VELMA UDEC: Many core worlds have their own local currency or scrip, often circulated and controlled by the ruling House Major. However, the Solari drives interstellar banking and is accepted throughout the known universe.

PLAYER: I thought spice drove the Imperial economy.

VELMA UDEC: No, the spice Melange is a commodity. While it is the most valuable commodity in the known universe, its value is established in Solaris. Spice is bought in Solaris. It is sold in Solaris.

PLAYER:Why does the Spacing Guild control banking?
VELMA UDEC: The simple answer is 'interstellar banking.' As part of the Spacing Guild, the Guild Bank is able to utilize the Transport Guilds' unmatched projection across the known universe. With this synergy, our Guild Pursers are able to move any quantity of funds across any quantity of worlds. The power of interstellar commerce.


PLAYER: Goodbye.
<Conversation ends>

Notes

The banker in Arrakeen, Urbano Montag, has almost exactly the same conversation text, with one exception(excluding small changes to the order of the conversation choices). In the sentence "The power of interstellar commerce." the word "power" is replaced with "joys".

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History

Patch 1.2.11.0: Ability to transfer items from Vehicle added.

Patch 1.2.10.0: Slots was changed from 25 to 500 and volume from 1,500 to 30,000.