Reputation economy: rep-scaled buy/refuel discounts + job reward quality (ISS-072, v0.38.0)

lib/game/catalog.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+import { STARTING_REPUTATION } from './seed';
+
 // Aircraft catalog — in-code constants for now (no DB table yet). One type is
 // enough for the MVP; add more entries to PLANE_TYPES as they are designed.
+// ponytail: circular import with seed.ts is safe — neither module touches the other's
+// bindings at top level, only inside function bodies.
 
 export interface PlaneType {
   id: string;
@@ -102,6 +106,22 @@ export const FUEL_PRICE_PER_L = 0.8;
 // Fraction of the catalog price paid out when selling a plane (v0.8.0).
 export const SELL_FRACTION = 0.5;
 
+// Shared rep-discount shape (v0.38.0, ISS-072): linear in reputation above the starting value,
+// capped — exactly 0 at/below STARTING_REPUTATION so default-rep behavior is unchanged.
+export function repRate(reputation: number, perPoint: number, cap: number): number {
+  return Math.min(cap, perPoint * Math.max(0, reputation - STARTING_REPUTATION));
+}
+
+// ponytail: balance-tunable — plane purchase discount per rep point above the starting value.
+export const PLANE_DISCOUNT_PER_REP = 0.01;
+// ponytail: balance-tunable — max plane purchase discount (reached at rep ≥ 50).
+export const MAX_PLANE_DISCOUNT = 0.4;
+
+// ponytail: balance-tunable — refuel price discount per rep point above the starting value.
+export const FUEL_DISCOUNT_PER_REP = 0.005;
+// ponytail: balance-tunable — max refuel price discount (reached at rep ≥ 50).
+export const MAX_FUEL_DISCOUNT = 0.2;
+
 // Snapshot shape of one catalog entry in GET /api/state (v0.10.0): `model` is the
 // id used by buy/dispatch, `label` the display name — clients compute all market
 // previews (buy price, sell payout, refuel cost) from these + the economy constants.