The Four Lands - The Colony

[Nightbreeze]

[sblock=accounting]
Golden shares: 58 (30 Hennet, 18 Alvar, 10 Pandak)
Silver shares: 1662 (1000 Ederin, 200 Hennet, 162 Alvar, 260 Brightlaw, 40 Pandak)
Total company capital so far: 1.720.000sp

Charter for the trading fleet: 200.000
Slaves: 320.000
War cargo: 75.000
4 medium sized mines material: 120.000
Wheat and fresh water: 200.000
4 herds of goats + shepard dogs: 150.000

Total amount of capital invested so far: 1.065.000sp

Total amount of capital still not invested: 655.000sp[/sblock]

 

[Neurotic]

Randal Lucius Stormweaver

OOC: Yes, Nightbreeze, that's the one.

And since JA posted very low price for the ship with food, I'd buy VERY GOOD library for 150 000 (50% better then good ) invest 100 000 in the company.

I wonder though:
If I let the company have ownership of the ship and have let say 10 silver shares. And one other has also ship with controlling interest and 10 silver shares, but my ship makes 5 times as much profit would we get same amount from the company ?(as profit would be for company and we swould get per share amount as I understand it)

 

[Nightbreeze]

I am not sure if I understood the question, but anyway it was too complex to manage those iron shares (with total control on certain asset), and their benefit doubtful, so I no longer propose them. If you have an investment that makes sense, you may invest in the company and suggest it to make that investment. You would lose control on the investment, and hope that the company manages it better than you would do, thanks to its greater resources. Consider "investment" in a broader sense: a library may not be a normal investment for most of the companies, but it would make sense for a long-term-power-greedy company.

 

[Leif]

Just my thoughts

This whole "company" idea is really only going to work well if we ALL participate completely. So, that way, the fortunes of every character will be tied together and we will all achieve the same degree of success according to our participation. Ideally, of course, we would all own an equal stake in the company, and thus would gain equal amounts of any profit or loss. I would rather have our fortunes linked to each other in this way. What does everyone else think?

 

[Nightbreeze]

[sblock=ooc]I think that we should hear JA. IMHO, I would leave it to be solved in-game. Ederin is long-term power greedy (with good intentions), and will frown upon attempts to exclude him from the control, but he will actually strive to get the others' trust so that they leave him manage.[/sblock]

 

[Leif]

Knowing JA as I do, I am 99% sure that he will leave it to be solved IC. He is a very laissez-faire when it comes to such things, and will allow the characters to screw themselves with almost total freedom!

 

[Scotley]

OOC: I'm sure we'll find that JA has allowed us to screw ourselves royally. Alvar is committed to the success of the company and the colony, but he has also made some small side investments rather than keep all his eggs in one basket. He has not done anything that would be in conflict with the company or the the colony. He has not negotiated separately with any of the other colonial figures.

Alvar also notes that we need the equipment to make cheese and yogurt from all the milk we should be producing. Anybody know anything about the equipment needed? Vats? Molds? Cheesecloth? Bacterial starter? We'll need caves or under crofts to make it in when we get there.

 

[Leif]

Scotley, perhaps Hennett knows something of making cheese and/or yogurt? (JA?) If I knew the appropriate skill check, I'd roll for it! Knowledge (Cooking)?, Knowledge (Housewifery)?, Knowledge (Bacteria)?

 

[Dracomeander]

OOC: I finally got time to go over Conrad's finances. According to my calculations, Conrad should have 273000 silver after paying for his patent and one secondary patent.

Conrad will invest in 100 silver shares and 20 gold shares in the Nascent Company. That should leave him 153000 silver to purchase building materials and spell components. He will spend 30000 silver on spell components, mostly diamond dust. And keep 3000 silver for incidental expenses.

That leaves 120000 silver to invest in seasoned timbers (20 ft long or better), a couple of Mill-sized saw blades, a couple of tons of raw iron, padded crates with 20 glass globes, 50 sets of lumbering tools, 50 sets of mining tools, 50 sets of carpentry tools, 50 sets of masons tools, 10 barrels of carpentry spikes, 100 sacks of mortar dust, and a couple of tons of coal.

Conrad would also request the company recruit at least one master glassblower and his assistant/apprentices and a master lumber millwright and his assistants.

If anyone can think of other materials or skilled persons we are missing, please chime in. A grain miller will be needed eventually as well. did not include a millstone as that is something we should be able to produce within the colony before the first grain comes in.

 

[Nightbreeze]

JA: 10ksp for 2+1 glassblowers and 10ksp for 2+1 lumber millwrights.
Will wait for you to chime in and solve the matters that jumped out so far, before going on with the investments.

[sblock=accounting]Golden shares: 78 (30 Hennet, 18 Alvar, 10 Pandak, 20 Conrad)
Silver shares: 1762 (1000 Ederin, 200 Hennet, 162 Alvar, 260 Brightlaw, 40 Pandak, 100 Condrad)
Total company capital so far: 1.840.000sp

Charter for the trading fleet: 200.000
Slaves: 340.000
War cargo: 75.000
4 medium sized mines material: 120.000
Wheat and fresh water: 200.000
4 herds of goats + shepard dogs: 150.000

Total amount of capital invested so far: 1.085.000sp

Total amount of capital still not invested: 755.000sp[/sblock]

Ps: it would be useful if someone made a sum up of everything we bought so far, both for the company and for our own. If I have the time, I'll do that, but I don't promise anything.