Greetings, fellow councillors! Kenneth Ethelred Alistair de Champignon at your service, though these days most people just call me Kench. Though I am well-spoken and highborn - indeed, once of French aristocracy - I have eschewed the privilege of my forebears in favour of a life of dedicated study and exploration of worlds both known and unknown - physical, mental and ephemeral. I view this adventure as an opportunity to strike out, to seize the opportunities of a new world and to shake off the boredom of a sedentary life. I fully believe that our King has sent on this voyage, not just to discover new places, but to discover an entirely new way of life and fully expect that he will support us, even as we adapt to - and, indeed, adapt - our new surroundings. My priorities will be our long term survival through the embracing of new thoughts, ideas and theories, in order that they might complement and perhaps improve the precepts that we already hold dear to us. Do not be afraid, friends! V’dipia is but the beginning of something far more meaningful and exciting than we could possibly conceive of…
To tackle, briefly, some of our immediate practical issues: I must request that we structure proposals in the way that our King has always done before us. Bullet points within a single proposal allow no room to agree with one part but not the other. I truly believe this will help us clarify our ideas going forward.
Regarding our specialists, I fully support the idea of taking on Lieutenant Webster and Sister Townsend. These two are described with the sort of mindset that I believe will be of significant value to us in V’dipia. I also support taking on Patrick Killian - without a mason or geologist, we will need all the help we can get in order to mine the resources we need.
I am in strong agreement with much of what Cllr Bo has said - in particular his comment about Frigates being a far better investment than mercenaries. However, part of the importance of frigates would be in protecting us for the journey to V’dipia - if we want to buy them, they need to be prioritised now, not once we land. That being the case:
Proposal 1.0 :
1.0.1 Spend 100 Silver to buy wool ##Vote Nay
1.0.2 Spend 100 Silver to buy Spices ##Vote Yay
1.0.3 Spend 400 Gold to buy mining kit ##Vote Nay
1.0.4 Hire Patrick Killian and allow him to bring his son. Agree to pay him 10 silver per phase ##Vote Yay
Proposal 1.1: Hire Nain Rouge. ##Vote Nay
Proposal 1.2:
1.2.1 Spend 200 gold to purchase a Farming Kit. ##Vote Yay
1.2.2 Spend 400 gold to purchase a Mining Kit. ##Vote Nay
1.2.3 Spend 100 silver on Wool (if not done via Proposal 1.0). ##Vote Nay
1.2.4 Hire Lieutenant Webster. ##Vote Yay
1.2.5 Establish our new land as New webDipia. ##Vote Yay
Proposal 1.3
1.3.1 Buy a frigate (800 S, 800 G)
1.3.2 Trade 200 I for 100 S (so we can pay Killian)
1.3.3 Trade 200 F for 100 W (stowing away 300 F as suggested)
Supporting Spain's North Coast
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