Captain Jack wrote:Plantation Operation
A plantation owner will have to deal with the following:
Plantation size
The owners will constantly trade for more or less acres, based on acres available and the rental price given by the port governor.
[b]Workers
Owners will be able to add more and more workers. However, hiring workers from the port will not be possible. The only way to put workers to your plantation will be through immigrants carried with ships (only with ships - voodoo will not work).
Worker Attributes
There will be a whole system related with workers who will have two general public (visible) attributes and several hidden ones. The visible attributes will be the ones of Happiness and Health.
Caring Workers
Workers will have certain needs. Such needs are first and foremost food. Therefore you will need to have food crates stocked in your warehouse and a constant supply in order to feed them. You will be able to adjust the food amount to them though.
You will also have to decide how much space to allocate for them. They need space to live and the only thing you got is the acres which you will also use for your crops. Additionally, you may construct further buildings for them (buildings will need acres) to accommodate them further, such as housing, baths, utility shacks,etc. All these cost gold to build and come with maintenance fees but they will improve their living conditions.
Workers will have a natural mortality rate which will be increased based on the decisions you take for them.
Just read and re-read this. I have a few questions.
1.)Will workers transported in count towards port population for tax purposes?
2.) You stated once contract is signed it can not be revoked. "Operating permissions are final". What if a player goes inactive? Does the contract continue until renewal period? His workers will die off eventually. With a 3 month window, and limited acreage initially, this could pose some issues.
3.)Plantation workers. Is there a formula for how many workers per acre will be needed? Is there a cap? Is there a max production per acre?
4.)Workers "needs" requirements. What will the consumption rate per day be for workers?