[Malkaer Andares]

The unprofessionalism of one of the Regent's retinue began to bother him to the point that Malkaer's suspicious mind thought that it was done on purpose to distract him.

"Yes of course. I have several important documents here." The Thane presented his sovereign with a bundle of papers neatly arranged in a package with goldpainted covers. On the first page was an introduction written by the Thane himself, but it contained nothing Milo had not already heard. In clear printed letters the introduction was followed up by several pages of calculations and numbers.

"While these numbers should be looked over carefully, I would urge Your Most Imperial Excellency not to wait too long with making a decision. Registration closes by the end of this month and the company intends to begin construction sooner."

The booklet was divided in several sections and read:

Land:

Secrets : Total surface area: 60 x 30 = 1800 m2 Taralon land price (Darkblade district or Harbour district): 30 crowns per m2 Cost of land: 1800 x 30 = 54000 crowns

Construction costs:

Secrets : Average construction costs for brick buildings: 39 crowns per m2 Includes materials (brick, mortar, glass) and wages for working crew Courtyard: 10x10 - furniture (benches): 1000 crowns Courtyard subtotal: 1000 crowns Leatherworks/Assembly hall: 10x20 (2 storeys high) - building costs (brick): 10 x 20 x 39 = 7800 crowns - furniture (workbenches): 5000 crowns Leatherworks/Assembly hall: 12800 crowns Offices and canteen: 10x10 (2 storeys) - building costs (brick): 10 x 10 x 39 = 3900 crowns - furniture (office furniture): 2500 crowns Offices and canteen subtotal: 6400 crowns Smithing hall: 20x30 (3 storeys high) - building costs (brick): 20 x 30 x 39 + 1000 (chimney) = 24400 crowns - great forge: 10000 crowns - bellows: 2000 crowns - furniture (anvils, workbenches): 10000 crowns Smithing hall subtotal: 46400 crowns Storage room: 20x10 (2 storeys) - building costs (brick): 20 x 10 x 39 = 7800 crowns - furniture (storage facilities): 2500 crowns Storage room subtotal: 10300 crowns Wharf: 20x10 (2 storeys) - building costs (brick): 20 x 10 x 39 = 7800 crowns - 3 simple wooden piers: 3 x 1500 = 4500 crowns - furniture (temporary storage facilities): 2500 crowns Wharf subtotal: 14800 crowns Woodworkers hall: 20x20 (2 storeys high) - building costs (brick): 20 x 20 x 39 = 15600 crowns - water wheel: 3000 crowns - great saw: 1000 crowns - furniture (workbenches): 5000 crowns Woodworkers hall subtotal: 24600 crowns[/quote] Others: Architect design: 10000 crowns Waste: 10000 crowns City licenses: 10000 crowns Others subtotal: 35000 crowns Total Costs: Courtyard subtotal: 1000 Leatherworks/Assembly hall: 12800 Offices and canteen subtotal: 6400 Smithing hall subtotal: 46400 Storage room subtotal: 10300 Wharf subtotal: 14800 Woodworkers hall subtotal: 24600 Building subtotal: 116300 crowns After building contractor profit (8%): 125604 crowns Land subtotal: 54000 Others subtotal: 30000 Grand total: 209604 crowns

Operational costs:

Secrets : Wages: Trade skill: Unskilled: 2 crowns/brightening Apprentice: 2,5 crowns/brightening Journeyman: 5 crowns/brightening Master: 7,5 crowns/brightening 1 workbrightening is 10 candlemarks (excluding breaks) Premium for management positions dependent on responsibility. Material costs: Iron: 8,2 crowns per kg Timber: 5,5 crowns per kg Coal: 6 crowns per kg Consumption per brightening: Iron: 2212,50 kg Timber: 522,50 kg Coal: 500 kg Production per brightening: 100 iron cuirasses 100 iron sallets (helmets) 100 pairs of iron vambraces 100 pairs of iron greaves 100 pikes (100 iron pike tips + 5,5 m wooden pike shafts) 10 halberds (10 iron halberd blades + 2 m wooden halberd shafts) 10 iron maces 20 iron bucklers 10 wooden pavises, reinforced with iron straps 300 arrows with iron arrowhead Cost per brightening of cuirass production line: 100 x 15 kg iron x 8,2 = 12300 crowns 10 unskilled workers to cast the moulds = 10 x 2 = 20 crowns 1 master mouldmaker = 7,5 crowns 10 journeyman armoursmiths to refine = 10 x 5 = 50 crowns 1 master armoursmith for oversight = 7,5 crowns 10 apprentice leatherworkers to finish = 10 x 2,5 = 25 crowns 1 master leatherworker for oversight = 7,5 crowns tools (hammers, tongs, moulds) = 150 crowns Cuirass production line subtotal = 12567,50 crowns Cost per brightening of sallet production line: 100 x 1,5 kg iron x 8,2 = 1230 crowns 6 unskilled workers to cast the moulds = 6 x 2 = 12 crowns 1 master mouldmaker = 7,5 crowns 8 journeyman armoursmiths to refine = 8 x 5 = 40 crowns 1 master armoursmith for oversight = 7,5 crowns 8 apprentice leatherworkers to finish = 8 x 2,5 = 20 crowns 1 master leatherworker for oversight = 7,5 crowns tools (hammers, tongs, moulds) = 50 crowns Sallet production line subtotal = 1374,50 crowns Cost per brightening of vambraces production line: 100 x 2 (it’s a pair) x 1 kg iron x 8,2 = 1640 crowns 6 unskilled workers to cast the moulds = 6 x 2 = 12 crowns 1 master mouldmaker = 7,5 crowns 8 journeyman armoursmiths to refine = 8 x 5 = 40 crowns 1 master armoursmith for oversight = 7,5 crowns 8 apprentice leatherworkers to finish = 8 x 2,5 = 20 crowns 1 master leatherworker for oversight = 7,5 crowns tools (hammers, tongs, moulds) = 50 crowns Vambrace production line subtotal = 1784,50 crowns Cost per brightening of greaves production line: 100 x 2 (it’s a pair) x 1 kg iron x 8,2 = 1640 crowns 6 unskilled workers to cast the moulds = 6 x 2 = 12 crowns 1 master mouldmaker = 7,5 crowns 8 journeyman armoursmiths to refine = 8 x 5 = 40 crowns 1 master armoursmith for oversight = 7,5 crowns 8 apprentice leatherworkers to finish = 8 x 2,5 = 20 crowns 1 master leatherworker for oversight = 7,5 crowns tools (hammers, tongs, moulds) = 50 crowns Greaves production line subtotal = 1784,50 crowns Cost per brightening of pike production line: 100 x 1 kg iron x 8,2 = 820 crowns 100 x 4 kg timber x 5,5 = 2200 crowns 5 unskilled workers to cast the moulds = 5 x 2 = 10 crowns 1 master mouldmaker for oversight = 7,5 crowns 10 apprentice weaponsmiths = 10 x 2,5 = 25 crowns 1 master weaponsmith = 7,5 crowns 12 apprentice sawyers to saw the shafts = 12 x 2,5 = 30 crowns 4 journeyman sawyers to saw the shafts = 4 x 5 = 20 crowns 1 master sawyer for oversight = 7,5 crowns 10 journeyman woodworkers to refine the shafts = 10 x 5 = 50 crowns 1 master woodworker for oversight = 7,5 crowns 5 apprentice woodworkers for assembly = 5 x 2,5 = 12,5 crowns 1 journeyman woodworker for oversight = 5 crowns tools (hammers, saws, chisels) = 150 crowns Pike production line subtotal = 3352,50 crowns Cost per brightening of halberd production line: 10 x 2 kg iron x 8,2 = 164 crowns 10 x 2,5 kg timber x 5,5 = 137,50 crowns 5 master bladesmiths to forge the blade = 5 x 7,5 = 37,5 crowns 5 apprentice bladesmiths to assist = 5 x 2,5 = 12,5 crowns 1 journeyman sawyer to saw the shafts = 5 crowns 1 apprentice sawyer to assist = 2,5 crowns 1 journeyman woodworker to refine the shafts = 5 crowns 1 journeyman woodworker for assembly = 5 crowns tools (hammers, saws, chisels) = 50 crowns Halberd production line subtotal = 379 crowns Cost per brightening of mace production line: 10 x 1,5 kg iron x 8,2 = 123 crowns 10 x 1 kg timber x 5,5 = 55 crowns 5 master weaponsmiths to forge the head = 5 x 7,5 = 37,5 crowns 5 apprentice weaponsmiths to assist = 5 x 2,5 = 12,5 crowns 1 journeyman sawyer to saw the shafts = 5 crowns 1 apprentice sawyer to assist = 2,5 crowns 1 journeyman woodworker to refine the shafts = 5 crowns 1 journeyman woodworker for assembly = 5 crowns tools (hammers, saws, chisels) = 40 crowns Mace production line subtotal = 285,5 crowns Cost per brightening of buckler production line: 20 x 1 kg iron x 8,2 = 164 crowns 4 journeyman armoursmiths to forge the buckler = 4 x 5 = 20 crowns 4 apprentice armoursmiths to assist = 4 x 2,5 = 10 crowns 2 journeyman leatherworker to finish = 10 crowns tools (hammers, tongs, chisels) = 20 crowns Buckler production line subtotal = 224 crowns Cost per brightening of pavise production line: 10 x 2 kg iron x 8,2 = 164 crowns 10 x 8 kg timber x 5,5 = 440 crowns 2 journeyman sawyers to saw the basic shape = 2 x 5 = 10 crowns 2 apprentice sawyers to assist = 2 x 2,5 = 5 crowns 2 journeyman woodworkers to refine the pavise = 2 x 5 = 10 crowns 2 apprentice woodworkers to assist = 2 x 2,5 = 5 crowns 2 journeyman blacksmiths to apply iron straps = 2 x 5 = 10 crowns 2 apprentice leatherworkers to finish = 2 x 2,5 = 5 crowns tools (hammers, chisels, saws) = 50 crowns Pavise production subtotal = 699 crowns Cost per brightening of arrow production line: 300 x 0,025 kg iron x 8,2 = 61,5 crowns 300 x 0,025 kg timber x 5,5 = 41,25 crowns 10 unskilled workers to cast the moulds = 10 x 2 = 20 crowns 1 master mouldmaker for oversight = 7,5 crowns 10 apprentice woodworkers to make the shafts = 10 x 2,5 = 25 crowns 1 journeyman woodworker for oversight = 5 crowns 10 journeyman fletchers to assemble and finish = 10 x 5 = 50 crowns 1 master fletcher for oversight = 7,5 crowns tools (chisels, saws, moulds) = 50 crowns Arrow production line subtotal = 267,8 crowns Forge costs per brightening: 500 kg coal x 6 = 3000 crowns (price of iron included in individual production lines) 10 unskilled coal shovellers = 10 x 2 = 20 crowns 1 foreman = 3 crowns 1 master of the forge = 7,5 crowns 2 assistants = 2 x 2,5 = 5 crowns tools (shovels) = 10 crowns forge maintenance = 20 crowns Forge subtotal = 3065,50 crowns Woodworkers hall cost per brightening: (price of timber included in individual production lines) 1 master sawyer to operate the head saw = 7,5 crowns 4 journeyman sawyers to assist him = 4 x 5 = 20 crowns 2 apprentice sawyers for maintenance = 2 x 2,5 = 5 crowns head saw maintenance = 10 crowns Woodworkers hall subtotal = 42,50 crowns Wharf costs per brightening: 10 unskilled unloaders = 10 x 2 = 20 crowns 1 foreman = 3 crowns 1 master clerk = 7,5 crowns tools (carts) = 10 crowns pier maintenance = 5 crowns Wharf subtotal = 45,50 crowns Administration costs per brightening: 10 unskilled cleaners = 10 x 2 = 20 crowns 1 foreman = 3 crowns 10 unskilled movers = 10 x 2 = 20 crowns 1 foreman = 3 crowns 20 apprentice clerks = 20 x 2,5 = 50 crowns 5 journeyman clerks = 5 x 5 = 25 crowns 1 master clerk = 7,5 crowns forge manager = 10 crowns woodworkers hall manager = 10 crowns leatherworkers/assembly hall manager = 10 crowns supply manager = 7,5 crowns company secretary = 10 crowns company vice director = 12,5 crowns company director = 15 crowns tools (paper, ink) = 15 crowns general building maintenance = 50 crowns Administration subtotal = 258, 50 crowns Others: waste: iron (3%) = 2212,5 x 0,03 x 8,2 = 544,28 crowns timber (5%) = 522,5 x 0,05 x 5,5 = 143,69 crowns coal (2%) = 500 x 0,02 x 6 = 60 crowns corruption = 30 crowns theft = 30 crowns city licenses = 20 crowns Others subtotal = 828 crowns

Final costs:

Secrets : Total costs per brightening: Production lines: Cuirass (100) production line subtotal = 12567,50 crowns Sallet (100) production line subtotal = 1374,50 crowns Vambrace (100 pairs) production line subtotal = 1784,50 crowns Greaves (100 pairs) production line subtotal = 1784,50 crowns Pike (100) production line subtotal = 3352,50 crowns Halberd (10) production line subtotal = 379 crowns Mace (10) production line subtotal = 285,5 crowns Buckler (20) production line subtotal = 224 crowns Pavise (10) production subtotal = 699 crowns Arrow (300) production line subtotal = 267,8 crowns Forge subtotal = 3065,50 crowns Woodworkers hall subtotal = 42,50 crowns Wharf subtotal = 45,50 crowns Administration subtotal = 258, 50 crowns Others subtotal = 828 crowns Grand total costs per brightening = 26958,80 crowns

Income:

Secrets : Income Price per product: Cuirass = 150 crowns Sallet = 25 crowns Vambraces (sold in pairs) = 25 crowns Greaves (sold in pairs) = 25 crowns Pike = 40 crowns Halberd = 50 crowns Mace = 40 crowns Buckler = 20 crowns Pavise = 75 crowns Arrows (sold in tens) = 10 crowns Income per brightening: Cuirass 100 * 145 = 14500 crowns Sallet 100 * 25 = 2500 crowns Vambrace 100 pairs * 25 = 2500 crowns Greaves 100 pairs * 25 = 2500 crowns Pike 100 * 35 = 3500 crowns Halberd 10 * 50 = 500 crowns Mace 10 * 40 = 400 crowns Buckler 20 * 20 = 400 crowns Pavise 10 * 75 = 750 crowns Arrow 30 tens * 10 = 300 crowns Total income per brightening = 27850 crowns

Profits:

Secrets : Profit Total income per brightening: 27850 crowns Total costs per brightening: 26958,80 crowns Profit per brightening before tax: 891,2 crowns Profit tax (10%): 89,12 crowns Profit per brightening after tax: 802 crowns and 1 silver Per cycle: 8021 crowns Per era: 401040 crowns