coil23 wrote:Sorry I fell off the earth for a while. I'm fine with playing the captain but it sounds like someone else (who was actually present online ) has that covered. I do like the idea of us having our own ship. And I had jokingly called dibs on being captain when I heard someone else had dropped out.
I'm sorry if I stepped on your "dibs." I did ask if that was what you were calling dibs for, and after a few days said I'd do it if no one else would. If you want the job, please take it. I'll willingly step aside...
On another subject, ORGANIZATION. I've always found that having a partnership among the PC's rather than a employer/employee relationship works best in a game, so I'm proposing the following.
--= Articles of Agreement =--
A. There will be a Ship's Company of crew members that control and operate this ship.
1. To initially join the Ship's Company an individual must contribute cash or goods equal to (or more than) 20,000 credits to the Ship's General Fund. This contribution may be a lump sum or paid in over an agreed to period of time.
2. In return each member of the Ship's Company will receive an equal share of profits made from carrying freight and passengers and from trading.
B. At the end of each month (or jump), a meeting of the Ship's Company will allocate income earned as follows:
1. All revenue earned during the period (month/jump) will be placed in the Ship's General Fund.
2. The amount needed to cover mortgage, maintenance, repair, life support, berthing and dockage fees and other normal operations will be moved to the Ship Operating Fund and will be spent for that purpose.
3. The Ship's Quartermaster may allocate additional money from the General Fund to the Ship Operating Fund to cover unforeseen expenses, but such allocations are subject to review by the Ship's Company at the next meeting.
3. By majority vote of the Ship's Company all remaining revenue will be divided among the General Fund, a Ship Trading Fund, and direct allocation to each crew member.
4. Ship Improvements, such as new software, turrets, weapons, fuel purifiers, etc. will be purchased from the Ship's General Fund after approval by the Ship's Company at a meeting.
C. The Captain of the ship will make decisions concerning the operation of the ship while it is "in space."
1. The Captain's orders will be obeyed by all crew members while the ship is not "in port."
2. The Captain will assign crew members to the positions of pilot, navigator, engineer, medic, steward and other ship operating positions.
3. The Captain will hire additional (non Ship's Company) crew for any position not covered by members of the Ship's Company. These hires will be subject to review at the next meeting.
4. The pay for non-Ship's Company crew will come from the Ship's Operating Fund and the Quartermaster is in charge of moving money from the General Fund to the Operating Fund. That is, the Captain may hire, but the Quartermaster controls the pay. {Checks and Balances}
D. The Quartermaster will make decisions regarding the carriage of freights, passengers and the purchase/sale of speculative cargoes purchased with the Ship Trading Fund.
1. The Quartermaster will keep good records of the Ship Funds and will make those records available to the Ship's Company at all times.
2. The Quartermaster will assign crew members with tasks related to revenue producing activities: freight, passengers and speculative cargoes.
3. The Quartermaster will assign quarters to each crew member.
E. The positions of Captain and Quartermaster are chosen by majority vote of the Ship's Company and may be replaced at any Company meeting. The same person my hold both Captain and Quartermaster positions, if so voted by the Ship's Company.
F. Additional articles may be added to these and existing articles may be modified by majority vote of the Ship's Company.
Tell me what you think. Do these Articles of Agreement work for you?
BTW, if I'm playing Wen and we agree to these Articles, he'll be contributing the ship as his 20,000 or more to join the Ship's Company. I think that's mighty generous of him!