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| Action Id: 2116 | Crisis: | Participants: Lucita, Calypso, Saedrus, Quenia, Karadoc(RIP), Grazia and Cadenza | |
| Status: Resolved | Submitted: May 11, 2018, 9:02 p.m. | Public: True | GM: Puffin |
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Silver: 10000 Social Resources: 34 |
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Action by Lucita
This is part two of the ongoing economic development plan for Saikland Greens started in action 1963 and incorporates its organization, planning, and can be referenced for details. The focus of this action shifts from direct input of resources and silver to acquiring them through improved trade of wines, whiskey and Saikland Greens Glassworks products. Intended usage is silver and military resources added to Saik bank accounts to save and use for military and barony needs, economic resources and some silver to be directly funneled back into Saikland for improvements and adding farms, populace, jobs, addition of a specific archive or archive room (explained below). Silver and resources are not added to the effort because this is supposed to generate them.
Initiation:
Lucita uses charm to spread word of mouth to increase popularity, sales and trade of Saikland Greens whiskey, wine and glassworks products throughout the Compact and to recruit others to help her do this. She uses skills in investigation to review reports of other successful efforts, talk to people to ask what worked and what did not. This is not just 'dry numbers' strict economics but also current trends and popularity as well as reviewing 'old standbys' that are always needed and wanted.
Marcos, Karadoc and Lucita hosted a dinner at which guests were served Saik house wines, given ornate bottles of premium whiskey or gift boxes of higher quality wines. Guests that assisted with prior econimic actions for Saikland were given a one-of-a-kind keepsake boxes, customized just for them, other guests given whiskey or wine. (dinner guests were: Jaenelle, Calypso, Quenia, Luis, Karadoc, Lucita, Katarina, Ignacio, Vitalis, Delilah, Marcos, Cadenza, Emily). Additional keepsake boxes were given to Hadrian, Ian and Zoey, Alarissa, Leola, Eleyna, Eleanor, Silvio and Lysander, Aiden. Wines and whiskeys have been used in rp and used as gifts.
Barony Expense mitigation to free resources and silver for other purposes: Self-funding military family support--'Saikland Remembers' Whiskey, suggestive of remembering old stories, songs, or toasting, not just Saiklanders but all across the Compact. It is good enough whiskey that people would buy and drink it no matter what name is stuck on the label. Profit (after expenses) from that brand to help support families of Saikland military who fell in battles 1006 and onward. This would be ongoing not a limited edition whiskey. Sales/trade frees up resources to expend on more direct improvements. The realizition 'We take care of our own.' improves morale and word of mouth of it helps the Barony seem a desirable area in which to live.
Usage of whatever gains are achieved:
Military resources: bank-save (ships, train general, more army later).
Silver: Bank and improvement assists.
Economic
1. Add one room to existing Saikland archives
or if we have no archives, this is a beginning of it.
Purpose--area for 1006 and later historical records AND a unique war memorial, a double purpose, very cost efficient resource use and space to last for years. Shelf end uprights have years (start-1006 and ongoing) carved at the top and below, in small letters, names of the Saikland military fallen in battle that year. The cases on which the names are carved are left for scholars to acquire tomes and references, and for Saiklanders to leave momentos to help to create their own war memorial. Backs of shelves in the room center usable for Saikland 'allies' whose family actually visit Saikland Greens to add a name and item, giving reasons to visit and something to view/do while there. Suggested name: Saikland Remembers Memorial Archive.
2. Additional population and the variety of buildings needed for infrastructure improvements and moving closer toward eligibility to become a larger holding. Such growth to use resources generated from trade on ongoing logical/wise/balanced growth as detailed in action 1963. with housing, crops for making wines/whiskey and food plus extra to store, jobs, security, health and sanitation, education, faith all carefully balanced as the barony grows. Care is taken to avoid growing too rapidly to sustain or be self sufficient and to avoid a negative impact on existing businesses and economy.
Action by Cadenza
Lady Cadenza Fidante has become rather close with the Baroness of Saik and has had the pleasure of tasting these wonderful wines and whiskeys of Saikland. Being a sailor...she has always loved her libations and now that she is the Admiral of the Rose Tempest....she will be sharing the love of this land's whiskeys with her men! What better way to raise morale as the new admiral than to gift them all battles of whiskey from Saik. Being neighbors and all, why not share the love of drinks amongst each other.
Action by Quenia
Marquessa Quenia Igniseri encourages her merchants to pick up trade with Saikland Greens products, particularly any glass products that might be needed. Fancy new glass blown bottles for perfumes, new colored bottles for wines, or other glass products for general use - such as tableware or window panes. She also encourages her merchants to pick up bottles of Saikland Remembers Whiskey - reminding them that House Igniseri and House Saik have close ties to one another now that the former Lady Lucita Igniseri is now Baroness Lucita Saik, and that House Igniseri honors the sacrifices House Saik made in the battle against the Gyre in Setarco.
Action by Grazia
Being the good neighbor that she is, and given the Baroness's long relationship with Gemecitta as a vassal, Duchess Grazia Rubino is donating the marble for many of the statues involved in the war memorial, as well as offering a small but useful discount on the other stone required for the project. She will encourage trade with Saikland to help build its economy and further diversify her own economy.
Action by Karadoc(RIP)
Lord Karadoc Saik will work his charms on merchants that are bound north and east - waxing lyrical on all the positive products that Saikland Greens has for export. With an extra emphasis on the 'Saikland Remembers' branded whiskey. Northerners like whiskey, right? And those sailors sorts in the Mourning Isles like their drink, don't they?
Action by Saedrus
Saedrus can't help directly with the trade out of Saikland Greens anymore, but he can help from a distance. It's through the Grotto and the Whisper House that wines are tasted-- delicious, yes? Alas, there is no rights to selling them here, it is an old favour he even receives them; they are all sold by Saik traders. He speaks with his merchant clientele, all smiles and gentle flattery, to have goods exported to get the Saik name travelling a little further. It's not much, but it is a start.
Action by Calypso
Calypso, fresh off the Southport item, is using her popularity to spread certain words in order to help not just her own home, but that of Saik. The Duchess will be bringing bottles of Saik whiskey and wines with her to various dinners and events through the city. A few will even be donated to local bars and taverns, delivered as thanks for the greater efforts and faith in Malvici and her lower Houses. Of course, Calypso will pay market value for these so as not to off-set the intent of gain. Further, she is going to begin whispering that she's considering sending some people to Saik for cavalry training because the land is ideal and she has been wanting to set up a cavalry training facility for some time. It might do good to invest in House Saik militarily, wink wink nudge nudge, and in turn Malvici might be willing to smile on them in the future if their own Houses need training.
Result
Baroness Lucita Saik is not taking any time after the birth of her children to slow down and rest. Already she is full of plans to improve Saikland Greens. Reaching out to her allies - to Lady Cadenza Fidante, Marquessa Quenia Igniseri, Duchess Grazia Rubino, Lord Karadoc Saik, and Duchess Calypso Malvici, along with Saedrus Whisper who smooths communication and just makes everything seem that much easier, she puts both money and effort into developing Saik's economy.
"Saikland Remembers" whiskey sees a strong upsurgence in popularity particularly, thanks to Duchess Calypso and Lady Cadenza, among the military. A war memorial is carved from exceptionally fine marble from Gemecitta, thanks to Duchess Grazia. House Igniseri makes it a point to buy wines and some of that fine Saikland glass. Trade is on the upswing and the Barony of Saik is developing as an economic strength.