And wood...and meat...

First things first, I think we should elect positions. I nominate Prado as Secretary of Labor.

What other positions do we want?

We had Labor, Defense, Communications and Relations (which I would love to fill), and Resources I think.

Let's increase food production all around. We're all right on pearls - not great, but all right. We have 50 more workers to throw into the mix too, and hopefully their production will allow us to reward them at the end of the month.

I say that we stay constant with the extra benefits to the loyalists until our fruit is fully grown. We don't need to tap into it too early. We can bring in some more gold on our first shipment.

I also want to point out that a number of separatists were arrested. I don't believe that it is good for our cause that we are arresting the natives, regardless of what faction they belong to at the moment. I suggest that, given a pledge of loyalty to the King and to our cause, we release them from jail immediately and allow them to work for 50% of typical compensation for the next 3 months. After 3 months, we should have a pretty solid idea on whether or not they are actually loyal or simply said it to get out of prison, and at that point, we can decide whether or not they should be given full loyalist benefits.

Tasks:
Offer prisoners clemency in exchange for fealty

Policies
Make it illegal for colonists not loyal to the King to approach buildings marked with a banner (ENACTED)
Add new mothers (~80) to workforce and have the Elders watch over infants (REPEALED)
Lower the age of the workforce to 12 (ENACTED)

I would also be fully supportive of a Loyal Elder committee serving in an advisory sense. We planned on allowing the loyalists to serve as advisors anyway, did we not? We should oversee elections and allow the loyalists, new and old, to decide who among them deserves an elder seat. We can offer their chosen elders a royal seal and allow them to work with the councilors.

Farmer: Our stockpile of chicken has gone rancid due to our poor knowledge of preservation.

Call the Alchemist on that one...

I suggest we do form a Loyal Elder committee, but it needs to be fully integrated into our government. They should meet at the Town Hall, and be officially governmental.

Good turn. I don't like the split in natives, but it seems to be working.
There are two dangers to be mindful of:
1. The seperatists should not be encouraged to make a true new (hostile) settlement. Therefore my proposed policy is: no further aggravation, minimal support with promise of full support when loyal. I want to use a carrot to lure them back in, no sticks please.
2. Internal unrest. If we put laws down forbidding something, the logical consequence is that people get arrested. We need to get these people a proper trial and way of rehabilitation.

- I second TrPrado as SoL
- I second Bo as SoR
- I suggest we ration food, giving the seperatists a minimal ration and the loyalists a double ration. I'll let our SoL figure out how much each should be :-P
- I second the notion of an Elder Council as parliament in town hall. I had mentioned using the original council as such before, but this loyalist council may even be better.
- Give this council the responsibility to sentence people under arrest with incarceration up to one year.

Alchemist: I believe I will have discovered something soon to solve our problem.

Loyal Elders: Councilor KC, we are here to serve.

TMOW, I like the idea of the Loyal Elders to preside over sentencing. I mean, I really like the idea.

And yeah, what we already have as punishment for the separatists should stay as far as we go.

GUYS WE HAVE A FRUIT HARVEST!!! This is exciting!!!

Move 4 Pearl harvesters to wheat.

Ohhhh, and those separatists that joined the loyalists put us ahead this month, so we can move more pearl harvesters around.

*Nope no fruit yet, sorry*

Tasks:
Offer prisoners clemency in exchange for fealty
Assign 4 Pearl harvesters to wheat

Policies
Make it illegal for colonists not loyal to the King to approach buildings marked with a banner (ENACTED)
Add new mothers (~80) to workforce and have the Elders watch over infants (REPEALED)
Lower the age of the workforce to 12 (ENACTED)

See, I told you it'd work out. Things are going nicely, and we have more carrots to give now. I agree fully on the elders presiding over sentencing - with the exception of "Treason", IE. attacking the royal guard or us. That would be a crime against the crown, so the crown should retain control of the punishments, in my eyes.

The rancid chicken is a problem. On the other hand, we should be able to use that as bait for catching more fish this month. Is that possible, Magistrate?

Seconding the ministerial nominations.

These Elders are loyal to the King. Why not let them sentence in those instances?

Well, they are loyal to the king but they have not been raised in the King's Land under the King's Law. What I'm essentially saying is that we should retain control of the Death penalty.

If they order it and we merely correct them if we disagree, we are less prone to becoming 'those murderers'.

Sorry, HR, I'm going to disagree with you, not that we should preside over the death penalty, but that we should be able to use the death penalty at all. No matter how stable things may look, we are always walking along a potentially unstable line. We are not the natives here, and yet we are depending on them to keep us alive and kicking. Killing them, no matter which side they are on, looks bad, even if there appears to be good reason. We run the risk of losing loyalty if we begin to use our power like that, especially if we make such things a public spectacle, which we would have to given that our only method of execution is by the rope - we need our ammo. It would be much, much safer for us if we allowed the Loyal Elders to at the very least preside over such cases as equals with us rather than excluding them entirely and allow them to make the final choice between exile and death. At the very least, we can take the heat off of our shoulders that way and demonstrate that the loyal natives and the separatist natives are in fact two different peoples now and that it is improper to consider them of the same blood.

Valid point. Maybe for those crimes, we should demand they are incarcerated until the next ship arrives, and then sent back to the Mainland to be tried there?

I want the opinion of the Loyal Elders on that one.

Agreed with Prado. Personally, I wouldn't recommend a trial on the mainland either, as we all know how that is bound to go. There's a gallows in every town square back home, is there not?

We could give the criminals smallpox...... :) lol

we could brand all criminals who offend the crown. We could use one of the medallions heated and then pressed to the back of the offenders hand to signal their disloyalty to the king. make it public spectacle....

Fruit harvest is gone. I sad.
CB: It looks like you just really don't want to be here.

No, I just don't want to commit to anything this last few months since I am leaving on month 6. When i come back i would love to be gainfully employed.