Investments and Economic Ventures

In the next version, you'll be able to scout for economic ventures and invest in them from the "Correspondence" menu.

This will allow you to make lots of money without even having to mobilize a single unit, if you don't mind taking considerable risks that is.

The available ventures will depend on the territories. They can be anything from investing in a new liner to producing a movie and there will be different shades to take into account under each investment proposal.

You'll be shown the required monetary investment, the promised return, and in how many weeks you'll get to see that money, but not all investments will go smoothly.

Along with the technical details of each investment, you'll be show how many times that investment has been tried in the present terms and how many times it has actually succeeded. It'll be up to you to choose if it is worth the risk or not.

Furthermore, some investments such as smuggling operations and slaving razzias will be illegal, carrying the risk of costing you Merits if you invest in them and they fail.

Once the investment is due, you might get the promised revenue, you might have to wait more than expected, you might get less than promised, or you might get nothing at all if everything goes wrong. Ideally, you'll want to wait and gather information on success rates before jumping into the fray, but you'll be free to gamble your hard earned money in novel, untested ventures if you feel like it.