WCGW Chpt 249

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==Chapter 249 - What Could Go Wrong==
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Thazi (Independent System)
17th December, 3046
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President David Mitchell sat at his desk and looked at the paperwork that never seemed to stop flowing. Most of it were reports on various projects and really did not even require his reading them, but he figured if someone took the time to compile it, then it should be his duty to actually read it. He pulled the first folder and opened it up and began reading the multi-page report dealing with the various crops that had been planted and harvested over the year. All the typing was really not needed, he worked better off the summary which had totals and numbers on them.
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Fiscal Year 3046 Production(V = Value if sold)
Wheat - 180,000 acres - 672,489 tons - V 18,157,203
Corn - 50,000 acres - 233,769 tons - V 2,805,228 
Sorghum - 10,000 acres - 22,794 tons - V 547,056 
Soybean - 10,000 acres - 14,584 tons - V 525,024
Coffee - 10,000 acres - 18,749 tons - V 25,554,887 
Rice - 10,000 acres - 3047 est 40,000 tons 
Potato - 20,000 acres - 411,730 tons - V 11,528,440 
Strawberry - 10,000 acres - 142,000 tons - V 43,452,000 
Blueberry - 5,000 acres - 3048 est 7,500 tons 
Blackberry - 5,000 acres - 3047 est 50,000 tons 
Black Pepper - 5,000 acres - 3047 est 5,000 tons 
Bell Pepper - 10,000 acres - 62,020 tons - V 45,088,540 
Onion - 10,000 acres - 247,300 tons - V 3,709,500 
Tomato - 10,000 acres - 163,840 tons - V 15,564,800 
Raspberry - 2,000 acres - 3047 est 30,000 tons 
Okra - 10,000 acres - 73,834 tons - V 44,300,400 
Sweet Potato - 10,000 acres - 162,273 tons - V 4,056,825
Carrot - 10,000 acres - 107,480 tons - V 10,748,000 
Sweet Pea - 10,000 acres - 22,700 tons - V 9,080,000
Green Bean - 10,000 acres - 3047 50,000 tons 
Apples - 73,891 tons - V 9,605,830
 
Gold - 49 tons - V 240,688,000
Emerald - 3,478 carats - V 1,189,476
Aluminum - 86,492 tons - V 29,407,280
Iron Ore - 63,427 tons - V 761,124
Copper - 22,376 tons - V 12,194,920
Nickel - 11,431 tons - V 23,662,170
Total 3046 Resource Value - 514,944,179 C-bills
3047 Estimated Production Increases
Blackberry - 5,000 acres - 50,000 tons - V 50,000,000
Black Pepper - 5,000 acres - 5,000 tons - V 1,360,000
Raspberry - 2,000 acres - 30,000 tons - V 3,540,000
Crab Meat - 6,000 tons - V 15,162,000
Albacore - 6,000 tons - V 2,706,000
Salmon - 6,000 tons - V 2,340,000
Crawfish - 500 tons - V 545,000
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3047 Projections are a rough estimate due to the projected completion of fishing vessels and learning the industry. Most will be consumed locally and not commercially viable for sale. We do not project a current crop increase until such time as we can begin export to other locations than Wokha. These are projections only and should not be used for budget reasons.
He opened the next binder which was from Reinhard Gleinfeld about Solar Metals operations on Wokha.
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3046 Solar Metals Production Report - (Sold to FedCom)
Gold - 183 tons - 898,896,000 - (Not Sold per Orders)
Silver - 325 tons - 19,500,000
Iron Ore - 265,879 tons - 3,190,548
Platinum - 22 tons - 60,654,000
Copper - 89,725 tons - 48,900,125
Nickel - 26,872 tons - 55,625,040
Tin - 39,732 tons - 11,919,600
Wokha Food Imports - (Sold to FedCom)
Wheat - 318,000 tons - 8,586,000
Corn - 84,682 tons - 1,016,184 
Sorghum - 8,794 tons - 211,056 
Soybean - 5,248 tons - 188,928
Coffee - 3,749 tons - 5,109,887 
Potato - 111,730 tons - 3,128,440 
Strawberry - 42,000 tons - 12,852,000 
Bell Pepper - 22,020 tons - 16,008,540 
Onion - 84,300 tons - 1,264,500 
Tomato - 63,840 tons - 6,064,800 
Okra - 23,834 tons - 14,300,400 
Sweet Potato - 62,273 tons - 1,556,825
Carrot - 27,480 tons - 2,748,000
Sweet Pea - 4,700 tons - 1,880,000 
Apples - 33,891 tons - 4,405,830
Total Revenue (excluding Gold) - 305,698,603 C-bills
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The increasing production of the Federated Commonwealth mining stations is cutting into our own sells to the Federated Commonwealth. They are undercutting our prices and our expenses are rising drastically as the economy here completely switched to the D-Bill as a local currency. The local purchasing agent, newly arrived is also demanding that we release our mined gold for sale but at a discounted price. 
President Mitchell set aside the folders. It would seem that the Federated Commonwealth folks were trying to push them off Wokha, but he also had the ace, he provided almost all of their food. If the FC was going to play a price cutting game on the various ores, he would raise prices on the food items. They were already providing their own transport, so that cut them off from freight charges, but they could either pay what he wanted or ship the stuff in from the Inner Sphere proper, at a much higher expense.
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