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One design, one right - a gun and all its revisions only belong to one person at a time.

Each revision creates a new gun with rights different from the original.

I have no opinion.

[Taricus]

ACTACTACT

Purchase two (2) Revisions to the Rohnmohal G18 (-$30)

Ronmohal Armoury
Revision: Rohnmohal K18
Rifle: Rohnmohal G18

After consultation and feedback, plus a certain upcoming contract, the G18k features a shorter, 450mm Barrel for closer-range engagements

Ronmohal Armoury
Revision: Rohnmohal G18a
Rifle: Rohnmohal G18

With an aim of solving the magazine feed issue, a redesign of the spring for better strength and long-term durability for the magazine feed is done to resolve the issue

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Company Name: Rohnmohal Armoury
Market Share: $0
Cash: $63 + $13 - $30 = $33
Weapon Designs: 1

Production Line #1: Rohnmohal G18
Ammo Press #1: 6.5x48mm G18

Warehouse: 1 Occassio Company Charter – Rohnmohal Armoury

Spoiler: RA Designs (click to show/hide)

Rohnmohal G18
The Rohnmohal G18 (not to be confused with the M18 or ’18) is a semi-automatic rifle with a free-floating barrel and a ten-round internal magazine of 6.5x48mm ammunition.  The G18 utilizes a long-stroke piston; though robust, it does make the gun heavier and increase perceived recoil.  The barrel and piston float above a wooden stock, which makes testers nervous despite assurances its to increase accuracy.  This float decreases the effect of humidity on the weapon’s accuracy, but the smaller ammunition and powder load gives it decreased range and accuracy over most existing bolt-action rifles despite the addition of aperture sights.  It’s also not uncommon for the user to bump the barrel with their fingers and be burned.

The ten-round magazine sticks out the bottom of the gun and is fed by two 5-round stripper clips, though keeping the magazine at max capacity will quickly wear out the magazine spring and result in failure to feed.  The “large” magazine size and semi-auto fire makes the weapon enjoyable to shoot, at least, and the smaller caliber helps offset the recoil of the long-stroke piston.  In fact, were the barrel shorter it might be ideal for closer-range combat than the long-range it’d been designed for.  Although some thought has been given to field-stripping, the G18 still requires dedicated tools to access the internal mechanisms.  The process of loading, aiming, and maintaining the rifle requires a non-negligible amount of training.

Cost: $18 Per Unit

[Iris]

Korsgaard, upon receiving payment for the contract, will transfer $64 to Exemplar in exchange for a shipment of Buzzards and two shipments of accompanying ammunition. Upon receiving the munitions from Exemplar, they will transfer two shipments of Buzzards and three shipments of 13.5mm Korsgaard to the Mariti Naval Office.

[m1895]

Exemplar Armoury will transfer 1 shipment of buzzards and 2 shipments of 13.5mm Korsgaard to Korsgaard Armoury.

Spoiler: Exemplar Armoury (click to show/hide)

Company Name: Exemplar Armoury
Market Share: $0
Cash: $100-3-3-39+64
Weapon Designs: None

Production Line #1: None
Ammo Press #1: None
Ammo Press #2 None
Warehouse: 1 Occassio Company Charter – Exemplar Armoury.

[Draignean]

ACTACTACT Weapon Design, Item Sale

Spoiler: New Design, Halflight Lance Projector (click to show/hide)

Ursus Brachi
Rifle Design: 'Halflight' Lance Projector
Ammunition: 1 caliber x 270 grains, 17' overall length, ~3lbs overall weight (Internal Designation: Cete Pernicies-270, or CP-270)

In principal, the HalfLight is a single shot, break action rifle. This is unexciting. The exciting part is that its caliber is 1 and it fires a three pound projectile, barbed, clad in a fragmenting case, and with an impact fuze on a short timer.

Designed from our extensive experience hearing about other people complaining about the inhumanity of whaling equipment, the Halflight is a refined version of the Bomb Lance whaling tool - with more specific inspiration taking from the Grudchos-Eggers rifle. The rifle itself weighs approximately 1 and one-quarter score pounds- owing to the enormous reinforcement of the chamber necessary to reliably contain the cartridge. After several broken clavicles, extensive horsehair padding has been added to the skeletal metal buttstock. A side effect of this high weight is that the Halflight also acts remarkably well as a strength training tool and a field usable sledgehammer. 

Unlike more primitive whaling tools, the Halflight fires a cartridged projectile for easy of carrying, with a short sleeve outside the cartridge at the projectile neck used to engage the slow rifling of the barrel. At 17" inches in projectile length, we recommend that soldiers carry these from the belt in a sort of 'grass skirt' configuration. Each cartridge carries a charge of 4.5 drams (Apothecary) of propellant powder, which serves to frighten the enemy with the force of its detonation as well as hearten allies with its thunderous roar. The projectile itself has a weight of 1500 grams, with 600 grams serving as structural, barbed tip, and fuzing, 300 grams serving as ball-bearing shrapnel, and the remaining 600 grams given over to a dynamite charge (approximately 3 standard sticks).

While ideas have been raised for the usage of White Phosphor charges or Prussic Acid within the projectile, these have been deemed beyond scope and will be hopeful additions for the future.

And sell our surplus ammo to market.

Spoiler: Ursus Brachi (click to show/hide)

Company Name: Ursus Brachi
Market Share: $0
Cash: $156 (-3 -100)
Weapon Designs: That's confidential

Production Line #1: None
Ammo Press #1: 15x120mm

Warehouse: 1 Occassio Company Charter –  Ursus Brachi.

[IronyOwl]

ACTACTACT

Massgraves Incorporated
Revision: A2 Holocaust
HMG: A1 Holocaust

In order to address the unfriendly image some have acquired of the Holocaust, it is decided to make it more accessible. The internal mechanisms and case surrounding such components are retooled to be easier to access and clean out. Welds are replaced with removable bolted panels, solid chunks are broken down into modular parts, and experiments are run trying to refine how easily the internals handle cleaning.

AD: Looking for bullets

$8 per shipment? What do you need, 0.38s?


-Sell A1 Holocaust (+$43)
-Revision (-$15)
-Produce A1 Holocaust (-$33)
-Produce 0.38 rounds (-$3)

Spoiler: Massgraves Incorporated (click to show/hide)

Company Name: Massgraves Incorporated
Market Share: $0
Cash: $6
Weapon Designs:
A1 Holocaust, Heavy Machine Gun ($33/shipment, 15x120mm, Spring 1919)

Production Line #1: A1 Holocaust
Ammo Press #1: .38 rounds

Warehouse: 1 Occassio Company Charter – Massgraves Incorporated.
1 15x120mm ammo

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

Despite the rather…unorthodox name, the A1 is a relatively standard large-caliber water-cooled machine gun.  None of the users would describe the box-and-cylinder shape as “elegant”, but it would not be out of place in the trenches of the Great War.  Recoil and muzzle flash are enormous as it fires 15mm rounds, which could place the A1 vaguely in the realm of “autocannon”.  The built-on water tanks and cooling system are absolutely required for use as the gun will quickly seize without them, or worse – begin to cook off.

If one word could be used to describe this weapon, it would be “heavy”.  It’s largely immobile due to the cooling system and size, and can not be used in places where fresh water is not largely available.  Thermal buildup requires lots of water to be cycled through during use.  Impure water (such as sea water or hard water) can cause blockages that take extensive periods of maintenance to clean out of the copper piping.  Accuracy is an afterthought, with most rounds landing “vaguely in the vicinity” of the target.  Range is impressive however, though with recoil, flash, and accuracy trying to hit anything that far is a distant dream.  Maintenance and cleaning is a chore, and many parts can become jammed as the gun cools and fouling works its way inside.  Testers describe the weapon as “vehemently unfriendly” to operate in nearly all aspects, though the stopping power is incredible to see in action.  The A1 is definitely a weapon you’d prefer to see as a bystander, rather than from either end.

[Sensei]

ACTACTACT
Revision: Cancer Adreptus B. The goal of this revision is to improve feed reliability and prevent jams in general. This will require testing to determine why exactly the jams occur, but likely areas of experimentation include the magazine feed lips and smoothness of the return spring and related moving parts.  ($15)

I will also continue producing the existing Cancer Adreptus and ammo, after all, we can convert it for free right? ($11)

If I do win the contract that's up, I'm going to need a loan to fulfill it.

If, in Winter 1919, Cancer Felicitus (the Borrower) wins the bid for Imperiosa Infantry Armory #6, the Lender agrees to lend $10 to the Borrower. Upon contract fulfillment or in Spring 1922 (whichever occurs first), the Lender agrees to repay $15 to the borrower. This contract is null and void if the Borrower does not win the Imperiosa contract bid, and no loan will occur.

Borrower: _Cancer Adreptus_
Lender: _______________

Spoiler: Company Details (click to show/hide)

Company Name: Cancer Felicitus
Market Share: $0
Cash: $23
Weapon Designs: "Cancer Adreptus" Handgun

Production Line #1
Ammo Press #1

Warehouse: 1 Occassio Company Charter [Cancer Felicitus]
2 Batch of Cancer Adreptus, market value $18
2 Batch of 8.5mm Margaritae, market value $6

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

Cancer Adreptus
Chambered in 8.5x20mm, the Cancer Adreptus is a toggle-lock handgun with a very pretty finish.  Unlike the Luger (a particularly infamous toggle-lock handgun), the toggle is below the barrel in order to reduce recoil.  The toggle and most all moving parts are contained within a rounded shroud for protection, which gives the gun a bulky shape.  When fired, the barrel slides back in the gun, breaking the toggle-lock to eject the shell.  A spring closes the toggle, feeding a fresh bullet into the barrel.

Simply put, maintenance and cleaning is a nightmare.  The shroud must be removed before the gun can be disassembled, and the internal mechanisms were not designed with maintenance in mind.  Feeding jams are relatively common, and both the magazine release and safety are described as “sticky” by testers.  The Cancer Adreptus also does not hold up to damage very well, as a drop can cause the toggle to come out of alignment.  Furthermore, though the covered toggle keeps it away from stray fingers, it also means it cannot be directly cocked and relies on the user pushing on a tab in the ejection port.

Recoil is surprisingly low, but the accuracy is not particularly impressive for a handgun.  The gun is, however, very pretty with its nickel plating, though the extra work to do so increases manufacturing cost.  Rimless cased ammo with bottlenecking allows the bullets to feed smoothly (when all other parts are operating correctly), but further increases cost a small amount.

Cost: $8 per Shipment

[Aseaheru]

ACTACTACT

Warning, wall of actions inbound.

NOPE LLC
Revision Name: NOPE Smasher M19 (part A)
Revision of: Commie Crusher '18
 The NOPE Smasher M19 is, to put simply, a Commie Crusher '18 with the cylinder removed and replaced with one of novel design capable of holding five rounds of 7.65×40mm NOPE "Light Rifle" ammunition contained within a sheet-metal retaining clip(A so-called "Full Moon Clip"). This new cylinder is designed to swing out to the right of the gun and then have all five chambered rounds ejected simultaneously with their retaining clip. Of course, the frame of the weapon is tweaked to match, and the timing is adjusted for the greater travel between shots.

NOPE LLC
Revision Name: NOPE Smasher M19 (part B)
Revision of: Commie Crusher '18
 The second part of the NOPE Smasher M19 design is efforts to clean up the firing mechanism of the revolver in general, in part by redesigning it's Double-Action Only firing mechanism into a "Triple Action" mechanism, also known as a standard Double-Action, where the gun may be fired without pulling back the hammer with a heavy trigger pull or the user may pull back the hammer to full cock and have a substantially lighter trigger pull, a feature billed as highly advantageous with the comparatively powerful round the weapon is chambered for and the reduced capacity when compared to the legacy Commie Crusher.

NOPE LLC
Revision Name: NOPE/Sandblaster M19 Repeater(Part A)
Revision of: NOPE M18 Repeater
 A simple revision, NOPE LLC's first contribution to the NOPE/Sandblaster M19 Repeater is moving the sights off of flimsy, uncertian components(that incidentally also eases production of said components). To boot, the sights of the M19 are nolonger on the heat shield, nor are they offset. Instead, the forward sight(now with stout protecting wings, of the barleycorn type, and fixed in such a way as to allow unit armorers to adjust them for windage) is affixed to the bayonet mount, while the rear sight is mounted to the tubular receiver to the rear of the ejection port.
 As this revision also necessitates a redesign of the heatshield, efforts are made to reduce the weight of the piece without compromising its function.
 
NOPE LLC
Revision Name: NOPE/Sandblaster M19 Repeater(Part B)
Revision of: NOPE M18 Repeater
 The second portion of NOPE LLC's contribution to the NOPE/Sandblaster M19 Repeater is the revision of the design of the sub-assemblies, with the intent to make them simultaneously more reliable, easier to clean(incidentally, the staff assistants behind the move towards armorer-level-only cleaning have been assigned to the maintenance division to preform that work), and oh so very slightly cheaper to manufacture.
 
 
 NOPE LLC constructs a new ammunition press, which is immediately put to work manufacturing a second unit of 7.92x55mm. NOPE LLC manufactures one unit of Commie Crusher '18 and one unit of 7.92x55mm on existing equipment. NOPE LLC sells two units of Commie Crusher '18s on the civilian market for $14 each. NOPE LLC transfers three units of 7.62x55mm to GERHARDT & SONS.
 NOPE LLC also prints a small run of posters making fun of "fools who want their spent brass bothering their comrades and election ports positioned so as to be easily filled with crud and crap", apparently something to do with comments objecting to brass flying straight up out of the weapon, particularly given past grief given to engineers for not having ejection patterns sufficiently vertical.

Spoiler: NOPE LLC (click to show/hide)

Company Name: Neefs, Omloop, & Poels Engineering LLC (NOPE LLC)
Market Share: $0
Cash: $43-(+60+3+4+50+3)+(40+14+14+36)=27
Weapon Designs: NOPE M18 Repeater
Design Rights: Commie Crusher '18

Production Line #1: Commie Crusher '18 ($4)
Ammo Press #1: 7.92x55mm
Ammo Press #B: 7.92x55mm

Warehouse: 1 Occassio Company Charter – NOPE LLC.

Spoiler: Contract 1 | | NOPE LLC & GERHARDT & SONS (click to show/hide)

Should GERHARDT & SONS secure both the Parvus Armory contract as well as receive aid that is currently in private discussion with KashKow Industries then NOPE LLC will provide four shipments of 7.92x55mm Ammunition. G&S will provide $36 of funding next phase should they receive the Parvus Armory contract.

3/4 shipments sent

Spoiler: Contract 2 | NOPE LLC & Sandblaster Inc (click to show/hide)

>NOPE LLC grants Sandblaster Inc designs and production rights to the NOPE M18 Repeater
>Sandblaster Inc, over the next two phases(Winter 1919 and Spring 1920) pays NOPE LLC a total of $40
>Sandblaster Inc grants NOPE LLC manufacturing and civilian sales rights for the Commie Crusher '18
>Until Spring 1925, NOPE LLC is barred from selling or offering the NOPE M18 Repeater
>Until Winter 1923, any revisions made to the NOPE M18 Repeater by either company are shared by both companies

[EuchreJack]

To encourage new weapon development, Sandblaster Inc. hereby authorizes NOPE to conduct revisions on the Commie Crusher '18 solely for sale on the Civilian Market.  Those revisions are NOT transferable to any entity but Sandblaster Inc. and they are NOT permitted to be sold to satisfy Contracts. Sandblaster Inc. may purchase any of NOPE's revisions of the Commie Crusher '18 upon a price acceptable to NOPE.
x Eustace Jackson, Sandblaster Inc.

[evictedSaint]

It has been brought to my attention that it's not explicitly clear who owns gun designs versus their revisions.

My original intent is that the overarching design belongs to one person.  Revisions do not become "new guns" - if you sell the right to a gun design, you lose all the revisions that go with it.  Furthermore, you must own the gun design you'd like to revise.  The point of this was to prevent players from collaborating on building one gun for $100, then splitting it via revision between them.

However, if people prefer, I can make this rule more flexible.  We can say that revisions become entirely new guns, with individual ownerships and rights.  This can be a little tougher to keep track of, but it would make rights transfers more common and commercially viable.

So, I've added a vote to the prompt to get a general feeling for how players want this to be handled.  NOTE: I am the GM and reserve all rights to overrule you peasant however I please, and this vote in no way binds me.

[EuchreJack]

AD: Looking for bullets

$8 per shipment? What do you need, 0.38s?

Yup. But I think you need permission to manufacture a gun using .38 rounds in order to make them, so...

Massgraves Incorporated is hereby authorized to manufacture the Commie Crusher '18 and its associated .38 round for Winter 1919 only and will be provided $8 by Sandblast Inc. in exchange for one shipment of .38 rounds.
x Eustace Jackson, Sandblast Inc.
x                                               

[IronyOwl]

No permissions are necessary for ammo, but thanks anyway.

Massgraves Incorporated is hereby authorized to manufacture the Commie Crusher '18 and its associated .38 round for Winter 1919 only and will be provided $8 by Sandblast Inc. in exchange for one shipment of .38 rounds.
x Eustace Jackson, Sandblast Inc.
x Ezekiel Massgraves, Massgraves Incorporated

[Unraveller]

As per the contract between GERHARDT & SONS with NOPE LLC, $36 is transferred from the former company to the latter.

As per the contract between GERHARDT & SONS woth KashKow Industries, the remaining $128 will be transferred from the former company to the latter, totalling $160.


GERHARDT & SONS will then produce one (1) PARVUS PRESERVER '18 for $16 and one (1) 7.92x55mm Ammunition for $3.

Spoiler: Company Sheet (click to show/hide)

Company Name: Gerhardt & Sons
Market Share: $0
Cash: $79
Weapon Designs: PARVUS PRESERVER '18

Production Line #1: PARVUS PRESERVER '18
Ammo Press #1: 7.92x55mm Ammunition

Warehouse: 1 Occassio Company Charter – Gerhardt & Sons.
(2) - PARVUS PRESERVER '18
(3) - 7.92x55mm Ammunition

Spoiler: G&S Weapon Designs (click to show/hide)

GERHARDT & SONS
PARVUS PRESERVER '18 - RIFLE DESIGN
7.92x55mm Ammunition

Nothing says “reliability” like a revolver – even if it’s a rifle.  The PARVUS PRESERVER ’18 (designed and built by Gerhardt and his boys) is a double-action revolving rifle chambered for seven rounds of 7.92x55mm ammo.  The ’18 (not to be confused with the G18 or M18) is simple to use and unfamiliar with the concept of “jamming”, and even novice shooters find themselves able to use the weapon quickly and easily.  A steel shield is affixed to the stock by a pair of screws.  Testers generally agree this is a poor choice, as the thin sheet provides little to no protection from return fire, increases the users profile, and adds unnecessary weight.  Gerhardt’s insistence on the shield unfortunately means a modest increase in rifle price.

The gap between the cylinder and the barrel provides an escape route for hot gasses and lead splinters, which testers complain about bitterly.  This gap also represents a non-negligible drop in muzzle velocity, but this isn’t a huge issue for most ranges the rifle is accurate at.  The wooden stock does not extend past the cylinder, and after repeated use the barrel can grow too hot to hold as a foregrip.  Seven rounds at 7.92mm means the cylinder is quite large, adding some weight back to the otherwise light-weight rifle.  The gun is without a safety, and the hammer resting above a loaded shell can result in potential misfires if dropped or jostled.  The concept of a swappable cylinder is certainly doable, but with design deadlines drawing near the Preserver uses the more common ejector-rod with fixed cylinder design.

The stencils for the Parvus coat of arms is widely approved during testing (most of the tester are, through sheer coincidence, Parvonians themselves).

Cost: $16 per Shipment

[EuchreJack]

ACTACTACT: Cancel previous unlawful revision

[Quarque]

Sandblaster Inc. agrees to pay Alfred Nobel $25 for two Commie Crusher '18 revolvers and one .38 ammo to be manufactured this turn and delivered to Sandblaster Inc., utilizing the Commie Crusher '18 design for this turn (winter 1919) only.
x
x Alfred Nobel, ceo of Alfred Nobel

[EuchreJack]

Sandblaster Inc. agrees to pay Alfred Nobel $25 for two Commie Crusher '18 revolvers and one .38 ammo to be manufactured this turn and delivered to Sandblaster Inc., utilizing the Commie Crusher '18 design for this turn (winter 1919) only.
x Eustace Jackson, CEO of Sandblaster Inc.
x Alfred Nobel, ceo of Alfred Nobel