Also right then.  Keltham is thinking of retaining eight out of the current twelve job candidates past their first contracted week.  He'll need to talk options for the remaining four compatible with Governance security considerations, and make sure those options are good enough.

Keltham is pretty sure that Asmodia, Meritxell, and Ione all now have expected value to Chelish Governance exceeding that of a 5th-circle Security wizard, but for purposes of aligning incentives, Keltham intends to offer them most of their real compensation in the form of small shares of future Project Lawful income, which is considered the very standard best practice of Civilization.  His plan is 200gp/week for the three, plus a 10,000gp bonus for Ione in respect for her special, hazardous, possibly long-term damaging, and highly useful service in delivering advance warning on the Nidal assault and possibly actually timing that assault so Keltham would be safer.  Carissa gets 300gp/week in respect of her status as being something like Keltham's de facto ops officer or second-in-command.

Pilar, Peranza, Tonia, and Gregoria aren't obviously going to end up irreplaceably valuable, but are still in the running for being less brilliant researchers, or maybe brilliant ones if the intelligence headbands ever come through and are any good.  100gp/week for each of them except Pilar.  Pilar gets 150gp/week in token of her higher-than-obvious expected value and a future promotion if it turn out that Cayden Cailean has more in mind than snacks, and Pilar should also get 1000gp for taking a sword for Keltham, which is not obviously terrible if it had happened but key word 'obviously'.

Keltham realizes that no actual agreement has been reached on how Chelish funding of the Project will be compensated.  Keltham will compose a suggested interim compact on what counts as Project revenue, pending some more difficult working-out of the basic question of how to measure the Project's benefit to Cheliax (including the counterfactual on if Keltham had started elsewhere instead), and fire that back as a suggestion.  But people do need their nonvolatile portion of their salaries in the meanwhile; possibly they wouldn't starve if unpaid, but it is considered a core good practice in Civilization that if you can't pay basic salaries it's time to shut down the concern.

Keltham's current plan is to request 500gp/week nominal salary for now, but with the understanding that Keltham might come back and ask for an increase if it turns out that there are magic items he can't get on a Governance budget and that would substantially increase his own effectiveness.  If it's a better look if Keltham gets 100gp/week instead, he's potentially open to that for now or to start, since he doesn't currently know how he'd actually spend the money on much.

No other project members have particularly expressed agreement with any of these offers, and the four core members, in Keltham's view, would have considerable leverage over him to demand higher nonvolatile incomes, though Keltham would in that case reduce their share of future Project income.  Keltham is nonetheless interested in hearing if these budget quantities sound feasible.

Also right then.  Keltham is thinking of retaining eight out of the current twelve job candidates past their first contracted week.  He'll need to talk options for the remaining four compatible with Governance security considerations, and make sure those options are good enough.

Keltham is pretty sure that Asmodia, Meritxell, and Ione all now have expected value to Chelish Governance exceeding that of a 5th-circle Security wizard, but for purposes of aligning incentives, Keltham intends to offer them most of their real compensation in the form of small shares of future Project Lawful income, which is considered the very standard best practice of Civilization.  His plan is 200gp/week for the three, plus a 10,000gp bonus for Ione in respect for her special, hazardous, possibly long-term damaging, and highly useful service in delivering advance warning on the Nidal assault and maybe actually timing that assault so Keltham would be safer.  Carissa gets 300gp/week in respect of her status as being something like Keltham's de facto ops officer or second-in-command.

Pilar, Peranza, Tonia, and Gregoria aren't obviously going to end up irreplaceably valuable, but are still in the running for being less brilliant researchers, or maybe brilliant ones if the intelligence headbands ever come through and are any good.  100gp/week for each of them except Pilar.  Pilar gets 150gp/week in token of her higher-than-obvious expected value and a future promotion if it turn out that Cayden Cailean has more in mind than snacks, and Pilar should also get 1000gp for taking a sword for Keltham, which is not obviously terrible if it had happened but key word 'obviously'.

Keltham realizes that no actual agreement has been reached on how Chelish funding of the Project will be compensated.  Keltham will compose a suggested interim compact on what counts as Project revenue, pending some more difficult working-out of the basic question of how to measure the Project's benefit to Cheliax (including the counterfactual on if Keltham had started elsewhere instead), and fire that back as a suggestion.  But people do need their nonvolatile portion of their salaries in the meanwhile; possibly they wouldn't starve if unpaid, but it is considered a core good practice in Civilization that if you can't pay basic salaries it's time to shut down the concern.

Keltham's current plan is to request 500gp/week nominal salary for now, but with the understanding that Keltham might come back and ask for an increase if it turns out that there are magic items he can't get on a Governance budget and that would substantially increase his own effectiveness.  If it's a better look if Keltham gets 100gp/week instead, he's potentially open to that for now or to start, since he doesn't currently know how he'd actually spend the money on much.

No other project members have particularly expressed agreement with any of these offers, and the four core members, in Keltham's view, would have considerable leverage over him to demand higher nonvolatile incomes, though Keltham would in that case reduce their share of future Project income.  Keltham is nonetheless interested in hearing if these budget quantities sound feasible.

Also right then.  Keltham is thinking of retaining eight out of the current twelve job candidates past their first contracted week.  He'll need to talk options for the remaining four compatible with Governance security considerations, and make sure those options are good enough.

Keltham is pretty sure that Asmodia, Meritxell, and Ione all now have expected value to Chelish Governance exceeding that of a 5th-circle Security wizard, but for purposes of aligning incentives, Keltham intends to offer them most of their real compensation in the form of small shares of future Project Lawful income, which is considered the very standard best practice of Civilization.  His plan is 200gp/week for the three, plus a 10,000gp bonus for Ione in respect for her special, hazardous, possibly long-term damaging, and highly useful service in delivering advance warning on the Nidal assault and maybe actually timing that assault so Keltham would be safer.  Carissa gets 300gp/week in respect of her status as being something like Keltham's de facto ops officer or second-in-command.

Pilar, Peranza, Tonia, and Gregoria aren't obviously going to end up irreplaceably valuable, but are still in the running for being less brilliant researchers, or maybe brilliant ones if the intelligence headbands ever come through and are any good.  100gp/week for each of them except Pilar.  Pilar gets 150gp/week in token of her higher-than-obvious expected value and a future promotion if it turns out that Cayden Cailean has more in mind than snacks, and Pilar should also get 1000gp for taking a sword for Keltham, which is not obviously terrible if it had happened but key word 'obviously'.

Keltham realizes that no actual agreement has been reached on how Chelish funding of the Project will be compensated.  Keltham will compose a suggested interim compact on what counts as Project revenue, pending some more difficult working-out of the basic question of how to measure the Project's benefit to Cheliax (including the counterfactual on if Keltham had started elsewhere instead), and fire that back as a suggestion.  But people do need their nonvolatile portion of their salaries in the meanwhile; possibly they wouldn't starve if unpaid, but it is considered a core good practice in Civilization that if you can't pay basic salaries it's time to shut down the concern.

Keltham's current plan is to request 500gp/week nominal salary for now, but with the understanding that Keltham might come back and ask for an increase if it turns out that there are magic items he can't get on a Governance budget and that would substantially increase his own effectiveness.  If it's a better look if Keltham gets 100gp/week instead, he's potentially open to that for now or to start, since he doesn't currently know how he'd actually spend the money on much.

No other project members have particularly expressed agreement with any of these offers, and the four core members, in Keltham's view, would have considerable leverage over him to demand higher nonvolatile incomes, though Keltham would in that case reduce their share of future Project income.  Keltham is nonetheless interested in hearing if these budget quantities sound feasible.

Also right then.  Keltham is thinking of retaining eight out of the current twelve job candidates past their first contracted week.  He'll need to talk options for the remaining four compatible with Governance security considerations, and make sure those options are good enough.

Keltham is pretty sure that Asmodia, Meritxell, and Ione all now have expected value to Chelish Governance exceeding that of a 5th-circle Security wizard, but for purposes of aligning incentives, Keltham intends to offer them most of their real compensation in the form of small shares of future Project Lawful income, which is considered the very standard best practice of Civilization.  His plan is 200gp/week for the three, plus a 10,000gp bonus for Ione in respect for her special, hazardous, possibly long-term damaging, and highly useful service in delivering advance warning on the Nidal assault and maybe actually timing that assault so Keltham would be safer.  Carissa gets 300gp/week in respect of her status as being something like Keltham's de facto ops officer or second-in-command.

Pilar, Peranza, Tonia, and Gregoria aren't obviously going to end up irreplaceably valuable, but are still in the running for being less brilliant researchers, or maybe brilliant ones if the intelligence headbands ever come through and are any good.  100gp/week for each of them except Pilar.  Pilar gets 150gp/week in token of her higher-than-obvious expected value and a future promotion if it turns out that Cayden Cailean has more in mind than snacks, and Pilar should also get 1000gp for taking a sword in place of Keltham, which would not obviously have been a terrible thing if it had happened, but key word 'obviously'.

Keltham realizes that no actual agreement has been reached on how Chelish funding of the Project will be compensated.  Keltham will compose a suggested interim compact on what counts as Project revenue, pending some more difficult working-out of the basic question of how to measure the Project's benefit to Cheliax (including the counterfactual on if Keltham had started elsewhere instead), and fire that back as a suggestion.  But people do need their nonvolatile portion of their salaries in the meanwhile; possibly they wouldn't starve if unpaid, but it is considered a core good practice in Civilization that if you can't pay basic salaries it's time to shut down the company.

Keltham's current plan is to request 500gp/week nominal salary for now, but with the understanding that Keltham might come back and ask for an increase if it turns out that there are magic items he can't get on a Governance budget and that would substantially increase his own effectiveness.  If it's a better look if Keltham gets 100gp/week instead, he's potentially open to that for now or to start, since he doesn't currently know how he'd actually spend the money on much.

No other project members have particularly expressed agreement with any of these offers, and the four core members, in Keltham's view, would have considerable leverage over him to demand higher nonvolatile incomes, though Keltham would in that case reduce their share of future Project income.  Keltham is nonetheless interested in hearing if these budget quantities sound feasible.

Also right then.  Keltham is thinking of retaining eight out of the current twelve job candidates past their first contracted week.  He'll need to talk options for the remaining four compatible with Governance security considerations, and make sure those options are good enough.

Keltham is pretty sure that Asmodia, Meritxell, and Ione all now have expected value to Chelish Governance exceeding that of a 5th-circle Security wizard, but for purposes of aligning incentives, Keltham intends to offer them most of their real compensation in the form of small shares of future Project Lawful income, which is considered the very standard best practice of Civilization.  His plan is 200gp/week for the three, plus a 10,000gp bonus for Ione in respect for her special, hazardous, possibly long-term damaging, and highly useful service in delivering advance warning on the Nidal assault and maybe actually timing that assault so Keltham would be safer.  Carissa gets 300gp/week in respect of her status as being something like Keltham's de facto ops officer or second-in-command.

Pilar, Peranza, Tonia, and Gregoria aren't obviously going to end up irreplaceably valuable, but are still in the running for being less brilliant researchers, or maybe brilliant ones if the intelligence headbands ever come through and are any good.  100gp/week for each of them except Pilar.  Pilar gets 150gp/week in token of her higher-than-obvious expected value and a future promotion if it turns out that Cayden Cailean has more in mind than snacks, and Pilar should also get 1000gp for taking a sword in place of Keltham, which would not obviously have been a terrible thing if it had happened, but key word 'obviously'.

Keltham realizes that no actual agreement has been reached on how Chelish funding of the Project will be compensated.  Keltham will compose a suggested interim compact on what counts as Project revenue, pending some more difficult working-out of the basic question of how to measure the Project's benefit to Cheliax (including the counterfactual on Keltham having started elsewhere instead), and fire that back as a suggestion.  But people do need their nonvolatile portion of their salaries in the meanwhile; possibly they wouldn't starve if unpaid, but it is considered a core good practice in Civilization that if you can't pay basic salaries it's time to shut down the company.

Keltham's current plan is to request 500gp/week nominal salary for now, but with the understanding that Keltham might come back and ask for an increase if it turns out that there are magic items he can't get on a Governance budget and that would substantially increase his own effectiveness.  If it's a better look if Keltham gets 100gp/week instead, he's potentially open to that for now or to start, since he doesn't currently know how he'd actually spend the money on much.

No other project members have particularly expressed agreement with any of these offers, and the four core members, in Keltham's view, would have considerable leverage over him to demand higher nonvolatile incomes, though Keltham would in that case reduce their share of future Project income.  Keltham is nonetheless interested in hearing if these budget quantities sound feasible.