Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-25020300-20150319014541/@comment-25020300-20150419025151

Issue 32: Military scientists are asking for subsidies for their new crossbow design.

-"This could be of great benefit to use," Says the leader of the project, a Breton, "This crossbow could allow greater mobility without sacrificing firepower, and would be useful in the hands of our soldiers. It'll be costly to get them produced and distributed to the soldiers, but these are trying times, and we can't afford to let our military strength to slip up."

-The leader of a band of adventurers working out of a Dwavern ruin approaches you, "Why not just buy the ones we have? We've got plenty. We scrape up these Dwarven crossbows from time to tame while exploring, and we'd be willing to sell em to you for less than what it'd cost to make your own. True, we don't know exactly how they work, but I'm sure your soldiers can figure that out on the field, right?"

-Your economic advisor is in a huff, "We just can't afford it. I know the sound of crossbows in the hands of our soldiers seems like a nice idea, but it's just impractical to have that many for the whole army. Let's just save our pockets and scrap the project."