| (First Draft) The Management Session |
The management session is that it is where the actors who are interested in the management side of railroading assist in the planning for the coming operating session. My management environment is designed to create owner/operators so many of the crews in an operating session would be also be owners/managers. In the following text I list the management session from a manager's point of view. Details are in the links below.
At the start of each management session the current account balance of your railroad company is available along with a profit or loss statement for your company for the last operating session. If all is going well your account balance went up or if things are bad your bank balance is zero (bankruptcy!) and your equipment and contracts will be auctioned this session.
Next the contracts that are available for bid are bid on in an contract auction. If you are bankrupt you can not bid because you do not know if you will end up with any money or equipment.
After all contracts are resolved the bankruptcy auction will take place if needed. If the bankruptcy contracts are not bought at the bankrupt company's rate they will be bid on as new contracts.
After contracts and bankruptcies are resolved any needed or surplus equipment is purchased or sold. You can buy or sell with other managers or buy and sell to a “dealer”. Managers can also sell or buy a train license with other managers if they want to.
Next all new train licenses are purchased and a new time table is created with the new trains added if needed.
A first run through of assigning crews is done to close the general session.
Any legal disputes are handled after the regular session so those that have no interest in the dispute can leave.
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