Editing Round 6/Ruleset (section)

== 10. Factories and Modules ==
Each player owns a factory, which produces Points and Dad Coins. The channel #factories shall be used for all business related to factories. Whenever any rule states that a player can do something "factorially", that means that they can only do that thing by stating that they do so in the #factories channel.

There are items called Modules, which exist to upgrade factories. Each module has a Name, a Cost, a Description, and an Effect. If a module has no name it defaults to "Placeholder" with a number following it that is 1 for the first module with an empty name and is a subsequent number for each following module. If a module has no cost, it's invalid and can not be purchased. Additionally, if a module only lists a number as its cost, it's that number of Dad Coins. If a module has no description, its description is an empty string. If a module has no effect, it's invalid and can not be purchased. Players can factorially purchase a module that is not unique and they do not already own by paying that module type's cost. This creates a module of that type in their possession. The modules a player owns are transeferable and should be tracked.

Once per week on either Monday or Tuesday, each player can factorially equip a module to their factory. Factories cannot have more than one module equipped at any given time. Any action that would cause a factory to have more than one module equipped is ineffective. At the beginning of every Monday all modules are unequipped from all factories. The modules a player owns should be tracked. Unequiped modules are transferable.

Once per week on either Saturday or Sunday, each player can collect from their factory factorially. The effects of this are decided by which module they have equipped.

A player may hire other players to work in their factory. To do so, the player doing the hiring and the player being hired must both indicate their agreement factorially. If and when a player collects from their factory, they receive one additional point for each player in their employ, and each player in their employ receives one Dad Coin.

A player may hire multiple other players to work in their factory, but no player may work in more than one factory at a time. A player may not hire themselves to work in their own factory. A player may fire any of their employees or quit their job by announcing it factorially.

Modules can be unique. Unique modules have a cost of 0 and must specify that they are unique in their respective effects.

Every time a proposal is adopted that introduces at least one new unique module to the game, an auction for each one of those modules starts. During an auction, players may bid on the corresponding module by factorially stating the module's name and naming an amount of Dad Coins that is higher than zero and can be expressed as an integer. For each auction, once at least one bid has been placed and the highest bid is 24 hours old, then the auction ends. The player who placed the largest bid becomes the owner of the corresponding module and loses an amount of Dad Coins equal to the highest bid they placed. A player may not hire any employees on Saturday or Sunday.

The following types of modules are defined:

Name: Default
Cost: Free
Description: This is the normal, unoptimized factory.
Effect: When collecting from this module's factory, gain 5 Points. Lose an amount of Dad Coins that is lower than 4, given that it would not cause your Dad Coin balance to go below 0. For every Dad Coin you choose to lose, gain 5 additional points.

Name: Pointer
Cost: 1 Dad Coin
Description: For a small price, you can double your weekly output!
Effect: When equipping this module to a factory, pay one Dad Coin. When collecting from this module's factory, gain 10 Points. Lose an amount of Dad Coins that is lower than 4, given that it would not cause your Dad Coin balance to go below 0. For every Dad Coin you choose to lose, gain 5 additional points.

Name: Atomic Engine
Cost: 1 Dad Coin
Description: Not sure what we did to this one, but it works! Sometimes...
Effect: When collecting from this module's factory, generate a random number between 1 and 3. If 1, lose 5 Points. If 2 or 3, gain 10 Points. Lose an amount of Dad Coins that is lower than 4, given that it would not cause your Dad Coin balance to go below 0. For every Dad Coin you choose to lose, gain 5 additional points.

Name: Point-O-Matic 3000
Cost: 3 Dad Coins
Description: This cutting-edge (and expensive) technology is hard to get a handle on, but your investment will pay off in just weeks!
Effect: When equipping this module to a factory, pay one Dad Coin. When collecting from this module's factory, gain 2 Points for each consecutive past week you have collected from this factory with this module equipped to it (to a maximum of 20 Points). Lose an amount of Dad Coins that is lower than 4, given that it would not cause your Dad Coin balance to go below 0. For every Dad Coin you choose to lose, gain 5 additional points.

Name: The Moneymaker
Cost: 3 Dad Coins
Description: You gotta spend money to make money.
Effect: When equipping this module to a factory, pay 1 Dad Coin. When collecting from this module's factory, gain 3 Dad Coins. Lose an amount of points that is lower than 16, given that it would not cause your point balance to go below 0. For every 5 points you choose to lose, gain 1 additional Dad Coin.

Name: Father Frack
Cost: 1 Dad Coin
Description: Your trusty pa is back to help you frack that sweet sweet Dad Coin, make your pappy proud.
Effect: When equipping this module to a factory, pay 2 points. When collecting from this module's factory, gain 2 Dad Coins. Lose an amount of points that is lower than 16, given that it would not cause your point balance to go below 0. For every 5 points you choose to lose, gain 1 additional Dad Coin.

Name: The Legislator
Cost: 2 Dad Coins
Description:
Effect: While you have this module equipped, gain 1 point every time a proposal passes. When collecting from this module's factory, gain 1 Dad Coin for every player under your employ who passed a proposal.