Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Beginning of the conflict

8:00 - Day 1: +10° C

“Rules and regulations have changed!”

“Today, the director has signed a law that allows the construction of a chapel because the director knows that we need a place to practice faith in peace! All the employees can go to the chapel after the construction to pray before sleeping and working! Employed, work well because the resources you produce will allow having a better comfort in the site but also advance the generator, the sooner it will be finished, the sooner you can leave! Glory to Great Britain!”

For this day, William asked for the construction of a sawmill to have more wood, the construction site is in great need of wood for the workshop, the parts of the generator but especially the housing of the workers. Another big problem is that they don't have a food source yet, so they will have to search the wilderness to find a place to hunt or fish.

William decides to research a foragers quarter to send a team of 15 to look for resources and food but this will not be possible before tomorrow but the lack of resources can be even after tomorrow.

Three hours later, they had succeeded in building a chapel, they all decided to take a break to pray, to pray that God would save them, that all they were building was a precaution, and that the world would not end because they were good Christians. William prayed, he prayed for God to help him, he was not very religious but they knew in times of crisis, we all need some kind of higher being who could help us.

After the prayer, all the employees went to eat. A standard meal, nothing special, neither good nor bad, but they were already very happy to have some food because, in England, they don't even expect to have a piece of white bread. They hope that this will continue, that their condition will not change, because for the moment compared to England their condition is great. But they all know that it will end soon, because with the construction of the generator factory, they will have to do very dangerous tasks to finish the work, so they all enjoyed the moment. On the other hand, at a separate table, a group of engineers who, unlike the workers, are not very happy.

“Fucking end of the world, look at these workers, who are happy for so little”

“Just a decade ago, I could have 10 times more than the workers today, if they didn't threaten to fire me I would never have come here”

“My friend was fired for this, and because of the great frost, he could not find a job, finally after a few days, he was forced to return to the company and ask them to rehire him.”

“We must go to the director, we must have separate quarters from the workers, better conditions, and better food”

But suddenly, an engineer had a brilliant idea: “I know, for the moment the director will not accept our demands because he has no reason to, but I know, by experience, that the workers will quickly go on strike when they have bad working conditions, so we will be able to threaten him and propose to help him to control his workers, he will be delighted because his life and his career depend on it, at that moment we will naturally get what we want.”

They all agreed with the idea of this engineer. They were all in a good mood now because they already imagined the director begging them to help him.

After lunch, all employees resumed work. A long day of work awaits them. The construction of sawmills has greatly helped the workers recuperate wood. One of the most important resources at the moment. At the end of the day, they finally harvest enough resources to not only build tents for everyone but also for the foragers' quarter that will allow them to explore the expanse. And they already began the port builder to recover resources sent from England.

“You can see it, me, William, the director of the site always keeps my promises, I promised you a house, and here they are! There’s room for everyone, there’s no need to worry!”

“But that’s not all, we have finished the construction of the foragers' quarters, so who among us has an adventurous spirit and wants to explore the unknown nature? We need 15 people!”

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Few raised their hands, but with the insistence of their friends, for the most part, 15 people quickly volunteered.

“Perfect, don't worry, even if you see a huge bear, you won't be helpless, the company provides you with weapons! Faced with human weapons, nature is no match! You are going to leave now! We have already noticed reindeer tracks, you will follow them to see if we can find a hunting place to have food for the whole construction site, but don't stress too much even if you don't find it, we will quickly build with the workshop a fishing port, go! quickly, go on an adventure!”

“To all employees, Work is over! you can all go to sleep on your bed, but before of course go eat!”

After a day of work, everyone went to rest, but during the day, the director had time to pass the law on public houses, he authorized construction to motivate all the employees, so most of them go all to the public house to relax after a hard day's work but the majority of the customers were still workers, the engineers felt too superior to go to this kind of place prefer to stay at home and talk science.

In the hubbub, a drunk worker called Martin Acheson shouted “I'm sick of these engineers! They always feel superior, they order us as if we were children and shout at us all day long, we understood the first time, no need to repeat it!”

“We have no choice, do you know how to build a sawmill, do you know how to build tents? do you know how to lead? can you take responsibility if you fail?” said a worker who had already resigned himself.

“I know I can't do that but we can at least try to defend ourselves and not just stand there and do nothing! We must come together to defend ourselves and protect our interests!”

“You want to create a workers union?”

“Yeah, why not”

“It's obvious that you're drunk, even if you want to create it, it's useless for the moment, everyone is pretty much happy with the director and the working conditions. Even if they are a little strict, they pay us, give us food and there are breaks, so wait to see if they are doing this just to appease us or because they are real saints and they are nice, it's rare, so if you're not happy you can go back to England.”

“No, I'm sure that the director and the engineers are leeches, I'm going to create the syndicate even if there's no one who will join, but when they show their true faces, everyone will join it! And then I will be the hero of the workers!”

*sigh * “If you want...”

The news that Martin wanted to form a union spread throughout the site. Some were happy, some angry, and some were mixed and didn’t know what to say. The angry people were naturally the engineers and William, the director. The engineers asked one of their own to watch Martin and William asked Henry to watch him.

The creation of the syndicate would be the beginning of class conflicts between workers and engineers, and William could only try to mediate.

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