Rumors Help You.

Though the meeting with the Stadholder and his Queen had been a private one, the phrase "Two can keep a secret if one of them is dead," came into being for a reason, and the whole privvy cabinate had been present, eight extra people in all...

However, the rumor mill works in your favor, bold and adventurous souls come to sign up 10 and 15 people at a time, in one case an entire neighborhood decides to join en-mass, netting you 67 colonists at a stroke.

Sailors are harder to come by, leaving sight of land is still consuderd a madman's gamble by many sailors, and its worse luck to sail on a ship with women aboard, as yours will assuredly be, and to top it all off you're sailing in a re-christened ship, which is bad-sess too.

However, when the Stadholder issues a proclamation saying there will be a Duckate for any qualified man as signs on you get enough to man her for the voyage, provided the casualties aren't bad along the way...

The last part of the voyage preparations are the soldiers: low on funds you recruit Sir Jofric's Men...

"These boys look scarece old enough to handle a musket Sir Jofric, are you sure they would hold out if, for example, the New World had been reached by the Saracins before us?" You ask reviewing their contracts before signing.

"Nien, but with all due respect Master Family, your vages cannot hire men of better qvality, and you are lucky ve heard of your need and vere desperate enough to risk this gamble," Sir Jofric replies in his heavy Prussian accent.

"You are, unfortunately, correct. The contracts are in order, I'll get your men and camp followers aboard the ship and we'll set sail," you state.