I am a corporate executive who owns an e-commerce business that ships products to individuals directly to their homes. As I have built one of the most successful companies Westoros, I have achieved much influence and status in my nation's government. However, this new generation, having been spoiled by their forebearers from too much easy living, are less willing to work hard and make sacrifices to improve their position in lives. Lazy and spoiled, they regularly protest about low wages and rising cost of living, and have begun organizing to form "unions" with the intent to force self-made men like myself flinch from achieving my goals. This sort of nonsense has put a strain on my business, and now I must look for alternate ways to continue to provide services to customers all while lowering cost of production. The only solution to this is to create a zombified workforce that would obey every command without resistance. Zombies are the perfect solution as they don't complain about workplace abuse, don't require sustenance and can essentially do repetitive tasks for eternity. However, as national policy is to cremate the remains of the deceased to prevent another White Walker situation from a thousand years ago, I must first use what some would call "questionable" methods to create the zombies.
The king of Westeros has allowed my company to construct gas chambers in isolated areas of the country to eliminate criminals, illegal immigrants, and other undesirables. As I already have necromancers on my payroll, I can then raise these individuals from the dead to add them to my zombie workforce. These freshly killed bodies will then take the place of my still living workforce. As they need no rest, they can increase production time by a factor of ten. However, there are still issues that need to be resolved with my ingenious plan. These bodies will eventually rot away to skeletons, which will also crumble to dust at some point. The magic of my necromancers only raise the dead, but does nothing to maintain them, and much more mundane methods must take preeminence in that. One can only do so much repair and stitching together of bones to flesh and muscle. Once these bodies have been rendered useless, a new workforce must be created in its place. The grim necessity of liquidating undesirables and raising them back to undead life can get exorbitantly expensive, to the point of making my margins razor thin. As such, it would be difficult to turn a profit for my investors, who would eventually sell out of the company.
I need to maintain these bodies in good working condition for as long as possible to cut down on costs and reduce the need to create zombies too often. What methods can I use to allow for this? And how long may I be able to realistically keep them in working condition before they need to be changed?
The king of Westeros has allowed my company to construct gas chambers in isolated areas of the country to eliminate criminals, illegal immigrants, and other undesirables. As I already have necromancers on my payroll, I can then raise these individuals from the dead to add them to my zombie workforce. These freshly killed bodies will then take the place of my still living workforce. As they need no rest, they can increase production time by a factor of ten. However, there are still issues that need to be resolved with my ingenious plan. These bodies will eventually rot away to skeletons, which will also crumble to dust at some point. The magic of my necromancers only raise the dead, but does nothing to maintain them, and much more mundane methods must take preeminence in that. One can only do so much repair and stitching together of bones to flesh and muscle. Once these bodies have been rendered useless, a new workforce must be created in its place. The grim necessity of liquidating undesirables and raising them back to undead life can get exorbitantly expensive, to the point of making my margins razor thin. As such, it would be difficult to turn a profit for my investors, who would eventually sell out of the company.
I need to maintain these bodies in good working condition for as long as possible to cut down on costs and reduce the need to create zombies too often. What methods can I use to allow for this? And how long may I be able to realistically keep them in working condition before they need to be changed?