Use the comms console to hire pawns from the Empire faction just like how you can hire Pirates from Vanilla Factions Expanded - Pirates.
Empire:
Common Laborer: 30 silver a day. Great with mining, construction, animals, and planting. Mid range skill in all four.
Noble: 100 silver a day. Good for researching and other intellectual tasks. Between 8 and 13 Intellectual Skill
Cataphract: 150 silver a day. Heavily armed ranged soldier. Between 8-12 Shooting Skill.
If you're running a low-tech run, any mod that uses a low-tech version of the comms console will automatically work with this mod. Such as mods that have bird posts etc.
07/15/25 Update:
Updated for 1.6
03/28/24 Update:
Updated for 1.5
04/22/22 Update:
--- Under Mod Options: Vanilla Framework Expanded -> Toggle-able Patches ---
Defaults to Off (False):
Optional Low class laborer: 5 silver a day. Cheap laborer fit for cleaning and hauling. Between 1-4 skills.
04/26/22 Update:
Optional cheap labor now comes with a pre-installed Joywire.
5/6/22 Update:
Changed Common Laborers and optional cheap labor to arrive equipped with basic weapons such as clubs/knives.
Thanks for the feedback.
6/17/22 Update:
Added support for Royalty Empire Rework (Continued) - [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806440089]https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2806440089[/url]
5/31/23 Update:
Fixed error with the optional Cheap Labor patch, thanks Adaxizui for the report.
Requires Vanilla Expanded Framework as it uses their hiring code. Also obviously requires Royalty DLC.