BM is a game that doesn't do handholding. I know the current trend in gaming is to tell you "press space to jump" for the first 10 hours of gameplay and then forever in loading-screen "hints", but I'm not joining that trend.
The basic principle of BM is the Unix principle: The game assumes that you know what you are doing and are aware of the consequences.
However, Unix generally assumes that because there are always man pages to find out.
I don't think it would be beyond the pale to extend that "won't be able to do anything" notice to explicitly state that you won't be able to pay your men until you return.
