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Results Q1 2054
Expanded Power Production 169/150 5/5C
Another one of the reliable and commonly seen Gas Turbine Plants has been erected in the place SCED has deemed their dumping point somewhere within the Space Ports Perimeter. While able to work 24 hours a day with effectively zero oversight they are not actually built for large scale operations and more and more work had been required to keep them in sync, coordinate the gas shipments and upgrade the transformers delivered with the prefab. With SCEDs operation within Harper finally falling into a power deficit, the administration has taken a closer looked at other possible avenues. Both the thorium plant and the large-scale solar installation planned to be a part of SCEDs own base within the port's perimeter.
Tiberium Waste Recycling Plant 214/200
Tiberium waste recycling is a dirty job, the material is even more hazardous, toxic and difficult to work with and the returns even smaller, but it reduces toxic waste produced by processing to a minimum and gets out the maximum of usable materials.
Decontamination Hub 105/100
After many delays the decontamination hub is completed. First tests revealed the processes can completely eliminate the presence of tiberium residue after 5 cleaning passes. The process is elaborate and lenthy slowly down operations, but is absolutely necessary for not spreading Tiberium beyond Earth.
Automated Assembly Line Phase 2 243/200 Phase 3 43/200
The first phase of the planned assembly line is completed, the colossal assembly robots heaved and bolted into place. The assembly work crews look with awe at the speed with which the few present machines bolt together the remaining construction robots with a speed they could have never matched. Many more will need to be added before the line can work at optimal efficiency, but the reduction in work hours required is not to overlook. (15% discount on Assembly Projects)
Construction Robots 330/255 3/3 AP
Assisted by the assembly line the fleet of construction robots is finished and currently stored next to the other construction vehicles. Before they can be put to use, the crews will need to be trained in their use, both in operating and working alongside them, but doing so should speed up efforts in general.
Leopard Class Transport 21/425 20/20 AP
The "Do-it-yourself"-Leopard kit, as some of the assembly crews have called it, is the single biggest purchase SCED has made so far: 400 million Credits for enough spare parts to build a whole shuttle. Progress has been slow, the crews dedicating their time to studying the blueprints and figuring out which parts of assembly can be handled by the robots and which needs delicate human hands to bolt together.
Expand Bureaucratic Staff 5/5C 62/50
Set up Development Division 2/2C 119/75
The bare minimum of equipment and, with the help of Shen, specialised personnel has been acquired and flown out to Alaska. They have reviewed the site and staff present and found it acceptable, but the site is for engine testing first and various laboratories and personnel will need to be added before it can effectively serve the needs of a space program. As it stands, the test stands, local workshops, hazardous materials labs and high energy laboratories, are enough progress on the required projects for currently planned missions.
Mission Planning Results
Mission: Unmanned Orbiter Jupiter 119/50
Zeus-Jupiter
Transfer Possible: Launch Window
Launch Windows: Next Q1 2055, Q2 2056
Time for Transfer: 40 months (10 turns)
Mission Duration: Undetermined
Requirements:
-Decontamination Hub
-Probe Development
-Basic Drive Module Development
-Atlas Rocket System
-min. 1 Orbiter probe (1AP Launch)
-min. 1 Large Basic Drive Module (3AP Launch)
Jupiter is the second largest body in the solar system and still has less than a thousand of the sun's mass. Not much is known about the gas giants besides what has been theorised. It is unlikely Zeus will uncover any revolutionary insights about Jupiter and instead will collect information long term to improve GDI's understanding on the planet's magneto- and atmosphere.
Mission: Manned Landing Luna 330/300
Transfer Possible: Always
Time for Transfer: 1-3 Days (Same Turn)
Mission Duration: Dependent on mission profile
It has been 80 years since man last walked on the moon and now Space Command has less than 2 years to do it again. If more time was available, the planners would actually find a profile that'd fit into wider operations, such as using the second moon landing as a first step towards a more permanent base, offloading supplies and doing first assemblies, but with limited timeframe this will not be possible now. However, the planners came up with several mission profiles of escalating difficulty, with the final decision up to the Vice Admiral.
[ ]Selene
A 2 man mission with the bare minimum of redundancy and capability to accelerate a moon landing, the Selene craft cannot do much Apollo couldn't.
Mission Duration: 3 Days
Requirements:
-Decontamination Hub Done
-Selene Craft Development 0/400 0/6AP
-Basic Drive Module Development 0/100 0/2 AP
-Complete [ ]Choose Astronauts
-Atlas Rocket System
-Selene Craft (4AP Launch)
[ ]Khonsu
A more robust lunar craft, the Khonsu lander is designed to support 4 astronauts for a three week stay on the moon, including a proof of concept stay in the absolute lunar night. Khonsu has only a light return capsule however, limiting returned materials.
Mission Duration: 21 Days
Requirements:
-Decontamination Hub Done
-Khonsu Craft Development 0/500 0/10AP
-Basic Drive Module Development 0/100 0/2 AP
-Complete [ ]Choose Astronauts
-Fusion Craft
-Khonsu Craft (8AP Launch)
[ ]Pardus
The most unusual of the proposed plans, Pardus would require a fusion craft, either by building one ourselves or reserving use from the treasury, modifying it to provide enough life support for the 10 Astronauts for the mission duration and make it able and lunar-take-off-ability. The mission will largely be focused on using the Leopards massive lifting capacity to return a large amount of lunar samples back to earth after a three-week stay.
-[ ]Leopard
-[ ]Union
Mission Duration: 21 Days
Requirements:
-Decontamination Hub Done
-Basic Drive Module Development 0/100 0/2 AP
--Fusion Craft Modification Development 0/500 0/10AP 0/10C
-Complete [ ]Choose Astronauts
-Finish Assembly of a Fusion Craft or [ ]Schedule Fusion Craft
