Attempting to Fulfill the Plan: GDI Edition

It is a time to be alive in the political space. Parties are now ramping up and strategizing to form new governments throughout the globe. Conventions for the global parties are coming up to decide the leadership and standard-bearers of their respective parties. It is no different for the Starbound party; while the timing could have been earlier, it was only at this time that a party conference could be held.

It was a simple affair, renting a conference hall for the delegates around the world and then hashing out the policies for their party, as well as the new leadership elections. For now, the main candidates for the position of party leader are establishing themselves in the conference from the disparate regions of the world, only leading thanks to their efforts in substantially increasing the party's voice in the soon-to-be-former transitional assemblies. These transitional assemblies managed to hold on for six full years of the peace thanks to the universal failure of elections in all local assemblies by the Initiative Electoral Commission. With the passage of the 'General Local Elections Authorization for the 2056-2060 Session' Act the local zone authorities are empowered to provide ways to vote for their local representatives -- especially for those unable to vote in the global elections -- to prevent a new failure of elections. With that in mind on the last day of the conference a vote was set and the new leader is:

Party Leader Choices:

[] Albin Makart: (BZ1) A citizen from the European Blue Zone who hails from a family of refugees from Austria and Poland he had seen how desperate the world has become when the movement of people caused space issues before it got fixed. A former professor in architecture, he was the lead designer of the expansions of multiple universities throughout the blue zones and was part of a committee on creating designs for schools in a Tiberium-rich environment as well as orbital environments. At the party, he helped rally the grassroots movement globally to deliver the seats to the Starbound party.

Traits:

Scholar: Additional relations to universities.

Grassroots Organizer: Add 5 influence in national polls.

Goals:

Colombia expansion mandate by the next plan, and a research base on Mars.

[] Mumeko Peralta: (BZ6) A citizen from the Japanese Blue Zone and a Space Command veteran she had heard stories from her family of the various missions they took and was part of the proud tradition of space exploration. With the advent of the Third Tiberium War with the uselessness of Space Command, she was part of the working group for better defense procurement for Space Command during the 1st​ 4YP and when she reached the optional retirement age she took it and joined the Starbound Party during the first election after the Third Tiberium War. Her record and work in the local government of BZ6 allowed her to have a sort of machinery within her home region.

Traits:

Veteran of Space Command: Additional relations to military

Local networks: Add 10 influence to BZ6

Goals:

Philadelphia II expansion by next plan and reopening of the Tanegashima Space Center to current SCED standards

[] Ari Deddy Sciullio (BZ9) A citizen from what remains of the Australian Blue Zone who worked in the many agricultural programs throughout the world where he was part of the design team of the Shalla and various other farming installations of the GDI. His work in the civilian government got him a lot of contacts throughout the civil service network and as an advocate of permanent space habitation, it motivated him to go to politics with the current policies of abatement a priority for the foreseeable future. Before entering politics he successfully lobbied additional funds and willing donors for the creation of a new minor party. While seeing it as a success with two seats in the global parliament and a slew of local seats in Australia he was able to bring in more people in the project for the evacuation of Earth.

Traits:

Civil Servant Network: Additional Civil Service Relations

Donor's Darling: Additional 10pp income per turn.

Goals:

Shalla mandate by the next plan and Permanent habitable outpost on the moon



Turn 1

With the election of the new leader, it has come to decide how to use the resources and influence the party has. However, the transition was not yet complete so the executive committee in its final acts would decide to use its remaining time to help the party in any way it can before the new leader comes in with their vision.

Political Points: 100pp for the six months campaign period


Choices: Each die costs pp so plan wisely.

Campaign Choices

[] Schedule Screen Time: With the rise of local media operations and mandatory political advertising laws each party has a set of mandatory minimum screen time which would be graciously paid out by the Treasury. The problem is production and while the transition isn't yet done there needs to be an ad to be put out in our media partners. (Will roll for quality of ad.) (10pp per die)

[] Ground Game for local seats: A whole of party approach is needed to at least have a temporary increase of influence for the local assemblies we have a chance of winning seats into. (No roll) (15pp per die for additional +10 temp influence in all existing local zones of influence)

[] Ground Game for global seats: A whole of party approach is needed to increase the amount of seats in parliament even if it could be used elsewhere to boost our local coalitions. (No roll) (15pp per die for additional +10 temp influence in the global arena)

[] Yellow Zone Citizen Outreach: The people from the Yellow Zones are becoming more of an important demographic for the GDI as well as almost all parties in parliament. Getting into the ground floor could help cement the party's position in the Yellow Zones when the United Yellow List would fade away in the next term. (Progress: 0/100) (10pp per die)

Politics

[] Coalition-Building with the Developmentalists: Some policy wrangling might be needed for the only big tent party left in parliament. If we are lucky maybe they can ask their local parties to help us in building coalitions. (DC 40 for additional local influence points)(5pp per die)

[] Coalition-Building with the Militarists: The Hawks have split and Al-Jilani is working on an even worse position than you are with how disorganized the split became. While it may be devious to take advantage of this split the Militarists may need some support to at least defeat the party machinery of Initiative First. A few deals could be made to help our local candidates even if Al Jilani is more focused on the global game. (DC 20 for additional local influence points) (5pp per die)

[] Coalition-Building with the Market Socialists: The leader of the new market socialists are quite confident of their win against their former allies in the FMP with every party listening to the political winds changing the position of the FMP as a pariah along with Initiative First. The party is also preparing for elections in multiple local seats as well being able to siphon off some of the old party machinery to good use. Unfortunately, some local seats are uncomfortably going to be a close race maybe a deal can be reached for mutual arrangement on global policies. (DC 60 for additional influence points)(10pp per die)

[] Speaker Elections Horse Trading: The Speaker of Parliament is a neutral position in the global political landscape and while most of the time they come from their former political parties that position holds a lot of political control especially with the assignment of committees and scheduling of bills and debates. The current outgoing speaker, an interim appointee from the Civil Service, stated her wishes to return to the Department of Justice. The party might leverage this on which they are willing to send their letters for approval if there is an ironclad agreement of the two committees the party has coveted the chairmanship for. These are the Orbital and Space Committee as well as the Space Command Subcommittee of the Defense Committee. Requirement for Speaker candidates: must have the letters of approval for the candidacy of 3/4ths of the parties of the last parliament. (DC 20/40/60) (5pp per die)

Local Branches

[] Expand Party Presence: The party has been thinking of expanding the base and a new presence must be established. A new party branch can be established but it would take some time for new office space and recruiting efforts. (Progress: 0/50)(10 pp per die)(Starts with 5 base influence)

-[] BZ not in the Influence Table

[] Intensify Party Presence: The party's influence in the zone it has branches in needs some work. Intensifying the party machinery could do some good work in ensuring that the party's influence won't wane after the elections. (Progress 0/100) (10pp per die)(Adds 5 base influence)

-[] Zones with influence

Central Office:

[] Request Office Space in the Philadelphia II: Parties in the GDI usually have their party headquarters in Manchester and while that is enough for most landbound parties the Starbound party needs to have an office in Philadelphia II when the all clear is given for party offices to be open. (DC 40)(5pp per die)

[] Civil Service Liaison: Being able to know the mood of the civil service is great and while there is something to be said of how there should be a division in the meritocratic and political side of the GDI being able to sponsor the various departments pet bills can go a long way to build a rapport. (No DC)(5 pp)(Gain Civil Service opinion tracker)

[] Space Command Liaison: As the Starbound party having multiple veterans of Space Command in its ranks there is no question of how important it is to get a liaison with this particular branch of the Armed Forces. Who knows maybe Carter may be amenable for endorsing the party's goals. (DC 30 for Carter endorsement)(5pp)(One die only)(Gain Space Command Tracker)

[] Rest of Military Liaison: The rest of the military does not excite the rank and file of the party even if a lot of them are veterans of those branches. Either way, a courtesy call is expected for the generals and admirals of the other branches of the Armed Forces. It is the least you can do as a global party. (No DC)(5pp)(Gain Rest of the Military Tracker)

[] Finishing the Manifesto: The manifesto for the general party is nearly finished just a few more touches before the new leader could come in and add their own spin to it. (Quality roll)(Free and one die only)

AN: Leader votes and Plan votes are separate.