[x] Plan I Refuse To Give Up On Karachi Yet
[x] Plan By Apollo and Poseidon
[x] Plan Second Vanguard, delaying Karchi, balsa flattops
[x] Plan No Develop, Only Deploy
[x] Plan One Step Forward
If we want to apologize to the Navy for making them take the CAMs, let's be sure to get all the CVE yards done by end of plan regardless of commitment level, all the frigate yards if possible (I'd sacrifice a yard or two here in order to complete Plan goals like developing and deploying the Mastodon), and hopefully Orca or Hammerhead drones. Probably Hammerhead if we could only get one. Because they'd be our ASW helos, and having more helos in the air would really help locate a sub or discourage them from getting closer. Also, make sure we get the inferium lasers developed, and depending on resources, at least design either the assault ship (gee, what would be useful for a naval invasion to build Karachi....
) or the monitor, even if we don't build any yards for them until next Plan.
On a related note, who designed the carriers we had for Tib War 3, and are they still alive in universe for me to shoot for putting out such an awful design? They apparently carry Firehawks and Orcas, but their flight deck is designed so that Firehawks would have to take off and land on the exact same section of deck, and thus launching/recovery can not occur simultaneously (also, have to question how big a strike package they can launch at a time and how long it takes to get airborne...). Plus it seems like they have to fly at the bow of the ship for landing, since superstructure and Orca pads kinda block the landing path from the rear. Is there any way to write in a new CVN design project so we can get rid of such godawful designs for something more sensibly laid out?
Re: Mastodon, since I mentioned it earlier. I'll just point out that "designed for, but not with" is a thing (we just saw it with the Sharks, and M1 Abrams were designed for a 120, but came with a 105 initially), and the Talons are probably not idiots that won't account for designed but not yet deployed systems, or won't get an estimate of power needs, etc for laser systems based on systems used by other branches if they feel an upcoming development might be very useful to the design. It also won't need NIS Refits complete (not that I think we're going to be leaving that incomplete) since it'll be designed from the start to use it. Basically, let's not let it languish in an effort to unlock more shiny tech to throw at it. Perfect is the enemy of good, and all that. But we have 6-7? more turns to worry about developing and deploying it before Plan ends, so not yet a pressing concern either way.
Edit: I would support Plan: Starting our Strategic Area Defence Networks and giving the Navy Hulls, but it has Inferno Gel development, and do we really need -5 PS on top of everything else that might consume our PS in the near future?
