Right, so here's my plan submission:
[] Draft Plan Two Turns to Chicago
-[] Infrastructure (5/5 Dice + 1 HI + AA, +27 bonus, 140 R)
--[] Chicago Planned City (Phase 5) 52/995 5 dice + 1 HI + AA dice, 140R
-[] Heavy Industry (6/6 Dice + 1 Free, +34 bonus, 130 R)
--[] Second Generation Continuous Cycle Fusion Plants (Phase 1) 0/325 2 dice 40R
--[ ] Low Velocity Particle Applicator Development 0/120 2 dice 40R 97%
--[ ] Microfusion Cell Development 0/60 1 die 20R 95%
--[ ] Second Generation Repulsorplate Development (Tech) 0/60 1 die 20R 95%
--[ ] Division of Alternative Energy -1 die -10R auto
-[] Light Industry (5/5 Dice, +24 bonus, 125 R)
--[ ] Bergen Superconductor Foundry (Phase 4) 65/690 3 dice 90R
--[ ] Carbon Nanotube Foundry Expansions 219/280 1 dice 20R 79%
--[ ] Home Robotics Factories 114/140 1 dice 15R 100%
-[] Agriculture (6/6 Dice, +29 bonus, 90 R)
--[ ] Reforestation Campaign Preparations (Phase 1) 0/855 1 dice 5R
--[ ] Dairy Ranches (Phase 1) 155/195 1 dice 20R 100%
--[ ] Tarberry Development 0/40 1 dice 20R 100%
--[ ] Poulticeplant Deployment 0/150 2 dice 30R 79%
--[ ] Department of Core Crops -1 dice -15R auto
-[] Tiberium (7 Dice, +39 bonus, 140 R)
--[ ] Tiberium Vein Mines (Stage 6+7+8+9) 25/175 7 dice 140R 34%
-[] Orbital (7/7 dice + 6 Free Dice, +34 bonus, 260 R)
--[ ] Medium Density Housing Bay 0/350 4 dice 80R 62%
--[ ] Fruticulture Bay (New) 0/350 4 dice 80R 62%
--[ ] Fusion Shipyard 0/475 5 dice 100R 43%
-[] Services (4/4 Dice, +32 bonus, 65 R)
--[ ] Advanced Electronic Video Assistant Deployment (167/200) 1 dice, 1 locked 20R 100%
--[ ] Kamisuwa Optical Laboratories 79/240 2 dice 40R 68%
--[ ] Occult Investigations 0/30 E 5R
-[] Military (8/8 dice, +31 bonus, 160 R)
--[ ] Zrbite Sonic Weapons Deployment (Phase 1) (0/380) 4 dice 80R 26%
--[ ] Ultralight Glide Munitions Development 0/40 1 die 10R 100%
--[ ] Medium Tactical Plasma Weapon Deployment 0/70 1 die 30R 77%
--[ ] Advanced ECCM Development 0/40 1 die 20R 100%
--[ ] Department of Munitions -1 dice -20R auto
-[] Bureaucracy (4 Dice, +29 bonus, 60R)
--[] Administrative Assistance (Infrastructure)
--[] Transfer Funding to InOps -60R
--[] Interdepartmental Favors
---[ ] Steel Talons: Deploy Medium Tactical Plasma Weapons by the end of 2062: +5 Political Support
---[ ] Space Force: Build Fusion and G-drive bays on Enterprise before the Elections. +5 Political Support
---[ ] Ground Forces: Develop both Next Generation Armored and Support Vehicles before end of this plan: +5 Political Support.
---[ ] Health and Welfare: Complete Hospital Expansions by end of plan: +5 Political Support.
---[ ] Diplomatic Corps: Do not start Karachi until Q2 2063: +5 Political Support
---[ ] Diplomatic Corps: Complete all phases of Coordinated Abatement by end of Plan: +5 Political Support
Total plan cost is: 1170.
What we get from this plan:
INFRASTRUCTURE: We begin working on Chicago, with the intent on finishing it by Q1 or Q2 2063 depending on situation.
HEAVY INDUSTRY: We start our first set of 2nd Generation Fusion Plants, and take advantage of a pause in Alloy rollout to quickly smash all of our industrial tech dev. While some may want to continue to pursue Alloys until they are done, I think pausing for one turn to unlock new capabilities and efficiencies (esp. with regards to the LVPAD and repulsorplates, which have been stated to impact Cap Goods production and Tib refining, respectively) is wise and helps conserve our Energy supply until the 2nd Gen reactors go online. To that end, we also split off the DAE now that it's actually worth doing so.
LIGHT AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: We start Bergen with 3 dice, and allocate 1 dice to each of the projects we didn't finish last turn, (hopefully) finishing them. Starting Bergen puts us on the path to removing the dice limit on building fusion plant phases, and also nets us a little cap goods and energy bonus besides.
AGRICULTURE: We start the Reforestation Campaign, dev Tarberries, deploy Poulticeplants, and finish the Ranch we started. We also split off Core Crops to passively increase our food supply.
TIBERIUM: We keep going on the Vein Mines train, hopefully to finish two phases.
ORBITAL: We take a pause from smashing out station phases (which has been having narrative consequences, y'all) and put energy towards building out a bay for each of our three stations. A Medium Bay for Columbia to push us further towards completing our goal, a Fruticulture Bay on Shala for Agriculture Congoods (a plan goal!) and some sweet sweet PS and narrative niceness, and the Fusion Bay on Enterprise to start building up our space-based shipping into a behemoth.
SERVICES: We finish the Services AEVA and, hopefully, the Kamisuwa Optical Laboratories. Also, Erewhon is doing KANE research. What fun!
MILITARY: We put four dice into Zrbite weapons so that, when 2063Q2 comes around and we're throwing ZOCOM back into the frying pan for RZBOs, they have some better tools to fight the Green with. Besides that, we're also developing glide munitions for the Air Force, AECCM for everyone (but especially the Governor-A, which we promised the Navy would have it and is the last thing we need to dev before making that ship) and Medium Plasma deployment for the Talons. Atop that, we spin off the Munitions department to start working on all of our munitions projects in the background.
BUREAUCRACY: Here we transfer funding to InOps, administratively assist with Chicago construction, and make
literally every promise. Why? Why do that, you ask?
---[ ] Steel Talons: Deploy Medium Tactical Plasma Weapons by the end of 2062: +5 Political Support
With this plan, we are deploying these this turn. We need to roll 24 or better here with the standard Omake bonus. It is
very likely we finish.
---[ ] Space Force: Build Fusion and G-drive bays on Enterprise before the Elections. +5 Political Support
- This is also doable with a pause to build bays as this plan has. Notably, there is a reasonable chance we finish the Fusion bay this turn, or one dice on it next turn while working on the Grav Bay.
---[ ] Ground Forces: Develop both Next Generation Armored and Support Vehicles before end of this plan: +5 Political Support.
These are both incredibly easy to do, being
only developing the projects. They need 1 dice each at some point this plan.
---[ ] Health and Welfare: Complete Hospital Expansions by end of plan: +5 Political Support.
Once Kamisuwa is built, we should absolutely use our Services dice to (mostly) build out hospital expansions. This is an easy give.
---[ ] Diplomatic Corps: Do not start Karachi until Q2 2063: +5 Political Support
This, too, is an easy give, as this gives us… Two Turns to knock out Chicago J, which is the only plan goal competing for the same dice as Karachi.
---[ ] Diplomatic Corps: Complete all phases of Coordinated Abatement by end of Plan: +5 Political Support
This is also very likely to be an easy give, as I expect Coordinated Abatement to have some measure of income for us depending on the methods used – and, even if it didn't, is something we are going to do anyway.
Overall, this plan takes a pause on our two big resource/dice hogs (alloys and stations) and works hard on a number of other objectives (and in the case of the latter works on the exact same objective through a different path). I think we need to do this.
In conclusion, this plan addresses or completes the following Plan Goals/Litvinov promises:
Provide 77 Consumer Goods points from the Treasury
Provide 27 Consumer Goods from Agriculture
Increase Income by 695
Increase population in space by 17.95k
Spend at least one die on Steel Talons projects every turn
Complete Chicago Planned City by end of 2065
Deploy Medium Tactical Plasma Weapons
Deploy Services AEVA
Develop and deploy Governor-A refit (via finishing AECCM)
Compete Dairy Ranching Domes Phase 2 by end of 2065
Complete 1 of Nuuk, Reykjavik,
Bergen
Complete all of the following projects:
Advanced ECCM Development, Ultralight Glide Munitions Development, Transorbital Fighter Development or follow on heavy ship development, Combat Laser Development, and Unmanned Support Ground Vehicle Development
Activate Munitions Department
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me.
