I'm not sure we can get enough SADN going fast enough to matter. It depends on what that "6-8 quarter deployment time" in the stat line means.
No, it says 2 quarters to begin, 6 to complete.
Now, in light of what happened (pun unintended, Shadows), here's my immediate rough plan for next turn.
[] Plan: City Fortress
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Infrastructure (5 dice, +27 bonus, 100R)
--[] Chicago Planned City (Phase 5) 387/995 (5+4 dice, 100R, 91%)
Rationale: Get Chicago done, man!
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Heavy Industry (5 dice + 6 Free, +34 bonus, 320R)
--[] U Series Alloy Foundries (Phase 3) 186/550 (5 dice, 200R, 87%)
--[] Chicago Planned City (Phase 5) (4 dice, 80R)
--[] Second Generation Continuous Cycle Fusion Plants (Phase 1) 144/325 (2 dice, 40R, 39%)
Rationale: Alloys for the Alloy God! Discounts for the Discount Throne! Trying get Chicago done, and hopefully push close to, if not complete the CCF Plant.
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Light and Chemical Industry (5 dice, +24 bonus, 150R)
--[] Bergen Superconductor Foundry (Phase 4) 235/690 (5 dice, 150R, 10%)
Rationale: Probably not cost-effective to rush Bergen all the way down, so I'll just put the 5 dice here for now and keep it rolling.
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Agriculture (6 dice, +29 bonus, 75R)
--[] Reforestation Campaign Preparations (Phase 1) 0/855 (4 dice, 20R)
--[] Vertical Farming Projects (Stage 4) 181/230 (1 die, 15R, 81%)
--[] Dairy Ranches (Phase 2) 163/195 (1 die, 20R, 100%)
Rationale: We just need 1 more Stage/Phase of Dairy/Vertical completed apiece, then the Fruiticulture Bay and remaining Shala phases will cover our Con. Goods from Agriculture requirement. Getting rolling on the Tarberries should help with our Energy issues.
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Tiberium (7 dice, +39 bonus, 200R)
--[] Tiberium Vein Mines (Stage 9) 22/175 (2 dice, 40R, 73%)
--[] Improved Hewlett Gardener Refits (Phase 1) 0/240 (4 dice, 140R, 99%)
--[] Tiberian Prediction Algorithms 75/120 (1 die, 20R, 95%)
Rationale: More Vein Mine money, and we need to start on the IHG refits since we promised them, and Chicago is about to give us some processing breathing room.
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Orbital (7 dice + Erewhon, +34 bonus, 160R)
--[] Medium Density Housing 310/335 (E die, 20R, 76%)
--[] Fruticulture Bay 225/335 (2 dice, 40R, 95%)
--[] Fusion Shipyard 380/475 (2 dice, 40R, 98%)
--[] Gravitic Shipyard 292/430 (2 dice, 60R, 82%)
--[] Security Review
Rationale: Since Shadows started these, we are gonna finish them.
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Services (4 dice, +35 bonus, 90R)
--[] Regional Hospital Expansions (Phase 2) 4/285 (2 dice, 50R, ~6/10 mean)
--[] Kamisuwa Optical Laboratories 79/240 (2 dice, 40R, 68%)
Rationale: Simple, straightforward, pushing towards our new promise goal.
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Military (7 dice + 1 Free, +31 bonus, 140R)
--[] Strategic Area Defense Networks (Phase 1) 0/250 (4 dice, 80R, 94%)
--[] Zrbite Sonic Weapons Deployment (Phase 1) (High Priority) 317/380 (2 dice, 40R, 100%)
--[] Unmanned Support Ground Vehicle Development 0/80 (1 die, 20R, 72%)
--[] Security Review
Rationale: It's basically been pointed out on Discord that the Banneerjees made the Karachi deal by throwing the Shah of Atom under the bus. In other words, we need to start anti-nuke defenses stat. As for the Zrbite, hopefully this isn't the kind of nat 1 that scuppers the project altogether, so put in the last 2 dice and get that done and over with.
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Bureaucracy (4 dice, +29 bonus, 0R)
--[] Security Review: Military 2 dice
--[] Security Review: Orbital 2 dice
Rationale: After whatever went wrong with Zrbite, we need Security Reviews of the Military. And Orbital, because clearly there is something suspicious thanks to Shadows.
Total: 1235 (1205 + 30 from Reserve)
Yeah, it's an expensive plan. Alloys being a large part of it R and Free dice-wise.