Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
Not the best result, but far from the worst. YZ rolled low enough that we gained some more Blue Zone, and Red Zone Dice weren't tremendously high.
Attempting to Fulfill the Plan: GDI Edition
Breakthrough Technologies
- Location
- The Underdark
Okay, so let me try to explain the research system in detail.
Really there are two kinds of research. One goes on in the background, going from basic science to prototypes, to developing first wave hardware to putting ablative armor sections on your tanks. It is generally small and iterative.
But there is also the other side. The Breakthrough Technologies. These are one off or few off leaps that generally come from studying someone else's stuff. NOD, Scrin, the Tacitus, things like that.
These are modeled as a range of breakthroughs, generally 100. (there are often several degrees of one technology scattered throughout the range)
To see what you get, I roll 1dx or 2dx to determine the number of d100s that I roll. Those d100s reference points on the chart, which is sorted in generally ascending order of usefulness. (100 was unlocking the secrets of modern stealth technology for example, while 1 was an old NOD codebook). If duplicates are rolled, (lets say 2 20s) you get the technology and the one above it (so 20 and 21) These projects will complete over the next 1-16 turns, unlocking new options to finalize development and starting to throw projects around that actually start taking substantial effects.
Really there are two kinds of research. One goes on in the background, going from basic science to prototypes, to developing first wave hardware to putting ablative armor sections on your tanks. It is generally small and iterative.
But there is also the other side. The Breakthrough Technologies. These are one off or few off leaps that generally come from studying someone else's stuff. NOD, Scrin, the Tacitus, things like that.
These are modeled as a range of breakthroughs, generally 100. (there are often several degrees of one technology scattered throughout the range)
To see what you get, I roll 1dx or 2dx to determine the number of d100s that I roll. Those d100s reference points on the chart, which is sorted in generally ascending order of usefulness. (100 was unlocking the secrets of modern stealth technology for example, while 1 was an old NOD codebook). If duplicates are rolled, (lets say 2 20s) you get the technology and the one above it (so 20 and 21) These projects will complete over the next 1-16 turns, unlocking new options to finalize development and starting to throw projects around that actually start taking substantial effects.
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Results of the turn:
Reserve Energy
(+++ Consumer Goods, --- Energy)
(++ + consumer goods, - Labor)
10R/turn, +1 YZ mitigation
10R/turn, +2 RZ mitigation
+25R into reserve
Probe mandate for CarterQuest
+NOD research: items 9, 57-61, 65
Public media: Happy developmentalists, information, ???
Completed RZ-6 North Hub
+Shells, --- Energy
Net tracked items:
+7 Consumer Goods
-8 Energy
-1 Labor
+20R Income
+25R (one-time)
Reserve Energy
(+++ Consumer Goods, --- Energy)
(++ + consumer goods, - Labor)
10R/turn, +1 YZ mitigation
10R/turn, +2 RZ mitigation
+25R into reserve
Probe mandate for CarterQuest
+NOD research: items 9, 57-61, 65
Public media: Happy developmentalists, information, ???
Completed RZ-6 North Hub
+Shells, --- Energy
Net tracked items:
+7 Consumer Goods
-8 Energy
-1 Labor
+20R Income
+25R (one-time)
From the Discord:
InOps is going to be very very happy.
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- Location
- Grandview
Depending on how much is needed for phase 2 of power grid hardening we may have that one with an omake
- Location
- Mobile, Alabama
We're going to be very happy. We can finally look behind the curtain and see what's up. It'll be nice to start putting names and faces to our enemies.
- Location
- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Preliminary Array update for next turn:
-[] Blue Zone Arcologies (Phase 1) 140/450 4 dice 60R 23%, 5 dice 75R 61%, 6 dice 90R 87%, 7 dice 105R 97%
-[] Blue Zone Power Production Campaigns (Phase 1) 427/500 1 die 10R 58%, 2 dice 20R 96%, 3 dice 30R 99%
-[] Blue Zone Microgeneration Program (Phase 1) 54/?
-[] Vertical Farming projects 136/250 1 die 15R 14%, 2 dice 30R 73%, 3 dice 45R 96%
-[] Blue Zone Perimeter Fencing (Phase 2) 252/400 2 dice 30R 74%, 3 dice 45R 99%
-[-] Intensification of Yellow Zone Harvesting (Phase 5) 63/100? 1 die 15R 100%
-[] Red Zone Containment Lines (Phase 3) 8/180 2 dice 50R 54%, 3 dice 75R 95%
-[] Red Zone Containment Lines (Phase 3+4) 8/360 3 dice 75R 3%, 4 dice 100R 40R, 5 dice 125R 84%, 6 dice 150R 98%
-[] Orbital Cleanup (Phase 2) 58/90? 1 die 10R+ 96%
-[] Orbital Cleanup (Phase 2) 58/180? 1 die 10R+ 6%, 2 dice 20R+ 67%, 3 dice 30R+ 95%
-[] Shell Plants (Phase 3) 35/150 1 die 10R 13%, 2 dice 20R 72%, 3 dice 30R 96%
-[] Blue Zone Power Production Campaigns (Phase 1) 427/500 1 die 10R 58%, 2 dice 20R 96%, 3 dice 30R 99%
-[] Blue Zone Microgeneration Program (Phase 1) 54/?
-[] Vertical Farming projects 136/250 1 die 15R 14%, 2 dice 30R 73%, 3 dice 45R 96%
-[] Blue Zone Perimeter Fencing (Phase 2) 252/400 2 dice 30R 74%, 3 dice 45R 99%
-[-] Intensification of Yellow Zone Harvesting (Phase 5) 63/100? 1 die 15R 100%
-[] Red Zone Containment Lines (Phase 3) 8/180 2 dice 50R 54%, 3 dice 75R 95%
-[] Red Zone Containment Lines (Phase 3+4) 8/360 3 dice 75R 3%, 4 dice 100R 40R, 5 dice 125R 84%, 6 dice 150R 98%
-[] Orbital Cleanup (Phase 2) 58/90? 1 die 10R+ 96%
-[] Orbital Cleanup (Phase 2) 58/180? 1 die 10R+ 6%, 2 dice 20R+ 67%, 3 dice 30R+ 95%
-[] Shell Plants (Phase 3) 35/150 1 die 10R 13%, 2 dice 20R 72%, 3 dice 30R 96%
- Location
- USA
How many phases of BZ Fencing is there? Because I am tempted to go 3 dice
- Location
- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I think two more phases. I'm up for just blindly throwing 5 dice into it next turn.
Doing the strategic planning apparatus will probably answer this conclusively but I'm sure there's at least 3 total (unless the flavor text in the update comes out sounding way more optimistic than I'm expecting) so overkill next turn shouldn't be a problem. The Redoubts and Outposts both went up to 4/5 IIRC so the fences going to at least 4 wouldn't surprise me. 3 at minimum seems like a safe bet.
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- Location
- USA
Cool so going at least 3 dice is no worry for overkill. HI I am thinking 3 BZ power and 2 rolling stock to overkill power and maybe get more cap goods, but more likely finish Q2 same time we finish Light Industrial YZ
- Location
- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
News from the Discord. We got a bonus for rolling so far over completion, so we can complete RZ-6 South with 1 die next turn. (No, we can't use an omake bonus.)Ithilid on Discord said:
I think we really need Fusion up for future Energy growth. Just repeating Power Production Campaigns is going to get increasingly expensive with each phase, and the sooner the first stage of Fusion is up the sooner we get the bigger projects for the technology.
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We are now at 20 Consumer Goods added over the year.
Which puts us on course to beat our goal on that, even with the initial resource grab.
Which puts us on course to beat our goal on that, even with the initial resource grab.
- Location
- USA
We need rolling stock for yz light industrial though and BZ power for mil factories. Q2 we can go for fusion. Also nice, 3 super marv, 1 on rz-6 south and 1 apollo and 1 shipyard and then 2 dice for deployment like say 1 on ablative
- Location
- US
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Very nice. We can completely a SuperMARVs next turn and throw a single dice toward the next Hub. That will let us make another SuperMARVs the Turn after next optimally, speeding up the whole process by a turn.
Logistics and energy need to start ticking back up too. Probably throw 1 or 2 Dice at Blue Zone Power Production and focus on developing fusion. We have the time to invest in long term development because of how close the next phase of Power is to completion; no way we complete two phases next turn. Hopefully fusion Options will ramp up quickly.
We definitely should spread out some of our Mil Dice next turn. A lot of the Mil projects are <70 Progress and with a scattershot approach we can hit a lot of them with 1 die and have a good chance of success.
Logistics and energy need to start ticking back up too. Probably throw 1 or 2 Dice at Blue Zone Power Production and focus on developing fusion. We have the time to invest in long term development because of how close the next phase of Power is to completion; no way we complete two phases next turn. Hopefully fusion Options will ramp up quickly.
We definitely should spread out some of our Mil Dice next turn. A lot of the Mil projects are <70 Progress and with a scattershot approach we can hit a lot of them with 1 die and have a good chance of success.
- Location
- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
We need fusion technology before we end up needing to take Power Production Phase 3. It's worth using free dice if it comes to that; power's needed for too many projects.
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- Location
- USA
Free dice sure asides from 2-3 in mil I think we can spare the rest for Fusion, but finishing BZ power is a must next turn to not run out of energy and unless we are skipping on YZ light industrial which is +8 consumer goods and a bridge to the YZ so a nice pre election project we want 2 on rolling stock to see if that can finish and if not finish rolling stock Q2.
It was an average turn, which is fine. We are planning for average results.
The steady trickle of resources every quarter should be enough to keep us on the straight and narrow to help the military and keep pumping out consumer goods.
I bet adding 7 consumer goods will reduce our overall tracker to -18.
Getting the feeling that actual latent demand is in the -80-100 range and only the extreme consumer goods option we could have picked for the plan had a chance to really meet it.
The steady trickle of resources every quarter should be enough to keep us on the straight and narrow to help the military and keep pumping out consumer goods.
I bet adding 7 consumer goods will reduce our overall tracker to -18.
Getting the feeling that actual latent demand is in the -80-100 range and only the extreme consumer goods option we could have picked for the plan had a chance to really meet it.
If i'm remembering correctly getting yellow Power production, Adds more yellow voters(by having more yellow zoners actual have power).
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Not gonna lie, I kinda wish you'd shuffled things around, shaved some resources off another option, and put the Microgeneration die on the power plant program.
Well, we can always try for +90 consumer goods anyway. There's nothing in the rules against exceeding our targets, it's just that promising maximal targets is tricky, especially when you don't know exactly how you'll pull it off.
- Location
- US
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Yeah. Promise reasonable goals, and if the opportunity comes, exceed them. That's much better than promising unrealistic goals and having to compromise other things to meet them. Or lie (looking at you Soviet Russia).
trooperist
Cinnamon Roll AI
At least we have the local news finally back up and running. It'll keep the people informed and maybe even point out issues we can solve.
Or maybe it'll just serve to point out how Dr. Granger's programs are slowly ruining GDI and run exposes about how the treasury secretly runs orphan grinding machines they use to worship their Dark and Terrible Gods from beyond the Outer Realms of reality.
Either or really.
And people can buy microwaves again. So that's pretty cool.
Or maybe it'll just serve to point out how Dr. Granger's programs are slowly ruining GDI and run exposes about how the treasury secretly runs orphan grinding machines they use to worship their Dark and Terrible Gods from beyond the Outer Realms of reality.
Either or really.
And people can buy microwaves again. So that's pretty cool.
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- Location
- The Underdark
More NPR than infowars. If it was the latter, you would not have gotten the option.
trooperist
Cinnamon Roll AI
I assumed GDI had some standards for this going in, like making sure the news reports actual news and not just making things up for shock value to scare your viewers.
Though I guess there would still be some opinion pieces out there since GDI does believe in civil liberties.
Freedom of thought and expression! Unless it's a NOD cultist. Those get detained.