FloatingWood
#KropotkinsGhost, there's already a space party. The name escapes me right now, but there's a couple of members of parliament that are part of it. I wouldn't be surprised if the Developmentalists basically draw them into the fold to make the numbers go upperer.
#YellowZon3r, it's really hard to read sarcasm in a text medium.
AgathaH
#FloatingWood Starbound party represent! SPAAAACE!
[hug]
AccomplishingProvidence
This split is truly fascinating to watch. For those who have been tracking vote records (publicly available under the Historical Records section of the GDI Civilian Administration site, for those curious)...
Or, if you're Kane, you detail an intern to look that stuff up for you. Helps with the appearance of being insanely knowledgeable.
What's even more interesting, to me, is the growing set of rumors of potential splits in the Free Market and Development parties. Again, not necessarily unexpected, but still fascinating. My guess is that these movements are ultimately driven by the radically-increased size of the Parliament, which we heard about a few weeks ago.
Hm. if he's right, a split in the Free Market Party could be interesting, but a split in the Developmentalists is troubling because it'll mean we have two groups to appease. Then again, with each of the two halves representing a smaller voteshare, they won't be able to ask for as much individually.
KropotkinsGhost
Ah GDIs top brass fleeing back into space. I hope continued investment happens to reduce the cost of sending people up there. I would love to have that safety and not constantly have tiberium gnawing at the back of my mind.
We're workin' on it we're workin' on it!
Akira Oda (Tiberium Coordination Committee) (Treasury Delegation)
So this is gonna get awkward and while I won't really say anything classified being stuck in the Philadelphia II when the Hawks split has played merry hell to the parliamentary delegation sent to us. So we were talking about the scripted speech each of the delegation would say to the press and that went on well until the question and answer portion came up. You see, this was supposed to be a photo-ops for everyone involved. This included all minor parties with more than one member so standard GDI PR stuff. The problem came when a reporter asked the Hawk delegation on who they would support Al-Jilani or Ozawa of course the speaker said Ozawa and said a lot of talking points I'm really uncomfortable with then another Hawks delegate got pissed when he said he supports Al-Jilani while insulting Ozawa and the speaker. They were in a screaming match during the livestream for Tiberium abatement policies going forward. The reporters were fascinated while everyone else on the station were internally screaming at how this all came crashing down. Then some cheeky reporter mentioned a party-split and that silenced everybody. I am not joking, ten minutes of an isekai protagonist looking at a truck's headlights was what it felt like. Then I went to the podium salvaging the conference by giving progress reports on Chicago, MARVs, and our commitment to provide support for the next round of military procurement and development. Both Hawks delegates are in the brig right now until we can get out of here.
Hahahaha!
AccomplishingProvidence
While it's good to see some breweries working again, I have to say I'll hold off on tasting of the current offerings. I much prefer wine, whiskey, or mead, which are in horrifically short supply in the last couple of decades. I've had a couple of chances to taste more esoteric drinks with a sweeter bent (chocolate and non-grape fruit flavors). Here's hoping we get the fruit of the vine flowing again soon!
...Did we just learn Kane's booze preferences? Good question!
Consumer Goods: Titanic Shortages (-15)
HOLY SHIT, WE DENTED THE CONSUMER GOODS SHORTAGE!
THE METER IS NO LONGER PEGGED AGAINST THE RED LINE!
PARTAAAAAY!
Military
With the continuing spread of the Red and Yellow Zones, paired with the continued levels of investment, the military is prepared to spend lives to continue expanding the defense of the Blue Zones. While not particularly happy with the state of affairs, they are ready to do what they are able, and damn the costs. Functionally, the Military would prefer if MARVs became a smaller portion of military investment, compared to the actual development and deployment of hardware, but in light of the need for more abatement efforts understand the focus. If desired, the Treasury could orient entirely towards MARV deployment for a quarter or two, so long as other major commitments were not expanded.
Well since we want Chicago, we can't just take them up on that...
The first wave of major tidal power plants has completed, but not without a significant hitch. With the installation nearly completed, it was discovered that Tiberium had nested in the turbine blades, meaning that they had to be torn out, and a redesigned model installed, better suited to dealing with Tiberium fragments that were washed up with the tide. Each fragment was microscopic, and unless it was caught in the joins of the turbine, effectively invisible, at least until it began eating into the turbine itself. However, rather than becoming a problem, decisive action from attentive engineers found the problem, and then a solution, before it reached higher than their supervisors, working through the nights to fabricate the new systems. While this work meant that surveys of the Penzhin Tidal Works have not yet begun, it has saved the Treasury from some amount of embarrassment.
Well, glad we figured out the problem in time, and kind of predictable, but what a pain in the ass.
[ ] Blue Zone Arcologies (Phase 1)
As a result of the emergent major surplus of housing the Navy has begun mooting the idea of rescue raids. Instead of waiting for refugees to come to the Initiative, hitting coastal areas, laying down temporary infrastructure for an evacuation, and then holding the area while sending out emissaries to nearby settlements to see if they would be willing to evacuate to the Blue Zones. While a complicated operation, more so than most potential options, it also does not require the Initiative to take and hold hostile ground on a permanent basis. However, this would also be a long term effort, one based inherently on naval funding, especially for new waves of cruisers, bombardment monitors, and amphibious assault ships.
Damn, the PR for doing that would be like,
the best. Pure glory.
"Hey, we've got spare room in our Blue Zone. Wanna come?"
See,
@Void Stalker ,
this kind of thing is why I'm talking about housing surpluses as a good thing.
The fiber optic system has finally completed just days before the end of the quarter. While working from home has been a relief for some, the most important change has been a substantially greater accessibility of GDI's enormous libraries of TV and movies. In the early 21st century, one of the highest priorities for the Initiative, aside from fighting Tiberium, was ensuring the survival of human culture. Part of this included a number of copyright measures, which gutted the ways that large companies such as Disney, Universal, and others had used to ensure that their material never reached the Public Domain. As a result, there is a free repository of nearly every piece of media published in the last century and a half. With the fiber optic lines installed, a larger percentage of people can access them than ever before, reaching the vast majority of the population. Similarly, games with near zero latency are now possible, leading to spikes in population across nearly every server currently being operated, from the dozens of Warcraft derivatives, to fanforks of hundreds of other MMOs and multiplayer games that have not been left to languish as their parent companies died in the Tiberium Wars.
Yey finally.
The deployment of the first wave of ablat plating has been going well. Mass production has started significantly, and with few real problems. However none of it has yet been sent on to GDI forces. Instead, it is being stockpiled in warehouses, as current production is too irregular to be a reliable source of protection, especially with the ablative nature of the armor. This is slowly being fixed, and current production will serve as a first major wave of armor. One major part of the problem is the nature of the materials. Fragments of carbon nanotube can act similarly to asbestos. While not generally a problem in the field, especially in comparison to laser fire...
@Ithillid , I laughed. Thank you.
The first step for the major deployment has been to increase production of effective battery and capacitor packs. This has gone about as expected. Additionally, assemblies have begun to be made for the rapid fire railguns. The next major step is going to be to actually stop production and refit the assembly lines for production of the new units. However, this will have to be done quickly, no more than 6 months, and preferably no more than 3, as stopping the lines will inherently mean that stockpiles of spare parts will begin to be depleted, fairly quickly. With the Talons spread in penny packets protecting high value research installations, significant delays will mean lost research, and potentially lost researchers, neither of which is particularly acceptable to the administration... However, the highest priority is to make the current system widely available, before testing on upgrade packages can begin.
Hm, so having started the Wolverine 3 rollout project, we now cannot afford to
stop. Good to know, thanks for the warning.[/quote]
