Class War Never Changes: A Fallout Quest in Pre-War China
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- SEA
[X] Plan: Red Energy
[X] Plan: Malus Balancing Commission
I do wonder if we're being a bit ballsy, leaving all of the Moderate-Political-Malus choices unpicked...
Oh well. We'll cross that when we cross that.
[X] Plan: Malus Balancing Commission
I do wonder if we're being a bit ballsy, leaving all of the Moderate-Political-Malus choices unpicked...
Oh well. We'll cross that when we cross that.
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Regency
PFP by vanathema (previously yubishines)
- Location
- Morioh Town, Mt. Ebbot
- Pronouns
- They/Them
We gotta have at least one "major" choice between CPC CC and PLA IMO. edit: save up political capital to wield for better purposes later.
[X] Plan: Malus Balancing Commission
-[X] People's Liberation Army
-[X] Ministry of Energy
-[X] Red Guards
Approval voting for:
[X] Plan: Paint it Red
[X] Plan: Malus Balancing Commission
-[X] People's Liberation Army
-[X] Ministry of Energy
-[X] Red Guards
Approval voting for:
[X] Plan: Paint it Red
- Location
- Reno
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[X] Plan: Malus Balancing Commission
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Plan: Malus Balancing Commission
Too much political trouble at the starting whistle will be an issue.
Too much political trouble at the starting whistle will be an issue.
- Location
- Te Ika-a-Māui
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[x] Plan: Red Energy
[X] Plan: Paint it Red
[X] Plan: Malus Balancing Commission
- Pronouns
- He
[X] Plan: Paint it Red
- Location
- Pilipinas
Ugh... an interesting dirty commie quest... following!
Edit: really curious about Siberia, the Fate of Best Korea due to being so close to Manchuria, as well as Taiwan radio... mildly interested in the fate of Japan, India and the ASEAN. Also how the fallout affected Australia's wildlife.
@TheInnerMoon is australia a Chinese ally or US ally in this quest? IIRC, while the Soviet Union was friendly with the US (hence Tandi's family surviving in a Vault), Australia has a cold relationship with the US due to invasion and annexation of Canada and Mexico... though there is also another theory that the Australian government no longer exist because it was annexed by China during the resource wars.
Edit: if its spoilers though, i'm sorry for asking
Edit: really curious about Siberia, the Fate of Best Korea due to being so close to Manchuria, as well as Taiwan radio... mildly interested in the fate of Japan, India and the ASEAN. Also how the fallout affected Australia's wildlife.
@TheInnerMoon is australia a Chinese ally or US ally in this quest? IIRC, while the Soviet Union was friendly with the US (hence Tandi's family surviving in a Vault), Australia has a cold relationship with the US due to invasion and annexation of Canada and Mexico... though there is also another theory that the Australian government no longer exist because it was annexed by China during the resource wars.
Edit: if its spoilers though, i'm sorry for asking
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TheInnerMoon
Anarchist, Author, All-Around Philosopher
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- They/Them
As of the beginning of 2066, Australia is a steadfast US ally.
TheInnerMoon
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- They/Them
And just as I mention your unanimity, you start to develop factionalism. Again, how typical of your counterparts. Anyway, the vote will probably run for as long as the last one did, as I might be able to cobble the first turn together by this afternoon. That means you have about 8 hours left.
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- He
What is the ccp if not a amalgamation of diferents thoughts and ideas that later present itself as a unified body
TheInnerMoon
Anarchist, Author, All-Around Philosopher
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Vote closed, going to work on the first turn now. Will hopefully go up later today.
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- He/Him
Guess we're dealing with the double Moderate Political Malus. Hail the hard left!
Ministry Coat of Arms
TheInnerMoon
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While it's around ninety percent finished, the Turn 1 update will be slightly delayed on account of me being tired. To make up for it, please enjoy this wonderful logo by @Squidfam, the official coat of arms of the Ministry of Revolutionary Preparedness. To reward her for this great work of socialist labor, she will be declared a Model Worker of the thread.
Turn 1: Twenty-Third Time’s The Charm (2066 H1)
TheInnerMoon
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Turn 1: Twenty-Third Time's The Charm (2066 H1)
January 2066
Beijing, Ministry of Revolutionary Preparedness
The Ministry was in chaos. That was to be expected: they were only just starting out. What Jie didn't expect was that the chaos would affect her too. She had always prided herself on being the calm amidst the storm, as that is what had gotten her through some controversial episodes. Right now, though? Her office was littered with all kinds of reports, from preliminary construction surveys to the wildest of research proposals. She'd had to sign so many of them that numerous ink cartridges were strewn about her desk, and the pain in her wrist was growing considerable. Worst of all, the constant march of secretaries into and out of her office had forced her to keep the door open, and the cacophony beyond made it hard to concentrate. As she was trying to focus on an inventory of Chongqing's emergency assets, she noticed a figure at the threshold. Expecting another secretary, she was about to wave them in absentmindedly. Only then did she notice the military boots.
She looked up. It was Zhu Yuannong, her new and official deputy. He even saluted her!
"Ma'am."
She had to smile at his formality. It was not at all necessary, but he knew that she liked it. There was a bit of filial piety in it too, given that the Lieutenant General was not yet 40. When she was his age, she wouldn't have been so deferential to an older official, not unless she wanted something from them. Now, though, especially in her current position, she felt like she had earned some respect.
"Come in, Lieutenant General. How are things at the Commission's General Office?"
Zhu looked around. "About as well as here, ma'am."
"Not what you're used to?"
He smiled awkwardly. "No, not exactly. The Construction Department is a little better, since I was allowed to transfer some of my own men. The corps is used to, ahem, improvisational circumstances."
"I can imagine. You were on the Yenisei project?" A touchy question, but she was curious enough to risk it.
"The early parts of it, yes." Before it collapsed, is what that meant.
"Well, let's hope that we won't have to confront such circumstances any time soon. What did you come to tell me?"
"Ah, yes." He pulled a square object from his chest pouch. One of those newfangled holotapes. "This is the latest estimation of our construction budget, denoted in labor-material units. Freshly calculated at the Ministry of Finance." He seemed happy to be working with such advanced technology.
She took the tape, which was surprisingly light. "I'll look at it later." Because I'm still not sure how to run these things. "How bad is it?"
There was a beat of silence between them, broken only by the incessant and urgent phone calls which went on behind them.
"It could be better, ma'am. It should be better. It is my belief that, uhh…" He didn't know how to put it. "That the Party is unsure about us."
Jie sighed. "That makes sense. To fund us is to accept that the war against imperialism might be lost. Or at least be brought to a deadly stalemate."
"Yes, exactly."
"Then we must show them that our work is a continuation of the struggle, not the end of it. We represent the last line of defense, the hope that our people may rise from the ruins, and beat whatever mutations of Capital remain." Spoken like a true propagandist, she thought. She didn't even believe those words herself.
And yet they excited Zhu. "Perhaps we could call our efforts a 'Final Front', to emphasize our parallels to the Third Front Campaign."
"I like that! I'll get Lin to put out some work related to this. If we capture the popular consciousness, then the Party might finally see our potential."
"We can only hope."
That got to the heart of the matter. "Do you believe there is such a thing, Lieutenant General?"
"What's that, ma'am?"
"Hope."
Silence, again. If he was simple, he'd repeat some line about the people's perseverance, and she would have no choice but to concur.
"I suppose that hope is an assertion. In this instance, it does not really matter much. We do what we can, because we must."
Apparently, the man was not simple.
"Same as it ever was, then. Thank you for the report, Zhu."
"My pleasure, comrade minister."
Revolutionary Preparedness Mobilization Commission
Chairman: Zhang Lifeng (Vice-Premier, Chairman of the State Planning Commission)- Factional Affiliation: Productivists, Strong Cyberneticists
- Aspiration: Introduce mass robotics
Head of the General Office: Deputy Minister of Revolutionary Preparedness
Ministry of Revolutionary Preparedness
Minister: Ren Jie (you)- Factional Affiliation: Labor Officials, Weak Cyberneticists
- Aspiration: Realize the promise of the Angang Constitution
- Factional Affiliation: Red Guards
- Aspiration: Protect the Red Guards
- Factional Affiliation: Academicians
- Aspiration: Reveal the Beneficent Effects of Radiation
- Factional Affiliation: New Traditionalists
- Aspiration: Redeem the Ancient Philosophers
Factors of Evaluation
Environment: How well a region's ecology will be able to recover from mass irradiation, along with other forms of post-nuclear pollution.Subsistence: How well a region will be able to sustain its pre-war population base in terms of nutrition, hydration, and the prevention of infections.
Industry: How much of a region's industrial production systems can survive a nuclear exchange, or be easily substituted afterwards.
Knowledge: How much of a region's cultural, scientific, and institutional expertise can be retained directly, or else easily derived from available sources.
Network: How well a region will be able to coordinate its post-nuclear activities, either internally or with neighboring regions, in terms of transportation, communication, and production.
Unit of Evaluation: Percentage of current capacity retained
Priority
Chongqing
| Environment | 5% |
| Subsistence | 5% |
| Industry | 15% |
| Knowledge | 10% |
| Network | 20% |
Description: The mass targeting of Chongqing is set to make it uninhabitable for a long time. Should people return to the area, though, they should find a decent residue of industrial and institutional capacity. Its position on the Yangtze is also quite useful, and makes the city worth investing in.
Sichuan
| Environment | 10% |
| Subsistence | 20% |
| Industry | 20% |
| Knowledge | 15% |
| Network | 10% |
Description: Sichuan's considerable industrial power is hampered by its fragile environment and regional isolation. If either problem can be overcome, the other can be compensated for.
Henan
| Environment | 15% |
| Subsistence | 20% |
| Industry | 10% |
| Knowledge | 10% |
| Network | 20% |
Description: Henan's good fortune is its considerable agricultural concentration, which ensures that some kind of society will eventually emerge from this region. With its strong connections to neighboring regions, this potential could also be utilized (or exploited) by other parties. Both elements are worth investing in.
Hunan
| Environment | 20% |
| Subsistence | 15% |
| Industry | 10% |
| Knowledge | 5% |
| Network | 15% |
Description: The ring of mountains around Hunan may insulate it from some of the worst of the fallout. While this will help it recover some of its agricultural capacity, industry and science will suffer from the dispersed nature of its population. Its only saving grace is the Xiang, which will continue to connect its inhabitants to Lake Dongting and the Yangtze River.
Yunnan
| Environment | 25% |
| Subsistence | 20% |
| Industry | 15% |
| Knowledge | 10% |
| Network | 5% |
Description: Yunnan's central features are its relative isolation and ecological fecundity. These factors have cemented its fate as a rural backwater, both now and in the future. With a strong degree of industrial investment, however, perhaps this fate could yet be altered.
Shaanxi
| Environment | 15% |
| Subsistence | 15% |
| Industry | 15% |
| Knowledge | 15% |
| Network | 15% |
Description: As far as post-nuclear prospects go, Shaanxi's fate will be relatively mild. With the right degree of investment, it can be made into a potent base for state-building activity, as it was at the dawn of Chinese history.
Non-Priority
Beijing
| Environment | N/A |
| Subsistence | N/A |
| Industry | N/A |
| Knowledge | N/A |
| Network | N/A |
Description: Future scientists will study the ruins of Beijing for an indication of how great humanity's capacity for destruction once was. Other than that, it will be of little value, not unless we pour a massive amount of funds into this doomed area.
Shanghai
| Environment | 0% |
| Subsistence | 5% |
| Industry | 10% |
| Knowledge | 10% |
| Network | 20% |
Description: The city of Shanghai is what the Americans call 'too big to fail'. And yet it will fail nevertheless, for if the bombs don't make it uninhabitable, then the rising sea level certainly will. Should we be able to bolster the city against these dangers, however, its infrastructure would be well worth saving.
Shandong
| Environment | 10% |
| Subsistence | 15% |
| Industry | 15% |
| Knowledge | 15% |
| Network | 10% |
Description: Coastal erosion is already a serious problem in Shandong province, and atomic bombardment would only add to its troubles. Even so, its mountainous regions can be made into a useful redoubt, and a regional site of recovery.
Liaoning
| Environment | 10% |
| Subsistence | 5% |
| Industry | 20% |
| Knowledge | 20% |
| Network | 15% |
Description: Liaoning's considerable industrial assets will be impossible to destroy entirely. The attempt to do so will wreck its ability to sustain a significant population, however. If its connections to nearby areas might be maintained, perhaps another province could make up for that shortfall.
Guangdong
| Environment | 10% |
| Subsistence | 15% |
| Industry | 10% |
| Knowledge | 15% |
| Network | 20% |
Description: Guangdong's proximity to the imperialist enclaves makes its fate exceedingly unpredictable. Much will also depend on our own planning, as a stronger Guangdong could overcome the southern threat and even utilize it. But this will require a degree of economic attention that is yet absent.
Gansu
| Environment | 10% |
| Subsistence | 10% |
| Industry | 20% |
| Knowledge | 20% |
| Network | 20% |
Description: Much of Gansu will escape a direct nuclear attack, given its sparse population and dearth of strategic targets. The subsequent storms of radioactive dust will wash over it just the same, eliminating most of its population base. Only the bones of civilization will remain, to be picked over by nearby settlements. If we can avoid these storms, the province will become a lot more viable.
Guizhou
| Environment | 20% |
| Subsistence | 20% |
| Industry | 10% |
| Knowledge | 10% |
| Network | 15% |
Description: Guizhou is woefully underdeveloped, which also means that there'll be little reason to bomb it. Nevertheless, without major ministry investment, it will only be able to make a minor contribution to the restoration of the socialist dictatorship.
Political Support: 60/100
Active Partnerships:
- Ministry of Energy: Complete Fuel-Saving Designs in 2067
- Red Guards: Construct 4 levels of People's Weapons Caches in 2066
- ACFTU: Complete Emergency Drills in 2066
Bonuses
Economies of Scale: If a construction project has multiple levels, the next level is always around 10% cheaper, and is completed about 25% faster. Bonus is cumulative.Lieutenant General Zhu Yuannong (Deputy Minister): 100 additional construction units
Energized: 10% discount on [Energy] projects (bonus not included in base price)
Model Worker: 5% discount on [Labor] projects (bonus not included in base price)
Construction (900+100)
Unless specified, all Construction projects are regionally specific. Unused resources will carry over into the next turn.Supply Depots : If there is any certainty to an atomic exchange, it's the fact that people will be in dire need of all kinds of resources. By establishing a system of supply depots, filled to the brim with all necessary nutritional and medical goods, we can keep whoever survives this onslaught alive for just a little longer. (100, 3 months per level)
People's Weapons Caches: "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary" These are the words of Karl Marx, an instruction of the utmost importance. While the Red Guards already represent the power of the armed proletariat, we cannot be sure that they would survive a nuclear exchange. To ensure that the post-nuclear population can be armed nevertheless, we should establish a series of freely accessible arms repositories throughout the country. (200, six months per level)
Deep Archives: In the blaze of nuclear hellfire, it is all too easy for the sources of human knowledge and culture to be lost. Thankfully, an underground library is light on maintenance, and can be placed anywhere you're willing to dig. As long as we remember where we put the books and microfiches, our descendants should be happy to receive them. (250, six months per level)
Missile Defense Installations: The simplest way of fighting nuclear missiles is to deploy even more missiles in defense. If we surround our urban and strategic centers with batteries of anti-air weapons, we can keep the enemy rockets at bay. A handful of them, at least. (900, one year per level)
Hydroelectric Hardening [Energy]: China's geography is uniquely suited to the development of hydroelectric power, and the state has made good use of this fact for the past century. Unfortunately, these massive constructions also tend to be a potent target for the enemy's nuclear arsenal. To mitigate such a catastrophe, we should reinforce our existing dams, and set some exacting construction standards for the next generation of hydroelectric infrastructure. (1000, two years)
Refurbish Urban Emergency Services: Our great cities face many perils on a day to day basis, but a nuclear event would dwarf them all. To manage the immediate crisis of such a calamity, we should outfit our brave first responders with the best equipment available. That way, they can save a few more souls before they die of acute radiation poisoning. (500, six months)
Nuclear Intensification [Energy]: Compared to the reactionary camp, the nation of China is somewhat lacking in the field of nuclear power. Since coal is growing ever scarcer, and Siberian gas won't last forever, we had best transition to a fuel that is slightly more sustainable: uranium. While fusion power would be altogether preferable, this will have to wait until the relevant research pans out. (1200, two years)
Simplified Water Treatment: Water, the giver of life. One of the five elements! Indispensable to any kind of civilization. By making our water treatment plants sufficiently 'low tech', we can ensure their operation after much of the supply system has fallen apart. This might come at the cost of some short-term efficiencies, but that's the price of survival. (600, eighteen months)
Expand Urban Shelters: This episode of atomic terror is hardly the first, and so we've already established a network of fallout shelters throughout many of our major cities. In recent years, however, many of these have been neglected, or requisitioned towards other ends. Let us renovate these underground palaces of the people, and make sure that as many as possible can survive the initial wave of destruction. (600, one year per level)
Hermetic Metro Systems: The superiority of socialist urbanism is proven by our robust public transport systems, which facilitate the movement of the masses without the wasteful, polluting methods of the car-addled Americans. How great it would be if these systems could also prove our salvation in times of nuclear crisis! This is exactly the case with our urban metro network, which are already sufficiently buried to make for good shelters. And if we can seal them against the poisonous post-nuclear environment, they would be even better. (900, eighteen months)
Model Communes: If there is one thing that should survive a war with the imperialists, it is the People's Way of Life. In order to preserve that, we should endeavor to establish ideal, self-sufficient villages across the nation, expressing both their cultural peculiarities and the universal appeal of socialism. These model towns would require model workers to inhabit them, but those shouldn't be too hard to find. (700, one year per level, each level builds around 3-5 towns)
Ministry University: Most major ministries are affiliated with one university or another, and even the party has its own schools. In order to raise the next generation of preparedness officials (if there is to be one), we would do well to get an academy of our own. This would also become a center for our larger research effort, making the latter a lot easier. (1000, one year, can only be built once)
Korean Mining Investments [Fraternal]: Ever since its founding, the DPRK has relied on its considerable mineral wealth, and this has changed little after reunification. By investing in this sector, we can import important resources for our own industrial efforts, and learn about advanced mining procedures in the process. (800, six months per level)
Siberian Labor Colonies [Fraternal]: The Soviet justice system has perennially relied on a strategy of resettlement for its criminal element. Our Siberian client has inherited this policy, and even expanded on it as a way of dealing with its own unreliable population. These pseudo-penal settlements are a potent site for government investment, as they could each be dedicated to a different section of the light industry sector. Since the recent innovations in Russian robotics also derive from such settlements, Minister Zhang has personally encouraged us to assist our northern comrades. (500, six months per level)
Research (600)
Institute for Radiation Medicine: One of the most pressing research needs is a deeper understanding of what radiation does to the human body. If its toxic influence can be managed, even cured, then surviving the Century of Annihilation becomes a lot easier. And by dedicating an entire research institute to this mission, we can accelerate the pace at which results come our way. (700, 100 ongoing, eighteen months)Institute for Radiation Biology: Even if the human being can learn to secure itself against radiation, the natural environment won't be so lucky. The nation's various ecosystems are sure to be overwhelmed by the mutagenic effects of nuclear fallout, and there is no telling what the results of such a process might be. To control for such manifest uncertainties, we should establish a specialized research institute, where pioneering biologists can try and bolster our precious plants and animals against the radioactive horizon. (600, 80 ongoing, eighteen months)
Shelter Longevity Research: No shelter can last forever, and our current designs don't last long at all. If any part of the Chinese people is to survive, then we need to make some important strides in the fields of hermetic sealing, atmospheric filtration, and water recycling. With the proper degree of innovation, we can turn our existing installations into true Bunkers of the People. (500, 100 ongoing, one year)
Ultra-Preservatives: In time, everything rots, including the food in our shelters. The longer we can make it last, though, the longer its inhabitants can survive. Ironically, radiation might be a good candidate for enhancing the longevity of foodstuffs, but we'll still need to experiment with it to see if there are any negative side effects. (400, 50 ongoing, one year)
Auxiliary Robotics Applications: As part of backing us on the State Council Commission, Minister Zhang Lifeng wants us to work on his pet robotics project. Although Minister Ren hates the idea, the deployment of android assistants could lessen the burden on our personnel, to say nothing of the economy as a whole. Let's start by iterating on the established designs, and see how they might be specialized. 800, 120 ongoing, eighteen months)
Fuel-Saving Designs [Energy]: Any permanent solution to the energy crisis will take time, time we will spend in a state of acute scarcity. Conserving our resources is thus of the utmost priority, and the efficiencies gained through relevant lines of research will even serve us once the crisis has passed. In short, this is a project we cannot afford to neglect. (500, 70 ongoing, one year)
Korean Electronics Investments [Fraternal]: When the southern parts of Korea were finally liberated, the Democratic People's Republic inherited a deeply capitalist infrastructure, reflecting a society that was ruled by a handful of corporate oligarchs. While the oligarchs and their companies have since been liquidated, the new people's dictatorship has lacked the means to properly operate the acquired research departments. By funding these in their stead, we can build up a strong degree of technological expertise by proxy, a development which will surely improve our own efforts in the field of advanced electronics. (400, 80 ongoing, eighteen months)
Siberian Oil Exploration [Fraternal]: While the Party would never admit it, our recent intervention in the Soviet succession crisis was at least partly motivated by the USSR's abundant petrochemical resources. However, despite the ensconcement of our legitimist allies in oil-rich Siberia, the subsequent increase in fossil fuel supply has still proven insufficient to our needs. We must therefore sponsor an aggressive program of oil and gas exploration in the region, including a focus on more unconventional or marginal deposits. The only alternative is a further deepening of our energy crisis. (600, 60 ongoing, one year)
Mobilization (500+200)
Designate Safe Zones: The immediate aftermath of an atomic exchange is sure to involve a great deal of movement, as those who can't shelter locally head for areas that are perceived to be safer. Often, such areas are not safe at all. By incorporating the ones which are into our official wartime evacuation plans, we can make sure that a lot more people survive the first few weeks of fallout. (400)Shock Labor Battalions [Labor]: Despite our adherence to a policy of full employment, there are always at least a few million 'inactive' workers among our ranks. They can be graduates who have yet to be assigned, farmers who aren't sowing or reaping, or industrial workers whose enterprise has been liquidated for underperformance. Whoever they are, their labor can and should be utilized. By deploying them towards a construction project affiliated with our ministry, we can make its completion go that much faster. (200, discounts the cost of a single construction project by a quarter, or its construction time by half. Can only be taken once per turn)
Move Industry to the Interior [Labor]: As in the original Third Front Campaign, the best way to keep our industrial base from being bombed is to move it. While physical distance from our enemy makes less of a difference than it used to back then, it will still be harder to bomb our factories if they are sufficiently spread out. (500, specify regions)
Recycling Campaign: The capitalist mode of production relies on the chronic overproduction of consumer commodities, leaving masses of junk in its wake. As a socialist nation in crisis, we cannot afford to be so wasteful. Instead, we should encourage the people to be as frugal as possible, and to find creative new uses for the refuse they produce. This will also prepare them for the hardship to come. (300)
Every Park A Farm: Feeding the urban population will get harder as the present energy crisis deepens. To make up for it, we should encourage the proletariat to take to the local soil, and turn every bit of empty urban space into a food garden. Since many of them have a peasant background, and seeds can be made available from the reserves, this should be an easy campaign. (700)
Nuclear Emergency Drills [Labor]: Even the greatest emergency procedures would be useless if the People did not know how to enact them. By routinely practicing the evacuation of workplaces, moving their workers into shelters where available, we can ensure an orderly state of affairs in the worst-case scenario. (400)
Latin American Solidarity Fund [Fraternal]: The fraternal peoples of Cuba and Nicaragua live under constant threat of American invasion, and are materially dependent on the meager flow of resources we can afford to send them. To bolster these outposts of socialism, and take some stress off the state budget, we can encourage the people to donate some of their own funds and possessions to a dedicated donation reserve, which will be sent out across the Pacific whenever the requisite ships are available. (600)
Vietnamese Militia Exchange [Fraternal]: The Vietnamese struggle against imperialism has been almost as formidable as our own. It was only a few decades ago that they managed to expel the last vestiges of the southern comprador regime from their territory, and their recovery has been complicated by constant American sabotage. In the process, though, Vietnam's popular defense forces have learned many lessons in the fields of insurgency, counter-insurgence, and general preparedness. By exchanging some of their finest officers with our own, we can dialectically synthesize our collective insights, and so deepen the bonds of socialist fraternity. (300)
Politics (3)
Request More Funding: If the budgeted resources prove insufficient, we can always ask for more. Any disruption to the existing plan would be bothersome, but with a bit of political wrangling, some discretionary funds could be made available. (DC 40) (Moderate Political Cost)Transfer Resources between Departments: The current departments are quite specialized, meaning that any transfer of resources between them could prove difficult and inefficient. Still, if there is a pressing need for such funds in one particular area, we may have to attempt it nevertheless. (DC 30)
Influence the Five Year Plan: The Twenty-Third Five Year Plan is in full swing now, and our ministry is an important part of its major adjustments. As the early days of the plan will see the resolution of many initial uncertainties, we have a unique opportunity to acquire more rights and/or responsibilities. We better not miss it. (DC 60) (Minor Political Cost)
Industrial Decentralization Policy: Our efforts will inevitably involve a lot of industrial relocation. To make this work a little easier, we could be proactive in preventing the further concentration of our strategic industries. While it would take a lot of influence to shift the policy of the State Planning Commission, this change must be instituted sooner rather than later. (DC 80) (Major Political Cost)
Requisition the Grain and Materials Reserve: The State Planning Commission has long held onto the nation's reserves of grain and strategic materials. Since our ministry would be the perfect organization to administer these resources instead, we had best make the appropriate requests to the State Council. Minister Ren's personal connections will surely come in handy in this endeavor. (DC 30) (Minor Political Cost)
Requisition Construction Factories: The more factories at our disposal, the more projects we'll be able to complete. The other ministries might not enjoy our appropriations, but then again, they are not working towards the Survival of Socialism For All Time. With the right maneuvers, all they'll be able to do is grumble about it. (DC 50) (Moderate Political Cost)
Requisition Laboratories: Our academicians are a strategic resource all their own, and are constantly competed over by the nation's various research institutes. If we want to acquire more of them ourselves, then we need the requisite laboratories to house them. Luckily, through the use of our political influence, we can appropriate these from the other ministries. Our research is more important, after all. (DC 50) (Minor Political Cost)
Expand Our Coordinating Capacity: Our partnerships with the other ministries and party organizations are vital to pursuing our projects, both in the resources they afford us and in the research they give us access. It may therefore be worth it to expand the amount of joint projects we are committed to, even if this will require us to expand our bureaucratic throughput as well. (Automatic)
Add A Priority Province: Our ministry lacks the resources to attend to every part of the country, leading to the selection of several 'priority provinces'. If our funding improves, however, we can consider adding more areas for investment. This will probably produce considerable competition among local officials, which itself could be a path to further resources. Such is the unfortunate reality of party-state politics. (Automatic)
Set a Ministerial Labor Standard: As a government ministry, it is our prerogative to oversee the labor relations within our departments and workplaces. While we still need to abide by the center's own edicts, there is a degree of leeway in how we distribute bonuses and direct the cadres. Much of this policy setting is admittedly a question of norms rather than laws, but if the trunk of the tree sets a good example, then surely the branches will follow. (Quality die determines policy extent)
Albanian Expedition [Fraternal]: When the EC and UAR had their atomic exchange, one nation stood firm amidst the chaos. No, not Yugoslavia, that hive of rightist revisionism. Rather, it was Albania, still guided by the forthright principles of Enver Hoxha Thought. Since then, however, we have heard frightfully little from this bastion of European socialism; even their ambassador has lost all contact with her country of origin. If we encourage the PLA to organize an expedition to Albania, we can learn more about its present troubles, and about how the nation has managed its proximity to an atomic exclusion zone. (DC 60)
Voting open. Please vote by plan.
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TheInnerMoon
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I hope you can tell that this first turn took a lot of work. But at least we're off to the races now. Good luck!
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Are these cumulative?
Are the listed prices with or without discounts added on? Do unspent resources carry over or are they lost?
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TheInnerMoon
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I was going to clarify that! Let's say they are both cumulative, since I think if you hit five levels of a project at once, that's impressive enough not to add additional time to its completion.
Without, just so I can make you folks do all the pesky calculations.
[ ] Education for the People!
-Construction 900+100, all points used
--Ministry University (1000, one year, can only be built once)
-Research 600, 150 points left
--Fuel-Saving Designs [Energy] (500 -> 450, 70 ongoing, one year)
-Mobilization 500+200, 30 points left
--Shock Labor Battalions [Labor] (200 -> 190, discounts the cost of a single construction project by a quarter, or its construction time by half. Can only be taken once per turn)
---Ministry University, reduce time
--Nuclear Emergency Drills [Labor] (400 -> 380)
-Politics 3
--Influence the Five Year Plan (DC 60) (Minor Political Cost) x2
--Albanian Expedition [Fraternal] (DC 60)
A preliminary plan draft. The goal is to get the university started and finished as soon as possible, so we can do more research in the future. Aside from that I am trying to start some of the projects wanted by our partners. Since there doesn't seem to be an ongoing cost with the university we can presumably invest heavily into People's Weapons Caches next turn. With the politics my aim would be to influnce the five year plan, assuming we can double down on an option, to hopefully get more resources our way and to send an expedition in order to get in character insight to the aftermath of nuclear war.
-Construction 900+100, all points used
--Ministry University (1000, one year, can only be built once)
-Research 600, 150 points left
--Fuel-Saving Designs [Energy] (500 -> 450, 70 ongoing, one year)
-Mobilization 500+200, 30 points left
--Shock Labor Battalions [Labor] (200 -> 190, discounts the cost of a single construction project by a quarter, or its construction time by half. Can only be taken once per turn)
---Ministry University, reduce time
--Nuclear Emergency Drills [Labor] (400 -> 380)
-Politics 3
--Influence the Five Year Plan (DC 60) (Minor Political Cost) x2
--Albanian Expedition [Fraternal] (DC 60)
A preliminary plan draft. The goal is to get the university started and finished as soon as possible, so we can do more research in the future. Aside from that I am trying to start some of the projects wanted by our partners. Since there doesn't seem to be an ongoing cost with the university we can presumably invest heavily into People's Weapons Caches next turn. With the politics my aim would be to influnce the five year plan, assuming we can double down on an option, to hopefully get more resources our way and to send an expedition in order to get in character insight to the aftermath of nuclear war.
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[X] Plan Get That Out Of The Way
-[X] People's Weapons Caches 588
-[X] Supply Depots 200 (Chongqing)
-[X] Nuclear Intensification 212
-[X] Fuel-Saving Designs 450
-[X] Institute for Radiation Biology 150
-[X] Shock Labor Battalions 190 (People's weapons Caches)
-[X] Recycling Campaign 110
-[X] Nuclear Emergency Drills 380
-[X] Requisition the Grain and Materials Reserve 1
-[X] Albanian Expedition 2
Alright this is my proposed plan. I actually have no idea if this is even legal which is why i'm not putting X's in the boxes.
I did all the calculations to include the discounts so that we can do all four levels of the weapons caches at once, because i assume this is how it works.
I then put in resources for two levels of supply depots and dumping them on Chongqing. No particular reason I just thought that until we start investing in industry it would be nice to give them a hand since they seem worst off out of all the priority regions.
Dump the rest of construction into Nuclear Intensificattion because that's important. (Not sure if i specify the region for that though. Willing to debate which one if so)
Fuel savings design out of the way, discount included.
Radiation Biology because that would be the most helpful imo but up for debate.
Shock labor to cut down the cost of the peoples caches
recycling campaign gets the excess mobilization dumped onto it because it would be useful.
Nuclear drills, get that out of the way.
Do an easy politics role, while selecting what i see as the most useful thing as to visit albania and give a chat to mecha-hoxha.
edit: Okay InnerMoon did not come in and correct me so I am just putting X's in the boxes and awaiting corrections if they come as i turn my attention to other things.
-[X] People's Weapons Caches 588
-[X] Supply Depots 200 (Chongqing)
-[X] Nuclear Intensification 212
-[X] Fuel-Saving Designs 450
-[X] Institute for Radiation Biology 150
-[X] Shock Labor Battalions 190 (People's weapons Caches)
-[X] Recycling Campaign 110
-[X] Nuclear Emergency Drills 380
-[X] Requisition the Grain and Materials Reserve 1
-[X] Albanian Expedition 2
Alright this is my proposed plan. I actually have no idea if this is even legal which is why i'm not putting X's in the boxes.
I did all the calculations to include the discounts so that we can do all four levels of the weapons caches at once, because i assume this is how it works.
I then put in resources for two levels of supply depots and dumping them on Chongqing. No particular reason I just thought that until we start investing in industry it would be nice to give them a hand since they seem worst off out of all the priority regions.
Dump the rest of construction into Nuclear Intensificattion because that's important. (Not sure if i specify the region for that though. Willing to debate which one if so)
Fuel savings design out of the way, discount included.
Radiation Biology because that would be the most helpful imo but up for debate.
Shock labor to cut down the cost of the peoples caches
recycling campaign gets the excess mobilization dumped onto it because it would be useful.
Nuclear drills, get that out of the way.
Do an easy politics role, while selecting what i see as the most useful thing as to visit albania and give a chat to mecha-hoxha.
edit: Okay InnerMoon did not come in and correct me so I am just putting X's in the boxes and awaiting corrections if they come as i turn my attention to other things.
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