Well... maybe. We probably don't want to merge so many categories that the categories themselves start to become meaningless or overly broad, but at the same time we don't want to get too bogged down trying to figure out where an action should go on our list of categories. I'll also note that our non-Research categories will probably merit 2-3 actions per category. Maybe:
[Martial] - 2 actions, includes large-scale Security changes and ParSec deployments.
--Heroes: Jelica Eveliina (Company-level activities), Jeff "Captain Joker" Moreau (Ship navigation, naval operations)
[Stewardship] - 3 actions, includes internal projects like setting up new expansions, new subsidiaries, reorganizations, etc.
--Heroes: Supervisor Williams (extra action, Construction), Rahna (Biotics training, education)
[Outreach] - 3 action, includes external projects, marketing, lobbying, etc.
--Heroes: Lindsey Bradley (extra action, Alliance Military bonus), Kahlee Sanders (Alliance Military bonus+)
[Intrigue] - 4 action, includes investigation, non-technological research, espionage, extra-legal "acquisitions", etc.
--Heroes: Laurence Freeman (extra action, political investigation), Kasumi Goto (internal security, "acquisitions"), Liara T-Soni (extra action, archeology)
[Research] - 1 action (limited to a plan for allocating Research dice for the quarter)
--Heroes: Gaver Dor, Captain Hwan, Mordin Solis, Litinana Biotechnology Team
[Personal] - 3 actions (can use 1 to gain a Personal Attention bonus to another Company action; must use 1 when attempting to find a Research or Admin hero)
Admin heroes can net you an extra action, a bonus on certain actions taken in that category, or both. Research heroes, as before, expand the tech tree, and can either give research dice directly or change the admin equation for off-world labs.
I'm proposing that we move to 3 Personal Actions as a default, as that seems to be a better balance between too many and too few, especially if we're shifting over to limiting corporate actions and having some actions take multiple quarters to resolve. We can justify the semi-retcon by saying we have been spending 1 of those actions per quarter looking for admin heroes and setting up department bureaucracies before. I'll note that both quests linked above have 3 personal actions; it seems to be fairly common in CK2 quests. It'll give us more chances to pursue romance options, look for heroes, and get training as needed, but not so many that we're going to be stuck pondering what to do each quarter.
And yes, that gives us 16 actions per quarter right now, with more on the way if we pick up more admin heroes. If you're worried about the number of actions being a problem, I'll note that both of the quests linked above have 20+ actions to choose in a given turn, even if many are "Locked in" for multiple turns.
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Consequences.
