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Attempting to avoid Disaster: An Earth Defense Plan Quest

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Derpmind said:
Uh, what exactly happened in the backstory? Which war had a nuclear weapon used?
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Read the short biographies of the leader options then you get an idea, but basically, after 9.11 and the invasion of Iraq the entire region exploded with turmoil and conflict as more and more of the first world states saw themselves forced to somehow try to contain the situation. The conflict in the region escalated further to a point, where every one of the major power blocks, Nato, China, and Russia all had forces and various proxies in the region, with at one point even a low yield nuclear device being used. The highpoint of the whole affair was the 2008 Teheran standoff, where Russian and US forces were 5 minutes away from shooting at each other. After that situation was resolved the UN got together and created a Taskforce under the command of General Merin to gain control over the countless proxy groups they had equipped.



Edit: sorry, I fucked the font for this post.

 
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Void Stalker said:
So 4 turns a year, 1600 resources to use over those 4 turns. We should try and keep the first two quarters at or under 400 R, we can always spend more Q3 and Q4 to use our budget
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Having a look at the options, we will be hard pressed to spend over 400 Resources without actively trying to do so.
 
gale said:
@BOTcommander how does our rule on dice effect things. Can we only put 3 dice on a thing. Even tho we have more dice then that. Or more then our dice capacity?
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lets say there is a project X. You cannot assign more than 4 dice to project X per turn. You still cannot exceed the limit of dice per turn represented by the Dice Capacity.

Edit: This may not be important now, but will hinder your capability to do megaprojects.
 
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Neat.

Here's a random draft purely for discussion, which is why I have no Xs in it

[] T1 Pickle Brainstorming
Infrastructure (2/5 Dice, 30R)
-[]Headquarters Construction (Stage 1), 2 Dice (30R)
Industry (2/5 Dice, 30R)
-[]Supply Stockpile Review, 1 Dice
-[]Source Design Licenses, 1 Dice (30R)
Service (5 Dice, 105R)
-[]Digitize the Administration, 3 Dice (75R)
-[]Set Up Supernatural Tracking Bureau, 2 Dice (30R)
Security (1/4 Dice, 0R)
-[]Review Security Forces, 1 Dice
Military (2/6 Dice, 0R)
-[]Review Forces (Ground Forces, Air Force), 2 Dice
Administration(3/4 Dice, 15R)
-[]Establish Statistical Planning Division, 3 Dice (15R)
Total: 15 Dice, 180R

Dice are going to be way more limiting at first than Resources, that's for sure, hence rushing the two things that can increase our dice capacity.
 
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[x] Plan: Welcome, Commander
-[x] Headquarters Construction (Stage 1) - 3 Dice, 45 Resources
-[x] Restructure Staff Office - 2 Dice, 15 Resources
-[x] Supply Stockpile Review (Requires one die)
-[x] Set Up Supernatural Tracking Bureau, 3 Dice, 45 Resources
-[x] Review Forces - Ground, Air, Navy, 3 Dice
-[x] Establish Statistical Planning Division, 3 Dice, 15 Resources

Set up an HQ, start sorting out our available resources, start tracking the supernatural. Aiming mostly to clear each goal by committing more dice than needed, though that may lead to some inefficiency.
 
What are our win conditions?

Are we analogues of, say, the Federal Bureau of Control, here? I think understanding that will be helpful in getting the plan together.
 
Secretariat said:
What are our win conditions?

Are we analogues of, say, the Federal Bureau of Control, here? I think understanding that will be helpful in getting the plan together.
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The "Current Objective: Survive" meme would fit well here. I wont spoiler specifics and you will see it coming, but at some point the Convergence wont be limited to a few mythological creatures.
 
[ ] Plan Laying Foundations
Infra 5/5 65R +0
-[]Headquarters Construction (Stage 1) 0/100 3 dice 45 R
-[]Airfield Refurbishment 0/150 2 dice 20 R
Industry 5/5 70R +0
-[]Restock the Maintenance Facilities 0/200 3 dice 45 R
-[]Supply Stockpile Review 1 die
-[]ABC Deconstruction Operations (Phase 1) 0/100 1 die 25 R
Service 5/5 85R +0
-[]Restructure Staff Office 0/100 2 dice 10 R
-[]Digitize the Administration 0/250 3 dice 75 R
Security 4/4 45R +0
-[]Review Security Forces 1 die
-[]Establish Internal Security Division 0/200 3 dice 45 R
Military 6/6 75R +0
-[]Suez Base Expansion (Stage 1) 3 dice 75 R
-[]Review Forces (Ground) 1 die
-[]Review Forces (Air) 1 die
-[]Review Forces (Navy) 1 die
Admin 4/4 15R +0
-[]Address the Oil Situation 1 die
-[]Establish Statistical Planning Division 0/150 3 dice 15 R

Spent: 355 R (less than 400 for a quarter)

Trying to get the surveys underway so that we can start doing stuff next turn, otherwise working towards additional dice and trying to get our organization setup as opposed to more external affairs which will come later in the year once everything is up and running.
 
[X] Plan: An Idea.
-[X]Headquarters Construction (Stage 1) 2 dice
-[X]Supply Stockpile Review (Requires one die) 1 dice
-[X]Set Up Supernatural Tracking Bureau 2 Dice
-[X]Review Security Forces (Requires one die) 1 dice
-[X]Establish Internal Security Division 2 dice
-[X]Suez Base Expansion (Stage 1) 1 dice
-[X]Review Forces 3 dice
-[X]Organisational Cooperation Initiatives 1 dice
-[X]Address the Oil Situation(Requires one Die) 1 dice
-[X]Establish Statistical Planning Division 1 dice

We would have 1480 left to spend later.
 
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Void Stalker said:
[ ] Plan Laying Foundations
Infra 5/5 65R +0
-[]Headquarters Construction (Stage 1) 0/100 3 dice 45 R
-[]Airfield Refurbishment 0/150 2 dice 20 R
Industry 5/5 70R +0
-[]Restock the Maintenance Facilities 0/200 3 dice 45 R
-[]Supply Stockpile Review 1 die
-[]ABC Deconstruction Operations (Phase 1) 0/100 1 die 25 R
Service 5/5 85R +0
-[]Restructure Staff Office 0/100 2 dice 10 R
-[]Digitize the Administration 0/250 3 dice 75 R
Security 4/4 45R +0
-[]Review Security Forces 1 die
-[]Establish Internal Security Division 0/200 3 dice 45 R
Military 6/6 75R +0
-[]Suez Base Expansion (Stage 1) 3 dice 75 R
-[]Review Forces (Ground) 1 die
-[]Review Forces (Air) 1 die
-[]Review Forces (Navy) 1 die
Admin 4/4 15R +0
-[]Address the Oil Situation 1 die
-[]Establish Statistical Planning Division 0/150 3 dice 15 R

Spent: 355 R (less than 400 for a quarter)

Trying to get the surveys underway so that we can start doing stuff next turn, otherwise working towards additional dice and trying to get our organization setup as opposed to more external affairs which will come later in the year once everything is up and running.
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You do realize you are currently limited to 15 Dice being activated per turn by the Dice Capacity.
 
[X] Plan Getting Started
Infrastructure (4/5 Dice, 60R)
-[X] Headquarters Construction (Stage 1), 4 Dice (60R & 96.24%)
Industry (1/5 Dice, 0R)
-[X] Supply Stockpile Review 1 Die
Service (4/5 Dice, 100R)
-[X] Digitize the Administration, 4 Dice (100R & 21.27%)
Security (2/4 Dice, 30R)
-[X] Establish Internal Security Division, 2 Dice (30R & 0.01%)
Military (1/6 Dice, 0R)
-[X] Review Ground Forces, 1 Dice
Administration (3/4 Dice, 15R)
-[X] Establish Statistical Planning Division, 3 Dice (15R & 51.50%)
Total: 15/15 Dice, 205R

Priority is getting more Dice Capacity so we can do more stuff because right now, we have more resources than we can spend and more dice than we can activate which means the bottleneck is currently Dice Capacity. Three dice on Establish Statistical Planning Division for +1 Dice Capacity with success being about fifty-fifty while Digitize the Administration gets four dice to have a chance of success at completing this turn as we both need the Dice Capacity and to spend resources. Headquarters gets a couple of dice for about fifty-fifty odds of completing while Security Forces and Supply Stockpile both get one dice put towards reviews. Finally, I want to put four dice on establishing internal security so we can get some internal security at about fifty-fifty chances of success.

In summary, more Dice Capacity, setting up internal security, getting a HQ and doing a couple of reviews. We can do more fancy stuff like sorting out our offices or production once we have more dice that can be used, somewhere to work out of and some internal security.

Edit: Changing priorities on Establish Internal Security Division and Headquarters Construction after QM let some info slip on Discord.
 
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Oshha said:
[X] Plan Getting Started
Infrastructure (4/5 Dice, 60R)
-[X] Headquarters Construction (Stage 1), 4 Dice (60R & 96.24%)
Industry (1/5 Dice, 0R)
-[X] Supply Stockpile Review 1 Die
Service (4/5 Dice, 100R)
-[X] Digitize the Administration, 4 Dice (100R & 21.27%)
Security (2/4 Dice, 30R)
-[X] Establish Internal Security Division, 2 Dice (30R & 0.01%)
Military (1/6 Dice, 0R)
-[X] Review Ground Forces, 1 Dice
Administration (3/4 Dice, 15R)
-[X] Establish Statistical Planning Division, 3 Dice (15R & 51.50%)
Total: 15/15 Dice, 205R

Priority is getting more Dice Capacity so we can do more stuff because right now, we have more resources than we can spend and more dice than we can activate which means the bottleneck is currently Dice Capacity. Three dice on Establish Statistical Planning Division for +1 Dice Capacity with success being about fifty-fifty while Digitize the Administration gets four dice to have a chance of success at completing this turn as we both need the Dice Capacity and to spend resources. Headquarters gets a couple of dice for about fifty-fifty odds of completing while Security Forces and Supply Stockpile both get one dice put towards reviews. Finally, I want to put four dice on establishing internal security so we can get some internal security at about fifty-fifty chances of success.

In summary, more Dice Capacity, setting up internal security, getting a HQ and doing a couple of reviews. We can do more fancy stuff like sorting out our offices or production once we have more dice that can be used, somewhere to work out of and some internal security.

Edit: Changing priorities on Establish Internal Security Division and Headquarters Construction after QM let some info slip on Discord.
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Discord?
 
BOTcommander said:
The "Current Objective: Survive" meme would fit well here. I wont spoiler specifics and you will see it coming, but at some point the Convergence wont be limited to a few mythological creatures.
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Will there be any diplomatic options to deal with extraordinary occurrences in this quest?
 
[X] Plan Getting Started

Reverse pain of having too many resources and not enough ability to spend them.
 
Getting Started looks generally good, I think a tracking bureau is much, much more important than internal security.

We can't defend ourselves from what we don't see.
 
Secretariat said:
Getting Started looks generally good, I think a tracking bureau is much, much more important than internal security.

We can't defend ourselves from what we don't see.
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That can wait until we are in a position to deal with what we find. We still need to get our footing so, unless my understanding of our current status is way off, we aren't able to effectively go after supernatural occurrences even if we do detect them. And if they come to us, well, they have come to us and we can deal with that.

Meanwhile, I am worried about one or more of our backers deciding to try and play silly games to get at another of our backers or to try and subvert at least part of our organisation to be more favourable to them. International tensions are still very high right now. The sooner we can get our internal security up and running, the sooner we can try to prevent any unwanted behind the scene meddling. That said, I have been convinced that we should do a security review before finishing our internal security so I plan to do that next turn.
 
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[X] Plan Getting Started

Aside: I'm somewhat amused Leonti got picked here because the quest I'm running has a Russian named Leontina
 
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