The INDEX Initiative: Not!XCOM Planquest
- Thread starter Oshha
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[X]Plan: First alien research and first responders
Infrastructure 40R, 3/4d
-[X] Echo Base (Phase 1) 2d 20R
-[X] Foxtrot Base (Phase 1) 2d 20R
Industry 30R 4/3d
-[X] Acquiring Factories 3d 30R
Services 40R 4/4d
-[X] PR Campaigns
--[X] North America (0/150, 10 Resources per Die) (+1 PS, Potential Increased Council Support) 4d 40R
Research 160R 4/4d
-[X] Alien Materials 4d160R -1 Salvage
Military 110R 6/5d
-[X] Anti-UFO Interceptor Development 1d 25R
-[X] Rapid Global Transport Development 3d60R
-[X] Destroyer Development 2d 50R
Administration 15R 3/3d
-[X] Strategic Planning 3d 15R
Total:420
313 + 180=439-420=19
The [] Alien Materials can be changed to something else if people want it
Infrastructure 40R, 3/4d
-[X] Echo Base (Phase 1) 2d 20R
-[X] Foxtrot Base (Phase 1) 2d 20R
Industry 30R 4/3d
-[X] Acquiring Factories 3d 30R
Services 40R 4/4d
-[X] PR Campaigns
--[X] North America (0/150, 10 Resources per Die) (+1 PS, Potential Increased Council Support) 4d 40R
Research 160R 4/4d
-[X] Alien Materials 4d160R -1 Salvage
Military 110R 6/5d
-[X] Anti-UFO Interceptor Development 1d 25R
-[X] Rapid Global Transport Development 3d60R
-[X] Destroyer Development 2d 50R
Administration 15R 3/3d
-[X] Strategic Planning 3d 15R
Total:420
313 + 180=439-420=19
The [] Alien Materials can be changed to something else if people want it
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It's not -1 Salvage per dice. It's -1 Salvage per project.
Also I think we should do either Charlie or Echo. Echo because it will give us more resources, Charlie because Africa and the Middle East are fucked without our help.
- Location
- New England
[X] Plan Blahblahblah PLASMA RIFLE
-[X] Echo Base - 2D, 20R
-[X] Enigma Site - 1D, 1 FreeD, 40R
-[X] Acquiring Factories - 2D, 20R
-[X] PR Campaigns
--[X] North America - 3D, 30R
--[X] Europe - 1D, 10R
-[X] Alien Weapons - 4D, 160R
-[X] Next-Gen IFV Development - 3D, 60R
-[X] Anti-UFO Interceptor Development - 1D, 25R
-[X] Rapid Global Transport Development - 2D, 40R
-[X] Strategic Planning - 3D, 15R
Total 420 resources; Each investment is calibrated to have enough dice to go slightly over 50% success rate on average.
Echo Base because the Chinese asked for it nicely.
Enigma Site to keep the alien tech salvage train rolling and because the aliens are going to keep hitting it, likely.
Acquiring factories because we don't have anything else to do with industrial dice right now; to conserve resources a little, I limit it to two dice.
PR Campaigns: both North America and Europe need a little "messaging" so they give us more money.
Alien Weapons: because we want better guns, and human tech is ridiculously expensive. I know, I know, it's not actually going to lead to plasma guns.
Anti-UFO interceptor and rapid global transport because the director said so. Anti-UFO interceptor basically guaranteed to finish with one die, rapid global transport is a little overkill but I'd rather finish it up sooner rather than later.
Strategic Planning to increase dice effectiveness.
Bonus points if you can name the game where the plan title comes from; it's a little obscure but on topic.
Pretty sure that should be "MBT".
-[X] Echo Base - 2D, 20R
-[X] Enigma Site - 1D, 1 FreeD, 40R
-[X] Acquiring Factories - 2D, 20R
-[X] PR Campaigns
--[X] North America - 3D, 30R
--[X] Europe - 1D, 10R
-[X] Alien Weapons - 4D, 160R
-[X] Next-Gen IFV Development - 3D, 60R
-[X] Anti-UFO Interceptor Development - 1D, 25R
-[X] Rapid Global Transport Development - 2D, 40R
-[X] Strategic Planning - 3D, 15R
Total 420 resources; Each investment is calibrated to have enough dice to go slightly over 50% success rate on average.
Echo Base because the Chinese asked for it nicely.
Enigma Site to keep the alien tech salvage train rolling and because the aliens are going to keep hitting it, likely.
Acquiring factories because we don't have anything else to do with industrial dice right now; to conserve resources a little, I limit it to two dice.
PR Campaigns: both North America and Europe need a little "messaging" so they give us more money.
Alien Weapons: because we want better guns, and human tech is ridiculously expensive. I know, I know, it's not actually going to lead to plasma guns.
Anti-UFO interceptor and rapid global transport because the director said so. Anti-UFO interceptor basically guaranteed to finish with one die, rapid global transport is a little overkill but I'd rather finish it up sooner rather than later.
Strategic Planning to increase dice effectiveness.
Bonus points if you can name the game where the plan title comes from; it's a little obscure but on topic.
Pretty sure that should be "MBT".
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- Location
- New England
I'm actually thinking of skipping the IFV development to save resources; nobody's said we need it (other than some military guys and what do they know, lol), and we're going to be resource-capped if we have to keep throwing these monster resource amounts at alien research.
I have a sneeky suspicion that thinks like alien alloys and power sources are going to cut down progress and time requirements for these three techs.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Fixed. Thanks for catching that.
Really? Got it
Changed Alpha to Echo, then Alpha and Charlie next turn
I do believe that we are at an near equilibrium with dice and Resources so better use it all to make the most amount of progress
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
It is.
Sailor_Skarro
The Lurker
[X] Plan Blahblahblah PLASMA RIFLE
So normally when playing XCOM I go for armor first but honestly guns are also a really high priority.
So normally when playing XCOM I go for armor first but honestly guns are also a really high priority.
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[X]Plan: First alien research and first responders
...We might actually want to go with their materials first. Because, well, it is best to know what our weapons need to defeat, instead of trying to derive from alien weaponry improvements that may not be as effective as it may seem due to the aliens' materials...
Weapons exist to defeat defences, defences exist to defeat weapons. So both are likely important beyond merely finding improvements in materials and weapons.
Weapons exist to defeat defences, defences exist to defeat weapons. So both are likely important beyond merely finding improvements in materials and weapons.
[X] Plan Blahblahblah PLASMA RIFLE
I do want to note that this is NOT an XCOM quest while there are similarities we have more freedom and resources than XCOM
and while the groundtroops are important they will get slaughtered if the UFOs A and C classes are moving freely and the troops held against the aliens that attacked Enigma base with modern gear so it is not a priority in my eyes
Doctrine wise, I'm not sure why we would be investing in ships or AFVs at this stage. It's one of those things that feels like it's going to be very rapidly superseded by improvements in materials and energy.
[X]Plan: First alien research and first responders
[X]Plan: First alien research and first responders
Well for the ships they'll be useful for escorting the carriers which are useful for transporting the interceptors quickly to UFO sightings. As for the AFV they for the cases where infatry weapon aren't enough (for example a run in with this universe version of a Sectopod) and we could upgrade the ifv with the alien material we garthed.
- Location
- New England
Man three dice on rapid global transport is total overkill. Average die is 50, so, on average we're gonna get to 200 progress whereas we only need 120.
I think our character has a cousin that runs a company that makes fast, heavy lift choppers and you can slap armor on them too. Very reliable guy, high quality work.
I think our character has a cousin that runs a company that makes fast, heavy lift choppers and you can slap armor on them too. Very reliable guy, high quality work.