A Beacon of Hope in the Darkness: Warhammer 40,000 Xeno Civ Quest

I do not think i have time to write a plan before the weekend and like some more input before i do mainly what actions would you like to see in the plan and why?
 
Also,I think we finally have enough resources and a relatively stable infrastructure to splurge on some military equipment research.Y'know,let us spoil ourselves a bit.
 
So I've mainly been lurking on this quest but I'm looking at putting a plan together, but I have a question. s each tur takes a year and some of the options take less than a year, can we combine several options that take less than a year total to take up a single action? For example, both Dan'xenal mining facilities in the Infrastructure section take less than six months - can we do both of them in one action or do they take up one action each?
 
I hope this plan is in the right format.

[]Plan Per Ardua ad Astra
-[X]Naval Actions (1 425 M minerals, 427.5 M nanomaterials)
--[X] Shipbuilding - Hunter Corvettes x5 (475 M minerals, 142.5 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Shipbuilding - Hunter Corvettes x5 (475 M minerals, 142.5 M nanomaterials)
--[X] Shipbuilding - Hunter Corvettes x5 (475 M minerals, 142.5 M nanomaterials)
-[X] Infrastructure Actions (5518.8 M minerals, 1 650.08 M nanomaterials
--[X]Build mining facilities in the Northern Dap'tarral Plateau (Phase 1) (1 250 M minerals, 375 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Build mining facilities in the Southern Dap'tarral Plateau (Phase 1) (1 300 M minerals, 390 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Build Dan'xenal mining facilities in the Nel'rannir Hills (500 M minerals, 135 M nanomaterials) [5.5 months]
---[X]Build Dan'xenal mining facilities in the Kem'xarrok Valley (450 M minerals, 135 M nanomaterials) [5.2 months]
---[X] Build cloning facility (550 M minerals, 165 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Build nanomaterial manufactory complex in the Af'tellark District (660 M minerals, 198 M nanomaterials) [6.8 months]
---[X]Build underwater high-speed maglev rail network in the Teq'naris Archipelago (Phase 2) (720 M minerals, 216 M nanomaterials)
--[X] Build automated farm complexes (10.8 M minerals, 3.28 M nanomaterials) [2.88 months each] (x5)
--[X]Build exotic gas refineries (10.8 M minerals, 3.28M nanomaterials) [2.88 months] (x5)
--[]X]Build nuclear breeder reactors (10.8M minerals, 3.28M nanomaterials) [2.88 months] (x5)
-[X}Archeology Actions (6.8 M minerals, 2.1 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Analysis - Encrypted Files from XA-07
--[X]Explore unknown alien ruins XA-08 (Level 1) (2 M minerals, 0.6 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Explore unknown alien ruins XA-09 (Level 1) (1.2 M minerals, 0.36 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Explore unknown alien ruins XA-10 (1.4 M minerals, 0.42 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Explore unknown alien ruins XA-11 (1.5 M minerals, 0.45 M nanomaterials)
-[X]Explore unknown alien ruins XB-01 (0.9 M minerals, 0.27 M nanomaterials)
-[X]Research Actions (2 721 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Analysis - Unknown Alien War Machines (96 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Analysis - Unknown Alien Heavy Weaponry (150 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Analysis - Unknown Alien Cosmocraft Designs (700 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Analysis - Anti-Gravity Levitation Drive Data (150 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Analysis - Advanced Personal Combat Armor Data (200 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Military Vessel Designs - Destroyers (150 M nanomaterials) [9.6 months]
---[X]Analysis - Cosmocraft Singularity Reactor Data (600 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Improved Corvette Maintenance Subroutines (225 M nanomaterials) [8.1 months]
---[X]Analysis - Unknown Electromagnetic Weapons (225 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Improved Shipyard Maintenance Subroutines (150 M nanomaterials) [6.3 months]
---[X]Analysis - Advanced Materials Research Data (75 M nanomaterials)
-[X]Faith Actions
--[X]Basic Furiorator Rites
--[X]Basic Sanctification Rites
--[X] Basic Exorcism Rites
--[X]Basic Shroudbreaker Rites
--[X]Basic Lunar Purification Rites
--[X]Basic Restorator Rites
--[X]Intermediate Wardcrafting Methods
--[X]Basic Runecrafting Methods
--[X]Basic Formation Crafting
--[X]Psiolyte Training Programs
--[X]Psiolyte Training Programs

Resources Spent:
7 017 M minerals
4 792.68 M nanomaterials


So I've noted down the duration of actions that take less than one year because as Zolarion01 confirmed, if an option takes less than a year another option can be added after it, and I've added additional options after those choices.

I wanted to focus on cosmocraft this turn as the plan name suggests, so I went all-in on building what combat craft we have this tun, which is another reason why I went for Improving Corvette Maintenance Subroutines in the Research section. In Research I chose Military Vessel Design Destroyers so we can start working on larger designs, as well as a lot of options to make better ships as well as bigger ones.

In Archeology actions I chose an option to start exploring one of the XB ruins rather than the XA ruins being explored since the start of the quest, because we've been improving our odds of success as we explored more and more of the XA ruins, so I figured we coudl start accruing bonuses for the other XB ruins once we decide to start exploring them seriously.
 
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[X] Plan: Volcanic Destroyer
- [X] Naval Actions
-- [X] Hunter-class corvette x4
- [X] Infrastructure Action
-- [X] Major Action 1
--- [X] Build mining facilities in the Northern Dap'tarral Plateau (Phase 1) (14 months)
--- [X] Build underwater high-speed maglev rail network in the Teq'naris Archipelago (Phase 2) (10 months/17. 8 months)
-- [X] Major Action 2
--- [X] Build underwater high-speed maglev rail network in the Teq'naris Archipelago (Phase 2) (17.8 months)
--- [X] Build nanomaterial manufactory complex in the Bel'narrith District (7.4 months)
--- [X] Build nanomaterial manufactory complex in the Gek'varril District (7.8 months)
--- [X] Build nanomaterial manufactory complex in the Af'tellark District (1 month/6.8 months)
-- [X] Major Action 3
--- [X] Build orbital defense platform (23 months)
--- [X] Build nanomaterial manufactory complex in the Af'tellark District (2 months/6.8 months)
-- [X] Major Action 4
--- [X] Build cloning facility (20 months)
--- [X] Build nanomaterial manufactory complex in the Af'tellark District (6 months/ 6.8 months)
-- [X] Minor Action1
--- [X] Build mineral processing facilities x8
-- [X] Minor Action 2
--- [X] Build mineral processing facilities x8
-- [X] Minor Action 3
--- [X] Build mineral processing facilities x8
- [X] Archeology Action
-- [X] Action 1 + 2
--- [X] Analysis - Encrypted Files from XA-07 (2 years)
-- [X] Action 3
--- [X] Explore unknown alien ruins XA-08 (Level 1) (16 months)
--- [X] Explore unknown alien ruins XA-09 (Level 1) (8 months/18 months)
-- [X] Action 4
--- [X] Explore unknown alien ruins XA-09 (Level 1) (18 months)
--- [X] Explore unknown alien ruins XA-10 (14 months/18 months)
-- [X] Action 5
--- [X] Explore unknown alien ruins XA-10 (18 months)
--- [X] Explore unknown alien ruins XA-11 (20 months)
-- [X] Action 6
--- [X] Explore unknown alien ruins XA-12 (21 months)
- [X] Research Action
-- [X] Action 1 + 2
--- [X] Analysis - Unknown Alien War Machines (2 years/2 years 20.6 months)
-- [X] Action 3 + 4
--- [X] Analysis - Advanced Materials Research Data (2 years/ 2 years 3.84 months)
-- [X] Action 5 + 6
--- [X] Analysis - Unknown Alien Genetic Engineering Data (2 years/2 years 3.84 months)
-- [X] Action 7
--- [X] Analysis - Unknown Alien War Machines (2 years 20.6 months)
--- [X] Analysis - Advanced Materials Research Data (2 years 3 months/2 years 3.84 months)
-- [X] Action 8
--- [X] Analysis - Advanced Materials Research Data (2 years 3.84 months)
--- [X] Analysis - Unknown Alien Genetic Engineering Data (2 years 3.84 months)
--- [X] Military Vessel Designs - Destroyers (9.6 months)
--- [X] Improved Corvette Maintenance Subroutines (8.1 months)
- [X] Faith Actions
-- [X] Pantheon Action
--- [X] Action 1
---- [X] Build Shrines of Forging (Repeatable) (1 year)
--- [X] Action 2 + 3 + 4
---- [X] Basic Refinement Rites (3 years)
--- [X] Action 5 + 6
---- [X] Basic Exorcism Rites (2 years)
-- [X] Psionic Action
--- [X] Action 1
---- [X] Psiolyte Training Programs (Can be repeated and assigned to multiple slots) (1 year)
--- [X] Action 2 + 3
---- [X] Basic Runecrafting Methods (2 years)
--- [X] Action 4 + 5
---- [X] Basic Formation Crafting Methods (2 years)
 
@Chaeronea

Went over your plan, and it is good, with the exception of the research and faith sections.

The way you alloted the actions to the slots is hurting my head, like, they won't complete in a single turn and lock the slots down for at least 2 turns. If you could organize e Research section's actions into something orderly, it would be good.

@Archon7

Your plan, by contrast, is strong on the latter two sections, but a bit less forceful on the first three.
 
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@Chaeronea

Went over your plan, and it is good, with the exception of the research and faith sections.

The way you alloted the actions to the slots is hurting my head, like, they won't complete in a single turn and lock the slots down for at least 2 turns.

I thought you said that if an action that took less than 12 months was allocated to a slot then another action could be allocated to a slot to use up the rest of the time in that slot.
 
@Chaeronea

I did, but tbh, you could have written the Research section in a more orderly manner.

And I still say that the research slots will be locked up for at least 2 turns by your plan. (Look at the times needed to complete some of the projects.)
 
@Chaeronea

I did, but tbh, you could have written the Research section in a more orderly manner.

And I still say that the research slots will be locked up for at least 2 turns by your plan. (Look at the times needed to complete some of the projects.)
I wrote the actions which took more than a year as a slot on their own, then I wrote the ones which would take less than a year and added the action which could be started in the remaining time. I'll go back and add headings for the individual actions.

I noticed that in Archon7's plan's Research section two slots would be spent on a single action which took 2 years - does this mean that is an action requiring 2 years to complete only gets allocated a single slot, does that mean the slot is taken up for this turn and the next turn as well?
 
@Chaeronea

No, if you use two slots on an action needing 2 years, what happens is that the action is completed within 1 turn, due to each slot doing 1 year (turn) worth of work. Similarly, if you put all eight slots on Unknown Alien Cosmocraft Designs, it would be finished in 2 turns (instead of 15 turns as per your plan).

However, if you assigned only one slot to the action, it would be spread over two years (turns). That is why I said your plan, while noting down the correct techs to research over the next 6-8 years, will have a bit of a stymying effect on the research machinery for some time.
 
I do like going hard on ship construction, so I was hoping the first plan could be edited to get the multiple turn problems sorted out.

We should pump out ships. That and anti-chaos stuff. We were warned.
 
Considering how slow everything is going, I am stretching the vote duration by 48-60 hours.

@Chaeronea

It seems there is some input for you to alter your plan somewhat.
 
@Gavran @silvershark Both of you have voted for Per Ardua ad Astra, which I appreciate, but as Zolarian01 has pointed out I've allocated 1 slot to each action, but most of the actions take multiple years so that will lock the slots for prolonged periods. I'm going to do up a new plan - Plan Per Ardua ad Astra II - to address this, just in case you want to vote for a different one.

@Zolarian01 I think I've got it now thanks to your explanation. I can figure out how to alter the plan, but after people have voted for it I think I should let them know so they've got the chance to make a choice.

How many Naval actions do we get? I'm assuming it's 3 actions because there are 3 shipyards. The Shipbuilding section mentions we can build a maximum of 15 ships, or5 per shipyard. Are they worked on simultaneously or one at a time?
 
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@Chaeronea

Good enough.

Currently, you have three shipyards, so in a way, you have three slots for shipbuilding.

Each shipyard can build 5 ships simultaneously.
 
So my updated plan......

[]Plan Per Ardua ad Astra II
-[X]Naval Actions (1 425 M minerals, 427.5 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Shipyard 1
---[X] Shipbuilding - Hunter Corvettes x5 (475 M minerals, 142.5 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Shipyard 2
---[X]Shipbuilding - Hunter Corvettes x5 (475 M minerals, 142.5 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Shipyard 3
---[X] Shipbuilding - Hunter Corvettes x5 (475 M minerals, 142.5 M nanomaterials)
-[X] Infrastructure Actions (5518.8 M minerals, 1 650.08 M nanomaterials
--[X]Major Actions 1-2 (20.4 months)
---[X]Build mining facilities in the Northern Dap'tarral Plateau (Phase 1) (1 250 M minerals, 375 M nanomaterials) [14 months / 7 months]
---[X]Build mining facilities in the Southern Dap'tarral Plateau (Phase 1) (1 300 M minerals, 390 M nanomaterials) [15.5 months / 8 months]
---[X]Build Dan'xenal mining facilities in the Nel'rannir Hills (500 M minerals, 135 M nanomaterials) [5.5 months / 2.8 months]
---[X]Build Dan'xenal mining facilities in the Kem'xarrok Valley (450 M minerals, 135 M nanomaterials) [5.2 months / 2.6 months]
--[X] Major Actions 3-4 (2 years 22.6 months)
---[X]Build orbital defense platform (450M minerls, 135 M nanomaterials) [23 months / 11.5 months]
---[X]Build orbital shipyard (492 M minerals, 147.6 M nanomaterials] [21.2 months / 10.6 months]
---[X]Restore and reactivate Facility XA-06 (4 950 M minerals, 1 485 M nanomaterials) [4 years 1 month / 2 years 0.5 months]
--[X]Minor Action 1
---[X] Build automated farm complexes x8 (86.4 M minerals, 23.04 M nanomaterials) [2.88 months each / 11.52 months]
--[X]Minor Action 2
---[X]Build exotic gas refineries x8 (86.4 M minerals, 23.04 M nanomaterials) [2.88 months / 11.52 months]
--[X] Minor Action 3
---[]X]Build nuclear breeder reactors x8 (86.4 M minerals, 23.04 M nanomaterials) [2.88 months / 11.52 months]
-[X}Archeology Actions (6.8 M minerals, 2.1 M nanomaterials)
--[X] Action 1-2
---[X]Analysis - Encrypted Files from XA-07 [2 years / 1 year]
--[X] Action 3-4
---[X]Explore unknown alien ruins XA-08 (Level 1) (2 M minerals, 0.6 M nanomaterials) [16 months / 8 months]
---[X]Explore unknown alien ruins XA-10 (1.4 M minerals, 0.42 M nanomaterials) [18 months / 9 months]
--[X] Action 5-6
-[X]Research Actions (2 721 M nanomaterials)
--[X]Actions 1-4 (3 yrs 18.6 months)
---[X]Analysis - Unknown Alien War Machines (96 M nanomaterials) [2 yrs 20.6 months / 11.15 months]
---[X]Military Vessel Designs - Destroyers (150 M nanomaterials) [9.6 months / 2.4 months]
---[X]Improved Corvette Maintenance Subroutines (225 M nanomaterials) [8.1 months / 2 months]
---[X]Improved Shipyard Maintenance Subroutines (150 M nanomaterials) [6.3 months / 1.6 months]
---[X]Analysis - Unknown Alien Cosmocraft Designs (700 M nanomaterials) [14 yrs 6.14 months / 3 yrs 1.507 months]
--[X] Actions 5-8
---[X]Analysis - Advanced Personal Combat Armor Data (200 M nanomaterials) [4 years 4 months / 1 year 1 months]
-[X]Faith Actions
--[X] Pantheon Actions 1-2
--[X]Basic Sanctification Rites [2 years / 1 year]
--[X]Pantheon Actions 3-4
---[X] Basic Exorcism Rites [2 years / 1 year]
--[X]Pantheon Actions 5-6
---[X]Basic Lunar Purification Rites [2 years / 1 year]
--[X] Psionic Actions 1-3
---[X][X]Basic Runecrafting Methods [2 years / 16 months]
---[X]Psiolyte Training Programs [1 year / 4 months]
---[X]Intermediate Wardcrafting Methods [3 years 6 months / 1 year 2 months] 1 yr 6 months
--[X] Psionic Actions 4-5
---[X]Basic Formation Crafting Methods [2 years / 1 year]

Resources Spent:
7 017 M minerals
4 792.68 M nanomaterials


I'll recalculate the resources used in the plan a bit later. It will be decreased though because I got rid of a lot of options in order to spend more slots per action to try to get the actions completed more quickly.

@Zolarian01 Can you please let me know if this plan is formatted correctly for you? Also how strict is the 12 month limits for completing an action in a single turn? For example I've got two slots allocated to the Research action for Unknown Alien Cosmonaut Designs which takes 7 yrs 3.07 months - that should take 8 turns, correct? If slots are freed up in later turns, can we sink them into actions already being researched in order to complete them earlier?

If I've calculated Psionic Actions 1-3 correctly the two Psiolyte Training Programs should be completed this turn and the slots will still be tied up this turn but the Intermediate Wardcrafting Methods should be completed next turn, but if I put Intermediate Wardcrafting Methods first then no options will be completed this turn and all will be completed next turn.
 
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