Attempting to Fulfill the Plan: GDI Edition
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- The Underdark
As of the end of Q4. I am working from my still being written results document. As of Q1 2053, you will have some 350 resources to work with for your plans.
They have not been unlocked yet, because your planners don't see the current need to bring them to your attention. Once you close a little bit more, that will start to change. Saarland is coming up mainly for the other things, and the extra processing space is a nice bonus. And it will be called Tiberium Processing Plant. These are not the same things as the Reclaimator hubs.
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- USA
I would like to be to at least 800 so that next plan we start off with 200 in income. On the flip side we need 24 more points of mitigation online over the next 4 turns (so 5 to 7 high mitigation projects) which does potentially limit what we can do with our tib dice. Need to see if we have an outpost phase 4 and if so how much progress that takes. 2 dice on redoubt gets us 4 mitigation and 5 of 30 R to hit 800 (because ugh our resource dice rolls even more so on glacier mining).
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- USA
We would need another red zone harvesting for the next glacier phase (after the one we can currently do) and I am coming around to doing a glacier during this plan except my concern over missing our mitigation target
Mitigation comes first of course but if we have Tib dice left over after getting like an 80% chance of 8 mitigation points then throwing dice at more income is probably a good idea. I don't really want to game the system and try to intentionally leave a glacier mine 20 points away from completion just before the budgeting cycle though, if we finish X income booster before then great more money for everyone, if we finish it after great more money for us, just keep plugging away at it and let the dice fall where they may.
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- in the trash
GDI InOps Briefing: Brotherhood of Nod (NOD) Leadership and other Individuals of Concern (Partial):
Basically a list of characters our QM can draw upon for potential Nod antagonists later on.
IRUEL
An enigmatic hacker responsible for dozens of high-profile cyberwarfare attacks and critical security breaches in the past; most people would know about them for their role in exposing the existence and purpose of the Australia liquid tiberium research facility following the 2034 explosion that devastated much of the continent, an incident that prompted international outrage and condemnation when it came to light. At the start of the Third Tiberium War, they were active in conducting electronic attacks on GDI military networks with potent viruses and seeded trojans, serving to further throw the initial response into chaos. Almost nothing is known about them other than the distinctive electronic signature they leave whenever they conduct an attack, as well as their unerring ability to penetrate even the most hardened of computer networks. It is unknown whether the handle represents a lone individual or a collection of individuals hiding behind a single online identity, although some rumours abound that they are actually an AI, possibly some fragment of CABAL repurposed into a dedicated cyberwarfare system. They have not known to be active since the tail end of the Third Tiberium War, but time will tell if this remains the case.
Threat: Moderate. While the danger posed by future cyberwarfare attacks remains a concern, little can be done except to shore up defensive countermeasures. The disruption of global communications has also limited potential attack vectors for now, though this will change as communications are restored.
Pierre-Jean Coultier
A dropout from the GDI Commando program (caused by a training injury that resulted in permanent loss of both legs) who disappeared into the Yellow Zones shortly before the start of the Third Tiberium War, Alvarado came to the attention of GDI InOps after GDI forces in Alberta (Northeastern Y-6) encountered a cell of Nod insurgents exhibiting an unusual level of skill and a concerningly in-depth knowledge of standard GDI infantry tactics, which was later revealed to come from Coultier acting as a trainer. Psych profiling indicates he exhibits a fanatical hatred of GDI that appears to have developed at some point during his time in the Commando training program. Since the end of the war, he has continued to be active in his efforts to train up and arm Nod cells against GDI, despite repeated attempts to locate and eliminate him.
Threat: High. Extremely belligerent and actively hostile against GDI with extensive knowledge of standard GDI tactics (albeit slightly outdated), priority target for elimination.
Sarala Chandran
A rising star in the ranks of the Nod priesthood, Confessor Chandran only came to the attention of GDI InOps recently; she does not appear to have been active until sometime near the end of the war. What makes her concerning is the level of charisma and zeal she exhibits, which has attracted a not-inconsiderable amount of followers in a remarkably short time. While a committed believer to Nod's core doctrine she has notably avoided making any overtly hostile gestures towards GDI, with most of her public sermons focusing on the need to recover from the wounds of the war. That said, this current stance appears to largely be borne out of pragmatism, and a running theme has been for her to caution that GDI cannot provide "spiritual salvation" for all its attempts at providing material aid.
Threat: Low. Is not actively advocating against GDI and her current influence remains relatively minor, but her rising star status may see that change in time.
"Jubal"
The alias of a leader of a fanatical breakaway sect of Nod that formed in the wake of the alien invasion. This sect's ideology is particularly unusual, espousing that the alien invaders are the true bringers of salvation and that we will ascend to join their ranks in time. Despite their antipathy towards mainstream Nod sects, they remain virulently hostile towards GDI due to our role in stopping the alien invaders. Despite their extreme and somewhat incoherent ideology they have had an unusual degree of success in attracting followers; possible links to alien "Mastermind" units?
Threat: Moderate. Hostility to GDI and extremist ideology means that any sort of long term rapprochement is impossible, but it may be possible to focus their attention against other Nod sects with the right approach.
Reina Alvarado
A notorious assassin and terrorist responsible for the deaths of multiple GDI politicians as well as at least seven confirmed terror bombings. Has previously demonstrated extreme proficiency in firearms, unarmed combat, bombmaking, infiltration, and guerrilla tactics. Believed to be a graduate of Nod's commando program, though such claims have proven impossible to confirm. During the Third Tiberium War, was known to have been an active combatant on the frontlines. Was believed to have been deceased due to lack of activity these past few years; however, recent intel indicates she may have merely been recuperating from wartime injuries.
Threat: Unknown. If still alive, would represent a serious threat in the event she was to resume active operations against GDI.
Zhao Yan-Ting
A Nod Warlord active in the Central Asian Yellow Zone (Y-1). Known veteran of the Third Tiberium War and one of the few high level commanders known to have survived throughout the conflict, formerly lieutenant to Warlord Gennady Andreev, who was killed during the initial alien invasion. During the Third Tiberium War, Warlord Andreev's forces proved extremely adept in using the hostile and vast terrain of the Yellow Zone to their advantage, denying engagements with GDI forces and only engaging where overwhelming local superiority favoured Nod. While such tactics allowed for a large degree of force preservation against GDI, the initial shock of the alien invasion appears to have inflicted an unknown number of casualties before they were able to go to ground. Active provision of assistance to the Marked of Kane (albeit largely limited to logistical support) suggests that Zhao remains loyal to Nod core leadership.
Threat: High. Survivor of the Third Tiberium War commanding an intact(?) force of Nod veterans; an accurate force estimate is impossible to compile due Nod doctrines of force obfuscation and lack of intel. Recent ascension means their position may be unstable and ripe for destabilization.
ACAMAS
Codename of a high level sleeper agent believed to have been seeded amongst the Qatar loyalists. InOps is unable to verify their existence; so far the only evidence has come from the recovery of several intercepted communiques during a raid on a Nod compound, which suggest they have managed to place themselves relatively high up in the GDI administration. Note that this may represent an attempt at deception by Nod to get GDI to enact a purge of the Qatar loyalists.
Threat: Unknown, but may represent a serious security breach if their existence is genuine.
The Moscow Reaper
Identity unknown, serial killer active in the Russian Yellow Zone. So far they have been responsible for the deaths of at least 8 GDI personnel since the start of reclamation efforts. This is presently believed to be the work of a single individual. Method of killing varies between victims, but most appear to have been taken by surprise, and all were found with their entrails arranged into the shape of a scorpion tail and their eyes gouged out. So far all of their attacks have been exclusively directed at GDI affiliated individuals.
Threat: Moderate to high. While the scope of their efforts is limited, priority should be given to catching them and preventing any further murders, due to the detrimental effects on morale.
An enigmatic hacker responsible for dozens of high-profile cyberwarfare attacks and critical security breaches in the past; most people would know about them for their role in exposing the existence and purpose of the Australia liquid tiberium research facility following the 2034 explosion that devastated much of the continent, an incident that prompted international outrage and condemnation when it came to light. At the start of the Third Tiberium War, they were active in conducting electronic attacks on GDI military networks with potent viruses and seeded trojans, serving to further throw the initial response into chaos. Almost nothing is known about them other than the distinctive electronic signature they leave whenever they conduct an attack, as well as their unerring ability to penetrate even the most hardened of computer networks. It is unknown whether the handle represents a lone individual or a collection of individuals hiding behind a single online identity, although some rumours abound that they are actually an AI, possibly some fragment of CABAL repurposed into a dedicated cyberwarfare system. They have not known to be active since the tail end of the Third Tiberium War, but time will tell if this remains the case.
Threat: Moderate. While the danger posed by future cyberwarfare attacks remains a concern, little can be done except to shore up defensive countermeasures. The disruption of global communications has also limited potential attack vectors for now, though this will change as communications are restored.
Pierre-Jean Coultier
A dropout from the GDI Commando program (caused by a training injury that resulted in permanent loss of both legs) who disappeared into the Yellow Zones shortly before the start of the Third Tiberium War, Alvarado came to the attention of GDI InOps after GDI forces in Alberta (Northeastern Y-6) encountered a cell of Nod insurgents exhibiting an unusual level of skill and a concerningly in-depth knowledge of standard GDI infantry tactics, which was later revealed to come from Coultier acting as a trainer. Psych profiling indicates he exhibits a fanatical hatred of GDI that appears to have developed at some point during his time in the Commando training program. Since the end of the war, he has continued to be active in his efforts to train up and arm Nod cells against GDI, despite repeated attempts to locate and eliminate him.
Threat: High. Extremely belligerent and actively hostile against GDI with extensive knowledge of standard GDI tactics (albeit slightly outdated), priority target for elimination.
Sarala Chandran
A rising star in the ranks of the Nod priesthood, Confessor Chandran only came to the attention of GDI InOps recently; she does not appear to have been active until sometime near the end of the war. What makes her concerning is the level of charisma and zeal she exhibits, which has attracted a not-inconsiderable amount of followers in a remarkably short time. While a committed believer to Nod's core doctrine she has notably avoided making any overtly hostile gestures towards GDI, with most of her public sermons focusing on the need to recover from the wounds of the war. That said, this current stance appears to largely be borne out of pragmatism, and a running theme has been for her to caution that GDI cannot provide "spiritual salvation" for all its attempts at providing material aid.
Threat: Low. Is not actively advocating against GDI and her current influence remains relatively minor, but her rising star status may see that change in time.
"Jubal"
The alias of a leader of a fanatical breakaway sect of Nod that formed in the wake of the alien invasion. This sect's ideology is particularly unusual, espousing that the alien invaders are the true bringers of salvation and that we will ascend to join their ranks in time. Despite their antipathy towards mainstream Nod sects, they remain virulently hostile towards GDI due to our role in stopping the alien invaders. Despite their extreme and somewhat incoherent ideology they have had an unusual degree of success in attracting followers; possible links to alien "Mastermind" units?
Threat: Moderate. Hostility to GDI and extremist ideology means that any sort of long term rapprochement is impossible, but it may be possible to focus their attention against other Nod sects with the right approach.
Reina Alvarado
A notorious assassin and terrorist responsible for the deaths of multiple GDI politicians as well as at least seven confirmed terror bombings. Has previously demonstrated extreme proficiency in firearms, unarmed combat, bombmaking, infiltration, and guerrilla tactics. Believed to be a graduate of Nod's commando program, though such claims have proven impossible to confirm. During the Third Tiberium War, was known to have been an active combatant on the frontlines. Was believed to have been deceased due to lack of activity these past few years; however, recent intel indicates she may have merely been recuperating from wartime injuries.
Threat: Unknown. If still alive, would represent a serious threat in the event she was to resume active operations against GDI.
Zhao Yan-Ting
A Nod Warlord active in the Central Asian Yellow Zone (Y-1). Known veteran of the Third Tiberium War and one of the few high level commanders known to have survived throughout the conflict, formerly lieutenant to Warlord Gennady Andreev, who was killed during the initial alien invasion. During the Third Tiberium War, Warlord Andreev's forces proved extremely adept in using the hostile and vast terrain of the Yellow Zone to their advantage, denying engagements with GDI forces and only engaging where overwhelming local superiority favoured Nod. While such tactics allowed for a large degree of force preservation against GDI, the initial shock of the alien invasion appears to have inflicted an unknown number of casualties before they were able to go to ground. Active provision of assistance to the Marked of Kane (albeit largely limited to logistical support) suggests that Zhao remains loyal to Nod core leadership.
Threat: High. Survivor of the Third Tiberium War commanding an intact(?) force of Nod veterans; an accurate force estimate is impossible to compile due Nod doctrines of force obfuscation and lack of intel. Recent ascension means their position may be unstable and ripe for destabilization.
ACAMAS
Codename of a high level sleeper agent believed to have been seeded amongst the Qatar loyalists. InOps is unable to verify their existence; so far the only evidence has come from the recovery of several intercepted communiques during a raid on a Nod compound, which suggest they have managed to place themselves relatively high up in the GDI administration. Note that this may represent an attempt at deception by Nod to get GDI to enact a purge of the Qatar loyalists.
Threat: Unknown, but may represent a serious security breach if their existence is genuine.
The Moscow Reaper
Identity unknown, serial killer active in the Russian Yellow Zone. So far they have been responsible for the deaths of at least 8 GDI personnel since the start of reclamation efforts. This is presently believed to be the work of a single individual. Method of killing varies between victims, but most appear to have been taken by surprise, and all were found with their entrails arranged into the shape of a scorpion tail and their eyes gouged out. So far all of their attacks have been exclusively directed at GDI affiliated individuals.
Threat: Moderate to high. While the scope of their efforts is limited, priority should be given to catching them and preventing any further murders, due to the detrimental effects on morale.
Basically a list of characters our QM can draw upon for potential Nod antagonists later on.
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- in the trash
GDI InOps Briefing: Other/Unaffiliated Individuals of Concern
Faizal Abbas
One of the high level Qatar defectors, formerly an expert Nod Tiberium engineer. Has provided invaluable assistance and expertise in establishing Red Zone harvesting efforts, but recent InOps probes suggest he may be a Nod sleeper agent seeded amongst the Qatar loyalists. Lack of conclusive evidence makes it impossible to convict or remove him, but further monitoring is recommended. Believed to still have family ties in the Yellow Zones, may represent a potential point of leverage by Nod.
Threat: Minimal.
Terrance Cho
A veteran GDI soldier whose career was cut short during the Battle of Sydney. Forced to retire from the military due to radiation injuries, he nonetheless managed to be one of the few survivors of that catastrophic battle, and has since chosen to go into politics. While it is extremely unlikely that he is affiliated with Nod in any way given the circumstances, his extreme xenophobic and anti-Yellow Zone sentiment has made him one of the harshest and most vocal critics of Director Granger's program of outreach. InOps concerns mainly center around him possibly being used as an unaware patsy by Nod agents in order to sabotage the current administration's goals.
(Why the fuck is his name even on this list, the man's a goddamned literal war hero, and you want to label him as a potential threat because he might not be 100% onboard with the current administration's policies? Well fuck you, and fuck Granger and his limp-wristed [REDACTED].)
Threat: None.
Faizal Abbas
One of the high level Qatar defectors, formerly an expert Nod Tiberium engineer. Has provided invaluable assistance and expertise in establishing Red Zone harvesting efforts, but recent InOps probes suggest he may be a Nod sleeper agent seeded amongst the Qatar loyalists. Lack of conclusive evidence makes it impossible to convict or remove him, but further monitoring is recommended. Believed to still have family ties in the Yellow Zones, may represent a potential point of leverage by Nod.
Threat: Minimal.
Terrance Cho
A veteran GDI soldier whose career was cut short during the Battle of Sydney. Forced to retire from the military due to radiation injuries, he nonetheless managed to be one of the few survivors of that catastrophic battle, and has since chosen to go into politics. While it is extremely unlikely that he is affiliated with Nod in any way given the circumstances, his extreme xenophobic and anti-Yellow Zone sentiment has made him one of the harshest and most vocal critics of Director Granger's program of outreach. InOps concerns mainly center around him possibly being used as an unaware patsy by Nod agents in order to sabotage the current administration's goals.
Threat: None.
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- New York
We require additional security reviews.
Two big priorities. Once the chip crisis is resolved with the next stage of the Boston Chip plant, we should perform a review of the military bureau to clear it of Nod tampering that we had to tolerate due to a lack of replacement chips. We have opened a new tiberium research lab and its importance has greatly increased with the loss of the Tacitus. We should sweep the tiberium bureau to discover any new infiltrators and if any Qatar defectors are having second thoughts about joining GDI. We cannot allow Nod to sabotage our tiberium research efforts.
Secondary priorities
We should sweep the infrastructure bureau as well because it has been a while since the last review, Nod infiltrators may try to sabotage construction of the terminus cities and fortress towns, and there is the possibility of more mundane corruption occurring in the massive construction programs. The agriculture bureau should be reviewed as Nod had previously sabotaged and stolen food from it and we should avoid a repeat.
Two big priorities. Once the chip crisis is resolved with the next stage of the Boston Chip plant, we should perform a review of the military bureau to clear it of Nod tampering that we had to tolerate due to a lack of replacement chips. We have opened a new tiberium research lab and its importance has greatly increased with the loss of the Tacitus. We should sweep the tiberium bureau to discover any new infiltrators and if any Qatar defectors are having second thoughts about joining GDI. We cannot allow Nod to sabotage our tiberium research efforts.
Secondary priorities
We should sweep the infrastructure bureau as well because it has been a while since the last review, Nod infiltrators may try to sabotage construction of the terminus cities and fortress towns, and there is the possibility of more mundane corruption occurring in the massive construction programs. The agriculture bureau should be reviewed as Nod had previously sabotaged and stolen food from it and we should avoid a repeat.
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Q4 2052 Results
- Location
- The Underdark
Results Q4 2052
GDI Online Q4 2052
Schools Thread Episode XVII: Return of the Schools
Edward Kirk
Well, I am back with another announcement. The High Schools are Back! One more step to having a functional society. I don't have a kid who is going, but am expecting to go and teach, at least part time, once my local is in session. Mostly going to be teaching history, focusing on the 20th century in the developing world. Not something most of the kids are going to care much for, but I will be doing my best.
The days are going to be long though. Looking like they will run a pretty similar schedule to the Primaries, just with one less hour of PE, and an extra block at the end for more subjects. Still, better to have the kids doing something, rather than finding something for themselves to do.
Fireofunknown origin:
It's good to see our education systems getting back on it's feet. Though I wasn't lucky or unlucky enough to get an army brand education so I am still waiting for some of the technical colleges to come back personally but I am curious if there is anyway I could help, currently working as an apprentice in a small garage.
Stralyan1998
I'm all for more education, but tbh sometimes I think having kids just finding something to do for themselves is severely underrated. I hope they will at least get a decently sized vacation where they will get to just be kids.
Piryana240
I'm grateful that my son can finally get back into school-the local Blue Zone schools never shut down, but they were emphasizing 'higher performing' students ever since we lost two of the school buildings to aliens! I can't believe that it took so long to fix this problem, my boy was never the best student, but now he's missed three whole years of school. I understand things have been hard, but between the lack of food in the shops and the lack of anything else and this, it's been a very trying time for a single mother with limited income.
Bicycles0-0
So, now I get to tease my big sister about going back to school. Turnabout is fair play! (I learned about that phrase last week.) Oh no here shecomes
Fireofunknownorigin
@Stralyan1998
"I'm all for more education, but tbh sometimes I think having kids just finding something to do for themselves is severely underrated. I hope they will at least get a decently sized vacation where they will get to just be kids."
I understand where you are coming from it all depends on what the end goal for the education is but food for thought the Noddie preachers rely on the kiddos being under educated to spread their BS. you either get your education from papa hawk or creepy uncle scorpion and the uncle is promising far more than just knowledge many of which he cannot really provide.
Stralyan1998
@Fireofunknownorigin
Yeah that's a good point. Ugh, fucking NOD ruining everything as usual.
NowJustTired
Well, now I'm actually a PE teacher instead of "that guy who tries to keep the kids from breaking ankles while they play ball." Which basically means we actually have defined rules, better equipment, and fewer shell-craters on the playing field. I'll take it!
Ormonde2020
I'll be teaching Physics and Tech Graph which is pretty great, since they were my favourite school subjects growing up. Its going to be weird going back to school as a teacher though, I still sometimes have dreams and nightmares of being back there as a student and it's been decades, haha
AccomplishingProvidence
As far as concerns about "kids being kids", from everything available to the public (which seems to be all schedules, lesson plans, textbooks, and the like) we are seeing children at all levels being given the space to play as well as learn. This is unquestionably a positive step. Furthermore, for those in their teenage years, non-PE time is likely to be more enjoyable and productive anyway. From what I've seen, there are several options in the midst of the more traditional class blocks for students to engage in peer group activities. Things like chess, journalism, art, and so on that we know we can trust teenagers, on the averaged whole, to use genuinely and productively. Teenagers can be a bit rambunctious, but they will surprise you with how thoughtful and responsible they can be.
I would caution against the simplified idea that it's the "uneducated" people who turn to the Brotherhood of NOD, @fireofunknownorigin. While there's elements of truth to that, history has proven that NOD has plenty of intelligent, educated members in its ranks. Simplifying people's reasons down to "they're dumb and have creepy relatives who convince them" is a dangerous path. I'm not saying that you, specifically, bear any sort of large biases here, but that sort of rhetoric has long been in use by the more...militant...members of GDI to justify authoritarian measures. It is clear that it's not an angle that Director Granger has chosen, which is laudable. Whenever people try to simplify the factors behind whether someone joins GDI or NOD, there's always a few bits of complicated reality that poke holes in those theories.
Resources: 350 + 0 in reserve (45 currently allocated to other departments)
Political Support: 65
Free Dice: 5
Tiberium Spread
14.36 Blue Zone
31.50 Yellow Zone (51 points of mitigation)
54.14 Red Zone (21 points of mitigation)
Current Economic Issues:
Housing: Sufficient but low quality (=) (++++ in refugee camps)
Energy: Substantial Surpluses (++++)
Logistics: Marginal Surpluses (+++ +)
Food: Sufficient production, inefficiencies in distribution (++)
Health: Substantially improved (+++)
Capital Goods: Massive Shortfalls (---- --- --) (collapse in 4-7 quarters)
Consumer Goods: Titanic Shortages (------)
Labor: Gargantuan Surpluses (120)
Status of the Parties
(strong support, weak support, weak opposition, strong opposition)
Free Market Party: 19 Seats (2; 2; 6; 9)
Hawks: 31 Seats (3; 7; 16: 4)
United Yellow List: 10 Seats (7; 2; 1; 0)
Independents: 7 Seats (0; 4; 2; 1)
Developmentalists: 53 Seats (32; 18; 3; 0)
Political Working Group Reports
Military
Currently the military has been focusing on the Siberian counterattack and other conflicts around the world. While the ongoing conflicts have brought up a number of interesting holes in the Initiative's arsenal, the military primarily desires more hardware at this time to replace losses, and ensure continuing superiority in weight of metal. While new developments would be welcome, at this time they are not the priority.
Welfare
Currently, welfare programs are well in hand, and there are few new demands and desires. Many are looking forward to reallocation to ensure that there is enough funding for the entitlement spending that GDI has promised its people.
[ ] Run of River Campaigns
While subject to seasonal flooding and droughts, Run of River dams and hydro plants can serve as a safe means of producing power, without the security concerns of high dams. Even though they are not as substantial a power source as additional nuclear reactors, they are a substantially easier system to create, and require far less maintenance.
(Progress 259/200: 10 resources per die) (- Labor +++ Energy)
Around the world, run of river dams have begun to be brought online as turbines become available. While the immediate result has been taking nuclear plants built during the Third Tiberium War offline for more intensive inspections and refurbishments, they will be coming online as new factories require additional power. More broadly, the additional power supply is sustainable, and relatively hard to take out, a substantial comfort to many who remember the rolling blackouts of just two years ago. While not a properly hardened power supply, they are much lower profile than the nuclear plants, hopefully allowing them to be left mostly intact in the case of future conflicts in the Blue Zones. While there are more rivers, and more potential energy that can be tapped, most of the available good options are either in use, or being used for some other project.
[ ] Rail Link Reconstruction (Phase 1)
Heavy combat & reconcentration of resources and manpower away from the rail linkages that connected Blue Zones to each other saw these facilities heavily damaged through destruction or simple neglect during the Third Tiberium War. Reconnection of these facilities to each other will be a significant step in the process of reconstruction. Development Party strongly desire this. (Progress 340/300: 20 Resources per die) (+++ Logistics)
Primary rail links between the blue zones, such as the B1-B5 primary line, the B2-B16-B11 Triangular line, and the B7-B16 coastal line, have finally finished construction. Lined with turrets and sonic projectors, the rail links are well protected from the Brotherhood's attacks. While many blue zones are better connected by sea and air, trains form a substantial third leg, carrying heavy cargoes and masses of passengers between the zones. With the completion of many of these links, there are two major advantages for the Initiative. First is that local Yellow Zones can be more effectively tied into the broader transit networks across the world, and second, more air assets can be transferred to lower throughput options, offering far easier support to less geographically suited areas. A more localized win was the connection of Blue Zone 18 to Blue Zones 7 and 16, turning one of the most isolated areas into one that can substantially rely on the other two regions, a result of Cherdenko's victory and the heroic efforts of civilian construction teams.
Future programs are likely to focus on expanding these connections, and adding additional secondary lines to improve linkages within the blue zones, and link emergent Yellow Zone industrial areas with Blue and Yellow zone consumers.
[ ] North Boston Chip Fabrication (Phase 3)
GDI's newest Chip Fabricator is ready to enter full scale production. While this will begin to require substantial amounts of energy, it will also provide much of the capital goods required to begin replacing old equipment and bringing online projects like the Zone Armors currently being stockpiled for a lack of chips. It will also begin outputting some substantial amounts of consumer goods with supplies that are not immediately needed. While it will not fully fix the Capital goods crisis, it will solve the chips crisis in the immediate term.
(Progress 474/600: 15 resources per die) ( ++++ Capital Goods +++ Consumer Goods -- Labor --- Energy)
Progress has continued in the construction of the North Boston Complex. In this quarter, in addition to producing additional general computing elements, the expansion has created the lines for various specialized controllers. While most of the production of these chip fabricators is and will always be generalized computing hardware, there are substantial numbers of systems that require more dedicated hardware. The most common of these are motion controllers, used for everything from a harvester's arms, to Computerized Numerical Control, to assembly machines on the production lines that keep GDI's industrial might running. While at this time the finishing machines have not yet been installed, they are on site, and with a final push, the initiative's efforts to supply its industrial needs can take a substantial step forward.
[ ] Blue Zone Perimeter Redoubts (Phase 3)
A final wave of redoubts, primarily closer to the perimeter fence will both thicken the line as forward bases leapfrog each other as Tiberium sites are harvested, and future proof positions as the line begins to extend, both along the coasts and the interior. While in the future there are likely to be further phases of redoubts as the lines of the Blue Zones expand, the time to begin assembling them is not today.
(Progress 138/200: 20 resources per die) (small additional income trickle [5 Resources]) (4 points of yellow zone mitigation)
While the final wave of redoubts has been constructed, there is the other problem, moving the redoubts forward. Already, many of the rear line redoubts are out of position for best coverage, and do not have easy access to local tiberium fields. To fix this, a permanent allocation of transport assets is required. While it will certainly not be substantial enough to even put a dent in the Initiative's transport capacity, dragging the units out of their existing allocations has proved more difficult than expected, and existing production has weeks of backlog to get through from the outpost requirement, and will require further resource expenditure to acquire.
[ ] Blue Zone Perimeter Outposts (Phase 3)
With the first wave of outposts completed, further work needs to be done. There are two key parts to this. First is moving forward, a creeping line of outposts moving deeper into yellow zones, especially aiming to link up to Harvesting operations deeper into the yellow zones. Both will require a further wave of new construction, and reinforcements, especially as many of the easily secured areas are behind the lines by this point.
(Progress 211/150: 20 resources per die) (small additional income trickle [5 Resources]) (5 points of Yellow Zone Mitigation)
The expansion of the outposts however has gone much better. The allocation of additional transport assets, primarily V-35s, has allowed many of the rear line to be moved forward, leapfrogging existing positions to more efficient locations, and a further wave of construction has filled in gaps created by the expanding lines. While even these forward lines are only as far as the edges of the prewar blue zones, current estimates indicate that on average the Blue Zones are slated to expand. The next, and final, step is an expansion of the transport assets provided to the outposts, both to ensure that they are better supplied, and more importantly, to ensure their continued movement ever deeper into the yellow zones. While much of this will be eaten up by the allocation of artillery to these outposts, it should ensure that at least some fresh food is regularly available to the garrisons of even the most far flung outposts.
[ ] Red Zone Tiberium Harvesting (Phase 3)
The advent of Tiberium Glacier Mining has substantially changed the mission of the Red zone Tiberium Harvesting efforts. Rather than attempting to string long thin lines around the perimeter, Red Zone Mining has shifted focus toward more narrow and deep deployments, securing a region from NOD attack before bringing in heavy mining equipment. While the new approach brings roughly the same amount of abatement progress, it is a substantial change in doctrine. (Progress 245/150: 25 resources per die) (additional income trickle [10-20 Resources]) (1 point of Red Zone Mitigation)
Substantial progress has been made on two major fronts. First is the finalization of the work begun before the attack of the Marked, focusing on finishing the protections for the rail line running through the asiatic red zone. The second has been attacking the South American Red zone, which has not yet reached the positions for the next phase to be called complete. With Initiative planning looking ever more towards the Red Zones as the next crisis area, GDI's planners have begun looking towards more ambitious and comprehensive solutions rather than the construction of more rounds of red zone basing. While fencing campaigns are an easy first step, the harvesting operations are likely to see diversification, not just to support ongoing glacier mines, but also to support other operations both in and around the global Red Zones.
[ ] Experimental Tiberium Treatment Labs
The first stage in making use of new methods of Tiberium exposure treatment is the establishment of a series of new labs to handle the material safely. The key element is a series of negative pressure rooms, designed to contain any potential outbreak. Additionally, all staff are required to wear positive pressure suits, and all outgoing materials must be thoroughly sterilized and decontaminated before exiting. There are also a series of sonic fences between labs, another attempt to control any potential outbreak. While this may seem paranoid, Tiberium is one of the most dangerous substances known to man, and bioactivated Tiberium is the most dangerous form of that.
(Progress 108/100: 20 resources per die)
The Tiberium Age, like the Industrial one before it, brought with it a host of new diseases. Many fall under what is commonly known as "Rock Lung" a painful cough, progressing towards bloody phlegm, internal bleeding, and eventually death. There are a few major causes. The most common is the inhalation of Tiberium dust, but can also be caused by inhalation of liquid droplets or gas phase Tiberium. While the former two are heavy, and tend to not stay in the air long, the last one can at times. Usually a side effect of Tiberium Mining, it is a chronic problem, especially for people without the resources to provide high grade filtration or enclosed rebreather systems. It is also one of the diseases that existing measures have often struggled against. While an infestation of Tiberium crystals in the hands, feet, or other body parts can usually be surgically extracted, or an amputation performed, Tiberium in the lungs is a substantially more difficult problem. Before the war, the best option was precision sonics, however these only slowed the spread, and were themselves extremely painful. The new treatment labs, now staffed to sufficient (although far from plentiful) levels, have targeted this as their inaugural treatment project. While results are not expected soon, it is a sign that problems endemic to the yellow zones will see substantial investment from GDI's scientific establishment.
[ ] Secondary Schooling
With primary schools once again open, GDI needs to massively expand its educational investments and reconstruction. New secondary schools will prepare people for work and further education, a required step towards preparing a long term educated population. While secondary schooling is not going to be the only means of education available, it is intended to be the main pipeline.
(Progress 335/300: 5 Resources per die) (--- Labor) (5 Political Support)
Secondary schooling, much like primary schooling, has long days. A typical high schooler has eight hour long classes. Usually, a high schooler will take four years of history, mathematics, english, a second language, and shop/physical education classes. The other three subjects are determined by the high schooler, from an array of electives, intended to specialize the student towards a profession. Each week is split into two groups. Three standard days, typically Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and two Block days, usually Tuesday and Thursday. The block days have half as many classes, but double length periods, intended for larger projects, and activities. While at this time, few schools are fully appointed with computers, or all of the tooling needed for their workshops, those can be solved with time, and continued investments into improving the overall capital goods situation. While even this expansion is not truly a universal education program, and it is certainly not enough to fully prepare people for work in modern industries and services, it is a large step forward. One of the key problems is in finding enough teachers for the Yellow Zone schools. Most well qualified teachers view the newly built programs as uncertain, risky, and potentially damaging to their job prospects. While this will inherently lead to continued stratification, it does bring the Yellow Zones closer than they have in a long time to the standard of the rest of the world. The other problem is that it is not really a full preparation for work. While there are certainly a wide array of jobs that can be done with nothing more than a secondary education, many more are specialized, and require further educational development. In light of this, many industrial and service programs have already begun looking at some form of apprenticeship as GDI looks towards an aging educated population, although most have every confidence that the Treasury will ensure that the tertiary education and other programs are funded in the near future.
[ ] Orbital Strike Regimental Combat Team Development
Derived off of ZOCOM, the Orbital Strike regiment is intended to give Space Command a significant striking capability. Rather than relying exclusively on surface garrisons, Orbital Strike RCT will be able to deliver overwhelming force to any location on the planet in a matter of hours, depending on the relation between the target area and a stationed unit. (Progress 53/75: 15 resources per die)
The development of the Orbital Strike Combat team relies on having the ability to deliver reentry capable drop pods that can carry a fully combat loaded vehicle into battle. Without that capability, the entire project is doomed. And that is where the problems this quarter began. In initial testing, using scrapped combat vehicles, no vehicle was able to both survive reentry, and land with even the most basic systems intact. Impact reports are a listing of popped tires, bent track, and litanies of shattered optics and sensor systems. The key issue is the suicide burn. The core technique of all drop pods, a suicide burn is a last minute high intensity burn designed to bring the pod to a gentle enough landing in the shortest distance possible, minimizing the threat window of any anti aircraft armaments. While the teams will continue working on this, it seems likely that any drop maneuver will have to accept a lengthy final run, and potentially require either separate crew pods, or specially modified equipment to finalize the project.
[ ] Field Artillery Rollout
GDI's new field artillery pieces are ready to begin rollout. With most of the tubes being used in various equipment already, the primary problems are optics, mountings, and positions. A series of smaller factories are needed to turn the pieces into fieldable equipment, primarily giving them gun shields, optics mountings, mechanical fire control computers, and similar equipment before shipping to outposts around the world.
(Progress 195/150: 10 Resources per die)
GDI's rollout of field artillery pieces has been extremely rapid. Multiple battalions were ready for Operation Dawn Star, and many more have been dispatched around the world. However, the full deployment, especially for the light and heavy pieces, is almost certainly to be the work of years, not months. This is due to two major factors. First, artillery is relatively easy to operate, especially with computer assistance. This has meant that the Initiative Ground Forces command wants thousands of these pieces to equip nearly every outpost and holding outside of the blue zones, and many inside, generating a massive scope to the project. The second is a more transitory problem. While there are more than sufficient tubes for the 152mm gun coming off the production lines now that railgun rollouts have been fully authorized, the 120mm and 203mm guns are still in widespread use, and there is not enough surplus production capacity to fill demand at this time, especially with the immediate need for replacement barrels due to military operations.
[ ] Forgotten Band Outreach
As Tiberium harvesting operations look to expand operations in the deep Yellow and Red Zones, one group that is likely to become important is the Forgotten. While they have become less of a unified nation and more of a collection of scattered tribes and bands after the Second Tiberium War. However, many of them are still capable of offering significant resistance, or substantial aid in our harvesting operations. By reaching out and offering aid, and support, the worst of any potential conflict can hopefully be avoided. (DC unknown, results unknown) (241)
When GDI officers started looking for the Forgotten, the Forgotten were there. Finding them proved to be the easy part however. While some Forgotten bands are already ready to come in from the cold, others are far less trusting, and have wide ranging demands, oftentimes looking for effective, if not absolute independence of action, and substantial concessions from the Initiative for harvesting in their areas. However, as the Initiative has been able to bring together the largest bands for a conference, prospects are good for a long term alliance. In the tradition established before the Second Tiberium War, GDI must bring in all who are willing to work together for the good of earth, and its peoples.
*Next Update will be a two parter, with the Conference, and the Turn*
GDI Online Q4 2052
Schools Thread Episode XVII: Return of the Schools
Edward Kirk
Well, I am back with another announcement. The High Schools are Back! One more step to having a functional society. I don't have a kid who is going, but am expecting to go and teach, at least part time, once my local is in session. Mostly going to be teaching history, focusing on the 20th century in the developing world. Not something most of the kids are going to care much for, but I will be doing my best.
The days are going to be long though. Looking like they will run a pretty similar schedule to the Primaries, just with one less hour of PE, and an extra block at the end for more subjects. Still, better to have the kids doing something, rather than finding something for themselves to do.
Fireofunknown origin:
It's good to see our education systems getting back on it's feet. Though I wasn't lucky or unlucky enough to get an army brand education so I am still waiting for some of the technical colleges to come back personally but I am curious if there is anyway I could help, currently working as an apprentice in a small garage.
Stralyan1998
I'm all for more education, but tbh sometimes I think having kids just finding something to do for themselves is severely underrated. I hope they will at least get a decently sized vacation where they will get to just be kids.
Piryana240
I'm grateful that my son can finally get back into school-the local Blue Zone schools never shut down, but they were emphasizing 'higher performing' students ever since we lost two of the school buildings to aliens! I can't believe that it took so long to fix this problem, my boy was never the best student, but now he's missed three whole years of school. I understand things have been hard, but between the lack of food in the shops and the lack of anything else and this, it's been a very trying time for a single mother with limited income.
Bicycles0-0
So, now I get to tease my big sister about going back to school. Turnabout is fair play! (I learned about that phrase last week.) Oh no here shecomes
Fireofunknownorigin
@Stralyan1998
"I'm all for more education, but tbh sometimes I think having kids just finding something to do for themselves is severely underrated. I hope they will at least get a decently sized vacation where they will get to just be kids."
I understand where you are coming from it all depends on what the end goal for the education is but food for thought the Noddie preachers rely on the kiddos being under educated to spread their BS. you either get your education from papa hawk or creepy uncle scorpion and the uncle is promising far more than just knowledge many of which he cannot really provide.
Stralyan1998
@Fireofunknownorigin
Yeah that's a good point. Ugh, fucking NOD ruining everything as usual.
NowJustTired
Well, now I'm actually a PE teacher instead of "that guy who tries to keep the kids from breaking ankles while they play ball." Which basically means we actually have defined rules, better equipment, and fewer shell-craters on the playing field. I'll take it!
Ormonde2020
I'll be teaching Physics and Tech Graph which is pretty great, since they were my favourite school subjects growing up. Its going to be weird going back to school as a teacher though, I still sometimes have dreams and nightmares of being back there as a student and it's been decades, haha
AccomplishingProvidence
As far as concerns about "kids being kids", from everything available to the public (which seems to be all schedules, lesson plans, textbooks, and the like) we are seeing children at all levels being given the space to play as well as learn. This is unquestionably a positive step. Furthermore, for those in their teenage years, non-PE time is likely to be more enjoyable and productive anyway. From what I've seen, there are several options in the midst of the more traditional class blocks for students to engage in peer group activities. Things like chess, journalism, art, and so on that we know we can trust teenagers, on the averaged whole, to use genuinely and productively. Teenagers can be a bit rambunctious, but they will surprise you with how thoughtful and responsible they can be.
I would caution against the simplified idea that it's the "uneducated" people who turn to the Brotherhood of NOD, @fireofunknownorigin. While there's elements of truth to that, history has proven that NOD has plenty of intelligent, educated members in its ranks. Simplifying people's reasons down to "they're dumb and have creepy relatives who convince them" is a dangerous path. I'm not saying that you, specifically, bear any sort of large biases here, but that sort of rhetoric has long been in use by the more...militant...members of GDI to justify authoritarian measures. It is clear that it's not an angle that Director Granger has chosen, which is laudable. Whenever people try to simplify the factors behind whether someone joins GDI or NOD, there's always a few bits of complicated reality that poke holes in those theories.
Resources: 350 + 0 in reserve (45 currently allocated to other departments)
Political Support: 65
Free Dice: 5
Tiberium Spread
14.36 Blue Zone
31.50 Yellow Zone (51 points of mitigation)
54.14 Red Zone (21 points of mitigation)
Current Economic Issues:
Housing: Sufficient but low quality (=) (++++ in refugee camps)
Energy: Substantial Surpluses (++++)
Logistics: Marginal Surpluses (+++ +)
Food: Sufficient production, inefficiencies in distribution (++)
Health: Substantially improved (+++)
Capital Goods: Massive Shortfalls (---- --- --) (collapse in 4-7 quarters)
Consumer Goods: Titanic Shortages (------)
Labor: Gargantuan Surpluses (120)
Status of the Parties
(strong support, weak support, weak opposition, strong opposition)
Free Market Party: 19 Seats (2; 2; 6; 9)
Hawks: 31 Seats (3; 7; 16: 4)
United Yellow List: 10 Seats (7; 2; 1; 0)
Independents: 7 Seats (0; 4; 2; 1)
Developmentalists: 53 Seats (32; 18; 3; 0)
Political Working Group Reports
Military
Currently the military has been focusing on the Siberian counterattack and other conflicts around the world. While the ongoing conflicts have brought up a number of interesting holes in the Initiative's arsenal, the military primarily desires more hardware at this time to replace losses, and ensure continuing superiority in weight of metal. While new developments would be welcome, at this time they are not the priority.
Welfare
Currently, welfare programs are well in hand, and there are few new demands and desires. Many are looking forward to reallocation to ensure that there is enough funding for the entitlement spending that GDI has promised its people.
[ ] Run of River Campaigns
While subject to seasonal flooding and droughts, Run of River dams and hydro plants can serve as a safe means of producing power, without the security concerns of high dams. Even though they are not as substantial a power source as additional nuclear reactors, they are a substantially easier system to create, and require far less maintenance.
(Progress 259/200: 10 resources per die) (- Labor +++ Energy)
Around the world, run of river dams have begun to be brought online as turbines become available. While the immediate result has been taking nuclear plants built during the Third Tiberium War offline for more intensive inspections and refurbishments, they will be coming online as new factories require additional power. More broadly, the additional power supply is sustainable, and relatively hard to take out, a substantial comfort to many who remember the rolling blackouts of just two years ago. While not a properly hardened power supply, they are much lower profile than the nuclear plants, hopefully allowing them to be left mostly intact in the case of future conflicts in the Blue Zones. While there are more rivers, and more potential energy that can be tapped, most of the available good options are either in use, or being used for some other project.
[ ] Rail Link Reconstruction (Phase 1)
Heavy combat & reconcentration of resources and manpower away from the rail linkages that connected Blue Zones to each other saw these facilities heavily damaged through destruction or simple neglect during the Third Tiberium War. Reconnection of these facilities to each other will be a significant step in the process of reconstruction. Development Party strongly desire this. (Progress 340/300: 20 Resources per die) (+++ Logistics)
Primary rail links between the blue zones, such as the B1-B5 primary line, the B2-B16-B11 Triangular line, and the B7-B16 coastal line, have finally finished construction. Lined with turrets and sonic projectors, the rail links are well protected from the Brotherhood's attacks. While many blue zones are better connected by sea and air, trains form a substantial third leg, carrying heavy cargoes and masses of passengers between the zones. With the completion of many of these links, there are two major advantages for the Initiative. First is that local Yellow Zones can be more effectively tied into the broader transit networks across the world, and second, more air assets can be transferred to lower throughput options, offering far easier support to less geographically suited areas. A more localized win was the connection of Blue Zone 18 to Blue Zones 7 and 16, turning one of the most isolated areas into one that can substantially rely on the other two regions, a result of Cherdenko's victory and the heroic efforts of civilian construction teams.
Future programs are likely to focus on expanding these connections, and adding additional secondary lines to improve linkages within the blue zones, and link emergent Yellow Zone industrial areas with Blue and Yellow zone consumers.
[ ] North Boston Chip Fabrication (Phase 3)
GDI's newest Chip Fabricator is ready to enter full scale production. While this will begin to require substantial amounts of energy, it will also provide much of the capital goods required to begin replacing old equipment and bringing online projects like the Zone Armors currently being stockpiled for a lack of chips. It will also begin outputting some substantial amounts of consumer goods with supplies that are not immediately needed. While it will not fully fix the Capital goods crisis, it will solve the chips crisis in the immediate term.
(Progress 474/600: 15 resources per die) ( ++++ Capital Goods +++ Consumer Goods -- Labor --- Energy)
Progress has continued in the construction of the North Boston Complex. In this quarter, in addition to producing additional general computing elements, the expansion has created the lines for various specialized controllers. While most of the production of these chip fabricators is and will always be generalized computing hardware, there are substantial numbers of systems that require more dedicated hardware. The most common of these are motion controllers, used for everything from a harvester's arms, to Computerized Numerical Control, to assembly machines on the production lines that keep GDI's industrial might running. While at this time the finishing machines have not yet been installed, they are on site, and with a final push, the initiative's efforts to supply its industrial needs can take a substantial step forward.
[ ] Blue Zone Perimeter Redoubts (Phase 3)
A final wave of redoubts, primarily closer to the perimeter fence will both thicken the line as forward bases leapfrog each other as Tiberium sites are harvested, and future proof positions as the line begins to extend, both along the coasts and the interior. While in the future there are likely to be further phases of redoubts as the lines of the Blue Zones expand, the time to begin assembling them is not today.
(Progress 138/200: 20 resources per die) (small additional income trickle [5 Resources]) (4 points of yellow zone mitigation)
While the final wave of redoubts has been constructed, there is the other problem, moving the redoubts forward. Already, many of the rear line redoubts are out of position for best coverage, and do not have easy access to local tiberium fields. To fix this, a permanent allocation of transport assets is required. While it will certainly not be substantial enough to even put a dent in the Initiative's transport capacity, dragging the units out of their existing allocations has proved more difficult than expected, and existing production has weeks of backlog to get through from the outpost requirement, and will require further resource expenditure to acquire.
[ ] Blue Zone Perimeter Outposts (Phase 3)
With the first wave of outposts completed, further work needs to be done. There are two key parts to this. First is moving forward, a creeping line of outposts moving deeper into yellow zones, especially aiming to link up to Harvesting operations deeper into the yellow zones. Both will require a further wave of new construction, and reinforcements, especially as many of the easily secured areas are behind the lines by this point.
(Progress 211/150: 20 resources per die) (small additional income trickle [5 Resources]) (5 points of Yellow Zone Mitigation)
The expansion of the outposts however has gone much better. The allocation of additional transport assets, primarily V-35s, has allowed many of the rear line to be moved forward, leapfrogging existing positions to more efficient locations, and a further wave of construction has filled in gaps created by the expanding lines. While even these forward lines are only as far as the edges of the prewar blue zones, current estimates indicate that on average the Blue Zones are slated to expand. The next, and final, step is an expansion of the transport assets provided to the outposts, both to ensure that they are better supplied, and more importantly, to ensure their continued movement ever deeper into the yellow zones. While much of this will be eaten up by the allocation of artillery to these outposts, it should ensure that at least some fresh food is regularly available to the garrisons of even the most far flung outposts.
[ ] Red Zone Tiberium Harvesting (Phase 3)
The advent of Tiberium Glacier Mining has substantially changed the mission of the Red zone Tiberium Harvesting efforts. Rather than attempting to string long thin lines around the perimeter, Red Zone Mining has shifted focus toward more narrow and deep deployments, securing a region from NOD attack before bringing in heavy mining equipment. While the new approach brings roughly the same amount of abatement progress, it is a substantial change in doctrine. (Progress 245/150: 25 resources per die) (additional income trickle [10-20 Resources]) (1 point of Red Zone Mitigation)
Substantial progress has been made on two major fronts. First is the finalization of the work begun before the attack of the Marked, focusing on finishing the protections for the rail line running through the asiatic red zone. The second has been attacking the South American Red zone, which has not yet reached the positions for the next phase to be called complete. With Initiative planning looking ever more towards the Red Zones as the next crisis area, GDI's planners have begun looking towards more ambitious and comprehensive solutions rather than the construction of more rounds of red zone basing. While fencing campaigns are an easy first step, the harvesting operations are likely to see diversification, not just to support ongoing glacier mines, but also to support other operations both in and around the global Red Zones.
[ ] Experimental Tiberium Treatment Labs
The first stage in making use of new methods of Tiberium exposure treatment is the establishment of a series of new labs to handle the material safely. The key element is a series of negative pressure rooms, designed to contain any potential outbreak. Additionally, all staff are required to wear positive pressure suits, and all outgoing materials must be thoroughly sterilized and decontaminated before exiting. There are also a series of sonic fences between labs, another attempt to control any potential outbreak. While this may seem paranoid, Tiberium is one of the most dangerous substances known to man, and bioactivated Tiberium is the most dangerous form of that.
(Progress 108/100: 20 resources per die)
The Tiberium Age, like the Industrial one before it, brought with it a host of new diseases. Many fall under what is commonly known as "Rock Lung" a painful cough, progressing towards bloody phlegm, internal bleeding, and eventually death. There are a few major causes. The most common is the inhalation of Tiberium dust, but can also be caused by inhalation of liquid droplets or gas phase Tiberium. While the former two are heavy, and tend to not stay in the air long, the last one can at times. Usually a side effect of Tiberium Mining, it is a chronic problem, especially for people without the resources to provide high grade filtration or enclosed rebreather systems. It is also one of the diseases that existing measures have often struggled against. While an infestation of Tiberium crystals in the hands, feet, or other body parts can usually be surgically extracted, or an amputation performed, Tiberium in the lungs is a substantially more difficult problem. Before the war, the best option was precision sonics, however these only slowed the spread, and were themselves extremely painful. The new treatment labs, now staffed to sufficient (although far from plentiful) levels, have targeted this as their inaugural treatment project. While results are not expected soon, it is a sign that problems endemic to the yellow zones will see substantial investment from GDI's scientific establishment.
[ ] Secondary Schooling
With primary schools once again open, GDI needs to massively expand its educational investments and reconstruction. New secondary schools will prepare people for work and further education, a required step towards preparing a long term educated population. While secondary schooling is not going to be the only means of education available, it is intended to be the main pipeline.
(Progress 335/300: 5 Resources per die) (--- Labor) (5 Political Support)
Secondary schooling, much like primary schooling, has long days. A typical high schooler has eight hour long classes. Usually, a high schooler will take four years of history, mathematics, english, a second language, and shop/physical education classes. The other three subjects are determined by the high schooler, from an array of electives, intended to specialize the student towards a profession. Each week is split into two groups. Three standard days, typically Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and two Block days, usually Tuesday and Thursday. The block days have half as many classes, but double length periods, intended for larger projects, and activities. While at this time, few schools are fully appointed with computers, or all of the tooling needed for their workshops, those can be solved with time, and continued investments into improving the overall capital goods situation. While even this expansion is not truly a universal education program, and it is certainly not enough to fully prepare people for work in modern industries and services, it is a large step forward. One of the key problems is in finding enough teachers for the Yellow Zone schools. Most well qualified teachers view the newly built programs as uncertain, risky, and potentially damaging to their job prospects. While this will inherently lead to continued stratification, it does bring the Yellow Zones closer than they have in a long time to the standard of the rest of the world. The other problem is that it is not really a full preparation for work. While there are certainly a wide array of jobs that can be done with nothing more than a secondary education, many more are specialized, and require further educational development. In light of this, many industrial and service programs have already begun looking at some form of apprenticeship as GDI looks towards an aging educated population, although most have every confidence that the Treasury will ensure that the tertiary education and other programs are funded in the near future.
[ ] Orbital Strike Regimental Combat Team Development
Derived off of ZOCOM, the Orbital Strike regiment is intended to give Space Command a significant striking capability. Rather than relying exclusively on surface garrisons, Orbital Strike RCT will be able to deliver overwhelming force to any location on the planet in a matter of hours, depending on the relation between the target area and a stationed unit. (Progress 53/75: 15 resources per die)
The development of the Orbital Strike Combat team relies on having the ability to deliver reentry capable drop pods that can carry a fully combat loaded vehicle into battle. Without that capability, the entire project is doomed. And that is where the problems this quarter began. In initial testing, using scrapped combat vehicles, no vehicle was able to both survive reentry, and land with even the most basic systems intact. Impact reports are a listing of popped tires, bent track, and litanies of shattered optics and sensor systems. The key issue is the suicide burn. The core technique of all drop pods, a suicide burn is a last minute high intensity burn designed to bring the pod to a gentle enough landing in the shortest distance possible, minimizing the threat window of any anti aircraft armaments. While the teams will continue working on this, it seems likely that any drop maneuver will have to accept a lengthy final run, and potentially require either separate crew pods, or specially modified equipment to finalize the project.
[ ] Field Artillery Rollout
GDI's new field artillery pieces are ready to begin rollout. With most of the tubes being used in various equipment already, the primary problems are optics, mountings, and positions. A series of smaller factories are needed to turn the pieces into fieldable equipment, primarily giving them gun shields, optics mountings, mechanical fire control computers, and similar equipment before shipping to outposts around the world.
(Progress 195/150: 10 Resources per die)
GDI's rollout of field artillery pieces has been extremely rapid. Multiple battalions were ready for Operation Dawn Star, and many more have been dispatched around the world. However, the full deployment, especially for the light and heavy pieces, is almost certainly to be the work of years, not months. This is due to two major factors. First, artillery is relatively easy to operate, especially with computer assistance. This has meant that the Initiative Ground Forces command wants thousands of these pieces to equip nearly every outpost and holding outside of the blue zones, and many inside, generating a massive scope to the project. The second is a more transitory problem. While there are more than sufficient tubes for the 152mm gun coming off the production lines now that railgun rollouts have been fully authorized, the 120mm and 203mm guns are still in widespread use, and there is not enough surplus production capacity to fill demand at this time, especially with the immediate need for replacement barrels due to military operations.
[ ] Forgotten Band Outreach
As Tiberium harvesting operations look to expand operations in the deep Yellow and Red Zones, one group that is likely to become important is the Forgotten. While they have become less of a unified nation and more of a collection of scattered tribes and bands after the Second Tiberium War. However, many of them are still capable of offering significant resistance, or substantial aid in our harvesting operations. By reaching out and offering aid, and support, the worst of any potential conflict can hopefully be avoided. (DC unknown, results unknown) (241)
When GDI officers started looking for the Forgotten, the Forgotten were there. Finding them proved to be the easy part however. While some Forgotten bands are already ready to come in from the cold, others are far less trusting, and have wide ranging demands, oftentimes looking for effective, if not absolute independence of action, and substantial concessions from the Initiative for harvesting in their areas. However, as the Initiative has been able to bring together the largest bands for a conference, prospects are good for a long term alliance. In the tradition established before the Second Tiberium War, GDI must bring in all who are willing to work together for the good of earth, and its peoples.
*Next Update will be a two parter, with the Conference, and the Turn*
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cryptoam
building an 1980s encrypted protocol
- Location
- in lockdown waiting and bored...
Well, it looks like they have a favorable view of us.
Let's make sure that it remains solidly favorable.
Personally, I would prefer to get them to act as local guides and intel sources in the RZs. Anything else is just extra.
ConfusedCanuck
Where did it all go wrong?
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- Neverland
Well that turn went well for us! I think we're finally getting to a point where we can build a space station!
trooperist
Cinnamon Roll AI
Almost there for solving the Capital Goods crisis.
Then we have to fund tertiary education and finally empty the refugee camps.
Then we have to fund tertiary education and finally empty the refugee camps.
Party status changes:
Free Market: 0,0,+1,-1
Hawks: 0,0,+1.-1
UYL: +2, -1, -1, 0
Ind: 0,+1,-1,0
Dev: +2,-2, 0,0
No delegates seem to have changed parties.
Free Market: 0,0,+1,-1
Hawks: 0,0,+1.-1
UYL: +2, -1, -1, 0
Ind: 0,+1,-1,0
Dev: +2,-2, 0,0
No delegates seem to have changed parties.
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- alphen aan den rijn
Over all a small shift positive support among every party.
- Location
- a place
Considering this is happening over a relatively short period of time and seems to be a result of politicians actually changing their minds on us, or at least feeling doing so is in their best interests to get reelected, rather then electoral changes this is actually impressive on our part.
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- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
This should be 65 now, right?
And we gained +++ Energy, unless this represents the old nuclear plants that were turned off this quarter won't turn-on again until later?
Something we don't see with our centralized planning eyes. We have enough food to feed everyone, but nowhere near enough to stock supermarket shelves like most of us are used to.
Unless we get new options to help them restock, we don't have many non-development options. Mostly Zone Suits, TBH, and we'll probably want to start up the other Apollo factory as well. Both of which will need the microchips from Boston, sure, but we'll have that completed next turn.
Sounds there could have been a disaster here if those plants had been kept online for too long. Bullet dodged, hopefully?
That's from the Himalayas to Japan. That's one long railway line!As long as we keep doing Mitigation projects. At its current level, 51 Mitigation is enough to give us some long-term stability, but not make good progress on reclaiming land. Still, only one more phase for the Outposts; then we'll need to keep pushing into the Yellow Zones proper.
More projects! Yay!
Not the Tiberium Adaptation research some might hope for, but a very good target for helping deal with the immense cost of Tiberium on human health. Plus more Science is always good. There's no economic tracker for +Science but it's still very important we do it anyways.
...I have to wonder how your High Schools would compare to the, ah, not-so-great one I went to IRL. Global apocalypse aside and all.
I hope they can pull it off. Being able to land vehicle reinforcements without needing to worry so much about anti-air would be a massive boon. Though at worst, we'll still force NOD to start carting around a lot of anti-orbital guns for every major attack.
Looking forward to it! Thanks for the update!
- Location
- New York
Well, the military is not shouting in a rage at us. I am surprised as I assumed we would be made a scapegoat for GDI's defeats. The military desires us to fill up the gaps exposed in the battles but I guess people decided that Kane simply conducted the raid very well and GDI did as well as it could in the face of Kane's wrath without massively more military spending. The welfare department is preferring to wait for the budget readjustment instead of asking for more. GDI's educated population is aging and we need to do more education efforts to sooner than later to ensure a pipeline of new educated workers.
We made contact with the Forgotten. I wonder what demands they will have of us in exchange for an alliance and permission to mine tiberium in Forgotten controlled areas. Maybe new housing modules, another attempt at a tiberium antidote, a cut of the harvesting income, protection from the Brotherhood of Nod, or something else? The Forgotten are the people who deal with tiberium the most in a day to day existence and are more resistant to tiberium than average humans so their aid will be most helpful to have. Let us not made promises we cannot keep.
The Political Working Group are changing the minds of a few MPs. As the Political Working Group includes retired GDI heavyhitters such as Michael McNeil and Gabriella Boudreau, this is not surprising. The PWG seems a bit better at shoring up support in the parties already favoring our policies as opposed to changing the opinions of people from opposed parties. While hiring the likes of McNeil is a useful counter to Nick "Havoc" Parker pushing his pro-Hawk views appearances on GDI right wing media, it also means that we cannot pretend to be merely a bumbling apolitical technocrat like in the last election.
We made contact with the Forgotten. I wonder what demands they will have of us in exchange for an alliance and permission to mine tiberium in Forgotten controlled areas. Maybe new housing modules, another attempt at a tiberium antidote, a cut of the harvesting income, protection from the Brotherhood of Nod, or something else? The Forgotten are the people who deal with tiberium the most in a day to day existence and are more resistant to tiberium than average humans so their aid will be most helpful to have. Let us not made promises we cannot keep.
The Political Working Group are changing the minds of a few MPs. As the Political Working Group includes retired GDI heavyhitters such as Michael McNeil and Gabriella Boudreau, this is not surprising. The PWG seems a bit better at shoring up support in the parties already favoring our policies as opposed to changing the opinions of people from opposed parties. While hiring the likes of McNeil is a useful counter to Nick "Havoc" Parker pushing his pro-Hawk views appearances on GDI right wing media, it also means that we cannot pretend to be merely a bumbling apolitical technocrat like in the last election.
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Cinnamon Roll AI
Blue Zone 7 is actually Korea. Japan is Blue Zone 6.
Still a very long line since it links the Himalayas all the way across China and then up into Kamchatka.
The lines for Zones 2-11-16 are also very impressive since our construction crews basically built three continental railroads.
Alright so three years in and the public schools have barely recovered to a mid-20th century standard, there's been more and more ominous rumblings about the state of education I think we may have found our next crisis. Luckily schools are resource cheap (dice intensive but we've got hella free dice so we'll make do), I think we can churn through some education options pretty quick. Better to head it off before it turns into a "big flashing warning about nobody knowing how to run the machines anymore" level crisis.
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- Pronouns
- He/It/Argh!
We've only built Fungal Farms and Blue Zone Aquaponics. Since you can't grow food safely in yellow zones, I expect the 'inefficiencies in distribution' are because most of the food is grown in blue zones, and has to be transported to yellow zones.
So the blue zoners might have food options, but the yellow zoners probably just have mushroom bars.
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building an 1980s encrypted protocol
- Location
- in lockdown waiting and bored...
Of course not.
We did listen and gave them quite a great deal of hardware.
It may not have been enough overall but it did help. Combine that with the fact that we have finally committed to supporting them and their likely budget increase and they are okayish with how things have gone.
Not really this is about food diversity and the lack of it in the blue zones for three years. Food diversity is mostly about creating consumer goods in agriculture and we have been lacking there because fungus bars for three years is too bland.
- Location
- New York
The Schools require more capital goods investment to ensure that their computers can run and have the tools required for their workshops to educate students at full efficiency.
In the Soviet planquest, Stalin and the Communist Party were overly fixated on heavy industry and capital goods investment when the economy required more consumer goods investments to be sustainable. In the GDI planquest, we have the opposite problem. The capitalist minded GDI public and many in the parliament are overly fixated on consumer goods when the economy is in peril of collapsing from a lack of capital goods.
In the Soviet planquest, Stalin and the Communist Party were overly fixated on heavy industry and capital goods investment when the economy required more consumer goods investments to be sustainable. In the GDI planquest, we have the opposite problem. The capitalist minded GDI public and many in the parliament are overly fixated on consumer goods when the economy is in peril of collapsing from a lack of capital goods.
Not having a fully stocked machine shop isn't what's causing a skills crisis, it's the fact that a bunch of kids just spent half a decade out of school with the first few years involving their homes all getting blown up and then invaded by genocidal aliens. People can learn just fine with chalkboards and 20 year old textbooks if they need to, the problem is the social infrastructure to get a bunch of children or even adult academics in one place to be nerds together is lacking. That's why the education options are literally as cheap as mechanically possible resource-wise, but very progress intensive. There's not a lot of hard capital that's required just significant administrative effort.