Attempting to Fulfill the Plan: GDI Edition
- Location
- Wall Gazing
The Isolinear chips coming out of Anadyr are expensive, but the project is now required by the end of the Plan. Part of our concern is how expensive the project is. It was the most expensive RpD project we'd seen and then we got hit with the Pinholes, which have twice the RpD cost.
Personally I'm in favor of getting 2 dice on it this turn, along with a die on the Pinholes regardless of the budget problems that will cause, but I know that is difficult to afford.
- Pronouns
- He/It/Argh!
Partly the expense, and partly that as far as we know, we have a bit of time.
A few things. A reroll was spent that stabilised Erewhon somewhat, and the superconductors and isolinear chips are already available in tiny quantities by the standards of the total economy but enough to assist Erewhon
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- He/Him
Oh yes, I forgot about that. Probably no need to worry it will be neglected, given its mandatory.
Oh really? Well, that does change things. I didn't know we had a trickle of isolinear chips already. Is that from the research we did originally?
CrabMonarchy
Allegedly Dutch
- Location
- the Netherlands, apparently
Q2 2060 Results, from when we developed the chips:
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Free Dice are going to be in heavy demand to:
1) Shore up Orbital if things go south, and/or to complete projects we'd really like to do in Orbital in 2061Q4 when we finally have some damn wiggle room.
2) Shore up Agriculture, either directly or indirectly by funding 'corpse starch.' Things have already gone south there. Hitting our Plan commitments may be capital-H Hard.
3) Continue military buildup; we have considerably more things we'd really really like to do in Military than we have dice to do them with.
4) Potentially work in Tiberium; we have some very big and very attractive projects that I truly wish we could find the time to do more work on.
I do not think it wise for us to, in effect, commit Free Dice to Heavy Industry and Infrastructure for the sole purpose of committing ourselves to completing Chicago Phase 5 by the end of 2061, just because we theoretically could do so.
Erewhon doesn't actually need that many chips. The tiny prototype plants we've had for some time now seem to have been enough to get the job done. Anadyr produces on a much larger scale so we can do many more things with isolinear chips than just a handful of prototype computers, space probes, and Erewhon's main processor core.
In other words, I'm pretty sure that the problem is actually already solved and Anadyr is "more beyond," such that Erewhon isn't in actual danger from this project being completed slowly.
Or that's what most of us thought. Hm.
Also a factor. Though North Boston does produce +32 Capital Goods, which is nothing to sneeze at- it's just not as efficient as Nuuk. But having seen what even a rather... unfortunate... AI can do for us, I am sincerely interested in trying to work our way up that chain.
When the thread starts a project that expensive per-die, it always intends to finish it.
With the sole exception of the BZ-1 MARV hub, which frankly was just a bad idea only we didn't realize it at the time.
@Ithillid , just to be very clear, is Erewhon still on a death timer? Because I think we collectively got the impression that he is not.
- Location
- The Underdark
There is still a death timer. It is not particularly pressing, but there is still a death timer on the table.
Erewhon's current stats are
Friendliness: 39
Stability: 12
Capability: 29
12 is still in the death timer range, but it is still a good few years.
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- Location
- USA
Well I do imagine we will get both done it is just the order that is the question. Which North Boston is likely easier to fit in for a project that rolls over into next plan.
- Location
- MSC
With any luck Boston will also allow us to build some Energy cushion.
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- He/It/Argh!
I've got free dice on extra housing (existing dice can complete Chicago), free dice on extra power, free dice on boosting LCI, free dice on more food, free dice for the Leopard II factory, free dice for new Apollos.
We have a ton of free dice...
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
...Ah.
Will Anadyr help?
Will North Boston help?
How would North Boston be helpful with that? Nuuk combined with the power plants required to run it takes less Progress than North Boston takes to generate an equivalent amount of Capital Goods.
I'm after the capstone benefits, not anything else.
Can I see your breakdown? Because I'm a bit skeptical that you're managing to fit everything in smoothly.
- Location
- MSC
@Simon_Jester My thinking was use 1-2 HI dice (maybe Free dice) per Quarter for Fusion and the rest for Boston, so we could complete 1-2 stages of Fusion by the time we complete Boston 5.
Re-reading the above, though, i'm starting to realise that we are better off using that approach for Nuuk 4 and then figure out next step.
Re-reading the above, though, i'm starting to realise that we are better off using that approach for Nuuk 4 and then figure out next step.
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- He/It/Argh!
Still pretty rough, but here it is:
Infrastructure
We have 24 dice. We don't need to complete anything (although Chicago 4 does fill a goal).
9 dice to finish existing Fortress Towns, plus an extra one, and a Rail Construction phase.
2 dice to get basic Suborbital Shuttle for BZ 18.
3 dice to finish Apartments phase 4.
Which leaves 6 dice.
Heavy Industry
We have 20 dice. Unknown exactly how much we need for Plan commitments, but I'm approximating as 3 for Anadyr, 3 for Industrial Lasers, and 3 for more Fusion (cos we always need more). So 9.
We want Suzuka, which is 2-3.
Which leaves 8-9 dice.
Chicago 5 needs 20ish, so we only need about 6 free dice in Infrastructure to get that.
Light and Chemical Industry
We have 20. No plan commitments.
I think that finishing Reykjavik would be good for Zone Armor (and Ground Forces asking for Havocs) next Plan, which needs 17 dice.
Civilian Drones is good, and needs 4 dice.
So that would need 1 free dice.
Agriculture
We have 16 dice. Plan commitments are cursed, so assuming we'll use all of them.
But we'll want more food anyway, so I'm assigning a free dice per turn here anyway, for a total of 4 dice used.
Tiberium
We have 28 dice. No specific needs if we get Chicago 4. Income goal would be hard to miss.
At minimum I want to see Tendrils phase 2, for 15 dice total; and the RZ Inhibitor, for 2 dice.
We then have another 11 dice to chase whatever with. So no free dice needed.
Orbital
We have 24 dice. Plan commitments eat up approximately all of them.
But I really like the look of the Leopard II Yard, and assigning a few free dice stops bad rolls causing missed targets, so 4 free dice assigned here.
Services
We have 20 dice.
Completing a feel good project like Professional Sports Programs eats 4 dice.
NOD Research Initiatives will take at most 3 dice, when it appears.
1 dice for Hallucinogen Development. Unsure if deployment would be in this category, but assume 2 dice.
Pinhole Prototypes could eat another 2 dice.
Only 12 dice used. Free dice unneeded.
Military
We have 32 dice. I think we need around 25 for Plan commitments.
I can list another 7 dice worth of projects that are likely needed and should happen. (Skywatch Telescope, Frigate Yards, Steel Talon's Plasma Gun, Hallucinogen Countermeasures)
So anything else is free dice.
Of the other options, I'd go with Apollo Factories and the ECCM / Stealth Disruptor. Likely taking around 6 dice, but I'll make it 8 dice.
That might seem a bit low, but our military is just bruised at the moment. The above 32 dice will fix most of the issues.
So as far as Free dice usage goes, I've got:
6 in Infra, 1 in LCI, 4 in Agri, 4 in Orbital and 8 in Military, which is 27 total. We have 28 available.
However, I have not assigned Erewhon anywhere. Erewhon is the ace-in-the-hole, cos Erewhon is Ace.
Infrastructure
We have 24 dice. We don't need to complete anything (although Chicago 4 does fill a goal).
9 dice to finish existing Fortress Towns, plus an extra one, and a Rail Construction phase.
2 dice to get basic Suborbital Shuttle for BZ 18.
3 dice to finish Apartments phase 4.
Which leaves 6 dice.
Heavy Industry
We have 20 dice. Unknown exactly how much we need for Plan commitments, but I'm approximating as 3 for Anadyr, 3 for Industrial Lasers, and 3 for more Fusion (cos we always need more). So 9.
We want Suzuka, which is 2-3.
Which leaves 8-9 dice.
Chicago 5 needs 20ish, so we only need about 6 free dice in Infrastructure to get that.
Light and Chemical Industry
We have 20. No plan commitments.
I think that finishing Reykjavik would be good for Zone Armor (and Ground Forces asking for Havocs) next Plan, which needs 17 dice.
Civilian Drones is good, and needs 4 dice.
So that would need 1 free dice.
Agriculture
We have 16 dice. Plan commitments are cursed, so assuming we'll use all of them.
But we'll want more food anyway, so I'm assigning a free dice per turn here anyway, for a total of 4 dice used.
Tiberium
We have 28 dice. No specific needs if we get Chicago 4. Income goal would be hard to miss.
At minimum I want to see Tendrils phase 2, for 15 dice total; and the RZ Inhibitor, for 2 dice.
We then have another 11 dice to chase whatever with. So no free dice needed.
Orbital
We have 24 dice. Plan commitments eat up approximately all of them.
But I really like the look of the Leopard II Yard, and assigning a few free dice stops bad rolls causing missed targets, so 4 free dice assigned here.
Services
We have 20 dice.
Completing a feel good project like Professional Sports Programs eats 4 dice.
NOD Research Initiatives will take at most 3 dice, when it appears.
1 dice for Hallucinogen Development. Unsure if deployment would be in this category, but assume 2 dice.
Pinhole Prototypes could eat another 2 dice.
Only 12 dice used. Free dice unneeded.
Military
We have 32 dice. I think we need around 25 for Plan commitments.
I can list another 7 dice worth of projects that are likely needed and should happen. (Skywatch Telescope, Frigate Yards, Steel Talon's Plasma Gun, Hallucinogen Countermeasures)
So anything else is free dice.
Of the other options, I'd go with Apollo Factories and the ECCM / Stealth Disruptor. Likely taking around 6 dice, but I'll make it 8 dice.
That might seem a bit low, but our military is just bruised at the moment. The above 32 dice will fix most of the issues.
So as far as Free dice usage goes, I've got:
6 in Infra, 1 in LCI, 4 in Agri, 4 in Orbital and 8 in Military, which is 27 total. We have 28 available.
However, I have not assigned Erewhon anywhere. Erewhon is the ace-in-the-hole, cos Erewhon is Ace.
- Location
- Mobile, Alabama
Out of curiosity. Do you see them as the end of traditional infantry units or merely an augmentation to existing force structures that will grow in size? Ie in the future there won't be anything but Zone troopers or the ratio will flip? Basically instead of there being a few Zone troops and mostly traditional infantry it'll be mostly Zone troops with some traditional infantry.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Well, what it comes down to is that we build as much fusion power as we need and probably shouldn't stress too much. Hopefully we can squeeze in enough Bergen to make advances in fusion power a possibility and get a bit more efficiency out of the process.
But the argument for North Boston Phase 5 isn't just about getting Capital Goods as fast as possible, it's about finding out its capstone bonus. Among other things, I'd like to see if researching isolinear technology has taught us anything about our existing chip technology that we can use to make it better, because I'm pretty sure it'll be an absurdly long time before isolinear becomes the norm.
Caloric reclamation and Chicago Phase 4 fill this up and, if anything, put is into negative dice (read: Free dice required to fulfill all targets, so something's gotta give)
Three dice for fusion is grossly over-optimistic. We're going to need at least one more phase to power the shipyards, and either one more or a LOT of ion storm power retrofitting to power other stuff, and then maybe the rest can come from odds and ends. Also, if we're budgeting for Chicago Phase 4, then at least one Heavy Industry die for that.
I think a more realistic estimate is eight dice for fusion, three for Anadyr, four for industrial lasers (simple tech, but we need a lot of them), three for Suzuka, one for Chicago Phase 4... is twenty.
And at that point, we're full up on Infrastructure and Heavy Industry, so we'd need to fund Chicago Phase 5 purely out of Free dice. About a twelve or so of the twenty-eight we have.
Bergen Phase 3 may be more impactful than Reykjavik Phase 5, in that we are hard pressed to keep up with the need for fusion power. Efficiencies in superconductor output would really help, though at Phase 2 we can at least hope Bergen's output is sufficient to permit prototyping of our next-generation fusion reactor. Also, finishing Reykjavik can in theory wait until a turn or three into 2062 without disaster; we CAN start building Zone Armor without it and frankly we should. We've waited more than long enough, and if we haven't made any progress by reapportionment, we're likely to get a horribly punitive requirement like "must build 1800 Progress worth of factories" on top of a lot of other commitments.
But yeah, I'm not planning on Light Industry either needing or using Free dice, simply because nothing in this category is mandatory.
Especially if caloric reclamation under Infrastructure pans out, we may actually not be overcommitted here and we may be able to just do enough with the 16 Agriculture dice... but yeah, it could become an area demanding Free dice.
Fair enough- obvious candidates for completion are ion storm power retrofitting for our Red Zone operations, and also Red Zone Border Offensives.
We can hope, at least.
I do doubt we'll use Free dice here.
See, here's the issue.
Apollo factories are low demand, but we have so goddamn much that could be or simply is important and isn't a plan commitment. The first one or two Zone Armor factories. SADN, oh God do we need SADN. Infernium laser refits for the Navy. Orca/Hammerhead refits, likewise for the Navy but also benefiting the rest of the military. Each of those could eat half a dozen or more dice and they're all high priority projects.
Essentially, the problem I see is that you've greatly underestimated our likely Energy needs for the overall Plan, and underestimated the demand on our Heavy Industry dice, which in turn causes you to expect more available dice for Chicago Phase 5 than is realistic. Also, Military is gonna draw a lot of Free dice; we may slow down to 9-11 dice per turn instead of 12 once the shipyard surge is over, but it's gonna be intense.
Strunkriidiisk
THE LEGEND
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[] Plan Crap Rolls Downhill
-[] INFRASTRUCTURE 6/6 + 1 120R
-[] Yellow Zone Fortress Towns (Phase 6) 220/300 1 die 20R 70%
-[] Blue Zone Apartment Complexes (Phase 3+4) 72/320 3 dice 30R 65%
-[] Suborbital Shuttle Service (Phase 1) 92/200 1 die 30R 42%
-[] [CRaP Reserves] 2 dice 40R?
-[] HEAVY INDUSTRY 5/5 160R
-[] Continuous Cycle Fusion Plants (Phase 8) 67/300 3 dice 60R 65%
-[] Isolinear Chip Foundry Anadyr 85/320 2 dice 100R 8%
-[] LIGHT & CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 5/5 + 1 55R
-[] Chemical Fertilizer Plants (Phase 2) 276/300 1 die 15R 100%
-[] Civilian Drone Factories 104/380 4 dice 40R 73%
-[] 1 LCI die allocated to Security Review
-[] AGRICULTURE 4/4 + 1 50R
-[] Freeze Dried Food Plants 151/200? 1 die 20R 91%
-[] Strategic Food Stockpile Construction (Phase 2+3) 38/325 3 dice 30R 18%
-[] 1 Agri die allocated to Security Review
-[] TIBERIUM 7/7 130R
-[] Intensification of Green Zone Harvesting (Stage 7) 78/100 1 die 10R 100%
-[] Tiberium Vein Mines (Stage 2+3+4?) 5/570? 6 dice 120R 43%
-[] ORBITAL 6/6 120R
-[] Lunar Rare Metals Harvesting (Phase 1+2) 0/265? 2 dice 40R 22%
-[] Lunar Regolith Harvesting (Phase 2) 276/310? 1 die 20R 100%
-[] GDSS Enterprise (Phase 5) 102/1535 3 dice 60R
-[] SERVICES 190R
-[] Professional Sports Programs 0/250 1 die 10R
-[] [Hardlight Deployment] 1 die 20R?
-[] NOD Research Initiatives 0/160 2 dice 60R 60%
-[] Pinhole Portal Early Primitive Prototype Construction 56/180 1 die 100R 19%
-[] MILITARY 8/8 + 2 195R
-[] Skywatch Telescope System 64/95 1 die 15R 100%
-[] Railgun Munitions Development 38/60 1 die 10R 100%
-[] Escort Carrier Shipyard (Nagoya) 171/240 1 die 20R 73%
-[] Escort Carrier Shipyard (Dublin) 0/240 3 dice 60R 54%
-[] Universal Rocket Launch System Deployment (Phase 3) 0/200 2 dice 30R 23%
-[] Orbital Strike Regimental Combat Team Stations (Phase 3) 5/295 3 dice 60R 28%
-[] BUREAUCRACY 4/4 + 2 + Erewhon
-[] Conduct Economic Census DC 100/150/200/250, DC 250 4 dice + Erewhon 98%
-[] Security Reviews (Agriculture) 1 die 90%
-[] Security Reviews (Light & Chemical Industry) 1 die 90%
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-[] INFRASTRUCTURE 6/6 + 1 120R
-[] Yellow Zone Fortress Towns (Phase 6) 220/300 1 die 20R 70%
-[] Blue Zone Apartment Complexes (Phase 3+4) 72/320 3 dice 30R 65%
-[] Suborbital Shuttle Service (Phase 1) 92/200 1 die 30R 42%
-[] [CRaP Reserves] 2 dice 40R?
-[] HEAVY INDUSTRY 5/5 160R
-[] Continuous Cycle Fusion Plants (Phase 8) 67/300 3 dice 60R 65%
-[] Isolinear Chip Foundry Anadyr 85/320 2 dice 100R 8%
-[] LIGHT & CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 5/5 + 1 55R
-[] Chemical Fertilizer Plants (Phase 2) 276/300 1 die 15R 100%
-[] Civilian Drone Factories 104/380 4 dice 40R 73%
-[] 1 LCI die allocated to Security Review
-[] AGRICULTURE 4/4 + 1 50R
-[] Freeze Dried Food Plants 151/200? 1 die 20R 91%
-[] Strategic Food Stockpile Construction (Phase 2+3) 38/325 3 dice 30R 18%
-[] 1 Agri die allocated to Security Review
-[] TIBERIUM 7/7 130R
-[] Intensification of Green Zone Harvesting (Stage 7) 78/100 1 die 10R 100%
-[] Tiberium Vein Mines (Stage 2+3+4?) 5/570? 6 dice 120R 43%
-[] ORBITAL 6/6 120R
-[] Lunar Rare Metals Harvesting (Phase 1+2) 0/265? 2 dice 40R 22%
-[] Lunar Regolith Harvesting (Phase 2) 276/310? 1 die 20R 100%
-[] GDSS Enterprise (Phase 5) 102/1535 3 dice 60R
-[] SERVICES 190R
-[] Professional Sports Programs 0/250 1 die 10R
-[] [Hardlight Deployment] 1 die 20R?
-[] NOD Research Initiatives 0/160 2 dice 60R 60%
-[] Pinhole Portal Early Primitive Prototype Construction 56/180 1 die 100R 19%
-[] MILITARY 8/8 + 2 195R
-[] Skywatch Telescope System 64/95 1 die 15R 100%
-[] Railgun Munitions Development 38/60 1 die 10R 100%
-[] Escort Carrier Shipyard (Nagoya) 171/240 1 die 20R 73%
-[] Escort Carrier Shipyard (Dublin) 0/240 3 dice 60R 54%
-[] Universal Rocket Launch System Deployment (Phase 3) 0/200 2 dice 30R 23%
-[] Orbital Strike Regimental Combat Team Stations (Phase 3) 5/295 3 dice 60R 28%
-[] BUREAUCRACY 4/4 + 2 + Erewhon
-[] Conduct Economic Census DC 100/150/200/250, DC 250 4 dice + Erewhon 98%
-[] Security Reviews (Agriculture) 1 die 90%
-[] Security Reviews (Light & Chemical Industry) 1 die 90%
1020R
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I believe we'll be replacing all our frontline infantry units with Zone Armour. That being said, we're still likely to have rearline units/militia/etc as standard infantry for the foreseeable future
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- He/It/Argh!
I have no data on this project. May not even be cost effective.
I beg your pardon...
I'm possibly off by one Fusion phase if the Ion Collectors aren't good.
Hardly a great underestimate.
(I had thought that there was an extra extra Fusion in the calculations somewhere, but apparently not. Oops.)
You are mixing up want and need.
Ground Forces has some things marked as High Priority even when their confidence was off the chart.
Nobody flags projects outside if Military with (high priority) but that doesn't mean that the Military is more important.
And our Apollos are still losing in skirmishes, even with wingman drones. So I think they are more important than the Orca/Hammerhead wingman drones. (But only just.)
But that is a choice, not an actual requirement.
Other than the annoying Energy miscalc, I don't see this as a big issue. We don't actually need things like Chicago 5 to complete before the end of the plan. We don't actually need to spend more than half of our free dice in Military.
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic
Technically you are budgeting seven dice here.
Honestly, I would rather skip Suborbital Shuttles for this turn, and potentially a number of other things, to get two dice on Anadyr. If we only put one die on Anadyr, then we are forced to either accept a risk of wasting dice on some turn in 2061Q2 or later by rolling two and only needing one... Or to slow-walk at one die per turn and eventually be waiting nervously on the outcome of a single die roll in 2061Q4 to see whether we hit our Plan commitment or not. Not good.
Also, this is a relatively good turn to try and keep total Energy consumption down to a level that permits us to not worry about finishing a fusion phase... which conveniently frees up Heavy Industry dice to pursue other goals.
Real talk, we're likely to do Chicago Phase 4 in 2061Q2 or 'Q3. Unless the QM made a typo, I'm pretty sure that Chicago Phase 4 hits the tiberium refining target all by itself now. If true, then there's not much urgency in doing the refits, and you might as well consolidate the sixth die on vein mining.
Ahhh, now I see what all this is for. Frankly, I think if we DO find ourselves throwing four dice at research gachas, we should probably just skip the portal research. Delaying our future portal applications by three months may well be worth getting our gacha stuff three months earlier, and there's a lot else we can do with the budget.
We should almost certainly consolidate the ASAT dice onto OSRCT, which is a much larger project and thus much more likely to be hard to finish quickly and reliably if we roll poorly.
With that said, looking at this... I'm not sure, but I think we may be able, even under your plan, to avoid actually needing to use up all our Energy surplus. if true, that gives us much less need to worry about finishing a fusion phase, and we can direct dice elsewhere. To Anadyr (which really does need a push), or to a cost-neutral choice like Suzaka.
While candidly, I think we can give those security reviews a miss (or just concentrate both dice on Agriculture, because we do not want to miss anything)... I'm actually intrigued by your idea of putting Erewhon on the economic census. It does seem like just the sort of thing he'd be good at.
Yeah, but ignoring that it's going to exist leaves a hole in your plans.
When it makes the difference between needing three more dice and needing 7-8, it's a pretty significant underestimate, because it knocks out four of the dice you were planning to Chicago with.
Apollos are not regularly "losing in skirmishes" due to inadequate quality, and drones are still being deployed to all theaters.
Apollos with the wrong munitions are losing fights because they have the wrong weapons to harm the enemy. That won't really be fixed by increasing production. Apollos lack laser cannon and so have trouble engaging certain types of targets. That also won't really be fixed by increasing production. The Air Force has repeatedly told us that the extra Apollo factories aren't really the main thing they want or need.
By contrast, multiple branches of the armed forces are begging us to start rolling out Zone Armor, the Navy just got shot to hell by massed Nod missile fire and needs better antimissile defenses that we just went out of our way to invent, and Nod can lob strategic weapons at us at any time and has humiliating military defeats to avenge with no good means of doing so besides strategic weapons because they just trounced our field army.
Thus, I can make fairly obvious arguments for SADN, infernium naval lasers, and Zone Armor production being higher priority than the Apollo factories.
One of these things is, candidly, more likely to lead to alarming problems than the other, especially with Karachi coming up.
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- He/It/Argh!
How am I supposed to expect an Agri project to appear in Infrastructure?
Oh. I thought this was a model revision.
Why do we have a project for more fighters that don't really work?
We just went into a war with no Capitol Goods, that was also alarming.
Karachi is also at least 2 years away. We aren't required to have forces for that at the end of this year.
And in that extra year?
2 Zone Armor Factories: 6 dice. (Plus Energy.)
Infernium Laser Refits: 6 dice.
Remaining Wingmen Drones: 11 dice.
23/32 dice. Easily completed.
Strunkriidiisk
THE LEGEND
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Some fair assessment, @Simon_Jester. Some adjustments have been made:
- I've moved a die from CCF to Anadyr; this required some reshuffling, and I've notably taken Scrin Research off the docket and replaced it with [Hardlight Deployment] and Professional Sports Programs (I am aware of the indicator changes, it is not intended to be completed while we have such strong Health maluses; just a measure for saving R costs while also trying to avoid the opportunity cost of leaving dice idle). If the hardlight project proves cheaper than expected (<15R/die) I'll be
- Cancelled Processing Refits in favour of another die on Vein Mines
- Dice have been reallocated from ASAT to OSRCT
- I've moved a die from CCF to Anadyr; this required some reshuffling, and I've notably taken Scrin Research off the docket and replaced it with [Hardlight Deployment] and Professional Sports Programs (I am aware of the indicator changes, it is not intended to be completed while we have such strong Health maluses; just a measure for saving R costs while also trying to avoid the opportunity cost of leaving dice idle). If the hardlight project proves cheaper than expected (<15R/die) I'll be
- Cancelled Processing Refits in favour of another die on Vein Mines
- Dice have been reallocated from ASAT to OSRCT
- Location
- USA
If energy is going to be a problem for HI dice let's just keep in mind that tiberium power is just sitting there and some of us want to do a phase to see what comes of it.
That's like 2 military factories powered.
That's like 2 military factories powered.
- Location
- The Underdark
So, for GDI, there are a few groups that want Zone Armor to be the effective end of standard infantry units. But that is because GDI is sharply population limited in a number of significant ways, and Zone Troopers are far more survivable. But more broadly, no, I don't think it is going to be the endstate of all infantry units for everyone, because not everyone is GDI ground forces.