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Attempting to Fulfill the Plan MNKh Edition

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[X] Plan Redshirt
-[X]6370/6395 Resources (25 Reserve), 45 Dice Rolled

-[X]Infrastructure (6/3 Dice, 760 R)
--[X]Central Asian High Capacity Roads, 2 Dice (220 R), 65%/77%
--[X]Water Distribution Systems(Stage 7/10), 1 Dice (140 R), 0%/0%
--[X]Civilian Airports(Stage 3/5), 1 Dice (100 R), 40%/55%
--[X]Development of the Volga, 1 Dice (110 R), 99%/100%
--[X]ESA, 1 Dice (190 R), 0%/0%

-[X]Heavy Industry (9/10 Dice, 2240 R)
--[X]Kursk Steel Mills(Stage 1/2), 3 Dice (630 R), 89%/94%
--[X]Kansk-Achinsk Basin Exploitation(Stage 2/5), 1 Dice (160 R), 86%/100%
--[X]Atomash(Stage 1/3), 3 Dice (930 R), 12%/19%
--[X]ZIL Automotive Plant Modernization, 2 Dice (520 R), 50%/63%

-[X]Rocketry (3/3 Dice, 0 R)
--[X]Mars Sample Return, 1 Dice
--[X]Mercury Exploration Program, 1 Dice
--[X]CMEA Payloads, 1 Dice

-[X]Light Industry (5/6 Dice, 740 R)
--[X]Light Home Appliance Plants, 2 Dice (320 R), 79%/87%
--[X]Second Generation Furnishings, 2 Dice (260 R), 79%/87%
--[X]Home Supplies Production, 1 Dice (160 R), 100%/100%

-[X]Chemical Industry (8/11 Dice, 1520 R)
--[X]Timan-Pechora Fields, 1 Dice (130 R), 75%/90%
--[X]Plastic Industries(Stage 2/5), 3 Dice (630 R), 89%/94%
--[X]Stabilization of Agrochemicals(Stage 1/2), 2 Dice (380 R), 59%/72%
--[X]Synthetic Rubber Plants(Stage 2/4), 2 Dice (380 R), 100%/100%

-[X]Agriculture (4/4 Dice, 450 R)
--[X]Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 4/10), 2 Dice (230 R), 2%/7%
--[X]Farmers Markets, 2 Dice (220 R), 59%/72%

-[X]Services (4/3 Dice, 660 R)
--[X]Expanded Childcare(Stage 6/6), 1 Dice (90 R), 52%/67%
--[X]Transportation Enterprises(Stage 3/5), 3 Dice (570 R), 93%/97%

-[X]Bureaucracy (6/3+3 Forced Dice, 0 R)
--[X]Prison Reform Program, 1 Dice
--[X]Increasing Domestic Innovation, 1 Dice
--[X]Domestic Production Program, 1 Dice
--[X]Immigration Reforms, 1 Dice
--[X]Scientific Exchange Programs, 1 Dice
--[X]Reorganize a Department(Light Industry), 1 Dice

Rundown:

This does a relatively high Infra commitment, finally checking the central asian roads, volga expansion, and airports off of the list, while also putting a dice towards unfucking the water situation and dipping our toes into ESA, meaning we'll be in a decent position to finish ESA in 72 and start benefiting from the extra free dice in 73 - which should also line up with when our budget should allow us to afford those dice.

In Heavy Industry, this maintains material balances of Steel and Coal, while also putting 3 dice towards Atommash and 2 dice towards a car plant.

In Rocketry, going for both the Mercury probe program and the Mars Sample return will lead to a cohesive and synergistic overall space program - we'll be leaning even further into the existing probe focus, which should lead to cross-team innovations and applicability of technology.

Light Industry mostly is just checking everything remaining off of the list, and the paucity of options is directly tied to why I'm reorganizing the department to appoint a new deputy.

In Chemical Industry, we're actually ahead of the curve on Oil Demand for now, so now's our chance to finally get plastic and synthetic rubber production up to scratch and start working on the key Agri inputs to finish up the Green Revolution.

Agriculture goes for the basic options to help profitability, and Services does much the same with the main investment being in transportation.

The favor gets spent on Immigration, because this is one of the few chances to open the Union up a touch to newcomers, while both the schooling expansion and the Euro will remain options into the future.
 
[X] Plan ALL THE INDUSTRIES
-[X]6395/6395 Resources (0 Reserve), 44 Dice Rolled
-[X]Infrastructure (5/3 Dice, 600 R)
--[X]Central Asian High Capacity Roads, 1 Dice (110 R), 0%
--[X]Water Distribution Systems (Stage 7/10), 2 Dice (280 R), 60%/68%
--[X]Civilian Airports (Stage 3/5), 1 Dice (100 R), 40%/50%
--[X]Development of the Volga, 1 Dice (110 R), 99%/100%

-[X]Heavy Industry (9/10 Dice, 2340 R)
--[X]Kursk Steel Mills (Stage 1/2), 2 Dice (420 R), 35,7%/45,7%
--[X]Kansk-Achinsk Basin Exploitation (Stage2/5), 1 Dice (160 R), 86%/96%
--[X]Atomash (Stage 1/3), 2 Dice (620 R), 0%
--[X]Saratov Machine Building Plant, 2 Dice (620 R), 59%/67,6%
--[X]Gorky Automotive Plant Modernization, 2 Dice (520 R), 35,7%/44,7%

-[X]Rocketry (3/3 Dice, 0 R)
--[X]Reusable Launchers, 1 Dice
--[X]Station Program, 1 Dice
--[X]CMEA Payloads, 1 Dice

-[X]Light Industry (6/6 Dice, 910 R)
--[X]Air Conditioner Plants (Stage 6/8), 2 Dice (300 R), 8,2%/12,8%
--[X]Light Home Appliance Plants, 2 Dice (320 R), 78,6%/84,6%
--[X]Second Generation Furnishings, 1 Dice (130 R), 5%/15%
--[X]Home Supplies Production, 1 Dice (160 R), 100 %

-[X]Chemical Industry (9/11 Dice, 1750 R)
--[X]West Siberian Petroleum Fields (Stage 2/6), 1 Dice (130 R), 80%/90%
--[X]Plastic Industries (Stage 2/5), 3 Dice (630 R), 89,4%/92,7%
--[X]Expanded Ammonia Plants, 2 Dice (420 R), 59%/67,6%
--[X]Stabilization of Agrochemicals (Stage 1/2), 2 Dice (380 R), 59%/67,6%
--[X]Synthetic Rubber Plants (Stage 2/4), 1 Dice (190 R), 63%/73%

-[X]Agriculture (3/4 Dice, 390 R)
--[X]Water Management Programs, 3 Dice (390 R), 11,7%/16,2%

-[X]Services (3/3 Dice, 405 R)
--[X]Expanded Childcare (Stage 6/6), 1 Dice (90 R), 52%/62%
--[X]Transportation Entreprises (Stage 3/5), 1 Dice (190 R), 0%
--[X]Town-Market Construction, 1 Dice (125 R), 15%/25%

-[X]Bureaucracy (6/3+3 Forced, 0 R)
--[X]Prison Reform Program, 1 Dice
--[X]Increasing Domestic Innovation, 1 Dice
--[X]Domestic Production Program, 1 Dice
--[X]Labor Cost Adjustments, 1 Dice
--[X]Expanded Education, 1 Dice
--[X]Scientific Exchange Programs, 1 Dice

First time making a Plan for this Quest, thanks to whomever made the spreadsheet, otherwise i dont think I could have made it XD

Now, for the explanations: water is critical at this point, we both need drinking water in our towns and to save whatever we can on the agricultural front, we need to get as much time as we could to devise more reservoir or better usage technology.

We need the steel-mills turning to appease the spirit of Stalin (and keep steel cheap), keep some coal trickling but, more importantly; we need Atomash, not only to increase the production rate on our nuclear reactors but also to spur an industrial know-how in the nuclear department.
We also need Saratov to modernize our oil exploitation and general machinery, and as other points out, our window to get some tech for cheap from the USA might close if we dont pry it now. As for Gorky, its a good money-maker and we need more trucks for our general industries and transportation.

Rocketry, we dont need the inflatable sections now, especially as we dont seem to have a space-station running, better to get one first, then we could identify our needs. CMEA payloads is essential to keep a political and economical need in keeping the investments in space rolling, as well as a good synergy to start research on reusable launchers.

Light Industry is our money-maker, good-job provider and life-condition improver so we fire on all cylinders, even if just small investments to start the ball rolling, but Light Home Appliances is the main one I really want done as often it's the small things that make life better.

Chemical Industry is where the magic is done: keep a trickle of oil going to feed a booming plastic industry, it basically turn our low-cost oil into high-value industrial goods, why I also put dice on the synthetic rubber plant, Ammonia and Agro is to increase our production of fertilizer both for domestic and international markets.
 
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Undeadmuffin01 said:
-[X]Bureaucracy (6/3+3 Forced, 0 R)
--[X]Prison Reform Program, 1 Dice
--[X]Increasing Domestic Innovation, 1 Dice
--[X]Domestic Production Program, 1 Dice
--[X]Immigration Reforms, 1 Dice
--[X]Expanded Education, 1 Dice
--[X]Scientific Exchange Programs, 1 Dice
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Just so you know you can't pick both immigration and expanded education since they both use a favor and we only have one of them. You have to choose which one you want more
 
[X] Plan Redshirt

Defo think we need to start on both ESA and Atomaash this turn. Would prefer if we also started on water management, but we can wait on that a turn, I think.
 
ZabetTheRabbit said:
Defo think we need to start on both ESA and Atomaash this turn. Would prefer if we also started on water management, but we can wait on that a turn, I think.
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I disagree with that, I think that ESA can wait a turn but the more we wait on the water management, especially in the agriculture, the less effective it would be. It's not supposed to fix our water over-consumption problems but give us time to find more solution.
 
[X] Plan Redshirt
[X] Plan Educated Redshirts
[X] Plan Supplying our Azeri Girlboss with Texan Drills, Soviet Greyhound and Quenching the Thirst of the Nation
 
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[X] Plan Redshirt
[X] Plan Supplying our Azeri Girlboss with Texan Drills, Soviet Greyhound and Quenching the Thirst of the Nation
[X] Plan Educated Redshirts
 
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[X] Plan Redshirt
[X] Plan Infrastructure and Money
[X] Plan I can quit Infra Anytime I Want
[X] Plan Educated Redshirts
 
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Why spend resources on the Mercury program? Without a nuclear rocket it's barely worth the trip, even on a prestige basis. It'd be better to save the cash.
 
I'm guessing they're thinking of doing a Mercury flyby if for no other reason that it looks good in space PR that you're getting to all the planets. It looks like you're clearly progressing on the Space exploration then after all. Admittedly an in orbit would be better, but the outer planet missions are flyby as well.

Though even just a flyby have made a big difference in how one views various planets, for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto this day we've only ever had flyby and it greatly changed how we viewed those planets. So if one won't be back any time soon afterwards, a flyby can certainly be considered. So it depends on when you think the nuclear engine is done I guess.
 
Undeadmuffin01 said:
Agreed, plus the CMEA payloads and Reusable rockets have a much better synergy
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Even beyond the whole "Glusko of all people considered it impossible to engineer" part, our current rocket architecture is based around keeping launch prices down though economy of scale by pumping out tons of expendable cores.

If our Stalingrad plant going at full speed still can't keep up with full CMEA demand, it's probably more effective to just further expand production of the RLA rather than (re)start design a whole new launch system with all the costs that entails.
 
We already have one theoretical white elephant research project going on in the form of nuclear drives, we don't need another. Let the rockets be disposable, weve built our space program around that.
 
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