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Commander of 10 Million Men
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So they're actually going to attempt one of the pie-in-the-sky paper boondoggles? I can only see that as a win for us…
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So they're actually going to attempt one of the pie-in-the-sky paper boondoggles? I can only see that as a win for us…
Yeah I'm content to let them waste their money on it honestly, not interested in wasting space budget cap on Star Wars boondoggles. We can probably weather the political ramifications if we move right away to say "nah this is stupid we're explicitly disavowing space militarization," it would sting I'm sure but it's a very popular time to be a dove in the Kremlin right now so we would survive.
Alright, here's my preliminary plan.
In our actual job, we are limited by pressures from all sides - the budget is a bit lower due to the war scare, the electricity is scarily low, GenLabor is threatening to slip below 40, oil and steel prices are about to go into their next bracket and we're looking at failing our services goal. This plan tries to address all this - several very high profitability projects are going to complete, the expected electricity expense is just a bit lower than our income, GenLabor might stay within the bracket, oil and steel are addressed for the turn and both of the profitable project in services are picked. There's a careful balance here, but I am open for discussion.
In politics, I very much support the Technocratic-Podgorny alignment. Semyonov can use up Balakriev and the ministry as a battering ram, while aligning with the left means picking a fight with him while he's in ascension, giving him even more reasons to break the ministry up. On the other hand, Podgorny is looking to retire and his faction in general is shifting leftwards after Semyonov. Right now, we have a very good opportunity to offer something valuable to a generally respectable faction without sacrificing too much of our independence. I don't think there's a better choice to be made. Town Classification is a simple project for Balakirev to cut his teeth on and maybe secure some delegates from outside of the old lists, and if he fucks it up, it's not going to bother important people.
Edit: I've been informed that I have forgotten how the manual power plant building goes, and that they are a continuous project we can repeat as necessary. Getting two phases of them this turn is then very much critical, because holy shit we are low on electricity. In light of this, there have been several changes - HI has been cut/shifted so even if all projects complete, we don't go above 40 steel, Town Classification has been replaced with a project focus on CCGT plants.
[] Plan Energetic Realignment
-[]7355/7370 Resources (15 Reserve), 48 Dice Rolled
-[]Infrastructure (6/4 Dice, 725 R)
--[]Western Passenger Rail Expansion, 1 Dice (150 R), 100%/100%
--[]Far Eastern High Capacity Corridor, 2 Dice (230 R), 54%/68%
--[]Civilian Airports(Stage 4/5), 3 Dice (345 R), 96%/98%
-[]Heavy Industry (8/10 Dice, 2010 R)
--[]Donets Coal Basin Mechanization, 1 Dice (185 R), 76%/91%
--[]Atomash(Stage 2/3), 2 Dice (620 R), 99%/100%
--[]Kiev Machine Building Plant, 1 Dice (290 R), 0%/0%
--[]Second Generation Lithography, 1 Dice (285 R), 40%/55%
--[]Baltic Sea Shipyards, 3 Dice (630 R), 91%/95%
-[]Rocketry (2/2 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Expand Intercosmos, 1 Dice
--[]Formalize Peaceful Competition, 1 Dice
-[]Light Industry (6/6 Dice, 1120 R)
--[]Light Home Appliance Plants, 2 Dice (340 R), 75%/85%
--[]Color Television Modernization, 3 Dice (570 R), 91%/95%
--[]Second Generation Calculators, 1 Dice (210 R), 100%/100%
-[]Chemical Industry (11/11 Dice, 2220 R)
--[]West Siberian Petroleum Fields(Stage 3/6), 3 Dice (480 R), 100%/100%
--[]Volga-Ural Petroleum Modernization, 2 Dice (380 R), 50%/63%
--[]Plastic Industries(Stage 4/5), 1 Dice (210 R), 0%/0%
--[]Power Plants(CCGT), 3 Dice (750 R), Phase 1 100%, Phase 2 80%/87%
--[]Stabilization of Agrochemicals, 1 Dice (210 R), 57%/72%
--[]Synthetic Rubber Plants(Stage 4/4), 1 Dice (190 R), 2%/17%
-[]Agriculture (3/4 Dice, 390 R)
--[]Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 4/10), 3 Dice (390 R), 95%/97%
-[]Services (5/3 Dice, 890 R)
--[]Transportation Enterprises(Stage 4/5), 3 Dice (570 R), 95%/98%
--[]Town-Market Construction, 2 Dice (320 R), 98%/100%
-[]Bureaucracy (8/8 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(CCGT Power Plants), 1 Dice
--[]Assess the Supreme Soviet, 1 Dice
--[]Reach Out to Podgorny, 3 Dice
--[]Reconnect with the Technocrats, 3 Dice
In our actual job, we are limited by pressures from all sides - the budget is a bit lower due to the war scare, the electricity is scarily low, GenLabor is threatening to slip below 40, oil and steel prices are about to go into their next bracket and we're looking at failing our services goal. This plan tries to address all this - several very high profitability projects are going to complete, the expected electricity expense is just a bit lower than our income, GenLabor might stay within the bracket, oil and steel are addressed for the turn and both of the profitable project in services are picked. There's a careful balance here, but I am open for discussion.
In politics, I very much support the Technocratic-Podgorny alignment. Semyonov can use up Balakriev and the ministry as a battering ram, while aligning with the left means picking a fight with him while he's in ascension, giving him even more reasons to break the ministry up. On the other hand, Podgorny is looking to retire and his faction in general is shifting leftwards after Semyonov. Right now, we have a very good opportunity to offer something valuable to a generally respectable faction without sacrificing too much of our independence. I don't think there's a better choice to be made. Town Classification is a simple project for Balakirev to cut his teeth on and maybe secure some delegates from outside of the old lists, and if he fucks it up, it's not going to bother important people.
Edit: I've been informed that I have forgotten how the manual power plant building goes, and that they are a continuous project we can repeat as necessary. Getting two phases of them this turn is then very much critical, because holy shit we are low on electricity. In light of this, there have been several changes - HI has been cut/shifted so even if all projects complete, we don't go above 40 steel, Town Classification has been replaced with a project focus on CCGT plants.
[] Plan Energetic Realignment
-[]7355/7370 Resources (15 Reserve), 48 Dice Rolled
-[]Infrastructure (6/4 Dice, 725 R)
--[]Western Passenger Rail Expansion, 1 Dice (150 R), 100%/100%
--[]Far Eastern High Capacity Corridor, 2 Dice (230 R), 54%/68%
--[]Civilian Airports(Stage 4/5), 3 Dice (345 R), 96%/98%
-[]Heavy Industry (8/10 Dice, 2010 R)
--[]Donets Coal Basin Mechanization, 1 Dice (185 R), 76%/91%
--[]Atomash(Stage 2/3), 2 Dice (620 R), 99%/100%
--[]Kiev Machine Building Plant, 1 Dice (290 R), 0%/0%
--[]Second Generation Lithography, 1 Dice (285 R), 40%/55%
--[]Baltic Sea Shipyards, 3 Dice (630 R), 91%/95%
-[]Rocketry (2/2 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Expand Intercosmos, 1 Dice
--[]Formalize Peaceful Competition, 1 Dice
-[]Light Industry (6/6 Dice, 1120 R)
--[]Light Home Appliance Plants, 2 Dice (340 R), 75%/85%
--[]Color Television Modernization, 3 Dice (570 R), 91%/95%
--[]Second Generation Calculators, 1 Dice (210 R), 100%/100%
-[]Chemical Industry (11/11 Dice, 2220 R)
--[]West Siberian Petroleum Fields(Stage 3/6), 3 Dice (480 R), 100%/100%
--[]Volga-Ural Petroleum Modernization, 2 Dice (380 R), 50%/63%
--[]Plastic Industries(Stage 4/5), 1 Dice (210 R), 0%/0%
--[]Power Plants(CCGT), 3 Dice (750 R), Phase 1 100%, Phase 2 80%/87%
--[]Stabilization of Agrochemicals, 1 Dice (210 R), 57%/72%
--[]Synthetic Rubber Plants(Stage 4/4), 1 Dice (190 R), 2%/17%
-[]Agriculture (3/4 Dice, 390 R)
--[]Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 4/10), 3 Dice (390 R), 95%/97%
-[]Services (5/3 Dice, 890 R)
--[]Transportation Enterprises(Stage 4/5), 3 Dice (570 R), 95%/98%
--[]Town-Market Construction, 2 Dice (320 R), 98%/100%
-[]Bureaucracy (8/8 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(CCGT Power Plants), 1 Dice
--[]Assess the Supreme Soviet, 1 Dice
--[]Reach Out to Podgorny, 3 Dice
--[]Reconnect with the Technocrats, 3 Dice
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I do generally agree with Agumentic's [] Plan Energetic Realignment, however I would like us to focus on the CMEA and EURO this turn itself,
-[]Bureaucracy (8/8 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Drive Through Euro Adoption, 1 Dice
--[]CMEA Good Prioritization, 1 Dice
--[]Assess the Supreme Soviet, 1 Dice
--[]Reach Out to Podgorny, 2 Dice
--[]Reconnect with the Technocrats, 3 Dice
i have removed expand town classification and 1 dice from Reach out to Podgorny in favour of Euro adoption and CMEA good prioritization. I would like the economies of CMEA nations to be so intertwined and connected that it would be suicide for the countries to move away from us or become capitalist. It's also better to do this before the oil shock that's no doubt coming very soon
-[]Bureaucracy (8/8 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Drive Through Euro Adoption, 1 Dice
--[]CMEA Good Prioritization, 1 Dice
--[]Assess the Supreme Soviet, 1 Dice
--[]Reach Out to Podgorny, 2 Dice
--[]Reconnect with the Technocrats, 3 Dice
i have removed expand town classification and 1 dice from Reach out to Podgorny in favour of Euro adoption and CMEA good prioritization. I would like the economies of CMEA nations to be so intertwined and connected that it would be suicide for the countries to move away from us or become capitalist. It's also better to do this before the oil shock that's no doubt coming very soon
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I mean so long as they don't roll a nat 100 and it works.
Unrolled actions like Dedicate Focus are fine, but yeah touching actually sensitive political maneuvering should be saved until we're more secure. Bureau dice right now should mainly be allocated to Focus or multi-dice options that lessen the risk of a single bad roll causing a negative overall quality.
The one exception I can see is maybe Expand Town Classification Codes- this is the last turn before the next election cycle, so if we want the extended rural representation to kick in before 1980 we have to roll the dice this turn and just hope we do good enough despite the -10. But nothing else is time critical like that so it can wait a bit.
The one exception I can see is maybe Expand Town Classification Codes- this is the last turn before the next election cycle, so if we want the extended rural representation to kick in before 1980 we have to roll the dice this turn and just hope we do good enough despite the -10. But nothing else is time critical like that so it can wait a bit.
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Gosh could we just get through a plan without getting sacked?!?!
this ministry hasn't been the same since Vozy boyo got the boot
farewell Klimmy, we hardly knew ye
this ministry hasn't been the same since Vozy boyo got the boot
farewell Klimmy, we hardly knew ye
He was going to retire anyway and he didn't even want the job in the first place as well if memory is correct?
I mean Mikoyan became General Secretary so we already went through one plan without the Ministry Head retiring in Disgrace. And the Ministry not being some kind of Corruption Shoggoth is a good thing.
I'm mostly being tongue in cheek, We've had a lotta governmental movement the last few years though.
I would like to attempt a radical new political strategy known as "doing our job" in an attempt to minimize the risk of catastrophic political fuckups. We can get a LOT of mileage out of a 4 dice focus on CCGT power, and then focusing Volga field modernization should make it pretty unlikely to overrun the 40 mark on oil prices. We can even manage to squeeze out a decent chance at continuing petrochemical development without breaking the budget/dice pool if we focus plastics. Finally I threw a focus at Kiev too, it's not as impactful as the CI focuses but since it's a +10% chance to have Kiev's cost changes already applied next turn I figured it was worth it.
Judicious focus use in CI means we don't super have to worry about electricity or fuel levels, so I actually managed to get everything except 2 HI dice active for our most well-balanced turn in a while. I think it's a good spread of profit centers while not neglecting Services, the much expanded scale of Balakirev's rural services program will hopefully get enough turnover going to only miss our target by a little instead of a lot. I doubt we can actually completely fulfill the Services target without Trucking 5, and we're not going to get 350 points of Local Roads done to unlock that in time so I'm just giving up and slowrolling Trucking 4 instead while trying to get a good start on rural services.
This leaves 4 dice for politics at the end of the day, which I'm open to reallocating but have parked on technocrats/conservatives right now. The conservatives seem like the easiest pre-existing bloc to pick up, they have a pretty well established alliance with the MNKh have a sudden power vacuum that will probably let us climb higher than in the other available factions. Lets us avoid making any big economic compromises with Podgorny or Semyonov, which the managers should appreciate. But I could maybe see pivoting to Pod instead working out, or maybe even dropping the technocrats/managers and trying to sell them out to Semyonov and hoping we roll well.
[] Plan Nerd Power
-[]7350/7370 Resources (20 Reserve), 41 Dice Rolled
-[]Infrastructure (4/4 Dice, 495 R)
--[]Western Passenger Rail Expansion, 1 Dice (150 R), 100%/100%
--[]Far Eastern High Capacity Corridor, 1 Dice (115 R), 0%/0%
--[]Civilian Airports(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (230 R), 51%/64%
-[]Heavy Industry (8/10 Dice, 2035 R)
--[]Kuzbas Deposit Exploitation(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (260 R), 38%/52%
--[]Atomash(Stage 2/3), 2 Dice (620 R), 99%/100%
--[]Kiev Machine Building Plant, 3 Dice (870 R), 74%/83%
--[]Second Generation Lithography, 1 Dice (285 R), 40%/55%
-[]Rocketry (2/2 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Expand Intercosmos, 1 Dice
--[]Formalize Peaceful Competition, 1 Dice
-[]Light Industry (6/6 Dice, 1040 R)
--[]Light Home Appliance Plants, 2 Dice (340 R), 75%/85%
--[]Mixed Textile Industries(Stage 2/3), 2 Dice (320 R), 91%/96%
--[]Expanded Paper Industries, 1 Dice (170 R), 40%/55%
--[]Second Generation Calculators, 1 Dice (210 R), 100%/100%
-[]Chemical Industry (11/11 Dice, 2330 R)
--[]West Siberian Petroleum Fields(Stage 3/6), 2 Dice (320 R), 100%/100%
--[]Volga-Ural Petroleum Modernization, 2 Dice (380 R), 75%/85%
--[]Plastic Industries(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (420 R), 41%/55%
--[]Power Plants(CCGT), 4 Dice (1000 R), 100%/100%
--[]Stabilization of Agrochemicals, 1 Dice (210 R), 57%/72%
-[]Agriculture (4/4 Dice, 520 R)
--[]Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 4/10), 4 Dice (520 R), 100%/100%
-[]Services (6/3 Dice, 930 R)
--[]Transportation Enterprises(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (380 R), 43%/57%
--[]Development of Population Services(Stage 1/3), 3 Dice (390 R), 64%/74%
--[]Town-Market Construction, 1 Dice (160 R), 40%/55%
-[]Bureaucracy (8/8 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(Kiev Machine Building Plant), 1 Dice
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(Volga-Ural Petroleum Modernization), 1 Dice
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(Plastic Industries(Stage 4/5)), 1 Dice
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(Power Plants(CCGT)), 1 Dice
--[]Locate a Patron, 2 Dice
--[]Reconnect with the Technocrats, 2 Dice
Judicious focus use in CI means we don't super have to worry about electricity or fuel levels, so I actually managed to get everything except 2 HI dice active for our most well-balanced turn in a while. I think it's a good spread of profit centers while not neglecting Services, the much expanded scale of Balakirev's rural services program will hopefully get enough turnover going to only miss our target by a little instead of a lot. I doubt we can actually completely fulfill the Services target without Trucking 5, and we're not going to get 350 points of Local Roads done to unlock that in time so I'm just giving up and slowrolling Trucking 4 instead while trying to get a good start on rural services.
This leaves 4 dice for politics at the end of the day, which I'm open to reallocating but have parked on technocrats/conservatives right now. The conservatives seem like the easiest pre-existing bloc to pick up, they have a pretty well established alliance with the MNKh have a sudden power vacuum that will probably let us climb higher than in the other available factions. Lets us avoid making any big economic compromises with Podgorny or Semyonov, which the managers should appreciate. But I could maybe see pivoting to Pod instead working out, or maybe even dropping the technocrats/managers and trying to sell them out to Semyonov and hoping we roll well.
[] Plan Nerd Power
-[]7350/7370 Resources (20 Reserve), 41 Dice Rolled
-[]Infrastructure (4/4 Dice, 495 R)
--[]Western Passenger Rail Expansion, 1 Dice (150 R), 100%/100%
--[]Far Eastern High Capacity Corridor, 1 Dice (115 R), 0%/0%
--[]Civilian Airports(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (230 R), 51%/64%
-[]Heavy Industry (8/10 Dice, 2035 R)
--[]Kuzbas Deposit Exploitation(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (260 R), 38%/52%
--[]Atomash(Stage 2/3), 2 Dice (620 R), 99%/100%
--[]Kiev Machine Building Plant, 3 Dice (870 R), 74%/83%
--[]Second Generation Lithography, 1 Dice (285 R), 40%/55%
-[]Rocketry (2/2 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Expand Intercosmos, 1 Dice
--[]Formalize Peaceful Competition, 1 Dice
-[]Light Industry (6/6 Dice, 1040 R)
--[]Light Home Appliance Plants, 2 Dice (340 R), 75%/85%
--[]Mixed Textile Industries(Stage 2/3), 2 Dice (320 R), 91%/96%
--[]Expanded Paper Industries, 1 Dice (170 R), 40%/55%
--[]Second Generation Calculators, 1 Dice (210 R), 100%/100%
-[]Chemical Industry (11/11 Dice, 2330 R)
--[]West Siberian Petroleum Fields(Stage 3/6), 2 Dice (320 R), 100%/100%
--[]Volga-Ural Petroleum Modernization, 2 Dice (380 R), 75%/85%
--[]Plastic Industries(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (420 R), 41%/55%
--[]Power Plants(CCGT), 4 Dice (1000 R), 100%/100%
--[]Stabilization of Agrochemicals, 1 Dice (210 R), 57%/72%
-[]Agriculture (4/4 Dice, 520 R)
--[]Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 4/10), 4 Dice (520 R), 100%/100%
-[]Services (6/3 Dice, 930 R)
--[]Transportation Enterprises(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (380 R), 43%/57%
--[]Development of Population Services(Stage 1/3), 3 Dice (390 R), 64%/74%
--[]Town-Market Construction, 1 Dice (160 R), 40%/55%
-[]Bureaucracy (8/8 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(Kiev Machine Building Plant), 1 Dice
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(Volga-Ural Petroleum Modernization), 1 Dice
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(Plastic Industries(Stage 4/5)), 1 Dice
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(Power Plants(CCGT)), 1 Dice
--[]Locate a Patron, 2 Dice
--[]Reconnect with the Technocrats, 2 Dice
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Current prototype plan:
[] Plan Computers and Electricity
-[]7340/7370 Resources (30 Reserve), 45 Dice Rolled
-[]Infrastructure (5/4 Dice, 960 R)
--[]Western Passenger Rail Expansion, 1 Dice (150 R), 100%/100%
--[]Civilian Airports(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (230 R), 51%/64%
--[]Academic Network, 2 Dice (580 R), 75%/85%
-[]Heavy Industry (7/10 Dice, 1760 R)
--[]Kuzbas Deposit Exploitation(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (260 R), 38%/52%
--[]Atomash(Stage 2/3), 3 Dice (930 R), 32%/43%
--[]Second Generation Lithography, 2 Dice (570 R), 98%/100%
-[]Rocketry (2/2 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Orbital Telescope Program, 1 Dice
--[]Formalize Peaceful Competition, 1 Dice
-[]Light Industry (5/6 Dice, 930 R)
--[]Light Home Appliance Plants, 2 Dice (340 R), 75%/85%
--[]Color Television Modernization, 2 Dice (380 R), 32%/45%
--[]Second Generation Calculators, 1 Dice (210 R), 100%/100%
-[]Chemical Industry (11/11 Dice, 2410 R)
--[]West Siberian Petroleum Fields(Stage 3/6), 2 Dice (320 R), 100%/100%
--[]Volga-Ural Petroleum Modernization, 2 Dice (380 R), 50%/63%
--[]Intensive Cracking Infrastructure(Stage 1/2), 2 Dice (500 R), 87%/94%
--[]Power Plants(CCGT), 4 Dice (1000 R), 100%/100%
--[]Stabilization of Agrochemicals, 1 Dice (210 R), 57%/72%
-[]Agriculture (4/4 Dice, 520 R)
--[]Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 4/10), 4 Dice (520 R), 100%/100%
-[]Services (4/3 Dice, 760 R)
--[]Transportation Enterprises(Stage 4/5), 4 Dice (760 R), 100%/100%
-[]Bureaucracy (8/8 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(), 1 Dice
--[]Expand Town Classification Codes, 1 Dice
--[]Housing Sector Reform, 1 Dice
--[]Assess the Supreme Soviet, 1 Dice
--[]Alliance with Seymonov, 2 Dice
--[]Reconnect with the Technocrats, 2 Dice
Not a fan of the huge reserve, but it gets a lot of important things. I'll discuss the plan further later, just wanted to throw it out there now. The %s for Power Plants and Atomash are for the 2nd stage of them, the 1st stage is pretty much guaranteed.
edit: more in-depth analysis here, also modified the above with -1 Synthetic Rubber +1 Power Plants because running out of electricity would be bad. This also puts the reserve at a more reasonable 30 rather than 90.
[] Plan Computers and Electricity
-[]7340/7370 Resources (30 Reserve), 45 Dice Rolled
-[]Infrastructure (5/4 Dice, 960 R)
--[]Western Passenger Rail Expansion, 1 Dice (150 R), 100%/100%
--[]Civilian Airports(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (230 R), 51%/64%
--[]Academic Network, 2 Dice (580 R), 75%/85%
-[]Heavy Industry (7/10 Dice, 1760 R)
--[]Kuzbas Deposit Exploitation(Stage 4/5), 2 Dice (260 R), 38%/52%
--[]Atomash(Stage 2/3), 3 Dice (930 R), 32%/43%
--[]Second Generation Lithography, 2 Dice (570 R), 98%/100%
-[]Rocketry (2/2 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Orbital Telescope Program, 1 Dice
--[]Formalize Peaceful Competition, 1 Dice
-[]Light Industry (5/6 Dice, 930 R)
--[]Light Home Appliance Plants, 2 Dice (340 R), 75%/85%
--[]Color Television Modernization, 2 Dice (380 R), 32%/45%
--[]Second Generation Calculators, 1 Dice (210 R), 100%/100%
-[]Chemical Industry (11/11 Dice, 2410 R)
--[]West Siberian Petroleum Fields(Stage 3/6), 2 Dice (320 R), 100%/100%
--[]Volga-Ural Petroleum Modernization, 2 Dice (380 R), 50%/63%
--[]Intensive Cracking Infrastructure(Stage 1/2), 2 Dice (500 R), 87%/94%
--[]Power Plants(CCGT), 4 Dice (1000 R), 100%/100%
--[]Stabilization of Agrochemicals, 1 Dice (210 R), 57%/72%
-[]Agriculture (4/4 Dice, 520 R)
--[]Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 4/10), 4 Dice (520 R), 100%/100%
-[]Services (4/3 Dice, 760 R)
--[]Transportation Enterprises(Stage 4/5), 4 Dice (760 R), 100%/100%
-[]Bureaucracy (8/8 Dice, 0 R)
--[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(), 1 Dice
--[]Expand Town Classification Codes, 1 Dice
--[]Housing Sector Reform, 1 Dice
--[]Assess the Supreme Soviet, 1 Dice
--[]Alliance with Seymonov, 2 Dice
--[]Reconnect with the Technocrats, 2 Dice
Not a fan of the huge reserve, but it gets a lot of important things. I'll discuss the plan further later, just wanted to throw it out there now. The %s for Power Plants and Atomash are for the 2nd stage of them, the 1st stage is pretty much guaranteed.
edit: more in-depth analysis here, also modified the above with -1 Synthetic Rubber +1 Power Plants because running out of electricity would be bad. This also puts the reserve at a more reasonable 30 rather than 90.
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I think that Akademset is just too expensive right now when critical economic targets are still in the balance, next turn in 1974 after we tap some oil fields we should have the wiggle room to spend a couple passion project dice on it but if we're prioritizing expensive computer projects then the actual lithography plants come first and networking experiments second IMO.
This is more connecting two computers which already happened in the OTL in 1969 so we may just be doing our own version of that. Of course the USSR making its own internet and the US making their internet could lead to two distinct internets in TTL.
Eh they will connect somehow so the nerds of the east and west can both play muds were they can badly roleplay with each other.
There will likely be more of a linguistic divide than an entirely separate Soviet Internet and USAmerican Internet, if my memory of the discord discussions about this matter is correct. With the chance of a Great Firewall being erected by one block or the other.
- Location
- Under your couch
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Remember Atomash, which if i remember correctly needs to be at least halfway through 3rd stage this turn to be able to do stage 4 next turn and have a good back up of none-oil energy.
As they say: "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
As they say: "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
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Atommash only goes up to Stage 3 this FYP, which we should easily complete with 2 dice/turn in 1973 and '74. Depending on how exactly our luck comes out this turn we might need to focus it or add a 3rd die next turn but I can't really imagine actually failing to complete it.
Walls might look nice and imposing but look around enough and you'll easily find the holes that can't be patched up or that maintenance teams won't fix because they are not paid enough to deal with the bull crap that would fix it.
Red Rationalist
Spinning in eternity
- Location
- Andro-Orlando Hair Saloon
- Pronouns
- They/Them
So, the discussion about the internal politics is well on it's way already, but I would note 2 things:
1) Our current guy doesn't know what he's looking at in terms of politics. He's explicitly an inexperienced politician that ascended during a turning point. Do not trust any numbers given, they might as well be entrail reading at the moment.
2) People have already proposed allying one faction. In my opinion, this is a pretty bad idea. We are explicitly operating based on vibes and guesswork by Bal (-10 to tall politics means he is pretty bad at judging political realities). His malus is so bad that it's comparable to not having a secondary school education (Sergo) or actively purging your own government apparatus (Klim during the height of anti-corruption). I think we have a grace period here (nobody wants to replace the MKNH after the first couple years, since that throws planning into disarray) which we should use to get an accurate read on the SupSov. Political alliances are a bit like marriage proposals, you really want to meet and know the other party first. This isn't something we should rush into at the first moment, with Bal inexperience we could tie ourselves to a weak party, or simply miss out on a better option.
I think we can wait. Sem will likely attempt no further consolidation of power, since taking over the MKNH would be a step too far (that is why Bal is still there, rather than a new guy or having a brand new Semyonivite deputy). Sem is going to busy for a bit convincing the SupSov that he isn't trying to be a dictator, so he isn't going to also grab the MKNH.
Edit: Having reconsidered my position a bit, doing nothing to forge alliances is probably not the best move. But I think we should be very wary of committing a high number of dice, since we don't want to tie ourselves to a faction just yet. The dice caps are abonrmally high, and Bal is explictely stated to be bad at politics and operates without a political network. So the best thing is to avoid any big political ventures like blockbuilding, and put a single die on reaching out to Seym and to Pod. This way we signal our willingness to talk, while not committing to anything while things are highly uncertain. We should enter talks, but be open to be courted. Just strive to do moderately competent politics, instead of picking an angle while we are flying blind.
If you ask me, the most sensible spread of political dice is:
-[] Assess the Supreme Soviet: 1 Dice
-[]Reach Out to Podgorny: 1 Dice
-[] Alliance with Seymonov: 1 Dice
-[] Dedicate Focus Towards A Project [5 Dice]
The best move is to wait, and see how the chips actually fall. Nobody wants a revolving door in the economic ministry, so we can wait a year for an actual assessment before making any political alliance. We need actual info. If we get that, we would be using some information for decisions rather than the first impulse that pops into Balks head (remember how badly relying on an incompetent characters judgement in regard to diplomacy went?). We are not about to loose our job the next turn, people are going to want to take us under their wing.
1) Our current guy doesn't know what he's looking at in terms of politics. He's explicitly an inexperienced politician that ascended during a turning point. Do not trust any numbers given, they might as well be entrail reading at the moment.
This? This means nothing beyond the vibes Bal gets. Bal likely doesn't know the actual number of delegates beyond "look how many alligned with Sem to oust Romanov". Given that Sem just ousted the old leadership, he is powerful. That doesn't mean he actually controlls the SupSov, the conservative faction members haven't magically changed into bleeding heart liberals. We are trying to look into the SupSov trough closed curtains here.
We are literally getting our political info from Soviet television. Meaning our political info is on par with a random guy on the street, we really shouldn't make alliances based on that.
2) People have already proposed allying one faction. In my opinion, this is a pretty bad idea. We are explicitly operating based on vibes and guesswork by Bal (-10 to tall politics means he is pretty bad at judging political realities). His malus is so bad that it's comparable to not having a secondary school education (Sergo) or actively purging your own government apparatus (Klim during the height of anti-corruption). I think we have a grace period here (nobody wants to replace the MKNH after the first couple years, since that throws planning into disarray) which we should use to get an accurate read on the SupSov. Political alliances are a bit like marriage proposals, you really want to meet and know the other party first. This isn't something we should rush into at the first moment, with Bal inexperience we could tie ourselves to a weak party, or simply miss out on a better option.
I think we can wait. Sem will likely attempt no further consolidation of power, since taking over the MKNH would be a step too far (that is why Bal is still there, rather than a new guy or having a brand new Semyonivite deputy). Sem is going to busy for a bit convincing the SupSov that he isn't trying to be a dictator, so he isn't going to also grab the MKNH.
Edit: Having reconsidered my position a bit, doing nothing to forge alliances is probably not the best move. But I think we should be very wary of committing a high number of dice, since we don't want to tie ourselves to a faction just yet. The dice caps are abonrmally high, and Bal is explictely stated to be bad at politics and operates without a political network. So the best thing is to avoid any big political ventures like blockbuilding, and put a single die on reaching out to Seym and to Pod. This way we signal our willingness to talk, while not committing to anything while things are highly uncertain. We should enter talks, but be open to be courted. Just strive to do moderately competent politics, instead of picking an angle while we are flying blind.
If you ask me, the most sensible spread of political dice is:
-[] Assess the Supreme Soviet: 1 Dice
-[]Reach Out to Podgorny: 1 Dice
-[] Alliance with Seymonov: 1 Dice
-[] Dedicate Focus Towards A Project [5 Dice]
The best move is to wait, and see how the chips actually fall. Nobody wants a revolving door in the economic ministry, so we can wait a year for an actual assessment before making any political alliance. We need actual info. If we get that, we would be using some information for decisions rather than the first impulse that pops into Balks head (remember how badly relying on an incompetent characters judgement in regard to diplomacy went?). We are not about to loose our job the next turn, people are going to want to take us under their wing.
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