[x]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k) [X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k) [X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
Lets grow the gulag prisoners into professional construction work teams.
Hearty Meals to improve morale & survival rates.
Intensive Monitoring to improve discipline, prevent corruption, intrigue, and internal gang wars.
[x]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k) [X]Continue with Guards: With the use of minimally trained guards, many of the issues with the system can continue to be controlled to an acceptable degree. While there could be some incidents due to lack of training, they will be far better than the near internal anarchy that not having guards would represent. (0 Resources per 100k)
[X]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
OOC: Does the state have any monopoly over alcohol production or distribution?
[X]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k) [X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k) [X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
[x]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
if per IRL, yes. In 1914, the Tsar's vodka monopoly was around 30% of the government's revenue. The Soviets had a brief run-in with Prohibition, but that worked out about as well as you can imagine. By the mid 20s, the Vodka monopoly was back again in brand new Bolshevik colours.
if per IRL, yes. In 1914, the Tsar's vodka monopoly was around 30% of the government's revenue. The Soviets had a brief run-in with Prohibition, but that worked out about as well as you can imagine. By the mid 20s, the Vodka monopoly was back again in brand new Bolshevik colours.
I'm not aiming for 'Labour Camps = Good,' but 'Labour Camps = Not So Bad.'
Let's give our prisoners a reason to reform and rejoin polite society. I'm envisioning professional certification and a steady 'Camp-to-Work' pipeline in the future. Let them do their time and get out.
[X]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k) [X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
Let's admit that these prisoners are never going to be freed, but they can still serve the Union if given enough attention.
[X]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
I'm not aiming for 'Labour Camps = Good,' but 'Labour Camps = Not So Bad.'
Let's give our prisoners a reason to reform and rejoin polite society. I'm envisioning professional certification and a steady 'Camp-to-Work' pipeline in the future. Let them do their time and get out.
It's not just "humane treatment", it's also cost-efficiency.
If we had a famine going on, then we could have slashed the rations to the bone. Now, though, we have a food surplus, and are going to increase amount of such surplus.
Meanwhile, many of these inmates are in for a long haul of 10+ years behind bars, and they do get experience doing the job. Thoughtlessly expending them just to save a bit more grain is not effective, as it means less work done overall with initial savings being fairly marginal (when compared to amount of profit that has been missed due to cost-cutting).
[x]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k) [X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Hearty Meals: Increasing the food rations to hearty staple meals would considerably improve the health and possibly the system's labor efficiency, as the prisoners would have a steady stream of calorie-dense meals. (-7.5 Resources per 100k)
[X]Intensive Monitoring: While the system is still operating, it would be prudent to ensure that the political prisoners that are contained within are not plotting anything and that they are serving out their sentences without any strings of corruption or internal issues. Through the use of consistent monitoring and trained guards, a large portion of issues can be prevented. (-2.5 Resources per 100k)
Turn 7 (1931 2st Half): Proletarian March
Resources per turn 280+ULAG with 35 in storage.
Party Support 60 Article from the Daily Worker, August 20th, 1931.
With the new allocations of additional state resources, the Soviet Union has grown by leaps and bounds as the world's capitalist nations stagnate and fall behind. The clear advantages of the planned economics system are shown as Sergo Ordokidze manages to further increase economic growth as the head of Gosplan. Through his wise and scientific leadership, considerable progress is made in all areas of life, as the previously rural economy of the Soviet Union advances into industrialization. Day by day, hour by hour output of steel and electricity grows compared the tariffs and slowdowns with falling wages all over the capitalist world.
The Soviet model truly shows the communist method's victories, as they are a nation that exports constantly and trades with the world. Is industrializing faster than any power which came before. Given the current production rate increases, they will overtake the production of the capitalists encouraging other nations to pick up the torch of fraternity and brotherhood. While we all toil endless shifts in the factories for little pay the Soviet workers own the proceeds of their labor and are able to truly live freely.
Current Status of ULAG:
Population: 240,000 (I'll round to the nearest 100k)
Attitude: Stable
Food State: Hearty Meals, -15 Resources Per Turn
Guard State: Intensive Monitoring, -5 Resources Per Turn
Resource Income: Construction focused, 30 Resources Per Turn
Free dice to allocate: 4 Dice.
Infrastructure 6 Dice
[]Refurbishment of the Trans-Siberian Main Line: There are numerous issues with the Trans-Siberian rail line due to the lack of fueling infrastructure for the older locomotives and relative lack of rail terminuses. These issues can be fixed through a steady improvement in stations and the proliferation of more of them through the line. Renovations can also be combined with laying down a new line alongside the mainline rather than a full replacement, saving a considerable effort. With the nation's industrial development and faster trains, such a project is considered a high-level priority. (20 Resources per dice (0/300))
[]Buildup of Rail Stock (Diesel, Far Eastern Sector): Diesel is a radical solution to the current lack of rail stock and lack of infrastructure to fuel trains along the long-range routes trans-Siberian. Using newly obtained technology from MAN, an all Diesel locomotive's production can be an entirely domestic affair. The first batches will require the conversion of multiple locomotive plants, but mass production is possible. While the production is possible, diesel needs to be rolled out per block on the lines, as it requires a new set of infrastructure, cheaper infrastructure, but still required infrastructure. (15 Resources per dice (0/300))
[]Port Buildup in Nikolaev: The southern ports' trade infrastructure lacks most of the region's history. Through the ports' buildup, a considerable amount of exports can be sent out to the world for cheaper than previously available, allowing additional material imported from the west to fuel the great industrialization. This would also enable an optimal shipyard to construct new warships when the West inevitably breaks the Montreux Convention. This project can be undertaken with the newly constructed rail capacity, but more rails would be preferred. (10 Resources per dice (0/60))
[]Power Line Construction(Stage 1): The construction of additional connecting power lines and substations will ensure the steady proliferation of electricity across the Union from distant power plants. While these would allow the reach of power quite far from distant generating sites, the nation's size is far too large for single networks. Instead, a large-interlinked system will be made to ensure the steady distribution of power to all. (15 Resources per dice (126/150))
[]Stalingrad Hydroelectric Station: The construction of a massive hydroelectric system at one of the major revolutionary cities would present an enormous improvement in the amount of available power to the Union. While such a system would only power the local area, its power production would be sufficient to construct large scale alumina and chemical production. Simultaneously, such an effort would only be expensive in the sense of labor rather than in hard goods allowing the project to be completed for relatively little hard currency. (10 Resources per dice (0/600))
[]Bitumen Road Programs(Stage 1): The construction of new updated systems of roads to better traverse multiple regions of the Union would be a massive military asset, as it would allow for rapid transit of equipment and armor to where it is needed. While such a program would be expensive due to the limited but steady production of bitumen, it should be possible to ensure that the roads are fully paved. The first stage of such a project will start with the cities and urban areas, ensuring they have all paved roads. (15 Resources per dice (0/200))
[]Angara River Systems: An expensive and labor-intensive proposal for utilizing the deep Siberian river for additional power generation and motive capacity. While the local region is under-developed, the construction of multiple new hydroelectric systems will allow significant improvements in the transportation of goods and improve the power available in the deep Siberian regions of the Union. Such efforts however, will be hard due to the inhospitable terrain and lacking infrastructure in the region. (15 Resources per dice (0/400))
Heavy Industry 6 Dice
[]Magnitogorsk Planned City(Stage 3): Further expansion of the great metallurgical plant is needed to ensure that the Union can be met with a steady steel and iron supply. While the current efforts have started producing new supplies of steel, the quantity is still insufficient for its use in every possible application, as there is still a considerable shortage of steel all over the nation. Thus, a large scale expansion of the plant is necessary to ensure the steady supply of new goods and production. Such an expansion project would also ensure that further production of steel can be even cheaper. This expansion would represent additional steel furnaces and proper alloy casting to ensure that new grades of steel could be produced for far more varied applications. (20 Resources per dice (56/300))
[]Zlatoust Planned City(Stage 3): The expansion of the exotic metal plant has gone well with a considerable output of new copper alloys, along with other rarer things. However, as the pace of electrification and industrial chemical production opportunities are being created, more specialized material must be produced. With the next step of construction, planned out dedicated processing halls for yet more exotic alloys will be constructed to secure a steady supply for machine part production. (15 Resources per dice (39/250))
[]Donbas Coal Basin Mine Expansion(Stage 2): The mine's mechanization is a long-term priority for improving productivity and improving the workers' working conditions. This will not change magically paper over all of the problems with coal mining, but using heavier equipment, assuming a trained workforce, will allow considerable improvements in yield and yield per casualty. (20 Resources per dice 0/300)
[]Gorky Machine-building Plant(Stage 1): A new massive machine producing factory that should allow for further ramping up of heavy industrial and machinery production. Current infrastructural strain and lack of base resources currently would make such a project far too costly, but given time; the Union could create a massive new industrial city. This plant would form the core for producing additional industrial equipment in large reaction vessels and bootstrap the chemical industry. Before such a project can be built, however, the infrastructural foundation must be laid down to ensure a steady state of growth and ease of access to resources. (40 Resources per dice (0/200))
[]Dneprovsky Metallurgical Plant: The production of aluminum from alumina represents an incredibly energy-intense and challenging process that all developed nations are currently undertaking. Where would the Union be if such plans are not undertaken for the domestic production of this new material? The region has the power, and it is time for it to be utilized to produce new materials with new exciting properties. This would be a good location for the plant, and reasonably effective, though aluminum is not at all in dire need currently. (5 Party Influence upon completion, 40 Resources per dice (0/200))
[]Power Production Campaigns(Stage 1): The need for electric power is critical for the success of multiple industrial enterprises and the constant construction of new housing in new cities. A mass of coal-powered power stations can be built through a concerted effort, allowing the people to experience a steady supply of electricity and power for their every need. While there would be some cost in terms of pollution, this effort will be a critical step toward industrial development. (25 Resources per dice (0/200))
[]Norilsk Combine: The processing of Nickel and Palladium fulfills a critical domestic need in the case of war with the Capitalists. Large sections of our industrial production require these metals, from catalyzed processes to alloying, necessitating their mining in large quantities. However, the issue is that the deposit is fairly far north, necessitating large quantities of cold weather equipment to work it effectively. (20 Resources per dice (0/200))
[]Novokuznetsk Iron and Steel Plant: A dedicated large scale factory for the production of additional rails and rail-road construction supplies would be a significant asset towards expanding the rail network to allow for easier transport of goods across the Union. While such an effort would consume a good amount of steel production, the additional rails will greatly help transportation through the nation. In addition, the construction of additional lines will reduce congestion in the network, allowing for far faster general running speeds. (20 Resources per dice (0/200))
Light and Chemical Industry 5 Dice
[]Baku Oil Extraction(Stage 3): The time for the near-total utilization of the oil fields is now. Yet a few more deposits are not being actively extracted, allowing for the Union to ramp up production further. This will start hitting the field's limit, but a further campaign can be attempted to increase oil production. (5 Party Influence upon completion, 10 Resources per dice (10/300))
[]Baku Oil Refineries(Stage 3): With the plans to nearly totally utilize the oil deposits in Baku, there also needs to be a plan to refine the massive quantity of oil products. However, these industrial facilities would consist of a major cost to production with little return on spending. These would further improve the quantity of oil products available to the Union for larger military projects and secure the position of the Union as the source of Eastern European oil. (5 Party Influence upon completion, 15 Resources per dice (0/300))
[]Bakelite Production: The new plastic-like material has a considerable impact in the Capitalist world as a light dependable resin capable of being used in a multitude of electric devices. While its properties are not exceptional in any one aspect, its production would allow for a steady stream of further applications for it as the nation electrifies. Providing a cheap and dependable source of domestic insulation production. (30 Resources per dice (0/100))
[]Nitrogen Fixing Plants: The production of a considerable amount of ammonia is critical for both the production of explosives and fertilizer production. Here, the bulk of the plants would use the power from the considerable hydroelectric assets located on the Neva river to start creating massive amounts of ammonia to achieve near-total fertilizer independence. However, such an effort would utilize a truly massive quantity of electric power and would mean that Leningrad would also need coal power plants to sustain electricity increases. (30 Resources per dice (0/100))
[]Pharmaceutical Plants: The production of multiple common pharmaceutical agents can significantly improve the union's healthcare and secure exports. By utilizing German acquisitions, a significant amount of currency can be made on exports to other nations, allowing a steady stream of hard currency to be accumulated to obtain more industrially critical resources. (50 Resources per dice (0/80))
[]Coal Liquefaction Experiments: With the new large amount of coal available to the union, it may be worthwhile to test various possibilities of coal liquefaction into multiple types of chemical and fuel products. While these will likely not have many useful results, this is an interesting scientific endeavor to pursue. (15 Resources per dice (0/100))
[]Radio Plants: Through the use of licensed American technology, a new series of radios can be built so that the workers of the Union know the latest news and happenings. These radios are also limited to proper frequencies to ensure that foreign propaganda can easily penetrate the Union, allowing us to broadcast the workers' truth. Such an effort due to the work's precision and the need for new technology, would be quite expensive to start. (5 Party Influence upon completion, 40 Resources per dice (0/80))
[]Electric Heating Plants: Through the use of new tungsten filaments, many new commercial items can be made. These new items will allow the multitude of workers connected to the electric grid to heat their homes and food and utilize the newly available power sources more efficiently. While such an effort will increase electric consumption, it should steadily reduce reliance on coal inside of cities, allowing for a degree of cleaner air. (30 Resources per dice (0/150))
Agriculture 5 Dice
[]Creation of Central Mechanism Storages(Stage 1): A great lack in the current agricultural system of the Union is the lack of machinery for more optimally utilizing the labor of the workers. By creating multiple central storage sites for villages, it would be possible to free up masses of laborers to move into cities to become the urban proletariat. While this would not improve the yields per acre significantly, they will allow the use of far more marginal lands and free up massive labor quantities. (5 Party Influence upon completion, 15 Resources per dice (0/200))
[]Voluntary Cooperative Construction(Stage 3): The initial efforts in constructing additional farms have been a significant success of the party, with masses of peasants joining up to be volunteers in these efforts. While there is still secondary land to settle with people in good agricultural regions, it would be prudent to continue the program. The small food surplus currently in the Union can be further expanded into a larger one through far more efficient rural production. (5 Party Influence) (Think Kibbutz with more propaganda) (15 Resources per dice (0/200))
[]New Socialist Towns(Stage 3): While there has been some minimal resistance to the reorganization of the workers into the new town structures, so far, they have been producing well with expected steady increases in grain yields set to occur over time. The slow mechanization of the countryside is also steadily freeing up more and more labor to the cities, as more land can be brought into cultivation. These transitions are occurring slower due to the easy and cheap candidates for conversions already converted over to the new model, needing additional resources. (5 Party Influence) (Think Moshav with more propaganda) (10 Resources per dice (38/150))
[]Modernization of Animal Farming: By creating large factory-farming complexes for the production of meat and milk products, the efficiency of grain to meat production can be significantly improved. While a minor logistical strain would be incurred with all of the transport, large-scale meat production will occur far more efficiently. This should also allow the lower level peasants to grow fewer animals as grain could be more efficiently traded for state-provided milk than local food production. (10 Resources per dice (0/150))
[]Start of Seed Irradiation: Through the construction of additional seed vaults and the processing of a multitude of plants through mutating radiation, it may be possible to mutate more optimal seeds. For such a program, only a small amount of radium and seeds are needed; however, the expertise to oversee such an effort is quite large and would be pulled from other applications. While this would represent a good way of further increasing yields, but it will take a considerable amount of time for any form of payoff. (15 Resources per dice (0/50))
Services 5 Dice
[]Creation of the State Hospital System(Stage 2): The construction of the rural clinic network poses a critical need for the Union, as healthcare access will ensure the Union's population's steady growth. The next focus of this effort will be on the rural villages, ensuring that at least a trained nurse can be in every small town to allow for prompt medical care, or at the minimum, stabilization for transport to a larger urban hospital. (10 Resources per dice (82/200))
[]Creation of new Medical Universities: The current shortage of trained doctors has caused a considerable problem in expanding healthcare to the multitude of small communities over the Union. Thus it is a high priority to expand the availability of medical education to as many as possible to ensure the steady improvement of both the quantity and quality of doctors. These universities will pull trained doctors from positions of treating patients, but such a move is necessary to train the next generation of doctors. (10 Resources per dice (0/150))
[]Creation of new Polytechnic Universities(Stage 2): The first effort in constructing polytechnic universities has been a significant success with a large degree of progress made on creating new institutions. Due to the speed of construction, however, there is a considerable shortage of educated professors that will be solved in time. But, they can be pulled from other projects with younger graduates re-assigned to free up the Union's educational potential. (10 Resources per dice (79/150))
[]Expansion of the Schooling Programs(Stage 1): The education of the Soviet Youth in reading and basic arithmetic is critical for developing a new society of knowledgeable workers. These schools will focus on the teaching of basic concepts and a proper understanding of history. While not glamorous, these will be the core of a literacy program for the Soviet youth. Ensuring that soon the next generation of new trained, enthusiastic, and happy workers will be created for future use in industry. These schools will be an incredible long-term asset for improving the population's education, but they would consistently use resources that will not impact decades. (5 Resources per dice (180/200))
[]Start of Mass technical literacy programs: While it would be challenging to reach all of the workers of the Union and teach them what is needed, such an effort is critical to ensure that they know how to handle new innovative appliances and technology. The first wave of these programs will primarily affect factory workers by teaching them the bulk of their machinery's base operational mechanisms and how to handle it more efficiently. (10 Resources per dice (0/200))
Bureaucracy 2 Dice
[]Requisition more resources: The need for resources to fulfill the plan is immense, and requesting the 30% share of the GNP is needed to ensure the plan's success. While this is not a popular measure, a considerable amount more funding will be available to fulfill the plan's targets. (-25 Party Support if completed, DC 40)
[]Implement Educational Minimums for Workers: It would be a poor decision to continue to hire personnel that is utterly unqualified for their jobs in the VSNKh. This would be a new requirement for minimal standards in the department, with degrees now being required for new middle management hires. While improvements would not be seen in the near term, such efforts should ensure steady progress in the department in the long term. (-10 Party Support if completed, DC 50, new options in the future)
[]Encourage the Formation of Female Cadres: With the current need for additional labor reaching a critical point, it would make sense to encourage multiple female cadres of factory workers to form to allocate more labor to other industrial enterprises. These would necessarily pull a multitude of women from their homes. Still, the need for additional factory labor is significant enough that such a change is necessary to maintain the break-neck pace of industrialization. (-5 Party Support if completed, DC 40)
I am no writer, but I had this mildly amusing idea in my head:
You grimace, sucking air inbetween your clenched teeth, and put the letter down.
"Svetlana," you call, and your secretary pokes her head into your office.
"Yes tovarish?" she asks.
"Why the hell do I keep getting these gruesome letters? Who is doing this? I don't need to know about every Vasya that dies of cold or starves."
She steps fully into the office, "You asked to know the human cost of the work we were doing. I thought this would be an effective method."
Ah, yes. You did ask for that didn't you, but you were thinking more along the lines of plain reports with numbers rather than this. Still, it was effective, and there was no point punishing a worker for a job well done.
You sigh, "Go back to your desk."
Now to get those poor ULAG bastards some food and supervision.
So, since we are now - while not entirely comfortable - no longer desperate in any particular sector... We can afford to do a little bit of weird stuff if we want.
My tentative plan:
[]Refurbishment of the Trans-Siberian Main Line: (20 Resources per dice (0/300))
4 dice. We still need more rail capacity and this is considered a priority, the last major rail upgrade aside from diesel. []Power Line Construction(Stage 1): (15 Resources per dice (126/150))
1 die. Complete this stage of the power distribution network hopefully. []Magnitogorsk Planned City(Stage 3): (20 Resources per dice (56/300))
4 dice, 1 free die. MORE STEEL. MORE. THERE IS STILL A SHORTAGE OF THIS VITAL METAL, THE BONES OF THE WORKER'S INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION! []Zlatoust Planned City(Stage 3): (15 Resources per dice (39/250))
2 dice. We should continue the exotic metal production plant as well, though I think it is less of a priority. I don't dump 6 into Magnitogorsk because it's a bit more expensive and I think crash programs have negative side-effects. It's somewhat likely neither will get to stage 3 this turn but they'll be that much closer for the next turn. []Baku Oil Extraction(Stage 3): (5 Party Influence upon completion, 10 Resources per dice (10/300))
1 die. Another oil expansion is called for, mostly because it's the cheapest light industry complex. []Baku Oil Refineries(Stage 3): (5 Party Influence upon completion, 15 Resources per dice (0/300))
1 die. Another oil expansion is called for, mostly because it's the cheapest light industry complex. []Coal Liquefaction Experiments: (15 Resources per dice (0/100))
2 dice. FOR SCIENCE!! []Start of Seed Irradiation: (15 Resources per dice (0/50))
1 die. FOR SCIENCE!! []Creation of new Polytechnic Universities(Stage 2): (10 Resources per dice (79/150))
1 die. FOR SCIENCE!! []Expansion of the Schooling Programs(Stage 1): (5 Resources per dice (180/200))
4 dice. Cheap, and children are our future! Also maybe some of them will do SCIENCE!! []Implement Educational Minimums for Workers: (-10 Party Support if completed, DC 50, new options in the future)
3 free dice, 2 dice. Rational economic development for the good of all workers is guided by education and science! Dumping all the bureaucracy and remaining free dice here because might as well, I don't think women's cadres needs to be taken until we gain some more party support, this takes us down to 50 which is 'neutral'.
@Blackstar how are we doing on our 5-year-plan goals? WAIT NEVERMIND I saw the informational post.
I'd still call us desperate in Heavy Industry, we're still behind the MFPG target and we're still in a steel shortage before we even touch any of the rail expansions or anything. I think another turn of heavy industrial investment is extremely important to secure our future income but the fact that we're only behind instead of massively behind the MFPG target makes me maybe want to go scrounge up the resources to lay the Gorky foundation this summer or something as a long-term investment instead of crashing 10 dice into Magnitogorsk/Zlatoust
