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[X] Plan Hydro Power

Free dice to allocate: 4 Dice
Infrastructure 6 Dice

[]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. (5 Party Influence upon completion, 10 Resources per dice (147/600))
-6 Infrastructure Dice + 3 Free Dice (90 Resources)

Heavy Industry 6 Dice
[]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 72/300)
-2 Heavy Industry Dice (40 Resources)
[]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. (5 Party Influence upon completion, 35 Resources per dice (0/200))
-4 Heavy Industry Dice (140 Resources)

Light and Chemical Industry 5 Dice
[]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 (76/100))
-1 Light and Chemical Industry Dice (15 Resources)

Agriculture 5 Dice
[]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 (43/50))
-1 Agriculture Dice (15 Resources)

Services 5 Dice
[]Creation of new Medical Universities: The current shortage of trained doctors has caused a considerable problem in expanding healthcare to many small communities over the Union. Thus, it is a high priority to expand medical education to as many as possible to ensure the steady improvement of doctors' quantity and quality. 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))
-3 Services Dice (30 Resources)
[]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 (110/150))
-1 Service Dice (10 Resources)
[]Expansion of the Schooling Programs(Stage 2): The expansion of the common schools poses a critical effort for the Union. With the population's education, a considerable amount of progress can be made on educating the next generation of Soviet People. While there is a current lack of trained personnel to teach the students, many of the classes can be taught with less experienced hands for now. Given time and the effort of the Universities, it will, in time, be possible to hire full schools of fully educated teachers. So far, though, there are still hundreds of thousands of more students that need an education. Thus, the schooling effort must be continued as one of the most important investments that can be made. (5 Resources per dice (242/250))
-1 Services Dice (5 Resources)

Bureaucracy 2 Dice
[]Obtain Additional Foreign Labor: Through the mostly porous border with Xinjiang and Primorye, it is possible to open up a greater quantity of labor that would be happy to move into the nation. While these workers would be utterly unskilled, they would directly contribute to the growing workforce and allow more manpower-intensive work. Such an action would have a nominal monetary cost but would secure a massive labor stream for further industrialization without any internal policy change. (5 Party Support if completed, DC 40, new options in the future)
-2 Bureaucracy Dice + 1 Free Dice

Total cost: 345 Resources

We can work on the rail shortage next turn.
 
[X] Plan Hydro Power

I like it, +15 PI is something we really want. PI is how we get Stalin to not just shoot us for missing the target.
 
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I like Hydro Power and wouldn't mind if it won, but rail is our only shortage right now so I still think it's worth chucking dice at. We don't really need more power generation right this second we've got varying degrees of surplus everywhere, the next electrical priority is probably grid upgrades to even out the surpluses.
 
Crazycryodude said:
I like Hydro Power and wouldn't mind if it won, but rail is our only shortage right now so I still think it's worth chucking dice at. We don't really need more power generation right this second we've got varying degrees of surplus everywhere, the next electrical priority is probably grid upgrades to even out the surpluses.
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I mean power will help us reach one of our targets and give PI. It's worth it alone for that.
 
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Infrastructure (6 dice)
-[X]Buildup of Rail Stock (Diesel, Far Eastern Sector)
--3 Infrastructure dice
-[X]Stalingrad Hydroelectric Station
--3 Infrastructure dice
Heavy Industry (6 dice)
-[X]Donbas Coal Basin Mine Expansion(Stage 2)
--3 Heavy Industry dice
-[X]Gorky Machine-building Plant(Stage 1)
--3 Heavy Industry dice, 1 Free die
Light and Chemical Industry (5 Dice)
-[X]Coal Liquefaction Experiments
--1 Light and Chemical Industry die
(4 dice idle)
Agriculture (5 Dice)
-[X]Start of Seed Irradiation
--1 Agriculture die
(4 dice idle)
Services (5 dice)
-[X]Creation of new Medical Universities
--3 Services dice
-[X]Creation of new Polytechnic Universities(Stage 2)
--1 Services die
-[X]Expansion of the Schooling Programs(Stage 2)
--1 Services die
Bureaucracy (2 Dice)
-[X]Obtain Additional Foreign Labor
--2 Bureaucracy dice, 2 Free dice
Total cost: 350

Rolls inbound
Blackstar threw 12 100-faced dice. Reason: The final push Total: 738
98 98 13 13 88 88 56 56 77 77 46 46 29 29 64 64 96 96 80 80 19 19 72 72
Blackstar threw 12 100-faced dice. Reason: The final push Total: 624
50 50 43 43 56 56 8 8 3 3 49 49 90 90 88 88 21 21 80 80 45 45 91 91
 
Infrastructure (6 dice)
-[X]Buildup of Rail Stock (Diesel, Far Eastern Sector) 98 + 13 + 88 +15 => 214/250
--3 Infrastructure dice
-[X]Stalingrad Hydroelectric Station 56+77+46 +15 = 341 / 600
--3 Infrastructure dice
Heavy Industry (6 dice)
-[X]Donbas Coal Basin Mine Expansion(Stage 2) 29+ 64 + 96 + 15 276/300
--3 Heavy Industry dice
-[X]Gorky Machine-building Plant(Stage 1) 80 + 19 + 72 + 50 + 20 -> 241/200
--3 Heavy Industry dice, 1 Free die
Light and Chemical Industry (5 Dice)
-[X]Coal Liquefaction Experiments 43 +5 - > 124/100
--1 Light and Chemical Industry die
(4 dice idle)
Agriculture (5 Dice)
-[X]Start of Seed Irradiation 56 + 5 ->104/50
--1 Agriculture die
(4 dice idle)
Services (5 dice)
-[X]Creation of new Medical Universities 8 3 49 + 14 - > 75/150
--3 Services dice
-[X]Creation of new Polytechnic Universities(Stage 2) 90 + 5 -> 205/150
--1 Services die
-[X]Expansion of the Schooling Programs(Stage 2) 88 + 5 -> 335/250
--1 Services die
Bureaucracy (2 Dice)
-[X]Obtain Additional Foreign Labor 21 80 45 91 + 15 -> 257 DC 40
--2 Bureaucracy dice, 2 Free dice
Total cost: 350
 
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Our PI is 50, that's fine, even the most PI-focused plan propsed with everything going perfect would only put us at 55. We're going to have to do a minor amount of creative accounting to "hit" the targets but less than in real life and we had more ambitious targets than real life too. The way the numbers are now we're set up solid for next Plan, some easy low-hanging fruit in the form of the coal and trains, plus Gorky is ready to begin proper construction year-round. Like DKArthas said, the goal was more to get ready for the next Plan rather than chase the targets on this one, and it did that better than expected with the coal and trains getting further along than I hoped, just one die each and they're done next turn.
 
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Turn 9 (1932 2nd Half): The Final Offensive Results
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    • Turn 9 (1932 2nd Half): The Final Offensive Results
    Resources per turn 335+ULAG with 0 in storage.
    Party Support 40+5+5=50

    Current Status of ULAG:
    Population: 282,000 (I'll round to the nearest 100k)
    Attitude: Stable
    Food State: Hearty Meals, -22.5 Resources Per Turn
    Guard State: Intensive Monitoring, -7.5 Resources Per Turn
    Resource Income: Construction focused, 45 Resources Per Turn

    Infrastructure

    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. Such a rollout would free a considerable number of older engines for other tasks, improving the total rail-stock of the Union considerably (15 Resources per dice (214/250))

    With many new orders and multiple embraced developments in locomotive technology, multiple new standardized locomotives are put forward. Improvements to aerodynamics bring the new series of Diesel trains to almost the same standard of straight-line speed but allow the use of far more efficient engines needing far less refueling and infrastructure. An additional benefit also exists in the far cleaner smoke produced by the engines, and faster acceleration, showing clear benefits on shorter routes. Thus, the new standardized EL diesel locomotives enter service in the far east with all of these qualities. During their service, the double mounting of two engines to one train is also put into standard practice, allowing the hauling of heavy loads non-stop with good acceleration and climbing performance. Still, a decision needs to be made for future railway policy towards locomotives.

    []Build a Diesel Network: Will start a massive project to increase the number of diesel trains and their infrastructure until all steam trains are retired to secondary small routes and then retired. (Locks train actions to diesel) (Will eventually convert every train in the union to diesel) (More Expensive)

    []Build a Steam Network: Continue as standard practice, with priority on steam locomotives. While less advanced and less efficient, the old rail fleet can be utilized until utter obsolescence. (Locks train actions to steam) (Cheaper)

    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. (5 Party Influence upon completion, 10 Resources per dice (341/600))

    Construction of the dam continues with an additional two NKPS divisions assigned to the dam system's buildup. Local housing expansions have proceeded well in the summer, with constant construction of the massive installation also continuing throughout. However, due to the enormous need for concrete, some delays as the sheer quantity of industrial material needing to be shipped to the site continues to grow. Yet, due to the Soviet worker's bravery and their ability to work, the concrete supports are put into place by the end of November. While further turbines will take time to be produced, the dam's basic concrete structure is complete and ready to be equipped with the machinery needed to generate power. Such construction will also be accompanied by building a bridge over the dam's surface to allow for easy military and vehicle traffic.

    Heavy Industry

    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 276/300)

    The ongoing mechanization of the Donetsk mines has accelerated to a massive extent. With the issuing of massive quantities of industrial equipment and multiple engineers for training purposes, the mines' output has been far increased. Simultaneously, casualties during mining have been far reduced through the use of more advanced equipment. Despite these improvements, the coal miners still experience a constant amount of attrition with multiple health issues reported for those that have stayed employed at the mines. The effort is now near concluded with just the final touches needed to bring the mine to a further expanded far more mechanized one. Costs will also be reduced considerably as there wouldn't be old hand-miners necessitating modernizations.

    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. (5 Party Influence) (241/200) (Complete, 41/300 Stage 2)

    With the coming of the summer and considerable improvements to the weather, six NKPS divisions have been issued to construct the new complex. Through this effort, a mass of new bulk workers barracks is built to ensure that the construction staff and the workers can be housed near the plant. So far, though, worker casualties have been minimal, with only minor delays experienced by the now experienced and seasoned divisions ready to accomplish their objectives. The plant's base is a multitude of rail hubs for the rapid loading and unloading of material set to go into and out of the plant. There is also a specialized high tonnage crane loading bay to ensure that even the largest of produced equipment can be moved all over the Union. The housing sector also has many barracks for almost an entirely new city, with a dedicated thermal power plant set to easily provide the complex with power for all applications. After this project is done, the Union shall be fully independent of capitalist imports for further critical industrial goods. Allowing considerable cost savings along with a secured economy in case of conflict with the capitalist world.

    When they shipped us out in the summer, everyone for once in our miserable lives looked happy. No more were we being sent to a frozen cold hell. Instead, we were being sent into temperate woods. While the work was heavy, the meals were at least filling. Hell, compared to my time in the army, I would say the rations were even better. Still, the continuous 12-hour shifts can never end, but at least the survivors of the winter campaigns can have some temporary comfort.
    -Andrei Volkov, Journal    ​

    Light and Chemical Industry

    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. (124/100) (Complete)

    Multiple small experimental syngas production and processing plants are constructed as connected fa universities. While the installations do not produce any economically useful product, they create many new derivatives and synthesis products. Through such an effort, many pieces of chemical industrial equipment that were entirely domestically produced can be tested, with a multitude of engineers reporting on the quality of the production. Despite all of the issues with the initial batches of reaction vessels, information is rapidly sent back to Uralmash. From there, the second generation of parts are already promising considerable improvements.

    Agriculture

    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. (104/50) (Complete)

    With the party's focus on producing new strains of seeds and a program focused on attracting experienced personnel, the effort fully gets off the ground. So far, the staff has split into many teams, each focused on one standard crop, attempting to mutate it into something far more useful. Progress on such an effort is slow, with multiple confirmations needed before any result can even be reported along with the constant string of failed mutations or outright useless ones. Still, though, Soviet scientists are working on the problem and shall eventually find an answer.

    Due to my interest in agriculture in front of the party commission, where else could they assign me but here. This is truly the middle of nowhere post of nowhere posts. Yet, someone must do the work even if the job involves putting corn-seed on a conveyor belt then observing it for months.
    -Nikita Khrushchev, Department head of the corn irradiation effort.     ​

    Services

    Creation of new Medical Universities:     The current shortage of trained doctors has caused a considerable problem in expanding healthcare to many small communities over the Union. Thus, it is a high priority to expand medical education to as many as possible to ensure the steady improvement of doctors' quantity and quality. 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 (75/150))

    Despite the party's large amount of effort towards creating new medical universities, the same issues as the other universities also crop up in medicine. The pool of experienced doctors not committed to other more critical tasks is small, and additional training will take years before any result is seen. Still, though, initial construction manages to rapidly construct the campuses and large dorms to ensure a steady flow of new doctors in a few years. While results in the short term are not expected, such universities will also ensure a steady improvement in the methodology of doctors as more medicine will be discussed and taught, allowing improvements in methodology to rapidly percolate through the general doctor population.

    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. (205/150) (Complete, 55/200 Stage 3)

    An extensive set of the university system has been created and rapidly staffed with old experienced engineers and professors with a final massive push. While the freshly graduating classes are rotated out to get experience in the factory and practice their craft, many old engineers are called back into teaching positions to train an ever-expanding next generation of students. So far, the current classes inbound are massive as getting an education is free, and the bonuses offered to educated workers are considerable. Despite the challenge of the courses and necessity for good grades, there is no shortage of candidates wanting to apply. Thus, a standardized exam is created to ensure only the best candidates' input into a limited number of seats.

    Expansion of the Schooling Programs(Stage 2): The expansion of the common schools poses a critical effort for the Union. With the population's education, a considerable amount of progress can be made on educating the next generation of Soviet People. While there is a current lack of trained personnel to teach the students, many of the classes can be taught with less experienced hands. Given time and the effort of the Universities, it will, in time, be possible to hire full schools of fully educated teachers. So far, though, there are still hundreds of thousands of more students that need an education. Thus, the schooling effort must be continued as one of the most important investments that can be made. (335/250) (Complete, 85/300 Stage 3)

    The mass expansion of the primary schooling programs have also gone well, a multitude of small village schools have been built and rapidly filled with students and sufficiently qualified teachers. Due to the lack of personnel, education will be substandard in the near term, but with many new graduates, more teachers are recruited day after day, fulfilling more and more tasks in education. Through such significant investment, the next generations of students will all be minimally qualified in all subjects, ensuring a steady base for the industrial workforce to work with. Despite the massive expansion, however, there is still a slight shortage of school positions for students due to lack of local schooling installations, needing further spread out small schools so that all Soviet youth can be fully educated.

    Bureaucracy

    Obtain Additional Foreign Labor:     Through the most porous border with Xinjiang and Primorye, it is possible to open up a greater quantity of labor that would be happy to move into the nation. While these workers would be utterly unskilled, they would directly contribute to the growing workforce and allow more manpower-intensive work. Such an action would have a nominal monetary cost but would secure a massive labor stream for further industrialization without any internal policy change. (5 Party Support) (DC 40/257) (New options)

    Due to the massive quantity of support attracting new immigration for industrial and mining work, a wave of new fresh-faced laborers is pulled in from China. As a general rule, most are utterly unskilled and are fleeing some form of domestic issue, with a good few being political convicts of their domestic regimes due to their care for the workers. Due to such conditions in Xianjing, it has become incredibly easy to acquire multiple thousands of workers to work in the various mines across the nation. Despite the poor pay and conditions of the mines, however, a steady stream of new migrating labor continues to arrive, with only minimal bribes necessary for local officials and border guards to ensure that such a stream of work remains open and that all can benefit from such arrangements.

    Authors Note: And with this post, this wraps up the first 5-year plan, a results post/analysis will come tomorrow. Then voting for options for the 2nd plan will be offered.
    Blackstar threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: Survival Total: 4
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    • I wonder, did we actually manage to luck into pulling it off? Did we achieve the goals of the Plan? Or are we just short?
     
    We didn't quite hit the MFPG and consumer goods targets, but we did legitimately hit the capital goods target and surpass the agricultural target. Even if we didn't quite live up to the (insanely high) targets we did much better than the historical Five Year Plan and will only need to do minimal creative accounting to secure Sergo's legacy.

    At least Sergo got to see every kid in the Soviet Union guaranteed an education better than his own before he died 😭
     
    Blackstar said:
    ue to my interest in agriculture in front of the party commission, where else could they assign me but here. This is truly the middle of nowhere post of nowhere posts. Yet, someone must do the work even if the job involves putting corn-seed on a conveyor belt then observing it for months.
    -Nikita Khrushchev, Department head of the corn irradiation effort.
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    Ah, such irony. I wonder, what got him sent to this shit posting? The partmaximum affair? Collectivisation affair?
     
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