Vote Called for:
[X]Abandon Chita-1
[X]Break Up Major Centers
[X]Budgetary Parallel-Structures
Turn 65 (January 1st, 1960 - July 1st, 1960): Our Proletarian Struggle
Resources per Turn(RpT): Base 2450 +205 Trade +90 Commitments Discount +250 Private Sector -100 Rocketry -30 Grant Allocations - 60 Reserve -1040 Plan Commitments -300 Repayment = 1465 with 265 in storage
Foreign Affairs Pt.1:
To consolidate military power and formalize the role of the CMC in the Chinese party, the new general secretary has committed to the enforcement of claims on the Spratly and Paracel islands and the protection of the Chinese minority in Vietnam. With the mobilization of the coastal military districts and the Southern ones, the overall Chinese forces struck into the north, securing swaths of territory against a partially unprepared Vietnamese defense. Almost immediately as the attack occurred, a committed American-French response has moved to support Vietnam. As the other world powers have moved, after the first few days of conflict, several agreements have been made with the Chinese to expedite military purchases and to transfer high-quality equipment for testing and evaluation to their inventory. New Mig-21's have been sent with the latest ordinance to contest the likely American squadrons and battalions of S-75s to maintain a balance in the air.
The election season US response has been fairly firm, with even Kefauver moving to support the Vietnamese republic after some internal encouragement. The French presence has been notable in that a significant commitment of forces has occurred to protect a "valued member" of their little commonwealth. The Brits have not yet moved into the situation and are unlikely to commit anything to the conflict outside some support assets. The Australians have started partial mobilizations in case Indonesia produces any bright ideas while sending some smaller units over to stabilize the conflict. The hardliners in the Supreme Soviet immediately pushed for a full response in containing American and European imperialism by arming the Chinese decisively, but Kosygin advocated caution in the tense international situation, as the risk of nuclear conflict is too great for anything approaching a total commitment. Equipment and assistance is still being sent, but officially a more neutral line is being adopted on the conflict, as the politburo and foreign ministry have judged anything more too much of a risk of escalation. Negotiations with the Americans have also started to ensure the conflict doesn't escalate, with some progress made in assuring them that this is a local war.
Free dice to allocate 5 Dice.
Infrastructure: 5 Dice
[]Secondary City Metro Lines(Stage 5): The further and practically final development of the metro project for a time involves constructing a further system in some core industrial sites. The Kazan and Chelyabinsk metros will be built in a direct repetition of the old pattern, ensuring all industrial areas can receive a steady supply of workers. The more complex Odessa metro will involve only a single integrated linking line due to the cost of working near the water table, but this should still be more than sufficient for the efficient transportation of labor. (75 Resources per dice 22/150) (-3 Electricity) (Pork Project)
[]Moscow Renovation: The capital and, more specifically, the rapidly constructed urban growth areas have needed renovation for the last decade. Due to the prioritization of the last leadership and the issues in obtaining sufficient funds, these projects have been delayed. Taking a new look towards constructing a proper House of Soviets in a modernization of the old plan along with a dedicated building for several ministries, work can be moderately sped up while further developing the cityscape. Productivity isn't expected to improve significantly, but new networks of communication and capacity will at least ensure moderate improvements. Residential reconstruction will further assist with this, as far higher capacity units than the broader housing effort indicates will be built at higher localized densities on the metro network, optimizing labor movement. (60 Resources per dice 0/500) (Pork Project) (+1 Free Action)
[]Leningrad Renovation: Home of the revolution and rapidly increasing in size over the last few decades to the point that rapidly constructed moderate-density Mikoyan and wartime-era housing predominates entire districts. Through a dedicated modernization towards a proper skyline in those areas based on the high-density metro integrated district model, it is possible to significantly improve labor and organizational throughput. Dedicated areas for the organization of the largest enterprises and developmental areas for several critical aspects of the economy will be designated, ensuring that any large services projects can have a sufficient degree of bureaucratic space and a rapid flow of labor. This will be accompanied by moderate protective work to ensure that further inclement weather doesn't damage the city. (50 Resources per dice 0/400) (Pork Project)
[]Passenger Rail Network(Western SU): Electrification is a fundamental improvement in the transportation of personnel at high speeds, as diesel locomotives are not properly optimized to run at such a pace. Utilizing several innovations in rectification and localized drives for passenger units, it is possible to provide similar or better speeds across the HSR network. These new units will require a large-scale modernization and be limited to serving passengers. Still, as there is already a network specializing in the task, this optimization is more of a question of specialized production. Electrification of the track itself will be done according to a 25kV AC catenary scheme, allowing a reduction in power loss across the vastness of the Union. (75 Resources per Dice 1483/2250) (-16 CI1 Electricity)
[]Construction of the Paved Road Network(Stage 5): Roads are a critical component of practically all local travel and most broader regional initiatives. To help ongoing development and assist the broader infrastructural network of the Union, the drive towards the construction of paved two-lane regional roads can continue. These routes are expected to be of relatively low speed or quality. Still, their presence will open millions to new products and enable an entire base of small industries and consumers. Their construction will also assist in the further integration of the countryside by improving the rate of inter-relations between it and urban centers. (60 Resources per Dice 722/800)
[]Water Distribution Systems(Stage 6): Now that several rural areas have a sufficient supply of clean water, the focus can be shifted towards a two-pronged campaign of improving popular health and water supplies in urban areas. High-pressure water systems with new filtering mechanisms and a fluoridation program are set to improve public health considerations for a minimal cost. Pressure levels are set to be further standardized with most old pumping infrastructure replaced. Further efforts will focus on renovating the sewage system, as current developments in the water supply are expected to result in greater health developments. (70 Resources per Dice 48/500) (-11 CI1 Electricity)
[]Civilian Airports(Stage 1): The initial program for constructing airstrips was tainted with Malenkov's optimism. Instead of going through the conventional buildup of military strips for dual-purpose use, dedicated airports are needed. The army can always convert them to their use in wartime, but the expected volume of passengers has resulted in the necessity for massive runways. Their construction is expected in all major cities, with some secondary destinations planned for the next stages to deliver workers to areas unreachable in any high-speed manner. (50 Resources per Dice 0/300) (-5 CI1 Workforce)
[]Unified Canal System(Step 1 of 3): The lowest cost option for entirely unifying the waterways of the Union rests in the restoration of the Ob-Yenisei Canal and deepening it preemptively to match the required depth of the Western deep water system. Barge traffic forms an essential part of the economy, and its further expansion will contribute to the development of the Far East. Work is expected to primarily focus on deepening the current remnants of the Tsarist attempt, ensuring that it can move sufficiently heavy barges in preparation for further construction efforts. (50 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-1 CI1 Workforce)
[]Augmented Earthmoving: American nuclear testing for peaceful purposes has already started at a small scale, and a technological gap cannot occur. By starting the development of lower radiation nuclear devices and incorporating testing for their impact on many fields, it should be possible to eclipse the American efforts and cheapen several proposed mass projects. Current uses are expected to primarily occur in earth-moving. Still, some visionary proposals have been made for the deepening of harbors and enhancing petrochemical recovery through the peaceful use of nuclear weapons. (80 Resources per Dice 0/50)
[]Telecommunications Infrastructure(Stage 4): Continued work on the telecommunications system of the Union has been partially taken up by private and enterprise-level efforts. Instead of the centralized drive, many enterprises have started adapting telephones on the floor level independently for the benefits of coordination and informational throughput. Civilian adoption has been slower as the new networks have been stressed over the last few years, but progress has been made to ensure that sufficient switchboard capacity is there. Further funding will go more towards expanding switchboards and ensuring that lines maintain clarity rather than a broader buildout. Still, even that will increase the overall cyberneticization of the economy and extend the current period of rapid growth. (60 Resources per Dice 74/250) (-7 CI2 Workforce) (+1 to all Dice) (Stage 5: Project Name Change to EASU)
Heavy Industry 8 Dice
[]Novocherkassk Locomotive Plant: A new dedicated plant for producing electric locomotives is needed as the limited runs in the Leningrad Plant are inefficient, if adequate, for now. With the planned necessity to further increase loading on the passenger network and to enhance the degree of cargo throughput throughout the nation, electrification is a logical and efficient answer. Current grid power is only approximately at the price of fuel oil, but the reduced maintenance overhead of electrical traction alone is expected to recoup most investments. Once the plant is completed, it is expected that the overall cost of the HSR project will go down by a small degree while enabling a sufficient degree of experience to develop to enable large-scale conversions to fright electric traction in the next plan. (80 Resources per Dice 0/250) (-21 CI1 Steel -9 CI1 Electricity -7 CI2 Workforce)
[]Kolomna Locomotive Works Modernization: Instead of building an entirely new plant dedicated to new models of electric trains, a modernization of the standard production of diesel-electric can be implemented. Switching the diesel for a DC converter and lightening the load of the standard locomotive can enable a cheap train to be produced for a moderate increase in cost. This would inherently be a secondary line and only moderately help along the electrification of the cargo system, but having a consistent production line for new locomotives for the passenger project will help to reduce prices. Later refits towards a dedicated model can be accomplished after a sufficient degree of design experience builds up on the enterprise's initiative, limiting the necessity of direct funding. (60 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-7 CI1 Steel -4 CI1 Electricity -5 CI2 Workforce)
[]Dneprodzerzhinsk Metallurgical Combine Expansion: The old steel mill has seen several better days as current practices have failed to properly utilize the vast deposits of iron ore under it. Through the expansion of its old processing halls and the total integration of modern technology, a far cheaper opportunity for industrial development has presented itself. Steel production can be increased using the same workforce, and a constant surplus of tooling can be sent towards further increasing final metallurgical processing. This will ensure a massive increase in local steel output while saving state resources for other sectors, utilizing just a bare quantity more coal due to process improvements. (100 Resources per Dice 107/200) (79 CI6 Steel -6 CI1 Coal -11 CI1 Electricity 4 CI2 Workforce)
[]Further Arc Furnace Efforts: Scrap steel utilization has always served as a low-cost methodology for improving steel utilization efficiency in several sectors. The construction of a larger number of newer furnaces, along with the modernization of several older ones, will ensure that further improvements can be made in steel production. Energy intensity is expected to remain fairly high throughout the project, but this is a natural consequence of the process and will still be worthwhile relative to the steel yield. (110 Resources per Dice 0/250) (76 CI8 Steel -34 CI6 Electricity -3 CI2 Workforce)
[]Tikhvin/Severouralsk MMK(Stage 1): With the increase in industrial utilization of Aluminum across all sectors and the considerable demand for ore in the civilian sector, it is time to properly develop several novel extraction complexes. Most of the involved funding and labor are expected to go towards the expansion and construction of the initial mining infrastructure, but later efforts will focus primarily on expanding electrolysis capabilities. (75 Resources per Dice 0/150) (17 CI2 Aluminum -36 CI5 Electricity -4 CI1 Workforce)
[]New Automotive Plants(Zaporozhye): More automotive production has practically been a direct translation towards growth in the export balance and domestic economic growth. Automobiles form a consumer product that the unique advantages of the Union further enhance the production of, enabling the planned massive steel surplus to go towards productive ends and workers across CMEA. By developing each of these plants, a genuinely wide selection of automobiles can be presented to every worker in the Union, allowing them to have a degree of choice and hopefully eventually lowering prices and profitability ratios to a reasonable level. (75 Resources per Dice 0/225) (-24 CI2 Steel -11 CI2 Electricity -6 CI1 Workforce) 226/225
[]Expansion of the Automotive Plants(GAZ/VAZ): The Gorky and the Volga automotive plants are excellent targets for mass expansion to close the gap toward the needed consumer goods targets. The managers there have already initiated large-scale extensive expansions of the production lines, but further efforts can be undertaken to improve output. Incremental improvements to the current models can be broken away from in favor of integrating several novel features, ensuring an adequate degree of foreign market utilization. Novel engine improvements can also be made on the production line, further improving throughput. (80 Resources per Dice 0/250) (-40 CI3 Steel -12 CI2 Electricity -9 CI1 Workforce)
[]Development of the ZIL Automotive Plant: The recently renamed Likhachov plant has long served to produce vehicles for the party, and it is time to expand it further. The pressing market for higher-end automobiles for domestic consumption and export has so far been underutilized, and it is time for it to be properly established. By producing a sports car along with several sportier modernizations of conventional products, a high markup good can be made for domestic and foreign utilization. Several models will also go towards a recreational workers' racing league, with a severe limitation on budgets and personnel, eliminating the bourgeois character of the sport. (80 Resources per Dice 181/200) (-12 CI2 Steel -6 CI2 Electricity -4 CI1 Workforce)
[]Bus Plants(Riga): Demand for buses across urban transportation is as dire as ever, as every size is needed to ensure that workers can be transported to their jobs and towards commercial zones. The proposed plant is expected to fill the demand for light buses and several models of lighter service vehicles. Still, as it and its previously constructed sister plant accelerate production, it should be more than possible to catch up with the current shortfalls. (70 Resources per Dice 99/225) (-25 CI2 Steel -10 CI2 Electricity -6 CI1 Workforce)
Rocketry 3 Dice
[]Cancel Project
-RLA System (-40 RpT) (See T62R) (Finished H2 1965)
-R7U (-5 RpT) (See T62R) (Finished H2 1960)
-Alloy Development (-5 RpT) (See T53R) (Finished H1 1964)
-Venera Program (-10 RpT) (See T63R) (Launch H2 1960)
-Mars Program (-10 RpT) (See T63R) (Launch H2 1962)
-Vostok Program (-10 RpT) (See T61R) (Finished H2 1960)
-PKA Program (-5 RpT) (See T55R, T60, T64R) (Finished ??)
-MKAS Program (-15 RpT) (See T64R) (Finished ??)
[]R7U Upgrade Program: Despite Yangel's constant meddling with the overall R7 project, it still needs proper modernization and rationalization to be used for civilian applications. By extending the rocket's tanks and shifting it to a pure kerylox system, using the same exterior tanks and new engines, the efficiency can be notably improved. The new system will be moderately harder to stabilize on the pad, but that is an acceptable price relative to the improved performance, reduced toxicity, and lowered fuel costs. Korolev has even proposed the fitting of new high-power single nozzle staged combustion engines onto the platform, massively improving it and ensuring it can act as a bridging point if the RLA is delayed. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 10RpT)
[]Luna Propulsive Landing: Crashing a probe into the moon and flying by it is comparatively simple, but if we are to compound on our victories in the space race, a lander and orbiter need to be designed. Using the increased lift mass of the R7U, it should be possible to launch several missions toward the moon to start surveying it and bring back important information. Design constraints for a theoretical manned mission can start once the body is properly surveyed and photographed. With the goal of a propulsive landing, any sample return mission is currently beyond us. Still, an analysis of local materials must be supported from a prestige perspective. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 10RpT)
[]Communications Satellite Testing: Proving the economic usefulness of space is a challenge, as just getting a small metal ball into orbit is a monumental achievement. Still, developing dedicated signal transmission infrastructure and launching a few small transmitters into orbit can start the long road to pioneer full-scale commercialization. Current plans call for the launch of over a dozen research payloads focused on signals testing along with the evaluation of a multi-satellite bus loaded with cargo from several participating enterprises and institutes. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 15RpT)
[]Ballistic Capsule Program: Now that our lift mass is expected to improve significantly using the R7U, far larger capsules can be considered. Breaking away from the tiny Vostok capsule plans and constructing a proper vehicle with greater staying capacity and space for four cosmonauts will provide a decisive edge. Using the full bulk of the R7U's lift capacity, it should be possible to provide even a limited degree of cargo transport to any of the proposed station designs, along with enabling far larger re-entry windows in a theoretical Lunar return trajectory. Long-duration testing can even occur with a theoretical extended module while simultaneously enabling a far greater number of experiments. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 10RpT)
[]Development of the Stalingrad Plant(Stage 3): A further expansion in ministry-exclusive production capacity can enable the further consolidation of productive infrastructure under central control. Sure it may be logistically inconvenient, but at this point, all but the guidance packages are effectively made in-house, rendering large parts of the R7 far cheaper than they otherwise would have been. To continue on these developments, the latest in equipment can be utilized to further improve standards and continue the push towards developing viable orbital production. The cutbacks in the army's research arm can secure a wealth of talent used to working with complex guidance packages, accelerating development further. (100 Resources per Dice 6/200) (-4 CI2 Steel -15 CI1 Aluminum -18 CI2 Electricity -6 CI1 Workforce) (Cost Reductions)
Light and Chemical Industry 8 Dice
[]Petrochemical Pipelines(Stage 4): Further expansions of the overall pipeline network into the Far East have proven necessary as the massive petrochemical demand of the nation has only increased. The necessity of gas and power production in remote locations and the steady industrial intensification in the East have led to a proposed project for an oil and gas pipeline to be constructed to Vladivostok. The project will be costly, but it will ensure an easy and consistent flow of energy resources across the Union. Furthermore, constructing this pipeline will enable far cheaper petrochemical exports to China, supplying a massive market. (50 Resources per Dice 0/350) (-4 CI1 Electricity -2 CI1 Workforce)
[]Volga-Ural Petroleum Basin Exploitation(Stage 2): Continued development of the major basin will ensure a steady supply of gas and oil products is delivered. Much of this wave of expansion is expected to occur in the gas program rather than the oil one, as current petroleum prices are too low. Still, further gas production will be rapidly shifted toward the West as that is the area with the most viable economic development. Conversely, a prospective pipeline is already entering planning for a direct high-efficiency link to the Far East, ensuring that reasonably priced petroleum products can reach our socialist allies. (30 Resources per Dice 1/150) (-5 CI1 Electricity -6 CI1 Workforce)
[]Pre-Caspian Petroleum Basin Exploitation(Stage 2): The further utilization of the Pre-Caspian fields for both gas and oil production has come as a logical extension of the previous program. As much of the infrastructure is already constructed from prior efforts, all the current stage will require is a dedicated push to develop further infrastructure and a few more small drilling towns. Exploitation is expected to get a degree more difficult as the easy deposits are tapped and extraction starts, but for now, it is easy and cheap to pull nearly limitless energy reserves from the earth. (30 Resources per Dice 96/150) (-6 CI1 Electricity -3 CI1 Workforce)
[]Samara Refinery Complex(Stage 2): As the expansion of the complex towards further high-capacity refining of petrochemical products is almost complete, all that remains is to accelerate the expansion to support any degree of petrochemical development. The massive fields must be built up and linked into the system, providing an endless supply of cheap petrochemical products to all CMEA. Export plans towards China have even been proposed, ensuring that the entire trade pact has all of the fuel oil it can require. (40 Resources per Dice 93/100) (-16 CI1 Electricity -3 CI1 Workforce) (Supports Stage 2 Pre-Caspian and Volga-Ural 2 Gas Projects When done with both)
[]Gasoline Standardization: Now that sufficient cracking capacity exists to improve the octane of base fuels without too many additives, it is time to standardize and codify fuel standards for the nation and establish supporting production. Standard gasoline can effectively be rendered deleaded with the addition of pentacarbonyl, maintaining a RON of 90 to ensure compatibility with all standardized vehicles while keeping costs low. An enhanced premium partially leaded specialty fuel will be implemented at a RON of 95, ensuring that engineers can improve engine function even further. The vast majority of cars are expected to use the AI-90 fuel standard. Over the next decade, it is expected that technological gains in refining methodologies will enable to deleading of higher octanes. (70 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-6 CI1 Electricity -4 CI1 Workforce)
[]District Gas Heating(Stage 2 of 3): Continued development of gas heating initiatives will enhance the air quality of many urban centers and ensure that almost all urban coal heating centers are retired. Simplifications in logistics will generate a fairly mild return on both personal and resource expenditure, ensuring further ease in development. Gasification of heating will further expand the gas piping network, enabling the steady shift towards line gas for heating fuel across several urban zones. Already there exist designs for standardized homes with a basement gas-heating system, allowing for lower-cost designs in regions where the infrastructural density doesn't exist for a more centralized approach. (60 Resources per Dice 18/100) (22 CI4 Coal 2 Workforce) (1 Additional Gas Project Required)
[]Plastic Production(Stage 4): Plastics represent a critical component of the necessary feedstock production system for the broader consumer goods industry. The further increase in the output of novel polymers and modernization of the older plants towards new and cheaper plastic compositions will ensure that far more can be produced and provided to other plants, yielding a consistent degree of growth. While the more recently built plants are more than capable of modernizing themselves, the oldest ones that need restructuring according to the profitability cutoffs will be modernized as a part of this project, ensuring a continuation of high economic yields. (55 Resources per Dice 267/310) (-31 CI3 Electricity -7 CI1 Workforce)
[]Pesticide Production Plants(Stage 4/5): Now that more reliable and safer to utilize organophosphate and sulfonylurea pesticides are available and technologically proven, it is time to modernize the industry and start the move away from DDT. The next generation of chemical compounds is expected to serve a massively expanded number of roles, minimize the biological accumulation of chemicals in food, and further improve yields through a greater degree of control over the growing environment. The current stage has effectively been expanded into an industry-wide modernization campaign, ensuring a plentiful supply of next-generation agents for all current and near-future agricultural works. (65 Resources per Dice 238/475) (-33 CI2 Electricity -6 CI1 Workforce)
[]Fertilizer Plants(Stage 4/5): High-intensity production of several types of fertilizers is required to fulfill the target for already utilized agriculture and continue the current expansion of land under cultivation. It may not be possible to become an economy where the agricultural sector is not a drain on state funds. Still, a continued shift towards cheaper nutrition can only benefit the workers. Nitrogen-fixing apparatuses will be modernized and continuously improved, along with several vertical layout improvements developed in the petrochemical sector being implemented at all levels. (60 Resources per Dice 36/560) (-46 CI3 Electricity -7 CI1 Workforce)
[]Television Production Plants(Stage 3): Rationalized high throughput television models are far more likely to serve the bulk of workers instead of a focus on fewer, more expensive units. By consolidating production towards a black-and-white model that is easy to produce in massive numbers, considerable gains can be made in throughput. These plants will be practically constructed to ship out as many mid-grade televisions as possible, but that will more than serve to meet current consumptive demand. (60 Resources per Dice 88/200) (-11 CI3 Electricity -4 CI1 Workforce) (Pork Project)
[]Chemicalization of Alcohol Production: The demand for lighter drinks sold at food distribution points rather than stronger brews has shifted the entire sector around and left it more able to be optimized by chemical production methodologies. The production of low-alcohol derivative brews from grains, honey, fruit, and grapes can improve quantity and quality. Licensed ultrasonic cleaning methodologies from the Americans can also be applied towards flavor enhancement, enabling a similar profile of general taste to that of aged products, saving time, and enabling a greater markup and alcohol tax turnover. (50 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-12 CI3 Electricity -7 CI1 Workforce)
[]Luxury Goods Initiatives(Stage 3): Expansions in producing many luxury items are a natural and logical conclusion to the overall effort. Consumer goods supplies have only increased in trade across the border, enabling the development of far more production capacity. A current lot of expansions will focus on the integration of a large number of private interests into the state sector, capturing controlling shares of them and massively intensifying production of the most popular items. Yields are expected to be high, with continued export opportunities and a developing internal. Primary opportunities will occur in the immediate consumptive sector, ensuring that local chocolate, wines, and other luxury goods are produced sufficiently from imported resources from CMEA. (40 Resources per Dice 63/200) (-11 CI3 Electricity -12 CI1 Workforce)
Agriculture 5 Dice
[]Peoples Dietary Initiatives: Vitaminization and enrichment of standard foods have brought millions out of nutritional deficiencies, but far more can be done. Further vitaminization of foods and the enrichment of a number of standard components can make even the worst diets acceptably healthy. The demand for meat or any other product isn't expected to be significantly affected, but the enrichment of food will ensure that even the poorest workers can maintain their health. Fortification of bread with vitamin D in sufficient doses and several other moderate fixes can ensure that the health of the people improves at a minimal cost. Increasing protein concentration can also be accomplished for several specialty items, allowing workers to have more variety without negative health impacts. (40 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-6 CI1 Electricity -8 CI1 Workforce)
[]Enterprise Supply Management: Moving the supply management of agro-enterprises to their dedicated structures can help to introduce redundancy to the overall agricultural system. By constructing many large warehouses and low-temperature transport yards, it should be possible to improve the transit of perishable goods and enhance their availability in all seasons. Novel methods of preserving imports will also be used at major harbors, ensuring that product quality losses can be minimized for import-only products. A moderate net negative effect is expected as the service will be offered to internal enterprises for a low cost, but the redundancy on offer will be more than worth it. (30 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-4 CI1 Electricity -4 CI1 Workforce)
[]GOST Standardization: As everything is being standardized for easy exchange and shipping, it is time to formalize the most common types of products so that workers can purchase them with confidence and consistency. If a bag of milk is advertised as having a certain percentage of milk fat, it should conform to that standard and be an unadulterated product. By implementing these standards, a simple conformity tag can be applied to any good in compliance, with small teams of testers hired and sent out to verify that the end products are in compliance and that usability dates are not too ambitious. In effect, this is an extension of the old system of industrial standards to the food sector, but one that is necessary to keep quality high and enhance popular health at a minimized cost. (20 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-3 CI1 Workforce)
[]Secondary Agricultural Production: The old enterprises developed to take advantage of the many secondary products from the broader agricultural sector have been constructed with a dramatic underestimation of the overall demand curve. Through the foundation of a further series of specialty cheese and meat processing enterprises along with several further processed products being developed, the Soviet worker could receive far cheaper consumptive products. These are then expected to improve overall agricultural turnover while cybernetically incentivizing several other enterprises to increase the production of previously secondary feedstocks. (60 Resources per Dice 31/300) (-17 CI1 Electricity -11 CI1 Workforce) (Large Agricultural Profitability Increase)
[]Light Transportation Systems: The subsidized distribution and recycling of old trucks for agricultural work is a tradition, but more efforts can be made to equip farmers with the tools to easily transport their goods. By improving the mechanization of the agricultural enterprises themselves, a faster transfer of goods can be enabled, ensuring that only the freshest produce reaches the workers. These initiatives will also accelerate the refrigeration of rail cars, steadily increasing their stock and prevalence and allowing products to reach stores in the lowest amount of time. These speed improvements should also accelerate the overall cybernetic loop inherent to the agricultural system, optimizing both the strength and the decisiveness of the mechanism so that workers may better judge what crops to plant. (50 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-10 CI1 Electricity -4 CI1 Workforce) (Increases Agricultural Profitability)
[]Housing Expansions: The previous proposal for developing new cities has some merit, but its approach is suboptimal in the extreme. Instead of completely rebuilding areas to bring them into modernity, the core services can be constructed in town centers along with a series of medium-density residences. These will subsequently ensure that the population will slowly be pulled towards them due to the greater efficiency of services, enabling all forms of enterprise to further utilize these workers, ensuring a steady degree of economic growth. (45 Resources per Dice 235/285) (Increased Rural Migration)
[]Development of Additional Fruits: The distortion of the cybernetic mechanism inherent to the internal grain system has caused the agricultural sector to operate at a consistent loss despite increasing exports. By focusing on utilizing fruits and high-demand vegetables instead of basic grains and starting several healthier diet-based recommendations in the overall system, the overall mechanism can be corrected. This utilization of the population as a cybernetic organ has already been perfected in the West, and there is no reason for it not to be utilized. (60 Resources per Dice 89/200) (Increases Agricultural Profitability)
Services 0 Dice
[]Film Studio Formation (Stage 3): Despite Malenkov's best efforts, the simple transfer of personnel to the film industry hasn't produced a significant quantity of quality work. To amend this, and to fix the already constructed studios, adequately trained personnel with popular productions can be brought on board any junior studio as senior consulting staff. As the industry is expanded further, eventually, this personnel will stop being necessary. Still, for now, the sheer inexperience and rapid expansion have led to a general lack of directing talent but a plentiful degree of mechanical talent. As the final stage of expansions is completed, the industry is expected to only improve and possibly even be competitive outside of the Union. (60 Resources per Dice 132/150) (-8 CI1 Workforce)
[]Waste Disposal Improvement: The production of garbage from the average worker has steadily increased over the last decade, and some funding eventually needs to be allocated towards fixing it. With increased urban density and urban collection points, the actual collection process is relatively non-labor intensive, but more work is needed to process and store it. Through the construction of several high-temperature incineration facilities, the designation of more space for landfills, and an increased fleet of garbage vehicles in several cities, the problem can be solved for a time. Future efforts will likely necessitate further expansion, but for at least a decade, the current expansions should keep the situation under control. (75 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-7 CI1 Workforce 6 CI1 Electricity)
[]Communal Museum Programs: The wealth of artistic and cultural output is useless without a method to display it to the general public. Instead of the capitalistic structure of expensive museums that are restricted to the bourgeois, several public art and science museums can be opened for the general public. These would display the collection of art of many more modern and older painters along with several items purchased from foreign collections, ensuring that every worker can culturally develop further. The program will be a moderate economic cost, but free access to art should enhance the peoples' contentedness far more than some other trifles the money can purchase. (40 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-3 CI1 Workforce)
[]Professional Service Development: It has been noted that there is a significant lack of professional services under state control, and this must be fixed. As there is a massive supply of new accountants, lawyers, architects, and various other occupations, it only makes sense for some of them to work for a state arm as contractors rather than forming their private interests. The organization will function similarly to the state union system, with a set fee paid by each professional to remain employed with the state for the distribution of work towards them and a minimal salary to fix any inconsistencies in demand. Much of the construction cost for such structures will focus on the bureaucratic foundation for them rather than new construction, as there practically doesn't exist a structure for them to utilize. (40 Resources per Dice 76/100) (-8 CI2 Workforce)
[]Television Station Development(Stage 3): Building more stations is a useful utilization of creative potential and can further augment the distribution of new television units to the general population. While there will be some learning delays in determining the types of programming that the people primarily consume, it should easily be possible to continue an intensification and saturate several standardized channels, allowing everyone with a television to receive news and watch slightly older films. (60 Resources per Dice 48/175) (-9 CI2 Workforce -10 CI3 Electricity)
[]State Retail Renovation: Independent commercial enterprises are set to dominate the retail sector in a number of zones as there is a degree of regionalism in food consumption. Standardized stocks will be carried in the main section of each store, but local administrators will be left to determine the stocking of the remaining half of the floorplans, ensuring a degree of variety is available at each location. This will cost a bit of additional money to expand the floorplan of each of the standard enterprises and ensure that the logistical links for the transportation of necessary goods is available, but more variety cannot hurt the average worker. If they realize they like specialty cuisine, even better as improving the cosmopolitan character of the Union can only assist in the long term. (40 Resources per Dice 98/500) (-6 CI3 Electricity -18 CI2 Workforce)
Bureaucracy 5 Dice (No Free Dice can be Used)
[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(): By committing additional time towards personally organizing an initiative and going over some heads, it should be possible to bypass the political imbeciles that are tragically still present in the middle rungs of leadership. (1 Bureau Dice for +10 per dice on a project)
[] Decisively Strike at Wages: Wage structures have undergone more intensive scrutiny now that the currently high wages have led to steady and massive reductions in the pool of unemployed workers. As the demographics of the overall workforce have indicated concerning things, thanks to Bureau reports, the luminaries of the Supreme Soviet have advocated for a policy centered around a continued temporary fixation of the lowest wage brackets for the reserve to reduce systemic parasitism. This would effectively halve the wages for reservists not working, along with continuing the anti-inflationary freeze on the labor payments to reservists. As it has been judged in the ministry that it is far better to have more reservists than actual social parasites, such legislation needs to be rephrased and eliminated before too many bright ideas can spread. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform)
[]Reinforce Anti-Alcoholism Campaigns: The anti-alcohol campaign is, to an extent working, with significant reductions in the consumption of hard spirits and a moderate increase in commercial revenues through dedicated stores. Samagon has steadily become more and more of a problem due to the price increases, necessitating a strong increase in enforcement, hardening of penalties, and a focus on reductions on drink taxes when purchasing low-alcoholic drinks with meals to encourage a more optimal drinking culture. The hardliners can enjoy the expanded enforcement and anti-criminal parts of the proposed legislation while those more reformist members can appreciate the partial softening of policy towards less dangerous approaches. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform)
[]Advocate Cross CMEA Standardization: The partial implementation of commercial standards has already happened under Mikoyan and Malenkov, but a further step can be taken. The Americans have standardized on shipping containers as discrete units of transit and shipping already, and we cannot allow a gap in ease of logistics. By moving all of CMEA to a standardized loading and scale of the container, commerce can be simplified and augmented, ensuring an acceleration in externally funded development for little cost. Due to the degree of trade with the Americans themselves, the standards will likely be cross-compatible to further enhance commercial activity, ensuring that exports are further strengthened, improving the strength of the currency and the size of the gold reserve. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform)
[]Weigh in on CMEA Trade Negotiations: Kosygin is currently attempting to further tie CMEA together in a fashion akin to an open borders zone despite the protests from several more conservative figures. The inter-compatibility of documentation is already partially there. Still, he will likely need a degree of support to force through the critical legislation necessary to further open up more opportunities in European CMEA. Every educated worker moving to the USSR is a massive gain, as their investments can voluntarily move into the Union, providing their labor at little cost. He has even mentioned a desire to expand Mikoyan's convertibility regime into a truly unified currency zone, but such a dramatic proposal is unlikely to pass any time soon. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform)
[]Defend Space Prioritization: A number of voices in the Supreme Soviet have started to raise questions and concerns over the space program as it now has a reduced military role and has yet to place a man into space. A number of them have even proposed the unscientific use of the same capsule used in Sputnik-3 to launch two dogs into orbit as if two dogs can be crammed in, why can't a cosmonaut. Ignoring the idiocy of the statement, respectable politicians need a series of graphs and presentations to maintain their commitments to the space program and ensure that it can avoid any politically induced delays in procurement or limitations in funding. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform)
[]Restructure Housing Prioritization: Housing going towards families first is an acceptable policy for long-term growth, but it is a suboptimal one for enhancing industrial development. By pushing forth the transfer of personnel to specialty projects as designated by the ministry, it should be possible to ensure that many enterprises are far more content with their positioning. Low-cost laborers that are freshly educated can be transferred to several positions necessitating industrial intensification, ensuring that a requisite political favor can be obtained. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform)
[]Uphold the Red Book: Kitov's plans for the cybernetization of the economy are a critical step in the construction of proper communism and must be implemented. He has published work on recommendations for the automatization of several parts of the economy, and while not entirely technically feasible and very-anti military in policy it still provides an important basis. By providing him ministry backing and forming a discrete system with extra-budgetary allocations, the army can be contained to their missile defense complexes and left grumbling but contented. Transistorization is already here to an extent, and with the current gains in compactness, power efficiency, and cost the ambitious networking plans may at least be trialed. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Internal Reform)
[]Fire Incompetents: The ministry has no shortage of semi-influential incompetent imbeciles in the lower ranks. While firing them may lead to minor disruptions, failure on their quarterly reports is enough reason for their removal. Conveniently, this should ensure that the Stalinist taint is rolled out of the ministry, one poor performer at a time. Some of the capacity to work on independent projects might be lost. Still, the newly graduating and educated classes coming into the system should be prioritized for promotions well over the old guard. Not everyone incapable will be removed with this wave of retirements, but a good number will be cleared out. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Internal Reform)
[]Assist Investigations: Now that everyone that has been too incriminating has either retired, been made an example of, or got punished, the investigations themselves should pose minimal harm to the ministry. Instead of constant speeches on the importance of learning the lessons of Stalinism and the need for caution in accusing fellow comrades, the standard line can be pivoted to a far more aggressive investigative one. Economic evidence of wrongdoing is plentiful and useful for any form of investigation and as long as Kosygin is swinging primarily at the incorrect members of the party, there is little reason not to provide some aid. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Internal Reform)
[]Consolidate Ministry Departments: The current dispersed state of the ministry across the republics and inside of the broader Union has led to some issues in coordination. Taking advantage of the current independence of enterprises, the ministry decision-making apparatus can be properly centralized in Moscow and further improved. This will be accompanied by a consolidation of power at the upper levels, bringing several political figures closer to the center of power and ensuring the minimization of costly expenditures of political influence internally. Simultaneously, the shift in focus for the main apparatus will provide a degree of distance from the enterprises, reducing their direct influence over most regional administrations. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Internal Reform)
[]Determine Coalitional Alignments: The current supreme Soviet may have been re-seated, but already the closed-door debates have intensified. By taking time to personally discuss with several influential bureaus and members, it should be possible to obtain a general idea of the exact state of the various blocks present. The current poorly organized diaspora will only ensure that the ministry cannot operate with a proper idea for political margin, limiting capabilities at all levels. (1 or 2 Dice)
Current Economic States:
Coal: -92 CI4 (-45 RpT, Net Import, Moderate Cross Border Volume, Low Prices)
Aluminum: -16 CI4 (-20 RpT, Net Import, Moderate Cross Border Volume, Very High Prices)
Steel: 96 CI7 (30 RpT, Small Net Export, Small Cross Border Volume, Low Prices) (-10 RpD Infra)
Electricity: 120 CI10 (Insufficient Infra for Trade)
Food: -20 RpT, Large Net Export, High Cross Border Volume, Low Prices, Subsidized
Oil: 170 RpT, Large Net Export, High Cross Border Volume, Low Prices
Medications: 100 RpT, Large Net Export, Moderate Cross Border Volume, Medium Prices
Consumer Goods: -10 RpT, Net Import, Very High Cross Border Volume, Medium Prices
Plan Effects:
Housing Construction Efforts: (-7 Infra Dice -420RpT Modified by Steel Prices) (Reduction in Communal and Barracks Housing Forms to 10% of the adult non-student population by 1965)
Hydroelectric Power: (-2 Infra Dice -120 RpT (25(+5 per year) Electricity per Turn) (Conventional Dams Done, Upper Lena, Upper Yenisei, Lower Irtush, and Upper Ob Cascades Opened for the 8th Plan)
Power Plant Construction(CCGT): (-2 LCI Dice -240 RpT) (56 Electricity -2 Workforce per Turn)
Rural Modernization Programs: (-1 Agri Dice -80 RpT) (Stage 5 by 1965) (+4 Workforce a Turn)
Healthcare Expansion: (-2 Services Dice -120 RpT) (Completes up to Stage 6 and Modernizations) (-3 Manpower a Turn)
Education Expansion: (-2 Services Dice -60 RpT) (Completes Stage 7 Polytechnic, Completes Stage 3 Sociological, Completes Stage 4 Economical, Starts Secondary Schooling Expansion) (Cuts Workforce Expansion by ~1/4) (Delays Full Boomer Utilization until 1966)
Chita-1+Perm-1 and 2: VVER-300 nuclear cores set to be completed in 1964 (16 CI1 Electricity 7 CI3 Coal -2 CI1 Workforce)
State of the Workforce:
Labor Reserve: 80
Labor Reserve: 40 RpT Cost
Prison Reserve: 20 RpT Cost
Incoming:
11 CI3 Net Men Entering the Workforce
12 CI2 Net Women Entering the Workforce
10 CI6 Movement from Rural Areas
6 CI3 Restructuring (Decelerating)
Foreign Labor Added to System:
(24)1956
(18)1957
(12)1958
(13)1959
(4)1960
Civilian Sector Demand Changes:
(30 RpT Grant Allocations)
Coal: 11 CI4
Aluminum: 12 CI5
Steel: -6 CI2
Electricity: -30 CI4
Workforce: -12 CI5
Projected Military Demand Changes:
Coal:
Aluminum: -2 CI1
Steel: -7 CI2
Electricity: -4 CI1
Workforce: -2 CI5
24 Hour Moratorium(Full FA/IA will be next turn as I need to do a lot of rolls)
