Turn 66 (July 1st, 1960 - January 1st, 1961): A Proletarian Wave
Resources per Turn(RpT): Base 2490 +380 Trade +90 Commitments Discount +260 Private Sector -130 Rocketry -30 Grant Allocations - 50 Reserve -1040 Plan Commitments -300 Repayment = 1670 with 25 in storage
Space
The Soviet People and the Socialist system triumphed over the capitalists with the first successful launch of a man into space. Broadcast over television from the launch point and launching with minimized technical issues, much of the flight has served as an important propaganda piece for the people. The internal tape recorder was damaged during the stresses of the launch, but footage to the point of aerodynamic stress has still been preserved in sufficient amounts. Gaggarin himself, remarked on the flight in a few notes, but fortunately didn't comment excessively on the minor issues on the takeoff itself.
He has landed in Siberia as a hero and a parade has been planned for January almost immediately after his flight. Once a new capsule is fabricated, it is expected that a volunteering woman pilot will go up next, securing both firsts ideally before an American attempt at launching a man. The triumph has also brought a degree of political praise on the department and on Kosygin for his transfer of the program towards correct leadership. Even the various generally oppositional factions haven't had that many negatives to say over the flight, indicating a degree of contentedness. Future launches will be shifted towards the R7U as a far cheaper and ideally more reliable launch vehicle, but the R7M has at least delivered us a victory.
The launch of Venera 1 towards Venus hasn't been accompanied by many issues and the craft has maintained transmissions as it has left the earth's sphere of influence. The trajectory is not strictly optimal for the transfer, but a degree of error was expected in the flight. While the electronics have held so far, there is no guarantee that the actual probe will reach its destination as it is a mixture of untested technologies. Still, the launch has so far gone exceptionally well, and if all goes wrong at least we will have put an object near Venus. The lessons learned here are going to be extended towards the future Mars launch, as the bus is practically the same for both.
Internal News
The little bastard Dudorov has finally finished his reports and out of some misplaced sense of morality has decided to effectively make the information available to the rank and file of the supreme soviet. While the people in the ministry have not been excessively caught up in the worst of it, a degree of pivoting blame towards Mikoyan and Malenkov has tempered the various lower personnel. Other ministries have mostly done the same, heaping blame on those that gave the orders from above rather than the low-level pushes towards the exceeding of the very orders. The party members themselves have also pushed blame on a number of upper leadership figures that were moderately guilty, limiting the damage done.
Dudorov himself has pushed through a number of smaller targeted investigations at his political opponents, accusing them of gross crimes against socialist integrity. While there is some circumstantial evidence involved in the process and the collateral is acceptable, the general line of the technocratic faction has become favorable towards their retirements, but as it is impossible to know how much evidence he has caution must be exercised. Too much reliance on him or too excessive of a power grab could have him generate further crimes to blame on everyone involved. Already, closed door movements for his transfer to a special committee have started, giving him important work in solving the questions of nationality far from any center of power.
Kosygin himself has made another attempt to ram through a plan towards currency unification across CMEA, but at several points the entire plan has been sent to six separate bureaus for evaluation by point, effectively killing it. He has attempted to push through a reduced form of the change, with a slower schedule and a different format, but it has once again gotten stopped by his own faction. The fact that he has not yet secured enough support despite expanding his attack dog, speaks to a greater political maneuver as he has even started to have conversations with Podgorny, Shepilov, and Aristov to further enhance his ability to change policy.
So far a visible agreement has apparently not been reached, but his outreach is an important opportunity to secure further power and concessions for whatever he is plotting to implement. The opening of trade itself has likely been used as a cover for further actions centralizing power in party organs and moving personnel into the openings left by Dudorov's self immolation. His position is likely far stronger and ensuring that whatever agreement is reached includes the ministry and the broader technocratic faction can serve to be a massive advantage in governance and improving the economic policy of the Union. If nothing else, the nightmarish possibility that Kosygin and Shepilov reach an agreement needs to be prevented. Podgorny is too much of a liberal joke to pose a threat, but caution must be exercised.
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 79/150) (-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 1551/2250) (-16 CI1 Electricity)
[]Trans-Siberian Road: Constructing a simple road across the vastness of Siberia and the Far east is a massive but highly important undertaking. By committing towards building out a single road line across the entire nation and bypassing any slow down a high speed corridor can be built. This should greatly enhance traffic through towns while minimizing the load on local roads while also providing a critical avenue for the maintenance of the trans Siberian and an important military corridor. The program itself is also more involved in the construction of bypasses for urban concentrations rather than a new road itself, saving a considerable degree of funds while improving through-flow. (60 Resources per Dice 0/150)
[]Moscow High Capacity Road Ring: A four lane combined road system for the linkages around the Union's core industrial city is important for both local development and for further initiatives towards the construction of more automotive capacity. Truck shipping is steadily becoming a larger factor of conventional enterprise and it needs to be supported to improve general economic throughput. The current plan calls for the construction of a number of rings of high capacity unlimited speed roads around Moscow with interlinks built into them along with links to the broader urban network. Expansions might eventually be necessary, but for now the proposal should be sufficient for a decade. (60 Resources per Dice 0/300)
[]Western USSR High Capacity Roads: Spreading development into far more interlinks and proper four lane systems across the Western Union is economically important as road based travel and shipping has increased exponentially. Expansions will reduce load on trucks, improve transportation efficiency, and contribute to a growing internal demand sector for automotive production. These interlinks will be focused on reaching and then bypassing major urban concentrations, enabling easy travel with a minimized degree of congestion. Some additional new construction of roads will be necessary, but as much of the work is expansion disruption and costs should be minimized. (60 Resources per Dice 0/700)
[]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 167/250) (-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 82/250) (-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)
[]Novokuznetsk Steel Mill Expansion: Novokuznetsk forms an important center of steel production, and is far closer to the Kuzbas coal deposit for easy extraction. Additionally local iron ore reserves are far greater than those for other plants, ensuring stable continued operation for quite some time. Workforce cadres are already present at the site and expected to be experienced with the latest in steel making technologies, making the task of expansion far easier. The plant itself has also already partially done the expansion from incentive funds alone, enabling a far more ambitious and larger scale project to turn it into a second Magnitogorsk. (100 Resources per Dice 0/350) (111 CI10 Steel -15 CI6 Electricity -36 CI4 Coal -8 CI2 Workforce)
[]Temirtau Metallurgical Plant: A new metallurgical plant set to improve local labor participation and contribute to the exploitation of novel iron deposits. By transferring a significant cadre of skilled personnel and establishing a number of local metallurgical institutes, an expansion in both education and production capability can be secured. The yields from the process would inherently be less than expanding already established plants, but the low local cost of labor should provide a continuous effect in reducing operational and construction costs. (100 Resources per Dice 0/250) (48 CI4 Steel -8 CI2 Electricity -16 CI2 Coal -13 CI2 Workforce)
[]Rustavi Metallurgical Plant: Local caucuses enterprises have a decent demand for steel and the construction of a local mill can serve to continue lowering prices and ensure a degree of local surplus. The mill itself is practically designed in the standard scheme and only capable of producing a few megatons of steel. The largest part of the project itself as per all other secondary steel plants is a focus on education and the production of local cadres for further expansion. The primary limiter towards diverse economic development has come down to a lack of experienced personnel as while the supplies of graduates are sufficient, very few have actual experience. (100 Resources per Dice 0/200) (40 CI4 Steel -7 CI2 Electricity -14 CI2 Coal -12 CI2 Workforce)
[]Bekabad Metallurgical Plant: Now that Tashkent has become a major manufacturing city, supplying it with Steel in sufficient quantities has become a priority. To minimize overall rail loading and continue to develop local production capacity, a fairly large associated metallurgical plant can be constructed in Bekabad. A larger mill project can be initiated using a mixture of local and imported cadres, ensuring a sufficient steel supply for a few larger manufacturing initiatives. Low labor costs and proximity to major coal deposits further incentivize the site, as it should be possible to secure massive quantities of acceptable grade steel for almost nothing, relative to the other mills. (100 Resources per Dice 0/450) (106 CI10 Steel -18 CI6 Electricity -35 CI4 Coal -17 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)
[]Kuzbas Deposit Exploitation(Stage 1): Due to a number of political demands on the critical nature of domestic coal production and a number of speeches designating it a core element of national security, expansions need to be undertaken. Logistically challenging for a number of reasons, the deposit still represents a massive gain in accessible coal and in overall coal production. Current plans are first towards a general total modernization of methodology and techniques, improving labor efficiency and updating mechanization to use far heavier mining machinery. This will be accompanied by a moderate expansion in personnel and mining area, securing a far more stable and long term supply of low cost coal. (60 Resources per Dice 0/200) (56 CI8 Coal -4 CI2 Electricity -9 CI3 Workforce) (Stage 3 Limit without rail electrification or Stage ⅔ Canals)
[]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 153/225) (-24 CI2 Steel -11 CI2 Electricity -6 CI1 Workforce)
[]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)
[]Second Generation Precision Machinery: With further computational developments, a program towards modernizing precision and defense critical machinery needs to be initiated. While the army is at best useless at funding what is necessary for economic development, doing them a partial favor as a consequence of natural expansions of capability should encourage a further degree of dependency and limit the Ministry of Defenses ability to politically maneuver. Current goals call for the development of a limited stock of computer integrated machinery and creating a few standard models capable of general machining tasks. These will then be rapidly shifted towards production, with a significant expected degree of internal supply especially for the aerospace industry. (150 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-10 CI3 Steel -15 CI2 Aluminum -16 CI2 Electricity -4CI1 Workforce)
Rocketry 3 Dice
[]Cancel Project
-RLA System (-40 RpT) (See T62R) (Finished H2 1965)
-R7U (-5 RpT) (See T62R) (Finished)
-Alloy Development (-5 RpT) (See T53R) (Finished H1 1964)
-Communications Satellite (-15 RpT) (See T65R) (Unpopular)
-Venera Program (-10 RpT) (See T63R) (Launched)
-Mars Program (-10 RpT) (See T63R) (Launch H2 1962)
-Vostok Program (-10 RpT) (See T61R) (Finished)
-Ballistic Capsule(-5 RpT) (See T65R) (Finished H1 1964)
-Luna 2 Program (-10 RpT) (See T65R) (Finished H2 1964)
-PKA Program (-5 RpT) (See T55R, T60, T64R) (Finished H2 1963)
-MKAS Program (-15 RpT) (See T64R) (Finished ??)
[]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 88/200) (-4 CI2 Steel -15 CI1 Aluminum -18 CI2 Electricity -6 CI1 Workforce) (Cost Reductions)
[]Cosmodrome Expansion: While technically capable of taking a 6m stage from a barge, actually launching a rocket heavy enough to justify such a large stage is a different question. Expanding the Yeraliyev cosmodrome further and increasing the scale of its facilities, a far greater rate of launches and larger launches can be enabled. The plan calls for the construction of three additional light pads for minimal configuration RLA or R7U launches along with the construction of a large scale pad made to launch the fully built RLA or any of its partial configurations. (40 Resources per Dice 0/200)
[]Hydrogen Engine Programs: The current expander cycle engine is sufficient for most applications, but there is a limit in how much power can be yielded from an expander cycle. Work needs to start on a true closed cycle hydrogen engine, as even the upper stages of the RLA are limited by engine capability rather than launcher capacity. Additionally, several academics have considered an upgrade to the full power RLA involving a far larger hydrogen core stage that is constantly burning, minimizing mechanical stresses. The engine for such a project will take time to develop, but with consistent funding it may even be ready in time for any attempt at a moon launch, improving payload mass and greatly loosening tolerances. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 15 RpT)
[]Vacuum Electronic Development: While shipping electronic packaging in pressurized compartments is mostly functional for closer missions, the technical challenges involved in maintaining them for long periods is significant. For longer range probes and to improve the technical reliability of several mission profiles, a dedicated development effort is needed in order to build vacuum hardened integrated circuits. Current integrated circuitry has already served as a boon for guidance packages and control systems and further developments in them can only further help. Additionally, as electronics production across the USSR is a new field, university and educational programs will be initiated to broaden the program and ensure that there is a sufficient number of experienced engineers and designers. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 15 RpT)
[]Hypersonic Wind Tunnel: Getting air speeds into the hypersonic and high supersonic range presents a massive technical challenge, but an important one for the further testing of a number of important concepts. By committing the funding towards building a dedicated facility testing can be accelerated and far more progress can be made on testing with models rather than attempts at calculation. Full speeds for things like re-entry are not going to be achieved, but high mach dynamics are a critical area of study for both the military and for the rocketry program, plus a significant political victory can be secured by getting their enterprises to use our tunnel. (70 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-6 CI2 Electricity -3 CI1 Workforce)
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 92/350) (-4 CI1 Electricity -2 CI1 Workforce)
[]Volga-Ural Petroleum Basin Exploitation(Stage 3): Intensification of heavy oil extraction isn't currently necessary but can serve to improve the general state of the petrochemical industry. As oil and oil products are already a leading export, further expansion can risk price instability. Other exporting states have started to do a modicum of price altering, but for now there is a bit of an untapped market. (30 Resources per Dice 58/200) (-8 CI1 Electricity -4 CI1 Workforce)
[]Pre-Caspian Petroleum Basin Exploitation(Stage 3): Liquified gas reserves are important towards the modernization of heating and the general power grid. While they are for now not necessary as heating modernizations have stalled in favor of other projects, their completion can significantly assist in further efforts. This will also not be heavily competed with, as natural gas is primarily a local-use resource. (30 Resources per Dice 2/250) (-9 CI1 Electricity -3 CI1 Workforce)
[]Samara Refinery Complex(Stage 3): Mass expansions of the core refinery complex and refinery systems will involve the construction of several important enterprises. Refining techniques have further been developed to yield far more desirable fractions and the broader modernization of the complex will only serve to increase useful yields. Chemical production will also be benefited by the increased production of petrochemical products as they form essential feedstocks. There is currently no shortage, but expansion needs to be considered in the future if current use increases continue. (40 Resources per Dice 101/150) (-17 CI1 Electricity -3 CI1 Workforce) (Supports Stage 3 Pre-Caspian and Volga-Ural 2 Gas Projects When done with both)
[]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 5): Further mass expansions towards common use plastics are expected to yield a considerable economic return. Production will focus on the expansion of polyethylene and polypropylene, as both polymers are expected to be in highest demand. These will mostly go towards the private sector, but interest has been expressed by the army and by a massive number of enterprises to secure plastics production. Even with incentive funds rapidly going towards expanding plastic production, far more is needed in order to satiate the massive markets for it domestically and abroad. (55 Resources per Dice 38/380) (-29 CI3 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)
[]Consumable Product Initiatives(Stage 1): The private sector has so far served sufficiently in providing excess consumable products for the general population, but the sector itself is considerably under-utilized. While an enterprise might produce toilet paper on the side, this is comparatively inefficient and lacking in scale. By taking up the production of standard consumables into major centralized enterprises, the economy can be made more efficient and the supply of consumptive goods across CMEA can be enhanced. This will include a degree of increasing production of certain food goods, ensuring that the average citizen will have cheap access to standardized products. (50 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-7 CI2 Electricity -5 CI1 Workforce) (Pork Project)
[]Book Production: Sourcing more books is essential towards improving the popular understanding of literature and improving Soviet influence abroad. By transferring funding towards increased production of literary works a considerable amount of turnover can be secured. This can be followed up on with a program of funding a number of domestic authors producing work in a scientific scheme, encouraging people across CMEA to participate in the scientific apparatus. Building more book printing enterprises will also contribute to an increase in publishing throughput, bringing yet more variety to the Soviet people. (50 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-4 CI2 Electricity -6 CI1 Workforce)
[]Electrified Appliance Production: The demand for more modern appliances has generally been met by incentive funds from the previously established enterprises, but more funding can always help. By improving production of newer models and ensuring that domestic demand is entity saturated, programs can start to look towards export. The demand in CMEA is only expected to increase as electrification broadens and more workers receive modern accommodations. This will contribute significantly towards also improving safety in the home, as electricity is far safer then any variety of open flames. (60 Resources per Dice 0/175) (-8 CI2 Electricity -5 CI1 Workforce)
[]Synthetic Rubber Plants(Stage 1): Rubber demand is partially being met by natural rubber and the steadily expanding wartime plants, but more is needed to meet the demand for automobiles and export. By committing funding towards greatly expanding overall rubber production everything from civilian shoe making to critical war industries can stand to benefit. New techniques of production should also serve to lower prices on rubber products, making them more accessible. Cross CMEA demand is still fairly moderate due to access to natural rubber, but there is a significant opportunity in increasing production for export yields. (75 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-9 CI2 Electricity -2 CI1 Workforce)
[]Textile Industry Modernization(Stage 1): The old era textile industry has adequately served for decades in producing a steady supply of new material for the Soviet Worker. Expansion now however will bring more modern techniques, synthetic fibers, and a degree of focus towards export. Low employment cost areas will be prioritized for expansion and modernization, as they will be the most sustainable in the long term, and the bulk provided factory labor will help to accelerate urbanization. The project itself will not be a short one, but as imported cotton is currently dirt cheap along with manufacturing labor, returns are expected to be considerable. (50 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-4 CI1 Electricity -9 CI2 Workforce)
[]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)
[]Enterprise Computerization: Bringing out computers on an enterprise level is important for enhanced administration and for the improvement of administrative control. Managerial staff themselves have pushed the initiative forward, likely as a way to minimize direct competition from lower ranks, as a computer engineer is far less threatening than a mid ranking managerial position. Still, their initiative can be commended and encouraged by providing funds from the center to modernize a further few enterprises. Massive gains are not expected, but a degree of improved accuracy and easier inventory management can still greatly aid larger enterprises. (100 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-9 CI3 Electricity 1 CI1 Workforce)
[]Hybrid Packaging Developments: Continued computational production rests on a continuation of funding and demand. While local demand is considerable, production has so far met it and mostly produced new units without too much issue. As the academies in Kiev and other parts of the union have worked tirelessly towards new formats, a modernization to them will cost a minimized degree of funds. Going from the central ministry and standardizing on a generation of modular systems built on expandable transistors mounted onto card format can only help with the modularity. Funding here will mostly go towards accelerating production implementation, as early systems are not expected to ship before 1964 even with sufficient funding. (100 Resources per Dice 0/175) (-10 CI3 Electricity -2 CI1 Workforce)
Agriculture 5 Dice
[]Peoples Dietary Initiatives: Vitaminization and enrichment of standard foods has 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 breads with vitamin D in sufficient doses and a number of other moderate fixes can ensure that the health of the people improves at a minimal cost. An increase in protein concentration can also be accomplished for a number of specialty items, allowing workers to have more variety without negative health impacts. (40 Resources per Dice 71/200) (-6 CI1 Electricity -8 CI1 Workforce)
[]Enterprise Supply Management: Moving the supply management of agro-enterprises to their own dedicated structures can help to introduce redundancy to the overall agricultural system. By constructing a number of 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 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 132/150) (-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)
[]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 158/200) (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 process of collection is relatively non-labor intensive but more work is needed in order to process and store it. Through the construction of a number of high temperature incineration facilities, the designation of more space for landfills, and an increased fleet of garbage vehicles in a number of cities, the problem can be solved for a time. Future efforts will likely necessitate a 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, a number of public art and scientific museums can be opened for the general public. These would display the collection of art of a number of 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 people's contentment far more than a number of other trifles the money can purchase. (40 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-3 CI1 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)
[]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. Samogon 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 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, just 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)
[]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)
[]Equivocate on Trade: Taking lines on trade is a position that Kosygin himself likely doesn't even support. By instead taking a mixed stance and equivocation on it while backing whatever the committees of party experts trot out, a degree of influence in the party can be secured. Not much is expected to be accomplished, but the political gains of working with the party can pose an advantage especially if further political events continue to occur. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform)
[]Fire Incompetents: The ministry has no shortage of semi influential incompetent imbeciles in the lower ranks. While firing them may lead to some minor disruptions, being failures on their quarterly reports is enough of a 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, but 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)
[]Build Management Cliques: The core internal base of the ministry rests in the enterprises themselves, and directly addressing them and utilizing them is important to maintain stability in the system. Those with correct views can be promoted into more administrative positions, while those that have delusions can stay on the outside of the core political system. Some may protest these changes, but as there is enough ministry power held in the center now, it is the time to decisively strike. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Internal Reform)
[]Support University Students: Those with a correct education are the foundation of the Union and inherent to the leading role of the vanguard. By sponsoring tens of thousands of students into new jobs in the ministry and securing them at an early stage, they can be protected from excessive deviation. As an added benefit, directly sponsoring new party members into ministry ranks can help massively in ensuring that the party rank and file stay supportive and capable of basic thinking. These programs can also be further expanded to ensure that other ministries do not secure an excessive amount of fresh cadres. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Internal Reform)
[]Accelerate Rural Development Programs: The countryside is inherently reactionary and backwards as a core characteristic, but that simply means that they are under-informed and underutilized. By ensuring that the ministry is the one sponsoring improvements in their communities and initiating programs to expand local work, support can be secured. Profitability is expected to be consistently very low through the programs, but the sheer extent of a willing and spread political base ready to back the technocratic faction is massive. As an added benefit these programs will also improve education and economic participation, tying under-developed areas into the broader Union. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Internal Reform)
[]Expand Cadre Recruitment: Allowing educated students going to serve in the ministry accelerated tracks towards party membership can contribute massively to internal capacity while securing a constant source of new personnel. Sure some internally might protest the massive expansion of the party centered on the ministries, but the current undermanning of a number of important offices is a good counter argument to such elements. They will likely leave fairly quickly towards far better work then being lower ranked bureaucrats, but the opportunity provided to further influence the youth cannot be underestimated. (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)
[]Negotiate with Kosygin and Podgorny: Kosygin is clearly plotting something through his attempts at reform. While ignoring him is theoretically an option, the risk that he actually manages to talk with Aristov or Shepilov cannot be understated. Podgorny is an idealistic liberal too tied up in delusions to be a threat, but he can still manage to do damage after inevitably exploding. By talking to both of them and ensuring nothing is done without technocratic involvement, their bad ideas can be mitigated, Podgorny squashed, and continued political stability secured. (1-3 Dice) (Subvote)
[]Determine Coalitional Alignments: The current supreme Soviet may have just 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: -91 CI4 (-45 RpT, Net Import, Moderate Cross Border Volume, Low Prices)
Aluminum: -4 CI4 (-10 RpT, Net Import, Moderate Cross Border Volume, Very High Prices)
Steel: 72 CI7 (20 RpT, Small Net Export, Small Cross Border Volume, Low Prices) (-10 RpD Infra)
Electricity: 62 CI10 (Insufficient Infra for Trade)
Food: -10 RpT (Large Net Export, High Cross Border Volume, Low Prices, Subsidized)
Oil: 205 RpT (Large Net Export, High Cross Border Volume, Low Prices)
Medications: 100 RpT (Large Net Export, Moderate Cross Border Volume, Medium Prices)
Consumer Goods: 120 RpT (Net Export, 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: 54
Labor Reserve: 30 RpT Cost
Prison Reserve: 20 RpT Cost
Incoming:
13 CI3 Net Men Entering the Workforce
14 CI2 Net Women Entering the Workforce
12 CI6 Movement from Rural Areas
Foreign Labor Added to System:
(11)1956
(18)1957
(12)1958
(13)1959
(13)1960
Civilian Sector Demand Changes:
(30 RpT Grant Allocations)
Coal: 4 CI4
Aluminum: 6 CI5
Steel: -8 CI2
Electricity: -21 CI4
Workforce: -12 CI5
Projected Military Demand Changes:
Coal:
Aluminum: -9 CI1
Steel: -1 CI2
Electricity: -6 CI1
Workforce: -2 CI5
24 Hour Moratorium
