Turn 67 (January 1st, 1961 - July 1st, 1961 ): Party-Science
Resources per Turn(RpT): Base 2610 +400 Trade +90 Commitments Discount +270 Private Sector -105 Rocketry -30 Grant Allocations - 30 Reserve -1040 Plan Commitments -300 Repayment = 1865 with 5 in storage
Space
Revolutionary developments on the RLA's engine program have enabled it to continue on schedule, with a first stage engine running on the test stand utilizing an oxygen rich preburner. To take advantage of improvements in combustion stability but reduce technical ambition and improve cooling, a two bell design has been pushed forward. A vacuum specialized version of the engine is also expected to be made as a modification on the bells with similar turbomachinery, but that is more of a case of optimization. The upper most theoretical TLI stage is expected to be powered by a series of three expander cycle hydrolox engines, ensuring a degree of abort and engine out capability. Assuming design work keeps pace, the first single core test flights are expected to occur by the end of 65, with larger configuration testing following soon after.
The development of a higher energy conventional hydrolox engine system has practically hit an immediate insurmountable roadblock in the limitations of expander cycle systems. While we do have a functional expander cycle engine, actual upscaling has posed a far greater challenge. New approaches towards adapting the gas generator cycle towards a very low density fuel has started, but progress is expected to be slow. Alloy development programs have however gone well, with considerable advances in turbopump alloying directly contributing to progress on more conventional engine designs. Much of the alloy-evaluation effort may have been inefficient, but significant technical gains have been realized.
The first successes of the Venera program have been broadcast back to earth, with a number of scientific results returned. The probe itself accomplished the flyby at a further point than originally intended, but progress has still been made. The same bus for the Mars mission has had more issues as the more complex power requirements of the longer mission form several important technical issues. The Luna probes have also come along far slower, the attempted launch of the Luna Two impactor failed with an insufficient parking orbit induced breakup of the craft. Further technical developments on the rocketry level are still necessary to ensure sufficient progress.
The first casualty of the Vostok program has occurred with the failure of the R7U before the point of max Q as it was carrying the to be first female cosmonaut. Post launch aerodynamic issues of the polyblock design lead to a disintegration of the main craft as the four external first stage boosters had a connection issue, leading to an impact into the second stage. This led to the rapid disintegration of the lower body of the craft, rapidly followed by an intense spin and disintegration of the main Vostok module. Contact at this point was lost with the craft, with no parachute deployment or ejection occurring as it tumbled to the ground, with Valentina Tereshkova unresponsive and failing to eject. Almost immediately, a change in plans of the mainline capsule program to enable a remote ejection has been started, with a number of safety features integrated to eliminate the chance of such an event happening again. Some delays to the new capsule program are expected from this, but they should be entirely surmountable.
The PKA and MKAS programs have both gone slowly, if acceptably. The PKA itself is by far the furthest along with final aerodynamic evaluation underway to prepare the small craft for extended orbital flights. Mostly valuable for the novel capability of satellite maintenance and recovery, its uses are limited but still important. MKAS has proven more complicated at every front, as the army is having issues with its super heavy transport, sufficient hydrolox engines for the plane do not exist, and the aerodynamic shape of such a large craft is challenging to test and evaluate. With time and funding all of the issues should be solvable and develop a number of concurrent advancements, but it will take time.
Internal News
With developments in Vietnam spiraling forward, the minister of defense has asked for a significant transfer of funds and has received it. With the need to modernize and expand the expeditionary elements for further confrontation, any minor protests from members of Kosygin's and Podgorny's blocks have been overcome. The new funding comes with a missive for the expansion of conventional and nuclear forces, large scale naval buildup, and a push towards new aerospace programs. This could have likely been resisted with actual cross factional cooperation, but due to the insufficiency of back-channels and the unwillingness of Kosygin to take a stand and preserve his political power, he has simply lost the contest.
Conversely, the final terms of cadre and party scale reforms have been rammed through the central committee without too much challenge as they have been backed to the hilt by the presidium. The party organs may not be properly disciplined like they were in the years before, but they can still perform their function as a political justification generating stamping machine. Opening of cadres will occur on a two pronged system, with any adult that completes a full secondary education and a course on dialectical materialism provided the opportunity towards joining the party through an interview. These are expected to be accompanied by a reasonable investigation into the loyalty of the specific member, with a strong preference given to those who have served in the Komsomol. From there these new party members can join and pay a small due towards the party for the honor of participating in factional candidate selection and regional meetings.
University students also receive a similar path, as each of those in the sciences will have a necessary foundation in materialism, along with a single class on proper history providing a solid basis of performance. From such a point, only a simple interview and check by commission is required for a full ranking membership. This generation of cadres is unparalleled, as being able to consistently enter and pull up a massive proportion of the correctly educated population poses a massive political gain. A large number isn't expected to be willing to pay the extra dues and go to mandatory regional meetings, but those are too lazy to cut it in party work anyways. The old way of joining the party is still entirely available for a number of circumstances, as senior party members can recommend candidates, ensuring a smooth transfer of power for those that are at least minimally qualified.
The conservative groups have of course performed their acts of protesting the reform over the dilution of the vanguard and the inclusion of unnecessary students. The excuse of this being a sufficiently developed stage of socialism however has functioned perfectly towards providing the ideological cover for the reform, ensuring that progress can continue being made towards securing a broader power base. Fortunately, the radicals have been too busy going at each other to significantly impact anything, with several denunciations of Podgorny occurring to improve their support amongst the cadres maintaining the conservative position. For as long as Kosygin can keep a decent integrity in his ranks, this shouldn't pose too much of a threat, but the correct words will still be said to provide the essential cover for a rapid switch towards the conservative position.
Military
As the T3 program has effectively ended with a few hundred advanced but far too maintenance heavy useless machines produced, a new combined breakthrough capable MBT has become the immediate concern. Taking the hydro-pneumatic suspension and transmission ideas from the previous tank and combining it with new arrays of composite mixtures a theoretical lightweight universal tank could be produced. The 40 ton tank is expected to be powered by a 750hp ultra-compact engine, providing it with a far greater speed then any tank before it. Protection against chemical munitions is expected to be 600mm RHAe across most of the turret with 400mm RHAe across much of the hull. Early models are planned to be armed with the more mature rifled 130mm gun, but this is planned to be replaced by a smooth-bore 125mm gun with a far greater velocity for kinetic ordinance.
Further modernizations of the T52B have only accelerated as new model guns have been adopted by NATO forces. The new T52M features a new fire control system and a dedicated system of night sights for the commander, gunner, and driver. Moderate engine modernizations have slightly improved performance, while the issuance of the new cumulative ammunition has enabled the tank to penetrate any reasonable opponent. The positive pressure system has been further augmented along with incorporating a series of further seals and an anti-radiation liner in case of wartime use. Installation of spaced epoxy-metal kits onto the turret has been initiated to enable some protection from chemical munitions, but it is expected that the new enemy 105mm gun firing modern heat shells will pose a massive threat.
Adjusting towards the continued modernization of technology and the long running combined development program, the new standardized army troop transport has been designated as the BMP-1 and is practically ready to enter production. A 20mm cannon is expected to form the primary armament with an exterior rack of four 9M14 anti tank missiles planned to be issued as standard. Guidance packages and armor penetration of the ordinance isn't expected to be excellent and only a single full reload is expected to be carried. Built-in positive pressure systems are expected to protect the crew through a degree of enemy chemical or nuclear attack, enabling continued infantry operations in adverse conditions. The vehicle itself is also far more expensive than any of the infantry carriers before it, but standardization and a focus on professional units should ensure some cost savings.
Combined initiatives for a new SPAG vehicle have come as a result of American developments in improved anti aircraft platforms. Featuring both a search and a tracking radar, the new far lighter 20 ton platform is expected to be equipped with two NR-30 autocannons. While still at the prototyping stage, the improvement in overall capability for close in air and anti helicopter defense is expected to be significant when paired with slower missile platforms. Heavier AA platforms have also been produced in the form of the S-125 complex, with missiles each weighing less than a ton for longer range air defense purposes and providing a far more mobile alternative to the S-75 and S-25.
Three new mainline cargo and utility helicopters have been designed on the basis of the previous models, modernized with turbines and greatly improved. The duties of the Mi-4 have effectively been separated into three discrete approaches towards the problem. At the lightest end, the Mi-2, equipped with two 300kW turbines and space for eight passengers. The mid end Mi-8 with 1500kW turbines and a massive lift capacity of almost 24 passengers or a considerable quantity of cargo. And at the heaviest end, the Mi-6, designed around two massive 4200kW engines and with a capability to lift either 90 passengers or 12 tons of cargo. The furthest along project has ironically been the Mi-6, as it was initiated the earliest due to a need for heavier airframes then the Mi-4, but now all of the subvarients will come into service by 1964, providing balanced capabilities and replacing the Mi-4 in all roles.
Radar development on the furthest arctic reaches of the Union has only accelerated as the American ICBM arsenal has only increased. These massive over the horizon radars are some of the most expensive networked machines in the Union, but each one represents a massive investment in the safety of the USSR from a capitalist first strike. A array of six complexes is planned for the North ensuring that the nuclear force can have a sufficient warning to ensure that orders can be given for a retaliatory strike. Nuclear tipped command guided ABM's have also started to enter service at critical defensive installations at both Leningrad and Moscow, giving the cities both a chance to intercept some of a smaller nuclear strike launched by any of the American puppets.
Poti class anti submarine corvettes have also been ordered in large numbers, as there is a massive need for a small 500 ton vessel to patrol the approaches of the Union. These are expected to mostly serve in their own fleets with an anti-submarine torpedo armament and no real anti-shipping weapons outside of automatic 57mm cannons. For standard fleet escort duties new Kashin class destroyers have been ordered, featuring a triple complex of navalized S-125's along with a heavier anti-submarine complement and a pair of 76mm automatic cannons for self defense purposes. Meant as a compliment to the Kynda and an essential fleet element, forty ships have been ordered for the next decade to bring a modern, modifiable, and capable escort destroyer to the fleet.
To complement the naval buildup plan proposed and justified with the necessity of supporting Socialist States abroad a large scale program of cruiser construction. On the smaller end the Kynda class has been created as a combination of three quad mounts of the P-5 complex along with a modern anti aircraft armament consisting of two dual launchers for navalized S-125 missiles. Instead of any form of gun armament, the entire gun weapon system has been reduced to a pair of automatic 76mm cannons leaving considerable space for anti shipping missiles on the near 6kt hull. Over thirty of the ships have been planned for the full scale replacement of the old gun cruisers, ensuring that the navy can be prepared to face the future.
Using military derived advances in machining technologies and the proliferation of next generation electronics, along with a finalization of hull design, the first boats of the 671 class have been laid down. Massively reducing background noise levels from the previous 627's and shifting to a more optimized hull shape, the boats are expected to strongly compete with their American counterparts. Modernized torpedo armament has also come to bear, with improvements made to standardized 53cm systems, with wake homing capability added for anti-surface ordinance. New anti-submarine ordinance has also come in the form of silver-zinc battery systems capable of active sonar homing, greatly expanding hunter-killer capability. As to the 670 modernization, the new sonar system, improved electronics, and altered hull form have all been integrated into the program, with all that remains being work on the underwater launch capable anti-shipping missile component.
The first long patrol nuclear ballistic missile boats have been laid down across both the Northern and Pacific yards and designated as the 677 class. Practically constructed around the same reactor as has been worked on in the attack submarine program, with a modified 100MW core forming the center of the vessel. This has been combined with significant improvements in quieting over any previous submarine class and a payload capacity of 16 liquid fueled SLBMs. A small self defense armament of torpedoes and a modified version of the 670/671's sonar complex has also been integrated into the hull, providing acceptable capabilities for patrol. These boats represent one of the most significant developments in balancing nuclear arms with the West, with 24 planned for construction and more expected.
Evaluations over Vietnam have led to a number of military concerns on the state of the air force and a number of significant developments in overall technology. Current pilots in base model Mig-21's have had a massive degree of issues in both interception work and in engagements. Current stocks of air to air missiles have proven to be deeply insufficient for engagements, discipline is poor, launch training is worse, and short ranges and lack of radar tasking have led to persistent issues. A committee has already formed and issued its recommendations for modifications including, radar warning detectors, expanded dedicated radar systems, lighter heatseekers, and significantly increased range. To an extent some of the performance shortfall can be blamed on the lacking state of Chinese radar tasking, but in the case of a European confrontation, sufficient radar tasking should not be expected.
The new airframe project towards the deep modernization of the Mig-21 has so far been significantly modified, pushing for an expanded heavier design centered around a 1m diameter Lyulka engine delivering 110kN with reheat with a derivative aerodynamic scheme. Through the consolidation of the nose and shifting to a cranked delta, the intake has been moved beside the airframe. This has enabled an increase in overall platform carrying capacity while simultaneously improving aerodynamic characteristics. Plans currently call for a gross weight of twelve tons, 1200km of range with a centerline drop tank, capability to reach mach 2, 30km of radar range with look up capability. Armament is planned to be a single 30mm cannon in accompaniment of a new complex of radar guided ordinance and lighter heat seeking missile across six pylons.
IL40 modernization has also been accelerated towards a further refinement of the air-frame and engine structure. Higher power RD-9 variations have already been made, with almost a 15% improvement in thrust. The four cannon armament has been replaced by a single rotary cannon under the nose with a simple ranging radar and targeting system to enable the more accurate delivery of ordinance. Wing design has also been slightly modified towards the mounting of two additional pylons taking advantage of the improved thrust available to engine modernizations. Avionics integration isn't expected to massively improve the plane, but it can serve as a modern platform for most ground attack commitments.
Tupolev has continued its innovative work on modernizing tactical bombing platforms, with a new Tu22 model coming to supplant previous closer range nuclear delivery options. Mounting two of the largest so far produced afterburning turbojets each outputting over 170kN at reheat and ditching the rear gun in favor of a streamlined two person crew. This has enabled it to carry an anti naval strike load of two new Kh-22 liquid fueled missiles for over four thousand kilometers. Alternate payload options for the carrying of a mostly internal load of 14000 kg assuming heavy ordinance is mounted on the two external pylons. Developments are also expected to eventually provide the plane with a sufficient EW package, enabling a degree of anti-SAM and anti-radar work, even if the current electronics industry is insufficient to produce it.
Further developments have also yielded a modification of a supersonic bomber program pushed into the role as an interceptor. Using two engines developed for the mainline fighter program and combining them with a new large radar guidance complex a general long range interceptor has been created. Equipped with almost 2000 km of range with drop tanks and a carried ordinance load of four almost 400kg long range missiles, it is expected to become the Union's mainline interceptor. Constructed on a standard delta wing scheme for the optimization of long range cruise and aerodynamic qualities along with a two man crew, it is expected to steadily take up patrol duties from the Su-9 and Su-11. This new Tu-128 model is expected to have a decent degree of upgradability, as it is expected that new avionics and radar will only serve to augment its role, providing novel capabilities to PVO units for at least the next decade.
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 37/400) (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 1657/2250) (-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 2): Development of airport assets in tier two and tier three cities is essential, as it is not expected that large scale travel to them will be available for decades. While the rail lines do provide some degree of mobility, many are far too remote to reach with anything short of a challenging drive on poor roads or a slow train. For the movement of soviet workers and the development of these critical industrial and extractive centers, further airports must be constructed. Most will be a small single runway for regional jets, but even that should be sufficient for expected passenger loads. (50 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-4 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)
[]ASU: Theoretical deployments of the old model of computing mainframes along with an intensive training program and data consolidation system can help with further consolidations. Consolidation of human calculators can be accomplished easily as a computer can do their work for almost nothing, and combined payroll management can be transferred to single machines instead of massive lists. The gains from a current implementation are limited, but with further theoretical developments in computing far more can be done. Overall, labor savings are expected to only be moderate, but a large degree of work can be done towards enhancing proliferation of computational power to important enterprises. (60 Resources per Dice 0/400) (2 CI5 Workforce) (Secondary Projects Opened/Computing Tech will change this)
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 freight electric traction in the next plan. (80 Resources per Dice 180/250) (-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) (119 CI10 Steel -22 CI6 Electricity -32 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) (52 CI4 Steel -10 CI2 Electricity -15 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) (44 CI4 Steel -9 CI2 Electricity -12 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) (111 CI9 Steel -21 CI6 Electricity -30 CI4 Coal -17 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 Non-Ferrous -32 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)
[]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 Non-Ferrous -16 CI2 Electricity -4CI1 Workforce)
Rocketry 4 Dice
[]Cancel Project (10<Projects<15, -2 Dice)
-RLA System (-35 RpT) (See T62R) (Finished H2 1965)
-Hydrogen Engine Program (-10 RpT) (See T66R) (Finished ???)
-Alloy Development (-5 RpT) (See T53R) (Finished H1 1964)
-Venera Program (-5 RpT) (See T63R/T67) (Launched 1)
-Mars Program (-5 RpT) (See T63R) (Launch H2 1962)
-Vostok Follow-On Program (-5 RpT) (See T66)
-Ballistic Capsule(-5 RpT) (See T65R) (Finished H1 1964)
-Luna 2 Program (-5 RpT) (See T65R) (Finished H2 1964)
-PKA Program (-5 RpT) (See T55R, T60, T64R) (Finished H2 1963)
-MKAS Program (-15 RpT) (See T64R) (Finished ??)
-Vacuum Electronics (-10 RpT) (See T66R) (Finished ??)
[]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)
[]Expand RLA Program: The RLA program is proceeding at an acceptable pace for the standard single stack booster, even if the polyblock configuration has posed more challenges. Expanding aerodynamic testing and further extending structural evaluations can accelerate the overall project and reduce the odds of delay. Testing will be expanded on high capacity polyblock configurations with experience helping to ensure stability in both thermal and aerodynamic performance. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 15RpT)
[]Abort Program Enhancement: The recent loss of a cosmonaut is a politically fraught affair occuring due to failures in military quality control standards. Instead of focusing on the development of novel techniques, the current loss must be prevented from happening again. To that end, full scale testing and evaluation of the entire flight profile is necessary. High velocity solid rockets to separate the capsule at all launch phases, manual exit of the capsule in case of parachute abort and several novel features can be evaluated and tested. Space travel may be inherently dangerous, but risks can still be minimized. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 10RpT) (Reduces Political Fatigue Gain)
[]Dual-Crew Capsule Testing: Expanding Vostok towards the development of a two crew variation would be a short and fast project, expanding capabilities and ensuring further space first. Sending up two crew in the compact capsule will be a technical challenge, but a considerably achievable one with everything that has already been completed. The program is expected to go for a launch in the next few years, ensuring a low cost glorious achievement in orbital development. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 5RpT)
[]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 310/350) (-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) (2 Gas of Projects Available)
[]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 404/560) (-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)
[]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 148/200) (-6 CI1 Electricity -8 CI1 Workforce)
[]Expanding Rural Production: Intensification of conventional agriculture has a massive degree of return and now that the chemical industry has steadily caught up, it is all a question of implementation. Higher degrees of processing in order to increase food preservation and accessibility while intensification with chemicalization can bring up agricultural production. Current methods of increasing production will likely increase export opportunities and maintain the relative profitability of the agricultural sector, ensuring that it doesn't become an active drain on finances. (50 Resources per Dice 0/250) (-2 CI1 Electricity -4 CI1 Workforce) (Significant Agricultural Profitability Increase)
[]Continuing Consolidations: Individual and family farmers do not compare favorably to large agricultural enterprises in either labor efficiency or integration. Enabling enterprises to consolidate out the smaller farmers will cause some unrest, but as they are already relocating to cities along with the younger generations, most should be fine. Increased rural industrial integration and private sector integration is expected to pick up a large number of these displaced personnel. Simultaneously, freeing more labor from the countryside will enable an acceleration in industrial development. (40 Resources per Dice 0/150) (9 CI1 Workforce) (Increased Rural Migration)
[]Bringing Land Under Cultivation: Expansion of agricultural enterprises and the provision of land for no cost to any farmer willing to utilize it is an essential frontier. As new techniques are developed for the operation of virgin lands and growth near permafrost zones, overall utilization of land can increase. Some of those in areas can also be re-connected towards overall development, expanding utilization at almost no cost and further distributing populations for defensive purposes. As with before, more farmers should be willing to make the move as prices for mainstream goods drop, ensuring that they have the correct incentives to stay in the business until better transportation networks can be built out. (40 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-2 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)
Services 0 Dice
[]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 100/175) (-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)
[]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)
[]Open Containerization Programs: Containerization of shipping is occurring at a slow pace, but through a degree of cybernetic encouragement through dual-approach methodologies it can be accelerated. Moderate fees and taxes will be placed on enterprises building conventional hulls outside of bulk freight while new ships will be softly encouraged to be built for containerization. These policies are just a first step and spending on the containerization of the entire economy will eventually be necessary, but the first steps can be taken legalistically. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform)
[]Encourage CMEA HSR: To cybernetically accelerate the development of material conditions across our fellow socialist republics, a program of easy worker movement is necessary. If it takes a Bulgarian worker days to reach his new employment in a Soviet enterprise, there will be chances for him to be turned back. Instead if efficient transportation of immigrants, tourists, and students can be encouraged far more can be secured. As an added benefit, some domestic workers can travel further on their vacations, improving morale to some extent. (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)
[]Expand Rural Housing Programs: Shifting up the intensity of the rural housing program has practically built a generation of controlled and correct housing personnel, and its expansion comes as a logical conclusion in expanding bureaucratic power. Setting the department towards a greater commitment of resources will assist in developing the Union even faster and a broader construction program will ensure that the countryside can start approaching the living standards expected from the development of communism. (1 Dice) (Internal Reform) (Rural Modernization Program Becomes (-2 Agri Dice -180 RpT) (Stage 6 by 1965) (+6 Workforce a Turn))
[]Direct the University Program: Correct graduates are going to be moved up in massive numbers, and by taking a vested interest in the freshest cadres raised far from Moscow a far broader front of new personnel can be secured. Many will not be the most capable but politically isolated educated and technocratic personnel cannot be under-estimated. They will be dependent on direct backing and practically be isolated and compliant to any necessary directive from above. Agreement is even unnecessary for as long as it takes them to form their own networks of connections, providing political capital for the better part of a decade with every promotion. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Internal Reform)
[]Currency Unification Agitation: Unifying CMEA currency policy is a politically challenging reform that is unlikely to pass, but by agitating using the great lever of the winning enterprise managers, political movement is possible. The workers can be induced to push in the correct way while the managers themselves can encourage their local soviets to push for it. Progress will not at all be immediate, but it costs nothing to tell various political allies the line that must be taken. (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 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)
[]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 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: -84 CI4 (-40 RpT, Net Import, Moderate Cross Border Volume, Low Prices)
Non-Ferrous: -23 CI6 (-40 RpT, Net Import, Moderate Cross Border Volume, Very High Prices)
Steel: 146 CI12 (50 RpT, Large Net Export, High Cross Border Volume, Low Prices) (-10 RpD Infra)
Electricity: 22 CI9 (Insufficient Infra for Trade)
Food: -10 RpT (Large Net Export, High Cross Border Volume, Low Prices, Subsidized)
Oil: 190 RpT (Large Net Export, High Cross Border Volume, Low Prices)
Medications: 90 RpT (Large Net Export, Moderate Cross Border Volume, Medium Prices)
Consumer Goods: 160 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 (30(+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 Workforce 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: 16
Labor Reserve: 10 RpT Cost
Prison Reserve: 20 RpT Cost
Incoming:
21 CI7 Net Men Entering the Workforce
23 CI6 Net Women Entering the Workforce
13 CI7 Movement from Rural Areas
Foreign Labor Added to System:
(18)1957
(12)1958
(13)1959
(13)1960
(19)1961
Civilian Sector Demand Changes:
(30 RpT Grant Allocations)
Coal: 6 CI4
Non-Ferrous: 9 CI4
Steel: 11 CI6
Electricity: -28 CI5
Workforce: -15 CI5
Projected Military Demand Changes:
Coal:
Non-Ferrous: -6 CI1
Steel: -4 CI2
Electricity: -7 CI1
Workforce: 2 CI8
24 Hour Moratorium
