Turn 74 ( July 1st, 1964 - January 1st, 1965): End of a Plan
Resources per Turn(RpT): Base 3190 +600 Trade +90 Commitments Discount +320 Private Sector -105 Rocketry -30 Grant Allocations - 30 Reserve -1140 Plan Commitments -300 Repayment = 2595 with 0 in storage
External Politics
The American electoral process has upheld Lyndon Johnson and his party with a wide mandate across both governmental bodies. The Southern block focused on upholding the predominance of the states and their ability to oppress their minorities managed to carry areas of the deep South but without a significant impact as despite their white appeal the Democratic party consolidated several posts. On the Republican side, an attempt towards running a moderate liberal in the form of Nelson Rockefeller failed in the election, though carrying significant areas of the East Coast in the process and increasing the number of seats in both legislative bodies. Johnson has broadly advocated for more of the same compared to his last term, opening a number of more effective programs toward combating the inherent excesses of capitalism.
The Brazilian government made a noncommittal promise of elections in 1966, explicitly banning any socialist or communist party from participation and making the organizations illegal to be a member of. Chinese efforts to perform influence programs are still expected to have some impacts, but as far as can be determined, the Americans have assumed a degree of cooperation with the Brazilian left that the Union has never had. If the elections do occur, the army is almost certain to be voted out but with the current progression of domestic politics, it is uncertain if elections will be held. The current tentative bipartisan system might theoretically last if the US allows for it but given the increase in trade ties and theoretical instability that is not expected.
The destabilization of Iraq has proceeded with the transfer of significant quantities of CIA funding to Ali Salih al-Sa'di organization and the interior ministry to bring down a monarchy that was seen as threatening toward positions in Iran. This has rapidly brought down the monarchy in favor of a new Islamic party structure favoring pan-Arabism and a far more open export Scheme towards American interests. The various monarchies have made the normal series of denouncements but they are in a politically isolated group and not expected to make a significant impact on either Iraq or the international sitaution. Several calls for unification with Nasser have been made as a new unified Arab republic immediately in the aftermath of the coup. Several prominent Communist figures also disappeared in the process of the coup, guided by American-supplied membership lists, with similar models as were confirmed by intelligence personnel involved in the Indonesian situation.
Consolidations of the new Indonesian government under Ahmad Yani have proceeded along expectations. Agents on the ground have provided the names of groups of imperialists and revisionists to the leading authorities along with influential figures that have been tentatively responsible for American movements. Rapid repressions with the formation of local militia teams have managed to secure large quantities of enemy agents and sympathetic personnel, clearing out a significant quantity of rot. Further work on the reduction of the Maoist wing of the KPI has gone ahead at a similar scale with leadership arrested and correctly sidelined to eliminate the significant threat to the government. A broader coalition of more reasonable socialists and several of the generals have codified the government.
Soviet investments followed at practically the same time, with partial buyouts of unproductive companies over important resources and those capable of tentative modernization. Buyouts have been conducted under a partial enterprise model, ensuring a stable transfer of capital and a direct influence on the ground for further modernization. Large-scale increases and modernization of agricultural activity have already been planned to reduce local unemployment and provide agricultural labor as further reforms are undertaken. Production of export commodities has also taken the forefront of economic focus as the food situation has effectively been solved through the massive exports of low-cost food goods allowing subsidies to justify themselves. Hunger in the countryside is expected to be eliminated over the next year, ensuring the population can be sufficiently reorganized to productive ends.
France has continued its emphasis on militarization with an undercurrent of American equipment and funding towards the defense of Europe. The army has been expanded significantly in the expectation that a European conflict could stem from the current diplomatic situation. German remilitarization has also been used as the largest justification for the current state of mobilizations even if the Algerian and African situation is the primary expected theater of operations for much of the military hardware. The modernization of the mutual British and French nuclear arm has also continued to receive funding, making the European situation far more tense. The military itself has devised plans to counter the increasing buildup with an expansion of tactical nuclear operations in the case of war, but time will tell if the buildup will be effective or even ever useful.
Rocketry
Fundamental aerodynamic work on the RLA-3 and to a lesser extent the RLA-5 has been finalized with the go-ahead given to start scaling towards booster construction. Engine tests of the vacuum-optimized core engine have also started off well, without excess instability of major technical problems to be solved. Slight hardening on the central core has been required to support the launch profile but this too has been solved without excessive additions of mass. The engineering problems of making a larger fairing as would be necessary for heavier payloads have still provided significant aerodynamic challenges, but these too can be solved through the commitment of funding. A technical first flight has been planned to happen before the end of 1965, assuming higher priority programs do not consume an excessive amount of RLA cores.
A functional fourth-generation standardized probe bus has been designed for orbital capture around both Venus and Mars. Using the atmosphere and advancements in heat shields borrowed from other programs along with upcoming transfer windows, a program to fire off both heavy orbiters has been given the go-ahead. A primary and secondary launch towards each goal has been planned to provide enough redundancy in electronics along with several improvements in imaging and sensor systems. Modernizations of avionics are expected to further improve reliability and ensure that the unmanned program can orbit both planets first and report back more information than any flyby could. Sensors that were originally designed for the meteorological program are further expected to fly on the launches, ensuring that more data is collected and a sufficient climate comparison can be made.
The first and second PKA orbital launches have succeeded without destroying the vehicle involved outside of the inherent damage of re-entry. Both were recovered after a prolonged week-long orbital mission unrepairable for a further flight but otherwise entirely intact. Techniques for improving re-usability have already been proposed and are expected to be trialed in future flights. These flights have brought four more cosmonauts into the selective group of those that have gone to orbit and flight has even been proposed and approved with a selection of international pilots. As long as the reusability problem can be solved the PKA can be maintained as a viable testing platform for new materials and short-duration spaceflights, but if it cannot be solved then the VA capsule is expected to entirely replace it.
The space suit program has effectively diverged after a viable route toward solving several major technical problems has been found and pursued. One team has focused on the production of a rudimentary and light-pressure garment for general wear in a spacecraft to reduce crew risks and accomplish a short limited EVA. The program responsible for the breakthrough and the general advanced suit program has instead specialized in a theoretical second generation of suits. Newly designed ball-bearing joints with vacuum ratings have effectively solved the issues inherent in the shoulders and wrists of the suit. Simultaneously, to enable the rapid entrance and a more secure seal a rear-entry design has been adopted, allowing for the use of an aluminum hard upper torso.
With the broad-scale failure of many of the probe programs, the vacuum specialized electronics program has effectively been canceled. It has consistently consumed significant quantities of funding for negligible progress. Actually, useful integrated circuit development teams have been spun off to the army and civilian industries while the bulk of the program focused on hardening has effectively been disbanded. The interplanetary program itself has received some of the talent but many of the prospects of the total vacuum hardening of electronic circuits have proven to be beyond current technical limitations.
The Moon Program
The reorganization of the moon program and the push toward the utilization of a cooperative committee design immediately ran into several hurdles. The various OKB heads managed to meet and have a productive discussion until the topic started verging into the design of the upper stack, with each of the designers declaring each other's proposal as suicidal. Further meetings would continue with a similar theme as practically every design involved was severely denounced by all of the others with few exceptions. Even some politicians have criticized this conclave as there was no consensus, just an arguing bunch of engineers determined that cooperation would only cause losses for their respective OKBs. Only a tentative compromise design was made through the acceptance of elements of Chelomei's proposal and a general distribution of component production across the OKBs.
Koralev, rather than proposing to conduct an earth rendezvous and risk the mission through the launch of several stacks proposed using only a single RLA-5 launch. Taking a light lander and launching it with a lightened FGB-VA block on a hydrogen transfer stage has been proposed as viable for reaching the moon and conducting a manned landing. This plan was harshly criticized for the use of a cryogenic propellant, requiring two EVAs to operate the lander along with one on the planet, and the negligible scientific value planting a flag on the moon would have. Technically feasible, but worst of all, the program was to use a set of parts designed only by Koralev's OKB as a payload, rendering it technically nonviable in any respect.
Through more detailed design work Yangel offered a more comprehensive design conducting an orbital rendezvous using a previously launched hypergolic transfer stage. The lander would still require a series of spacewalks to board, but there would be no long wait time in orbit. For similar reasons, this was heavily criticized by all involved as the earth rendezvous posed a significant risk, much less a series of transfers in the orbit of the moon. An increased tonnage of two launches made the design in theory safer than any proposed by Koralev, but not significantly so as the use of a hypergolic transfer stage would consume much of the tonnage that could go to making a safer lander. The use of the stock FGB also brings a significant mass fraction without much use, existing only for a theoretical cost reduction.
In the closest thing to a compromise design, Chelomei and his OKB have made a proposal to eliminate the riskiest part of the landing itself by bringing along a far heavier lander to the moon on a hypergolic transfer stage. Rationalizing the bus itself to the old variation on the VA capsule with the original life support circuit docked to a far larger lander with a small transfer bus. This would enable a tiny hypergolic rocket to launch the capsule back to the Earth after a landing was conducted. Every component of the program was to be split directly between the OKBs to ensure cooperation and eliminate parallel efforts. Immediate criticisms however came from the single point of failure on the return bus, nonexistent life support margin, and the necessity of an earth and moon rendezvous. The separation of components will mean that any delay will cause significant slowdowns, but such is to be expected from a compromise project.
Glushko has taken a radical proposal and categorically declared that every other attempt at forcing something productive to happen would not work and would only get personnel killed. Instead, a new orbital mission could be put together using reliable components and propellants, ensuring that the program could proceed on an aggressive timetable without issues and without major disruption. Going for an orbiter first would build experience for a broader and more comprehensive program while ensuring that firsts go to the Union. If the Americans want to land on the moon ahead of an orbit they may be able to, but it would be of negligible scientific value. Everyone involved declared his proposal as entirely without merit and unambitious. The plan has instead been pushed forward independent of the committee advocating for it as a logical extension of the FGB-VA program rather than a true new program.
[]Enforce Chelomei's Proposal: The use of a heavy docked lander and small VA capsule transfer module can ensure that every OKB is involved at every level, avoiding political issues. Yangel's organization is expected to be excluded, but that is practically an expected cost of getting everyone else onboard with such a project. Distributing based on systems will enable stability in political support but it is practically guaranteed to cause delays. Even then the only reason this may be worth pushing forward is that Glushko has provided tentative support. (30 RpT) (3 Quality Rolls)
[]Accept Glushko's Proposal: Glushko has effectively copied Yangel's proposal, made it slightly more expansive, and has taken it for his own. Backing it will keep the entire program in the hands of a single person and eliminate any further personality conflicts. This will come as effectively an enlarged application set for the FGB-VA, theoretically delivering an orbiter quickly and forming the basis for science around the moon. This would on paper provide the means for a formal continuation program but that is questionable with current launch mass limitations. (15 RpT)
[]Cancel It: The designers have themselves discredited practically every approach towards the moon, doing much of the challenging political work independent of any prodding. Ensuring that the Supreme Soviet brings them all into interviews and determines the correct truth of the matter would be a trivial task. The space program will take a budget cut and the goal of the moon will be surrendered for a time, at least until the Americans do something or technology sufficiently improves.
Free dice to allocate 4 Dice.
Infrastructure: 7 Dice
[]Integration of Commuter Rail: Successful integration of high-speed rail with Metro systems is necessary to improve both accessibility and traffic. The above-ground trains mostly do not do interurban transit, they are the primary form of short and mid-distance interurban transit. Continued work on the creation of several large inter-link stations to serve the Soviet people is important for ensuring a steady flow of labor and commercial activity. Taking advantage of the trigonal nature of most of the constructed subway networks, efforts will be made to run track to at least two points on the network, ensuring that rapid integration can be enabled. Improvements in ridership and utilization are expected along all main HSR routes, providing people with unparalleled access to transportation. (60 Resources per dice 0/225) (Pork Project)
[]Kiev Renovation: Continued urban modernization programs can start for more republican capitals than just Moscow. Rationalization of the Urban build and development road grid along with the construction of several high-density commercial zones will be accompanied by the reconstruction and stabilization of the West bank of the Dnieper. Currently, the space is occupied by low-density developments but that can be changed. Through a modernization campaign, a further metro line can be constructed into the area along with the construction of several high rises for habitation, developing a new urban center from nothing. The conventional northern city center has already been modernized to an acceptable degree, but the south of the city must be brought out of its primitive state. (55 Resources per dice 0/300) (Pork Project)
[]Minsk Renovation: As Minsk has been reconstructed from the war there are considerably fewer areas in desperate need of modernization, but work can still be conducted. The road scheme can always be reinforced with the addition of additional arterial ways and the construction of a new subway line to reduce transportation stress. Several universities and parks can be constructed along with several higher-density districts around the city center, providing commercial and residential spaces. Work on developing the popular infrastructure can effectively begin, significantly increasing density in zones of essential production and high-value service industries. (55 Resources per dice 0/250) (Pork Project)
[]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 have increased exponentially. Expansions will reduce the 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. (55 Resources per Dice 652/700)
[]Ural Region High Capacity Roads: With the completion of major road systems in the direct trans-siberian belt, the massive deficiencies in arterial roads can be fixed in a single step. A massive campaign of paving arterial roads and expanding them can be undertaken to minimize transportation delays and enable continued development. A smaller quantity of roads needs to be paved in the West but the dual issues of challenging technical conditions and a far lesser development of infrastructure have left the effort notably expensive. Once the networks in both sectors are done, a further program of development can be initiated to link the network into a new central Asian road network, providing arterial lines to the vast majority of the population. (55 Resources per Dice 0/800)
[]Expanded Technical Services: Expansions of snow management services have steadily become more needed due to the significant accumulation of Snow in winter seasons and the necessity of maintaining economic production. Current services are sufficient for the task, but further investment can significantly help secondary cities cope with the issues brought on by snowfall and secure several favorable connections. Much of the work will come towards the modification of standard truck chassis towards clearing roads, improving commerce, and minimizing winter problems. (50 Resources per dice 0/250)
[]Hydrological Stabilization Measures: The start of a new dry period across much of Central Asia has reduced the viability of several important agricultural areas. Instead of allowing a decade of progress to be wasted, measures can be taken towards enhancing the local water availability and further improving agriculture. Canals and several green belts are to be constructed to engineer the environment and enable further development through the reduction of evaporation and general wind management measures. Increased construction and direction of the hydrosphere should further enable a moderate intensification of agriculture, allowing for local labor to be adequately utilized. (60 Resources per dice 0/350)
[]Far-Eastern Water Reservoirs: As a precursor to major dam construction, hydrological development can be carried out on the tributaries of the Amur and Yenisei rivers. Local water demand has steadily increased with increasing populations and industries, demanding far more water than previously available. Constructing smaller hydrological reservoirs on rivers otherwise unsuited to significant hydroelectric production can yield significant improvements in water access and enable the continued environmental modernization of the region. (55 Resources per dice 0/200)
[]Water Distribution Systems(Stage 7): The urban sewage system has been consistently expanded but it has never been properly modernized and refurbished. A total program for the modernization of the system under the fastest-growing cities will serve to provide a massive increase in capacity and ensure that the situation is sufficiently stabilized for at least a decade. Further efforts will still be needed if growth moves faster than expected, but as a final stabilization measure, this will cause the system to throw off its effective tsarist obsolescence. Waste processing facilities will be developed in a number of strategic locations, allowing for a general reduction in environmental contamination, and improving health. (65 Resources per Dice 2/650) (-12 CI1 Electricity)
[]Civilian Airports(Stage 3): Further efforts towards the enhancement of the civilian airport system are essential for increasing travel to the Far East and several more remote destinations. Work will primarily be conducted at major hub airports for the plane landing and operation of civilian An-22s, featuring high fuel efficiency, range, and a two-deck arrangement for the efficient transport of workers. The flights will not be the fastest or cheapest, but a new age of commercial aviation can be brought about for very little actual cost. (50 Resources per Dice 77/300) (-5 CI1 Workforce)
[]Unified Canal System(Step 2 of 3): Nuclear landscaping work is still insufficient for any reliable implementation, but the current project can still be undertaken while the army works on lower radiation charges. The Chusovaya River must in itself be raised to be made navigable, producing a small yield of power in the process. Such a decisive step will take the construction of major and six minor dams along with a degree of relocation, but it can be done. Raising the level of the river to a safe navigable depth of four meters will be a major technical challenge, but one that can be accomplished. Yekaterinburg itself also requires a greater water supply, necessitating a degree of river modification of the Iset to make it both navigable and useful. (50 Resources per Dice 53/650) (21 CI12 Electricity -2 CI1 Workforce) (Significant Resource and Cost Changes)
[]ASU: Initial networking proposals were comprehensively too optimistic to implement due to the problematic political environment hindering modernity through every means available to it. Now that much of the problem has been suppressed and sufficiently disciplined to continue conventional policymaking a modernized and more comprehensive version of the initial program can be initiated. Enterprise interest in new model computers is already significant, but a program of funding and technical modernization can be extended towards basic localized networking and improvements in computation, reducing unessential personnel and allowing for considerable efficiency improvements. Everything from light 800kg models for smaller enterprises to larger ten-ton modules are expected to be procured over the next few years, providing for considerable improvements in internal coordination. (120 Resources per Dice 118/300) (-9 CI2 Electricity 8 CI1 Workforce)
Heavy Industry 8 Dice
[]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. (95 Resources per Dice 0/350) (119 CI10 Steel -22 CI6 Electricity -32 CI4 Coal -8 CI2 Workforce)
[]Severouralsk MMK(Stage 3): Conventional increases in nonferrous production are still important despite the viability of future hydroelectric modernization. Conventional extraction and increasing tertiary metal extraction are expected to significantly improve the economy and enable an increase in alloy utilization. Mining and processing will still be focused on alumina due to its essential nature for several applications. Further mining is only expected to be temporarily necessary until large dedicated hydroelectric facilities are established. (70 Resources per Dice 98/150) (25 CI3 Non-Ferrous -36 CI5 Electricity -5 CI1 Workforce)
[]Tikhvin 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. (70 Resources per Dice 0/150) (17 CI2 Non-Ferrous -32 CI5 Electricity -4 CI1 Workforce)
[]Donets Coal Basin Mechanization: Massive mechanization of the Donets basin was deprioritized due to the necessities of production and the far lower costs of extraction for coals in other basins. Now that that capacity has been expended and the Union demands far more coal a program of mechanization and the elimination of hand labor can be undertaken. The coal industry can be brought into a new standard fitting the developed work with masses of machinery and more skilled personnel. Some worker gains will be realized through the rationalization of positions, but the largest effect will come from adapting measures towards universal mechanization despite the depth of operation. (80 Resources per Dice 0/300) (71 CI4 Coal -12 CI2 Electricity 1 CI2 Workforce)
[]Pechora Coal Basin Exploitation: The Northern coals have been steadily utilized with an increasing capacity, but significant yields can still be secured from the basin. Committing to the construction of new mines, the transfer of labor, and the standard model of partial mechanization can secure a sufficient quantity of coking coal. The coals here are suboptimal and always have been, but given the current shortages of energy in the West development is more and more necessary for the economy. Almost all of the coal extracted will be coked to enable easier transport, substituting some burden off of conventional metallurgical coals. (60 Resources per Dice 0/175) (41 CI4 Coal -6 CI2 Electricity -7 CI2 Workforce)
[]Moscow Coal Basin Mechanization: The coals in the Moscow basin have some of the worst qualities of any of the coals available to the Union. They are high in ash, wet, low in energy, and are located primarily in underground deposits. Despite this the massive demand for coal and its extraction have left them worthwhile to expand and utilize in specialized coal power stations, recouping some of the energy investment and ensuring that the steady expansion of the general electrical grid can be continued. Work here will need to be highly technical and more a product of the immense demand for coal than any inherent value in the basin. (60 Resources per Dice 0/200) (48 CI4 Coal -6 CI2 Electricity -9 CI2 Workforce)
[]Kuzbas Deposit Exploitation(Stage 3): Massive intensification of the Kuzbass deposits is still necessary for providing enough coal to the Union. Lack of infrastructure and the limitations of transporting so much coal west have continued to plague general economic development, but intensive efforts can address that too. Once significant infrastructural work is committed to improving accessibility and developing the internal transit system coal will be as easy to ship as any other bulk goods. Much of the extraction here will necessitate a constant stream of new labor to increase capacity, but the sheer scale of the deposit leaves no probable maximum extraction capacity nor the real possibility for depletion. (60 Resources per Dice 94/400) (138 CI16 Coal -7 CI2 Electricity -13 CI2 Workforce) (Stage 3 Locked until rail electrification or Stage 2 Canals)
[]Coal Power Plants: With the stabilization of the coal economy, now is the time to start increasing coal power production. Using older parts and a simpler combustion cycle, the plants are expected to generate a good quantity of electricity, if at a far lower efficiency than the combined cycle gas plants. This surge of power can go towards any number of critical projects, ensuring that the Union's power demands can be met for long enough to bring larger hydroelectric, gas, and nuclear projects into full operation. (95 Resources per dice 16/200) (64 CI4 Electricity -24 CI3 Coal -3 CI1 Workforce) (Repeatable)
Rocketry 4 Dice
[]Cancel Project (10<Projects<15, -2 Dice) (105/120R/t Funding Cap)
-RLA-Expansion Program (-20 RpT) (See T73)
-RLA-Interplanetary Stage (-5 RpT) (See T73R) (Completed H1 1965)
-Venera Program (-5 RpT) (See T63R/T67/T72/T73) (Poorly Performing)
-Mars Program (-5 RpT) (See T63R) (Launch H2 1964)
-Communication Satellites (-5 RpT) (See T70R) (Continuous Launches, Test Program)
-Atmospheric Data Satellite Program (-10 RpT) (See T73R)
-Orbital Docking Systems (-10 RpT) (See T70R) (Finished ???)
-PKA-Orbital (-10 RpT) (See T72R)
-EVA Suit Programs (-5Rpt) (See T69R)
-FGB-VA (-10 RpT) (See T65R, T72R) (Finished H1 1966)
-2nd Gen Luna Program (-10 RpT) (See T65R/T72/T73R)
-Vacuum Electronics (-10 RpT) (See T66R) (Finished ???)
[]Stalingrad Plant Expansions: Now that the RLA itself is finalized, the question of securing sufficient production has come. The plant itself is ready to make a sufficient number of boosters for the current programs but it is expected that hundreds will be needed before the end of the decade. Expanding towards a secondary production line along with a significantly increased set of tooling for the construction of new engine bells will serve to lower prices and ensure an economy of scale. Current investments will be expensive new machinery, but even that will eventually lower costs. (100 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-9 CI2 Electricity -3 CI1 Steel -8 CI2 Non-Ferrous -5 CI1 Workforce)
[]Second Generation Light Launcher Development: Adapting a technically second-generation storable ICBM that has come from Yangel comes with several prestige costs, but the capability to launch light payloads without the use of either an older R7 or single-core RLA can be valuable. The actual launcher will be utilizing storable fuels for the sake of minimizing financial and engineering burden for a secondary project, limiting launch mass but ideally reducing costs. An added benefit of such developments is that they can be transferred towards military service, providing critical capabilities in wartime to replace satellites lost to enemy action. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 5 RpT)
[]Alternative Fuel Program: The massive energetic potential of Fluorine fuel mixtures is notable and can enable the performance of hydrogen-oxygen combinations in a far more compact format. Liquid Fluorine is itself a strong oxidizer and can be mixed with hydrogen at more than two times more efficient a ratio. Work with more storable fluorinated compounds can also be started, as a compact upper-stage engine is worth almost any toxicity. Boron compounds are expected to be further considered, as they offer significant performance improvements over storable fuels, especially in select applications including long-duration probes. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 5 RpT)
[]Nuclear Engine Programs: The sheer promise of a nuclear core that can deliver double the performance of a hydrogen rocket is practically unrivaled by any other technology. Storability limitations are expected to be significant, but not relevant for most expected mission profiles. Some more ambitious scientists have even proposed the development of liquid and gaseous nuclear cores, making a further jump towards higher energy propulsion. Funding a tentative program towards solid core applications now will provide a basis for further study, and any functional drives could be taken up as upper stages. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 5 RpT)
[]Space Station Program: Long-term space habitation is a massive step in both military and scientific development, but only deeply theoretical work is even available at the current timeframe. Once the RLA is flying, the significant payload masses are expected to enable considerable stations to be launched in a single launch of the maximum configuration even if orbital rendezvous proves problematic. Theoretical work started now will yield some functional configurations and produce several secondary technical applications relevant to manned missions to the moon and past it. (1 Dice) (Expected Project Cost 5 RpT)
Light and Chemical Industry 12 Dice
[]Air Conditioner Plants(Stage 4): With the massive improvements made in the production of new thermal control systems and the sheer extent of their demand, delivering the most modernized system has become a priority. Shifting towards more thermally conductive materials in radiators along with automated de-icing functions, new units can be made with significantly greater efficiencies across the vast bulk of expected thermal ranges. New variations are even expected to maintain temperatures across larger apartments, effectively providing comparable efficiency to primary combustion in the heating role. (60 Resources per Dice 0/350) (-8 CI2 Electricity -5 CI1 Steel -5 CI2 Non-Ferrous -5 CI1 Workforce)
[]Consumer Food Production(Stage 1): With improvements in food production a continuous development of food goods can be undertaken. The private sector has already pioneered hundreds of products capturing the attention of the consumer and the state cannot be significantly behind. Taking whatever form of highly treated and chemicalized food product that can be sold and adapting it for massive centralized production can significantly improve returns and continue to provide more variety to the population. The durability of the goods involved will also far exceed conventional food production, allowing for the long-term population of shelves with reliable state products without an excess of worry over wastage. (50 Resources per Dice 0/225) (-6 CI2 Electricity -6 CI1 Workforce)
[]Next Generation Pulp Mills: Paper demand has only increased in recent years with the direct provision of books to the population and the steady expansion of the printing and education industries. To accommodate the demand without significant imports, mills can be set up near areas of expanded log recovery, providing high-quality paper to the people. These will take some time to set up and bring to full capacity, but over time the Union will have an overproduction of paper cybernetically allowing for a drive towards universal comprehensive literacy and a personal library in every home. (55 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-5 CI2 Electricity -3 CI1 Workforce)
[]Synthetic Rubber Plants(Stage 2): Continued work on producing more rubber is essential for ensuring domestic supplies outside of the military and reducing prices. Natural rubber is expensive and unnecessary for most applications, enabling synthetics to be used instead. Increasing chemical capabilities will further advantage the Union in several sectors, providing improved equipment and enhancing chemical development. Ideally, refinements in synthetic rubber manufacturing will be able to overtake the qualities of natural rubber and replace its every use. (70 Resources per Dice 15/175) (-10 CI2 Electricity -3 CI1 Workforce)
[]Textile Industry Modernization(Stage 5): Increasing both synthetic production and the processing of new fibers is essential for securing mass employment and continuing the construction of socialism. Current clothes markets have significantly improved from previous investments and an effort now can solidify export potential while further utilizing unused labor. Petrochemical plants will be built near primary sources of oil and gas, allowing for the utilization of cheap feedstocks for increasing development. Exports of more modern clothing will further stimulate exchange across CMEA, as domestic petrochemical reserves provide a unique unreplicable advantage for the chemical industry, ensuring decades of favorable exchange. (50 Resources per Dice 26/300) (-13 CI1 Electricity -22 CI2 Workforce)
[]Virgin Lands Forestry: The massive forests of pine distributed in the Northern Virgin Lands areas have yet to be properly exploited. Rather than allowing them to be simply burned on site when the land is cleared for more useful applications, a more involved campaign can be initiated to prepare areas for cultivation and salvage a large portion of the wood. Cheap wood can enhance the rural construction sector in areas soon to be the intensive focus of development and can further several ecological developments in the construction of the national economy. After initial towns and complexes are established, heavier equipment can be moved in by barge, allowing for massive yields of wood for comparatively little cost. (65 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-6 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)
[]Core Chemical Feedstock Efforts: An increased focus on optimizing organic chemical production from petrochemical feedstocks has necessitated the deployment of improved techniques. Olefin metathesis reactions have offered significant improvements in the production of propylene and several other derivatives, improving accessibility and productivity of the general chemical industry. Side programs to further improve the yields of sulfuric acid are also expected to be funded, as the production of precursors remains an important limitation towards prompt chemical-industrial expansion. (70 Resources per Dice 84/175) (-14 CI3 Electricity -4 CI1 Workforce)
[]Second Generation Plastics(Stage 2): With the sufficient establishment of foundational experience for the production of smaller-scale advanced polymers the focus can be transferred to novel terephthalates. Improved chemical and wear resistance of the new materials has a far broader degree of applicability across all industries and their expected far lower costs will ensure a broad-scale adoption. Even across CMEA, the demand for more plastic has only increased in recent years well past any semblance of production. Efforts here will ensure that industries have the latest in durable and chemically stable plastics, expanding the chemical industry and providing a basis for future modernization. (75 Resources per Dice 86/300) (-19 CI3 Electricity -4 CI1 Workforce)
[]Television Plants(Stage 1): Mass production of color televisions was previously authorized by a misguided understanding of material conditions, but now that a significantly improved state of technological maturity has been reached it can be resumed. Forming two dedicated enterprises for the production of new units near major electronics centers and ensuring a steady increase in production can enable significant commercial returns. The Americans have already started the large-scale introduction of color televisions and the Union cannot be significantly behind. Partnering with already existing enterprises is expected to significantly improve production and allow a smooth transfer of experience from the limited cadre of professional workers. (90 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-11 CI2 Electricity -2 CI1 Steel -4 CI2 Non-Ferrous -6 CI1 Workforce)
[]Calculator Commercialization: The theoretically portable calculator has been developed on the basis of transistorized electronics and there is little preventing its production outside of integrated organization structures. The means to produce these calculators can be derived from standard models of transistors that are already rapidly being commercialized, ensuring significant improvements. High-yield integrated circuits are still far too immature to be used on the project, but even a basic 10kg calculating unit with a display represents a monumental leap in mathematical capability. The reduction of simple mathematical operations to new devices will improve the speed and accuracy of several engineering and production firms, ushering in massive advancements in general understanding. (90 Resources per Dice 0/75) (-4 CI2 Electricity -2 CI1 Non-Ferrous -3 CI1 Workforce)
Agriculture 4 Dice
[]Continuing Consolidations: Individual and family farmers do not compare favorably to large agricultural enterprises in either labor efficiency or integration. Enabling enterprises to consolidate 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 are 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: The 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 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)
[]Second Virgin Lands Programs: The northern lands have a usable summer growing season and a sufficient supply of water to encourage their settlement. Across the habitable belt in the Far East and near Irkutsk there exists a significant seasonal agricultural potential that has been almost entirely ignored. With a large-scale program for increased land utilization and the practical free distribution of land to any farmer willing to farm there along with a provision of hardened equipment, it too can be brought into productivity. The climatic conditions are comparable to some areas of the West and are comparatively temperate relative to conditions outside the small warm belt North of Mongolia. (40 Resources per Dice 0/250) (-5 CI1 Workforce)
[]Second Generation Herbicides: Current utilization of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid has produced immeasurable results in controlling weeds for active agricultural cultivars, but far more can be done. Newly synthesized compositions and those licensed from the West promise an increase in precision and further enhancement of yields. 2,6-Dinitro-N, N-dipropyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)aniline, 1,1-Dimethyl-4,4-bipyridinium dichloride, and 3,6-Dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid all have considerable promise in agricultural applications, including the minimization of tilling, reducing the capital burden on smaller farms and improving overall topsoil integrity. (80 Resources per Dice 108/200) (3 CI1 Workforce) (Agricultural Profitability Increase)
[]Rural-Zone Assessment: With the limitations in character and production of the rural cadres it is difficult to judge exactly what is desired or necessary for their increased production. The subsidy regime is undoubtedly popular due to direct improvements in production, but the sector, even at its most optimized, is a practical and inevitable drain on the Soviet economy. Further, conditions in rural areas are still poor without many avenues of low-cost improvement left available. Rather than attempting to direct money towards several smaller causes, an assessment can be done to produce an optimized spending pattern. (40 Resources per Dice 232/250)
Services 6 Dice
[]Distribution of Banking Branches: Gosbank has served admirably in providing services to the population, but further initiatives can be started to expand credit and financial availability. Savings account use has increased significantly and several problems in adequately serving the steadily expanding population have been brought up. The situation is currently adequate, but through an expansion and the construction of several small branches, every small town can be integrated into general banking structures. Private credit unions have, to some, taken over too much of the sector, and expanding into untapped areas now can pre-empt their growth. (40 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-3 CI1 Workforce)
[]Expanded Childcare(Stage 1): Massive programs for expanding child care have significantly helped working mothers manage their children, and even with the extended family model they are steadily becoming excessively stressed. Committing towards massive expansions in daycares along with kindergarteners can serve to improve the availability of future labor and educational performance. Current expansions primarily call for the reinforcement of previous efforts, with expansions across major urban areas to meet the massive demands of the people. (35 Resources per Dice 84/250) (-6 CI1 Workforce)
[]Transportation Enterprises(Stage 1): The development of the road system has necessitated a considerable expansion of the trucking fleet and the enterprises specializing in transportation. Current enterprises tend to purchase a significant quantity of trucks as a part of their shipping systems, but splitting those off into dedicated transportation enterprises is expected to significantly help efficiency. Further, preparing for containerization at every level can improve the modularity of the transport system, as a single standard can be used at every point rather than the diversity of trucks and good storage options. Expansions now will go towards the foundation of several moderately sized regional distribution enterprises, allowing for capacity to significantly increase. (60 Resources per Dice 0/250) (-8 CI1 Workforce)
[]Legal Consulting Programs: Enterprise-level employment of legal experts to navigate the steadily growing complexity of regulation and taxation has been a matter of life for the last decade. Rather than restricting the services to only medium and large-sized enterprises, consulting programs can be constructed to provide the services on contract to small enterprises and businesses. Effectively the organizations are not expected to have the best expertise as skilled legal experts can secure far larger wages in private practice, but an average lawyer is expected to be sufficient for most situations. (40 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-3 CI1 Workforce)
[]Garbage Service Expansions: The unrelenting tide of Soviet consumption has continuously strained the garbage industry and now the situation has reached a near-critical point. Workers are disposing of more trash than they ever have before, necessitating a massive and decisive effort to expand processing and recovery to leave the issue for the next decade. Several large-scale filtration plants will be constructed at urban concentrations along with a series of landfills to further process the material. Every bit of Aluminium and Steel can be recycled, but the rest of the waste matter is practically useless and only fit for either decay or combustion. (60 Resources per Dice 0/225) (-7 CI1 Workforce)
[]Hotel-Enterprises: Travelers for business and vacation need somewhere to stay while vacationing, and older proposals are far too grand for the throughput produced by the HSR system. Instead of going towards weird temporary models, building up a stock of new buildings with partially served accommodations and a morning meal can encourage tourism and the cultural unification of the Union. At most major cities and vacation destinations, a few hotels will be built as modified derivatives of standardized housing, ensuring that every vacationer has a place to stay. (60 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-5 CI1 Workforce)
Bureaucracy 4 Dice
[]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) (Unrolled)
[]Foundation of the Ecological Ministry: Consolidation of problematic individuals who have persistently advocated for the expensive reconstruction and re-allocation of conventional industries is necessary to provide them a proper degree of priority. Appointing some respectable old politicians to watch over the bunch and advocating a new consulting body towards the care for the environment can be a popular measure with little negative impact. The political figures placed in charge will exert their influence and attempt to fight several programs, but through their separation, a large extent of informal power can be taken away and atomized. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform)
[]Preemptively Authorize Loans: The next plan will theoretically reduce expenditure due to the current state of the economy, but before an economic disruption occurs from the enterprise failures a set of further deficit spending can be pushed forward. These would work on the same model as the previous deficit spending rather than a direct contribution towards economic growth as a lot of essential investment is expected to occur early in the plan before any sources of funding are available. The Supreme Soviet composition has also significantly changed, allowing for the argument to have much more ground as the incoming group has steadily shifted towards not viewing financialization as some great excess. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform) (Roll Determines Conditions/Amount)
[]Justify Lacking Agricultural Performance: By the technical indicator of financial turnover and return, the massive expected increases in scale for the agricultural sector have not been delivered. Production per hectare has increased by sixty percent in the most advanced enterprises over the last decade, but growth has been uneven and the profit margins involved have contracted significantly. Area under tillage has also technically shrunk with the largest reductions in conventional zones compared to previous expectations as the integration of the market has continued. Wastage has also increased significantly as production has increased, but that is to be expected given lacking logistics. To justify the situation to the Supreme Soviet, a campaign of arguing that the lowering of agricultural prices and increasing raw output is more important than a measure of financial turnover especially as agriculture has gotten more technical. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform) (Only Available this turn)
[]Bid into the Government Reshuffle: Garbuzov, Barsukov, and Nikitchenko are all expected to be significantly compromised with a direct risk of replacement. They all have significant ties to the Kosyginist center and now that there is a significant moment of weakness and a new cabinet might be formed, ensuring that at least one of the posts is given to the correct minister is essential. The most likely to go is ironically Nikitchenko, as he has avoided confrontation and is practically a symbol of everything wrong with foreign policy by allowing international espionage networks to fall to the wayside in favor of reducing tensions. Kosygin is certain to do his best to save Garbuzov, but Barsukov's position is weak and he has become too focused on chasing the old ghosts of Stalin to be an effective minister. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform) (Only Available this turn)
[]Equivocate on the Coal Trade: More coal is needed to keep the economy going and European CMEA has a significant surplus of coal and a tight economic integration over land. Now that the Supreme Soviet is significantly less conventionally dogmatic if differently misguided, arguments can be made that increasing the wholesale purchasing of coal for the civilian and non-military industry can improve the demand basis of the block. Limits are still expected in how much can be used and the lower energy value of many of the coals will impose significant limits but the Union needs more energy to maintain a high pace of economic development. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform)
[]Take a Palatable Position: The formation of a new general consensus government between Kosygin and Abramov's group is expected to be challenged from several vectors. Some of the younger members elected to the Supreme Soviet have been misguided on the nature of Soviet politics and the essentials of governmental policymaking. Taking a more conciliatory stance and advocating a middle line of a new wave of investigations will allow for the more pragmatic to accept the various imbeciles that exceeded reasonable expectations of excesses. By the time a politically fraught fight over them is over, the majority of the youths will be able to get on with themselves and continue everything as normal. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform) (Only Available this turn)
[]Start the Battle Against Subsidies: Agricultural profits have as a general sector fallen negative despite the sheer productive potential of the Union. Rather than adapting half-hearted measures a decisive campaign can be waged on the reduction of subsidies and the implementation of a more modern export regime. The first part of this will be the elimination of some elements of tariffs while maintaining grain purchases as those underpin far more than just a lagging agricultural sector. Temporary financial measures are expected to compensate the farmers for immediate losses, ensuring that a comprehensive long-term program can be passed. (1 Dice, Rolled) (Supreme Soviet Reform)
[]Determine Coalitional Alignments: Now that the full volume of betrayal from Kosygin's subversion has been realized, a rapid re-assessment must be conducted. The current political situation may have not been entirely accurate, leaving several important gaps in political construction. Kosygin was expected to attempt to form a strong opposition, but his alienation of the rightist blocks seems to subvert such a line. Unless he massively pivots towards the left of the party or a significant upset occurs, it is expected that our two factions must continue to work together. The current environment is suboptimal for a decisive turn, leaving little to do but wait and coordinate. (1 or 2 Dice)
Current Economic States:
Coal: -94 CI4 (-50 RpT, Net Import, High Cross Border Volume, Medium Prices)
Non-Ferrous: 3 CI6 (0 RpT, Net Export, Low Cross Border Volume, High Prices)
Steel: 61 CI12 (5 RpT, Moderate Net Export, High Cross Border Volume, Low Prices) (-10 RpD Infra)
Electricity: 86 CI9 (Insufficient Infra for Trade)
Agriculture: -15 RpT (Large Net Export, High Cross Border Volume, Low Prices, Subsidized)
Oil: 160 RpT (Large Net Export, High Cross Border Volume, Low Prices)
Medications: 30 RpT (Large Net Export, Moderate Cross Border Volume, Medium Prices)
Consumer Goods: 470 RpT (Net Export, Very High Cross Border Volume, Low 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 (45 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: (-2 Agri Dice -180 RpT) (Stage 6 by 1965) (+6 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)
State of the Workforce:
Labor Reserve: 8
Labor Reserve: 10 RpT Cost
Prison Reserve: 20 RpT Cost
Incoming:
35 CI7 Net Men Entering the Workforce
35 CI8 Net Women Entering the Workforce
8 CI7 Movement from Rural Areas
Foreign Labor Added to System:
(13)1960
(28)1961
(24)1962
(29)1963
(17)1964
Civilian Sector Demand Changes:
(30 RpT Grant Allocations)
Coal: -9 CI3
Non-Ferrous: 3 CI2
Steel: -12 CI3
Electricity: -19 CI5
Workforce: -23 CI6
Projected Military Demand Changes:
Coal:
Non-Ferrous: -9 CI1
Steel: -4 CI2
Electricity: -5 CI1
Workforce: -1 CI6
12 Hour Moratorium
