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Define "eastern."
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Well eastern and midle Europa or eurasia sorry the definition of that is very complicated because is so arbitrary Europa is a literal península so more slavic and germán
Whe have some standar lenguage in our bloc like english? And eastern because we have al the marketing of indonesia and india
Whe have some standar lenguage in our bloc like english? And eastern because we have al the marketing of indonesia and india
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I'm sorry, but I sincerely can't even tell what you're trying to say.
What does it mean for the CMEA to be "more eastern than OTL," precisely? Can you provide examples in grammatically complete sentences? Are you talking about geography somehow, just physical land? Are you talking about strategic priorities? Are you talking about where we get the greatest volumes of important economic goods? Are you talking about some 'cultural' thing that you see as being 'eastern' versus 'western?'
I can't tell.
Turn 75 (January 1st, 1965 - January 1st, 1966): New Era, New Ministry, and the Same Problems
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Turn 75 (January 1st, 1965 - January 1st, 1966): New Era, New Ministry, and the Same Problems
Resources per Turn(RpT): Base 5800 +140 Commitments Discount -100 Rocketry -2740 Plan Commitments = 3100 with 20 in storage
Military Developments:
The largest and most recent development for the infantry has come in the form of a new rifle program to find a successor to the at this point relatively venerable Kalashnikov. The heavy ammunition used has consistently limited carrying capacity and persistently caused issues in transportation, necessitating a new rifle. Limitations in the precision of automatic fire have also been endemic along with general precision, restricting engagement ranges and forcing soldiers to carry an excessive quantity of ammunition. Several smaller programs have also been started for the development of a new series of infantry missile weapons. One push going towards the miniaturization of a heatseeker into an infantry portable format while another has focused on the atomization of light anti-tank firepower to deal with whatever BMP equivalents our enemies bring to the field.
With the effective continuation of technical funding the vision for the standardized tracked infantry carrier has been modernized, with the first examples set to ship out across the next year. Original expectations for dismount space proved optimistic, necessitating a mild lengthening of the design but that was accomplished through minor internal movements of hardware. A higher velocity 20mm autocannon has also been adopted with APDS shells set to be produced to accompany it, providing sufficient anti armor capability against any light vehicles. The production variant is set to receive a night sight and IR searchlight for the commander-gunner, allowing for a degree of night fighting capacity. Initial models are going to ship with 9M14's but plans have already been made to transition towards the 9K111 and then the 9K113 with the same layout of four on external racks and four stored internally though without any combat reload capacity in place of the right side "5th seat".
Continued developments of both the light 9K111 and the heavy 9K113 have continued through the plan and have only received more funding as the French armored threat has increased. The necessity of a follow-on towards older manually controlled systems is already critically necessary with the advances in armor and the poor accuracy exhibited by all but the best gunners. Both new missiles are similar in general design, featuring a single cumulative warhead and a wire-linked beacon firing system. The largest difference is in size, as the 9K113 is more complex and larger, serving as a heavier dedicated anti tank system with a longer range, better warhead, and stronger motor. Issuance of either missile is not expected to occur at a large scale until 67 for the 9K111 and likely before the end of the decade for the 9K113. Guidance by thermal beacon is only expected to become more significant, with plans already made to pair the new heavier missile with a helicopter platform.
As the reality of the technically challenged T64 program has set in, a new series of modernizations have started development for the T52, to bring it into a new T52M1 standard and update the production of tanks for export. The initial modifications conducted in the T52B and M variants have avoided anything radical in favor of being cheap retrofits, but those versions of the tank have a limited capacity for further work. Still, more mild upgrades have continued to bring the vehicles up to modern standards and ensure a degree of training commonality. A new unified system optic for all models has been developed from the T64 project, and while stuck with a stadiametric rangefinder, the new targeting system can independently calculate gun elevation with different ammunition, eliminating manual changes in gun laying when switching between ammunition. Turret armor kits have gotten more comprehensive, with an extension of the composite-epoxy plate system to deter cumulative munitions enabled by the new sight. Most importantly, to compensate for a lack of rangefinding equipment, a fin stabilized sabot round with a tungsten core has been designed from the advances on the 125mm gun and is expected to replace all APDS rounds in domestic inventory. Sighting for all closer range shots has enabled a flat trajectory, reducing the need for complicated sighting and more then doubling first shot accuracy within a two kilometers.
A modified T52U has been introduced with a number of advanced features and a mild increase to weight. The high hardness hull plate has been removed in favor of a mixed metal polymer block to improve the protection from chemical rounds. The shift to newer optics has led to an increase in frontal coverage relative to older models, eliminating much of the weaker front turret area relative to the unmodified T52M. The new optics have been combined with a coincidence rangefinder, unifying the system with the T64 and bringing in a significant increase in long range capability, even if the rangefinding complex is more limited on the T52U. Ammunition stowage has also been partially moved into a large "wet" ammo rack with hull stores consolidated to reduce threat areas and reduce congestion in the turret. Engine upgrades have also proceeded along the original plan, improving horsepower slightly and ensuring a slightly higher degree of mobility to compensate from the significant weight increases brought on by new systems. Effective production changes to the new model are expected to occur in the next year, with domestic inventories being the first to receive it at scale.
Initial functional examples of the T64 have been delivered to units in the rear for evaluation and training, finding a number of severe technical issues with the tank and a generally negative impression of the reliability. The new gun and its targeting system have proven themselves functional, integrating a coincidence rangefinder with a targeting complex that automatically adjusts for ammunition selection. A new round has been issued to improve anti armor capability, providing the tank with a massive fin stabilized steel dart with an integrated tungsten penetrator. Weight gains have brought the vehicle up to almost forty one tons, as built, but the improvements in engine space and increase in filters has allowed it to function significantly better then the prototypes.
The hydropneumatic suspension and a hydraulic transmission have both proven problematic for different reasons. The suspension is maintenance heavy and with a tendency to get stuck, but when in operational mode greatly assists the gunner with the use of ridge lines and dug in points by providing additional elevation for the tanks rear. The transmission is unreliable with a tendency to leak, but it has a capacity for neutral steering, pre-selection, and an effective six forward, and two reverse gears. Modifications to the production model are expected to eventually improve reliability, but that will be the work of most of the next decade. Current production is expected to be issued mostly to training and domestic units as reliability issues are ironed out.
The massive construction program towards building up the stock of 671 and 670 model nuclear submarines has proceeded ahead of plans with total construction for both classes effectively funded out to thirty and twenty hulls respectively. Minor improvements in quieting and improved machining techniques are expected to slightly improve quietness, but the effort is expected to take time. Further developments on higher power reactors in liquid metal schemes along with further measures to improve hydrophone capabilities have been funded, but they are not expected to deliver fast results. New torpedoes however have been issued to the fleet, offering significant improvements in handling safety and speed by shifting towards silver-zinc batteries and an enhanced 800m active acoustic homing system. A sister torpedo with the same propulsion bus has been designed for wake homing, offering a dedicated anti surface ship system. Accompanying work on missile systems for 670 class boats has also been accelerated, with submerged launch capability likely to be available for the fleet in a year or two.
Ballistic missile carrying nuclear submarines have also started accelerated construction to provide redundant deterrence and ensure that second strike capacity is maintained. 667 class boats have started to enter service with their missiles coming shortly behind them, allowing for an independent nuclear strike to be conducted from several thousand kilometers while underwater. In terms of the conventional submarine force though, current policies have called for the curtailment of diesel electric tonnage. High crew costs and the questionable utility of fifteen year old submarines have led to the practical retirement of the 611 and 613 class boats. Even the 633 and 641 class boats are currently considered questionable. The latter are not expected to be scrapped, but they are primarily expected to be replaced with new nuclear submarines as production and the fleet expands.
With the development of new jet fighters, the demand for carrier size has increased well past the extent of the original two carriers laid down, limiting them to technically obsolescent airframes. Instead a new class of carriers on a new scheme to carry the latest fighter and strike aircraft has been planned, with a set of two to be completed before the end of the decade and another two following them. Newly designed steam catapults are expected to be paired with massive steam turbines, giving the fleet a massive degree of striking power. These almost 70 kt vessels will take time to construct but paired with new airframes, they are expected to form the core of the surface fleet and more than sufficient as independent assets. Each is expected to carry a payload of up to sixty jets and their munitions, providing fighter cover to any fleet deployment and replacing the older carriers in every role.
To accompany the carrier program a new program for a series of new armament complexes and new escort ships has been initiated to build up the fleet and retire many of the oldest gun dependent combat elements. The lightest of these elements is more of a combined system of antisubmarine warfare and air defense paired with a ship. The small 3kt Krivak-class is set to be equipped with a set of anti-submarine torpedoes, two twin 76mm autocannons, a twin boom S-125 derived anti-aircraft system, and heavy anti-submarine missiles to provide standoff capacity. The latter are still technically in development, but they are expected to broadly replace rocket propelled bomblet launchers on all naval vessels, providing a significant standoff capability. The new generation of ships are expected to integrate gas turbines, improving range and acceleration while reducing overall tonnage, providing them with a fleet speed of 33 knots and providing adequate escorts to all naval assets in inventory.
In an offensive role a new class of 5kt Kashin class destroyer has been designed to accompany formations of protective frigates in an offensive role. The ship is to be equipped with four twinned forward facing racks of heavy anti-shipping missiles to fulfill its primary role along with two twinned S-125 complexes for air defense. Anti submarine armament is limited to four anti-submarine rocket launchers along with a torpedo launcher, limiting capability but ensuring that the ship is not unarmed. Two similar twin 76mm autocannons are installed at the front and aft, providing a sufficient gun capacity to deter cose attacks and something to ensure that lighter ships can be driven away. The destroyer is expected to form the primary fleet strike element, providing heavy ordinance delivery to anywhere on the planet and operating in a semi-independent manner away from carrier forces.
The final of the three classes is expected to form the primary heavy anti-aircraft and antisubmarine dual purpose escort for the carrier fleets along with serving as the largest CIC and radar ship in the fleet. These almost seven thousand ton cruisers are effectively long range patrol ships with twin quadruple anti-submarine missiles and twin heavy S-75 derivatives. The largest feature of the ship itself is a new series of naval helicopters along with a dedicated hanger, providing a significant capacity for anti submarine warfare from a distance and giving any fleet a good margin of anti-air cover from conventional attack. Effectively a fleet command ship to accompany other fleet elements, and expected to be equipped with some of the most advanced radar systems available to screen for aircraft or missile attack.
Finalization of the Mig-23 prototype has occurred with the primary finalization of its armament complex and engine systems. Designs with a tailless cranked delta have further been pushed forward, offering a compromise on lift capacity along with a sufficiently short takeoff length in an anti-air or frontline tactical configuration. The avionics package has effectively been centered around a Sapfir radar system, providing guidance to the radar guided R13's on board, even if initial examples will fly with a more primitive system then the original specification would indicate. The AL-21 engine has effectively been paired with the airframe, delivering a better power to weight then any plane before it even if proving exceptionally fuel hungry under reheat. The idealized air to air loading as planned involves the addition of a 800L central drop tank, four R13 missiles, and two R3M missiles, coming out to a gross weight of almost thirteen and a half tons. Some proposals have been made for using the massive lifting capacity for ground attack outside of specialized systems, but that will take a further degree of systems integration.
The larger heavy-fighter/interceptor version of the program, focused more on a long range patrol aircraft capable of long term stationkeeping with heavy ordinance has comparatively lagged behind. Work on the larger integrated radar has proven challenging in an electronics sense with the armament complex depending directly on its integration into the airframe. Initial optimism with titanium construction has proven to be uneconomical, limiting it to bracing materials and core structural elements with minimal machining, leaving the rest of the airframe to advanced aluminum alloys and adding weight and bringing it to almost sixteen tons empty. Turbine developments have not been idle, with an enhanced variation on the AL-21 developed for the fighter to improve fuel efficiency in standard operational modes.
The inevitable work on a carrier variation has been more challenging, as while the wing form offers significantly improved lift the challenges of high speed landing are massive. The lack of previous prioritization has led to several design compromises towards measures to increase lift and a general hardening for carrier landings, even on a theoretical far larger ship than either the Moscow or Kiev. Payload limitations are expected to be significantly cut down for the Mig-23 carrier variations, but the airframe should be more than capable of meeting both an air defense role and a light fleet strike role. The K version is not expected to deploy for years until at least one of the new carriers is constructed and pushed into service. Severe weight limitations in the strike role have also forced the development of a new lighter classification of anti-shipping missiles with a subsonic sea skimming trajectory. These are almost certain to take longer to develop than the carriers will to construct, but should be available by the end of the decade.
The largest developmental gains have effectively come for the radar operator rather than the pilot, with a significant improvement in systems integration and the beginnings of a unified computational system expected to be fitted by the point mass production models enter evaluation. Ostensibly, the plane has been expected to serve as a heavy interceptor in all roles, carrying fuel across massive internal tankage. VVS commands have pushed for it to be adopted in a longer range front line fighter role to poke out of air defense networks and target enemies as a mobile missile battery though exercises are still underway on the theoretical concept, much less any implementation. PVO forces across the most remote terrain are expected to receive the first examples with naval bases shortly following to provide a long ranged escort for naval strike aviation. Cross compatibility with the lighter R13 has been built in for the role, with work already starting on the development of twinned mounts for making the most of the four mounting points available in a three drop tank configuration.
Much of the new ordinance coming for the air force has come as a direct reaction to the Vietnam conflict and the poor ability of interceptor tasking in the midst of large scale campaigns. The fighter gun has been consolidated onto a lighter and less intrusive platform in the form of a 20mm gast-mechanism cannon, expected to be mounted to both of the new fighters and with some proposals for the refitting of the mig-21 with it to save on weight. The venerable R3 missile proved capable at downing targets from perfect shots from the rear but seeker response was consistently poor and pilot discipline was lacking. Work on both has effectively concluded with the R3M, cooling the seeker with and providing a larger continuous rod warhead to improve kill area. Minor improvements in its speed have been made with slight propellant compositional improvements, but those are only minor improvements. Even so, the missile is expected to universally be mounted to all airframes in the course of the next decade, providing a massive improvement in air to air capability.
Some newer modernizations and airframes have come from the other bureaus, as Vatutin has steadily pushed for new airframes for every context. Sukhoi has delivered the next generation of supersonic ground attackers. The Su-17 is itself practically a derivative of the Su-7 with a variable geometry wing, incorporating two additional fuselage pylons for mounting ordinance and light intermediate pylons for mounting two R3Ms as a temporary measure. For the next generation airframe a more comprehensive modernization and a move towards two tandem seats on a heavy ground attacker along with an increase in pylons and their capacity has led the program down the same road as the Mig-23. Adopting a similar if larger cranked delta on a more conventional tailed scheme and with a pair of R11's selected for power to ensure redundancy in a plane that would operate near the ground the new airframe is expected to enter service at some point early in the next decade. Integrated ordinance systems featuring more viable systems of guidance are still in the works and many of the avionics for the new airframe have yet to be developed.
Both the R13 and R40 are the larger missiles expected to revolutionize aerial warfare by allowing front aspect shooting capability along with a general extension of the range. The former is developed as a 200kg mid range missile with either a thermal or radar seeker, allowing a mixed shooting arrangement to reduce the probability of evasion. This ordinance unfortunately is incompatible with the limited radar of the mig 21, leaving it the purview of the next generation of aircraft. The R40 conversely is a far larger 500kg long range contemporary with a radar and thermal guidance mechanism, primarily meant to be used against any high altitude target. Much of this work is going to be against bombers and their escorts, ensuring that they are forced lower for longer and providing an anti bomber radar look down patrol capacity as an outer ring of air defense.
Air to ground ordinance has also been modernized with the next generation of air force modernizations. The S-5 rocket system has been paired with a new modern rocket pod, providing significantly improved capability. A more standardized complex of larger ordinance has further been developed to enhance work against armor and fortified positions. A parallel program to retire heavier rocket ordinance in favor of a lighter more accurate system of 130mm rockets mounted into a pod has started to enter production, effectively replacing the S-3K and S-24 system with a single integrated multi shot pod with improved aerodynamic capabilities. Further work on a single unit heavy ground attack munition has developed into a guided system, weighing almost 300 kg and guided by radio command. The venerable PTAB and its derivatives have also received a modernization in the form of an aerodynamic container-bomb developed to deliver them in a denser configuration adding a universally mounted cluster-ordinance capacity in sizes from 250 to 1000 kg.
Internal Politics:
Continued movements in the Supreme Soviet have reached a fever pitch with some deriding the current plan as excessively agriculturally focused while others have backed as it focuses on expanding the weakest sector. Continued effort is almost certainly going to be necessary to bring the sector into functionality and improve returns, but that will take time and a significant commitment to politics. Anti-corruption investigations have however gone well, if only slightly above expectations as the atomization of the Voznesensky ministry has proven to be useful for something. There has been no shortage of those willing and able to report on their direct superiors even in the face of a fine and not even a demotion, as many in the posts still see everything as at risk.
The worst of the revelations have come in the LCI sector as worker abuses in practically every textile and consumer goods factory have come to light. Consistent over work with eight normal hours along with several more voluntary hours that were formally on the clock was a practically universal endemic practice. Buildings have been operated beyond any reasonable capacity limitation and with poor safety conditions to reduce overheads and improve profitability of production. All of these have been brought to light just months into the start of the investigation, leading to the immediate dismissal of both Ryzhov and Lebedev for enabling the conditions. An immediate commission has been organized to determine where else significant labor abuses have been occuring.
Masherov and Ashimov have used this to rail against the general organization and the overall ministry system, agreeing that something needs to be done to protect workers but entirely disagreeing on any direction. Masherov's proposal of significantly expanding the powers of the ministry of labor is considered as the more reasonable proposal while Ashimov has advocated for a radical course of ending the State Union in favor of alternative policy. Masherov's proposal has a small chance of passing, kicking up even more shit for the ministry, but that depends heavily on how much political capital he is willing to spend empowering his minister.
Kosygin for his part along with Abramov have both moved towards crafting actual policy instead of trying to out power play each other, creating a compromise cooperative policy that stands a good chance of passage. Police and culture reforms are certain to come along with a general evaluation of the system of party cadres and how to shift around them, making important gains in empowering workers. Both are expected to pass with tentative cooperation from Masherov once he commits to doing normal politics, but that will take time and assumes that there are few more massive unexpected landmines of corruption.
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Infrastructure: (16) 9 Dice
[]Integration of Commuter Rail: The old program to revamp and unify commuter rail with subways is still viable despite massive changes in the ministry. Disruption from the sacking of the corrupt imbecile has been fairly mild. The program has effectively been modified to include Kiev, Minsk, Tashkent, and Kharkov ensuring a more even spread of development. Further work will inherently center on ensuring that above ground use in the high speed rail zone is directly utilized by local transit grids, bringing stations together and forming large linkage lines to allow for traveling passengers to reach most significant urban areas quickly and cheaply (120 Resources per dice 0/175)
[]Western USSR Regional Roads: The Western USSR has some of the best roads when compared to the rest of the nation, but even those are considered internationally poor. Constructing a massive series of two lane roads to act as regional feeders and linking them with previously built high capacity systems will be more of an exercise of paving the few yet to be paved major roadways, ensuring that every area has acceptably poor access. Further efforts are expected to get more expensive, but they are relatively deprioritized compared to the development of similar systems in regions where no tentative efforts have even started. (105 Resources per Dice 0/300)
[]Caucuses High Capacity Roads: The construction of one large central corridor near the inhabited areas of the southern Caucasus is expected to massively improve overall road integration. Most goods in the region stay in the region with a few primarily agricultural exports, allowing a single developed road system to serve much of the local population. Development here will have to be followed with a more generalized paving of regional corridors to ensure adequate linkage despite terrain challenges, but it will be possible to finalize development and ensure a steady drive towards development. (105 Resources per Dice 0/200)
[]Ural Region High Capacity Roads: The least ignored secondary region compared to the Western areas of the USSR has not made the ural region any less ignored. Core transit corridors represent a viable first step in development, linking major urban concentrations and allowing for a viable flow of goods through the region. Tentative interlinks down into Central Asia have been planned to allow for easier movement, but the larger priority after the completion of the high capacity road system will be bringing it into utilization through a massive paving program to claw back obsolescence in road development. (105 Resources per Dice 155/400)
[]Water Distribution Systems(Stage 7): Calls for bringing universal pressurized water to every significant concentration of the population have been delayed for much of a decade but they can finally be entirely developed. Work on the construction of enlarged distribution infrastructure along with small integrated water towers will form much of the supply system, with much of the funding going towards the laying of new pipe before significant road renovations. New materials are available for modern plumbing, bringing the areas into the 20th century and ensuring that backwardness can be stamped out on the infrastructural end. (120 Resources per Dice 2/350) (-14 CI1 Electricity)
[]Civilian Airports(Stage 3): Work on an enlarged system of airports has proven to be problematic as the immense promises of the HSR system have only applied West of the Urals. Building up more airports for remote destinations and for areas outside the grid is immensely necessary to ensure a regularity of passenger flights and continue the general development of the Union. Many are willing to take the slow line across the entire nation to travel, but vacation days are limited. Business integration severely benefits from a developed air-transportation system allowing for faster meetings and significant improvements in organization. Mail delivery can also be sped up considerably as the air-service is expanded, bringing far faster delivery times to every corner of the Union. (90 Resources per Dice 34/150)
[]Unified Canal System(Step 2 of 3): The demand for more cheap coal is massive and almost desperate with the lack of domestic transportability and the issues involved in moving the coal. Work on a far larger canal system has effectively already started with the stabilization of the rivers involved, but more funding and more development is desperately needed to ensure significant gains are made. Minor electricity gains are expected from the completion of the cascade, ensuring a steady increase in power supplies and providing the people with viable over-water transportation. Once the system itself is finalized, localized lignite semi-coke can be transported economically, massively reducing coal prices and ensuring that steel can remain a cheap commodity for construction. (90 Resources per Dice 114/350) (21 CI12 Electricity) (Significant Cost Changes) (Finished in 1968)
[]Power Grid Expansions: The localization of power production and the increase in the development of local power systems can only push off general grid modernization for so long. The increasing demands for power and massive construction efforts during the current plan must be compensated for to continue acute development and maintain stable grid balances. Work towards expanding the high voltage grid is expected to be prioritized, but further work towards improving the safety of local grids and modernizing low level transmission wiring is expected to follow. There is no reason to accept the increased fire risk of old-style wiring when modern alternatives are both cheaper and more efficient. (100 Resources per Dice 0/275)
[]ASU: Voznesensky has made a little assembled system for programers and enterprises, and while it is not necessary for overall planning, it has gained popularity amongst the enterprises. At this point the project can be finalized in distribution with orders and instructions finalized for those working on the overall program. Further funding will expand the training programs for new programmers and those capable of using the system, computerizing a significant portion of large and mid sized enterprises. A unification in systems bases is expected to make some minor improvements in reporting and readability, but as the same operators are using the machinery to make the reports significant changes are not expected. (240 Resources per Dice 93/150) (-9 CI2 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
Heavy Industry (8) 5 Dice
[]Kursk Steel Mills(Stage 1): The massive magnetic anomaly under Kursk represents the prime center of Soviet steel production with massive reserves of ore and a location favorable to development both due to educated labor and due to a proximal source of high quality coals. Work on the development of an even larger steel complex around the KMA will take funding and time, but it can be done. Several massive steel mills can be built in the area to start the decisive move towards increasing production and continuing the drive to triple lap American steel production. The construction industry is not slowing nor are export industries and every ton of steel made is a ton that can contribute to Soviet infrastructure. (175 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-26 CI6 Electricity -10 Steel +3 Coal +2 General Labor +1 Educated Labor)
[]Bakchar Deposit Utilization(Stage 1): New steel deposits are necessary to continue the development of the Union and further provide steel in the far east for local construction projects. The location near the Kuzbas deposit and in the presence of a magnetic anomaly just as massive as the one at Kursk is essential for the further development of the Steel industry. Starting large scale surface extraction with modern equipment along with the construction of several mills for the production of steel through oxygenation is necessary to enable development and further improve domestic steel supplies in the face of increasing construction and development. (150 Resources per Dice 0/250) (-24 CI5 Electricity -8 Steel +2 Coal +4 General Labor +1 Educated Labor)
[]Tikhvin MMK: The massive hydroelectric programs to improve aluminum production and ensure a steady supply of new ore are already underway, but more aluminum is needed now. Rather than gambling on lower grade bauxite experimental plants can be established now for more secondary ores, providing a massive bounty of aluminum and cement to the Union. Both materials are only expected to become more in demand as the years pass and programs initiated now will be critical towards tiding the Union over until the largest producers can be brought into production. (120 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-40 CI5 Electricity -3 Non-Ferrous +1 General Labor)
[]Donets Coal Basin Mechanization: Planned developments of the Donets basin have been modernized and rationalized to enable a massive increase in coal yields through the incorporation of specialized machinery. More trained personnel can be moved into the industry allowing for a general increase in development and allowing for the far more optimal exploitation of narrow deep seams. There isn't much more potential the basin itself can yield, but it can be made to serve to at least carry the Union over for a few years until cheaper coal is available. (150 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-12 CI2 Electricity -8 Coal -1 General Labor +1 Educated Labor)
[]Pechora Coal Basin Exploitation: Massive labor has gotten us into the current set of problems and it can solve several issues. The Pechora basin has been relatively deprioritized for development historically but now a significant portion of workers can be surged in. The local coals are shallower than any others in the West and more thermally acceptable then those from Moscow. Increasing personnel mining underground will necessitate an increase in wages and the transfer of a significant proportion of workers, but it can be done. (100 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-6 CI2 Electricity -5 Coal +2 General Labor)
[]Kuzbas Deposit Exploitation(Stage 3): Kuzzbass as an area of extraction offers to nearly double the coals available to the Union alone when discounting the massive brown coal deposits to the north of it. Developments at this stage will focus on the exploitation of more viable surface deposits to reduce overall costs of coal production and provide a far greater energy capacity to the Union than ever before. Work will demand a significant portion of labor and energy, but it will deliver massive gains to local wages and ensure that the Western Union can maintain the current high energy-coupled growth. (120 Resources per Dice 94/400) (-22 CI3 Electricity -15 Coal +4 General Labor +1 Educated Labor) (Cannot Lower Coal price lower than 60 before Stage 2 Canals)
[]Volga Automotive Plant Expansion: There is no practical end to the demand for more automobiles and while Voznesensky's insane promise of producing eight million cars per year was impractical, we are already halfway there. Incentive fund expansions are only likely to continue at scale for the new enterprises of the Union and kickstarting one for one of the largest automotive complexes in the Union can help significantly. New model production along with improvements in techniques promise to revolutionize the automotive industry with entirely domestic designs. Improvements in production methodology will also serve to lower prices, offering cars domestically and abroad for far less per unit. (180 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-30 CI3 Electricity +4 Steel +2 General Labor +2 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Nikolayev Automotive Plant: The demand for more light trucks and the accompanying chassis for the production of lighter shuttle buses has only increased as the interior has been brought under development. Establishing a further plant will help to raise production numbers and ensure the steady development of further lighter vehicles than dedicated heavy truck plants. A renewal of the stock of general service vehicles is necessary to improve local throughput and provide additional capacity to the state bodies operating them. The factory itself is expected to be relatively small in light of that, starting production by the midpoint of the plan and ensuring that new production is entirely domestic. (160 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-10 CI2 Electricity +2 Steel +2 General Labor +1 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Novouralsk Truck Plant: Domestic cabover production has universally been in shortage with several expensive imported models making up critical areas of the stock. Work on replacing these must be prioritized to reduce expenses and ensure that domestic high capacity models can be made. The technical development of a viable set of trailers and a standardized cab has already been completed from other initiatives leaving only the question of manufacturing. A semiautomated unified line plan has been developed and checked for excessive spending, allowing a local factory to be set up to produce the heaviest of trucks. (180 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-21 CI3 Electricity +3 Steel +3 General Labor +1 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Bryansk Truck Plant: Lighter end trucks that are built in the conventional scheme are still necessary for some of the worst roads in the Union. Building a dedicated facility for the mass production of heavier duty trucks without a detachable trailer and for lighter loadings can help to serve more remote communities. Technical work with these trucks is effectively deriving from previous work towards army systems, allowing some collaboration in design and a growth in mobilization capacity while building out civilian fleets. A unified six wheel chassis will allow for improvements to be made and the absolute oldest examples still in service to be finally retired from all roles. (160 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-16 CI3 Electricity +3 Steel +3 General Labor +1 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
Rocketry (3) 2 Dice
[]Cancel Project (5<Projects<10, -1 Dice) (100/100R/y Funding Cap)
-RLA-Expansion Program (-20 RpY) (See T73)
-Venera Program (-10 RpY) (See T63R/T67/T72/T73) (Launched)
-Mars Program (-10 RpY) (See T63R) (Launched)
-Communication Satellites (-10 RpY) (See T70R) (Continuous Launches, Test Program)
-Atmospheric Data Satellite Program (-10 RpY) (See T73R)
-EVA Suit Programs (-10 RpY) (See T69R)
-FGB-VA (-10 RpY) (See T65R, T72R) (Finished 1966)
-2nd Gen Luna Program (-20 RpY) (See T65R/T72/T73R)
[]Stalingrad Plant Expansions: Continued expansions of the Stalingrad plant are necessary despite the program cancellations as the RLA makes up the only real launch vehicle available. Increased scales of payload designs are expected out of the space program but as long as mass production can be maintained it can be made economical. Increasing the mission and launch tempo will come with an expansion of the plant along with a good quantity of well paying jobs that will stimulate local economic turnover. Actual rocket production is almost certain to level out at around fifty units per annum leaving more than enough capability for any reasonable application. (200 Resources per Dice 52/100) (-9 CI2 Electricity +2 Non-Ferrous +1 Educated Labor)
[]Start International Programs: If crewed launches are going to happen at a significant scale, it may be prudent to let anyone in CMEA that wants to fly on them fly. It would cost a practically negligible quantity of funds to allow flights from members of CMEA and provide a significant diplomatic opportunity. Even scientific missions can be carried out together as there isn't that major of a difference between a scientist from Bulgaria as one from the Union. Launching foreign cosmonauts will involve greater diplomatic costs of accidents, but the first flights can be conducted with local crews to ensure that there isn't even more blowback on the space program. (1 Dice)
[]Outreach Programs: Broadcasting every orbital victory has already been done to improve the products of the Space program, but nothing stops entire flights from being televised to encourage children to go into the sciences and convince politicians that there is some value in funding exploration. At best the program will result in a dedicated television channel showing clips and a few commentators on the experiments undertaken, but publicity is publicity. Televising the program will further offer the chance to explain the dynamics of orbit and the cosmos to the next generation. (1 Dice)
[]Patent Transfer Systems: The space program has delivered a massive gain in technologies but those are currently in a confused morass of quasi-military use even for ostensibly harmless systems. The old transfer system was primarily developed so Voznesensky could maintain a solid hold on technology, but there is little reason to. If an enterprise or business wants technology that is at worst dual use and is run by reliable personnel there is little reason to avoid distribution. Adding the achievements of the orbital program to the general scientific base can encourage further development and reduce the rate of parallel effort. (1 Dice)
Light and Chemical Industry (8) 6 Dice (-20 Modifier No Ministers)
[]Ukrainian Oilfield Development: The technical development of oil in the Ukrainian SSR has been generally underestimated, but with recent discoveries there are a number of smaller deposits that can be brought under utilization. These small fields can serve to improve localized oil production with a relatively light mix of gas comparative to fuel oils. Localized refineries can be built as a part of the general effort rather than shipping oil far off, ensuring that fuel prices can remain low and that transportation costs can be reduced. (100 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-15 CI4 Electricity -4 Petroleum Fuels +1 General Labor) (Very High Profitability) (1 Gas Project)
[]Caspian Sea Petrochemical Extraction(Stage 1): The massive gas fields under the Caspian that have been discovered represent some of the most important gas fields available to us. Developing seagoing rigs and underwater extraction will take considerable technical funding, but the petroleum industry is ready to solve the issues involved in gas extraction. Local oil yields are also expected to be significant, as the fields are practically perfect for extraction, deriving a massive quantity of fuel products to stabilize the economy and start plans for the export of bulk cheap gas. (140 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-24 CI5 Electricity -6 Petroleum Fuels +1 General Labor) (Very High Profitability) (2 Gas Projects)
[]Samotor Field Development(Stage 1): A new discovery past the Urals has found a field with more oil in place than any other discovered field. Moving towards high throughput utilization of the field is going to be necessary to keep domestic energy prices low and ensure a consistent access to oil and gas. Local deposits are biased towards medium density oils, but even those can be used at a high rate without many technical issues. Outside of the location, the deposit itself is conventional and can enable local refinement of fuels without significant issues. (120 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-18 CI3 Electricity -7 Petroleum Fuels +1 General Labor) (Very High Profitability) (2 Gas Projects)
[]Air Conditioner Plants(Stage 4): Direct developments in improving air conditioner access are essential for the development of housing and the maintenance of temperatures. Limitations in grid heating systems have led to the current issue with the current program forming an adequate basis for modernizing general temperature control. Further generation housing designs will integrate flexible thermal control as a baseline along with several improvements, but for as long as we are limited to window units there is little that can be done outside of increasing production. Commonality of components will further ensure a smooth transition when larger scale changes are made. (100 Resources per Dice 166/175) (-8 CI2 Electricity +1 Steel +1 Non-Ferrous +1 General Labor)
[]Modern Foods Production(Stage 1): To compete with the Americians and ensure that the average worker has the latest products an entire new generation of food production has become necessary. Packaged compact snacking food has been to an extent a popular demand along several population segments and investing into it now can achieve significant returns. Longer storage lives can serve to reduce general food wastage at a small cost in packaging, providing a base of production. Saturation and production sufficiency will take time and more funding then available at the current stage, but that can be done in time. (90 Resources per Dice 0/125) (-7 CI2 Electricity +3 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Consumer Goods Production Grants(Stage 1): Mobilizing enterprises to get off their asses and get into the consumer-export sector has met with some success under Voznesensky, but policies can be pushed far further. Directly offering investments to proven enterprises to improve production is a reliable way of increasing production and will encourage involvement in the general economy. This is technically operating through a similar mechanism as some of the corruption under Voznesensky, but it can be done through ostensibly clean methods and can serve to increase production. Nothing stops managers from actually following the law, and by rewarding good actors a carrot can be offered along with the stick. (120 Resources per Dice 0/125) (-15 CI3 Electricity +6 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Light Home Appliance Plants: Electrical vacuum cleaners and a new generation of heavy appliances are needed to meet with the expanding boom in apartments and the demand for more advanced goods. Production of further items has steadily increased in the last few years but by providing seed capital for more new companies an increase in availability and internal competition can induce a general drive towards product improvements. Founding almost a dozen smaller plants to produce specialty equipment and house-tools necessary for daily tasks can serve to make the market more competitive and bring more engineers into the system. (140 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-21 CI5 Electricity +4 General Labor +1 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Second Generation Furnishings: Standardized and mass production furniture is well and good, but the people have consistently pushed for more variety. By bringing in a few hundred designers and creating standard catalogs and styles with some collaboration of the private sector the general furniture production system can be modernized. Standardized styles can be consolidated and brought in from the private sector, taking reliable products and bringing them into primary circulation. Production and demand increases are sure to follow as a broader subset of industries are brought into the market and properly utilized. (100 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-12 CI4 Electricity +4 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Home Supplies Production: The development of supplies for private home renovation and general modernization has become a significant sector of private production. Introducing the state into the market and significantly increasing the supply of basic tools, materials, and parts can serve to increase private sector specialization. This will take some funding to break new enterprises into the sector and provide a more competitive landscape, but that can be done without too many issues. (120 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-16 CI4 Electricity +3 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Synthetic Rubber Plants(Stage 2): The demand for more rubber is massive and endemic across the whole economy. The recent spook with the Indonesian government turnover has left the rubber market struck with buy ups and general increases in stockpiling, leaving prices rapidly spiraling up. Increasing production now will serve to provide a basis for many civilian industries and begin the direct breakaway from rubber import dependency while producing polymers more suited to the Union's climate. Synthetic production is not expected to properly overtake natural rubber unless massive funding is committed, but it needs to to improve the quality of rubber and reduce the massive import dependency. (150 Resources per Dice 8/100) (-20 CI3 Electricity -5 Petrochemicals +1 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Virgin Lands Forestry: Nature must be made to yield to the plan in order to continue industrial development. The forests across the Far East and Siberia have yet to be properly brought under utilization despite improving river traffic. Funding is set to go towards the area to significantly improve yields of lumber for both local construction and general production. Starting to increase settlement with cheap lumber will serve to improve populations and continue the drive towards the proper utilization of our resources. (110 Resources per Dice 0/75) (+2 General Labor)
[]Second Generation Plastics(Stage 2): New plastics are a promising field of domestic development with few international equivalencies and a core internal product for improving the economy, exports, and defense commitments. Current generations of new plastics will serve to augment general production systems across the country and replace less corrosion resistant polymers. Further stages have already been planned to improve the general system of production with more advanced polymers brought to the market. (150 Resources per Dice 136/175) (-24 CI3 Electricity -3 Petrochemicals +1 Educated Labor)
Agriculture (6) 6 Dice
[]Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 1): The meat program has been allowed to develop on its own in a strange drive for the atomization of production and massive reductions in grain prices. Accepting that grain prices can only be pushed down so far and that the cost of a loaf of bread is not the most important indicator of agricultural performance, sector policy can significantly be diversified. Starting a new meat program focused on increasing pork production massively can serve to provide the soviet people with cheaper meat while reducing the negative impacts of tariffs. Unified facilities can be combined with integrated production systems, allowing for the smooth processing of animals on site. (110 Resources per Dice 0/125) (-12 CI1 Electricity +2 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Agronomy Institutes: The harsh soils of much of the nation and the variety in soil conditions across much of the Union is in desperate need of further study. Dedicated institutes to evaluate local soils and discover optimal procedures for their fertilization and tillage are required to further improve yields and improve the sophistication of agriculture. The system itself will cost fairly little compared to the relative impacts, and the publication of regional agricultural information can help every enterprise and business farming in a similar soil and climate. (100 Resources per Dice 0/75) (-10 CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
[]Agricultural Insurance Enterprises: Setting aside funding towards the development of financial enterprises set to operate without a significant profit and for the public good has been done for some other industries, and there is little reason why it cannot be done for insurance. Fundamentally organizing insurers that can operate on a universal level with both the private and public sector with the goal of being money neutral can help to provide stability to every farmer and ensure that any significant disruption or drought will not disrupt the sector. (120 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-4 CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
[]State Storage Enterprises: Developing a large series of granaries to store grain and provide central repositories to deal with the current overproduction is a step that is politically necessary, if unlikely to actually improve production. These large silo's will ensure that there is a massive reserve of grain that is safely being stored and provide a degree of political confidence for approving reforms in the sector as long as the current state of overproduction is continued. (100 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-3 CI1 Electricity)
[]Increasing Mechanization: Tractors and their attachments are needed now more than ever as field sizes per laborer have grown as quickly as production has. Work towards ensuring that manual labor is finally eliminated from common form crops must be continued to mobilize the average worker and ensure that development can continue. A modern tractor is worth more than an agricultural laborer and every small farmer should have a basic mechanical understanding of their machines along with the machine itself. Forming a large educational program offering discounts and subsidies for the purchases of equipment for family farms can serve to improve mechanization without much risk. (100 Resources per Dice 0/200)
[]Second Generation Seed Program: Massive programs towards the production of new cultivars of wheat derived from other nations cultivars of northern and winter wheats to derive the best traits of them. Work will involve the continued irradiation and cross breeding effort, effectively expanding it towards the use of international cultivars and working to further improve food yields. This program will be extended towards a new generation of potato cultivars and several other essential crops. The seed program will only mildly improve quality, but even a mild increase of nutrient uptake in intensive agricultural programs can reduce prices more than a decade of improving technical finesse. (120 Resources per Dice 0/75) (-8 CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
[]Land Control Commision: Farming on all the land available is a deeply suboptimal policy that has consistently failed to maintain the state of agricultural land and preserve topsoils. Focusing on more active management measures, funding farmers to leave some of their land fallow and starting programs towards the preservation of topsoil can maintain and increase yield in the long run. Current ideas are centered around secondary planting and wind control, but more advanced measures are sure to be developed in time. (80 Resources per Dice 0/150)
Services (16) 10 Dice
[]Distribution of Banking Branches: To properly allow for banking to be used by the people, the goal of the program should be the construction of a branch in every town and village. The goal of the state should be to ensure that every worker has a savings account in some form rather then holding their money outside the system, improving the monetary supply available for investment and ensuring that financial services are universally available rather then confined to a few elites. (80 Resources per Dice 34/150) (+1 General Labor)
[]Expanded Childcare(Stage 2): Childcare has been either intensely funded or significantly underfunded depending on the time period of planning, but it needs far more funding now. Birth rates have decreased with some of the decrease caused by issues of working and raising a child. By instead offering childcare to mothers for free children can be a far lesser burden, allowing for a general increase in workforce participation. Furthermore, raising kids and educating them in the context of a daycare can be done far better, allowing them to enter the education system with a better foundation. (70 Resources per Dice 5/150) (-4CI2 Electricity +1 General Labor) (Possible increase in Workforce Participation)
[]Transportation Enterprises(Stage 1): The massive procurement of more trucks is needed to sustain current industrial development and decisively get ahead of attrition to poor roads. Work on the import of new vehicles along with a general expansion in domestic demand can serve to significantly improve logistics. Funding programs are going to be more limited by road development than anything else, leaving some of it questionable, but to continue growth expansions are needed now rather than later. (110 Resources per Dice 50/150) (+1 Petroleum Fuels +1 General Labor) (Stage 2 Max until Ural high capacity roads completed)
[]Legal Consulting Programs: With the current legal system reforms the availability of reliable and cheap representation has consistently been questionable. The average worker does not have the knowledge base to navigate the legal system on their own. Rather than allowing people to be guilty through no fault of their own, they can start by ensuring that there is an accessible supply of lawyers for every trial. Training is not going to be exceptional, but they can still adequately serve. (80 Resources per Dice 0/100) (+1 Educated Labor)
[]Expanding State Catalogs: Selling a series of single good categories that are considered to be universal for a given set of things makes perfect sense in a vacuum. However, when it becomes a question of furniture, styling, and appliances it becomes deeply suboptimal. The losses from holding several products in inventory are expected to be comparatively minor as direct orders from factories are easily viable on the scale of the catalog system as it is unlikely for most goods to experience a massive localized spike in consumption. Expanding warehouses and the variety sold over the phone can serve to improve access for effectively almost no cost. (80 Resources per Dice 0/150)
[]Universal Distribution Systems: Getting a series of standard warehouse stores into more remote locations is going to be a challenging endeavor but one that is entirely worth it. Enterprises responsible for direct bulk sales to the average worker and to small businesses have consistently proven popular and there is little reason not to expand the program to every corner of the Union. Walking accessibility may be questionable, but given the expansion of mass transit and busing, it should be possible to ensure ease of accessibility towards most medium sized and bulk goods. (100 Resources per Dice 0/250) (-9CI1 Electricity +3 General Labor)
[]State Consumer Food Champions(Stage 1): The previous national champions of making food directly for the workers' consumption have all performed exceedingly well, but there are many local food goods that have failed to be utilized. Spreading efforts towards including regional foods and bringing them to national distribution will take work on menus and a more complicated logistical chain but it can improve variety in diet and secure a decent portion of profits. These enterprises will effectively be formed as loose conglomerates of smaller businesses, with centralized coordinating bodies driving much of the production and taking a share while lower echelons are organized in a semi-cooperative manner. (80 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-11CI1 Electricity +3 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Universalization of Telephone Networking: The telephone has revolutionized business and commerce but it has still only partially spread into the private sector. By funding a large program of telephone integration and unifying standards overall utilization can massively increase to improve private sector performance. Nowadays as more deals are conducted over the phone instead of in person telephones are an essential good for any business, making their availability essential for ensuring growth in less infrastructurally fortunate areas. (140 Resources per Dice 0/175) (-16CI1 Electricity)
[]State Insurance Enterprises: Letting the state get involved in insurance distribution rather than the private sector can significantly help to reduce profit chasing and offer a steady minimal policy rather than wild variance. Across several important and high risk industries a general insurance scheme conducted through state owned non-profit seeking enterprises can be made to shoulder the worst risks, allowing businesses and enterprises to turn to the state for a comprehensive minimal plan. Assessment of risks will require the hiring of expertise and significant training programs, but there is no reason that the Union cannot have a domestic insurance industry. (120 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-8CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
[]Solving the Garbage Problem: The garbage problem has only worsened over the last plan as consumption has skyrocketed without much expansion to the processing industry. Finalizing a break away from old policies, incineration plants can be massively scaled up along with more land designated for the economic disposal of trash. Filtering plants are expected to be established to screen out valuable metallic scraps, ensuring that a maximum degree of value is recovered from every ton of bulk garbage. (120 Resources per Dice 0/200) (+14CI2 Electricity +2 General Labor)
[]Hotel-Enterprises: Previous ignorance of the hotel industry has led to significant shortages in rooms for even basic enterprise meetings much less tourism. Rather than trying to do Voznesesnky's idea for a standardized basic hotel that would only appeal to the most desperate of students, semi-luxury structures can be constructed to appeal to the general workers and managers. Room sizes can be expanded outside of local norms with far nicer accommodations and a copying of common included services as in the West. (120 Resources per Dice 35/200) (-18CI3 Electricity +2 General Labor) (High Profitability)
Bureaucracy (8) 4 Dice (Supsov Selections marked by not having a box, no free dice)
Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(Unified Canal System(Step 2 of 3)): (+5 Per Dice) (Unrolled)
Bread Program Cancelation: The bread program has failed in the broadest sense of either solving nutritional challenges or fixing Soviet agriculture as it was originally envisaged. It has offered piles and piles of free bread but effective administrative fees have rendered it too challenging to operate at any scale and a failure in most cities where it was tried. Free bread has been a long term dream but in its current policy implementation it has proven considerably lacking, requiring more funding and creating inefficiencies compared to more conventional social spending. (1 Dice)
Cooperatives Reform: The new definition of a cooperative as defined by Kosygin is a relatively popular policy to pass, with the ministry called on to make the correct recommendations. Broad policy implementation has called for a minimum worker representation on the general board to the point of majority plus ten percent, at least sixty percent capital ownership by workers, and a split of profitability towards the workers on the same percentage as their ownership. With businesses reorganized on such a scheme, a permissive tax bracket is to be instituted, allowing practically unlimited scaling with a reasonable rate of taxation, and effectively minimal taxes on the average cooperative with less than twenty workers. (1 Dice)
Undo the Wage Freezes: Freezes in general wages were unpopular as they were implemented and have only grown worse in public perception. Rather than dithering on the issue and proving indecisive the new government has moved to re-organize minimal wages with an immediate ten percent increase following a direct peg to common commodities. This is expected to slightly beat the general inflation rate, ensuring that even at the minimum wages continue to grow with the value of goods and the economy can become far fairer. The left wing of the party has pushed for a normalization of wages across the USSR, but it is unlikely that that element will pass, as the necessities of developing the poorer republics are still massive. (1 Dice)
[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(): (1 Bureau Dice for +5 per dice on a project, +15 in services) (Unrolled)
[]Intervene on Infrastructure Department Reorganization: The lead minister is currently gone with his deputy filling the seat, but that will not last as proverbial heads need to roll for the Voznesesnky era policies. It is almost certain that both ministers will not last to the end of the year, with them guaranteed to be gone in the following year. Rather than allowing the department to be thrown around on the whims of the Supreme Soviet, work can be done to at least appoint a capable deputy minister and make sure that whoever ends up in charge is not entirely unpalatable. (1 Dice)
[]Intervene on LCI Department Reorganization: Both of the idiots appointed by Voznesensky have been hilariously guilty of some of the worst abuses of the workers since fucking Stalin. They have both effectively been forced to retire, pushed out of the party, and their posts expected to be handed out to anyone promising to fix the current mess. Rather than letting the Supreme Soviet stick someone into the post, work can be done to make sure that the lead minister is at least moderately palatable and possibly appointing a more agreeable deputy that can be worked with. (1 Dice)
[]Propose a New Food Program: With the retirement of the bread program the people that are the worst off are going to need some form of assistance to get by. The idealistic line that everyone can simply work to earn enough for a living without exception is nothing but base idealism and dogma. Instead of focusing on improving workforce participation or some technocratic shuffling of production a partially politically palatable program can be passed to provide direct funding for food for the most needy segments of the population. General funding is a non-starter due to the political environment, but a simple food and basic toiletries subsidy can likely be finessed through. (1 Dice)
[]Authorize Farmer-Programs: Farmer aid has been dogmatically fought against either out of some ideal that large enterprises represent technocratic efficiency or out of some outdated ingrained dislike of the "peasantry." Ensuring that general urban aid social programs apply to the rural workers will take a considerable political effort with very few set to champion their cause, but it is the right thing to do in the current context and the Supreme Soviet is unlikely to react too poorly from a low commitment attempt to push it through. (1 Dice)
[]Call a General Meeting: The ministry is a mess, the general management is convinced that they are next on the chopping block and that has encouraged a drive for radical action. Some of those involved may be corrupt fuckers, but at least getting everyone in front of a table with a degree of organization and a plan can assuage some fears. It's almost certain that the majority of the rank and file at worst, are facing a fine along with a stern talking to along with getting passed up for promotions for a few years rather than whatever imagined fate they have in store. Ensuring that they actually believe that is a different story, but an attempt now can considerably reduce bureaucratic resistance. (1 Dice)
[]Personally Assess Department(): Party anti-corruption investigations can say one thing, but a personal perspective is far more important than a high minded one marred in politics. Working to gather a small team of auditors as an attachment to the ministry can be a relatively uncontroversial way to discover evidence and ensure a more accurate perspective, along with one that is not limited in the amount of information passed on. (1 Dice)
[]Request a Loan: The reality of the cutback plan is that debt will be necessary for further financing, even if it is questionable at the current point. A strong investment into the ministry has been practically expected given the low initial share of funding. Some may criticize the program as a return to Voznesensky's stimulus spending, but it needs to be done in order to ensure a smooth transition to a lower spending baseline. A lot however depends on the state of the economy, if a recession were to occur, a portion of the necessary financial capacity would not be available. (1 Dice) (Roll Determines Political Impacts) (Immediate +3000R) (Repayment -800R/y for the rest of the plan)
Current Economic Prices(Domestic/CMEA/International): (How this will work is that every action above except for electricity modifies the internal price of the commodities below. They also vary on their own and are sorted into abstracted 1-100 ranges. Modifiers from the rest of your economy are displayed below with each category of goods. When you shift between 20 sized ranges, there can be significant modifiers to the general economy that come from changing prices of core commodities. CMEA prices determine the price in CMEA, though transportation of goods will be a problem with international prices representative of the West.)
Coal Price (43/38/55) Strong Import (40-60 No Effect)
+4 CPSC Power Plants
+1 Deposit Depletion
-0 Net Civilian Spending
Steel: (24/39/61) Strong Export (20-40 -20 RpD Infrastructure, Increased HI Growth)
+1 Construction Industry Expansions
+2 Net Civilian Spending
Non-Ferrous: (65/65/56) (60-80 Increased Investment, Reduced Aluminum Use, Mildly Reduced LCI Growth)
+0 Net Civilian Spending
Petroleum Fuels: (28/38/39) (Sole Exporter/Modifying CMEA Prices) (20-40 Strong Increase in Economic Growth, Fuel Use, and Chemical Development)
+5 Net Civilian Spending
+1 Fields Depletion
-1 Field Modernization
Petrochemicals: (38/49/42) Moderate Exporter (20-40 Moderate Increase in Economic Growth and Increase in LCI Growth)
+4 Net Civilian Spending
General Labor: (27/16/64) Moderate Imports (20-40 Massive Increase of all Export Growth, Increase in Discontent, and Lowered Intrinsic Growth)
+7 Net Civilian Spending
-13 New Graduates
-2 Rural Transfers
-1 Immigration
Educated Labor: (44/26/69) Moderate Imports (40-60 No Effects)
+2 Net Civilian Spending
-4 New Graduates
-1 Immigration
Electricity: 87 CI7
+140 Plan Programs
-50 CI5 Net Civilian Spending
Plan Effects:
Housing Construction Efforts: Given the sheer disruption caused by the last housing program and the extent of change it has forced onto people without much desire for it, cutting it back is arguably the best political decision. A well run program without the sheer tempo and idiocy of the Voznesensky years will inherently be slower and require a more measured and distributed pace of development rather than a drive towards urban concentration. Most of the designs prioritized will be cheaper and smaller ones relative to the massive towers prioritized in the last effort, reducing some costs and ensuring that lower density urban concentrations can be maintained. (-3 Infra Dice -360 RpY Modified by Steel Prices) (Reduction in Communal and Barracks Housing Forms to 9% of the adult non-student population by 1970)
Amur Cascade: The political sensitivity of the Amur river and its tributaries is immense. Development in the region is important for local power supplies and further industrial development. Daming the actual Amur is too much of an international political situation to ever allow, the rivers feeding into it however are almost entirely on our side of the border. Their damming will involve a degree of moderate relocations as small towns are consolidated through the small scale and will keep the costs down. Localization of a significant aluminum industry from secondary sources is expected to provide a good supply of material to local factories, and the stabilization of the river system is expected to provide a viable route for exports. (-1 Inf Dice -120 RpY) (+25 Electricity -3 Non-Ferrous per year 1969-1972) (Completes Far-Eastern Water Reservoirs)
Amu Darya and Syr Danya Hydroelectric Cascades: Politically contentious with the local people though pushed for hydrological stabilization by engineers and politicians at all levels, authorizing development is expected to significantly increase water accessibility and local energy generation. The program towards constructing new dams and enhancing the industrial development of the Central Asian republics is expected to fix water availability issues and provide a cheap basis for hydroelectricity that has been ignored by past administrations. Relocations will involve several sizable towns being moved to allow for the path of the dams and a minor cutback in the scale of the project. Despite that though, the developing water situation is only expected to worsen in the next few years, requiring redirection and ensuring that nature is finally directed towards humanist ends. (-3 Inf Dice -360 RpY) (+60 Electricity -3 Non-Ferrous per year 1968-1974) (One -10 Steel Steel mill available 9th 5yp) (Automatically Completes Normal and Advanced Hydrological Stabilization Measures)
Power Plant Construction(Nuclear VVER-500): A commitment to new experimental technologies is significant and could be an important source of power in the future, but it is currently deeply uneconomic. The construction of sixteen mainline reactor cores along with two experimental cores will establish a basis for energy production and the development of the fast neutron spectrum. The cores themselves are expected to steadily take off the burden of conventional heating and provide the associated cities with clean nuclear heating and energy. Construction is to be finalized across the next plan, as the technical aspects of the construction are notable and each general multi-core facility is in itself a complicated system of both piping and construction. (-1 HI Dice -300 RpY) (36 Electricity -1 Coal per Year 1970-1975)
Power Plant Construction(CPSC): Large increases in coal power generation are needed to keep the Union supplied with power. The gas industry is capable of supplying some, but with a strong commitment towards expanding canal works and several large scale coking plants to take advantage of the high carbon and low ash sub-bituminous coals in the East. Conventional expansions of coal extraction from Kuzbas is expected to even further reduce the cost of coal and make coal power production the predominant form of cheap and accessible energy across the Union. (-2 HI Dice -480 RpY) (120 Electricity +4 Coal per Year)
Power Plant Construction(CCGT): A direct drive towards increasing power production is expected to be necessary with the growth of consumer and industrial power use, especially as the economy continues its march towards modernization. Increased utilization of gas reserves and a continuation of the old power program will deliver significant gains in production and enable a considerable step forward. The plants responsible for making the turbines will not need to be expanded compared to the last plan, especially since much of the challenging and technical work has been completed. (-2 LCI Dice -560 RpY) (160 Electricity per Year) (3 More Gas development projects)
Healthcare Expansion: A massive expansion and making sure that every citizen can have access to some form of healthcare, even if it is not the best quality, will do a lot to improve health outcomes. There are plenty of younger inexperienced general purpose doctors graduating from the education system that are suitable to be distributed as a first line for emergency medicine. The funding will mostly go towards the building of a few standardized clinics with a few beds and a capacity to address mild general cases along with building up transportation infrastructure for transportation. Modernization of the system will have to be delayed due to a lack of capacity as saving people is more important then more accurate diagnostics. (-2 Services Dice -240 RpY) (Completes up to Stage 9 Healthcare Expansion)
Education Expansion: Unfucking the university and education system in the aftermath of the massive over emphasis on technical education will take more time than is available in the current plan. The sector is comparatively mature with the few professors needed to teach classes effectively experienced and already publishing research. The planned extension of the secondary education system can be conducted along with the main focus of the modernization effort. A massive expansion of the university system is to be conducted with social science departments added to most schools along with a number of dedicated specialized schools established in the old model. Enough personnel that have the soft skills for most work will take decades to bring up. In decades though they will exist rather than the current endless supply of engineers. (-4 Services Dice -320 RpY) (Completes Stage 8 Polytechnic, Completes Stage 7 Sociological, Completes Stage 5 Economical, Finishes Secondary Expansion) (Cuts Labor Expansion by ~1/5)
24 Hour Moratorium (Normal will be 12 hours, but this is a new system so I expect it to take longer)
Resources per Turn(RpT): Base 5800 +140 Commitments Discount -100 Rocketry -2740 Plan Commitments = 3100 with 20 in storage
Military Developments:
The largest and most recent development for the infantry has come in the form of a new rifle program to find a successor to the at this point relatively venerable Kalashnikov. The heavy ammunition used has consistently limited carrying capacity and persistently caused issues in transportation, necessitating a new rifle. Limitations in the precision of automatic fire have also been endemic along with general precision, restricting engagement ranges and forcing soldiers to carry an excessive quantity of ammunition. Several smaller programs have also been started for the development of a new series of infantry missile weapons. One push going towards the miniaturization of a heatseeker into an infantry portable format while another has focused on the atomization of light anti-tank firepower to deal with whatever BMP equivalents our enemies bring to the field.
With the effective continuation of technical funding the vision for the standardized tracked infantry carrier has been modernized, with the first examples set to ship out across the next year. Original expectations for dismount space proved optimistic, necessitating a mild lengthening of the design but that was accomplished through minor internal movements of hardware. A higher velocity 20mm autocannon has also been adopted with APDS shells set to be produced to accompany it, providing sufficient anti armor capability against any light vehicles. The production variant is set to receive a night sight and IR searchlight for the commander-gunner, allowing for a degree of night fighting capacity. Initial models are going to ship with 9M14's but plans have already been made to transition towards the 9K111 and then the 9K113 with the same layout of four on external racks and four stored internally though without any combat reload capacity in place of the right side "5th seat".
Continued developments of both the light 9K111 and the heavy 9K113 have continued through the plan and have only received more funding as the French armored threat has increased. The necessity of a follow-on towards older manually controlled systems is already critically necessary with the advances in armor and the poor accuracy exhibited by all but the best gunners. Both new missiles are similar in general design, featuring a single cumulative warhead and a wire-linked beacon firing system. The largest difference is in size, as the 9K113 is more complex and larger, serving as a heavier dedicated anti tank system with a longer range, better warhead, and stronger motor. Issuance of either missile is not expected to occur at a large scale until 67 for the 9K111 and likely before the end of the decade for the 9K113. Guidance by thermal beacon is only expected to become more significant, with plans already made to pair the new heavier missile with a helicopter platform.
As the reality of the technically challenged T64 program has set in, a new series of modernizations have started development for the T52, to bring it into a new T52M1 standard and update the production of tanks for export. The initial modifications conducted in the T52B and M variants have avoided anything radical in favor of being cheap retrofits, but those versions of the tank have a limited capacity for further work. Still, more mild upgrades have continued to bring the vehicles up to modern standards and ensure a degree of training commonality. A new unified system optic for all models has been developed from the T64 project, and while stuck with a stadiametric rangefinder, the new targeting system can independently calculate gun elevation with different ammunition, eliminating manual changes in gun laying when switching between ammunition. Turret armor kits have gotten more comprehensive, with an extension of the composite-epoxy plate system to deter cumulative munitions enabled by the new sight. Most importantly, to compensate for a lack of rangefinding equipment, a fin stabilized sabot round with a tungsten core has been designed from the advances on the 125mm gun and is expected to replace all APDS rounds in domestic inventory. Sighting for all closer range shots has enabled a flat trajectory, reducing the need for complicated sighting and more then doubling first shot accuracy within a two kilometers.
A modified T52U has been introduced with a number of advanced features and a mild increase to weight. The high hardness hull plate has been removed in favor of a mixed metal polymer block to improve the protection from chemical rounds. The shift to newer optics has led to an increase in frontal coverage relative to older models, eliminating much of the weaker front turret area relative to the unmodified T52M. The new optics have been combined with a coincidence rangefinder, unifying the system with the T64 and bringing in a significant increase in long range capability, even if the rangefinding complex is more limited on the T52U. Ammunition stowage has also been partially moved into a large "wet" ammo rack with hull stores consolidated to reduce threat areas and reduce congestion in the turret. Engine upgrades have also proceeded along the original plan, improving horsepower slightly and ensuring a slightly higher degree of mobility to compensate from the significant weight increases brought on by new systems. Effective production changes to the new model are expected to occur in the next year, with domestic inventories being the first to receive it at scale.
Initial functional examples of the T64 have been delivered to units in the rear for evaluation and training, finding a number of severe technical issues with the tank and a generally negative impression of the reliability. The new gun and its targeting system have proven themselves functional, integrating a coincidence rangefinder with a targeting complex that automatically adjusts for ammunition selection. A new round has been issued to improve anti armor capability, providing the tank with a massive fin stabilized steel dart with an integrated tungsten penetrator. Weight gains have brought the vehicle up to almost forty one tons, as built, but the improvements in engine space and increase in filters has allowed it to function significantly better then the prototypes.
The hydropneumatic suspension and a hydraulic transmission have both proven problematic for different reasons. The suspension is maintenance heavy and with a tendency to get stuck, but when in operational mode greatly assists the gunner with the use of ridge lines and dug in points by providing additional elevation for the tanks rear. The transmission is unreliable with a tendency to leak, but it has a capacity for neutral steering, pre-selection, and an effective six forward, and two reverse gears. Modifications to the production model are expected to eventually improve reliability, but that will be the work of most of the next decade. Current production is expected to be issued mostly to training and domestic units as reliability issues are ironed out.
The massive construction program towards building up the stock of 671 and 670 model nuclear submarines has proceeded ahead of plans with total construction for both classes effectively funded out to thirty and twenty hulls respectively. Minor improvements in quieting and improved machining techniques are expected to slightly improve quietness, but the effort is expected to take time. Further developments on higher power reactors in liquid metal schemes along with further measures to improve hydrophone capabilities have been funded, but they are not expected to deliver fast results. New torpedoes however have been issued to the fleet, offering significant improvements in handling safety and speed by shifting towards silver-zinc batteries and an enhanced 800m active acoustic homing system. A sister torpedo with the same propulsion bus has been designed for wake homing, offering a dedicated anti surface ship system. Accompanying work on missile systems for 670 class boats has also been accelerated, with submerged launch capability likely to be available for the fleet in a year or two.
Ballistic missile carrying nuclear submarines have also started accelerated construction to provide redundant deterrence and ensure that second strike capacity is maintained. 667 class boats have started to enter service with their missiles coming shortly behind them, allowing for an independent nuclear strike to be conducted from several thousand kilometers while underwater. In terms of the conventional submarine force though, current policies have called for the curtailment of diesel electric tonnage. High crew costs and the questionable utility of fifteen year old submarines have led to the practical retirement of the 611 and 613 class boats. Even the 633 and 641 class boats are currently considered questionable. The latter are not expected to be scrapped, but they are primarily expected to be replaced with new nuclear submarines as production and the fleet expands.
With the development of new jet fighters, the demand for carrier size has increased well past the extent of the original two carriers laid down, limiting them to technically obsolescent airframes. Instead a new class of carriers on a new scheme to carry the latest fighter and strike aircraft has been planned, with a set of two to be completed before the end of the decade and another two following them. Newly designed steam catapults are expected to be paired with massive steam turbines, giving the fleet a massive degree of striking power. These almost 70 kt vessels will take time to construct but paired with new airframes, they are expected to form the core of the surface fleet and more than sufficient as independent assets. Each is expected to carry a payload of up to sixty jets and their munitions, providing fighter cover to any fleet deployment and replacing the older carriers in every role.
To accompany the carrier program a new program for a series of new armament complexes and new escort ships has been initiated to build up the fleet and retire many of the oldest gun dependent combat elements. The lightest of these elements is more of a combined system of antisubmarine warfare and air defense paired with a ship. The small 3kt Krivak-class is set to be equipped with a set of anti-submarine torpedoes, two twin 76mm autocannons, a twin boom S-125 derived anti-aircraft system, and heavy anti-submarine missiles to provide standoff capacity. The latter are still technically in development, but they are expected to broadly replace rocket propelled bomblet launchers on all naval vessels, providing a significant standoff capability. The new generation of ships are expected to integrate gas turbines, improving range and acceleration while reducing overall tonnage, providing them with a fleet speed of 33 knots and providing adequate escorts to all naval assets in inventory.
In an offensive role a new class of 5kt Kashin class destroyer has been designed to accompany formations of protective frigates in an offensive role. The ship is to be equipped with four twinned forward facing racks of heavy anti-shipping missiles to fulfill its primary role along with two twinned S-125 complexes for air defense. Anti submarine armament is limited to four anti-submarine rocket launchers along with a torpedo launcher, limiting capability but ensuring that the ship is not unarmed. Two similar twin 76mm autocannons are installed at the front and aft, providing a sufficient gun capacity to deter cose attacks and something to ensure that lighter ships can be driven away. The destroyer is expected to form the primary fleet strike element, providing heavy ordinance delivery to anywhere on the planet and operating in a semi-independent manner away from carrier forces.
The final of the three classes is expected to form the primary heavy anti-aircraft and antisubmarine dual purpose escort for the carrier fleets along with serving as the largest CIC and radar ship in the fleet. These almost seven thousand ton cruisers are effectively long range patrol ships with twin quadruple anti-submarine missiles and twin heavy S-75 derivatives. The largest feature of the ship itself is a new series of naval helicopters along with a dedicated hanger, providing a significant capacity for anti submarine warfare from a distance and giving any fleet a good margin of anti-air cover from conventional attack. Effectively a fleet command ship to accompany other fleet elements, and expected to be equipped with some of the most advanced radar systems available to screen for aircraft or missile attack.
Finalization of the Mig-23 prototype has occurred with the primary finalization of its armament complex and engine systems. Designs with a tailless cranked delta have further been pushed forward, offering a compromise on lift capacity along with a sufficiently short takeoff length in an anti-air or frontline tactical configuration. The avionics package has effectively been centered around a Sapfir radar system, providing guidance to the radar guided R13's on board, even if initial examples will fly with a more primitive system then the original specification would indicate. The AL-21 engine has effectively been paired with the airframe, delivering a better power to weight then any plane before it even if proving exceptionally fuel hungry under reheat. The idealized air to air loading as planned involves the addition of a 800L central drop tank, four R13 missiles, and two R3M missiles, coming out to a gross weight of almost thirteen and a half tons. Some proposals have been made for using the massive lifting capacity for ground attack outside of specialized systems, but that will take a further degree of systems integration.
The larger heavy-fighter/interceptor version of the program, focused more on a long range patrol aircraft capable of long term stationkeeping with heavy ordinance has comparatively lagged behind. Work on the larger integrated radar has proven challenging in an electronics sense with the armament complex depending directly on its integration into the airframe. Initial optimism with titanium construction has proven to be uneconomical, limiting it to bracing materials and core structural elements with minimal machining, leaving the rest of the airframe to advanced aluminum alloys and adding weight and bringing it to almost sixteen tons empty. Turbine developments have not been idle, with an enhanced variation on the AL-21 developed for the fighter to improve fuel efficiency in standard operational modes.
The inevitable work on a carrier variation has been more challenging, as while the wing form offers significantly improved lift the challenges of high speed landing are massive. The lack of previous prioritization has led to several design compromises towards measures to increase lift and a general hardening for carrier landings, even on a theoretical far larger ship than either the Moscow or Kiev. Payload limitations are expected to be significantly cut down for the Mig-23 carrier variations, but the airframe should be more than capable of meeting both an air defense role and a light fleet strike role. The K version is not expected to deploy for years until at least one of the new carriers is constructed and pushed into service. Severe weight limitations in the strike role have also forced the development of a new lighter classification of anti-shipping missiles with a subsonic sea skimming trajectory. These are almost certain to take longer to develop than the carriers will to construct, but should be available by the end of the decade.
The largest developmental gains have effectively come for the radar operator rather than the pilot, with a significant improvement in systems integration and the beginnings of a unified computational system expected to be fitted by the point mass production models enter evaluation. Ostensibly, the plane has been expected to serve as a heavy interceptor in all roles, carrying fuel across massive internal tankage. VVS commands have pushed for it to be adopted in a longer range front line fighter role to poke out of air defense networks and target enemies as a mobile missile battery though exercises are still underway on the theoretical concept, much less any implementation. PVO forces across the most remote terrain are expected to receive the first examples with naval bases shortly following to provide a long ranged escort for naval strike aviation. Cross compatibility with the lighter R13 has been built in for the role, with work already starting on the development of twinned mounts for making the most of the four mounting points available in a three drop tank configuration.
Much of the new ordinance coming for the air force has come as a direct reaction to the Vietnam conflict and the poor ability of interceptor tasking in the midst of large scale campaigns. The fighter gun has been consolidated onto a lighter and less intrusive platform in the form of a 20mm gast-mechanism cannon, expected to be mounted to both of the new fighters and with some proposals for the refitting of the mig-21 with it to save on weight. The venerable R3 missile proved capable at downing targets from perfect shots from the rear but seeker response was consistently poor and pilot discipline was lacking. Work on both has effectively concluded with the R3M, cooling the seeker with and providing a larger continuous rod warhead to improve kill area. Minor improvements in its speed have been made with slight propellant compositional improvements, but those are only minor improvements. Even so, the missile is expected to universally be mounted to all airframes in the course of the next decade, providing a massive improvement in air to air capability.
Some newer modernizations and airframes have come from the other bureaus, as Vatutin has steadily pushed for new airframes for every context. Sukhoi has delivered the next generation of supersonic ground attackers. The Su-17 is itself practically a derivative of the Su-7 with a variable geometry wing, incorporating two additional fuselage pylons for mounting ordinance and light intermediate pylons for mounting two R3Ms as a temporary measure. For the next generation airframe a more comprehensive modernization and a move towards two tandem seats on a heavy ground attacker along with an increase in pylons and their capacity has led the program down the same road as the Mig-23. Adopting a similar if larger cranked delta on a more conventional tailed scheme and with a pair of R11's selected for power to ensure redundancy in a plane that would operate near the ground the new airframe is expected to enter service at some point early in the next decade. Integrated ordinance systems featuring more viable systems of guidance are still in the works and many of the avionics for the new airframe have yet to be developed.
Both the R13 and R40 are the larger missiles expected to revolutionize aerial warfare by allowing front aspect shooting capability along with a general extension of the range. The former is developed as a 200kg mid range missile with either a thermal or radar seeker, allowing a mixed shooting arrangement to reduce the probability of evasion. This ordinance unfortunately is incompatible with the limited radar of the mig 21, leaving it the purview of the next generation of aircraft. The R40 conversely is a far larger 500kg long range contemporary with a radar and thermal guidance mechanism, primarily meant to be used against any high altitude target. Much of this work is going to be against bombers and their escorts, ensuring that they are forced lower for longer and providing an anti bomber radar look down patrol capacity as an outer ring of air defense.
Air to ground ordinance has also been modernized with the next generation of air force modernizations. The S-5 rocket system has been paired with a new modern rocket pod, providing significantly improved capability. A more standardized complex of larger ordinance has further been developed to enhance work against armor and fortified positions. A parallel program to retire heavier rocket ordinance in favor of a lighter more accurate system of 130mm rockets mounted into a pod has started to enter production, effectively replacing the S-3K and S-24 system with a single integrated multi shot pod with improved aerodynamic capabilities. Further work on a single unit heavy ground attack munition has developed into a guided system, weighing almost 300 kg and guided by radio command. The venerable PTAB and its derivatives have also received a modernization in the form of an aerodynamic container-bomb developed to deliver them in a denser configuration adding a universally mounted cluster-ordinance capacity in sizes from 250 to 1000 kg.
Internal Politics:
Continued movements in the Supreme Soviet have reached a fever pitch with some deriding the current plan as excessively agriculturally focused while others have backed as it focuses on expanding the weakest sector. Continued effort is almost certainly going to be necessary to bring the sector into functionality and improve returns, but that will take time and a significant commitment to politics. Anti-corruption investigations have however gone well, if only slightly above expectations as the atomization of the Voznesensky ministry has proven to be useful for something. There has been no shortage of those willing and able to report on their direct superiors even in the face of a fine and not even a demotion, as many in the posts still see everything as at risk.
The worst of the revelations have come in the LCI sector as worker abuses in practically every textile and consumer goods factory have come to light. Consistent over work with eight normal hours along with several more voluntary hours that were formally on the clock was a practically universal endemic practice. Buildings have been operated beyond any reasonable capacity limitation and with poor safety conditions to reduce overheads and improve profitability of production. All of these have been brought to light just months into the start of the investigation, leading to the immediate dismissal of both Ryzhov and Lebedev for enabling the conditions. An immediate commission has been organized to determine where else significant labor abuses have been occuring.
Masherov and Ashimov have used this to rail against the general organization and the overall ministry system, agreeing that something needs to be done to protect workers but entirely disagreeing on any direction. Masherov's proposal of significantly expanding the powers of the ministry of labor is considered as the more reasonable proposal while Ashimov has advocated for a radical course of ending the State Union in favor of alternative policy. Masherov's proposal has a small chance of passing, kicking up even more shit for the ministry, but that depends heavily on how much political capital he is willing to spend empowering his minister.
Kosygin for his part along with Abramov have both moved towards crafting actual policy instead of trying to out power play each other, creating a compromise cooperative policy that stands a good chance of passage. Police and culture reforms are certain to come along with a general evaluation of the system of party cadres and how to shift around them, making important gains in empowering workers. Both are expected to pass with tentative cooperation from Masherov once he commits to doing normal politics, but that will take time and assumes that there are few more massive unexpected landmines of corruption.
Free dice to allocate 4 Dice.
Infrastructure: (16) 9 Dice
[]Integration of Commuter Rail: The old program to revamp and unify commuter rail with subways is still viable despite massive changes in the ministry. Disruption from the sacking of the corrupt imbecile has been fairly mild. The program has effectively been modified to include Kiev, Minsk, Tashkent, and Kharkov ensuring a more even spread of development. Further work will inherently center on ensuring that above ground use in the high speed rail zone is directly utilized by local transit grids, bringing stations together and forming large linkage lines to allow for traveling passengers to reach most significant urban areas quickly and cheaply (120 Resources per dice 0/175)
[]Western USSR Regional Roads: The Western USSR has some of the best roads when compared to the rest of the nation, but even those are considered internationally poor. Constructing a massive series of two lane roads to act as regional feeders and linking them with previously built high capacity systems will be more of an exercise of paving the few yet to be paved major roadways, ensuring that every area has acceptably poor access. Further efforts are expected to get more expensive, but they are relatively deprioritized compared to the development of similar systems in regions where no tentative efforts have even started. (105 Resources per Dice 0/300)
[]Caucuses High Capacity Roads: The construction of one large central corridor near the inhabited areas of the southern Caucasus is expected to massively improve overall road integration. Most goods in the region stay in the region with a few primarily agricultural exports, allowing a single developed road system to serve much of the local population. Development here will have to be followed with a more generalized paving of regional corridors to ensure adequate linkage despite terrain challenges, but it will be possible to finalize development and ensure a steady drive towards development. (105 Resources per Dice 0/200)
[]Ural Region High Capacity Roads: The least ignored secondary region compared to the Western areas of the USSR has not made the ural region any less ignored. Core transit corridors represent a viable first step in development, linking major urban concentrations and allowing for a viable flow of goods through the region. Tentative interlinks down into Central Asia have been planned to allow for easier movement, but the larger priority after the completion of the high capacity road system will be bringing it into utilization through a massive paving program to claw back obsolescence in road development. (105 Resources per Dice 155/400)
[]Water Distribution Systems(Stage 7): Calls for bringing universal pressurized water to every significant concentration of the population have been delayed for much of a decade but they can finally be entirely developed. Work on the construction of enlarged distribution infrastructure along with small integrated water towers will form much of the supply system, with much of the funding going towards the laying of new pipe before significant road renovations. New materials are available for modern plumbing, bringing the areas into the 20th century and ensuring that backwardness can be stamped out on the infrastructural end. (120 Resources per Dice 2/350) (-14 CI1 Electricity)
[]Civilian Airports(Stage 3): Work on an enlarged system of airports has proven to be problematic as the immense promises of the HSR system have only applied West of the Urals. Building up more airports for remote destinations and for areas outside the grid is immensely necessary to ensure a regularity of passenger flights and continue the general development of the Union. Many are willing to take the slow line across the entire nation to travel, but vacation days are limited. Business integration severely benefits from a developed air-transportation system allowing for faster meetings and significant improvements in organization. Mail delivery can also be sped up considerably as the air-service is expanded, bringing far faster delivery times to every corner of the Union. (90 Resources per Dice 34/150)
[]Unified Canal System(Step 2 of 3): The demand for more cheap coal is massive and almost desperate with the lack of domestic transportability and the issues involved in moving the coal. Work on a far larger canal system has effectively already started with the stabilization of the rivers involved, but more funding and more development is desperately needed to ensure significant gains are made. Minor electricity gains are expected from the completion of the cascade, ensuring a steady increase in power supplies and providing the people with viable over-water transportation. Once the system itself is finalized, localized lignite semi-coke can be transported economically, massively reducing coal prices and ensuring that steel can remain a cheap commodity for construction. (90 Resources per Dice 114/350) (21 CI12 Electricity) (Significant Cost Changes) (Finished in 1968)
[]Power Grid Expansions: The localization of power production and the increase in the development of local power systems can only push off general grid modernization for so long. The increasing demands for power and massive construction efforts during the current plan must be compensated for to continue acute development and maintain stable grid balances. Work towards expanding the high voltage grid is expected to be prioritized, but further work towards improving the safety of local grids and modernizing low level transmission wiring is expected to follow. There is no reason to accept the increased fire risk of old-style wiring when modern alternatives are both cheaper and more efficient. (100 Resources per Dice 0/275)
[]ASU: Voznesensky has made a little assembled system for programers and enterprises, and while it is not necessary for overall planning, it has gained popularity amongst the enterprises. At this point the project can be finalized in distribution with orders and instructions finalized for those working on the overall program. Further funding will expand the training programs for new programmers and those capable of using the system, computerizing a significant portion of large and mid sized enterprises. A unification in systems bases is expected to make some minor improvements in reporting and readability, but as the same operators are using the machinery to make the reports significant changes are not expected. (240 Resources per Dice 93/150) (-9 CI2 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
Heavy Industry (8) 5 Dice
[]Kursk Steel Mills(Stage 1): The massive magnetic anomaly under Kursk represents the prime center of Soviet steel production with massive reserves of ore and a location favorable to development both due to educated labor and due to a proximal source of high quality coals. Work on the development of an even larger steel complex around the KMA will take funding and time, but it can be done. Several massive steel mills can be built in the area to start the decisive move towards increasing production and continuing the drive to triple lap American steel production. The construction industry is not slowing nor are export industries and every ton of steel made is a ton that can contribute to Soviet infrastructure. (175 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-26 CI6 Electricity -10 Steel +3 Coal +2 General Labor +1 Educated Labor)
[]Bakchar Deposit Utilization(Stage 1): New steel deposits are necessary to continue the development of the Union and further provide steel in the far east for local construction projects. The location near the Kuzbas deposit and in the presence of a magnetic anomaly just as massive as the one at Kursk is essential for the further development of the Steel industry. Starting large scale surface extraction with modern equipment along with the construction of several mills for the production of steel through oxygenation is necessary to enable development and further improve domestic steel supplies in the face of increasing construction and development. (150 Resources per Dice 0/250) (-24 CI5 Electricity -8 Steel +2 Coal +4 General Labor +1 Educated Labor)
[]Tikhvin MMK: The massive hydroelectric programs to improve aluminum production and ensure a steady supply of new ore are already underway, but more aluminum is needed now. Rather than gambling on lower grade bauxite experimental plants can be established now for more secondary ores, providing a massive bounty of aluminum and cement to the Union. Both materials are only expected to become more in demand as the years pass and programs initiated now will be critical towards tiding the Union over until the largest producers can be brought into production. (120 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-40 CI5 Electricity -3 Non-Ferrous +1 General Labor)
[]Donets Coal Basin Mechanization: Planned developments of the Donets basin have been modernized and rationalized to enable a massive increase in coal yields through the incorporation of specialized machinery. More trained personnel can be moved into the industry allowing for a general increase in development and allowing for the far more optimal exploitation of narrow deep seams. There isn't much more potential the basin itself can yield, but it can be made to serve to at least carry the Union over for a few years until cheaper coal is available. (150 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-12 CI2 Electricity -8 Coal -1 General Labor +1 Educated Labor)
[]Pechora Coal Basin Exploitation: Massive labor has gotten us into the current set of problems and it can solve several issues. The Pechora basin has been relatively deprioritized for development historically but now a significant portion of workers can be surged in. The local coals are shallower than any others in the West and more thermally acceptable then those from Moscow. Increasing personnel mining underground will necessitate an increase in wages and the transfer of a significant proportion of workers, but it can be done. (100 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-6 CI2 Electricity -5 Coal +2 General Labor)
[]Kuzbas Deposit Exploitation(Stage 3): Kuzzbass as an area of extraction offers to nearly double the coals available to the Union alone when discounting the massive brown coal deposits to the north of it. Developments at this stage will focus on the exploitation of more viable surface deposits to reduce overall costs of coal production and provide a far greater energy capacity to the Union than ever before. Work will demand a significant portion of labor and energy, but it will deliver massive gains to local wages and ensure that the Western Union can maintain the current high energy-coupled growth. (120 Resources per Dice 94/400) (-22 CI3 Electricity -15 Coal +4 General Labor +1 Educated Labor) (Cannot Lower Coal price lower than 60 before Stage 2 Canals)
[]Volga Automotive Plant Expansion: There is no practical end to the demand for more automobiles and while Voznesensky's insane promise of producing eight million cars per year was impractical, we are already halfway there. Incentive fund expansions are only likely to continue at scale for the new enterprises of the Union and kickstarting one for one of the largest automotive complexes in the Union can help significantly. New model production along with improvements in techniques promise to revolutionize the automotive industry with entirely domestic designs. Improvements in production methodology will also serve to lower prices, offering cars domestically and abroad for far less per unit. (180 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-30 CI3 Electricity +4 Steel +2 General Labor +2 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Nikolayev Automotive Plant: The demand for more light trucks and the accompanying chassis for the production of lighter shuttle buses has only increased as the interior has been brought under development. Establishing a further plant will help to raise production numbers and ensure the steady development of further lighter vehicles than dedicated heavy truck plants. A renewal of the stock of general service vehicles is necessary to improve local throughput and provide additional capacity to the state bodies operating them. The factory itself is expected to be relatively small in light of that, starting production by the midpoint of the plan and ensuring that new production is entirely domestic. (160 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-10 CI2 Electricity +2 Steel +2 General Labor +1 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Novouralsk Truck Plant: Domestic cabover production has universally been in shortage with several expensive imported models making up critical areas of the stock. Work on replacing these must be prioritized to reduce expenses and ensure that domestic high capacity models can be made. The technical development of a viable set of trailers and a standardized cab has already been completed from other initiatives leaving only the question of manufacturing. A semiautomated unified line plan has been developed and checked for excessive spending, allowing a local factory to be set up to produce the heaviest of trucks. (180 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-21 CI3 Electricity +3 Steel +3 General Labor +1 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Bryansk Truck Plant: Lighter end trucks that are built in the conventional scheme are still necessary for some of the worst roads in the Union. Building a dedicated facility for the mass production of heavier duty trucks without a detachable trailer and for lighter loadings can help to serve more remote communities. Technical work with these trucks is effectively deriving from previous work towards army systems, allowing some collaboration in design and a growth in mobilization capacity while building out civilian fleets. A unified six wheel chassis will allow for improvements to be made and the absolute oldest examples still in service to be finally retired from all roles. (160 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-16 CI3 Electricity +3 Steel +3 General Labor +1 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
Rocketry (3) 2 Dice
[]Cancel Project (5<Projects<10, -1 Dice) (100/100R/y Funding Cap)
-RLA-Expansion Program (-20 RpY) (See T73)
-Venera Program (-10 RpY) (See T63R/T67/T72/T73) (Launched)
-Mars Program (-10 RpY) (See T63R) (Launched)
-Communication Satellites (-10 RpY) (See T70R) (Continuous Launches, Test Program)
-Atmospheric Data Satellite Program (-10 RpY) (See T73R)
-EVA Suit Programs (-10 RpY) (See T69R)
-FGB-VA (-10 RpY) (See T65R, T72R) (Finished 1966)
-2nd Gen Luna Program (-20 RpY) (See T65R/T72/T73R)
[]Stalingrad Plant Expansions: Continued expansions of the Stalingrad plant are necessary despite the program cancellations as the RLA makes up the only real launch vehicle available. Increased scales of payload designs are expected out of the space program but as long as mass production can be maintained it can be made economical. Increasing the mission and launch tempo will come with an expansion of the plant along with a good quantity of well paying jobs that will stimulate local economic turnover. Actual rocket production is almost certain to level out at around fifty units per annum leaving more than enough capability for any reasonable application. (200 Resources per Dice 52/100) (-9 CI2 Electricity +2 Non-Ferrous +1 Educated Labor)
[]Start International Programs: If crewed launches are going to happen at a significant scale, it may be prudent to let anyone in CMEA that wants to fly on them fly. It would cost a practically negligible quantity of funds to allow flights from members of CMEA and provide a significant diplomatic opportunity. Even scientific missions can be carried out together as there isn't that major of a difference between a scientist from Bulgaria as one from the Union. Launching foreign cosmonauts will involve greater diplomatic costs of accidents, but the first flights can be conducted with local crews to ensure that there isn't even more blowback on the space program. (1 Dice)
[]Outreach Programs: Broadcasting every orbital victory has already been done to improve the products of the Space program, but nothing stops entire flights from being televised to encourage children to go into the sciences and convince politicians that there is some value in funding exploration. At best the program will result in a dedicated television channel showing clips and a few commentators on the experiments undertaken, but publicity is publicity. Televising the program will further offer the chance to explain the dynamics of orbit and the cosmos to the next generation. (1 Dice)
[]Patent Transfer Systems: The space program has delivered a massive gain in technologies but those are currently in a confused morass of quasi-military use even for ostensibly harmless systems. The old transfer system was primarily developed so Voznesensky could maintain a solid hold on technology, but there is little reason to. If an enterprise or business wants technology that is at worst dual use and is run by reliable personnel there is little reason to avoid distribution. Adding the achievements of the orbital program to the general scientific base can encourage further development and reduce the rate of parallel effort. (1 Dice)
Light and Chemical Industry (8) 6 Dice (-20 Modifier No Ministers)
[]Ukrainian Oilfield Development: The technical development of oil in the Ukrainian SSR has been generally underestimated, but with recent discoveries there are a number of smaller deposits that can be brought under utilization. These small fields can serve to improve localized oil production with a relatively light mix of gas comparative to fuel oils. Localized refineries can be built as a part of the general effort rather than shipping oil far off, ensuring that fuel prices can remain low and that transportation costs can be reduced. (100 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-15 CI4 Electricity -4 Petroleum Fuels +1 General Labor) (Very High Profitability) (1 Gas Project)
[]Caspian Sea Petrochemical Extraction(Stage 1): The massive gas fields under the Caspian that have been discovered represent some of the most important gas fields available to us. Developing seagoing rigs and underwater extraction will take considerable technical funding, but the petroleum industry is ready to solve the issues involved in gas extraction. Local oil yields are also expected to be significant, as the fields are practically perfect for extraction, deriving a massive quantity of fuel products to stabilize the economy and start plans for the export of bulk cheap gas. (140 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-24 CI5 Electricity -6 Petroleum Fuels +1 General Labor) (Very High Profitability) (2 Gas Projects)
[]Samotor Field Development(Stage 1): A new discovery past the Urals has found a field with more oil in place than any other discovered field. Moving towards high throughput utilization of the field is going to be necessary to keep domestic energy prices low and ensure a consistent access to oil and gas. Local deposits are biased towards medium density oils, but even those can be used at a high rate without many technical issues. Outside of the location, the deposit itself is conventional and can enable local refinement of fuels without significant issues. (120 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-18 CI3 Electricity -7 Petroleum Fuels +1 General Labor) (Very High Profitability) (2 Gas Projects)
[]Air Conditioner Plants(Stage 4): Direct developments in improving air conditioner access are essential for the development of housing and the maintenance of temperatures. Limitations in grid heating systems have led to the current issue with the current program forming an adequate basis for modernizing general temperature control. Further generation housing designs will integrate flexible thermal control as a baseline along with several improvements, but for as long as we are limited to window units there is little that can be done outside of increasing production. Commonality of components will further ensure a smooth transition when larger scale changes are made. (100 Resources per Dice 166/175) (-8 CI2 Electricity +1 Steel +1 Non-Ferrous +1 General Labor)
[]Modern Foods Production(Stage 1): To compete with the Americians and ensure that the average worker has the latest products an entire new generation of food production has become necessary. Packaged compact snacking food has been to an extent a popular demand along several population segments and investing into it now can achieve significant returns. Longer storage lives can serve to reduce general food wastage at a small cost in packaging, providing a base of production. Saturation and production sufficiency will take time and more funding then available at the current stage, but that can be done in time. (90 Resources per Dice 0/125) (-7 CI2 Electricity +3 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Consumer Goods Production Grants(Stage 1): Mobilizing enterprises to get off their asses and get into the consumer-export sector has met with some success under Voznesensky, but policies can be pushed far further. Directly offering investments to proven enterprises to improve production is a reliable way of increasing production and will encourage involvement in the general economy. This is technically operating through a similar mechanism as some of the corruption under Voznesensky, but it can be done through ostensibly clean methods and can serve to increase production. Nothing stops managers from actually following the law, and by rewarding good actors a carrot can be offered along with the stick. (120 Resources per Dice 0/125) (-15 CI3 Electricity +6 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Light Home Appliance Plants: Electrical vacuum cleaners and a new generation of heavy appliances are needed to meet with the expanding boom in apartments and the demand for more advanced goods. Production of further items has steadily increased in the last few years but by providing seed capital for more new companies an increase in availability and internal competition can induce a general drive towards product improvements. Founding almost a dozen smaller plants to produce specialty equipment and house-tools necessary for daily tasks can serve to make the market more competitive and bring more engineers into the system. (140 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-21 CI5 Electricity +4 General Labor +1 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Second Generation Furnishings: Standardized and mass production furniture is well and good, but the people have consistently pushed for more variety. By bringing in a few hundred designers and creating standard catalogs and styles with some collaboration of the private sector the general furniture production system can be modernized. Standardized styles can be consolidated and brought in from the private sector, taking reliable products and bringing them into primary circulation. Production and demand increases are sure to follow as a broader subset of industries are brought into the market and properly utilized. (100 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-12 CI4 Electricity +4 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Home Supplies Production: The development of supplies for private home renovation and general modernization has become a significant sector of private production. Introducing the state into the market and significantly increasing the supply of basic tools, materials, and parts can serve to increase private sector specialization. This will take some funding to break new enterprises into the sector and provide a more competitive landscape, but that can be done without too many issues. (120 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-16 CI4 Electricity +3 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Synthetic Rubber Plants(Stage 2): The demand for more rubber is massive and endemic across the whole economy. The recent spook with the Indonesian government turnover has left the rubber market struck with buy ups and general increases in stockpiling, leaving prices rapidly spiraling up. Increasing production now will serve to provide a basis for many civilian industries and begin the direct breakaway from rubber import dependency while producing polymers more suited to the Union's climate. Synthetic production is not expected to properly overtake natural rubber unless massive funding is committed, but it needs to to improve the quality of rubber and reduce the massive import dependency. (150 Resources per Dice 8/100) (-20 CI3 Electricity -5 Petrochemicals +1 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Virgin Lands Forestry: Nature must be made to yield to the plan in order to continue industrial development. The forests across the Far East and Siberia have yet to be properly brought under utilization despite improving river traffic. Funding is set to go towards the area to significantly improve yields of lumber for both local construction and general production. Starting to increase settlement with cheap lumber will serve to improve populations and continue the drive towards the proper utilization of our resources. (110 Resources per Dice 0/75) (+2 General Labor)
[]Second Generation Plastics(Stage 2): New plastics are a promising field of domestic development with few international equivalencies and a core internal product for improving the economy, exports, and defense commitments. Current generations of new plastics will serve to augment general production systems across the country and replace less corrosion resistant polymers. Further stages have already been planned to improve the general system of production with more advanced polymers brought to the market. (150 Resources per Dice 136/175) (-24 CI3 Electricity -3 Petrochemicals +1 Educated Labor)
Agriculture (6) 6 Dice
[]Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 1): The meat program has been allowed to develop on its own in a strange drive for the atomization of production and massive reductions in grain prices. Accepting that grain prices can only be pushed down so far and that the cost of a loaf of bread is not the most important indicator of agricultural performance, sector policy can significantly be diversified. Starting a new meat program focused on increasing pork production massively can serve to provide the soviet people with cheaper meat while reducing the negative impacts of tariffs. Unified facilities can be combined with integrated production systems, allowing for the smooth processing of animals on site. (110 Resources per Dice 0/125) (-12 CI1 Electricity +2 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Agronomy Institutes: The harsh soils of much of the nation and the variety in soil conditions across much of the Union is in desperate need of further study. Dedicated institutes to evaluate local soils and discover optimal procedures for their fertilization and tillage are required to further improve yields and improve the sophistication of agriculture. The system itself will cost fairly little compared to the relative impacts, and the publication of regional agricultural information can help every enterprise and business farming in a similar soil and climate. (100 Resources per Dice 0/75) (-10 CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
[]Agricultural Insurance Enterprises: Setting aside funding towards the development of financial enterprises set to operate without a significant profit and for the public good has been done for some other industries, and there is little reason why it cannot be done for insurance. Fundamentally organizing insurers that can operate on a universal level with both the private and public sector with the goal of being money neutral can help to provide stability to every farmer and ensure that any significant disruption or drought will not disrupt the sector. (120 Resources per Dice 0/100) (-4 CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
[]State Storage Enterprises: Developing a large series of granaries to store grain and provide central repositories to deal with the current overproduction is a step that is politically necessary, if unlikely to actually improve production. These large silo's will ensure that there is a massive reserve of grain that is safely being stored and provide a degree of political confidence for approving reforms in the sector as long as the current state of overproduction is continued. (100 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-3 CI1 Electricity)
[]Increasing Mechanization: Tractors and their attachments are needed now more than ever as field sizes per laborer have grown as quickly as production has. Work towards ensuring that manual labor is finally eliminated from common form crops must be continued to mobilize the average worker and ensure that development can continue. A modern tractor is worth more than an agricultural laborer and every small farmer should have a basic mechanical understanding of their machines along with the machine itself. Forming a large educational program offering discounts and subsidies for the purchases of equipment for family farms can serve to improve mechanization without much risk. (100 Resources per Dice 0/200)
[]Second Generation Seed Program: Massive programs towards the production of new cultivars of wheat derived from other nations cultivars of northern and winter wheats to derive the best traits of them. Work will involve the continued irradiation and cross breeding effort, effectively expanding it towards the use of international cultivars and working to further improve food yields. This program will be extended towards a new generation of potato cultivars and several other essential crops. The seed program will only mildly improve quality, but even a mild increase of nutrient uptake in intensive agricultural programs can reduce prices more than a decade of improving technical finesse. (120 Resources per Dice 0/75) (-8 CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
[]Land Control Commision: Farming on all the land available is a deeply suboptimal policy that has consistently failed to maintain the state of agricultural land and preserve topsoils. Focusing on more active management measures, funding farmers to leave some of their land fallow and starting programs towards the preservation of topsoil can maintain and increase yield in the long run. Current ideas are centered around secondary planting and wind control, but more advanced measures are sure to be developed in time. (80 Resources per Dice 0/150)
Services (16) 10 Dice
[]Distribution of Banking Branches: To properly allow for banking to be used by the people, the goal of the program should be the construction of a branch in every town and village. The goal of the state should be to ensure that every worker has a savings account in some form rather then holding their money outside the system, improving the monetary supply available for investment and ensuring that financial services are universally available rather then confined to a few elites. (80 Resources per Dice 34/150) (+1 General Labor)
[]Expanded Childcare(Stage 2): Childcare has been either intensely funded or significantly underfunded depending on the time period of planning, but it needs far more funding now. Birth rates have decreased with some of the decrease caused by issues of working and raising a child. By instead offering childcare to mothers for free children can be a far lesser burden, allowing for a general increase in workforce participation. Furthermore, raising kids and educating them in the context of a daycare can be done far better, allowing them to enter the education system with a better foundation. (70 Resources per Dice 5/150) (-4CI2 Electricity +1 General Labor) (Possible increase in Workforce Participation)
[]Transportation Enterprises(Stage 1): The massive procurement of more trucks is needed to sustain current industrial development and decisively get ahead of attrition to poor roads. Work on the import of new vehicles along with a general expansion in domestic demand can serve to significantly improve logistics. Funding programs are going to be more limited by road development than anything else, leaving some of it questionable, but to continue growth expansions are needed now rather than later. (110 Resources per Dice 50/150) (+1 Petroleum Fuels +1 General Labor) (Stage 2 Max until Ural high capacity roads completed)
[]Legal Consulting Programs: With the current legal system reforms the availability of reliable and cheap representation has consistently been questionable. The average worker does not have the knowledge base to navigate the legal system on their own. Rather than allowing people to be guilty through no fault of their own, they can start by ensuring that there is an accessible supply of lawyers for every trial. Training is not going to be exceptional, but they can still adequately serve. (80 Resources per Dice 0/100) (+1 Educated Labor)
[]Expanding State Catalogs: Selling a series of single good categories that are considered to be universal for a given set of things makes perfect sense in a vacuum. However, when it becomes a question of furniture, styling, and appliances it becomes deeply suboptimal. The losses from holding several products in inventory are expected to be comparatively minor as direct orders from factories are easily viable on the scale of the catalog system as it is unlikely for most goods to experience a massive localized spike in consumption. Expanding warehouses and the variety sold over the phone can serve to improve access for effectively almost no cost. (80 Resources per Dice 0/150)
[]Universal Distribution Systems: Getting a series of standard warehouse stores into more remote locations is going to be a challenging endeavor but one that is entirely worth it. Enterprises responsible for direct bulk sales to the average worker and to small businesses have consistently proven popular and there is little reason not to expand the program to every corner of the Union. Walking accessibility may be questionable, but given the expansion of mass transit and busing, it should be possible to ensure ease of accessibility towards most medium sized and bulk goods. (100 Resources per Dice 0/250) (-9CI1 Electricity +3 General Labor)
[]State Consumer Food Champions(Stage 1): The previous national champions of making food directly for the workers' consumption have all performed exceedingly well, but there are many local food goods that have failed to be utilized. Spreading efforts towards including regional foods and bringing them to national distribution will take work on menus and a more complicated logistical chain but it can improve variety in diet and secure a decent portion of profits. These enterprises will effectively be formed as loose conglomerates of smaller businesses, with centralized coordinating bodies driving much of the production and taking a share while lower echelons are organized in a semi-cooperative manner. (80 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-11CI1 Electricity +3 General Labor) (High Profitability)
[]Universalization of Telephone Networking: The telephone has revolutionized business and commerce but it has still only partially spread into the private sector. By funding a large program of telephone integration and unifying standards overall utilization can massively increase to improve private sector performance. Nowadays as more deals are conducted over the phone instead of in person telephones are an essential good for any business, making their availability essential for ensuring growth in less infrastructurally fortunate areas. (140 Resources per Dice 0/175) (-16CI1 Electricity)
[]State Insurance Enterprises: Letting the state get involved in insurance distribution rather than the private sector can significantly help to reduce profit chasing and offer a steady minimal policy rather than wild variance. Across several important and high risk industries a general insurance scheme conducted through state owned non-profit seeking enterprises can be made to shoulder the worst risks, allowing businesses and enterprises to turn to the state for a comprehensive minimal plan. Assessment of risks will require the hiring of expertise and significant training programs, but there is no reason that the Union cannot have a domestic insurance industry. (120 Resources per Dice 0/200) (-8CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
[]Solving the Garbage Problem: The garbage problem has only worsened over the last plan as consumption has skyrocketed without much expansion to the processing industry. Finalizing a break away from old policies, incineration plants can be massively scaled up along with more land designated for the economic disposal of trash. Filtering plants are expected to be established to screen out valuable metallic scraps, ensuring that a maximum degree of value is recovered from every ton of bulk garbage. (120 Resources per Dice 0/200) (+14CI2 Electricity +2 General Labor)
[]Hotel-Enterprises: Previous ignorance of the hotel industry has led to significant shortages in rooms for even basic enterprise meetings much less tourism. Rather than trying to do Voznesesnky's idea for a standardized basic hotel that would only appeal to the most desperate of students, semi-luxury structures can be constructed to appeal to the general workers and managers. Room sizes can be expanded outside of local norms with far nicer accommodations and a copying of common included services as in the West. (120 Resources per Dice 35/200) (-18CI3 Electricity +2 General Labor) (High Profitability)
Bureaucracy (8) 4 Dice (Supsov Selections marked by not having a box, no free dice)
Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(Unified Canal System(Step 2 of 3)): (+5 Per Dice) (Unrolled)
Bread Program Cancelation: The bread program has failed in the broadest sense of either solving nutritional challenges or fixing Soviet agriculture as it was originally envisaged. It has offered piles and piles of free bread but effective administrative fees have rendered it too challenging to operate at any scale and a failure in most cities where it was tried. Free bread has been a long term dream but in its current policy implementation it has proven considerably lacking, requiring more funding and creating inefficiencies compared to more conventional social spending. (1 Dice)
Cooperatives Reform: The new definition of a cooperative as defined by Kosygin is a relatively popular policy to pass, with the ministry called on to make the correct recommendations. Broad policy implementation has called for a minimum worker representation on the general board to the point of majority plus ten percent, at least sixty percent capital ownership by workers, and a split of profitability towards the workers on the same percentage as their ownership. With businesses reorganized on such a scheme, a permissive tax bracket is to be instituted, allowing practically unlimited scaling with a reasonable rate of taxation, and effectively minimal taxes on the average cooperative with less than twenty workers. (1 Dice)
Undo the Wage Freezes: Freezes in general wages were unpopular as they were implemented and have only grown worse in public perception. Rather than dithering on the issue and proving indecisive the new government has moved to re-organize minimal wages with an immediate ten percent increase following a direct peg to common commodities. This is expected to slightly beat the general inflation rate, ensuring that even at the minimum wages continue to grow with the value of goods and the economy can become far fairer. The left wing of the party has pushed for a normalization of wages across the USSR, but it is unlikely that that element will pass, as the necessities of developing the poorer republics are still massive. (1 Dice)
[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(): (1 Bureau Dice for +5 per dice on a project, +15 in services) (Unrolled)
[]Intervene on Infrastructure Department Reorganization: The lead minister is currently gone with his deputy filling the seat, but that will not last as proverbial heads need to roll for the Voznesesnky era policies. It is almost certain that both ministers will not last to the end of the year, with them guaranteed to be gone in the following year. Rather than allowing the department to be thrown around on the whims of the Supreme Soviet, work can be done to at least appoint a capable deputy minister and make sure that whoever ends up in charge is not entirely unpalatable. (1 Dice)
[]Intervene on LCI Department Reorganization: Both of the idiots appointed by Voznesensky have been hilariously guilty of some of the worst abuses of the workers since fucking Stalin. They have both effectively been forced to retire, pushed out of the party, and their posts expected to be handed out to anyone promising to fix the current mess. Rather than letting the Supreme Soviet stick someone into the post, work can be done to make sure that the lead minister is at least moderately palatable and possibly appointing a more agreeable deputy that can be worked with. (1 Dice)
[]Propose a New Food Program: With the retirement of the bread program the people that are the worst off are going to need some form of assistance to get by. The idealistic line that everyone can simply work to earn enough for a living without exception is nothing but base idealism and dogma. Instead of focusing on improving workforce participation or some technocratic shuffling of production a partially politically palatable program can be passed to provide direct funding for food for the most needy segments of the population. General funding is a non-starter due to the political environment, but a simple food and basic toiletries subsidy can likely be finessed through. (1 Dice)
[]Authorize Farmer-Programs: Farmer aid has been dogmatically fought against either out of some ideal that large enterprises represent technocratic efficiency or out of some outdated ingrained dislike of the "peasantry." Ensuring that general urban aid social programs apply to the rural workers will take a considerable political effort with very few set to champion their cause, but it is the right thing to do in the current context and the Supreme Soviet is unlikely to react too poorly from a low commitment attempt to push it through. (1 Dice)
[]Call a General Meeting: The ministry is a mess, the general management is convinced that they are next on the chopping block and that has encouraged a drive for radical action. Some of those involved may be corrupt fuckers, but at least getting everyone in front of a table with a degree of organization and a plan can assuage some fears. It's almost certain that the majority of the rank and file at worst, are facing a fine along with a stern talking to along with getting passed up for promotions for a few years rather than whatever imagined fate they have in store. Ensuring that they actually believe that is a different story, but an attempt now can considerably reduce bureaucratic resistance. (1 Dice)
[]Personally Assess Department(): Party anti-corruption investigations can say one thing, but a personal perspective is far more important than a high minded one marred in politics. Working to gather a small team of auditors as an attachment to the ministry can be a relatively uncontroversial way to discover evidence and ensure a more accurate perspective, along with one that is not limited in the amount of information passed on. (1 Dice)
[]Request a Loan: The reality of the cutback plan is that debt will be necessary for further financing, even if it is questionable at the current point. A strong investment into the ministry has been practically expected given the low initial share of funding. Some may criticize the program as a return to Voznesensky's stimulus spending, but it needs to be done in order to ensure a smooth transition to a lower spending baseline. A lot however depends on the state of the economy, if a recession were to occur, a portion of the necessary financial capacity would not be available. (1 Dice) (Roll Determines Political Impacts) (Immediate +3000R) (Repayment -800R/y for the rest of the plan)
Current Economic Prices(Domestic/CMEA/International): (How this will work is that every action above except for electricity modifies the internal price of the commodities below. They also vary on their own and are sorted into abstracted 1-100 ranges. Modifiers from the rest of your economy are displayed below with each category of goods. When you shift between 20 sized ranges, there can be significant modifiers to the general economy that come from changing prices of core commodities. CMEA prices determine the price in CMEA, though transportation of goods will be a problem with international prices representative of the West.)
Coal Price (43/38/55) Strong Import (40-60 No Effect)
+4 CPSC Power Plants
+1 Deposit Depletion
-0 Net Civilian Spending
Steel: (24/39/61) Strong Export (20-40 -20 RpD Infrastructure, Increased HI Growth)
+1 Construction Industry Expansions
+2 Net Civilian Spending
Non-Ferrous: (65/65/56) (60-80 Increased Investment, Reduced Aluminum Use, Mildly Reduced LCI Growth)
+0 Net Civilian Spending
Petroleum Fuels: (28/38/39) (Sole Exporter/Modifying CMEA Prices) (20-40 Strong Increase in Economic Growth, Fuel Use, and Chemical Development)
+5 Net Civilian Spending
+1 Fields Depletion
-1 Field Modernization
Petrochemicals: (38/49/42) Moderate Exporter (20-40 Moderate Increase in Economic Growth and Increase in LCI Growth)
+4 Net Civilian Spending
General Labor: (27/16/64) Moderate Imports (20-40 Massive Increase of all Export Growth, Increase in Discontent, and Lowered Intrinsic Growth)
+7 Net Civilian Spending
-13 New Graduates
-2 Rural Transfers
-1 Immigration
Educated Labor: (44/26/69) Moderate Imports (40-60 No Effects)
+2 Net Civilian Spending
-4 New Graduates
-1 Immigration
Electricity: 87 CI7
+140 Plan Programs
-50 CI5 Net Civilian Spending
Plan Effects:
Housing Construction Efforts: Given the sheer disruption caused by the last housing program and the extent of change it has forced onto people without much desire for it, cutting it back is arguably the best political decision. A well run program without the sheer tempo and idiocy of the Voznesensky years will inherently be slower and require a more measured and distributed pace of development rather than a drive towards urban concentration. Most of the designs prioritized will be cheaper and smaller ones relative to the massive towers prioritized in the last effort, reducing some costs and ensuring that lower density urban concentrations can be maintained. (-3 Infra Dice -360 RpY Modified by Steel Prices) (Reduction in Communal and Barracks Housing Forms to 9% of the adult non-student population by 1970)
Amur Cascade: The political sensitivity of the Amur river and its tributaries is immense. Development in the region is important for local power supplies and further industrial development. Daming the actual Amur is too much of an international political situation to ever allow, the rivers feeding into it however are almost entirely on our side of the border. Their damming will involve a degree of moderate relocations as small towns are consolidated through the small scale and will keep the costs down. Localization of a significant aluminum industry from secondary sources is expected to provide a good supply of material to local factories, and the stabilization of the river system is expected to provide a viable route for exports. (-1 Inf Dice -120 RpY) (+25 Electricity -3 Non-Ferrous per year 1969-1972) (Completes Far-Eastern Water Reservoirs)
Amu Darya and Syr Danya Hydroelectric Cascades: Politically contentious with the local people though pushed for hydrological stabilization by engineers and politicians at all levels, authorizing development is expected to significantly increase water accessibility and local energy generation. The program towards constructing new dams and enhancing the industrial development of the Central Asian republics is expected to fix water availability issues and provide a cheap basis for hydroelectricity that has been ignored by past administrations. Relocations will involve several sizable towns being moved to allow for the path of the dams and a minor cutback in the scale of the project. Despite that though, the developing water situation is only expected to worsen in the next few years, requiring redirection and ensuring that nature is finally directed towards humanist ends. (-3 Inf Dice -360 RpY) (+60 Electricity -3 Non-Ferrous per year 1968-1974) (One -10 Steel Steel mill available 9th 5yp) (Automatically Completes Normal and Advanced Hydrological Stabilization Measures)
Power Plant Construction(Nuclear VVER-500): A commitment to new experimental technologies is significant and could be an important source of power in the future, but it is currently deeply uneconomic. The construction of sixteen mainline reactor cores along with two experimental cores will establish a basis for energy production and the development of the fast neutron spectrum. The cores themselves are expected to steadily take off the burden of conventional heating and provide the associated cities with clean nuclear heating and energy. Construction is to be finalized across the next plan, as the technical aspects of the construction are notable and each general multi-core facility is in itself a complicated system of both piping and construction. (-1 HI Dice -300 RpY) (36 Electricity -1 Coal per Year 1970-1975)
Power Plant Construction(CPSC): Large increases in coal power generation are needed to keep the Union supplied with power. The gas industry is capable of supplying some, but with a strong commitment towards expanding canal works and several large scale coking plants to take advantage of the high carbon and low ash sub-bituminous coals in the East. Conventional expansions of coal extraction from Kuzbas is expected to even further reduce the cost of coal and make coal power production the predominant form of cheap and accessible energy across the Union. (-2 HI Dice -480 RpY) (120 Electricity +4 Coal per Year)
Power Plant Construction(CCGT): A direct drive towards increasing power production is expected to be necessary with the growth of consumer and industrial power use, especially as the economy continues its march towards modernization. Increased utilization of gas reserves and a continuation of the old power program will deliver significant gains in production and enable a considerable step forward. The plants responsible for making the turbines will not need to be expanded compared to the last plan, especially since much of the challenging and technical work has been completed. (-2 LCI Dice -560 RpY) (160 Electricity per Year) (3 More Gas development projects)
Healthcare Expansion: A massive expansion and making sure that every citizen can have access to some form of healthcare, even if it is not the best quality, will do a lot to improve health outcomes. There are plenty of younger inexperienced general purpose doctors graduating from the education system that are suitable to be distributed as a first line for emergency medicine. The funding will mostly go towards the building of a few standardized clinics with a few beds and a capacity to address mild general cases along with building up transportation infrastructure for transportation. Modernization of the system will have to be delayed due to a lack of capacity as saving people is more important then more accurate diagnostics. (-2 Services Dice -240 RpY) (Completes up to Stage 9 Healthcare Expansion)
Education Expansion: Unfucking the university and education system in the aftermath of the massive over emphasis on technical education will take more time than is available in the current plan. The sector is comparatively mature with the few professors needed to teach classes effectively experienced and already publishing research. The planned extension of the secondary education system can be conducted along with the main focus of the modernization effort. A massive expansion of the university system is to be conducted with social science departments added to most schools along with a number of dedicated specialized schools established in the old model. Enough personnel that have the soft skills for most work will take decades to bring up. In decades though they will exist rather than the current endless supply of engineers. (-4 Services Dice -320 RpY) (Completes Stage 8 Polytechnic, Completes Stage 7 Sociological, Completes Stage 5 Economical, Finishes Secondary Expansion) (Cuts Labor Expansion by ~1/5)
24 Hour Moratorium (Normal will be 12 hours, but this is a new system so I expect it to take longer)
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A Review of Budget Priorities Throught the 1928-70 Plans
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A Review of Budget Priorities Throughout the 1928-70 Plans
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Chart Detailing Expenditures for the 1928-1970 Planning Period
- Compiled End of Plan Reports
Made a single post with all the expenditures for each plan, will update every plan. As always many thanks to notgreat!
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[]Integration of Commuter Rail: The old program to revamp and unify commuter rail with subways is still viable despite massive changes in the ministry. Disruption from the sacking of the corrupt imbecile has been fairly mild. The program has effectively been modified to include Kiev, Minsk, Tashkent, and Kharkov ensuring a more even spread of development. Further work will inherently center on ensuring that above ground use in the high speed rail zone is directly utilized by local transit grids, bringing stations together and forming large linkage lines to allow for traveling passengers to reach most significant urban areas quickly and cheaply (120 Resources per dice 0/175)
So all 9 dice on rail right?
So all 9 dice on rail right?
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How are developments for civilian and military helicopters? I figure they could be used for transport of people and cargo to remote areas, anti-submarine, emergency search and rescue and counter insurgency in many places.
Made a modification of Meat, Roads, and ASU. Getting rid of the Stalingrad plant expansion to put 2 more dice into services. Also added bureaucracy actions. I think the first 3 are very important, but could be convinced on the 4th one. I'd like to get a clearer picture than the supsov for one of the departments, but not sure which one.
EDIT: Math is probably wrong on this, will take a look later to make sure numbers add up
[] Roads not Rockets
-[] 3100/3100 Resources (0 Reserve)
Infrastructure (11/9 Dice, 1040 R)
-[] Western USSR Regional Roads, 3 Dice (255 R)
-[] Caucuses High Capacity Roads, 2 Dice (170 R)
-[] Ural Region High Capacity Roads, 3 Dice (255 R)
-[] Unified Canal System(Step 2 of 3), 2 Dice (140 R)
-[] ASU, 1 Dice (220 R, -9 CI2 Electricity +1 Educated)
Heavy Industry (3/6 Dice, 480 R)
-[] Bryansk Truck Plant, 3 Dice (480 R, 16 CI3 Electricity +3 Steel +3 General Labor +1 Educated Labor)
Rocketry (2/2 Dice, 0 R)
-[]Start International Programs,1 Dice (0 R)
-[] Patent Transfer Systems, 1 Dice (0 R)
Light and Chemical Industry (0/6 Dice, 0 R)
Agri (8/6 Dice, 890 R)
-[] Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 1), 5 Dice (550 R, -12 CI1 Electricity +2 General Labor)
-[] Agricultural Insurance Enterprises, 1 Dice (120 R, -4 CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
-[] State Storage Enterprises, 1 Dice (100 R, -3 CI1 Electricity)
-[] Second Generation Seed Program, 1 Dice (120 R, -8 CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
Services (9/10 Dice, 690 R)
-[] Distribution of Banking Branches, 1 Dice (80 R, +1 General Labor)
-[] State Consumer Food Champions(Stage 1), 5 Dice (400 R, -11CI1 Electricity +3 General Workforce)
-[]Expanded Childcare(Stage 2), 3 Dice (210 R,-4CI2 Electricity, +1 General Workforce)
Bureaucracy
-[]Intervene on Infrastructure Department Reorganization,1 Dice
-[]Intervene on LCI Department Reorganization, 1 Dice
-[]Call a General Meeting, 1 Dice
-[]Personally Asses Department(Services),1 Dice
+1+2+3+3+1=+10 General Labor
+1+1+1+1+1=+4 Educated Labor
Also your numbers are adding up to 3150 for me, not 3050, am I missing something?
EDIT: Math is probably wrong on this, will take a look later to make sure numbers add up
[] Roads not Rockets
-[] 3100/3100 Resources (0 Reserve)
Infrastructure (11/9 Dice, 1040 R)
-[] Western USSR Regional Roads, 3 Dice (255 R)
-[] Caucuses High Capacity Roads, 2 Dice (170 R)
-[] Ural Region High Capacity Roads, 3 Dice (255 R)
-[] Unified Canal System(Step 2 of 3), 2 Dice (140 R)
-[] ASU, 1 Dice (220 R, -9 CI2 Electricity +1 Educated)
Heavy Industry (3/6 Dice, 480 R)
-[] Bryansk Truck Plant, 3 Dice (480 R, 16 CI3 Electricity +3 Steel +3 General Labor +1 Educated Labor)
Rocketry (2/2 Dice, 0 R)
-[]Start International Programs,1 Dice (0 R)
-[] Patent Transfer Systems, 1 Dice (0 R)
Light and Chemical Industry (0/6 Dice, 0 R)
Agri (8/6 Dice, 890 R)
-[] Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 1), 5 Dice (550 R, -12 CI1 Electricity +2 General Labor)
-[] Agricultural Insurance Enterprises, 1 Dice (120 R, -4 CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
-[] State Storage Enterprises, 1 Dice (100 R, -3 CI1 Electricity)
-[] Second Generation Seed Program, 1 Dice (120 R, -8 CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
Services (9/10 Dice, 690 R)
-[] Distribution of Banking Branches, 1 Dice (80 R, +1 General Labor)
-[] State Consumer Food Champions(Stage 1), 5 Dice (400 R, -11CI1 Electricity +3 General Workforce)
-[]Expanded Childcare(Stage 2), 3 Dice (210 R,-4CI2 Electricity, +1 General Workforce)
Bureaucracy
-[]Intervene on Infrastructure Department Reorganization,1 Dice
-[]Intervene on LCI Department Reorganization, 1 Dice
-[]Call a General Meeting, 1 Dice
-[]Personally Asses Department(Services),1 Dice
+1+2+3+3+1=+10 General Labor
+1+1+1+1+1=+4 Educated Labor
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- Location
- The Surface Of A Hostile Planet
[] Plan Redshirt
-[] 3095/3100 Resources (5 Reserve)
Infrastructure (9/9 Dice, 925 R) (1 Free Dice)
-[] Western USSR Regional Roads (3 Dice) <255 R>
-[] Ural Region High Capacity Roads (2 Dice) <170 R>
-[] Unified Canal System (Step 2 of 3) (4 Dice) <280 R>
-[] ASU (1 Dice) <220 R>
Heavy Industry (0/6 Dice, 0 R)
-[] N/A
Rocketry (2/2 Dice, 0 R)
-[] Start International Programs
-[] Patent Transfer Systems
Light and Chemical Industry (3/6 Dice, 300 R)
--[] Ukrainian Oilfield Development (3 Dice) <300 R>
Agri (6/6 Dice, 770 R) (1 Free Dice)
-[] Domestic Meat Programs (Stage 1) (3 Dice) <330 R>
-[] Agricultural Insurance Enterprises (2 Dice) <240 R>
-[] State Storage Enterprises (2 Dice) <200 R>
Services (10/10 Dice, 1100 R) (2 Free Dice)
-[] Expanded Childcare (Stage 2) (3 Dice) <210 R>
-[] Transportation Enterprises(Stage 1) (3 Dice) <330 R>
-[] State Consumer Food Champions (Stage 1) (3 Dice) <240 R>
-[] Hotel-Enterprises (3 dice) (330R)
Here's my draft plan. Full free dice utilization, and a stronger focus on a single LCI oilfield both frees up more funds for the rest of this turn and increases our odds of actually finishing the project even with the -20 penalty. No investment in HI since we can't afford it and it's a nest of our political enemies anyway.
-[] 3095/3100 Resources (5 Reserve)
Infrastructure (9/9 Dice, 925 R) (1 Free Dice)
-[] Western USSR Regional Roads (3 Dice) <255 R>
-[] Ural Region High Capacity Roads (2 Dice) <170 R>
-[] Unified Canal System (Step 2 of 3) (4 Dice) <280 R>
-[] ASU (1 Dice) <220 R>
Heavy Industry (0/6 Dice, 0 R)
-[] N/A
Rocketry (2/2 Dice, 0 R)
-[] Start International Programs
-[] Patent Transfer Systems
Light and Chemical Industry (3/6 Dice, 300 R)
--[] Ukrainian Oilfield Development (3 Dice) <300 R>
Agri (6/6 Dice, 770 R) (1 Free Dice)
-[] Domestic Meat Programs (Stage 1) (3 Dice) <330 R>
-[] Agricultural Insurance Enterprises (2 Dice) <240 R>
-[] State Storage Enterprises (2 Dice) <200 R>
Services (10/10 Dice, 1100 R) (2 Free Dice)
-[] Expanded Childcare (Stage 2) (3 Dice) <210 R>
-[] Transportation Enterprises(Stage 1) (3 Dice) <330 R>
-[] State Consumer Food Champions (Stage 1) (3 Dice) <240 R>
-[] Hotel-Enterprises (3 dice) (330R)
Here's my draft plan. Full free dice utilization, and a stronger focus on a single LCI oilfield both frees up more funds for the rest of this turn and increases our odds of actually finishing the project even with the -20 penalty. No investment in HI since we can't afford it and it's a nest of our political enemies anyway.
- Location
- UTC+0
- Pronouns
- He/Him/They
Yes, Infra discounts I think, -20 R per dice. Also forgot to delete ASU from the oil plan lol
EDIT: Think I messed up some math as well, make sure to check your plan, deleting mine so people don't copy and paste bad math, will post another plan tomorrow when am not as tired.
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- Pronouns
- Viewer
People making plans should know the infra discount from steel is not counted in the cost for the projects. When making plans you should discount 20 resources from each infra project you do.
- Location
- The great frozen north
Huh, are we moving to 12 hour moratoriums as a standard? I think 24 works better for main turns, gives everyone time to get a good look at the update/make a plan before voting actually opens. Some of us might be asleep/atwork for much of those 12 hours.
- Location
- UTC+0
- Pronouns
- He/Him/They
We should do this for HI. Klim getting to uncover the morass of corruption in the sector right now may give us the opportunity of dealing with Smelyakov to great political gain before Masherov does it and steals the thunder or Abramov gets any ideias and decides to cut a deal with him to outconsolidate Masherov (which is the worst case scenario imo)
- Location
- The great frozen north
Supreme Soviet is forcing us to focus on the Canal, might as well work with them and put a bunch of dice on it to make progress on stage 3 also. Furthermore, I REALLY think we should rush the upgrade to the power grid. I'm impressed we only needed one during the Voznesensky plan with how much power production grew.
Also can we please []Propose a New Food Program? The big benefit of The Voz's bread dole was that it increased a lot of people's faith in the soviet system, and cancelling it without a clear plan for replacement will look very tyrannical. On the other hand if we propose a replacement for it in the same year that the old one gets cancelled, it will just come across as a reorganization and they will know any interruption is temporary, this making it sting a LOT less.
Also can we please []Propose a New Food Program? The big benefit of The Voz's bread dole was that it increased a lot of people's faith in the soviet system, and cancelling it without a clear plan for replacement will look very tyrannical. On the other hand if we propose a replacement for it in the same year that the old one gets cancelled, it will just come across as a reorganization and they will know any interruption is temporary, this making it sting a LOT less.
Very interested to play around with the new prices system, looks fun! Very much not having fun with the crushing budget shortage though... we need to just bite the bullet and chase profitable projects above all else for a year or two. Which, when combined with our Agriculture target, leads me to this abomination of a plan. The MIC (McStalin's-Industrial Complex) will save the Soviet Union, profits from cheeseburger and oil are unironically probably the fastest way back into the black so we can start funding things with social utility again.
If I was allowed to cut ASU we could squeeze out even more profit, but that was really unpopular when I floated it past the Discordburo and I assume the thread wants to see it completed too, so that's our one expensive prestige project I guess. Everything else is dedicated to profit, profit, and more profit.
For Bureau, not being able to take the replacement program for canceling the free bread stings, but I really can't find anything to cut. Call a General Meeting and Personally Assess HI are both must-haves for navigating Ministry politics. We really should take at least one of either the Infra or LCI interventions so the SupSov doesn't universally saddle us with politically hostile idiots. I guess we could take the focus die on fast food and turn that into the food stamps program? But that really stings with putting 7 dice into McStalin's, not focusing that is leaving a lot of free progress on the table and the whole point of this plan is to maximize profitable project progress...
[]Plan How the Sausage Gets Made
-[]Infrastructure (9/9 dice) 855 Resources
--[]Western USSR Regional Roads, 2 dice (170R)
--[]Ural Region High Capacity Roads, 3 dice (255R)
--[]Unified Canal System, 3 dice (210R)
--[]ASU, 1 die (220R)
-[]HI (2/5 dice) 320 Resources
--[]Bryansk Truck Plant, 2 dice (320R)
-[]Rocketry (2/2 dice + 1 Free) 0 Resources
--[]Start International Programs, 1 die
--[]Outreach Programs, 1 die
--[]Patent Transfer Systems, 1 die
-[]LCI (3/6 dice) 300R
--[]Ukrainian Oil Field Development, 3 dice (300R)
-[]Agriculture (6/6 dice + 2 Free) 850 Resources
--[]Domestic Meat Programs (Stage 1), 5 dice (550R)
--[]Agronomy Institutes, 1 die (100R)
--[]State Storage Enterprises, 2 dice (200R)
-[]Services (10/10 dice) 770 Resources
--[]Expanded Childcare (Stage 2), 3 dice (210R)
--[]State Consumer Food Champions (Stage 1), 7 dice (560R)
-[]Bureaucracy (8 dice) 0 Resources
--[]Bread Program Cancellation, 1 die (SupSov)
--[]Cooperatives Reform, 1 die (SupSov)
--[]Undo the Wage Freezes, 1 die (SupSov)
--[]Intervene on LCI Department Reorganization, 1 die
--[]Call a General Meeting, 1 die
--[]Personally Assess Department (HI), 1 die
--[]Dedicate Focus (Unified Canal System), 1 die (unrolled) (SupSov)
--[]Dedicate Focus (State Consumer Food Champions), 1 die (unrolled)
-[]Total Cost: 3095/3100 Resources, 5 reserved, 39 dice rolled
If I was allowed to cut ASU we could squeeze out even more profit, but that was really unpopular when I floated it past the Discordburo and I assume the thread wants to see it completed too, so that's our one expensive prestige project I guess. Everything else is dedicated to profit, profit, and more profit.
For Bureau, not being able to take the replacement program for canceling the free bread stings, but I really can't find anything to cut. Call a General Meeting and Personally Assess HI are both must-haves for navigating Ministry politics. We really should take at least one of either the Infra or LCI interventions so the SupSov doesn't universally saddle us with politically hostile idiots. I guess we could take the focus die on fast food and turn that into the food stamps program? But that really stings with putting 7 dice into McStalin's, not focusing that is leaving a lot of free progress on the table and the whole point of this plan is to maximize profitable project progress...
[]Plan How the Sausage Gets Made
-[]Infrastructure (9/9 dice) 855 Resources
--[]Western USSR Regional Roads, 2 dice (170R)
--[]Ural Region High Capacity Roads, 3 dice (255R)
--[]Unified Canal System, 3 dice (210R)
--[]ASU, 1 die (220R)
-[]HI (2/5 dice) 320 Resources
--[]Bryansk Truck Plant, 2 dice (320R)
-[]Rocketry (2/2 dice + 1 Free) 0 Resources
--[]Start International Programs, 1 die
--[]Outreach Programs, 1 die
--[]Patent Transfer Systems, 1 die
-[]LCI (3/6 dice) 300R
--[]Ukrainian Oil Field Development, 3 dice (300R)
-[]Agriculture (6/6 dice + 2 Free) 850 Resources
--[]Domestic Meat Programs (Stage 1), 5 dice (550R)
--[]Agronomy Institutes, 1 die (100R)
--[]State Storage Enterprises, 2 dice (200R)
-[]Services (10/10 dice) 770 Resources
--[]Expanded Childcare (Stage 2), 3 dice (210R)
--[]State Consumer Food Champions (Stage 1), 7 dice (560R)
-[]Bureaucracy (8 dice) 0 Resources
--[]Bread Program Cancellation, 1 die (SupSov)
--[]Cooperatives Reform, 1 die (SupSov)
--[]Undo the Wage Freezes, 1 die (SupSov)
--[]Intervene on LCI Department Reorganization, 1 die
--[]Call a General Meeting, 1 die
--[]Personally Assess Department (HI), 1 die
--[]Dedicate Focus (Unified Canal System), 1 die (unrolled) (SupSov)
--[]Dedicate Focus (State Consumer Food Champions), 1 die (unrolled)
-[]Total Cost: 3095/3100 Resources, 5 reserved, 39 dice rolled
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Chimeraguard
We do deserve to exist.
Feels a bit awkward to be doing a Shock Effort on fast food or all things.
Yeah I... was not expecting my plan to look like this, but the logic checks out. It's a highly profitable services project, significantly cheaper than the only other highly profitable one (hotels), has multiple stages to absorb the overkill, and it drives up demand for agricultural products to help with our Ag value target. Cheeseburger profits will fund the rest of the FYP and I cannot believe we're literally trying to run this country on oil and cheeseburgers but... hey, the people want to give us money for 'em...
- Location
- Europe
I'm not even sure if this would work as intended: Voz had a specific trait for shock effort that may not still be available to us.
We need the money or we will not be able to get the bare minimum reached because of the lack of resources.
On one hand I'd start worrying about obesity like America and our fast food
but like I doubt we'll ever deal with that , and fast food is AMAZING
Not a lot of citizens will be able to afford the fast food lifestyle or even get to it which says more the current state of the USSR then anything.
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- Location
- The great frozen north
Looking at most of the plans proposed, it seems Klimenko's first year in power, in terms of bureaucracy, will be spent running around extinguishing Vozenesensky's fires rather than actually getting stuff done.
Anyways, thought on the new system... I need help figuring out how to use it. I get the gist that the Number represents price/demand, and a project can either increase a resource's availability or consume it to make the Number go up or down. And it is really good to have explicit information on how the current availability of a resource is impacting society and the economy.
BUT.
I cannot figure out how to get useful information (as opposed to just trivia about how our economy compares to the wider CMEA and world) out of the comparison of domestic, CMEA, and western prices. Is it a general rule that we import if CMEA price is lower than domestic, and import if otherwise? Is the degree of import/export influnced by how different the prices are from each other, or some other factor? And above, all, where should we aim to push the Number? Just as low as possible?
While knowing the cost bracket is important, having no further information on the exact cost of the resource really screws up plan making. We're at 40-60 coal- are we at 41 and have slack, or are we at 59 and a slight increase will throw things into chaos? Relatedly, there seems to be an inconsistency: Kuzbas "Cannot Lower Coal price lower than 60", yet both domestic and foreign coal prices are already well below 60. Could someone please explain this?
I'm surprised that labor is treated the same way as material goods. Is free movement in the CMEA so good now that ministry/enterprises can casually hire labor from across Europe or even outside the communist bloc if needed?
And I see focusing dice has had its effect halved. Feels much less useful now, will it recover with time?
Anyways, thought on the new system... I need help figuring out how to use it. I get the gist that the Number represents price/demand, and a project can either increase a resource's availability or consume it to make the Number go up or down. And it is really good to have explicit information on how the current availability of a resource is impacting society and the economy.
BUT.
I cannot figure out how to get useful information (as opposed to just trivia about how our economy compares to the wider CMEA and world) out of the comparison of domestic, CMEA, and western prices. Is it a general rule that we import if CMEA price is lower than domestic, and import if otherwise? Is the degree of import/export influnced by how different the prices are from each other, or some other factor? And above, all, where should we aim to push the Number? Just as low as possible?
While knowing the cost bracket is important, having no further information on the exact cost of the resource really screws up plan making. We're at 40-60 coal- are we at 41 and have slack, or are we at 59 and a slight increase will throw things into chaos? Relatedly, there seems to be an inconsistency: Kuzbas "Cannot Lower Coal price lower than 60", yet both domestic and foreign coal prices are already well below 60. Could someone please explain this?
Should we get the domestic labor demand lower or higher to reduce the rise in discontent? I'm not clear on what the "baseline" is. If 40-60 is a 'no effect' baseline like with coal than it suggests we're in a labor surplus, but I thought Klimenko was getting worries about a labor shortage coming.
I'm surprised that labor is treated the same way as material goods. Is free movement in the CMEA so good now that ministry/enterprises can casually hire labor from across Europe or even outside the communist bloc if needed?
And I see focusing dice has had its effect halved. Feels much less useful now, will it recover with time?