Turn 20.33 A new Plan, a new Goal, a new Army.
After five years of hard work and a constant press for more production and more industry and persistent issues over the plan, the staff deserves some form of break; what better opportunity can there be for such a break when October comes around with widespread celebrations all over the department and union. The plan is almost over, and so far, all of the goals have been achieved, for once, causing there to be genuine smiles in the department. Even Bazarov manages to grudgingly come along to celebrations later in the day after he was dragged out with the offer of celebratory drinks.
In the traditional fashion of many Soviets trying to celebrate their achievements, nearly everyone wanted to get some form of alcohol. However, this quest for drinks rapidly ran into a logistical issue as the bulk of the department all lives around the same building, and mostly in the same neighborhoods and goes to the same bars. Rapidly, this causes a large scale pileup and a rapid organization of the local bars to ensure that everyone can get a few drinks. As the party keeps going in the frigid Moscow air, problems start mounting as the supply of alcohol is insufficient for everyone to get what they want, and there is a lack of bartenders. Tragically, the organizational system rapidly falls apart as the people trying to keep everything moving steadily become more and more inebriated.
However, multiple lower departmental engineers rise to the occasion with aplomb, attempting to organize new deliveries of Vodka and personnel when drunk. This, of course, ends immensely predictably as there are multiple misplanned deliveries of more drinks and a consistent issue in obtaining more alcohol. Still, the party goes on, as a good quarter of the staff continues their quests towards more department resources. However, as the night falls, their efforts mostly fail, causing a great degree of disappointment and Bazarov to disappear into the night.
On the next evening, though, the bulk of the building's workspaces are a scene of absolute chaos as there is a multitude of engineering and military personnel asleep in the conference rooms. The building staff appears to be dead tired, trying to fulfill their work, and almost everyone is hungover. According to some of the people in the statistical commissariat, some women managed to take Bazarov home, and the department is happy to do his work for a few days. The day though, has a slightly lowered degree of productivity as while morale cannot be higher, no one is excited for the concepts of things such as lights and loud noises.
Progress however still needs to be made on the plan, and the next targets that must be fulfilled must be decided for the department, as there are a large number of hopes for the third plan. The militarization of the Union is a critical endeavor and needs a massive quantity of resources committed. Currently, while there is a considerable argument as to how the army should be built up, the factor in the universal agreement is the need for almost four million personnel to be mobilized as a low measure. At the same time more and more steel is needed greatly inflating the goals for the MFPG as total domestic production is needed to feed the ever-growing military industry. At the same time, with the surplus of food and consumer goods, they have been relatively de-prioritized for this plan.
Civilian Plan Selection:
[]150% Increases in MFPG, 100% Increases in Capital Goods, 50% Increases in Consumer Goods, and a 20% increase in food production: (-30 Party Influence, Small scale plan)
[]175% Increases in MFPG, 120% Increases in Capital Goods, 75% Increases in Consumer Goods, and a 20% increase in food production: (-20 Party Influence, Unambitious plan)
[]200% Increases in MFPG, 120% Increases in Capital Goods, 100% Increases in Consumer Goods, and a 30% increase in food production: (-10 Party Influence, The Standard Proposed plan)
[]200% Increases in MFPG, 150% Increases in Capital Goods, 125% Increases in Consumer Goods, and a 40% increase in food production (+10 party support, Fully unachievable)
[]250% Increases in MFPG, 200% Increases in Capital Goods, 150% Increases in Consumer Goods, and a 50% increase in food production: (+20 party support, Utter insanity according to economists)
Then there is another critical question of how much funding should be dedicated towards investment as the current expansion and mobilization of the military will take a considerable amount of resources.
[] 25% GNP: The lower investment funding that is needed to be able to fund the upsizing of the military along with reducing investment intensity. Favored by economists to reduce the strain on the economy. (540 Resources per turn) (+10 Party Influence)
[] 30% GNP: A reduction in investment funding to a more moderate position. While fewer resources are freed up for the economy, mobilizations can still proceed well. (640 Resources per turn)
[] 35% GNP: With a continuation of the current massive spending level, further economic growth can be ensured. While this will cut into military investments, economic growth is clearly a higher priority than the military. (740 Resources per turn) (-15 Party Influence)
In terms of the military, mobilization and research targets must be set to ensure that the army can keep up with the times and establish a number of men to be mobilized.
First, the general military size construction target must be set.
[]Large Scale Buildup: The need for a large-scale buildup of the red army is immense as there are capitalists and fascists on every corner. While this buildup will be a massive industrial strain, it will construct an army capable of fighting the powers of reaction. (+20 Party Influence, ~8 million men in the field by 1943, Necessitates enormous government spending, cannot be taken with 35% or 30%)
[]Moderate Scale Buildup: While a large scale of military buildup would be preferable, the current focus on the economy would be better served by modernization along with a mild buildup of the army. (~6 million men in the field by 1943, Necessitates considerable government spending, cannot be taken with 35%)
[]Small Scale Buildup: While the forces of reaction are sizable and mounting, a large scale buildup can be delayed, giving more time to spend resources on the economy. (-20 Party Influence, ~4 million men in the field by 1943, Necessitates moderate government spending)
Then a developmental target for new techniques and technologies.
[]Heavy Investments: The production of new experimental technologies should be a high priority for funding. Every possible project that can create some improvement should be pursued, despite the costs. (+5 Party Influence, Lots of options, massive costs)
[]Moderate Investments: Prioritize in-doctrine approaches and improvements to problems that look likely to work. Much cheaper than heavy investments, such options prevent the creation of too radical shifts from proven equipment, allowing a good degree of conservation of resources. (Moderate options, some leaps forward, current trial costs)
Given that this plan is going to by necessity be incredibly military-focused, how many resources should be transferred over? (Dice amount will go Free/ Infrastructure/ Heavy Industry/ Light and Chemical Industry/ Agriculture/ Services/ Military/ Bureaucracy)
[]5/8/10/6/6/5/7/2: The current departmental administrative spread, changes nothing.
[]4/6/10/6/4/5/10/2: Transfers a considerable number of bureaucrats to the military at the cost of free capacity, infrastructure, and agriculture.
[]4/8/12/6/4/4/8/2: Transfers a considerable number of bureaucrats to the military and heavy industry and services at the cost of free capacity, services, and agriculture.
4-hour Moratorium, vote by plan, the next turns will have foreign policy and/or military overviews between updates.
