Turn 77 (January 1st, 1967 - January 1st, 1968): Decisive Moments
Resources per Turn(RpY): Base 7120 +140 Commitments Discount -100 Rocketry -2740 Plan Commitments -850 Repayments = 3570 with 1415 in storage
External News:
The Americans have continued to push into domestic controversy as the Democratic Party's spending programs have only expanded in scope. Their own commitment towards buying off labor power has been significant and notable, with further subsidies provided towards the workforce in a reversal from conventional policy. This all has not been taken calmly by the population, with the start of a reactionary movement practically guaranteed as rights have been expanded domestically. Further to make matters worse, the democratic party itself faces an uncertain succession after Johnson, who has managed to maintain an iron grip over the apparatus. The logical and expected successor of Humphry has made some tentative positions but it is almost certain that he will not last in the face of a reactionary wave.
Consolidation of Brazilian politics has only accelerated in recent years with a further consolidation of the junta and a near-total cancellation of elections. Copying tactics in Iraqi and proposed Indonesian operations, Brazilian regime forces along with several collaborators have effectively worked towards the mass suppression of left-wing organizations and unions, forming a new core of governance. This is almost certain to accompany a general selling out towards American corporations as investment funds are offered to the regime, undermining worker power even further. Brazilian democracy in itself made an incorrect decision under the eyes of the Americans and has paid for it. Underground organizations are expected to receive more funding, but their primary role is expected to shift toward the disruption of the illegitimate government.
Immediate denunciations of the communist incursions into Algeria have dominated the French political discourse. This has led the Union for the Defense of the Republic to have an overemphasized share in the parliament and government, taking several important ministries and committing to further military construction. Militarization across the German-French border is expected along with the continuous increase of the French army for colonial and European operations in case of a conflict. Nationalism is expected to become a core of the new government, warning of communist danger. Stronger colonial policies are almost certain to follow with the government continuing the consolidation of the francophone cities on the coast.
Under US backing and with tentative support in the region, Iraq has continued to intensify its conflict with its Kurdish minorities with low-level fighting proliferating across the Northern zones. Denouncing Iranian backing of the uprising the conflict has steadily increased in intensity, though without significant numbers of heavy weapons used on either side. Commitments towards shuttling funding through Iran have been proposed, but have so far been rejected due to political volatility. Destabilization and groundwork in Iran have been tentatively started to depose the regime and provide stability for the Region, but a lack of regional connections has undermined the initiative.
The regional initiative has progressed better in Syria with the falling of the monarchy and the placement of a more sympathetic regime into power. The Socialist faction of the Ba'athist party has managed to win its internal consolidation and successfully enact a popular regime change. The old monarchy has fallen, with near immediate soviet recognition and promises of aid to stabilize the country from adverse economic circumstances. Work towards improving stability can come after the initial phase of government consolidation, as the heavily Islamic region has several ingrained opinions of large-scale Soviet involvement. A tentative local basing agreement has been proposed, but the important limiter of any movement in the area remains the Turkish position, as significant quantities of trade rest in the balance.
Continued shipments for Algerian defense and training echelons have ensured that the republic will be able to stand on its own feet in the case of French aggression. The transfer of a number of armored units along with instructors and airframes has been approved and signed on effectively zero-interest loans for military aid. Expanded training programs for the latest equipment have started to allow for an improved capacity to resist and a more consistent ideological position as several officers have been transferred to exercise in the Union. Pilot instruction has come slower, as a lack of viable training airframes and capabilities has posed consistent problems, limiting what can be done locally. Reforms and restructuring of the military towards a more functional model have also continued, forming a far more cohesive fighting force. Work on economic stimulus has come second but has still arrived with education and machinery to stabilize the Algerian republic and ensure that current investments do not go to waste.
French interventions in the Chad civil war and continued anti-liberation operations in the Gold Coast have painted a continued picture of intensive discrimination and suppression of national self-determination. The UN has mostly ignored these concerns outside of several non-Western voters, who were silenced by the overriding veto. Instead of working through diplomatic means, direct contacts have been made with several national resistance organizations in the area with the direct support of Algerian intermediaries. Transfers of equipment that is sent to Algeria have been even supported by local fighters, providing a local base for arms to be stored and transported, outside the reach of French intervention. The spending for these operations is expected to be minimal compared to the extent of the military budget, and ten thousand guns and an instruction platoon is a pittance if it keeps a French brigade deployed abroad.
Consolidation operations in the East African Federation have continued through the year with an increased commitment to funding local causes and a continued drive towards mass education and infrastructure. Funding towards improving transportation infrastructure and education has not been the most efficiently allocated, but some waste was to be expected. The primary goal of the development program has effectively come down to a number of critical ports on the coastline along with rail links into the interior for industrial development. Mass literacy has remained an open question due to shortages of language-specific educators, but that too can be overcome with local funding and time. As long as stability is maintained, it is almost certain that in two decades the Federation can stamp out illiteracy just as well as any country.
Flare-ups on the South African border have only intensified with the recent incursion of South African forces into both Rhodesia and Namibia to maintain the remnants of British colonialism and apartheid. Transfers of equipment to Angola along with some efforts for armaments have been authorized, but to a large extent, the fighting itself has been left to other powers. Troops from Korea have started to conduct large-scale transfers towards the theater to support local forces for the independence of Namibia, with a far better degree of UN recognition than most post-colonial conflicts. So far South African forces have maintained a relentless advance, but with the commitment of more mines and more equipment along with trained Korean troops, their gains are expected to be more than reversed. Even the Americans have come down as mostly neutral in the conflict, as the international consequences of supporting the Apartheid regime are almost certainly too much for most to bear.
In one of the first positive breaks for the Simba freedom fighters, central authority in the DRC collapsed with a failed coup that managed to stall out on the steps of the presidential palace, lighting off an internal civil war. Gains by the pro-government forces are still expected to come rapidly as the upstart new administration only maintains the loyalty of a few military units, but fighting at the border has effectively ceased. Some in the UN have called for a temporary ceasefire in the area with elections favoring national self-determination, but the local picture on the ground is difficult to ascertain to any reasonable extent. Further transfers of equipment and forces are expected to be slowed as the UN determines what is to be done, as none have expected the region to continue its path toward destabilization.
With the passing of another general secretary, politics in China have continued to shift towards a challenging position for the Union. Xi Zhongxun has assumed the position of prominent party leadership through his position leading the state council. Known as an overall moderate on the economic course, he has started to at length criticize the "right-wing" changes in Soviet governance and the perceived over-reliance on market mechanisms. Internally he has also started a campaign of fighting with enterprises to consolidate party power over them. No words have been said about repudiating agreements or even shifting to a different course, but Xi has at length stated that he believed that the Union has been going down an incorrect path.
As a means of self-legitimization and to compound the success of previous policies, Indonesia has chosen to hold an election. As many of the dissenting voices had already been suppressed and the ballots themselves were cast in an open manner, the result was almost entirely predictable, with a newly elected parliament capable of upholding measured pragmatic development. Returns on economic investments from the Union have already been significant with strong increases in agricultural and mineral output accompanied by local production facilities receiving important starting funding. Continued funding and modernization of local military and missile units has progressed well, with several new armored units starting training for future operations. Naval sales have even been authorized with a number of older diesel electrics modernized and sold as a mixture of operational and training ships.
With the mild economic upset in the Union, the Polish economy has felt the shock far worse, with an increase in goods prices along with a spike in unemployment as sectors of the Soviet economy have gone under. Work towards immediate relief has been authorized by authorities after some minor instability that was handled by local forces, but the situation has not developed advantageously. Demand for energy resources has only steadily increased with increasing production and low-cost labor can only continue economic development so much. A new capital-intensive program of spending has been authorized on the basis of loans provided to the government, ensuring that a new series of tooling facilities and vehicle production can be constructed. Improving Polish employment will be key to ensuring stability, and by committing to a strong increase in spending it is practically guaranteed.
Portuguese fascists have only increased the pressure on their colonies and general global presence as the economy has only continued to stagnate. Ever since the war ended the nation has unquestionably become the poorest in Europe with a regression in education and achievement in spite of receiving a considerable quantity of funding. The government itself is somehow stable through the utter uninvolvement and suppression of the masses, leaving them stagnating and existing without either change or destabilization. Practical positions in the South African wars are expected to strain the regime if it expects to contest socialist deployments. Denouncements for the recent Indian occupation of Goa have been the most important recent prattling of the regime, but even the Americans have mostly chosen to disregard it.
Korean development has continued with an emphasis on becoming the new center of heavy industrial production in Asia. This has accompanied a drive towards production independence despite a severe lack of local resources and a continued emphasis on military buildup. With the threat of Japan mainly contained by them and the necessity of a policy balancing the Union and China, significant quantities of aid have arrived from both powers to sustain the current growth. Much of this prioritization has come towards a massive increase in steel production and the modernization of the armed forces. Several submarines and light ships have been sold to reinforce the defense of the peninsula and cause further issues for the US forces based in Japan to contain.
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 the 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 145/300)
[]Ural Regional Roads: Continued development of local infrastructure is a logical extension of previous programs and a near requirement given the Supreme Soviet. Work on these roads will drive towards a general improvement in transportation focused on improving the interconnections in between the Northern and Southern inhabited corridors. The terrain will allow for a massive increase in the paved kilometers of roads and improve local transportation. As one of the centers of newly developing industries and a core of natural resource utilization, roads will produce a massive economic return and practically pay for themselves through increasing economic turnover. (105 Resources per Dice 0/400)
[]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 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 toward development. (105 Resources per Dice 0/200)
[]Caucuses Regional Roads: The narrow corridor in the Caucasus can theoretically be developed without the previous linkage of it outside. Most movement of goods locally is conducted in a narrow corridor between mountains and by improving it significant economic returns will be possible. The movement of goods between republics will of course take a significant hit as local supply routes are prioritized, but to fulfill local development obligations and improve the general economy it should be both sufficient and significantly cheaper. (105 Resources per Dice 0/100)
[]Central Asian High Capacity Roads: Outside of the Western republics and inhabited belt, roads have historically been entirely ignored by every administration. Instead of the expected lack of economic activity and lack of development though, through socialist ingenuity, the Central Asian workers have achieved significant economic gains. Building up a long-distance transportation network from effectively nothing will take a massive investment in funds and personnel, but there are few things that can generate a greater return either politically or economically than moving people used to dirt roads to large paved ones. Continued development funding will still be necessary, but even finalizing arterial routes will significantly improve standards and low-level commerce. (105 Resources per Dice 0/500)
[]Central Asian Regional Roads: Local movement of goods has been a consistent factor of life across the Central Asian republics, but even enabling a paved route towards the nearest railway hub can allow for significant transport improvements. Many of the regional roads will be built as rationalized two-lane endeavors through the mostly underutilized countryside, ensuring that major enterprises can keep goods almost entirely on paved surfaces. Urban development will continue alongside the larger road system, ensuring that every town and every city has a linkage to the general transportation system. The development of links outside the region is outside of this effort, but just improving local transport should deliver massive returns. (105 Resources per Dice 0/500)
[]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 pipes 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 39/350) (-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 the 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 3 of 3): The massive modernization of the interior and opening of the Caspian Sea as a logistical destination cannot happen with the current limitations of the Volga-Don Canal. By decisively utilizing the lowered ground of the Kuma-Manych Depression a new route can be constructed away from any limitations in tonnage and with a minimal number of locks. This would enable far heavier shipping to move into Caspian ports, providing a massive economic stimulus. Simultaneously, the further opening of the Volga network to faster and larger traffic can expand the economic potential of the rest of the canal system, improving economic turnover. (90 Resources per Dice 19/175)
[]Development of the Volga: As a first stage of improving the water levels of the Volga and stabilizing the depletion of the Caspian a new canal system linking the basin of the Kama to the Perchora can be undertaken. Pioneering work on nuclear charges is expected to be utilized for the clearing of select hardpoints of terrain but much of the work is going to be conventional despite the climate. Improving water transfer will allow for the direct control of the water level of the Volga, helping to eliminate a significant scope of seasonal variation in the levels of the Volga. The canal may also help the development of the north, as a further accessible route towards the Arctic will be available for navigation. (120 Resources per Dice 0/75)
[]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 165/275)
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)
[]Sevastopol Technical Equipment Plants: The Gorky dominance on machine tooling has served to slow the production of new equipment and while standards have improved throughput, they have only served to stagnate general industry. By combining computerization in the lightest units along with a guided numerical control mill, further advanced machining methods can be produced at scale. The production involved will be expensive both in experts and the techniques involved, but the highest quality machine tools must be made at a significant scale for proper utilization. The introduction of a further sector of technical production will also provide a vector for competition, ensuring steady development. (300 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-65 CI9 Electricity +2 Steel +3 Non-Ferrous +1 General Labor +3 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
[]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 the 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. (110 Resources per Dice 80/200) (-22 CI3 Electricity -15 Coal +4 General Labor +1 Educated Labor)
[]Kansk-Achinsk Basin Exploitation(Stage 1): The solution to the Union's coal and energy issues is not some technical miracle or novel development. With any limitation in transportation, defeated coal production can be shifted towards deposits of easy surface utilization. The massive surface fields of lower-grade coals offer an almost order of magnitude improvement in labor efficiency for production. Haulage costs are expected to increase final prices by half of the value of coal despite the improvements, but technical efforts towards the dehydration and semi-coking of coal can be undertaken on-site using new techniques and local hydroelectric energy. (120 Resources per Dice 0/150) (-32 CI3 Electricity -12 Coal +1 General Labor +1 Educated Labor)
[]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)
[]Novouralsk Truck Plant: Domestic cab over 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 growth in mobilization capacity while building out civilian fleets. A unified six-wheel chassis will allow for improvements and the absolute oldest examples still in service to be finally retired from all roles. (160 Resources per Dice 127/150) (-16 CI3 Electricity +3 Steel +3 General Labor +1 Educated Labor) (High Profitability)
Rocketry (3) 2 Dice
[]Cancel Project (5<Projects<10, -1 Dice) (90/100R/y Funding Cap)
-RLA-Expansion Program (-20 RpY) (See T73) (Will Finish 1967/Can use Budget)
-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)
-2nd Gen Luna Program (-20 RpY) (See T65R/T72/T73R)
[]Light Launcher Programs: With the conclusion of the development period for the RLA-1 and 3, a heavy and super heavy launcher is available to the Union, but nothing for lighter payloads. Starting dedicated development work on a lightweight launcher capable of hauling up to two tons into low earth orbit can significantly widen the capacity for light payloads and work off of military developments. The program itself will have to make the challenging decision between the re-utilization of kerosine parts from the RLA or military programs, but a combined system should be cheap with the wealth of experience from previous initiatives. (-5 RpY Expected) (1 Dice)
[]New Crewed Programs: A simple low-intensity crewed program with already proven hardware can be pursued at practically the same budget cost as the FGB-VA system. Consistent payloads in the form of the combined system embarking on mission durations of up to three weeks will allow a massive quantity of scientific information to be produced. Much of the funding for the program will in itself go towards the development of novel technologies and tests to run to prepare for further crewed programs, establishing a base of understanding for wider programs once political will is present. (-10 RpY Expected) (1 Dice)
[]Long Duration Stays: Nothing theoretically prevents the FGB-VA system from maintaining longer duration orbital stays outside of its typical provisioning. By taking an increased allotment of life support materials and a more redundant power system, the program can be repurposed for longer-duration experiments. Animal and human studies in space will allow for a true picture of the development of organisms in zero gravity. The experimental volume will be limited due to the cargo sizes available in a single RLA-1 launch vehicle, but that can be overcome through the specialization of launches. (-15 RpY Expected) (1 Dice)
[]Station Program: With the availability of the RLA-3 for the launch of very heavy payloads, nothing prevents the development and launch of a forty-ton habitable module to orbit. The module will then be crewed through a conventional launch of the FGB-VA bus along with the transfer of experiments and technologies aboard. The development of a whole new spacecraft will take some time, but starting work towards the sustained habitation of space can enable further projects in low earth orbit and truly long-duration experiments. Current limitations in electrical and thermal systems will be the major limit on the duration of these integrated stations, but if the next decade can replicate the gains of the last ten years those will be blown past. (-25 RpY Expected) (1 Dice)
[]Approve Transfer of Venusian Funding: The Venus project faces immense technical challenges with the state of the atmosphere and severe issues facing the program. Rather than continuing on as is and shoveling more funding towards a program that is unlikely to work the funds can instead be partially committed towards working on manned and lunar programs. Those offer the highest return and scrapping the entire Venus project until more funds are available is one of the ways to secure politically acceptable funding. (1 Dice)
[]Allow Enterprise Bidding: The communications networks that are launched are only growing in sophistication and cost. Rather than forcing every system to fly on state backing for an ever narrower set of criteria, general payload bidding can be opened for most categories of payloads. If an enterprise wants to launch something into orbit, there is no reason to prevent it from doing so. Similar policies have already been applied for CMEA and there is little reason not to allow our own people to do the same. (1 Dice)
Light and Chemical Industry (8) 6 Dice
[]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 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. (110 Resources per Dice 35/100) (-18 CI3 Electricity -7 Petroleum Fuels +1 General Labor) (Very High Profitability) (2 Gas Projects)
[]Air Conditioner Plants(Stage 5): The total modernization of Soviet housing for the next plan will not come without a strong push toward further investment. Climate control has significantly improved the perceived living standards of workers in the West and it can do the same here. Instead of apartments that get stuffy due to limited circulation a new universal standard with larger units can be adopted for the next generation of the housing program. Actual fourth-generation housing is not expected until the start of the next plan, but committing the preparatory work towards expanding production can more than ensure adequate development. (100 Resources per Dice 6/300) (-32 CI3 Electricity +1 Steel +2 Non-Ferrous +2 General Labor)
[]Modern Foods Production(Stage 3): Further efforts towards improving the production methodologies of new foods and increasing the market share of semi-durable goods can help to stimulate the economy. Many of the foods produced by the program are inherently far more stable than any that have come before, improving logistical supplies and providing a considerable return on investment. Distribution and the evaluation of new types of goods to be produced will take some time outside the establishment of factories, but there is almost no shortage of demand at the distributor level for stable goods. (90 Resources per Dice 1/200) (-21 CI3 Electricity +2 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) (-18 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 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 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 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 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 toward the proper utilization of our resources. (110 Resources per Dice 0/75) (+2 General Labor)
[]Second Generation Plastics(Stage 3): Further work in high hardness engineering plastics on top of German developments has a significant degree of promise. Using the more stable cross polymer interactions of ketons the new compounds promise a notable improvement in both durability and chemical resistance. Large scale production or universal applications are not expected due to the cost of even medium scale production but more specialty materials with unique material properties can significantly help defense and chemical industries. (150 Resources per Dice 19/125) (-28 CI3 Electricity -2 Petrochemicals +1 Educated Labor)
[]Self-Aligned Gate Prototypes: A further jump in the quality of transistors can be derived from improvements in the calculator program with a further step towards improving density. Integrated examples of aluminum-silicon systems can be made with massive improvements in density, centralizing a previously unheard number of transistors onto a single production example. Making these units will come at a cost, but initial development programs are not expected to drive high yields as significant microcomputer demand is not expected. If the technology proves to be viable, it will likely shift towards utilization in a larger calculator program, distributing lower yield computing power. (220 Resources per Dice 0/50) (-13 CI3 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
Agriculture (6) 6 Dice
[]Domestic Meat Programs(Stage 4): Increasing the density of chicken production while animal stocks are steadily increased for further efforts. Continued improvements in sourcing and efficiency of feeds along with the steady gains in weight per hen are expected to steadily improve the efficiency of the entire meat sector. Funding is still necessary to ensure that the average Soviet worker can eat chicken every day, but with every step of the program that approaches ever closer. Drives towards improved feeds for improving the rate of bird survival and more advanced veterinary sciences have already improved yields. By expanding the general industry and standardizing them, further gains can be made. (110 Resources per Dice 12/250) (-23 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 similar soil and climate. (100 Resources per Dice 36/75) (-10 CI1 Electricity +1 Educated Labor)
[]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)
[]Topsoil Preservation Programs: State intervention and standards for the management of soils and the preservation of their integrity have been suggested to maintain yields and improve the agricultural system. Effectively this will come as an effort towards the management of groundside winds and ensuring that stabilizing crops are planted in regions with significant arid periods. Planting efforts are in themselves expected to be a major labor program for any local workers in more remote areas, beautifying local areas with covers of trees and maintaining a degree of shade on most roads. (75 Resources per Dice 0/200)
[]Combined Agricultural Methodologies: It is almost universally the case that any family farm that is both in a remote area and with limited access to animal products will have a few animals on site. Historically these animals have been economically useless with a limited sale and transfer of them outside of the farms, but with policy aimed towards improving private animal supplies, this can be reversed. Farms that purchase a set amount of animals per acreage to both provide manure and local goods can be given further economic benefits for their purchase. This can also be organized in combination with enterprises specializing in veterinary care for the animals, improving the access of every family farm towards improvements in high-value goods. (90 Resources per Dice 0/100) (+1 Educated Labor)
[]Third Generation Pesticides: Co-Opting the insect hormonal system as a weapon to finally relegate any remnant of blight or crop loss to history is one of the most promising new methods available and it is only logical for development programs to start now. Eliminating wide swaths of pests with far more precise chemicals will allow for both a safer and more efficient agricultural sector. As chemistries improve, the more toxic chemicals that are currently in use can be replaced by more advanced and scientific derivatives, reducing contamination and improving farmer safety without a massive increase in costs. (140 Resources per Dice 0/125) (-19 CI3 Electricity +1 Petrochemicals +1 Educated Labor)
[]Land Control Commission: 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 than holding their money outside the system, improving the monetary supply available for investment and ensuring that financial services are universally available rather than confined to a few elites. (80 Resources per Dice 118/150) (+1 General Labor)
[]Expanded Childcare(Stage 4): Continuing the drive towards improving lower-level education and constructing state infrastructure for childcare has had a curious effect of increasing workforce participation for both men and women. The latter was expected, but with the burden of children carried more by the state the previous necessity of a relative or parent at home has been reduced to a manageable extent for most couples. Continued work in the field is more expected to focus on improving educational outcomes, but expansion will come as a part of it to make it a more accessible and universal service. (70 Resources per Dice 14/250) (-7CI2 Electricity +2 General Labor) (Increase in Workforce Participation)
[]Transportation Enterprises(Stage 2): Continued increases in the distribution of labor and the development of transport is a core goal of the current plan. Committing more funding towards improving truck numbers along with driver training programs for ever larger trucks already promises to deliver significant economic returns as the economy recovers and infrastructure improvements are utilized. Most of the trucking industry is still decentralized and small, but that can be addressed through funding. Reliable and large state trucking enterprises can continue to improve transportation and significantly reduce burdens on all businesses. (110 Resources per Dice 32/175) (+1 Petroleum Fuels +1 General Labor) (Stage 3 Max until Central Asian 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 34/100) (+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)
[]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)
Bureaucracy (8) 4 Dice (Supsov Selections marked by (Supreme Soviet))
Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(Bakchar Deposit Utilization(Stage 1)): (+5 Per Dice) (Unrolled) (Supreme Soviet)
Labor Reserve Reforms: The current system of labor reserve has been tasked with managing a nearly inescapable deluge of workers who have left their previous positions. While there is a degree of work available for some, many are essentially being paid for parasitism rather than committing to productive industrial work. The integration of educational requirements to fill job postings is expected to improve general workforce participation and attainment. If the state needs far more welders and electricians for new programs, their creation through the reserve system must logically be prioritized. (1 Dice) (Supreme Soviet)
Inflation Control Measures: To prevent a second inflationary crisis from impacting the Soviet economy, a focus on measures to reduce the impact of current spending programs has already been implemented. Measures towards tightening reserve ratios so as to re-establish stability in Gosbank in the aftermath of positive growth quarters have been proposed along with several smaller measures. The challenging economic situation of avoiding future inflation while ensuring growth is an open question that must be decisively answered. Wage policy changes have been set aside given their unpopularity, with a focus placed on ensuring that consumption power for domestic goods is kept high. (1 Dice) (Supreme Soviet)
New MNKh Deputy: To return the favor for stalling out the investigation and ensuring that the Soviet people have moved on to new matters, Abramov has requested several recommendations for new candidates. These all comprise important political allies and are likely to not be the most capable, but better a tentatively agreeable politician than some radical pulled out of Masherov's strange ideas. Whoever gets agreed upon is an entirely different matter, but that will be a problem of the future and the greater priority is making it through this plan than anything else. (1 Dice) (Supreme Soviet)
[]Dedicate Focus Towards a Project(): (1 Bureau Dice for +5 per dice on a project, +15 in services) (Unrolled)
[]Coal-Industry Economization: Retiring the oldest coal power plants constructed using the oldest generation of turbines represents a tiny quantity of power production but a significant degree of coal use. Modern plants more than double the efficiency of those that came before and conclusively eliminating them from economic service can help to reduce coal prices and improve the performance of the energy sector. Receiving authorization to reduce employment further for technical workers will be a challenge if a sufficient quantity of new jobs is not provided, but it should be possible. (1 Dice) (+1 CPSC Coal Price Increase, +20 Electricity per Year) (-60 Electricity -5 Coal +1 General Labor)
[]Reorganization of Agricultural Subsidies: Without the significant backing of Abramov or a desire for effective political immolation immediately before the 1969 elections, the grain subsidy is expected to be unassailable. This however does not mean that it cannot be worked around or even optimistically fixed at a set rate for a time to allow other areas of the agricultural sector to prosper. The state goal of keeping incomes high and the price of goods low can easily be turned towards focusing on goods outside of the most basic of foods, allowing diversity in production at some additional financial costs. (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)
[]Break Private Land Limits: Defining family farms and other types of farming by the quantity of land under tillage is easy to assess, but we have developed past that. Land taxes can be maintained, but shifted towards a categorization on a degree of employment. If a farm can efficiently manage with few employees and deliver good yields there need to be incentives for that. Encouraging the development of true family farms and larger-scale small initiatives can help to keep efficiency competitive without major issues. (1 Dice)
[]Scientific Exchange Programs: Formalizing large-scale study and student programs to analyze foreign farming practices can improve domestic experiences and transfer in new techniques. Much of what is learned will be more of an academic curiosity than useful information, but any improvement that can be made is an improvement. Borrowing techniques aren't expected to walk over any toes, as even the capitalists have not trademarked any methodologies. Expertise transfer is not expected to remotely work during this plan, but it can help in the next plan. (1 Dice)
[]Tariff Compensation: Setting degrees of imports that occur under tariffs and providing a means of compensating farmers for exporting through foreign tariffs can buy some popularity and ensure deeper sector penetration. Some economies have consistently decided to hold off the proliferation of cheaper foods due to a protectionist drive, but that can be overcome without too many issues. Foreign capital for domestic production, even if it is inefficient, can achieve significant external political victories. Domestically ensuring that farmers have fewer issues with foreign markets can stabilize prices and ensure that disruptions are compensated for. (1 Dice)
[]Price Loss Coverage: Expanding the definition of agricultural insurance to something as wide as coverage for price losses from market instability is a radical step, but if farmers are willing to pay for it, it can be organized. Forming an effective drive towards a non-profit enterprise for the development of further insurance can provide stability to the agricultural markets and ensure continued development. Assuming no disruptions happen, the scheme can backstop most crop losses and compensate for the irrationality of market activity. (1 Dice)
[]Farmer Flexibility Legislation: Broadly entirely deregulating what farmers can and cannot plant for state enterprises can significantly improve efficacy. The local management has a decent idea of what needs to be planted and forming strong recommendations has involved a massive degree of incorrect guessing that more often than not is a political deadweight. Inducing flexibility and market prices can allow the ministry to work entirely on the demand end, simplifying funding and improving general sector efficiency. (1 Dice)
[]Assess the Supreme Soviet: While the typical factional positions in the Supreme Soviet are almost certain to be consistent, actually sitting in on meetings and talking to the leadership of important committees can generate a far more holistic picture. Everyone involved is almost certain to push some variety of agenda or even want certain outcomes, but by forming a new pragmatic position most can at least be spoken to. Reconstructing the ministry as its block with a degree of political strength will take time, but starting on the long road by getting information directly can be a first step. (1 Dice)
[]Personally Asses 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)
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.)
Crisis Effects: +2 Steel -1 Non-Ferrous -2 Petroleum Fuels -1 Petrochemicals -8 General Labor -5 Educated Labor(Already Accounted For)
Coal Price (53/42/56) Strong Import (40-60 No Effect)
+4 CPSC Power Plants
+1 Deposit Depletion
-0 Net Civilian Spending
Steel: (35/41/62) Strong Export (20-40 -20 RpD Infrastructure, Increased HI Growth)
+1 Construction Industry Expansions
+2 Net Civilian Spending
Non-Ferrous: (66/66/55) (60-80 Increased Investment, Reduced Aluminum Use, Mildly Reduced LCI Growth)
-1 Net Civilian Spending
Petroleum Fuels: (33/41/39) (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: (41/50/41) (40-60 No Effect)
+2 Net Civilian Spending
General Labor: (24/17/65) Moderate Imports (20-40 Massive Increase of all Export Growth, Increase in Discontent, and Lowered Intrinsic Growth)
+8 Net Civilian Spending
-14 New Graduates
-2 Rural Transfers
-1 Immigration
Educated Labor: (40/27/71) Moderate Imports (40-60 No Effects)
+3 Net Civilian Spending
-4 New Graduates
-1 Immigration
Electricity: 223 CI15
+280 Plan Programs
-132 CI14 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 are expected to 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 than 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 several 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 Workforce Expansion by ~1/5)
12 Hour Moratorium
