Carl Gelb
Berlin, Germany
March, 1932
I learned from my colleagues, who are in the same boat as me, just how bad, and scary, the Draka are. They freely advocate slavery, or serfdom as they call it, do not observe human rights at all, and are even more the aggressive military conqueror than Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. They make the Nazis look mild, and are somehow way ahead of the world in technology, manpower, and industry. The world under their Yoke would be a terrible place, even more so than the Reich. We ought to remove such a blight from the world, hopefully with the aid of the Allies and Soviets. We won't stand a chance alone.
...After the current Chancellor and his crazy cohorts go down, of course. Let no genocide occur here this time.
At least my comrades are more politically savvy. I'm not sure where to begin on deposing the Nazi leader. Maybe strengthen the Old Guard and Blood Cross factions, to weaken the SS? Anyway, it would be easier for me to try to strengthen the industry and military. More clear-cut that way.
Reading the news, it seems that the future Chairman Mao isn't much better than the Draka. War crimes all over the place...
Meanwhile, I can't believe just how... perfect VK is. As a power source, it can solve all the modern world's energy problems. Cleanly too. Then in metallurgy... wow, it's the stuff that dreams are made of. Everything an engineer would want in a structural material, it's all there. Unbelievable...
News from Wolfenstein... what's this, undead soldiers? And we can do that now? What is the world coming to...?
Then I hear of the shenanigans of the Blood Cross. That's... the stuff of science fiction. Energy weapons, super soldiers, mind reading, cloning... Wow... They might as well be HYDRA, with all the fancy toys.
Germany is
scary.
[x] Social: Encourage the standardization, mechanization and automation of trade and industries, including agriculture, to increase productivity and efficiency without requiring much manpower. What we lack in people, we make up for with machinery. Also, promote safe and healthy working conditions and work ethic. Public safety and health is paramount, as per the codes of engineering ethics, and happy, healthy and safe employees mean motivated and productive employees. In line with these, encourage the idea of first aid kits at every work-site, hard hats, safety shoes, pallets, standardized shipping containers and jerry cans.
[x] Research: VK-Rankine Combined Cycle: In a regular Rankine cycle, which is how most power plants operate, a boiler heats water, turning it into superheated steam. The steam travels into a turbine, turning the blades of the turbine. The spinning turbine, in turn, runs the generator via a shaft, producing electrical power. Meanwhile, the steam, which expended much of its heat energy and pressure on the turbine, goes into the condenser, where a heat exchanger and accompanying cooling tower (to cool the cooling water) cools down the steam, condensing it into water. The water then heads back to the boiler via the pump, and the cycle begins again. Two common ways (which could both be used at the same time) of increasing efficiency are the use of a multi-stage turbine with reheaters, and the use of a regenerative system. In a VK-Rankine Combined Cycle, however, the VK power core takes the place of the boiler. This means that the VK core produces electric power on its own... and uses its radiating heat to power the Rankine cycle. Therefore, it is much more efficient than a regular Rankine cycle, and is much cleaner, having no problems with air pollutants compared to say, burning coal or oil. This would really help our energy industry.
[x] Design: Sturmpanzer I Elefant: This is a Tiger that is modified to carry a long-barreled 15 cm gun-howitzer within an integrated low profile 71 degree (from the vertical) sloped casemate, instead of the 8.8 cm KwK within a turret, in order to act as artillery, assault gun and tank destroyer. The armor scheme is changed to 100/33/33 to lessen the weight while maintaining its strong frontal armor. It still carries a roof-mounted machine gun for dealing with infantry, but it no longer has a coaxial machine gun. It takes advantage of analog fire control systems to make its weapons as accurate as possible, and uses wet storage for its ammunition. It uses the same engine as the Tiger, is easy to produce, maintain and repair, and can maintain formation with the Tiger. Lastly, there are two versions: one that is conventional, and one that uses VK.
[x] Production: Support the construction of
@whydoyoubother's VK Foundries. The miracle material will revolutionize our industry, and our military. It is now the greatest thing since the Industrial Revolution.
[x] Military: With Colonel Jaeger's input, organize, train and equip units which will specialize in the Werwolf Doctrine. They will be our Special Forces. The regular soldiers can do it, but these guys would be able to do it better.
[x] Covert: Look for ways (methods, equipment, etc.) to increase the espionage and counter-espionage capabilities of the Abwehr and other intelligence-related agencies, networks and communities. Have them reorganize and integrate so that they can operate as one centralized well-oiled machine, united in mission and vision, duty and goal (while decreasing the influence of the SS over the organization). Have all Enigma code machines upgraded with more rotor scramblers and such to make them even harder to decrypt. Someone stole the plans of my Tiger. I ought to prevent cases like that from happening again. A lack of intel-sharing among agencies partly caused 9/11. Let such a pitfall be prevented. Lastly, to improve security measures, TSA-style checkpoints will be implemented. The guards will: Log who comes in and out at what time, check for ID, pat down people for anything suspicious and look through any bags as they go in and out. It will make going inside our facilities a little longer but TSA-style checkpoints improvised in the 1930's will make it more difficult to infiltrate, let alone steal things.