Ok! New Plan fresh from the Discord Bureau! Originally based on
@blankmask 's plan until I realized how wildly over budget that one was. Ended up changing quite a lot.
[X] Plan: Big Rockets and Where to Launch Them
Operations (3/5 dice, +3 bonus)
-[X] Construct an R-3 Snow - 3 dice 75 R (25R per dice, 0/80, costs 1 Build Capacity until complete)
--[X] And launch it (free action for Sounding Rockets) (gains Scientific Data, launch experience, results to show the people funding you) (Unlocks Weather Observation Campaigns)
-- [X] Also launch all of the R-1 Bedens.
Facilities (5/6 dice, +10 bonus)
-[X] Tracking Station Construction (Phase I) - 1 dice 30 R (30R per die, 0/350, adds equatorial tracking for rocket launches)
-[X] Build a Scientific Complex
--[X] Dnipro Aerospace Metallurgy Centre (MATSCI) [Korolev]
-[X] Study Effects of Launches on Launch Infrastructure - 3 dice, 15R (5R per die, 0/200, improves future launch infrastructure)
Engineering (3/3 dice, +6 Bonus to All)
-[X] Conduct Design Studies (R-4 Dawn) (Phase III) [AERO, PHYS, FUEL] - 3 dice 45 R (15R per dice) (108/300)
Science (2/3 dice, +6 Bonus to All)
-[X] Nuclear Power Studies [PHYS] - 2 dice, 30R (15R per die, 217/400) (-15PS on completion, +4 to PHYS) (Opens further nuclear research)
Politics (3/3 dice, +10 bonus, reroll 1 failure per turn)
-[X] Rocket Boxes (Phase 4) - 1 dice, 10R (5R per die, 64/450)
-[X] Engineering Job Fair - 2 die 5 R(56/150, 5R per dice, -5R per turn on completion. Gain +1 Engineering dice)
Dice used: 16/20
R used: 235/235
Focus is on preparing us for the Big Rocket. I decided to focus on finishing the R4 design before we work on the Satellites, since for Satellites we probably need the tracking stations and those are going to take far longer than constructing an R4. So we'll want to do launches with non-Satellite payloads first.
We're also launching an R3, because we need to for the Launch Pad studies, evidently. And also cause it's cool.
The budget was pretty tight, but the only things I ended up needing to cut were the third nuke die and the last facilities die. On all other fronts we're firing on all cylinders!
@Strunkriidiisk btw your plan is also over budget 260/235. I think cause you miscounted costs in Facilities?