[X] Plan Magic Carpet Ride
[X] Plan Stop Using Kerosene
[X] Plan Stop Using Kerosene
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Per Aspera (Space Agency Plan Quest)
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[X] Plan Stop Using Kerosene
-[X] Operations (5 dice, +3 bonus) 105R
-[X] Construct an R-4 Dawn - (69/120) x3 105R
--[X] And launch it (1 Operations dice; specify payload)
---[X] Curiosity-class Satellite (+25 progress requirement)
-[X] Facilities (8 dice, +10 bonus) 195R
--[X] Build a Scientific Complex
---[X] Beijing Institute for Chemical Research (CHEM) (0/450) x3 75R
--[X] Tracking Station Construction (Phase I) (288/350,) x2 60R
--[X] Expand the Assembly Complex -(0/350) x3 60R
-[X] Engineering (5 dice, +6 Bonus to All) 55R
--[X] Rudimentary Heat Shielding [MATSCI] - (0/2 turns, 1 locked die) 15R
--[X] Balloon Tanks [MATSCI] - (100/200) x2 30R
--[X] Conduct Design Studies (Alternative Launch Systems) [AERO, PHYS] (177/300, ???) x2 10R
-[X] Science (4 dice, +6 Bonus to All) 65R
--[X] Photovoltaic Investigations - (0/4 turns, 1 locked die) 20R
--[X] Exploratory Propellant Research (Phase 1) [CHEM] - (0/150,) x3 45R
-[X] Politics (3 dice, +10 bonus, reroll 1 failure per turn) 30R
--[X] Propagandize for Nuclear Power - (100/???) x1 -2PS
--[X] Creative Sponsorships - (141/400) x1 10R
--[X] University Rocket Competitions - 20R
450R/450R
-[X] Operations (5 dice, +3 bonus) 105R
-[X] Construct an R-4 Dawn - (69/120) x3 105R
--[X] And launch it (1 Operations dice; specify payload)
---[X] Curiosity-class Satellite (+25 progress requirement)
-[X] Facilities (8 dice, +10 bonus) 195R
--[X] Build a Scientific Complex
---[X] Beijing Institute for Chemical Research (CHEM) (0/450) x3 75R
--[X] Tracking Station Construction (Phase I) (288/350,) x2 60R
--[X] Expand the Assembly Complex -(0/350) x3 60R
-[X] Engineering (5 dice, +6 Bonus to All) 55R
--[X] Rudimentary Heat Shielding [MATSCI] - (0/2 turns, 1 locked die) 15R
--[X] Balloon Tanks [MATSCI] - (100/200) x2 30R
--[X] Conduct Design Studies (Alternative Launch Systems) [AERO, PHYS] (177/300, ???) x2 10R
-[X] Science (4 dice, +6 Bonus to All) 65R
--[X] Photovoltaic Investigations - (0/4 turns, 1 locked die) 20R
--[X] Exploratory Propellant Research (Phase 1) [CHEM] - (0/150,) x3 45R
-[X] Politics (3 dice, +10 bonus, reroll 1 failure per turn) 30R
--[X] Propagandize for Nuclear Power - (100/???) x1 -2PS
--[X] Creative Sponsorships - (141/400) x1 10R
--[X] University Rocket Competitions - 20R
450R/450R
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For the record, we're using propane, not kerosene
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[X] Plan Stop Using Kerosene
grimely
Twink Death Sufferer
Pretty sure it was just because this was a very publicized launch that was being shown on television, and the black and red are the colors of the anarcho-communist world polity.
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Bit odd considering the whole world isn't anarcho-communist, and I also thought that blue was for liberals? Or does blue being for liberals post-date the point of divergence here?
joe6168
Just a humble lurker
- Location
- Michigan, The lower left glove
Incorrect, we are using Methane, which has very different properties as a rocket fuel.
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[X] Plan: Researching
That was later retconned when it was realized that methane wouldn't be feasible in the early '50s, AIUI.
joe6168
Just a humble lurker
- Location
- Michigan, The lower left glove
Which update was that in?
Shadows
Sacred Priestess of the Benevolent Dice Gods
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- USS Civilian, DDG-214
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It's propane. That's what I put in the last update. I simply didn't go back and edit the old post.
Shadows
Sacred Priestess of the Benevolent Dice Gods
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- USS Civilian, DDG-214
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I picked blue because green would be seen as too militaristic and the intent was to evoke the planet Earth, AKA the Blue Marble, etc. Sky's blue, sea's blue, the thing that's going above the sky is blue.
It's also easier to keep something cool if you paint it blue than if you paint it black or red.
My argument for not doing it was that if we start it, there's a possibility that the promise to perform propellant research will disappear - this is the same reason that I wasn't picking the Beijing [CHEM] research lab; I'd rather save it so we can promise it.
That said, this is making assumptions about how promises work based on past trends (we haven't really had promises to finish stuff we've already started, and when we've started something we haven't promised, the requirement has gone up), but that may not hold.
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[X] Plan: Winter Holiday
[X] Plan Magic Carpet Riders
reconstruction has progressed to the point where those dice aren't as absolutely necessary as they once. Mind you, I'm not recommending that we grab every die we can get whenever the opportunity arises, but one or two Politics dice seems reasonable to me. It helps that our Politics projects are both really cheap and quite desirable.
True, but judging by how much things have improved even with us taking four dice,
reconstruction has progressed to the point where those dice aren't as absolutely necessary as they once. Mind you, I'm not recommending that we grab every die we can get whenever the opportunity arises, but one or two Politics dice seems reasonable to me. It helps that our Politics projects are both really cheap and quite desirable.
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- Fort Worth, TX
[X] Plan: Researching
