Strategic Arms Quest 3/2: Armor Edition
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7734
Trust and verify.
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Note that the Wanderer uses Thryssen plates, for one, and for two there's a testing glitch that's going to give the Wanderer cast hull an advantage over everyone else.
TortugaGreen
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I have revised my post to reflect this information.
Winged_One²
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[x] 85x Großekreuzer tanks, to be procured through Reindhardt AG
I like the Wanderer, but it's 1) not the right tank for the job and 2) not set up for mass production.
I like the Wanderer, but it's 1) not the right tank for the job and 2) not set up for mass production.
But other tanks aren't set up for mass production either (unless you want to pay through your nose for AV-3 and then transport it all the way from that one country where it is in production).
Though getting GK-1 right now would both get us started on unability to control more than 1-2 weapon mounts by commanders and let us to pocket some eighty thalers, allowing us to start saving for our own little farm somewhere away from the front.
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Himmelhand
Giant Sinkhole 2020
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- Midwestern US
[x] 85x Großekreuzer tanks, to be procured through Reindhardt AG
As much as I like the idea of the tiny tonk, this is the better option for the theater they'll be facing immediately.
Would it be possible to split an order, say 30 Wanderer and 60 GK?
As much as I like the idea of the tiny tonk, this is the better option for the theater they'll be facing immediately.
Would it be possible to split an order, say 30 Wanderer and 60 GK?
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- Germiston, South Africa
[x] 85x Großekreuzer tanks, to be procured through Reindhardt AG
7734
Trust and verify.
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- Philmont
No, because the initial order is needed to pay for assembling the production lines. You can approve multiple tank types for final purchase, but initial orders have a critical mass they need to make.
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- Somewhere
[X] 100x Wanderer 2 tanks, to be procured through Wanderer GmbH
Cornuthaum
Be kind to each other.
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- Austria
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[X] 100x Wanderer 2 tanks, to be procured through Wanderer GmbH
From Wandererpanzer to Wanderpanzer it's only two letters V:
From Wandererpanzer to Wanderpanzer it's only two letters V:
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[X] 100x Wanderer 2 tanks, to be procured through Wanderer GmbH
Grin_Reaper
Shadow Cabal Space Pirate
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- Space Battleship Pennsylvania
[X] 100x Wanderer 2 tanks, to be procured through Wanderer GmbH
Contest 1: Emergency Buy and Shenanigans
7734
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Once you'd gotten things settled down in your office, you cut the recomendation over to High Command. One hundred W-2 tanks, coming up to some eight thousand thalers and change, were put on order with deliveries of the first ones to start in two weeks. After being invited to the celebratory party, you got a fresh note of the orders: the batallion was mustering in Ingolstadt and you were invited to the relevant parties.
The relevant parties took a week, leaving you in your office trying to catch up. Tuesday was mostly making sure your paperwork was up to speed and updating your rolodex and phone-book, when you got a letter informing you that there had been a delay in the adoption of the W-2 design.
It was as you were reading over this in your office on a rainy Wednesday that your secretary paged you on the office phone carefully. There was a Mr. Gotha to see you for a luncheon appointment. Sighing, you got your coat and umbrella to meet him. He was the same Gotha you'd appointed to your cabinet for this whole disaster, and he had a thick dossier in his hands wrapped in oilcloth. After heading out of the military district of Luneberg via tram, you finally pinned him to the wall in a hole-in-the-wall tavern where the smoke was thick and the drinks were liquor.
The dossier was a complete set of plans for Thryssen's production and derailment of the breakthrough vehicle program. By raising the regiments in Ingolstadt, they would be under Bavarian administration, and therefore the Bavarian army procurement- the same procurement which had just put in an order for the AV-4, official tank of Bavaria, the glue-eating morons. Now, because there were some… special… rules regarding the Bavarians, you couldn't just buck this one up the chain, and up top was screaming at you to approve the AV-4 for production because the Gardecorps was getting hammered and the Kuba had just seized an important tributary of the Wersers, who's armor production had tanked and they were looking at ordering a batch of the GK-1 once it had gone through their armor trials instead of some Thryssen AV-4s.
You'd have to unfuck this, and postehaste. There were horror stories about what happened when a manufacturer got an end-run around a procurement team, even by accident. Right now, the damage control looked like it would need three parts- getting High Command to not bypass you and place orders for the AV-4, getting the W-2 to the troops in Ingolstadt so they could keep training, and somehow not losing your job in the process. Fortunately, you had a full rolodex and the will to burn some favors.
((This is a LINE VOTE, NO PLAN VOTES ACCEPTED. Feel free to argue with each other though.))
Choose 5 of the below.
[] Pyotr Falkenovichs: A Balkchivian national who emigrated after a scandal in the Werser crowns after his exile from home, this man is rumored to be an intelligence expert.
[] Magnus von Eberhart: An infantry officer from 3/7 Luneberg, Magnus has experience in assaulting trenches and holding positions.
[] Thomas Wanderer: A mechanic and motors expert, Thomas knows engines and transmissions like nobody's business. (UNAVALIBLE: This contact is defending against a Conflict of Interests suit)
[] Karl Adler: A weapons designer and structural engineer borrowed from Skoda Werke, Karl has been working so far on trains and train repair systems.
[] Leopold Benz: An older gentleman in the aviation industry, Leopold has untold amounts of experience in making sure things don't fall apart when they shouldn't.
[] Conrad Fenrus: A cavalry commander with the 1/4 "Schlangenesser" regiment, this officer is incredibly familiar what little exists of breakthrough tactics in this day and age on the open plains of the West Irromedes.
[] Halbricht Udst: A Seebatalion officer injured during the Raid at Dervonport, Udst has been involved in some of the thickest fighting in the war, including a short stint "volunteering" with the Weser Crown Seebatalions.
[] Mosten Gotha: A representative from Thryssen, Gotha is an industrial expert and is most likely be the person most likely to know how much of what you can build. (BURNED: This contact was fired from their position and has no further use)
[] Fdwbl. Arnold Schwarzenegger: A Wesser Crowns breakthrough vehicle commander, Schwarzenegger claims to be familiar with the AV-3 (the production Werser breakthrough vehicle) in all respects and matters. (UNAVALIBLE: This contact has been recalled to the Werser Crownlands)
[] Anne-Maria Todbringer: A wealthy socialite and widow of the late industrialist Karl Todbringer, Anne-Maria has a wealth of contacts and friends in high society.
[] Jacob Richtofer: A Reichsmarine officer involved in their arms testing process, met in Ingoldstat before the current difficulties.
[] Amos Lewinsky: A Jewish lawyer and barrister, and more importantly one with an axe to grind after the death of his son in battle.
The relevant parties took a week, leaving you in your office trying to catch up. Tuesday was mostly making sure your paperwork was up to speed and updating your rolodex and phone-book, when you got a letter informing you that there had been a delay in the adoption of the W-2 design.
It was as you were reading over this in your office on a rainy Wednesday that your secretary paged you on the office phone carefully. There was a Mr. Gotha to see you for a luncheon appointment. Sighing, you got your coat and umbrella to meet him. He was the same Gotha you'd appointed to your cabinet for this whole disaster, and he had a thick dossier in his hands wrapped in oilcloth. After heading out of the military district of Luneberg via tram, you finally pinned him to the wall in a hole-in-the-wall tavern where the smoke was thick and the drinks were liquor.
The dossier was a complete set of plans for Thryssen's production and derailment of the breakthrough vehicle program. By raising the regiments in Ingolstadt, they would be under Bavarian administration, and therefore the Bavarian army procurement- the same procurement which had just put in an order for the AV-4, official tank of Bavaria, the glue-eating morons. Now, because there were some… special… rules regarding the Bavarians, you couldn't just buck this one up the chain, and up top was screaming at you to approve the AV-4 for production because the Gardecorps was getting hammered and the Kuba had just seized an important tributary of the Wersers, who's armor production had tanked and they were looking at ordering a batch of the GK-1 once it had gone through their armor trials instead of some Thryssen AV-4s.
You'd have to unfuck this, and postehaste. There were horror stories about what happened when a manufacturer got an end-run around a procurement team, even by accident. Right now, the damage control looked like it would need three parts- getting High Command to not bypass you and place orders for the AV-4, getting the W-2 to the troops in Ingolstadt so they could keep training, and somehow not losing your job in the process. Fortunately, you had a full rolodex and the will to burn some favors.
((This is a LINE VOTE, NO PLAN VOTES ACCEPTED. Feel free to argue with each other though.))
Choose 5 of the below.
[] Pyotr Falkenovichs: A Balkchivian national who emigrated after a scandal in the Werser crowns after his exile from home, this man is rumored to be an intelligence expert.
[] Magnus von Eberhart: An infantry officer from 3/7 Luneberg, Magnus has experience in assaulting trenches and holding positions.
[] Karl Adler: A weapons designer and structural engineer borrowed from Skoda Werke, Karl has been working so far on trains and train repair systems.
[] Leopold Benz: An older gentleman in the aviation industry, Leopold has untold amounts of experience in making sure things don't fall apart when they shouldn't.
[] Conrad Fenrus: A cavalry commander with the 1/4 "Schlangenesser" regiment, this officer is incredibly familiar what little exists of breakthrough tactics in this day and age on the open plains of the West Irromedes.
[] Halbricht Udst: A Seebatalion officer injured during the Raid at Dervonport, Udst has been involved in some of the thickest fighting in the war, including a short stint "volunteering" with the Weser Crown Seebatalions.
[] Anne-Maria Todbringer: A wealthy socialite and widow of the late industrialist Karl Todbringer, Anne-Maria has a wealth of contacts and friends in high society.
[] Jacob Richtofer: A Reichsmarine officer involved in their arms testing process, met in Ingoldstat before the current difficulties.
[] Amos Lewinsky: A Jewish lawyer and barrister, and more importantly one with an axe to grind after the death of his son in battle.
TortugaGreen
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This is people we choose to call up in the efforts of unfucking the production situation?