Furthermore, we actually have very good compact hydraulic actuators! Our Iron Tiger hydraulics are aerospeace grade Electro-Hydrostatic Actuators, which are very compact and only need an electrical connection.
I agree that if we keep the torpedoes free flooded intentionally we don't have to build the tubes as an air lock. However that still doesn't solve the issue of being unable to easily conduct maintenance or repairs, the need to wire a connection to to the bridge for each individual torpedo, or the problem where a jammed shut or broken launcher means we cannot use that torpedo.
If we went for a 4 tube submarine build with internal storage of torpedoes in the pressure hull, we would be able to manually inspect the torpedoes and the launch tubes, and be able to perform some level of maintenance or repairs while underway if needed. Only having to wire 4 tubes to the bridge means that we would need only a quarter of the wiring compared to 16 individual launchers. And even if 3 of our tubes were broken or otherwise unusable, we would still be able to fire every torpedo we have out the 4th tube.
In addition our Iron Tiger engines are good, but I don't recall if it was ever stated what they actually are. Either way they don't work when submerged, or at the very least were never designed to. The SCARS is less a underwater operations equipment and more, well I can't even call it just a pressure vessel since it was never designed to handle pressure. It's just a sealable compartment around the pilot with an internal re-breather. The only reason it's water-tight is because it's air-tight to defend against gas and fallout, and even that's going to implode if you take it to submarine depths since fallout won't crush you like deep water will. I left out the ability for the Iron Tiger to move underwater to make the roll easier, and HeroCooky said that we are going to need more equipment if we want the IT to move underwater in the results update.
"If these things can go without air for about three hours," he spoke, nodding to some finished thought in his head, "what else would be needed to ensure they could walk underwater?"
Mounting stators in front of the blade generates beat frequencies due to the interactions of the flow fields - apprently once you get to basic explanations about cavitation, a big reason skewback propellers look the way they do is that they impinge on those incoming flow fields more gradually and thus generate less noise. We see a general trend toward making torpedoes quieter over time, so I figured this would be a good place for it. Eliminating the stators probably does reduce the effectiveness of the propulsion system due to imperfect swirl recovery, but it also removes the drag of said stators, so it's hard to say whether it's a net gain or loss.
Most submarine pump-jet photos I've seen have the stators mounted behind the rotors to counter-swirl after the propeller has mixed up the water, not before. Would that fix the problem with the beat frequencies since the propeller isn't interacting with the flow from the stators?
I imagine HeroCooky is going to be taking notes to help decide what goes well in our first sub, and what blows up in our face. Possibly literally if we're talking about high exposives and LOx.
I am currently just very glad Jungmin is a delegator+populist character, instead of a military one. Means he'll be as confused about the details as I am, since his military education was about logistics (like mine, kinda) and politics. (Glorious Victories ever closer to home, anyone?)
[X] Plan: If A Fish Wears A Hard Hat, Is It Still Edible?
-[X] Agri-, And Aquaculture (+1 to Dice for 2(two) Turns - Plan, +2 to Farming/Animal Husbandry (Chinese Experts), +2 to Farming/Fishing/Animal Husbandry (Technocrats))
--[X] Assemble A 2nd and 3rd Fishing Fleet (+1 People's Opinion)
--[X] Assemble A Scuba Organization to farm seaweed\kelp and oysters for additional food.
---[X] Look into the creation of dedicated farms for Oysters. The Oysters as both a source of food and their mother of pearl creations abilities. For revenue.
-[X] Heavy Industry (+2 to Geothermal Power)
--[X] Build A Rudimentary Train Network (Helpful) (+1 Reputation)
--[X] Construct Another Steel Foundry (Harmful) (+3 Reputation)
---[X] With extra security for both foundries based on the results of your investigation.
--[X] Construct Five Merchant Marine Vessels (+1 Reputation)
--[X] Construct a food processing factory for frozen and flash-frozen foods for those refrigerators and freezers. Primarily meats and vegetables. Keep expansion in mind for either biodegradable boxes for frozen box meals that the people can throw away or nonbiodegradable boxes. You'll pay your people a tiny amount of the price to return to the factory.
--[X] Construct a factory to create electric microwaves and electric microwave ovens for the people to cook with.
---[X] Design a new energy-efficient electric microwave and microwave ovens.
-[X] Social
--[X] Expand Your Television Station (New Channel Name And Focus) (+1 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
--[X] A Food Show. Title: The US equivalent of Betty Crocker. Focus on making tasty & healthy dishes that anyone can make while stretching your supplies to last. Airs twice a week. Promotes locally sourced food when\where possible. Possibly more as popularity rises. People at home can send in their favorite recipes, and if featured in an episode, they get a week-long supply of food.
--[X] Propagandize An Achievement (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
---[X] The quick and decisive arrest of dissidents who've attacked and destroyed their people's homes and countries' resources, place of work! Their income! Their people's livelihoods!
-[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[X] Review baby accessories, equipment, and other things to make caring for the infants easier on you and your wife. Improve the old stuff and make some new stuff for their safety and your sanity. Maybe make a consumer goods store to sell the stuff that works next.
--[X] Sneak a few hidden cameras here and there. Surely my lovely wife will appreciate getting the voices of our darling's very first words on tape. Especially if I can get them to say mommy first.
--[X] Look into getting tutors and young child education together. No way your babies will be known as the dumb ones. But you know, without feeling pressured to be the absolute best to the point, the pressure cracks and warps them into various neurosis. Like drug abuse, nervousness, or getting a temper if things go poorly. A stripper pole to spite us and our expectations. Nor allow tutors who intend to manipulate their young minds into being puppet rulers for their agenda. Oh, Tiger\ess god in Heaven, what have I gotten myself into?!
[X] Plan: If A Fish Wears A Hard Hat, Is It Still Edible?
-[X] Agri-, And Aquaculture (+2 to Farming/Animal Husbandry (Chinese Experts), +2 to Farming/Fishing/Animal Husbandry (Technocrats))
--[X] Assemble A 2nd Fishing Fleet (+1 -1 People's Opinion)
(5 + 2 - 6 [Tsunami] - 2 [Overwork] = -1 - Disaster) --[X] Assemble A 3rd Fishing Fleet (+1 -5 People's Opinion)
(2 + 2 - 6 [Tsunami] - 2 [Overwork] = -4 - Utter Disaster)
The Tsunami wasn't... gentle. Or, perhaps, it being too well-timed would be a better description of what happened. Long hours within the shipyard and in the offices to rush out the construction of the fleets resulted in overenthusiastic engineers green-lighting ships with faults and poor construction. Having completed botched inspections, the two fleets set sail into the wider ocean to begin their first assignment, coming back with great success and bellies full of fish and other seafood. Following the selected schedule to maintain maintenance and avoid equipment breakdowns, the second fleet was put into the dock while the third set out. Unfortunately, the Tsunami smashed the third apart, with all hands lost in either the water or on the island. At the same time, the second had only a dozen survivors due to them meeting family as the tsunami warning was issued nationwide. A minute of silence was proposed for the lost lives, though folded into a national day of mourning of the dead.
--[X] Assemble A Scuba Organization to farm seaweed\kelp and oysters for additional food.
(9 + 4 - 2 [Overwork] = 11 - Boosted)
Despite dealing with water and the ocean, the creation and incorporation of auxiliary food harvesting organizations within our efforts to feed the nation were spared the wrath of nature due to their non-ocean-going nature. The program has already seen widespread approval from many sections of the population, as unemployment decreased due to the needed personnel. In addition, many drafted workers reported increased job satisfaction as their work directly aids the nation and future efforts to ward off hunger and starvation.
---[X] Look into the creation of dedicated farms for Oysters. The Oysters as both a source of food and their mother of pearl creations abilities. For revenue.
(3 + 5 - 2 [Overwork] = 6 - Optimal)
The Silver Pearl Marine Science Institute (SPMSI) has presented an updated and comprehensive inquiry and study of the feasibility of oyster farming around Guangchou, with several additional books and undergrad studies centered around the goal. Though not particularly unusual, the promise of luxury goods in pearls and oyster meat for foreign markets, alongside the meat for internal consumption, has led to some excitement in the lower bureaucracy due to the perceived gain in status if such could be procured. Other than that, the SPMSI has made some promising developments in its attempts to design various aquaculture methods to increase food availability.
-[X] Heavy Industry (+2 to Geothermal Power)
--[X] Build A Rudimentary Train Network (Helpful) (+1 Reputation)
(7 - 2 [Tsunami] - 2 [Overwork] = 3 - Sub-Optimal)
The effort to create a train network was cut short by the incoming Tsunami, dashing any hopes of the engineers that they would finally finish a long-planned attempt to tie the workers of Guangchou closer together in distance and logistics. Though they constructed a single line from the capital to the Disputed Straight of Oshumi (fuck the IJN!), most of the prepared stockpiles of materials had to be repurposed in the recovery after the Tsunami.
--[X] Construct Another Steel Foundry (Harmful) (+3 Reputation)
---[X] With extra security for both foundries based on the results of your investigation.
(9 - 2 [Overwork] = 7 - Optimal)
The construction of another Steel Foundry proceeded without any problems aside from the disruption of the recovery from the Tsunami, adding yet more capability to our Heavy Industry. Furthermore, the additional security measures were incorporated without any significant problems, though necessitating hiring more guards to ensure that no subversive elements can attempt to destroy our people's industrial capacity again.
--[X] Construct Five Merchant Marine Vessels (+1 -10 Reputation)
(3 -6 [Tsunami] - 2 [Overwork] = -5 - Utter Disaster)
Like the creation of the second and third fishing fleets, so too were our efforts here met utter disaster, as the tidal wave of the Tsunami utterly destroyed our attempts to enlarge our anemic Merchant Marine. Officials informed the crews' families, and the dead were laid to rest with full military honors, though few bodies were recovered for any grave or cremation.
--[X] Construct a food processing factory for frozen and flash-frozen foods for those refrigerators and freezers—primarily meats and vegetables. Keep expansion in mind for either biodegradable boxes for frozen box meals that the people can throw away or nonbiodegradable boxes. You'll pay your people a tiny amount of the price to return to the factory.
(3 - 2 [Overwork] - 1 [Scope] = 0 - Stopped)
Though grand in scope, forward-thinking in nature, and designed to plug a hole in our available capacity to freeze and cool food, the ground for the factory was never broken, as all resources had to be re-directed to help the nation's recovery after the Tsunami.
--[X] Construct a factory to create electric microwaves and microwave ovens for the people to cook with.
(1 + 2 [Ambition] - 2 [Overwork] = 1 - Sub-Optimal)
Construction of a factory for electric microwaves and microwave ovens started shortly before the Tsunami hit our shores. Unfortunately, due to many of the materials not being applicable to the recovery effort continued despite the nationwide drive to restore the nation and the Iwo Jima Crisis happening alongside the effort. Despite the best attempts of the workers and architect, the factory is decidedly... flawed. Yet, it is capable of producing, and maintenance and scheduled improvements will see it able to pave over or remove many of its inadequacies. To be entirely fair, most of that is absolutely due to the stellar work of the assigned engineers working wonders in creating rugged and efficient electric microwaves and microwave ovens.
--[X] Design a new energy-efficient electric microwave and microwave ovens.
(12 + 2 [Ambition] - 2 [Overwork] = 12 - Boosted)
"These," the engineer in front of you says, nearly affectionately patting the electric microwave, "are the future of easy-to-make food!" Then, perhaps sensing your doubt or seeing your exhausted and overworked face, they proceed to give you the run-down of the new creation. "Imagine wanting hot food. We all do. But you don't want to make a whole meal; you either don't have the time or energy to do so. Well," they say, grandiosely gesturing at the somewhat bulky machine. "With a little creativity, or some bought or assigned premade food, you can put it inside, type in the temperature, cook time, and what type of food you are making! This little machine will revolutionize how much time people spend making food by cutting down on the preparation of meals itself! Imagine," they continue as you look at their assistant, both of your long-suffering eyes meeting each other and forming a bond only the critically overworked can share. Premade soups, dinners, meat, vegetables, anything your heart and stomach crave! Just pop-" And on they talk. Dear Lenin, you miss their predecessor. She was curt, to the point, and, best of all, limited her need for weirdness to wearing cat ears. You asked about the capabilities; why are they talking like you want to buy that thing?
-[X] Social
--[X] Expand Your Television Station (New Channel Name And Focus) (+1 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
---[X] A Food Show. Title: The US equivalent of Betty Crocker. Focus on making tasty & healthy dishes that anyone can make while stretching your supplies to last. Airs twice a week. Promotes locally sourced food when\where possible. Possibly more as popularity rises, people at home can send in their favorite recipes, and if featured in an episode, they get a week-long supply of food.
(6 + 2 [Food Reality Compliant] - 2 [Overwork] = 6 - Optimal)
Though not as grand a success as you may have hoped, the newly created show "The Workers Kitchen" has seen decent popularity with its focus on creating dishes that can be both produced with what the people have, as well as how to make long-lasting dishes which the people can store even without access to any fridge or freezer. In the broader picture, it is not something useful like another expansion of the farming space or fishing fleet. Still, you have yet to see a downside to auxiliary programs designed to boost what you already have. Besides that, the hosts both know how to make the show enjoyable and able to be sent over the radio, narrating what they are doing and how. Some of the blind workers have sent letters as thanks for just that.
--[X] Propagandize An Achievement (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
---[X] The quick and decisive arrest of dissidents who've attacked and destroyed their people's homes and countries' resources, place of work! Their income! Their people's livelihoods!
(10 - 2 [Overwork] = 8 - Optimal)
"Justice Prevails!" That is the slogan on the lips of all workers before the Tsunami, with grand posters and signs all over the nation immortalizing the decisive and swift effort to try and close the trial with overwhelming evidence. As a result, the faith in the justice system has never been as high, with more people reporting crimes to the police and courts.
-[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[X] Review baby accessories, equipment, and other things to make caring for the infants easier on you and your wife. Improve the old stuff and make some new stuff for their safety and your sanity. Maybe make a consumer goods store to sell the stuff that works next.
(56)
Though you are not in the business of creating capitalistic roots and subversive tendencies within your birth nation, you are a father of five, a soon-to-be father of eight, and a man that wants to see his children grow up with all help and safety you can without smothering them under your gaze and attention. Speaking with staff that helped raise you, friends that have young children, and pedagogues, you bring together what you believe to be enough to make caring for your children much easier for both yourself and the staff. (You also make some notes to improve the child-care programs.) It is nothing groundbreaking, but every little bit helps, especially after your triplets are born and hold Chaoxiang, Hu, and Daiyu in your arms. While you couldn't be happier, the glares of Mai after you got her pregnant with triplets again made the whole thing more than necessary.
--[X] Sneak a few hidden cameras here and there. Surely my lovely wife will appreciate getting the voices of our darling's very first words on tape, especially if I can get them to say mommy first.
(29)
Two significant setbacks beset the secret mission to get your children's first words on camera. The first of them was Mai finding the cameras within the bedroom after you had placed them there without hiding them. While that led to a few rather enjoyable nights with experimentation, letting off stress, and cuddling, you had to set back the timetable until you could get the cameras back. The second setback was the Tsunami, which made the whole endeavor take a step back in favor of the nation. Also, the original films themselves vanished, though luckily only after you had made copies. Still, where the hell did you put the darn things?!
--[X] Look into getting tutors and young child education together. No way your babies will be known as the dumb ones. But you know, without feeling pressured to be the absolute best to the point, the pressure cracks and warps them into various neurosis. Like drug abuse, nervousness, or getting a temper if things go poorly. A stripper pole to spite us and our expectations. Nor allow tutors who intend to manipulate their young minds into being puppet rulers for their agenda. Oh, Tiger\ess god in Heaven, what have I gotten myself into?!
(40)
There are expectations to be a child of the Great Leader that have to be upheld, no matter what one may think of the subject. You know this first hand, as the pressure to exceed and do well in study, politics, and life had only been eased with you sneaking out and spending time without any of that. Starting to create the best environment you could to help your children without making them seek freedom by doing drugs or running away, having nervous breakdowns, developing an "attitude" better described as becoming arrogant little shits that think they deserve the world or becoming strippers wasn't easy. Though you, personally, wouldn't mind the latter option, if they were happy with doing that, other people would only see your station and demand the same dignity/poise of your children, further adding pressure. Or, to put the whole matter into one short sentence: it was a mess to start helping your children become the best they could be and would be for decades to come.
{Ambition: +2 to Space Actions (Electronics, Metallurgy, Education)}
[The Secret Affair of Earth and Sky - Unlock: Starmetal-Alloy Action Chain
Per Aspera… - +4 to your first Civilian Rocket Project
…Ad Astra - +2 to your first Civilian Rocket Project Birds Watching… - EVERYBODY KEEEEP CALM!!!
Birds Squaking: - Roll a d100 for your UN Diplomat.
Skies Unknown - +4 to your first Military Plane Factory
USS Iwo Jima Incident Transcript - *Confused Nato Noises*
Puking his guts up was not a fun time - *Angry Farmer Noises*
Negaverse - AMERICA AD ASTARTE: An American Cold War Quest! - One roll/choice becomes canon
Guangchou Threat Assessment - +2 to Counter-Intelligence/Propaganda Actions
Negaverse - AMERICA AD ASTARTE: An American Cold War Quest! Researching Mechs - De-Escalation
Disappointment And Opportunity - Boost the American Interaction Roll
One Robotic, Industrialized Leap for Guangchou - Unlock: Early Robotic Automatization - Superceded by Write-Ins, converted to +6 to all Automatization Actions in one round.
Li Gen's Gambling Hall - De-Escalation
GET OUT - +1 to any Light Industry Action
Introduction of an old man. - +4 to any Political Roll
Network Socialism, Ho! - +2 to Weisoft
A Letter For the Dad that Must Die! - Wei Jungmin; The Idealistic
Wacky adventure of an old man Mingsu P2. The nature of loyalty. - +2 to any Political Rolls
Non-Canon Meteor Shower - Improve Your Metallurgy Institute
A Rudderless Ship - De-Escalation
Non-Canon - Meanwhile, at the UN - The Goose Blurs The Line
Questionable Canon - A Rudderless Ship: The Sequel in Name Only - +4 to any Design using Flipper Propulsion
Why The US Did Not Receive The Itemized Receipts - Boost the Food Deliveries
A friendly... Face and open Legs Minds - You know what? I'll stay.
The Danish Boy - +6 to any Social Roll
Twisted words, Twisted Intentions, but I still wish upon the stars - +4 to Political Actions
Non-Canon - The Road Not Taken: Take Me to the Stars! - +2 to any technology
Map of Guangchou
Tigerfish AIP Attack Submarine - Design Proposal
Tigerstripe Submarine - Design Proposal - +4 to Designing the Tigerfish.
Tigerstripefish Submarine - Design Proposal
Barracuda Torpedo - Design Proposal - +2 to Designing a Torpedo
Unlock: Starmetal-Alloy Action Chain
+6 to your first Civilian Rocket Project
+4 to your first Military Plane Factory
+6 to all Automatization Actions in one round.
+1 to any Light Industry Action
+6 to any Social Roll
+6 to any Political Roll
+4 to all Political Rolls
+2 to all Counter-Intelligence/Propaganda Actions
+2 to Weisoft
+2 to any technology
+4 to any Design using Flipper Propulsion
+4 to Designing the Tigerfish.
+2 to Designing a Torpedo
Reputation - (79/100 Reputation - Hail the Leader of the People, Dominator of America, Dove of Peace!) - (Any negative trends are blocked for this turn.) People's Opinion - (71/100 Reputation - Hail The Great Leader! The Silver Tongued Stateswright!) - (Any negative trends are blocked for this turn.) Chinese Opinion - (5/10 - This nation is currently unavailable for comment. Please try again later.) History Page - (A name, some paragraphs of your life, the steelworks incident, and the Iwo Jima Crisis of 1974. Several dates of important milestones in your life, political and private. Some (horny) memes due to your big family.)
Light Industry - Meh - (Slight Improvement) Heavy Industry - Adequate - (Slight Improvement) Military Industry - Adequate Agriculture - Good (Temporary - Original: Meh)- (Big Improvement) - (Plan Target Reached) - (3 Turns Of American Shipments Remaining)
[] Infrastructure
-[] Improve Roads (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Build A Monument Within The Capital
--[] A Natural Park/Space/Building (Sub-Turns) (+/-??? Reputation/People's Opinion)
---[] Permaculture Gardens - Mixed-use agricultural/recreational spaces that yield both local produce for the city's population and pleasant spaces to relax and take in nature.
--[] A Statue/Art Installation (Sub-Turns) (+/-??? Reputation/People's Opinion)
---[] Your Wife In A Tiger Costume
---[] You In A Tiger Costume (Who put that there?!)
-[] Expand Your Public Transit Bus System (Helpful) (-3 Reputation)
-[] Create New Housing (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
--[] Use Energy Efficient Housing (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion) (+1 Reputation)
--[] Use Large-Scale Energy Efficient Housing (Helpful) (+3 People's Opinion) (+2 Reputation)
-[] Design New Housing Concept (Design)
-[] Improve Medical Infrastructure (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion) (-2 Reputation)
-[] Build New Police Stations (Helpful) (+1 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Expand Your Rural Schools (Helpful) (-5 Reputation)
-[] Expand Your Technical Schools (Helpful) (-2 Reputation)
-[] Durable Goods Libraries (-1 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion)
(A good way of improving quality of life without needing to produce too many consumer goods is to implement a program where people can borrow more infrequently used goods from a central storehouse - things like vacuum cleaners, specialized cookware, hand tools, etc. The libraries can also double as social and entertainment spaces by including a television or radio, depending on the size of the library and the number of people served. These activities draw people to the library, increasing their familiarity.)
-[] Public Radio/Televisions (-1 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion)
(Add TVs/Radios to specific public venues where people can get entertained and informed in a social setting. Once again, it lets you have some access to these sorts of luxury goods without needing to make a lot of radios and TVs.)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Light Industry
-[] Increase Electrification (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[] Expand Your Train Network (Helpful)
-[] Construct Consumer Goods Factory (What) (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion) (-1 Reputation)
-[] Develop Programmable Logic Control Automation - The first cornerstone of modern industrial automation. (-3 Reputation) (Suspicious)
-[] Develop Electronic Sensors and Actuators - The Second Cornerstone of modern industrial automation. (-3 Reputation) (Suspicious)
-[] Develop Semi-Automated Laboratory - Automate away time-consuming and repetitive experiments. (-5 Reputation) (Suspicious)
-[] Develop Fastener & Interface Standardization - Fasteners (Hex), computer jacks, power connections, keyboard layout (Language Standardization Prerequisite), etc. (-2 Reputation) (Suspicious)
-[] Develop Mass Customization of Clothing - Clothes patterns laser-cut, shipped to tailors who sew them to fit individual people, give feedback on what works and what doesn't. (-4 Reputation) (Suspicious)
-[] Develop Semi-Automated Textile Factories - Produce cloth and cut it into patterns. (-3 Reputation) (Suspicious)
-[] Develop Selkie Dive Suit - A standard dive suit used for civilian and military divers. (-1 Reputation) (Suspicious)
-[] Reverse Engineer Western Durable Goods
(Acquire western appliances and determine their best and worst features, then create your own - free from the constraints of planned obsolescence and the profit motive and optimized for lifetime cost and performance. "Communist cooktops for communist cooks!")
-[] Construct a food processing factory for frozen and flash-frozen foods. (Very Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
(Primarily meats and vegetables. Keep expansion in mind for either biodegradable boxes for frozen box meals that can be thrown away or nonbiodegradable boxes. You'll pay your people a tiny amount of the price to return to the factory.)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Heavy Industry (+2/+2 to Geothermal Power (Trade/Omake))
-[] Construct A Tractor Factory (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Construct Another Steel Foundry (Harmful) (+3 Reputation)
-[] Construct A Power Plant (Helpful)
-[] Construct A Geothermal Power Plant (Helpful)
-[] Improve Your Metallurgical Institute (Harmful) (+2 Reputation)
-[] Construct A (Iron Tiger Derived) Electronics Factory (+5 Reputation) (Harmful) (Highly Suspicious) (Steel Foundry Needed)
-[] Expand Your Mines (Harmful)
-[] Construct Another Harbor (Helpful) (+1 Reputation)
-[] Design A Civilian Vehicle (Describe) (-1 Reputation)
-[] Design A Civilian Ship (Describe) (-1 Reputation)
-[] Design A Civilian Aircraft (Describe)
-[] Construct Five Merchant Marine Vessels (+1 Reputation)
-[] Establish Mingxiang Research Commune (-10 Reputation) (Suspicious) (Mega Project - 0/4 Actions)
--[] This will be a closed city that expands the Iron Tiger research facility into a bonafide secret research town like Oak Ridge was for the Manhattan Project. Security considerations will be heightened but not too demanding (i.e., the GIB will read your mail, and you can't just leave, but contact with friends and family is allowed over the monitored telephone or through letters). The primary focus will be a central research facility where all your electronics researchers can congregate in one place to facilitate the rapid exchange of ideas. They are to be supported with hardware for fast prototyping systems and comfortable above-ground quarters to live in.
-[] Design Industrial Automation Equipment (What Plant/Factory) (-2 Reputation) (Suspicious)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Military (+4 to Design A Native Ship)
-[] Design Two Iron Tiger Systems (Describe) (Still Secret)
-[] Design A Native Tank (Describe) (+3 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Design A Native Plane (Describe) (+4 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Design A Native Vehicle (Describe) (+3 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Design A Native Ship (Describe) (+4 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
--[] Develop a Submarine (+4 Reputation)
---[] Tigerfish
---[] Tigerstripe
---[] Tigerstripefish
---[] (Write-In)
-[] Design A Native Artillery Piece (Describe) (+2 Reputation)
-[] Design A Native Sidearm (Describe) (+1 Reputation
-[] Design A Native Main Personal Weapon (Describe) (+2 Reputation)
-[] Design Native Equipment (Describe) (+1 Reputation)
--[] Develop Native Aircraft Engine
--[] Develop Native Torpedo
-[] Design Infantry IT-Alloy Bodyarmor (+4 Reputation)
-[] Design Police IT-Alloy Bodyarmor And Shields (+2 Reputation) (-1 People's Opinion)
-[] Import (What) (-1 Reputation)
-[] Construct A Dedicated Naval Slipway (Ship) (+1 Reputation)
-[] Construct Coastal Defences (+3 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Construct Interior Defences (+2 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[] Construct An Airfield (+1 Reputation)
-[] Construct Military Building/Factory (What) (Harmful) (+1 Reputation) (-1 People's Opinion)
--[] Construct IT Electronics Factory (Harmful) (-3 Reputation)
---[] The lowest level of the Mingxiang Closed City is to be given over entirely to a sprawling chip fab facility, taking advantage of the highly stable temperature and vibrational isolation of the facility's underground construction to minimize environmental disruptions to the chip fabrication process. The underground nature of the facility also allows for tight security in what will indeed become one of the nation's greatest technical marvels. We will scale the automated material handling and manufacturing techniques used to produce Iron Tiger electronics to allow the mass production of chips in sufficient quantities to supply Guangchou's military before transitioning to civilian use after the west has caught up to our initial lead. While the construction of a chip factory is likely to be impossible, we can use the secure location to obfuscate our opponent's attempts to determine our exact capabilities - we are aided in this by the fact that they will expect our native electronic industry to be sub-par, so confirming their preconceptions is likely to be an effective disguise.
-[] Expand The Military Academy (+3 Reputation) (-2 People's Opinion)
-[] Raise A New Military Formation (What) (Harmful) (+2 Reputation) (-2 People's Opinion)
-[] Raise A Iron Tiger Formation (Organization/Loadout) (Sub-Turns) (Secret) (Suspicious)
-[] Recover Your Sunken Fleet (Harmful) (+4 Reputation) (+4 People's Opinion) (+4 to any Naval Action)
-[] Intimidate Taiwan (+5 Reputation)
-[] Commit Exercises (+3 Reputation)
-[] Secure Trade Routes (+1 Reputation)
-[] Raid International Shipping (What Goods) (Helpful/Harmful) (Roll above five, and you won't be caught.)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Agri-, And Aquaculture (+2 to Farming/Animal Husbandry (Chinese Experts), +2 to Farming/Fishing/Animal Husbandry (Technocrats))
-[] Construct A Fertilizer Factory (Helpful) (-2 Reputation)
-[] Clear Jungles For Farming (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion) (-1 Reputation)
-[] Increase Farming Space (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion) (-2 Reputation)
-[] Increase Herd Space (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
-[] Assemble A Fishing Fleet (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Expand Kelp Harvesting Operations (Very Helpful) (-3 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Construct A Cannery Factory (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Construct A Pre-Made Food Factory (Helpful) (+1 Reputation) (+3 People's Opinion)
-[] Create Oyster Farms For Food And Revenue (Helpful) (+2 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Expand Kelp Harvesting Operations (Very Helpful) (-3 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion): The harvesting process can be improved by allowing the kelp to grow on lines that float on the surface, such that they can be easily harvested by boat without the need for divers.
-[] Begin Marine Farming (-2 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
(While naturally occurring kelp forests are an excellent source of food, You can also improve the yield of a kelp farm by cultivating mussels, scallops, and oysters in predator-proof containers and laying traps for shellfish along the bottom.)
-[] Create the Guangchou Survey Corps (-3 Reputation)
(Form a body tasked with systematically surveying and preserving Guangchou's geological and biological resources - from undiscovered veins of minerals to plants and animals that can serve a useful purpose (or can be bred to do so). (Roll 1d20 every turn, on a 20, something useful is found.))
-[] Solar Dehydrator Plant (Experimental) (-1 Reputation)
(Solar-powered food dehydrators are simple and cheap to construct and preserve more nutrients than canning due to the low-temperature drying process.)
-[] Establish Experimental Farms (-1 Reputation)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Social
-[] Establish Comiewood (First Movie - Title, Plot, Animated/Drawn/Live-Action. Will influence native culture immensely.) (+5 Reputation) (+5 People's Opinion)
-[] Expand Your Television Station (New Channel Name And/Or Focus) (+1 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
--[] The Social Revolution TV Channel (-1 Chinese Opinion)
(Focuses on the social aspects of communism, why they're important, and how they tie into the broader communist project. It covers things like gender equality, the importance of contraception, why you shouldn't discriminate against queer people, readings and debates about Marx's later works where he refutes many of his earlier theories about stages, etc. (Head to Head is a popular segment where they bring the PRC and USSR ambassadors on the show to have them debate over their differing orthodoxies - people have started betting on which one will 'win.'))
-[] Vaccination Campaign (Disease)
--[] Native Production And Doctors (-2 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion)
--[] International Production And Doctors (Helpful) (-5 Reputation) (+4 People's Opinion)
-[] Revamp Your School System (Helpful) (-4 Reputation) (Triggers Mini-Vote)
(Reject the primitive exam and rote memorization based system of the Queendom and institute an educational system based upon Scientific Pedagogy that emphasizes the creation of an environment that supports the individually directed growth of each child, allowing them to discover their strength and weaknesses and grow into their best selves - 'From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs' applied in the classroom.)
-[] Create A Rudimentary Child-Care System (Sub-Turns) (Helpful) (-5 Reputation)
-[] Arrest Dissidents (Harmful) (+1 Reputation) (-3 People's Opinion)
-[] Increase Surveillance (Harmful) (-3 People's Opinion)
-[] Purge Undesirable Citizens (Who) (Harmful) (+2 Reputation) (-4 People's Opinion)
-[] Search And Destroy Rebels (Harmful) (-4 People's Opinion) (+3 Reputation)
-[] Increase Social Control (How) (Helpful) (Harmful) (-2 People's Opinion) (+2 Reputation)
-[] Propagandize An Achievement (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Reduce Surveillance (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion) (-2 Reputation)
-[] Praise Workers From (Industry) (Helpful/Harmful) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Boost (Social Statistic, example: Birthrates) (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Propagandize Workers Conditions (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Implement A Social Policy (Write-In) (Helpful/Harmful) (+2 People's Opinion) (-1 Reputation)
-[] Reduce Social Control (How) (Helpful) (+3 People's Opinion) (-5 Reputation)
-[] Improve Foreign Intelligence Service
--[] Industrial Espionage in Japan (-5 Reputation) (Suspicious)
(Right now, there's a wide variance in the effectiveness of your foreign intelligence agents, which suggests that there's a lack of effective mentorship and information transfer from the more successful ones to the less successful ones. Formalizing a training program means institutionalizing the knowledge of your best agents (with a focus on industrial espionage in Japan) should go a long way toward delivering more reliable results. Industrial espionage may not be as glamorous as the political and military games played by the CIA and KGB, but it's easier and has a better long-term payoff for the nation. Furthermore, narrowing the focus to Japan due to proximity, an abundance of high-tech industry, and ease of letting your agents blend into the population allows us to get the most optimal results for the effort invested.)
--[] (Write-In Target/Activity)
-[] Rationalize the Language (Mage Project - 0/8 Actions) (+2 Chinese Opinion) (-5 People's Opinion)
(Gunagchow is an unholy combination of Chinese and Japanese, with enough loan words from Korean and Malay to make up a non-trivial portion of the overall syntax and more exceptions than English. And it's written with Hanzi characters that often don't match their Mandarin counterparts, and never mind that the grammar and word construction don't always line up. Even before the systematic destruction of the island's infrastructure by the IJN air raids, literacy in Guangchou was among the lowest in the Asia-Pacific - mainly because the language was simply a massive headache to learn. Before establishing a robust schooling system, we have a golden opportunity to correct this and grant the nation a competitive advantage in international relations in the future. Gunagchou will be rationalized and streamlined to make it easy to understand, pronounce, write, and read.)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Political
-[] Populists & Internationalists
--[] Have our glorified paparazzi help the Nationalists by seeing the value of ad campaigning abroad to increase the desire of our trade goods to increase their market value. (-3 Reputation)
--[] Medical Student Exchange with Cuba (Helpful) (-4 Reputation)
--[] Bother the Cubans for their "Home Self-Reliance And Repair Manual" (-3 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
--[] (Gay) Immigration Propaganda (-2 Reputation) (-1 Chinese Opinion)
("In Guangchou, you will be free to be and love as your truest self, free from bigotry and oppression based on gender, sexual orientation, or race. If you want to help build a better world, come to Guangchou." The Internationalists will spread the word through their contacts abroad that Guangchou LACKS engineers and scientists, accountants, doctors, and other highly educated workers needed to fulfill the Great leader's ambitious plans and that Guangchou ALSO has more Gay Liberation than you can shake a stick at. We may be able to attract quite a few learned professionals fleeing persecution in their home countries.)
--[] Send Enbies To Establish A Formal Relationship (+1 Reputation)
---[] The Somalia Democratic Republic
---[] New Zealand
---[] Indonesia
---[] India
---[] Philippines
---[] (Write-In) -[] Progressives
--[] Have their experts focus on the economic issues and bring up suggestions on how to increase food supply and ideas for a healthier economy. (-4 Reputation) -[] International
--[] Trade canned goods with NV to gain materials to buy food. (+2 Reputation) (+NV Relations) (-4 People's Opinion)
--[] Trade canned goods with African Countries to gain materials to buy food. (-4 People's Opinion)
--[] BEHOLD! My American Ship-
---[] Russian Ambassador (-1 Chinese Opinion) (???)
---[] Chinese Ambassador (+1 Chinese Opinion) (???) -[] Technologists
--[] Form a Statistics Bureau (Focus) (-4 Reputation) (Political Consequences For Their Findings) -[] Militarists
--[] Create a dedicated branch of Military Engineers (+Allies)
--[] Buy Russian Trucks for native logistics and the military (-1 Chinese Opinion) (-4 Reputation) (Knock-On Effects)
--[] Bugger the Russians for their Rockery in exchange for our knowledge in electronics (EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS) (SECRET) (-3 Chinese Opinion) (Knock-On Effects)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Secret Projects
-[] Investigate Applications For WEISOFT Again
-[] Mingxiang CyberSyn System (Mega-Project - 0/8 Actions) (-15 Reputation)
(The US-backed coup in Chile may have cut short the CyberSyn experiment, but it will not be the end of computerized central economic planning. Soviet economists have already developed the theoretical framework necessary to underpin a centrally planned economy. However, they lack the computational resources to handle the requisite volume of calculations when scaling the system to a national level. Guangchou's electronics are in advance of even those of the West, and while central planning at a national scale will require a dedicated supercomputer, a more limited implementation of the system (such as within a single closed city) is achievable with existing resources. This will allow us to gain valuable experience in networking and computer control and sensing as a stepping stone to more expansive networks.)
-[] Develop Native Supercomputer (Mega-Project - 0/5 Actions) (-8 Reputation)
[] Wei Jungming - (RP)
-[] Personal Action (Write In two things he does within the next six months.)
-[] Lover Action (Write-In one thing Wei Jungmin and Wei Mai do together in the next six months.)
The Daring Escape
Three sailors sit within their barracks, looking across the table at each other, nerves long since settled after they all affirmed their course of action. There is only the matter of how they would go about doing so and, perhaps, why they wanted to defect from the US to Guangchou. A love, a lover, seeing another nation where they could be free, or maybe something else?
(+4 to Social Rolls)
Hetalia: Guangchou Edition
All things are, sooner or later, given a personality and made into a person to make comics with. So create an omake in which the world of Hetalia reacts to little Guangchou, either at the time of revolution, Jungmins ascension to Great Leader, the Iwo Jima Crisis of '74, or another theme to your liking.
(Up to +8 to any category depending on the Omake)
The Last Moments Of The Fleet
Nature is both merciless and uncaring, unbothered by the attempts of humanity to master and control its wrath and might. The crew aboard the Third Fishing Fleet was subject to its fury, finding itself at the end of a Tsunami. What were their last moments like, what were they doing, and did one, perhaps, escape against all odds and chance?
(+4 to all Create a Fishing Fleet Actions in one turn)
Hetalia: Guangchou Edition
All things are, sooner or later, given a personality and made into a person to make comics with. So create an omake in which the world of Hetalia reacts to little Guangchou, either at the time of revolution, Jungmins ascension to Great Leader, the Iwo Jima Crisis of '74, or another theme to your liking.
(Up to +8 to any category depending on the Omake)
... OK so, if I remember right Hetalia is nation-people right? So I see Guangchou as a super happy go lucky, flamboyantly bi-sexual person of indeterminate gender. Normally very chill, but when provoked pulls out a fucking iron tiger suit to stomp people with. Also on par with Russia during winter in terms of "Places you shouldn't invade". As for situations that could be amusing to see this as... I feel like a scene of Guangchou digging up a box full of old German stuff and starting to tinker with it, in the background a totally normal day in the world of hetalia, where Guangchou is just slowly building up a massive mechsuit behind the other countries while they're doing something else and no one seems to notice. Might end up writing this omake, probably won't though since I've got a lot to do today.
Wait, so the thread is going to get to decide what kinds of properties it has then? Am I interpreting that right?
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I feel like this event chain is going to be another step down the road of awesome chaos that began with Guangchou's trait being selected, continued with the discovery of Iron Tigers and then further escalated with the Iwa Jima incident. Like, this alloy might turn out to be something way more unusual than just being a better metal for making stuff out of, just judging by our past record of this stuff. Honestly I hope it does because it'll doubtless be awesome if it does happen.
I agree that if we keep the torpedoes free flooded intentionally we don't have to build the tubes as an air lock. However that still doesn't solve the issue of being unable to easily conduct maintenance or repairs, the need to wire a connection to to the bridge for each individual torpedo, or the problem where a jammed shut or broken launcher means we cannot use that torpedo.
So, finding a maintenance evolution for a modern torpedo is... difficult, for pretty self evident reasons, however here's what I can find on the wiki:
Germany introduced its first battery-powered torpedo shortly before World War II, the G7e. It was slower and had shorter range than the conventional G7a, but was wakeless and much cheaper. Its lead-acid rechargeable battery was sensitive to shock, required frequent maintenance before use, and required preheating for best performance. The experimental G7ep, an enhancement of the G7e, used primary cells.
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Modern electric torpedoes such as the Mark 24 Tigerfish or DM2 series commonly use silver oxide batteries which need no maintenance, allowing torpedoes to be stored for years without losing performance.
Now, I can't find a primary source for this, but it seems reasonable? Removing the need for underway maintenance would be a huge boon so I can see navies investing in it.
The wiring issue I don't even see as a problem? It's a wire that gets connected to the main computer system (remember, we're using Alfa class automation), which is probably the compartment right behind the forward ballast tank so the wire runs wouldn't even be that long.
Finally, the jammed launcher is likewise not really an issue for me? Firstly because I don't expect it to come up with any sort of regularity - it's a very simple mechanism, and it would be designed to be as reliable as possible. In fact, I would rate a regular torpedo tube to be likelier to be rendered inoperable by some sort of mechanical issue given it's larger number of components. And if it does jam in the closed position, it's just one torpedo. You've got... 13 more. No biggie. Jamming in the open position would be more problematic tbh because it would mess with the hydrodynamics, but again, that's why you make sure the mechanism is reliable. There's a degree of mechanical risk that's involved with any military vehicle, and that's ok because the capabilities it brings to the table are worth it.
In addition our Iron Tiger engines are good, but I don't recall if it was ever stated what they actually are. Either way they don't work when submerged, or at the very least were never designed to. The SCARS is less a underwater operations equipment and more, well I can't even call it just a pressure vessel since it was never designed to handle pressure. It's just a sealable compartment around the pilot with an internal re-breather. The only reason it's water-tight is because it's air-tight to defend against gas and fallout, and even that's going to implode if you take it to submarine depths since fallout won't crush you like deep water will. I left out the ability for the Iron Tiger to move underwater to make the roll easier, and HeroCooky said that we are going to need more equipment if we want the IT to move underwater in the results update.
The turbines wouln't function underwater because they don't have a snorkel, and the electrics are probably not waterproofed against long term immersion, but the actual actuators should be fine.
Most submarine pump-jet photos I've seen have the stators mounted behind the rotors to counter-swirl after the propeller has mixed up the water, not before. Would that fix the problem with the beat frequencies since the propeller isn't interacting with the flow from the stators?
It would, yeah.
I'm fine leaving the question of stators+rudders vs combined-stator-rudders to our engineering department.
I imagine HeroCooky is going to be taking notes to help decide what goes well in our first sub, and what blows up in our face. Possibly literally if we're talking about high exposives and LOx.
I'm sorry but this just seems weirdly doomery? Like, there's a degree of risk to anything we do? Especially developing military hardware? That doesn't mean we shouldn't try to push the envelope - this sort of risk can be managed.
Your engineers can design such a system by adapting what they already have/know from the IT.
It's difficult, but not enough to incurr a -1 Penalty in the d12 system.
I am currently just very glad Jungmin is a delegator+populist character, instead of a military one. Means he'll be as confused about the details as I am, since his military education was about logistics (like mine, kinda) and politics. (Glorious Victories ever closer to home, anyone?)
Huuuuuuuuuh. So we might actually be able to use rim-driven pumpjets on our submarine. We do the initial development on the torpedo, and then figure out scaling on the submarine. Honestly, for the chance to eliminate the hull piercing propeller shaft, I'd be willing to take the hit to low speed efficiency - not having to seal that would be a huge savings in terms of production complexity.
We'll have to be carefull with the hydrodynamic shaping of the hull tho...
Hmmm, we'll need a good high strength steel for the submarines, and that sould be useful for all kinds of other construction projects
Through we should also spin up an Aluminum foundry sometime soon, or specialize one of our steel plants for stainless steel.
Hmmm, we'll need a good high strength steel for the submarines, and that sould be useful for all kinds of other construction projects
Through we should also spin up an Aluminum foundry sometime soon, or specialize one of our steel plants for stainless steel.
OK, but do we want to use this action for something reasonable like that, or do some omake fuckery in order to see how far we can push it? Also given it's name it's probably going to be a metal at least partially derived from meteorites and such, which could prove to be an issue if we try and use it for anything large in scale. Though it might end up being simply an alloy inspired by the composition of meteorites, in which case we wouldn't need to go about constantly securing more meteorite bits to use in the alloy.
As a more broad note about the action chain, we should contemplate that this alloy could be something other than a simply a better version of an existing thing like steel or aluminum. We could go for some more exotic properties to make it useful in other things, like maybe it could be a really good conductor of electricity, or maybe it could have the ability to act as a solid state battery or capacitor, or perhaps it has some weird magnetic or chemical properties we can exploit to use it in manufacturing and high tech equipment. There's way more possibilities for an exotic alloy made from rocks that fell from the sky than just being a better structural material or more durable armor.
OK, but do we want to use this action for something reasonable like that, or do some omake fuckery in order to see how far we can push it? Also given it's name it's probably going to be a metal at least partially derived from meteorites and such, which could prove to be an issue if we try and use it for anything large in scale. Though it might end up being simply an alloy inspired by the composition of meteorites, in which case we wouldn't need to go about constantly securing more meteorite bits to use in the alloy.
As a more broad note about the action chain, we should contemplate that this alloy could be something other than a simply a better version of an existing thing like steel or aluminum. We could go for some more exotic properties to make it useful in other things, like maybe it could be a really good conductor of electricity, or maybe it could have the ability to act as a solid state battery or capacitor, or perhaps it has some weird magnetic or chemical properties we can exploit to use it in manufacturing and high tech equipment. There's way more possibilities for an exotic alloy made from rocks that fell from the sky than just being a better structural material or more durable armor.
There's really nothing special about the stuff meteorites are made of - the secret sauce is all about the process. I would imagine it's something to do with how the heat of re-entry and the impact acts on the materials. That's something that can be replicated on the ground.
edit: @HeroCooky, are the reputation losses for the Mingxiang mega projects all applied up front and cover all the sub-actions?
There's really nothing special about the stuff meteorites are made of - the secret sauce is all about the process. I would imagine it's something to do with how the heat of re-entry and the impact acts on the materials. That's something that can be replicated on the ground.
You forget the other things meteorites go through that most other earthly materials wouldn't have, at least not recently, long term exposure to unfiltered radiation from the sun and other stars, existing in vacuum while being bombarded with all sorts of tiny high energy particles and micro-meteorites, along with possibly passing through earth's Van Allen radiation belt. Those will probably not end up being part of what makes it special unless we discover something really unusual about it, but it's still possible that they might be. I do get your point, it's probably not going to require specialized materials, beyond maybe a few trace elements, but it will likely require some very special machinery and equipment to refine. I still feel like we should keep our minds open about perhaps using this action chain to create a material with some more exotic properties though.
And what does 'Any negative trends are blocked for this turn.' mean?
edit: Preliminary plan.
[] Plan Heavy Risk, But The Priiiiiize
[] Light Industry
-[] Construct a food processing factory for frozen and flash-frozen foods. (Very Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion) [] Heavy Industry
-[] Establish Mingxiang Research Commune (-10 Reputation) (Suspicious) (Mega Project - 0/4 Actions) [] Military
-[] Construct Military Building/Factory (What) (Harmful) (+1 Reputation) (-1 People's Opinion)
--[] Construct IT Electronics Factory (Harmful) (-3 Reputation) [] Agri-, And Aquaculture
-[] Expand Kelp Harvesting Operations (Very Helpful) (-3 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion) [] Social
-[] Establish Comiewood (First Movie - Title, Plot, Animated/Drawn/Live-Action. Will influence native culture immensely.) (+5 Reputation) (+5 People's Opinion)
–[] FIGURE THIS OUT LATER
-[] Rationalize the Language (Mega Project - 0/8 Actions) (+2 Chinese Opinion) (-5 People's Opinion) [] Political
-[] Populists & Internationalists
--[] (Gay) Immigration Propaganda (-2 Reputation) (-1 Chinese Opinion) [] Secret Projects
-[] Mingxiang CyberSyn System (Mega-Project - 0/8 Actions) (-15 Reputation)
-[] Develop Native Supercomputer (Mega-Project - 0/5 Actions) (-8 Reputation)
This is an absolutely wild ride of a plan that dips us back down to 44 reputation in exchange for laying the groundwork for saving the USSR from collapse, rebuilding our lead in electronics, and starting to unfuck our lack of educated personnel. As the #1 Voted Most Hated Squadmate of Mass Effect 2 would say: Heavy risk, but the priiiiiize.
To be frank, this would not be so painful if we'd spent resources earlier to secure our lead in electronics, but it is what it is. I've got us going all in on Mingxiang: closed city, electronics factory, supercomputer design, CybersSsn development. All these items are interconnected: we need the electronics factory to make computers for CyberSyn and the supercomputer, we need the supercomputer to expand CyberSyn beyond Mingxiang, we need CyberSyn to actually keep the USSR from economic collapse, and we desperately need the closed city established so we can start to catch-up to the west in terms of computer chip manufacturing because OOC once they discover the same design rules we use to optimize our chips our advantage will be erased while they race ahead because they've poured more money into lithography research.
I've thrown in Commiewood because it's fucking +5 rep/people's opinion, and frankly I expect entertainment to become our rep farming action that we can spam without raising tensions with Taiwan, which we'll need after taking such a hit this turn.
Also threw in Kelp Expansion and Freezedried Foods to finish up food security - after this 5YP I think we should switch to using imports to bump our food situation from Adequate to Good by trading consumer goods and heavy machinery to the PRC and USSR in exchange for food.
OK like someone totally stole our house tapes and is gonna try to black mail us about being topped by our wife. Thankfully I am fairly certain we are popular enough to just own it and tell them "what's so bad about that?" Without losing much support. Especially considering this is Guanchuo and people don't care.
Thought for this, Guangchou folklore based gundam type thing. Why? Mechs because it'll get people familiar with them and might help us sus out if anyone else has knowledge of Laufpanzers/Iron Tigers. Sci Fi because we want to go to space eventually, and some sci fi should get people's imaginations turned towards the stars and the future within them. Animated because it'll just be easier to do something like this animated, maybe. And the Folklore because Guangchou has interesting folklore, and by drawing on it we can give our films a unique flavor to them to help them stand out.
--[X] Sneak a few hidden cameras here and there. Surely my lovely wife will appreciate getting the voices of our darling's very first words on tape, especially if I can get them to say mommy first.
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Two significant setbacks beset the secret mission to get your children's first words on camera. The first of them was Mai finding the cameras within the bedroom after you had placed them there without hiding them. While that led to a few rather enjoyable nights with experimentation, letting off stress, and cuddling, you had to set back the timetable until you could get the cameras back. The second setback was the Tsunami, which made the whole endeavor take a step back in favor of the nation. Also, the original films themselves vanished, though luckily only after you had made copies. Still, where the hell did you put the darn things?!
Thought for this, Guangchou folklore based gundam type thing. Why? Mechs because it'll get people familiar with them and might help us sus out if anyone else has knowledge of Laufpanzers/Iron Tigers. Sci Fi because we want to go to space eventually, and some sci fi should get people's imaginations turned towards the stars and the future within them. Animated because it'll just be easier to do something like this animated, maybe. And the Folklore because Guangchou has interesting folklore, and by drawing on it we can give our films a unique flavor to them to help them stand out.
