To a point, but I suspect that groups with active strongly anti-government agendas (such as the KKK) are no more a part of the US's national action budget than the rebels who blew up the steel mill are part of our action budget.
Let me guess: you're foreshadowing that Dear Leader and Dearest Soldier Girl's respective tube-tyings will spontaneously reverse themselves and we'll have quadruplets on the way.
Turns out, having your immigration be mostly academic, the gay and other such ilk and having your political discussion mostly consist of "dictator decreed so" makes for... Well, okay. You remember the military crying for you to notice them? There's a reason the possibility of flame immune IT has made them take note.
Let me guess: you're foreshadowing that Dear Leader and Dearest Soldier Girl's respective tube-tyings will spontaneously reverse themselves and we'll have quadruplets on the way.
Do we finally get to figure out where they are in the next couple turns or did we already find out and I just missed it somewhere in all the absurdity?
Do we finally get to figure out where they are in the next couple turns or did we already find out and I just missed it somewhere in all the absurdity?
Hmmmm, probably pretty good? Lots of dramatic views of the ocean, mountains to climb, semi-tropical beaches, etc.
Russian holiday goers would probably love it - IIRC the USSR used vacation vouchers as an incentive mechanism as well.
edit: Also, it's my headcanon that Russians pronounce Guangchou as Gvanjau.
As someone who's family managed to advance up the social ladder by working in the US military industrial complex and whose father works Raytheon I can tell you that's incorrect. You see making even basic designs costs a fuck ton of money for a few reasons.
- first you have to research all the prerequisite improvements so that the government won't take away your funding and give it to your rivals.
- then you actually have to design the damn thing and if it's something simple it'll take a few years,if it's a fighter then it will probably take a decade of you are rushing it.
- then you have to build a proof of concept to show that you didn't embezzle the funds and that it's better than your competitor. This proof of concept is like the RX-78 Gundam in the sense that it will have a bunch of stuff that will have to be removed in order to make it cost effective and producible on a mass scale.
- After all of this is done and you actually have a design the government wants then you have to actually set up the factories to produce it.
- This is a grossly oversimplified version of the process and I'm sure I might have skipped a few parts just to make it easy to read and I'm not even getting into subcontractors and SCARS.
Pfaugh! Obviously, the Great Leader's methods are superbly superior! Said methods are such that he consults the myriad voices in his head (us, the Sufficient Velocity Quest Collective) to come up with the optimal choice using our vast pool of information resources (the internet) and thus become hyper-aware of occurred and potential developments of not only the past but the near future (up to 2022).
Pfaugh! Obviously, the Great Leader's methods are superbly superior! Said methods are such that he consults the myriad voices in his head (us, the Sufficient Velocity Quest Collective) to come up with the optimal choice using our vast pool of information resources (the internet) and thus become hyper-aware of occurred and potential developments of not only the past but the near future (up to 2022).
What do you think happens when Great Leader goes meta. For now its just voices in his head; He's not supposed to know that we know about him knowing about us! That's a flagrant break in the rules! Who knows what madness our beloved leader will now experience due to his meta knowledge! You may have broken him!
(OK, but seriously, if you had a bunch of voices speaking in your head like us, that would be such a mind trip. I'm not even sure how you would properly handle that.)
What do you think happens when Great Leader goes meta. For now its just voices in his head; He's not supposed to know that we know about him knowing about us! That's a flagrant break in the rules! Who knows what madness our beloved leader will now experience due to his meta knowledge! You may have broken him!
(OK, but seriously, if you had a bunch of voices speaking in your head like us, that would be such a mind trip. I'm not even sure how you would properly handle that.)
[] Ethical Calculus
-[] Infrastructure
--[] [LOCKED] School Support (2 Actions)
-[] Agri-, And Aquaculture
--[] Increase Farming Space (Helpful) (-3 Reputation)
-[] Political
--[] Populists & Internationalists
---[] Brain Drain Time! (+ 4 Reputation) (Bonus: +2 Omake)
---[] Cambodia
--[ ] This Is An Intervention - Cambodia - (-3 Chinese Opinion) (Political Consequences and Knock-On Effects) (Bonus: +2 Omake)
-[] Secret
--[] Develop Native Supercomputer (Mega-Project - 5/5 Actions) (-10 Reputation) (Bonus: +2 Ambition, +1 Focus)
-[] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[] Personal Action: Attempt to get people to understand the long-term benefits of the massive investment in IT infrastructure you're undertaking at the start of this plan.
--[] Lover Action: Move your kids into the public school system.
[] Agri-, And Aquaculture
-[] Increase Farming Space (Helpful) (-3 Reputation)
(7 - Optimal)
Not much to say here. Engineers and Workers removed forests and Jungles over good soil and previously used farmland, farmers shuffled around, several dozen villages and communes were constructed, roads lain, and agricultural equipment was moved and assigned to their newly opened zones. Though the soil still needs to be reminded of its previous occupation in providing food for humanity, enough food to justify the expansion will begin to roll in with the next harvest. Idly, you note that some ecological foundation in the west has caught wind of your developments and agricultural efforts and denounced them for destroying the natural ecology and the breakthroughs in aquatic food production. Weirdos.
[] Political
-[] Populists & Internationalists
--[] Brain Drain Time! (+ 4 Reputation) (Bonus: +2 Omake)
--[] Cambodia
--[] This Is An Intervention - Cambodia - (-3 Chinese Opinion) (Political Consequences and Knock-On Effects) (Bonus: +2 Omake)
(2 + 2 = 4 - Sub-Optimal, 6 + 2 = 8 - Optimal)
When you first heard of the success of the Khmer in overthrowing the regime in their bid to secure another foothold in the March of the Eternal Revolution to liberate all people of the world, you were happy and felt invigorated. One more people now march in unison under the red banner for the liberation of the workers, millions freed from the shackles of oppression and the need to justify their existence via the worth they create and sacrifice for the most base of goods. And so you sent out messages and letters, seeking to establish a relationship with the new nation, hoping that maybe you could convince those in charge of adopting several policies and initiatives that saw Guangchou rise above the devastation wrought by Imperial Japan.
You are now severely questioning how hard your foreign intelligence is dropping the ball around the globe, seeing as the Khmer Rouge is in no way, fashion, or form anything like any socialist, communist, or even fucking leftistpolity! Pol Pot is a deranged idiot that looked at the countryside and saw the religious communes unbothered by industry and mainly focused on doing as little work as possible to live and decided that now everyone should do the same! Lenin would have shot the man out of political necessity and Marx due to ideological demand, and you are severely questioning if you shouldn't do the same! By all that is good and fair, when you noticed his desire to remove political and ideological liabilities from the newly created nation, you received a list upon your offer to reform or take care (read: put them into Mingxiang or the schools. Newly established communist countries tend to let their revolutionary fervor get in the way of long-term planning and execute just that tiny bit of learned people more than strictly needed) of them in your nation.
He sent you a list containing more than One-Point-Eight. Million. Names.
1.800.000 People are slated to be executed as the "Fanatical Ideological Opponents" left by the previous regime.
It took you several minutes to understand that he wasn't joking and truthfully meant to carry out this madness.
And he had far more lists, talking about the need to conduct thorough purges of disloyal elements within the nation and government, alongside those who had lost their revolutionary fervor in the struggle.
You needed a minute of fresh air after that.
This man was mad, and you needed to do something; otherwise, he'd destroy any communist sympathy and enthusiasm within his region by utterly butchering the people. The question was how.
[] The Khmer Problem
-[] Take as many slated for execution as possible
-[] Lean on China to stop him
-[] Try and convince him to take another path
-[] (Write-In)
(Including and up-to declaring him a traitor to the revolution via the 3 spent CO, taking part in a counter-invasion of the country to establish a new regime is allowed.)
[] Secret
-[] Develop Native Supercomputer (Mega-Project - 5/5 Actions) (-10 Reputation) (Bonus: +2 Ambition, +1 Focus)
(9 + 8 + 1 + 10 + 11 +15 = 11 (10,8 Rounded Up) - Minor Breakthrough)
Though you hadn't expected your engineers and scientists to construct the Duljjae Ai (Second Child) so quickly, you definitely hadn't expected them to find and eliminate several weaknesses in the SupComp's construction and software capacity. Still, they managed to both boost the computational power alongside a reduced need for hardware! Alongside this, their insights into software have pushed up several timetables of other projects currently being developed. A good day for science and Guangchou!
[] Wei Jungming - (RP)
-[] Personal Action: Attempt to get people to understand the long-term benefits of the massive investment in IT infrastructure you're undertaking at the start of this plan.
(89)
Coupled with the success in increasing your understanding of building SupComp's and creating a second one, your ties with the Technologists enabled you to point out and disseminate the benefits to the nation, people, and industry, the heavy investment into computational infrastructure could provide if harnessed intelligently. However, you fear that even with that, there is only so much you can do with secret projects that need to be shrouded, as many are becoming restless in the seemingly slow development of visible advances or actions by the government. Understandable, really, but it is annoying that you can't tell most people that you are building a better computational system and network than even the US has access to, which is irritating to no end. The successful end of this plan can't come quick enough; you'll see their faces then!
-[] Lover Action: Move your kids into the public school system.
(47)
Though Bo Ni and Ma Li were not yet old enough to properly attend classes or meet with their future peers, you and Jungmin agreed that putting them into the public education system would show trust in its success and your dedication to preventing any future elitary class from developing. However, you could have done without the paperwork and security preparations.
{Ambition: +2 to Space Actions (Electronics, Metallurgy, Education)}
{Plan Focus: Automation and Computerization - +1 for 2 (two) Turns.}
[Games & Guangchou - Mazes and Minotaurs (Guangchou DnD, Horny compatible. Pun intended. Spreads Culture.)]
[As Above, So Below - +2 to Recover Your Sunken Fleet.]
[One-Time Personal Action Bonus: +6 Reputation]
[Diaboli Ex Machina - +1 to your next SupComp]
[Minotaurs and Mazes: Technological Advancements - +1 to any Spy Action]
[Communism: The Board Game - +1 to one Social Action]
+6 to your first Civilian Rocket Project
+4 to your first Military Plane Factory
+6 to all Automatization Actions in one round.
+1 to all Housing Actions for the Entire 5-Year-Plan
+6 to all Housing Actions
+4 to one Social Roll
+2 to all Counter-Intelligence/Propaganda Actions
+1 to any Spy Action
+4 to Weisoft
+6 to any Technology
+6 to Experimental Nuclear Reactor
+1 to your next SupComp
+2 to Recover Your Sunken Fleet.
+4 to any Design using Flipper Propulsion
+10 to Designing a Submarine
+2 to Designing a Torpedo
Reputation - (68/100 Reputation - The future looks bright, for we act as one people.) People's Opinion - (76/100 Reputation - Hail The Great Leader! The Silver Tongued Stateswright!) Chinese Opinion - (3/10 - The Internal Development of the Republic is currently taking precedent over foreign interests.) History Page - (A name, several paragraphs of your life, the steelworks incident, the Iwo Jima Crisis of 1974, and links to dissertations of the Thai-Brain Drain. Several dates of important milestones in your life, political and private. Some (horny) memes due to your big family.)
Light Industry - Meh - (Permanent Tiny Improvements) Heavy Industry - Adequate - (Permanent Tiny Improvements) Military Industry - Adequate - (Permanent Small Improvements) Agriculture - Adequate- (Static, Trending Upwards Painfully Slowly)
[] Infrastructure
-[] Das Capital Planned City (Mega-Project) (Trigger Sub-Vote)
-[] Build Your School-System (Mega-Project - 10/40 Actions - +5 Per Turn Automatic Progress)
-[] 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)
-[] Improve Roads (Helpful)
-[] Expand Your Public Transit Bus System (Helpful) (-4 Reputation)
-[] Create New Housing (Helpful)
--[] Use Energy Efficient Housing (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
--[] Use Large-Scale Energy Efficient Housing (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion) (+2 Reputation)
-[] Design New Housing Concept (Design)
--[] The Universal Building (-8 Reputation)
-[] Improve Medical Infrastructure (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
-[] Build New Police Stations (Helpful)
-[] Durable Goods Libraries (-2 Reputation) (+1 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 (-2 Reputation) (+1 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) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Expand Your Train Network (Helpful)
-[] Construct Consumer Goods Factory (What) (Helpful) (-1 Reputation)
-[] Develop Industrial Automation Hardware (Mega-Project - 0/2 Actions) (-10 Reputation)
(Develop and test the hardware (standardized programmable logic controllers, sensors, and actuators) that form the backbone of any system that seeks to automate the most tedious and repetitive tasks. This will also involve developing the necessary industry standards for things like fasteners, interface ports, and so on to ensure effort is not duplicated and parts are fully compatible. The initial rollout would be limited to the Military-Research-Industrial Complex.)
-[] Develop Basic Software Ecosystem (-4 Reputation)
(A computer is nothing without the software that runs on it. So we need to develop a high-level programming language, an operating system (PinkOS), network protocols, computer graphics, spreadsheet, word processor, and computer-aided design programs, all running on a graphical user interface that is easier for people to use than the traditional command line. An easy-to-follow manual that explains the basics of the graphical user interface will also be included, and the THIAIA will set up a dedicated department in Mingxiang to provide support and troubleshooting. The initial rollout would be limited to the Military-Research-Industrial Complex.)
-[] Twin Hammers Institute of Applied Industrial Automation (Mega-Project - 0/2 Actions) (-10 Reputation)
(It's all well and good to have the hardware and software that allows you to create digitally controlled industrial automation systems that can automate simple, repetitive, or finicky tasks, but the specialized hardware configuration and software program needed for each of those tasks still needs to be designed. Trying to do so for the full breadth of industrial processes present in a modern nation in a single pass is laughable, but creating a central body that is responsible for the task would let focus on one type of factory at a time, identifying the jobs most suitable for automating with the technology available to us. The Twin Hammers' main campus will be located in Mingxiang, and for the first few years, they will be limited to working in the Military-Research-Industrial Complex.)
-[] Develop Selkie Dive Suit - A standard dive suit for civilian and military divers. (-3 Reputation) (Suspicious)
-[] Reverse Engineer Western Durable Goods/Appliances (-4 Reputation)
(Acquire western goods/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)
(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 Housing Factory - (Design) (-4 Reputation)
-[] Build Structural Insulated Panel Factory Complex (-10 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
(Steel Mill, Glass Factory, and Bamboo Mill for durable, lightweight panels that reduce the need for heating/cooling during summer and winter.)
-[] Construct A Tractor Factory
-[] Construct Another Steel Foundry (Harmful) (+2 Reputation)
-[] Construct A Heavy Machinery Plant (Harmful) (+3 Reputation)
-[] Build Rolling Stock And Rail Factory (Harmful) (+1 Reputation) (Reduced Actions For The Dragon Rail)
-[] Construct A Power Plant (Helpful)
-[] Construct A Geothermal Power Plant (Helpful)
-[] Improve Your Metallurgical Institute (Harmful) (+1 Reputation)
-[] Construct A (Iron Tiger Derived) Electronics Factory (+3 Reputation) (Harmful) (Highly Suspicious) (Steel Foundry Needed)
-[] Expand Your Mines (Harmful)
-[] Construct Another Harbor (Helpful)
-[] Construct Five Merchant Marine Vessels
-[] Design A Civilian Vehicle (Describe) (-2 Reputation)
--[] Design Modular Skateboard Vehicle Chassis (Mega Project - 0/3 Actions) (-2 Reputation)
--[] Industrial IT-Skeleton (+5 Reputation) (Helpful) (Exposes Secret)
-[] Design A Civilian Ship (Describe) (-2 Reputation)
-[] Design A Civilian Aircraft (Describe)
-[] Design Industrial Automation Equipment (What Plant/Factory) (-3 Reputation) (Suspicious)
-[] Design Cauldrons (Geothermal) (Mega Project - 0/8 Actions) (-3 Reputation)
(Mega-industrial parks that use geothermal power for thermal processes and electricity generation. Self-sufficient in terms of power needs and capable of exporting power to the grid while providing heating to nearby greenhouses and homes.)
-[] Rail Development Design Project (Mega-project - 0/6) (-3 Reputation) (Requires Heavy Machinery Factory) (Reduced Actions For The Dragon Rail)
(Automated Track Laying Machinery, Electric Trains, and Streetcars will be heavily needed in your future projects of tying the people and their work closer together.)
-[] The Dragon Rail (Mega-project - 0/72) (Harmful) (Requires Heavy Machinery Factory)
(Lay The Dragon's Spine, The central trunk line running the island's length, the Dragon's Limbs, branching rail lines headed to major and middling cities, and the Dragon's Claws - Streetcars for the larger cities. With this, your nation will finally be able to fully utilize its breadth and width of all available industrial might!)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Agri-, And Aquaculture
(1 Action Forced)
-[] Farmer's Councils (-20 Reputation) (Gain Another Faction)
(The Agricultural sector was traditionally under-represented under Wei Cai's regime. Giving them a formal voice will help build trust with the rural farmers and ease further development.)
-[] Guangchou Gyre Deep Water Fertilization (Mega-Project - 0/9 Actions) (-8 Reputation) (Extremely Helpful)
(The Bay of Guangchou has a nice enormous ocean gyre spun up by the Taiwan current as it passes by the mouth of the bay, keeping the water relatively contained. If you had enough power, you could sink pumps to the bottom of the bay and pump cool, nutrient-rich water to the surface, where phytoplankton could thrive and become food for larger fish. In addition, nutrient-rich water would help kelp grow in the shallows and regulate the temperature to extend its growing season.)
-[] Construct A Fertilizer Factory (Helpful) (-4 Reputation)
-[] Increase Farming Space (Helpful) (-3 Reputation)
-[] Increase Herd Space (Helpful) (-4 Reputation)
-[] Assemble A Fishing Fleet
-[] Construct A Cannery Factory
-[] Construct A Pre-Made Food Factory (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Expand The Sea-Forest Project (Mega-Project - 0/6 Actions) (-3 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion) (Extremely Helpful)
(A massive area for cultivating food, resources, and scientific data, mostly used to gain and harvest kelp, fish, oysters, and mother of pearl.)
-[] Begin Marine Farming (-3 Reputation)
(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 (-5 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) (-3 Reputation)
(Due to the low-temperature drying process, solar-powered food dehydrators are simple and cheap to construct and preserve more nutrients than canning.)
-[] Design Omni-Tractor & Modules (0/2 Actions) (-4 Reputation)
-[] Develop And Test Novel Food Production Methods (Mega-Project - 0/12 Actions) (-3 Reputation)
(You can create further ways to make use of your available farming space to boost production with Industrial Mycoculture, Urban Permaculture Initiatives, Forest Farming (though you'll take full credit for that since IJ stole that idea from you!), Silvopasture, and Agroforestry)
-[] Evaluate and Develop Insect Farming (Mega-Project - 0/2 Actions) (-3 Reputation)
(Cricket and Mealworm Protein Cultivation can be a cheap, plentiful, and versatile way to increase protein in people's diets.)
-[] Construct an Experimental Vertical Hydroponics Test-Building (+1 Reputation) (Helpful)
-[] Pemican Production Factory (-2 Reputation)
(An ancient recipe from the Americas, made of powdered meat and fat that can store for years in a sealed container. Maintaining a stockpile will be potent insurance against a poor harvest.)
-[] Seed Treatment Factory (-2 Reputation)
(Seeds can be treated with various compounds to increase their chances of germination and their resistance to sickness.)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Military (+4 to Design A Native Ship)
-[] Soldier's Councils (Triggers Sub-Vote)
(Bring communism to the barracks! And the cockpits! And the decks!)
-[] Create A Dedicated Coast Guard (Will massively piss off the navy until you get them some ships+equipment)
-[] Initiate CyberSyn Test (Suspicious) (Extremely Helpful)
-[] Design Two Iron Tiger Systems (Describe) (Still Secret)
--[] The Fateful Seal IT (Iron Tiger Revolver)
(The FS-IT is a Fateful Seal redesigned for iron tiger use, developed to use 130x800mmR shells. The FS-IT, just like the FS, uses a 6-or-7-round cylinder and can shoot HE, SAP, and AP shells.)
-[] Design A Native Tank (Describe) (+2 Reputation)
--[] The Credit Where It's Due (Light Scout Tank)
(Taking inspiration from the FT-17 (shape) and T-55A (armor and suspension), the CWID is the first native LST produced in Guangchou. Weighing 28 tons, this LST is armed with a light cannon, four missiles, a coaxial machine gun, and a heavy machine gun mounted on a pintle on the turret top; it is crewed by four crew and possesses a top speed of 48km/h. Though, it is notably light on the armor for a tank.)
-[] Design A Native Plane (Describe) (+3 Reputation)
--[] MiS-27 (Multi-Role Jet)
(The MiS-27 is a Multi-Role jet aircraft, its shape inspired by the MiG-21, with the J37 providing its radical delta wing configuration. Flown by one pilot and armed with 2 Modified 25mm M/71 autocannons, this Jet also sports eight modular hardpoints to add rockets, bombs, fuel tanks, and supplies as needed or wanted.)
-[] Design A Native Vehicle (Describe) (+2 Reputation)
--[] The Police Carrier (Light Assault APC)
(The PC is a simple armored personnel carrier taking inspiration from the BTR-152 (appearance/shape), the BTR-60 (turret), and the M3 half-track (tracks). At 20 tons with a top speed of 75 km/h on-road and 50 km/h offroad, this vehicle can transport its four crew and six passengers where needed. With only light armor protecting its passengers, it utilizes an imported Soviet 2A28 Grom, eight missiles, and a coaxial machine gun for offensive operations.)
--[] The BTR-71 (Light Amphibious APC)
(The BTR-71 has the general shape and appearance of the BTR-60 but has just about nothing in common. Weighing 20 tons, this LST is armed with a light cannon, four missiles, a coaxial machine gun, and a hull machine gun. It is crewed by four crew with place for eight additional passengers and possesses a top speed of 80 km/h on-road and 12 km/h in water.)
-[] Design A Native Ship (Describe) (+3 Reputation)
--[] The Gunagch (Destroyer Escort)
(Weighing at nearly 3kt and a length of 100m, the Gunagch is propelled by two electric drives/propellers, enabling a maximum speed/range of 25knots/20.000km (at 12knots). Armed with four 100m BS-4 guns in 2 twin turrets, eight modified 25mm M/71 autocannons in 4 twin mounts, sixteen 15x115mmR KPVT heavy machine guns in 4 quad mounts, and 80 depth charges.)
--[] The BS-4 (Crewed Anti-Tank)
(The BS-4 is a field and anti-tank gun taking inspiration from the BS-3. Its primary use is for coastal defense forces with a six-meter barrel and 11-meter length overall.)
--[] The Police Carrier Anti-Tank (Self-Propelled AT)
(The PC is a simple armored personnel carrier taking inspiration from the BTR-152 (appearance/shape), the BTR-60 (turret), and the M3 half-track (tracks). At 20 tons with a top speed of 75 km/h on-road and 50 km/h offroad, this vehicle can transport its five crew where needed. With only light armor protecting its passengers, it utilizes an imported Soviet KPVT HMG, rocket-deliver platform, and a coaxial machine gun for offensive operations. Additionally, the passenger compartment of the PC has been removed in favor of an AT Cannon with a gun shield.)
-[] Design A Native Sidearm (Describe) (Choose Any/All)
--[] Fateful Seal (Revolver)
(The Fateful Seal is designed as a top-break gas-seal revolver, using the Webley and the Nagant M1895 for inspiration. Research shows that as much as 26% of propellant gas escapes through the barrel and cylinder gap. Like more or less all gas-seal revolvers, the FS uses the cartridge case to seal the gap between the cylinder and the barrel. It uses a 13.2x55mmSR cartridge; the flat nose boattail bullet is 13.2 millimeters wide and 15 millimeters tall. It has a level on the right side like the Webley revolver and is used for the same purpose. Additionally, with the proposed 4.7-inch to 12-inch long barrels, the FS uses a combination detachable shoulder stock and holster and a 6-or-7-round cylinder.)
--[] Conscript's Friend (Cheap Pistol)
(The CF is a dead-simple integral box magazine pistol taking inspiration from the Steyr Hahn, the FN 1903, the Browning Hi-Power, and the TT-33. The FN 1903 provided the CF with its general shape and appearance, the Steyr Hahn, its integral magazine and stripper clip guide, the Browning Hi-Power knowledge on double-stack magazines, and some more modern safety features, and last but not least, the TT-33 gave the CF knowledge on simplicity. Cambered in an 8x40mmSR cartridge, the CF is designed to be as simple as possible while safely chambering its integral 10-round box fed with striper clips. The handgun is supposed to be so simple that anyone who can rifle the barrel should be able to make the rest of the pistol with hand tools.)
--[] Spook's Squeak (Agent Pistol)
(The SQ is more or less a full copy of the Welrod except for its size and particular cartridge. With a total of 203mm in length, the SQ is chambered in the special 6.5x30mmSR cartridge using a removable 8-shot magazine.)
--[] The Soldiers Pistol (Army Pistol)
The SP is essentially a Browning Hi-Power chambered in 10x37mmSR and fed from a 10 to 20-round detachable double-stack magazine with a barrel length of 12 cm and an overall length of 20 cm, not counting the detachable combination shoulder stock and holster.
--[] Name Pending (Flaregun)
(The NP is a small, light single-shot break-action flare gun taking inspiration from the Sturmpistole.)
-[] Design A Native Service Weapon (Rifle, SMG, Heavy Machine Gun, Rocket launcher, Etc.) (Describe) (Choose Any/All) (+1 Reputation)
--[] The Police's Friend (Bolt-Action Rifle with shotgun+grenade capabilities)
(The PF, just like FS, is meant to be used by police and rear line units and is a bolt-action rifle design taking inspiration from the Lee-Enfield, the Swedish Mauser, and the Fateful Seal. The Swedish Mauser provided the PF with its general shape, appearance, and stripper clip guide, the Lee-Enfield it's magazine and sling mounts, and the Fateful Seal gave the PF the base for its unique 12 g under-barrel revolver shotgun. The PF is meant to be able to use 40mm rifle grenades such as HEAT, HE, and Smoke, with the under-barrel shotgun supposed to be primarily used for riot control in police use and rear line units. Chambered in the same 13.2x55mmSR cartridge as the Fateful Seal, the PF is fed from a 10-round detachable magazine with a 25-inch barrel length and a 40-inch overall length.)
--[] The Militia's Friend (Cheap SMG)
(The MF is a crude SMG taking inspiration from the Sten, PPS, Swedish m/45 SMG, MP 40, and MP 3008. The MF, just like the CF, is meant to be used not by the military but by the militia forces of Guangchou. The Swedish m/45 gave the MF its general shape and appearance; the MP 3008 gave the shoulder stock, the PPS, its knowledge of curved magazines, the MP 40 the safety features and sling mounts, and the Sten its simplicity. With a fire rate of 570 rounds per minute, it is chambering the 8x40mmSR cartridge from a 20 to 30-round detachable box magazine or a 50-round drum with a 20-inch barrel and a 28-inch overall length. The MF is designed to be as simple as possible while still safely chambering its cartridge, and it's supposed to be so simple that anyone who can rifle the barrel should be able to make the rest of the "submachine" gun; using hand tools.)
--[] The Soldiers Friend (Mainstay Select-Fire Rifle)
(The SF is a relatively simple select-fire rifle taking inspiration from the AVS-36, the Fedorov Avtomat, the BAR, and the FG 42. It is meant to be used by professional forces, not police or militia. The BAR provided the SF with its general shape and appearance, the FG 42 the operational and gas system, the Fedorov Avtomat the magazine and dust cover, and the AVS-36 the muzzle break and sling mounts. The SF has a fire rate of 406 to 610 rounds per minute, chambering the 6.5x57mmSR cartridge fed from a 20 or 25-round detachable box magazine while possessing a 28-inch barrel and a 40-inch overall length. The SF is designed to be a reasonably uncomplicated weapon yet modern and meant to be the main arm of the military while still being cheap to produce.)
--[] The Guard's Arm (Costly High-Magazine SMG)
(The GA is a costly high-quality submachine gun taking inspiration from the Browning Hi-Power, the MP 40, MP 5, and the Conscripts Friend and is meant to be used by the secret service and the guards of various military-industrial and laboratory installations. The conscripts friend gave the GA its general shape and appearance, the MP 5 its action, the MP 40 gave the detachable muzzle ring, and the Browning Hi-Power gave it the detachable double-stack magazine alongside modern safety features. The weapon possesses a fire rate of 457 to 800 rounds per minute chambered in a 6.5x30mmSR cartridge feeding from a 10 to 30-round detachable double-stack magazine or 48-round detachable double-stack drum. The GA is 457mm in length, not counting the detachable shoulder stock, and has a detachable muzzle ring that can be unscrewed to attach a suppressor.)
--[] The Workers Might (Crewed Anti-Tank System)
The WM is a recoilless rifle design taking inspiration from the Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle and the german 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40. It is an anti-tank weapon meant for service with professional forces. The LG 40 gave the WM its general shape and appearance; the Carl Gustaf gave it its hinged breech. The WM uses unique 152x305mmR shells capable of firing HE and HEAT ammunition.
--[] The Soldiers Arm (Mainstay SMG)
The SA is a simple submachine gun taking inspiration from the United Defense M42, and the M50 Reising, meant to be used by professional forces. The UD M42 provided the SA its general shape, appearance, and wooden foregrip, and the M50 Reising gave the sights and sling mounts. The SA has a rate of fire of 570 to 800 rounds per minute, chambering the 10x37mmSR cartridge from a 20 to 30-round detachable double-stack box magazine or a 50-round detachable double-stack drum with a 35.6 cm long barrel and an overall length of 61 cm.
-[] Design Native Equipment (Describe)
--[] Develop Native Aircraft Engine
--[] Develop Native Torpedo
-[] Design Infantry IT-Alloy Bodyarmor (+3 Reputation)
-[] Design Police IT-Alloy Bodyarmor And Shields (+1 Reputation) (-2 People's Opinion)
-[] Import (What) (-1 Reputation)
-[] Construct A Submarine Yard (Submarine) (+1 Reputation)
-[] Construct A Torpedo Factory
-[] Construct A Dedicated Naval Slipway (Ship)
-[] Construct Coastal Defences (+2 Reputation)
-[] Construct Interior Defences (+1 Reputation) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Construct An Airfield
-[] Construct Military Building/Factory (What) (Harmful) (-2 People's Opinion)
--[] Construct IT Electronics Factory (Harmful) (-4 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 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 to hide, 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.
-[] Mingxiang Aeronautical Expansion (+2 Reputation)
-[] Airy Modernization (Megaproject - 0/8) (+1 Reputation) (Triggers Sub-Votes)
(Develop a Jet Engine, Multirole Fighter, Transport Aircraft, AWACS Variant of the same, SRAAM (Short Ranged Air-to-Air Missile - For WVR combat) and MRAAM (Medium Ranged Air-to-Air Missile - For BVR combat), LRAAM (Long Ranged Air-to-Air Missile - For shooting down the SR-71 and other fast planes), and ASCM (Anti-Ship Cruise Missile - A cost-effective way to sink a lot of metal))
-[] Airy Might (Mega-project - 0/6) (+1 Reputation) (Harmful) (Requires Airy Modernization)
(Build a (Fighter) Factory Complex, which will get us a force of 300 planes in 5 years. That should be enough for immediate deterrence. By also building a (Transport) and (Missile) Factory, we will ensure that we can incorporate the new designs fully without any missing equipment.)
[] Navy Modernization (Mega-project) (0/8)
-[] Expand The Military Academy (+2 Reputation) (-3 People's Opinion)
-[] Raise A New Military Formation (What) (Harmful) (+1 Reputation) (-3 People's Opinion)
--[] Raise a (Mechanized Combat Engineer) Formation
-[] Raise A Iron Tiger Formation (Organization/Loadout) (Sub-Turns) (Secret) (Suspicious)
-[] Recover Your Sunken Fleet (Harmful) (+2 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion) (+4 to any Naval Action)
-[] Intimidate Taiwan (+5 Reputation)
-[] Commit Exercises (+3 Reputation)
-[] Secure Trade Routes
-[] Raid International Shipping (What Goods) (Helpful/Harmful) (Roll above five, and you won't be caught.)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Social
-[] Establish Comiewood (First Movie/Show - Title, Plot, Animated/Drawn/Live-Action. Will influence native culture immensely.) (+4 Reputation) (+4 People's Opinion)
--[] Commiewood Entertainment Megaplex (+5 Reputation)
(Adds a whole bunch of sets and capabilities, including a reduced gravity aircraft ("vomit comet") for filming zero gee scenes, a giant pool for underwater scenes, dedicated computers for primitive CGI, a network of satellite campuses in various locations around Guangchou to filming in different environments, specialized and integrated teams: (i.e., dialogue crew, worldbuilding crew, plot crew, etc.), establishing links to the various military branches so they can feature in films, etc.)
-[] Expand Your Television Station (New Channel Name And/Or Focus)
--[] 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 (-4 Reputation)
--[] International Production And Doctors (Helpful) (-7 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[] Arrest Dissidents (Harmful) (-5 People's Opinion)
-[] Increase Surveillance (Harmful) (-5 People's Opinion)
-[] Purge Undesirable Citizens (Who) (Harmful) (+1 Reputation) (-5 People's Opinion)
-[] Search And Destroy Rebels (Harmful) (-5 People's Opinion) (+2 Reputation)
-[] Increase Social Control (How) (Helpful) (Harmful) (-3 People's Opinion) (+5 Reputation)
-[] Propagandize An Achievement (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[] Reduce Surveillance (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
-[] Praise Workers From (Industry) (Helpful/Harmful) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[] Boost (Social Statistic, example: Birthrates) (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[] Propagandize Workers Conditions (Helpful)
-[] Implement A Social Policy (Write-In) (Helpful/Harmful) (+3 People's Opinion) (-2 Reputation)
-[] Reduce Social Control (How) (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion) (-7 Reputation)
-[] Improve Foreign Intelligence Service
--[] Industrial Espionage in Japan (-7 Reputation) (Suspicious)
(Right now, there's a wide variance in the effectiveness of your foreign intelligence agents, which suggests 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. Of course, industrial espionage may not be as glamorous as the political and military games the CIA and KGB played. Still, 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.)
--[] Western Heavy Machinery For Reverse Engineering
--[] (Write-In Target/Activity)
-[] Rationalize the Language (Mega-Project - 0/5 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
-[] Leader Pushed Developments
--[] Reform Government Structure (Mega-Project - 0/10 Actions) (Triggers Sub-Vote) (-50 Reputation) -[] 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)
--[] (Gay) Immigration Propaganda (-3 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
---[] The Somalia Democratic Republic
---[] New Zealand
---[] Indonesia
---[] India
---[] The Philippines
---[] Sri Lanka
---[] Myanmar
---[] Thailand
---[] Laos
---[] Cambodia
---[] (Write-In)
--[] Brain Drain Time! (+4 Reputation)
(A lot of nations are currently facing unrest or ethnic cleansings. We could take advantage of the fleeing populations and persecuted intellectuals to boost our native capabilities. Oh, and help the refugees too.
---[] Thailand (Difficult - +5 Reputation if successful)
---[] (Write-In)
--[] Southeast Asian Communist Kinship Programm (+3 Reputation)
(Laos shows several historical similarities to Guangchou, including going from a monarchy to a communist system. They're undergoing significant changes in 1975, though they are concerningly fond of atrocities. By stepping in and providing guidance/material support, we may be able to gain an ally and stop the mass murders. Additionally, this could be the first step from China's Shadow into an alliance of our own...) -[] Progressives
--[] Have their experts focus on the economic issues and suggest how to increase food supply and ideas for a healthier economy. (-5 Reputation) -[] International
--[] BEHOLD! My American Ship-
---[] Russian Ambassador (-1 Chinese Opinion) (???)
---[] Chinese Ambassador (+1 Chinese Opinion) (???) -[] Technologists
--[] Form a Statistics Bureau (Focus) (-2 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) (-5 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)
--[] Armed Solidarity (+7 Reputation) (+5 People's Opinion) (International (Read: West) Anger) (Repeatable)
(A bloody massacre happened in Thailand, radically altering the country's political landscape and bringing forth every manner of vermin and revolutionary ally. Using sympathetic and allied forces, we could smuggle arms, trainers, equipment, and supplies to identify and contact groups to bolster their strength and capabilities. Even if we fail to ensure a complete revolution, a coup ending with sympathetic forces leading the nation will benefit us in the denial of yet another region to exploit the West's lust for money.)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Secret Projects
-[] Investigate Applications For WEISOFT Again
-[] Mingxiang CyberSyn System 1.1.0 (Mega-Project - 0/18 Actions) (-9 Reputation)
-[] Develop Native Supercomputer (Mega-Project - 0/4 Actions) (-8 Reputation)
-[] Experimental Nuclear Reactor (Mega-Project - 0/10 Actions) (+3 Reputation per Turn/25 Reputation for 8 Actions spent in one turn)
[] 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.)
Minotaurs and Mazes: The Undead Rot
Write a group of soldiers going through a module of MnM. No restrictions on what happens in-game; just have fun.
(+2 to all Social Actions)
AN: Fishing for more RP/PO in the RP section won't work here-on forward.
About this, Minotaurs and Mazes: The Undead Rot. Someone else should definitely write this. I have zero experience with actual RP sessions. I just like throwing the dice. 👀
Well yeah. I just wanted to note the phrasing because in the context of the Cambodian genocide, knowing the difference between "we need to get rid of the Khmer Rouge" and "we need to get rid of the Khmer" is a big deal.
Our very first action was to conduct our own government purge and shut down our "re-education" camps. I don't think that staying back and only saving the useful people is an option for us in-character. The question I'm wondering about is whether this means we need to start crash-building an Iron Tiger regiment for a counter-invasion, or if we are going to try a soft power approach and use our ally's big sticks instead.
When you finally gave in and could no longer hide your laughter, your colleagues had immediately realized what was going on.
Reprimand was swift and hefty. Honestly, though? You couldn't care any less. The look on their faces when the printout appeared was pure diamond. Everyone had started panicking, while the guards present had even radioed to have the compound at medium, or cautious, stance.
Seriously. Who the hell said science was boring?
Edit: For those too lazy to copy-paste, the techie had Duljjae Ai print out "Hello meatbags" in binary.
Our very first action was to conduct our own government purge and shut down our "re-education" camps. I don't think that staying back and only saving the useful people is an option for us in-character. The question I'm wondering about is whether this means we need to start crash-building an Iron Tiger regiment for a counter-invasion, or if we are going to try a soft power approach and use our ally's big sticks instead.
Alright comrades, while we could takes as many people as possible, a lot are still gonna die from the upcoming genocide. We can't rely on China due to the low opinion they have, and neither can we reason with a mad man. Now we could just wipe out Pol pot but as someone pointed out who is to say that Pol pot's faction is filled with crazies, so I say we either begin to arm the real "socialist and communist" factions to overthrow pol pot or if we can start a "special military operations" to liberate Cambodia from the madman and his goons. Either way we have the opportunity to change history and prevent a genocide so we must move fast
Alright comrades, while we could takes as many people as possible, a lot are still gonna die from the upcoming genocide. We can't rely on China due to the low opinion they have, and neither can we reason with a mad man. Now we could just wipe out Pol pot but as someone pointed out who is to say that Pol pot's faction is filled with crazies, so I say we either begin to arm the real "socialist and communist" factions to overthrow pol pot or if we can start a "special military operations" to liberate Cambodia from the madman and his goons. Either way we have the opportunity to change history and prevent a genocide so we must move fast
Pretty sure the Lean on china option is there because we spent 3 Chinese Opinion already. However If that option is to lost more chinese opinion ontop of the Three already spent. I'm all for Quickly building up our military and doing an Intervention.
