What the office of national statistics can't prove won't hurt us. Nickel superalloys melt at about 1450C but there's some fun tricks you can use to whack the engine temperatures up to 1500 or even 1600 if you're feeling brave. 1900 is absolutely out of the question, but again, what the office can't prove...
The office - Actually the numbers are from 90s designs which means modern production. The F-35 runs at 1980C and a 28-29 pressure ratio. In a similar vein if we were actually making this engine it would be relying on 50s or 60s numbers (aircraft produced in the 70s) As it is we need to look at the late 80s and mid 90s to see a relatively accurate end result.
You're confusing staged compressors with spooled compressors. A twin spool will have a LP compressor connected by shaft to a LP turbine and a HP compressor connected to a HP turbine. The stages relate to those individual compressors and turbines.
What the office of national statistics can't prove won't hurt us. Nickel superalloys melt at about 1450C but there's some fun tricks you can use to whack the engine temperatures up to 1500 or even 1600 if you're feeling brave. 1900 is absolutely out of the question, but again, what the office can't prove...
The office - Actually the numbers are from 90s designs which means modern production. The F-35 runs at 1980C and a 28-29 pressure ratio.
No.
You're confusing staged compressors with spooled compressors. A twin spool will have a LP compressor connected by shaft to a LP turbine and a HP compressor connected to a HP turbine. The stages relate to those individual compressors and turbines.
The size & T/W is fine for the 'alleged' turbine temperature. EJ-200 is about the same size and has 6.2-9.2 at 1550C or something like that.
Which is a somewhat optimistic expectation for an engine designed in the late 70s but not impossible with upgrades.
But since this one has been developed in the late 70s we must unfortunately limit ourselves to (checks notes) something like a slightly better F-117 looking F-15/F-16 thing or a crappy Dassault Rafale.
Also I edited the post where I replied so you might want to reread it.
Whaaaaat? The numbers are wrong? Nah, they can't be wrong. They're numbers.
I know, I'm screwing around with this thing and it'll get all boring and sensible later.
The size & T/W is fine for the 'alleged' turbine temperature. EJ-200 is about the same size and has 6.2-9.2 at 1550C or something like that.
Which is a somewhat optimistic expectation for an engine designed in the late 70s but not impossible with upgrades.
But since this one has been developed in the late 70s we must unfortunately limit ourselves to (checks notes) something like a slightly better F-117 looking F-15/F-16 thing or a crappy Dassault Rafale.
Also I edited the post where I replied so you might want to reread it.
TBH while it's fun to throw ideas back and forth, adding details like number of stages and turbine inlet temps is probably out of scope. HC is only really going to be able to use the qualitative description.
Soviet engines were also pretty decent on performance grounds - though fuel hungry. Their real flaw was the short time between overhauls, which happened mostly because the Soviets had to push their engines much harder to match western performance.
With regards to the missiles, you want to reference Soviet rather than American systems, because those are what we actually have to work with. Also we haven't had a chance to do high end R&D integration, so we make do with mostly Soviet export grade tech.
Edit: Also, our stealth tech right now is kind of janky, but broadly it would probably be accurate to say we can get RCS down to Super Hornet / Rafale levels.
Y'know, I was this close to being sold on the whole thing, but you passed up the opportunity to call your literal jet engineUncle FASTER. I'm not even mad, I'm just disappointed. =P
Muh brain is probs just exhausted, but I'm assuming this is a bit of wordplay from Uncle Fester to Faster, since it's an engine and all. And not a typo.
Muh brain is probs just exhausted, but I'm assuming this is a bit of wordplay from Uncle Fester to Faster, since it's an engine and all. And not a typo.
Yes. Because sending "missile Morticia sweet and deadly" is just fine, but if your engine is named for something an infected wound does when one vowel over you instead have an invocation of speed?
Muh brain is probs just exhausted, but I'm assuming this is a bit of wordplay from Uncle Fester to Faster, since it's an engine and all. And not a typo.
Also, lmao. I just realized that if we do end up ripping off Starship-Superheavy for our space access megaproject, then we could literally loft all of Mir up in a single launch.
The wonders of 150 tonnes to LEO, baybee.
In fact... we might be able to have it done in time for the 1986 launch date. We'd most likely have to delay national rail or healthcare buildup tho.
Something to think about on the end of the plot.
Edit: If instead of lofting the original Mir modules, Roskosmos redesigned Mir into a unitary station like their previous Salyuts, then the internal volume could double for the same mass.
I don't think any of the engine's will fit into my MiS-27 design since it's derived from the MiG-21 and the Saab J37 Viggen and as shuch i don't think i will this turn and instead let the pendulum swing as it may.
And yes i am use the pendulum as a metaphor for the vote.
I don't think any of the engine's will fit into my MiS-27 design since it's derived from the MiG-21 and the Saab J37 Viggen and as shuch i don't think i will this turn and instead let the pendulum swing as it may.
And yes i am use the pendulum as a metaphor for the vote.
I glaze over when gearheads start talking pure specs without any references to application. It might be part of why I'm so heavily Team Butter when guns-or-butter things come up, because the application for Butter things is built in.
Unless you're going to put together your own proposal that will suit your designs, a design that doesn't take into account available hardware is about like a sports coach that insists players fit into their system regardless of where their talents actually lie. I have yet to run into anybody who's said it's a good thing.
Adapt. Be resourceful and use what's available. Or make something available that works for what you want to do.
I know rail has underlying global infrastructure benefits but we've been told our healthcare system is pretty much in shambles and it doesn't matter how much product you can move if your people are sick all the time or dead from preventable stuff.
I'm not quite sure how we go about pushing it, but that's probably my next push.
I know rail has underlying global infrastructure benefits but we've been told our healthcare system is pretty much in shambles and it doesn't matter how much product you can move if your people are sick all the time or dead from preventable stuff.
I'm not quite sure how we go about pushing it, but that's probably my next push.
I think we can leverage our industry to provide industrial aid to Cuba in exchange for auto progress on a healthcare megaproject similar to our Educational Reform one.
I am super-undereducated and over-propagandized on Cuba.
From what I've been able to pick up, they're fairly interventionist (yay for Guangchou) but kinda lousy on the human rights and super iron-fisty. Healthcare-wise, they're super-great on providers but have struggled with supplies. If we could get into the pharma / supplies (including electronics?) side of it (organic chemistry includes medicines and what I'm going to call energetic compounds because that's fuels and explosives and other things, so it's not too far afield for us) we could really improve things on both sides.
I am 100% certain there are enormous issues I'm missing, but that's my starting point.
I am super-undereducated and over-propagandized on Cuba.
From what I've been able to pick up, they're fairly interventionist (yay for Guangchou) but kinda lousy on the human rights and super iron-fisty. Healthcare-wise, they're super-great on providers but have struggled with supplies. If we could get into the pharma / supplies (including electronics?) side of it (organic chemistry includes medicines and what I'm going to call energetic compounds because that's fuels and explosives and other things, so it's not too far afield for us) we could really improve things on both sides.
I am 100% certain there are enormous issues I'm missing, but that's my starting point.
[] [COMMIEWOOD] Nachthexen
An animated historical fantasy drama following the 588th Night Bomber Regiment during the Great Patriotic War, exploring the lives of those soviet airwomen - in a setting where they're re-imagined as literal witches. It's, at heart, a war movie and a love letter to aircraft combat but tempered by its exploration of the horrors of industrial warfare, ethnic tensions, and the side effects of rapid societal change. An instant cult classic among lesbians everywhere. Notable for its realism - Commiewood got a ton of actual footage of the real planes IRL and interviewed surviving members of the Night Witches to capture both the tone and technical details.
[X] [PLAN] Top Guan(gchou)
[X] Infrastructure
-[X] [SCHOOL] (2 Actions)
-[X] Create New Housing (Helpful)
--[X] Use Large-Scale Energy Efficient Housing (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion) (+2 Reputation)
[X] Agri-, And Aquaculture
-[X] Implement Crop Breeding Programs (+2 Reputation)
[X] Military
-[X] Airy Modernization (Mega-Project - 8/8) (+1 Reputation) (Triggers Sub-Votes)
[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
-[X] Personal Action: Publish your book: The Anarcho-Communist Manifesto, for domestic consumption.
-[X] Personal Action: See if you can get any information about the fleet in your harbor from the Chinese ambassador over a nice dinner.
-[X] Lover Action: Tour Mingxiang together so Mai can geek out over plane stuff, and you can catch up with some old friends who work there now.
[X] Military
-[X] Airy Modernization (Mega-Project - 8/8) (+1 Reputation) (Triggers Sub-Votes)
The ADAAMS Family
(Advanced Air-to-Air Missile System)
Name: Short Range Anti Air Missile (SRAAM) NATO Nickname: "Pugsley" Type: Short Range Anti-Air Missile Branch: Airy Intended Role: WVR Air Combat Notable Quirks:
Off-Bore Sight
Consumable Thrust Vectoring
Stowable Fins
The Student Has Surpassed the Teacher (AIM-9)
Fluff
Hydrazine/IRFNA liquid rocket. Hazardous, but not more hazardous than a solid rocket motor, just differently hazardous. Russian and American missile development locked into the solid fuel tech tree path before Inhibited (and thus safer to store) RFNA was developed.
L/D ratio of 20 to minimize drag.
Longer range and powered flight envelope due to higher specific impulse of hypergolic propellant.
Larger than the R-33 that it's based on but the same weight (due to less dense propellants).
Thrust vectoring via ablative jet vanes for close-in maneuvers at low speed. These get ablated as the missile picks up speed, and aerodynamic control surfaces take over.
Stowable fins come standard because it's meant to be mounted in volume-limited internal bays.
Comes in RADAR and thermal seeker variants meant to be fired in pairs following Soviet doctrine.
Off boresight is the significant seeker improvement and applies to both RADAR and thermal seekers, but does not yet have all aspect seeking capabilities for the heat-seeking version (sensors insufficiently developed).
Superior electronics to both the K-13 it's roughly based on, and to the AIM-9 that the K-13 is based on, but seeker sensitivity bottlenecks their effectiveness for the heat-seeking version.
Blast-fragmentation warhead is not the ideal tool for every job, but it's adequate for just about any job.
Name: Medium Range Anti Air Missile (MRAAM) NATO Nickname: "Wednesday" Type: Medium Range Anti-Air Missile Branch: Airy Intended Role: WVR/BVR Air Combat Notable Quirks:
Off-Bore Sight
Large Powered Envelope
Stowable Fins
Datalink
Fluff
A grown-up version of the SRAAM that shares the same warhead, seekers, and actuators but features more fuel and a larger engine.
Omits thrust vectoring in favor of aerodynamic control and a throttleable engine that lets it reduce thrust after the initial burn, allowing it to cruise more efficiently in sustainer mode and maintain a larger powered flight envelope.
Mounts a data link that allows for mid-flight course corrections from the launching aircraft and retargets or remotely detonates the missile. Can't talk to other missiles (yet).
RADAR seeker is larger and more capable than the SRAAM to allow for better performance in BVR scenarios, but the thermal seeker is identical.
Name: Long Range Anti Air Missile (LRAAM) NATO Nickname: "Morticia" Type: Long Range Anti-Air Missile Branch: Airy Intended Role: BVR Air Combat Notable Quirks:
A Real Chonker
Stowable Fins
High Speed, Low Drag
Datalink
Fluff
Throttleable kerosene fueled ramjet with an underslung ramp inlet and a solid rocket motor first stage integrated into the combustion chamber.
Mach 5 sprint/Mach 4 cruise designed to chase down high-speed American recon planes or hit tankers/AWACS from long range.
Beefier transceiver for its datalink compared to MRAAM to account for longer ranges, but otherwise identical. Can't talk to other missiles (yet).
Takes up the same space as 2-3 MRAAMS, even with the stowable fins.
Tailless delta wing within a high wing configuration creates a flat top surface for radar from airborne planes to bounce away from. (It looks like it's flying "upside down.")
Engine inlet and outboard stabilizers are both mounted below the wing so that it shadows them from above.
Sea skimming makes it harder to detect and reduces engagement from close-in defenses.
Efficient medium bypass turbofan gives it good fuel consumption, coupled with large fuel tanks to let it travel far, far out to sea.
Slow and relies on its datalink to get a mid-course correction from other assets tracking its target.
Meant to swarm its target and use ECM and pen aids instead of speed to penetrate its defensive perimeter - taking advantage of superior electronics.
The larger size means it mounts both a thermal and radar seeker, making it harder to fool with ECM and flares.
Somewhat uniquely, it's designed to do a rolling takeoff from a road or airfield using a disposable tricycle sled. In theory, it could also be thrown out the back of a cargo plane, but that's not yet been implemented.
Name: Common Aircraft Engine NATO Nickname: "Faster" Type: Low Bypass Turbofan Branch: Airy Intended Role: Fighter/Transport Powerplant Notable Quirks:
Reliable A.F.
I'm a Big Fan
On The Verge of Greatness
Fluff
Based on R-35-300.
Magneto-aerodynamic no-contact bearings remove the need for a bearing oil system and drastically increase the reliability and time between overhauls. Also, act as a built-in starter and electrical generator.
Full Authority Digital Electronic Controller (FADEC) manipulates engine parameters to keep it performing at its peak for a given condition without requiring human input. It also keeps tabs on engine health to assist the maintenance schedule.
Electromechanically actuated vanes (and con-div nozzle in the fighter version) remove the need for an engine hydraulic system (lower weight, less maintenance).
95 kN dry thrust fighter variant is 10-12 kN higher than its parent. If you showed this engine to a Soviet engineer, they would think this was meant to go on a small strategic bomber, not a fighter.
Why is it so overpowered? Because Guang aerospace engineers seemed to have a single-engine boner and were planning on eventually creating a more affordable single-engine version of the then-under-development MiG-29. Cost considerations also mean that the transport aircraft and fighters developed as part of Airy Modernization had to share an engine core. Hence, the turbine and compressors had to be able to deliver enough power to get a fat pig of an AWACS airborne.
While better metallurgy and control systems than its Soviet parent bumped the thrust up a respectable amount, and Mingxiang's engineers eventually gave in and let the engine diameter grow, the performance still falls short of the targeted 100 kN of dry thrust. Further iterative design is required to perfect this engine to its final form.
Almost as an afterthought, the Faster's power gives a MiG-23 derived plane means it can brute force it's way into super cruising at Mach 1.1. This shit supercruise eats into operational range only slightly less than going full afterburner, but it was still the first aircraft that could do so!
AN: I tried coming up with fluff for the past three days. At this point, I just have to accept that the write-in is sufficient to convey that you now have plane stuff. Or that Cyber is too good with the write-ins. Let me have my prose, dagnabit! >:c
[X] [COMMIEWOOD] Nachthexen
An animated historical fantasy drama following the 588th Night Bomber Regiment during the Great Patriotic War, exploring the lives of those soviet airwomen - in a setting where they're re-imagined as literal witches. It's, at heart, a war movie and a love letter to aircraft combat but tempered by its exploration of the horrors of industrial warfare, ethnic tensions, and the side effects of rapid societal change. An instant cult classic among lesbians everywhere. Notable for its realism - Commiewood got a ton of actual footage of the real planes IRL and interviewed surviving members of the Night Witches to capture both the tone and technical details.
Usually, having twelve women in your office wouldn't be a problem, and for some attracted to that gender, it would be seen as a net positive, especially as all twelve women were in their military uniforms and doing their best to appear as charming as possible toward me.
Joke's on them; command chose me precisely because they couldn't seduce me. Score one for Team Aero-Ace!
The joke's on me; they could still make my life difficult by appealing to a humans base nature: our weakness against cute and adorable things.
"Oh, come on, Chi~! Nobody would ever know~," Squadron-Leader Li spoke, giving me her best "puppy eyes" as the rest of her team provided auxiliary support, trying to whittle me down with sheer numbers alone. "We could even make it ~worth your time~ for any troubles?" She continued, pouting as I didn't move a single muscle, and my face still conveyed my thoughts on what was going on.
"SL Li," I began, making her look at me with big, hopeful, teary eyes. "No."
"OH FUCK YOU!" Came her immediate retort, flipping me off as various disappointed exclamations came from the background crew. "Why the Marx not? Third Squadron got to change their name and paint jobs; why can't we?"
"Because they did so after a year of studious review, with a rational reason given for the use of runic decals from Runic Wars, rather than your desire to rename yourself as the "Black Demon Slayer Witch Squadron" with erotic pin-ups of the Nachthexen crews on the side so you, and I am quoting the official paperwork here," I spoke, looking at Li with an even gaze, putting every ounce of judgment I could into it; "Can "Pick up hot bitches while being sexy witches!"" A moment passed in silence after my retort, just long enough for me to think that, maybe, they realized why their request was denied.
"And?" One of the Pilots said, making me wish I still had that bottle of cheap vodka my aunt had sent me from Russia.
***
>AdamAndSteve said: Oh, I LOVE that movie! I first watched the remake and censored version in 2004, when I was a wee little girl.
>AdamAndSteve said: Begged my parents for /weeks/ to let me watch the "Cool Magic War Movie," as I put it.
>AdamAndSteve said: Mom didn't like it at all, but Dad eventually let me watch it with my brother just to make me stop bugging him!
>AdamAndSteve said: Said: "What's the worst that could happen?"
>PurpleIsSuspicious said: LOL
>HumanRightsNow said: LOL
>PuppyPoster said: OLO
>PurpleIsSuspicious said: PP, why
>PuppyPoster said: :7
>PuppyPoster said: But ya, "worst that could happen"
>PuppyPoster said: Bet he wasn't happy when you got out
>AdamAndSteve said: Yep! But hey, I got to watch the uncensored org from '78 with my then GF
>AdamAndSteve said: Then I got shipped to the conversion camp in Newcastle-under-Lyme 'cause they found us.
>AdamAndSteve said: If I had watched that the first time 'round, I probably would've gotten shipped then and there.
>AdamAndSteve said: 'Cause Visha in the censored got me interested in girls after *That Scene*.
>AdamAndSteve said: And in the uncensored. ///WHOOF///
>HumanRightsNow said: I'd make a bone joke, but I am 90% sure it'd be racist to puppy
>PuppyPoster said: I give you 1 (One) permission for that.
>HumanRightsNow said: :>
>AdamAndSteve said: Please no.
>HumanRightsNow said: *Inhales*
>AdamAndSteve Logged Out
>PuppyPoster said: Coward!
>HumanRightsNow said: BOOO!
>PurpleIsSuspicious said: >:<
-[X] Create New Housing (Helpful)
--[X] Use Large-Scale Energy Efficient Housing (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion) (+2 Reputation)
(3 - Sub-Optimal)
Construction continues as planned, with no delays or significant issues arising through the months, dozens of the LSEEHs rising all over the nation, housing hundreds, then thousands. A good thing, too, as Pol-Pot shipped over more "dissidents" to you, displacing political enemies, inconvenient farmers, and generally those who don't jump high enough when told to drop or similar idiocies. Nonetheless, Guangchou is slowly being transformed all over the country from single or two-story buildings or hovels into multi-story modern apartment complexes filled with conveniences, services, and goods such as electric stoves, heaters, and phones in the lobby for people to call into governmental services.
[X] Agri-, And Aquaculture
-[X] Implement Crop Breeding Programs (+2 Reputation)
(12 - Boosted)
Funds were approved to the Biology Department of the TSBRI three months ago, and you have since gotten a steady feeling of creeping doom from that. Surely, nothing terrible has happened there? After all, they are just breeding better crops for your people, nothing outrageous, right? ...right?
Meanwhile, in the TSBRIs Biology Department:
"Okay, so... who is going to tell me how we managed to increase the nutrients of rice by 7% in two generations?"
[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
-[X] Personal Action: Publish your book: The Anarcho Automated-Communism Manifesto for domestic consumption.
(You didn't pick the Anarkitties, so no Anarchism for you until you do! >:I)
(97 + 20 (Revisions) = 117)
"It'll do fine!" Mai said, hugging you as you cuddled in bed, the both of you still awake after a relatively calm day of governance and politics. "You put in so much work; there is no way people will hate it! Besides, you are bound to have a ton of people read it; the ones in politics will have to read it as a matter of course, and enough the people adore you! So there is no way it'll be disdained," she said, kissing you on the head as you didn't resist her hugging you further, her head on yours.
"I know that," you said non-poutingly, ignoring Mai's giggle. "But I can worry! What if it'll just end up as a minor note in our nation's history?"
Article:
The Automated-Communism Manifesto is widely regarded as the most influential work in the creation of the early Automatic Technocratic Movement, using it as the foundation for various political, social, and cultural ideas, alongside the [...]
-[X] Personal Action: See if you can get any information about the fleet in your harbor from the Chinese ambassador over a nice dinner.
(13)
No dice there, with not even Li Jia able to tease out the information from the man. Okay, what is going on for even that uptight idiot to stay silent while getting it?
-[X] Lover Action: Tour Mingxiang together so Mai can geek out over plane stuff, and you can catch up with some old friends who work there now.
(51)
You must say the visit went rather well, though you had been concerned about the looks Mai was giving the newly manufactured Iron Tigers getting tested. Her mutterings about the cockpit dimensions being "just big enough for it to work" worried you greatly. On another note, you are pretty glad you cannot be put on cleaning duty; those cockpits look like a bitch and a half to clean after you and Mei had "a vigorous inspection" of the insides. But, putting that aside, you still had an informative time, getting into the loop of the newest developments, ideas being thrown around, and the various prototypes in action, and catching up with a few old friends. On that tone, you also were informed about news regarding an incident in a Metallurgical Lab and the conclusion of your IT testing.
[X] Metallurgical News
-[X] Incidental Star Blood Development Process
You are pretty unsure about the science behind this, but the "Star Blood Incident," as the engineers call it, was apparently a mistake in a lab leading to the creation of a new type of alloy you are currently unable to reproduce to scale. As you can understand, this "Star Blood Alloy" (no, the scientists won't change the name) is similar to current armor alloys in strength but weighing around 9-15% less. Which is good? Lighter armor is good, right? If you understand the techno-babble right, that type of chemical-metallurgical analysis of compou-whatever had never been your strength.
[X] Military Developments
-[X] Iron Tiger Formations
What was significantly easier to understand (thanks to Mai) was the finished findings of your testing of the Iron Tiger role and slot in your doctrine. The short and sweet of the whole thing can be boiled down to them being seen as a go-between of infantry and armor, used primarily as spearhead troops similar to armor. Though your theorists note that with improved technology, that stratagem can change, and they'll be eager to see how they can stay ahead of the global arms race that will follow the Iron Tigers' reveal.
{Awed Ambition: +2 to Space Actions (Electronics, Metallurgy, Education), +1 to All Automation Projects
Automated-Communism Manifesto: +1 to all Automation Projects (Global)}
+6 to your first Civilian Rocket Project
+4 to your first Military Plane Factory
+1 to all Housing Actions for the Entire 5-Year-Plan
+1 to any Spy Action
+6 to any Technology
+6 to Experimental Nuclear Reactor
+2 to Recover Your Sunken Fleet.
+4 to any Design using Flipper Propulsion
+10 to Designing a Submarine
+2 to Designing a Torpedo
Reputation - (46/100 Reputation - The nation develops, yet where lies its path?) People's Opinion - (92/100 Reputation - All Hail The Great Leader! The Silver Tongued Stateswright! Bringer Of Prosperity And Plenty! *Loud Cheers*) Chinese Opinion - (5/10 - The People's Republic and Chairman Hua Guofeng appreciate the steadfast alliance between the workers of China and Guangchou, may we prosper!) 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 pages and links to dissertations are dedicated to your advancement of digital technology. A dozen links and pages devoted to your influence on the Automatic Technocratic movement. Several dates of important milestones in your life, political and private. Some (horny) memes due to your big family.)
Light Industry - Meh - (Permanent Small Improvements) Heavy Industry - Adequate - (Permanent Small Improvements) Military Industry - Good - (Permanent Small-ish Improvements) Agriculture - Adequate- (Static, Trending Upwards Painfully Slowly)
[] (Optional: Write-In Commiewood Project) (No Plan)
[] Infrastructure
-[] Automate Factory/Facility/Project (What) (Various Reputation Gains)
-[] Das Capital Planned City (Mega-Project) (Trigger Sub-Vote)
-[] Build Your School-System (Mega-Project - 25/40 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.)
-[] Fluoridate the Water Supply (Helpful) (-4 People's Opinion)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Light Industry
-[] Cyberdize Light Industry Sector (Mega-Project - 0/5 Actions) (Secret Is Out)
-[] Automate Factory/Facility/Project (What) (Various Reputation Gains)
-[] Increase Electrification (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Expand Your Train Network (Helpful)
-[] Construct Consumer Goods Factory (What) (Helpful) (-1 Reputation)
-[] 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.)
-[] Build Vitamin Supplement Factory (Helpful) (-1 Reputation)
[] Develop Solar Cauldron (-1 Reputation)
-[] Develop Thermal Battery (+1 Reputation)
-[] Water Desalination (-1 Reputation)
-[] Oil Processing (+1 Reputation)
-[] Food Processing (-3 Reputation)
-[] Ammonia Production (-2 Reputation)
-[] Mineral Processing (-1 Reputation)
-[] Papermaking (-2 Reputation)
-[] Electrical Generation
[] Implement Six Sigma Methodologies (-2 Reputation)
[] Implement Just in Time Logistics (-1 Reputation)
[] Implement Continuous Improvement Programs (-2 People's Opinion)
[] Develop Lights-Out Manufacturing (+2 Reputation)
[] Generic Appliance Factory (+2 Reputation)
[] Generic Furniture Factory (+2 Reputation)
[] Generic Household Hardware Factory (+2 Reputation)
[] Establish Ateliers (-5 Reputation)
-[] Tailors & Cobblers
-[] Woodworkers
-[] Metalworkers
[] Establish Rubber Plantations (-4 People's Opinion) (Harmful)
[] Bulk Textiles Mill (-3 People's Opinion) (Harmful)
[] Generic Bulk Clothing Factory (+1 People's Opinion) (Harmful)
[] Establish More Publishing Houses (+2 People's Opinion)
[] Build Breweries (+3 People's Opinion) (Harmful)
[] Bottled Drinks Factory (+1 People's Opinion)
[] Food Dehydration Plant (-1 Reputation)
[] Petrochemical Plant (+3 Reputation)
[] Pharmaceuticals Plant (+2 Reputation)
[] Chemical Commodities Plant (+2 Reputation)
-[] Ammonia (Fertilizer)
[] Fine Chemicals Plant (+1 Reputation)
-[] Agrochemicals (Pesticides)
[] Specialty Chemicals Plant (+2 Reputation)
[] Inorganic Chemicals Plant (+1 Reputation)
[] Polymer Plant (+2 Reputation)
[] Consumer Chemical Plant (-1 Reputation)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Heavy Industry (+2/+2 to Geothermal Power (Trade/Omake))
-[] Cyberdize Heavy Industry Sector (Mega-Project - 0/15 Actions) (+2 Reputation) (Secret Is Out)
-[] Automate Factory/Facility/Project (What) (Various Reputation Gains)
-[] Automate Every Factory (Mega-Project - 2/15 Actions) (-7 People's Opinion) (Genie is out of the bottle) (Extremely Harmful (Job Loss)) (+1 per Turn Automatic Progress)
-[] Construct Housing Factory - (Design) (+1 Reputation) (Automated)
-[] 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)
-[] Research The "Incidental Star Blood Development Process" (???) (Requires Improved Metallurgical Institute)
-[] Develop Hydrothermal Carbonization (-3 Reputation)
-[] Construct A (Iron Tiger Derived) Electronics Factory (+3 Reputation) (Harmful) (Highly Suspicious) (Steel Foundry Needed)
-[] Crack the 800 nm Process (Mega Project - 0/4 Actions) (-3 Reputation) (Suspicious)
-[] 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)
--[] New Fishing Trawler
-[] Design A Civilian Aircraft (Describe)
-[] 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 - 0/3) (+1 Reputation) (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 - 0/64) (Harmful)
(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!)
-[] Construct a Cosmodrome (Mega-project - 0/21) (Harmful) (+3 Reputation) (Requires "Apply to Interkosmos")
--[] Jointly Operated with Interkosmos (+2 Auto-Completion per Turn, -7 Actions Needed) (-2 Reputation per Turn)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Agri-, And Aquaculture
(1 Action Forced)
-[] Cyberdize Agricultural Sector (Mega-Project - 0/11 Actions) (-9 Reputation) (Secret Is Out)
-[] Automate Factory/Facility/Project (What) (Various Reputation Gains)
-[] 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) (-2 Reputation)
-[] Build a Herbicide & Pesticide Plant (Helpful) (-2 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.)
-[] 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)
-[] Create Insect Farms (-1 Reputation) (Helpful)
(Cricket and Mealworm Protein Cultivation are a cheap, plentiful, and versatile way to increase protein in people's diets.)
-[] Construct an Experimental Vertical Hydroponics Test-Building (+1 Reputation)
-[] Pemican Production Factory (-2 Reputation) (Helpful)
(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 full 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.)
[] Implement Crop Breeding Programs (+2 Reputation)
[] Fund Agricultural Veterinary Care (-3 Reputation)
[] Develop Fish Ranching (-1 Reputation)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Military (+4 to Design A Native Ship)
-[] Automate Factory/Facility/Project (What) (Various Reputation Gains)
-[] 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)
-[] 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 off-road, 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 a 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 off-road, this vehicle can transport its five crew where needed. With only light armor protecting its passengers, it utilizes an imported Soviet KPVT HMG, a 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 stripper 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 particular 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, the dust cover, the AVS-36, and the muzzle brake 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
--[] Develop a Rocket Engine (+1 Reputation)
--[] Develop a Rocket (+2 Reputation)
--[] Develop an Orbital Satellite (Mega-Project - 0/3 Actions) (+2 Reputation)
-[] 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)
-[] Mingxiang Aeronautical Expansion (+2 Reputation)
-[] 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) (Secret) (Suspicious) --[] WRITE IN CHOSEN LOADOUTS
-[] 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
-[] 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.'))
-[] Arrest Dissidents (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 Surveillance (Harmful) (-5 People's Opinion)
-[] Reduce Surveillance (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
-[] Increase Social Control (How) (Helpful) (Harmful) (-3 People's Opinion) (+5 Reputation)
-[] Propagandize An Achievement (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[] 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)
--[] Labour Reforms (Triggers Sub-Turns) (Helpful/Harmful) (+/-? People's Opinion) (+/-? Reputation)
--[] Industrial Health & Safety Policy (Triggers Sub-Turns) (Helpful/Harmful) (+/-? People's Opinion) (+/-? Reputation)
-[] Reduce Social Control (How) (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion) (-7 Reputation)
-[] Vaccination Campaign (Disease) (Extremely Helpful)
--[] Native Production And Doctors (-4 Reputation)
--[] International Production And Doctors (Helpful) (-7 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[] Begin Public Sanitation Programs (Helpful)
-[] 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. Guangchou 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)
-[] Found Department of Public Health (-4 Reputation)
-[] Found Nutritional & Pharmaceutical Standards Agency (-2 Reputation)
-[] Healthcare Reform (Sub-Vote) (-7 Reputation)
-[] Apply to Interkosmos (-3 Chinese Opinion)
-[] Food for Tractors (+3 Reputation) (-5 People's Opinion) (+1 Chinese Opinion)
(Trade Omni-Tractors for Chinese food, taking advantage of Guangchou's expertise with manufacturing to produce lots of them at competitive prices. Hua Guofeng gets a nice bribe to help quell rural unrest; we get food, win-win. Also, appeal to the CCP on ideological grounds by including a rider that part of the cost of the tractors must be paid for directly in food from the farms it's used on, going straight to the workers of the Omni-Tractor factories. This is a symbolic gesture against the alienation of the industrial mode of production and hopefully opens up a dialogue between the end users and the people making the tractors, improving international solidarity and giving the manufacturers valuable feedback.) -[] Populists & Internationalists
--[] Mend The Relationship With Pol Pot (+/-1d4-2 Reputation)
--[] 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
---[] Laos
---[] Cambodia
---[] (Write-In)
--[] Brain Drain Time! (+4 Reputation)
(A lot of nations are currently facing unrest or ethnic cleansing. We could take advantage of the fleeing populations and persecuted intellectuals to boost our native capabilities. Oh, and help the refugees too.
---[] Thailand (Easy - +5 Reputation if successful)
---[] (Write-In)
--[] Southeast Asian Communist Kinship Programm (+3 Reputation)
--[] CASEAN Outreach (+1 Reputation) (-1 Chinese Opinion)
(Establish diplomatic relations with ideologically compatible nations in your sphere of influence. (Cambodia, Vietnam, North Korea, etc.))
-[] National Consulting Services (+2 Reputation) (-1 Chinese Opinion) -[] 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.)
Ok, important question: how much of the plan's Concrete Promises have we fulfilled to date? Something I just want to be sure of as we are a year and a half away from the end of the period.
Here's our Five Year Plan Promises:
-[X] Concrete Promises:
--[X] Complete two units of electrification within the first year. Pretty sure we did this?
--[X] Complete Education Reform Well on target
--[X] Complete Airy Modernization & Deployment paging cyberenby?
--[X] Modernize Army Logistical Backbone I dunno.
--[X] Begin Deployment of Cybernetic Planning What? Someone else will know.
--[X] Establish diplomatic and trade ties with at least one non-aligned nation. Probably time to do this. Might be nice to reach out to Cuba too for healthcare people.
--[X] Begin the Dragon's Rail Just begin. One action. All we need. We can sneak one in somewhere.
--[X] Begin a housing Mega-Project. NO HOUSING MEGAPROJECTS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE?
Ooh, Fluoridate the water supply just costs PO, we've got tons of that, if we can afford the action. Food for Tractors can buy CO and Rep with PO and we're swimming in PO.
Looking at The Spreadsheet, it looks like...wait, didn't we do our super-duper air thing last turn?
Pretty sure we have to court a country outside of the US/Russia/China spheres of influence, which pretty much means Western Europe, Africa and at a stretch, parts of Oceania.
