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[] Plan: Protection
-[] Improve Roads (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[] Acquire more protective gear for the mines (+2 People's Opinion) (-1 Reputation)
-[] Improve Medical Infrastructure (Helpful) (+4 People's Opinion) (-1 Reputation)
-[] Increase Electrification (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[] Create An Agriculture Institute (The Institute for the People's Growth, Field Crops) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
-[] Acquire more protective gear for our current and future steel foundries (-1 Reputation)
-[] Marry Jing Mai (+5 Reputation) (+5 People's Opinion)
-[] Construct Another Steel Foundry (Harmful) (+3 Reputation)
-[] Iron Tiger Electronics Manufacturing (1/3 to produce Iron Tigers)
-[] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[] Personal Actions
---[] Personally vet the bodyguards that will be assigned to Jing Mai and our future children
---[] Make a tour of our recently created navy
--[] Lover Action
---[] Go on a trip into some of our native jungles. Have her show us around some of our country's most difficult terrain and make our security details work for their paychecks

Basically expanding on our previous plans.

Trying to make our heavy industries slightly less deadly to work in.

Continuing to work on Agriculture and Electrification while finally improving our medical infrastructure.

Also getting started on the Iron Tigers.

Personal actions are preparing Jing Mai's protection detail and things I think would be fun.

@HeroCooky I wrote in two actions of acquiring protective gear. Are they acceptable?
 
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What are some local legends? I wanna follow the naming scheme for the Metallurgy Institute.
*shrug*
Don't know. You can invent some, I'll just make them retroactively canon. (It is also 11pm here, and I am still sick, so my brain is mush right now.)
I wrote in two actions of acquiring protective gear. Are they acceptable?
Very much so.
Acquire more protective gear for the mines
-1 Reputation, +2 People's Opinion
Acquire more protective gear for our current and future steel foundries
-1 Reputation
 
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Oh Jesus Christ, I'm gonna have to veto that so hard.
You need to put in what is the actual goal of the new concept. More room for families, integrated stores/resource pools/more energy efficient, etc.
Likewise, two names and focuses are needed.
Fixed the issues, I think. Let me know if these still don't work.
-[] Design New Housing Concept (Design)
--[] Increased energy efficiency
-[] Create An Agriculture Institute (Twin Sickles Botanical Research Institute, Consolidate and Improve Upon Technocrat + China Knowledge) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
-[] Create An Aquaculture Institute (Silver Pearl Marine Science Institute, Consolidate and Improve Upon Technocrat + China Knowledge) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
--[] Lover Action
---[] Bring an army jacket, miniskirt, and tiger ears to your honeymoon and let her do what she likes.
 
"Iron Tiger Metallurgical Institute"

May possibly detract any attention from a certain other thing with Iron Tiger in the name.

May possibly draw attention TO that certain other thing….
 
So with increased naval patrols for China, combined with our promise to coordinate and practice drills with our own navy, maybe it's time to design a new, domestically-produced warship? Ideally a destroyer, the naval workhorse. Yes, most of the fleet will likely be outdated and laughable compared to a more modern force like the US navy, but the presence of even one modern destroyer will do wonders for our reputation, not to mention bolster China's confidence in us.
 
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
The nature of the sort of warfare seen in the European theater during World War 2 had shaped the design and engineering philosophies of the laufpanzer prototypes Guangchou had… inherited.

They were massive, even compared to the heaviest of the German panzer designs, capable of crushing a Tiger I tank underfoot. They were also wonderfully stable machines, rated to be effective in fighting in the uneven, forested terrains that could be seen in Europe. It was no wonder they initially had no means of righting themselves should they topple over. In addition, the long-ranged warfare inherent in the battles of that war did not leave much threat from close-in maneuvers. They simply had to be able to walk, maneuver over uneven and artillery-cratered terrain, and withstand impacts from return fire.

In short, there simply was no need, or rather there was simply no room to worry about falling down all that much.

Other things of note were the innovations and engineering marvels present in the 50 prototypes occasionally rumbling through the facility. Of greatest note was the powerful, highly fuel-efficient, and impossibly silent engine purring within each machine. The fuel mix was also a new innovation. Higher-octane than even the most premium of known fuels, the mix was even planned to be used for the German rocket program, though such plans never came to fruit, for obvious reasons. That both engine blueprints and fuel-mix recipe and chemical notes were both present amongst the documents the Great Leader had found had only boosted the research group's joy to new heights.

Furthermore, the laufpanzer prototypes even had an overpressure system, and their own enclosed environment complete with a robust filtration system with reusable components. This feature had prompted some of the research group to propose an aquatic variant. Those focusing on creating a civilian model were more than happy to adapt it to their mining variant.

One even suggested sending a suit into space, though that last one was after a particularly large alcoholic binge.

To that end, design philosophies and doctrine focuses were all over the place, as were the prototypes. Territories had been marked all across the hangars and conference rooms, denoting various factions and their own "mini-projects".

Fortunately, disagreements only resulted in a mild 29% increase in infirmary visits. And a miraculous 3% intensive care rate.

Really, it had been a wonder anything was getting done, though that was likely because of the Great Leader's regular visits to the facility, which had only increased as of late. More than one keen-eyed and sharp-minded engineer or scientist had noted him spending more time with Captain Jing Mai, though they were tactful enough to keep it to themselves. Or rather, keep it strictly to personnel within the compound. After all, stringent travel restrictions ensured high demand for gossip and particulary juicy pieces of intel.

Captain Ru Hiro's romantic, and ongoing, affair with one of his machine's assigned mechanic was a close second.

In general, however, the factions could be divided into two categories: highly ambitious and highly practical.

The more ambitious factions generally drew more attention from the militarists, especially in light of some of their projects. In particular, Captain Hiro's personal campaign to install rocket boosters to his personal machine had marked him as a firm supporter. Despite, of course, his machine simply being too heavy for any practical application, even with his being the smallest among the original 50. In any case, the engine and fuel mix had made the rocket booster idea a possibility, and had earned additional favor from those i the military favoring assault tactics.

Another idea from the factions had been the installation of a self-destruct mechanism. One group even advocating the possibility of mounting a nuclear warhead inside their "Nuclear Tiger" design. Justifications of preventing units from falling into enemy hands had been bandied about, as well as allowing for mutually-assured destruction. The military had liked that one too.

As for the more practical groups, they'd seen more support from civilian engineers and scientists. Even from Captain Mai as well. Their designs tended to be heavier but also more robust and conventional (and still within weight and height restrictions). One of their first proposals had been to design an engineering and maintenance variant, little more than a pilot harness and limbs connected to a smaller engine and fuel tank. The variant would be highly modular, able to equip loading claws, welders, cutters and even a towing cable. All while standing at 3 meters.

Modifying in an enclosed cockpit with filtration system, a jackhammer arm and a continuous track system instead of legs for reduced height and increased stability had given birth to a mining variant that would, in theory, reduce mining fatalities to zero.

Naturally, the true issue was miniaturizing the engines, though it certainly helped that the Nazis had theoretical designs for a smaller laufpanzer, albeit one designed for closed-in, tight, urban warfare. That also meant notes on how to possibly create a smaller engine with reduced but still considerable power and efficiency.

The last bit had also inspired calls to adapt the engines for conventional civilian and military vehicles. An easier prospect was to simply upscale an engine to serve as power generation for ship operations and propulsion. Meanwhile representatives from the air force had asked about adapting the engines to aircraft models and even rocket and missile applications.

While all still mostly in the planning phase, the individual projects were starting to shape into something approaching the creation of actual prototypes.

More recently, the Great Leader had asked the research group as a whole to begin finalizing the design for the first general prototype unit. With discrete assistance from the BFA institute, diverted power from the new power plant and the acquisition of more exotic minerals and ores purchased from China at a premium, the research group bombastically (but still within the compound, safe from prying eyes) unveiled the first, domestic Iron Tiger unit.

It was… something. It was something. Barely skirting both the height and weight limitations, the machine was a testament to the direction in terms of design philosophy. Or rather, multiple directions.

It was less a general prototype than a mishmash of prototypes welded together.

The fact that it stood at exactly 10.0000 meters in height was already impressive, the fact that it stood on two DIFFERENT leg components made it more so.

One stocky leg with a backwards-facing joint paired with a thinner leg more anatomically similar to a human's, it certainly made for one hell of a spectacle. According to the two groups in charge of assembling each leg, they were to be used in tandem in order to fire the massive artillery gun strapped (Jing Mai's request) to the back, with one foot forward, and the other back. Failing to include the contrasting legs would send the mecha toppling backwards, lacking the stability provided by the weight of the original models.

Meanwhile, on the same side as the thinner leg was a thick, bulky arm ending in what seemed to be the spiked ball of a morningstar, and only adding to the surprise was that the entire arm housed an intricate pressure-powered chain system that turned it into a flail that could propel the spiked ball by a short distance at considerable force and speed. Opposite it was an oversized jackhammer, similarly pressure-powered but also considerably thinner and lighter without the reinforced chain spooled within like that ball-arm.

All in all, the juxtaposing pairing of thick and thin limbs made for quite a sight. And while the torso didn't seem all that radical in design, having most of the features in the original laufpanzers simply miniaturized along with the cockpit, the lack of a head component made the entire machine look like a headless humanoid with a single atrophied arm and leg each.

Also, someone managed to sneak rocket boosters (probably at Captain Hiro's instigation) onto the back. In addition, someone had even placed a snorkel unit beside the prototype, citing that should it prove necessary, the prototype could theoretically submerge itself underwater, with the snorkel seeing to the engine's continued operations.

Yes. It was most definitely something.

Perhaps the most incredible part of the day, however, was the impressive poker face on the Great Leader's face as he calmly inspected the Thing and asked questions with regards to its features and capabilities. That it actually worked was also worth praising. Still, it was merely a prototype. And largely as a platform to exhibit new technologies, at that.

And so, the day closes on a, relatively, successful unveiling. Overall, notes were taken and lessons were learned. Particularly about increasing project oversight. And actually specifying a role and use rather than "make an Iron Tiger prototype".

But then, that's a whole other story.


Notes: Not sure how I feel about this one. Also, there's no way the prototype will ever be approved for mass production. This Thing, it scares me.​
 
[X] Plan: Modernization
-[X] Improve Roads (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[X] Design New Housing Concept (Design)
--[X] Increased energy efficiency
-[X] Improve Medical Infrastructure (Helpful) (+4 People's Opinion) (-1 Reputation)
-[X] Increase Electrification (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[X] Construct A Geothermal Power Plant (Helpful) (+2 Reputation)
-[X] Create An Agriculture Institute (Twin Sickles Botanical Research Institute, Consolidate and Improve Upon Technocrat + China Knowledge) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
-[X] Create An Aquaculture Institute (Silver Pearl Marine Science Institute, Consolidate and Improve Upon Technocrat + China Knowledge) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
-[X] Marry Jing Mai (+5 Reputation) (+5 People's Opinion)
-[X] Have the Nationalists look into trade regarding your fishing and other agricultural trade goods with other nations. Primarily where the value of our goods can net us a larger quantity of food coming in than going out to feed our people. (-1 Reputation)
-[X] Iron Tiger Electronics Manufacturing (1/3 to produce Iron Tigers)
-[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[X] Personal Actions
---[X] Personally vet the bodyguards that will be assigned to Jing Mai and our future children. After they make it through the intel department's inspections, of course.
----[X] Invite Mai along if she'd like. She's probably more qualified for this anyhow.
---[X] Conduct a surprise inspection of our recently created navy.
--[X] Lover Action
---[X] Bring an army jacket, miniskirt, handcuffs, and tiger ears to your honeymoon and let her do what she likes.
 
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[X] Plan: Modernization
-[X] Improve Roads (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[X] Design New Housing Concept (Design)
--[X] Increased energy efficiency
-[X] Improve Medical Infrastructure (Helpful) (+4 People's Opinion) (-1 Reputation)
-[X] Increase Electrification (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[X] Create An Agriculture Institute (Twin Sickles Botanical Research Institute, Consolidate and Improve Upon Technocrat + China Knowledge) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
-[X] Create An Aquaculture Institute (Silver Pearl Marine Science Institute, Consolidate and Improve Upon Technocrat + China Knowledge) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
-[X] Marry Jing Mai (+5 Reputation) (+5 People's Opinion)
-[X] Have the Nationalists look into trade regarding your fishing and other agricultural trade goods with other nations. Primarily where the value of our goods can net us a larger quantity of food coming in than going out to feed our people. (-1 Reputation)
-[X] Iron Tiger Electronics Manufacturing (1/3 to produce Iron Tigers)
-[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[X] Personal Actions
---[X] Personally vet the bodyguards that will be assigned to Jing Mai and our future children. After they make it through the intel department's inspections, of course.
---[X] Conduct a surprise inspection of our recently created navy.
--[X] Lover Action
---[X] Bring an army jacket, miniskirt, and tiger ears to your honeymoon and let her do what she likes.

Might wanna leave vetting the bodyguard to Jing Mai. She'd know far more about security and combat. Hell, she'd probably have a good idea where to find ideal guard candidates.

As for energy efficient housing designs, adding thermal insulation as a focus may synergize with that.

Also, where are the handcuffs? MC's going on his honeymoon and you didn't think to bring handcuffs!? :V

Edit: Fun fact, kids. The AIDS pandemic officially kicked off sometime on June 1981. We have less than a decade left…
 
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[X] Plan: Protection
-[X] Improve Roads (Helpful) (+1 People's Opinion)
-[X] Acquire more protective gear for the mines (+2 People's Opinion) (-1 Reputation)
-[X] Improve Medical Infrastructure (Helpful) (+4 People's Opinion) (-1 Reputation)
-[X] Increase Electrification (Helpful) (+2 People's Opinion)
-[X] Create An Agriculture Institute (The Institute for the People's Growth, Field Crops) (+1 People's Opinion) (-3 Reputation)
-[X] Acquire more protective gear for our current and future steel foundries (-1 Reputation)
-[X] Marry Jing Mai (+5 Reputation) (+5 People's Opinion)
-[X] Construct Another Steel Foundry (Harmful) (+3 Reputation)
-[X] Iron Tiger Electronics Manufacturing (1/3 to produce Iron Tigers)
-[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[X] Personal Actions
---[X] Personally vet the bodyguards that will be assigned to Jing Mai and our future children
---[X] Make a tour of our recently created navy
--[X] Lover Action
---[X] Go on a trip into some of our native jungles. Have her show us around some of our country's most difficult terrain and make our security details work for their paychecks
 
Ok I started this when the wajfu chapter came out. Worked off and in as my sudden late shifts AND early mornings would allow. 3 hours of sleep consecutive nights is no way to live. I am sure I've rambled and repeated myself a fair bit. Had to delete some repetition before posting. Got sidetracked with setting up her family. Tired to insinuate that she may be working on catgirls as one of her long term experiments.
Yes I know it probably too late. I haven't read the next chapter yet. But F it. I already put alot in this and Hero Cooky willing it might become an OC. I tried to design her as the dedicated scientist to the soldier, engineer and maid candidates. Kinda like Entrapta from the new She-Ra, but with an actual family and responsibilities to pull her out and interact with people so she's more grounded than that one crazy lady you only call when you need to SCIENCE! something. Wasn't sure if I gonna put her on the young side or the older side. Then I noticed no ages have been established for anyone.
Didn't want her too older than MC but like to think of her as the middle-ish child of her family. Old enough that she was forced to do some proper things as they are expected of her but young enough she was allowed to indulge in her personal hobbies, because the parents slacked off to focus on the to more likely candidates for the family, for a bit till it was clear she's a genius and promoting her helped lobby support amoung the Technocrats.

So what do you think? Gonna read the new chapter now.

[] Erika Suziho Fat-Kai, The Dedicated Researching Scientist - Deep Investigation ()
Grew up here on the island. Descended from a long family line of Technocrats. A family lineage that is said to originate from the man that operated the fateful catapult that launched the Tiger and the woman who captured the Tiger and convinced the Tiger to climb up and sit on the catapult. Her family owns one of the few, but also the largest by far, 🐅 Prides. Her family spent many generations, raising, studying, and training tigers. Additionally to their family's business her family has the distinguished roll of carefully managing the island's wild tiger and captivity ratio to ensure there are 🐅 s living natural and free as well as in captivity for selectively breeding for increased everything tiger and loyalty to human handlers. And the training of such handlers. Some countries of horses or dogs to help with police and military work, we have tigers! But the most prized Tigers with a capital T are the main family's own personal Tigers. The ones they almost never let out because these ones are the products of so many generations of hard labor and love and everyone of them is used as breeding stock to up the quality of other tigers. To give one out is tantamount to never be seen again should the particular Tiger get killed, stolen, or switched in an attempt to thin the bloodlines. Even past leaders have so rarely received one. Even rarer for one to be given when the Tiger is older rather than a kitten incidentally as they take the bonding process and training of both Tiger and handler seriously. Most of the time they sell\give one away it's the main stock of tigers not Tigers. And during times of war (or shows) whether it be land or sea or air lately they hire out their handlers and and you get the use of a tiger or Tigers for the fight. Typically tigers are sold to the military. If there is too on short time before the fight it's mostly what we'd get is the respective Handlers and the use of their (T or t)igers. Or the ones either too undisirable for future bloodlines or trained hardy enough specifically to be launched! This illustrious family makes Erika Suziho Fat-Kai a practical princess by our Island standards! -Ahem- sorry got carried away with her family history. I am sure you know most of this from history class inn your studies, I'm just a fan..heh. Anyway! She is a natural raven haired beauty but hardly ever let's it be. Often dieing her hair and sometimes eyebrows every color under the sun in every style and pattern. So much so she is the official owner of a hair care company that sells her inventions in this area. Particularly the hair dies. A product line well known by it's users for keeping ones hair youthful, thick and stronger. And the dies, temporary or permanent, don't even damage the hair. Her only consistent color is orange and white with her natural black to look like a tigeress when she's required to make an official appearance for her family and business. Though not exclusive to these days. Just garunteed. Unknown she is required or a self indulgence. In the past family members sometimes wore skins or ceremonial made to be like Tigers though that's gone a bit out of fashion. Her 4 sisters and 2 brothers do more often than not do similar as her on these days and functions but for the rest of the year this seems to be a As the case may be. She herself 3rd in line to the proverbial throne quite a intelligent brain. Using her side business to fund her extensive research. She loves to experiment and lives by the motto "It's worth trying anything at least once!" Her meticulous research habits and scientific spirit has made her a favorite if the Technocrats she is apart of and her family ~usually~ supports. Which altogether makes her a certified pseudo princess of the techno community. She stands approximately over 5 ft. But shorter than yourself. And has a figure that would be called willowy if it wasn't for the long hours of not exercising while research and battery if experiments she preforms. "Voluptuous" is the appropriate word though she -ahem- doesn't fill out nearly as well as Mu Ji top half does she does have "junk in the trunk, and engine, and a little here and there." Often this was on display as she runs through her estate's jungle with her 2 Tigers Ferros and Bionics. Given the hours she dedicates to her studies and experiments it is understandable she has only the 2 rather than the upwards of 5 her siblings do. Though a number of experiments do seem to involve many tigers going into one if her personal labs. The number of Tigers is something if a status symbol for the family. Her eldest sister, the heir apparent, the "crown princess" doesn't go anywhere without 10 minimum and is rumoured to personally be raising an additional 5! Though these are just rumors. In any case we believe she will be a good addition to the family and help with you improvements to our most glorious nation! Just remember to never call her fat. Voluptuous is the word. And she is aware that the sounds fir the English word fat is in her family name. A fool tried to covertly interview her for the position if wife and learned the hard way how quickly she can rise to anger when the trigger word is spoken.
likes:New things! Putting effort for the desired results! Hates boredom same old same old, prized results being truly denied to her
 
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