While the vote is ongoing, CyberEnby planted an idea into my head that I mulled over the last few days, coming to the conclusion that, should any decision be made, it should be done in the way the madness truly began. With a dice roll.
@Magoose, if you have the time, please roll me any dice of your choosing. If you don't want to, you can defer to the general thread.
An UNEVEN number means we jump into the rabbit hole and see how deep it goes.
And EVEN number means we stay in wonderland and marvel at a new dawn.
To pharaphrase The Mind Electric:
"When it grows bright, the particles start to marvel having made it through the night. Never they ponder if the world is still alright."RIP, Jimmy Carter, shortest acting president of the USA.
So I realize this is a ways off the current thread topic but I was rewatching a video of the youtuber RTgame playing Tropico 6 when in the video he discovers that his attempts at oppressing the working class was actually hurting his economy and that by giving some more freedom to the people his Island nation would gain tangible benefits. In this case his island nation had high unemployment rate due to his use of child labor.
He started out the video intending to be incredibly brutal and oppressive only to realize that it is simply more practical to show a bit of (relative) kindness to his citizens.
This actually reminds me of the start of the quest what with HeroCooky intending to show the dark side of communist dictatorships before the player base decided to shoot for the GLORIOUS GAY UTOPIAN REVOLUTION.
[X] Commiewood: Sector General - Commiewood has gotten into the spirit of the Plan Goals and the recent reveal of the Wolfsmenschen by debuting a series based on the Sector General books written by Irish author James White. A medical drama with pacifist themes set on a hospital station in deep space where doctors of various species must treat an equally diverse cast of patients, Sector General was praised for its animatronic non-human aliens and its use of parabolic flight to simulate zero gravity (usually during rocket ambulance rides - holy shit you would not believe how much of the budget those ate).
[X] Plan: Red's Anatomy
-[X] Infrastructure
--[X] Improve Medical Infrastructure (Helpful) (+5 People's Opinion) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professionals = +4 Total)
-[X] Light Industry
--[X] Pharmaceuticals Plant (+5 Reputation) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professionals = +4 Total)
--[X] Implement Six Sigma Methodologies (-2 Reputation) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 1 Professionals = +2 Total)
--[X] (1 Action) Cyberdize Light Industry Sector (Mega-Project - 0/5 Actions)
---[X] Medical Supply Chain CyberSyn (+2 Rep) (Very Helpful) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 2 Ambition + 1 Automation + 1 Professionals = +7 Total)
-[X] Heavy Industry
--[X] (4 Actions) Crack the800 nm Process (Mega Project - 0/4 Actions) (-3 Reputation) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus* + 2 Ambition + 1 Professional = +6 Total)
-[X] Social
--[X] Vaccination Campaign (Disease) (Extremely Helpful)
---[X] International Production And Doctors (Helpful) (+9 People's Opinion) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professional = +4 Total)
--[X] Emergency Volunteer Medical Training (-6 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion) (Extremely Helpful) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 2 Ambition + 1 Professional = +6 Total)
-[X] Improve Foreign Intelligence Service
--[X] Eyes Into China (-6 Reputation) (Secret) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 1 Spy + 1 Professionals = +3 Total)
-[X] Political
--[X] Hiring Medical Students From Cuba (Extremely Helpful) (-11 Reputation) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professional = +4 Total)
-[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[X] Personal Action: A Belated Birthday
Now that things have settled down a bit compared to the hustle and bustle of managing the Sino-Soviet reconciliation, your friends have thrown you a belated birthday party to mark your big 3-0. You're not old; you're not old! (You are old.)
Wei has gifted you a cane. --[X] Personal Action: Oh, No
You are visiting the Twin Sickles campus, and the 3G chickens have gotten loose. --[X] Lover Action: Parent-Teacher Conference
You and Mai check in on what your kids have been up to at school.
[X] Commiewood: Sector General
(Commiewood has gotten into the spirit of the Plan Goals and the recent reveal of the Wolfsmenschen by debuting a series based on the Sector General books written by Irish author James White. A medical drama with pacifist themes set on a hospital station in deep space where doctors of various species must treat an equally diverse cast of patients, Sector General was praised for its animatronic non-human aliens and its use of parabolic flight to simulate zero gravity (usually during rocket ambulance rides - holy shit you would not believe how much of the budget those ate).)
Sitting in his living room, James White stared at the ending credits of the show he had just watched, the last episode finishing in the same manner as the previous 23. Then, standing up, White slowly crosses the room to eject the cassette from his TV, looking at the label denoting the name of the episode and length of the same.
"The Price of War," White spoke gently, softly, as if tasting the words to see if they made sense or fit within his work. A slow nod followed, his mind going through the happenings again, a piece he had written last year but nearly scrapped altogether because he hadn't liked what it spoke of, what it entailed, and the viewpoints said within. Above that, it just hadn't fit within the setting and the characters, so it almost went into the bin.
Until he got a call from someone wanting to produce a show based upon Sector General, seeking his approval or refusal. To say that the realization of said person being from the other side of the world and economic ideology had been a shock was to call a sleeping cat uncomfortable.
And yet, he hadn't seen the reason to refuse. After all, what was the worst that could happen? That they slandered his work to shoehorn in their propaganda, causing him trouble with the government? He had given them the okay but refused the money to stave just such accusations off, on the off chance that they would produce a lasting legacy in the minds of the newer generations he couldn't do with books alone.
Putting the cassette into its box with the others, he turned to the kitchen, Peggy having called him to help her deck the table. A smile was on his lips, and a vigor in his steps, feeling younger and more hopeful for a better future than ever. The show had been more faithful than any counterpart produced in the West would have been.
[X] Plan: Red's Anatomy
-[X] Infrastructure
--[X] Improve Medical Infrastructure (Helpful) (+7 People's Opinion) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professionals = +4 Total)
(12 + 4 = 16 - Medium Breakthrough)
Construction noise tore through Guangchou once more, every city across the nation a bustling hub of activity as clinics and hospitals are checked, written off, and replacements drawn up in record time across the island. Where the years before had seen a massive surge of construction to see every person housed that could be housed, said capability was now redirected into the creation of medical infrastructure in an effort rarely seen in human history and one which would be studied by many generations to come for its failures and successes each. So great is the speed and capability of your construction sector that it manages to replace what medical infrastructure you possess in six months with modern equivalents, capable of housing every medical professional you have and more! Much more, in fact, with over a third of all structures currently empty and awaiting new graduates, foreign experts, and loaned personnel.
-[X] Light Industry
--[X] Pharmaceuticals Plant (+10 Reputation) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professionals = +4 Total)
(12 + 4 = 16 - Medium Breakthrough)
The construction of pharmaceutical plants in Das Capital proceeds with speed and urgency. The workers know that the quicker their efforts are completed, the faster people across the island will benefit from the medicines produced here. Therefore, even with a stricter eye on quality than your inspectors had already deemed needed due to the speed, each plant passes with flying colors, leading to the first batches of products being produced and undergoing testing as the year turns into the beginning of the next one.
However, that is when several people realize that, due to a spelling mistake in the orders from the Great Leader, several more plants had been constructed than ordered. This is quickly buried internally, as nothing of significant import happened that could have hampered other projects, and to ensure the plants can provide the massive quantities of medicines and chemicals required by the populace. All well, that ends well, at least this time.
--[X] Implement Six Sigma Methodologies (-2 Reputation) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 1 Professionals = +2 Total)
(7 + 2 = 9 - Optimal)
The implementation of the Bureau of Stricter Quality Assurance Ensuring Improved Efficiency Among Domestically Produced Goods (BSQASIEADPG) goes swimmingly, smoothly, and without any notable delay. Though some Unions jockeyed for power within local headquarters or requested changes to accommodate local circumstances in the make-up of the new organ of state, nothing of significant import hindered the process in the implementation of higher quality assurances from ensuring that domestic products could endure far beyond their capitalist counterparts or among those produced by factories within the USSR. Unluckily, nothing happened to boost or improve the bureau itself. However, something going as planned is better than it going worse, so putting aside any envy generated by the grand expansion of the medical sector has to suffice for the satisfaction of a job well done.
--[X] (1 Action) Cyberdize Light Industry Sector (Mega-Project - 1/5 Actions)
(9 - Optimal) ---[X] Medical Supply Chain CyberSyn (+7 Rep) (Very Helpful) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 2 Ambition + 1 Automation + 1 Professionals = +7 Total)
(12 + 7 = 19 - Major Breakthrough) -[X] Heavy Industry
--[X] (4 Actions) Crack the800 nm Process (Mega Project - 4/4 Actions) (-1 Reputation) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus* + 2 Ambition + 1 Professional = +6 Total)
(8 + 6 = 14 - Minor Breakthrough)
"Okay. What happened." You do not say that so much as you flatly state the words as you look over the reports of the various teams working on implementing the CyberSyn systems in the Medical Sector in specific and those working on the Cyberization of Guangchou's Light Industry in the broader terms. "And keep it simple."
"Well," Wei begins, gently banging their head against your table as you carefully secure a glass of water with some anti-headache pill slowly dissolving in it from the vibrations. "We tried to crack getting our electronics down to 800nm to keep the advantage, remember?"
"Yes, I do. Though the technical talk went slightly over my head, That is something I am very much invested in keeping for as long as possible. How does it pertain to...this?" You ask, tapping the reports on your desk once more.
Taking a deep breath, Wei slowly lifted their head to look you in the eyes; the look of someone with too little sleep, too much coffee, and far fewer fucks to give than is healthy staring right back. "We managed to crack the size easily enough, with some time spent implementing it in prototype units in a single production chain, a test to see how the new electronics would hold up in non-laboratory conditions."
"And that is how we got factories that talk with each other?" You dead-panned back, causing Wei to wince.
"Please don't say that. It is bad enough that the engineers are flooding the internal communications of Mingxiang with AI-Overlord Jokes; I do not need you to do the same. But, yes, that is how we got a specific factory module to check and update numbers with connected modules capable of planning in advance without human intervention, more than what Mingxiang can do right now due to a test of a new script being used."
"And what does that mean, concretely?"
"We have many things to look over and implement once we develop Mingxiang 2.0. But, aside from that, our medical sector is set to be the most productive and disturbance-proof industry in the world once it fully spools up."
A moment passed between you. Then you grabbed the anti-headache water with some protest from Wei, drinking it all in one long motion.
-[X] Social
--[X] Vaccination Campaign (Disease) (Extremely Helpful)
---[X] International Production And Doctors (Helpful) (+9 People's Opinion) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professional = +4 Total)
(4 + 4 = 8 - Optimal)
"And that would be all," Patrick Lussier said, adding a little bandage over the arm of the small girl bravely sitting before him without making a face despite having to endure several injections the past few weeks. "And here, because you were so brave," he added, handing the girl a bright-red lollipop with a small part of himself amusedly noting that she likely had been so brave because of said sweet. Grinning, the girl grabbed the sweet and thanked him in Guang, running out of the tent to her mother, who had finished getting a similar vaccine in the neighboring tent moments prior. "Next!" Patrick called out; a local nurse had told him the word for that in Guang when he had arrived. A man with a missing arm bearing the noticeable scars of a botched surgery walked into the tent, smiling with bad teeth and evident thankfulness, sitting down with a wince due to an obviously injured leg.
Back home, the man could have gotten the treatments he obviously needed. But, then again, he was here, in Guangchou, not France. Pulling out a new, fresh needle, Patrick carefully prepared for the vaccination, his mind going back to the day he had arrived with the others and the shock at the near-appalling state of the health of the people of Guangchou. He could still not understand how a nation had the money to create massive weapons far more advanced than any could dream of yet lacked even the most basic medical infrastructure. There had been African nations with better healthcare, for crying out loud!
Shaking his head, Patrick focused on the here and now; there were still three more hours before his first break and another twelve to be spent vaccinating this town.
--[X] Emergency Volunteer Medical Training (-4 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion) (Extremely Helpful) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 2 Ambition + 1 Professional = +6 Total)
(10 + 6 = 16 - Medium Breakthrough)
"But why do I have to learn thaaaaat!" Zu whined, sprawled over the table in her new, much better home. She even had a whole room to herself! (Even if that was soon to change with the twin's mom would be having any day now, and her four other siblings planned.) "It is so boring and squishy!"
Sighing, her other mom lightly tapped her on the head with the papers she had taken from work. "Knowing how to dress wounds, clean them, and help unconscious people in emergencies is vital, especially when you can't get to a doctor. And you knew that learning how to deal with broken bones would not be pretty, yet you signed yourself in that program regardless."
Ugh, great, she was making her actions her fault once more. How could she have known it would deal with all that stuff? All she wanted was to be with Chu! "But moooooooooooom!" She tried, hoping that nagging would get her out, betting on having more energy than she patience.
"No. And complain again, and you will clean the apartment. Alone." Darn it.
-[X] Improve Foreign Intelligence Service
--[X] Eyes Into China (-6 Reputation) (Secret) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 1 Spy + 1 Professionals = +3 Total)
(7 + 3 = 10 - Boosted)
Some would say that looking into the happenings and going on in the country of an ally is rather rude, especially if you make this in preparation for whether you want to send military forces there or not.
However, you required information about what was happening in China. Unfortunately, the information you receive is scattered, sometimes contradictory, and all-around bad news no matter which way you spin them unless you go full delusional mode. You don't do the latter, though, so you need more information.
You got that.
Alongside a headache due to drinking more booze than you should, trying to purge the memory of the reports you got and as a way to skirt your responsibilities you would now have to act upon.
The information you got was, at once, incredibly detailed on the goings-on and horrifyingly depressing in what is portrayed. In short, there were three "official" sides in the oncoming civil war.
Chairman Hua Guofeng led what could ostensibly be called the Communist Hardliners, internally a block of politicians unwilling to let go of the principles of the revolution and cause even if they would be able to attain valuable allies, military aid, or strategic wins by abandoning several programs pioneered to ensure that communism is one step closer than the day before. The CH is also the faction with the smallest military force. Most of the army seems either "neutral" or actively subsumed into the other two factions silently gearing up for a violent takeover. Helping them would require substantial aid, militarily and materially, yet enable you to push hard reforms through the hard power you'd wield over them thanks to your assistance.
The second faction is what can only be called Warlords 2.0. A collection of generals within the army that have, through one way or another, managed to veil their identities from investigations, yet managed to accrue undeniable power and allegiances from divisions and regiments, multiple provinces poised to declare their loyalty to the to be spared in the more-than-certain looting and reprisals to follow to those who resist their takeover. Their goal is to create an authoritarian workers' dictatorship, which, not unlike Guangchou, is backed by military might but wholly unchecked by any civilian governance in any way beyond those family members and allies sent to plunder the people for personal gain. Aid for them would be the least, and it would yield meager results to get them to put away any power they couldn't grab right back once they have established themselves.
The National Liberation Army, led by Hu Yaobang, is the last faction. They are, at once, the ones with the most popular support by the people and the ones most scattered around the country. They are also worryingly happy to accept aid from the West and seek a reconciliation with the Chinese Republic Exile Government in Taiwan, if not outright re-unification. Sending them assistance would be straight-up idiotic, as they see communism as a failed ideology designed to make them suffer. Yet, with a few accidents and friendly fire incidents, control could be usurped and melded to your purpose. Yet, it would be incredibly difficult to manufacture such and require planning and execution beyond what you are willing to trust on the off-chance that you'd get China under the thumb of Guangchou.
Regardless of which faction you'd choose to help, militarily or otherwise, the war will happen in the next year. If not sooner.
-[X] Political
--[X] Hiring Medical Students From Cuba (Extremely Helpful) (-10 Reputation) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professional = +4 Total)
(8 + 4 = 12 - Boosted)
Sep 18th, 1980,
Cloudy, Cold, Light Rain
Excited, Shocked, Exhausted.
When we first arrived on the island, we were ushered into a small hall with several boards on the side of the room displayed prominently, numbers and locations, alongside photographs, pinned underneath the names of clinics and hospitals needing staff. After that, on a podium, a woman at the front welcomed us, thanked everyone for choosing to work in Guangchou, and then said that we could choose any position we'd like on the boards as they all needed to be filled.
That was exciting, with everyone quickly shuffling around to look at what positions we could gain, many hoping to get some of the more prestigious ones before the others would take them.
That excitement quickly turned into confusion at the sheer number of positions offered, with multiple hospitals saying: All Positions Open.
I should have taken the cue and marched back onto the boat and home. But instead, I took a position as a surgeon in a rural clinic alongside a nurse, hoping to get more experience in a less established clinic.
And now? I cannot leave. I have surgeries every hour that I am allowed to work, with the very second I can operate again, followed by correcting maladies, fixing damages, or any surgery that one could think about.
It is terrifying that healthcare has degraded in such a manner here, yet I cannot help but feel a sense of pride in my work. Every person I operate on needs my help; every life I save here is one I couldn't have saved back home. And, though it is a small part, I know that, in a few years, I will be one of the most experienced surgeons on the island, able to get senior positions in any hospital I wish to work in. But, of course, that is only outweighed by the number of lives I save.
-[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[X] Personal Action: A Belated Birthday
Now that things have settled down a bit compared to the hustle and bustle of managing the Sino-Soviet reconciliation, your friends have thrown you a belated birthday party to mark your big 3-0. You're not old; you're not old! (You are old.)
Wei has gifted you a cane.
(100)
"And what am I supposed to do with a cane?" You asked, raising an eyebrow at Wei as you looked over the black-green cane lying in a box between you, a hand lifting it up to look at the head closer. Oh, nice engravings. Foxes in a bramble, cute.
"To walk," Wei deadpanned back, chuckling as you rolled your eyes in response. "Oh, come on, you are getting old; you need to rest your weary and creaking bones, or you'll fall apart! Especially after a tiring workout!"
"I am in better health than when I was 17, and with nearly double the muscles too," you said, scoffing. "And after-workout exhaustion isn't something I need a cane for."
"Oh, but I wasn't talking about those workouts," Wei smugly said.
You looked at them. They waggled their eyebrows. You looked at Mai grinning at you from across the room, The Look on her face.
You took the cane without shame or hesitation.
Congratulations! Mai is pregnant with triplets!
...wait, no, you both got that snipped.
Congratulations! Jungmin walked with a limp for a week! Mai got through her catalog of things to try and wear! Both of them are even more insufferably in love with each other! The nation's birthrate increased once more...wait, why is that here?
--[X] Personal Action: Oh, No
You are visiting the Twin Sickles campus, and the 3G chickens have gotten loose.
(86)
"Why are we running?" You asked, jogging right alongside the scientist next to you.
"3G chickens got loose," they reply, out of breath, making you pick up your pace.
"The gravity ones?"
"Yup. The other ones had their security increased after the last breakout attempt," the scientist added, looking to the side to see another scientist join your party of fleeing people.
"Oh, you got the notification that the 3G chickens got loose?"
"I made that one," the first scientist replied.
"...oh. Uh, bad news then," came the reply. "The electricity ones got out too."
"Do I need to call the army?" You said, looking at the panting scientists with some worry, effortlessly keeping pace.
BA-BAWK!
"Yes."
--[X] Lover Action: Parent-Teacher Conference
You and Mai check in on what your kids have been up to at school.
(58)
To summarize a lengthy meeting where you took a more in-depth look at how your horde of offspring was doing in their respective schooling environments.
Ma Li managed to gain several friends, roping Bo Ni into various shenanigans that almost resulted in a forest being burnt down (by her re-telling of the story) or a bush catching fire, as Bo Ni tattled to you. Nevertheless, both were doing very well in school, with Bo Ni coming more and more out of his shell, getting comfortable with the other students, and finding some peers to spend time with, particularly in the art program offered.
Chaoxiang is turning out to be an utter delight to be around, according to her teachers, always polite and helpful, with Daiyu seemingly taking any chance he gets to play-act his favorite scenes from books and comics as the hero. Conversely, Hu has a quick mind, able to quickly learn anything he sets out to learn. Of course, each has some friends, but they are more close-knit than your other spawn.
Jangmi, Bara, and Mei are, all without fail, either asleep or too young to reach any conclusion about their developing character aside from being somewhat active in their groups and attentive to what is taught.
In short, you are as happy as a fish in water with their progress outside your home.
[USSR]
-[X] Keep It Together
(12 + ??? [Ironclad Control] - ??? [Wonderland] - ??? [Lead-Laden Veins And Minds] = 2 - Subpar)
Huh, the USSR is passing some local autonomy reforms. Good for them!
[European Union]
-[X] Pass Bill 27-C (One Europe Act)
(8 - ??? [Requsition of Sovereignty] + ??? [Technological Concessions] + ??? [The Dying Order] = 21 - Major Breakthrough)
Despite the revelation of the Lupi still relevant and fresh in the minds of many, their appearance changed much yet changed little in the broader aspects of politics, especially within Europe. A bill six years in the making, drafted, changed, doctored, altered, and remade, does not vanish for something as silly as another human species entering the light of day, the names attached to its success seeing no reason to stall what they saw as a vital step into a brighter future, a securer future, one where European Nations wouldn't be reliant on a singular ally that seemed more and more unreliable to act in the case of war with each passing year.
Despite the difficulties in establishing Bill 27-C, it passed the vote of the European Parliament, with Greece, Portugal, and Spain entering the accords of Free Movement, Employment, and Research with much-lauded applause. Though many critics voiced that many nations were merely hoping to profit from the technologies that created the Lupi now being studied, few could deny the benefits the OEA brought. In the grand scheme, it was not all that major, merely an outgrowth of international politics reaching their conclusions, but one that seemed poised for greater things, as the Act gave the Parliament some teeth to pull its members along and some more observant commentators noted, a sense of progress and budding belonging amongst some people that reached across borders in a way it hadn't before, the blue flag with a circle of golden stars fluttering high above poles like a herald of change.
[USA]
-[X] Let's See About That Unrest... (Opposition Action)
(1 + ??? [State Unrest] + ??? [Marvel At The Dawn] - ??? [Desire For Normalcy] = 25 - Grand Breakthrough)
"What'cha lookin' at?" Wei Long asked, poking their head into my room, disturbing the comfortable gloomy darkness with the harsh lights from the corridor outside, stabbing me directly like a lance of legend.
"Close the damn door," I hissed quickly, shutting my eyes as the door closed with Long stepping inside. Then, taking a sip of my tea against the migraine I had for the last month, I allowed the sound from the TV before me to wash over the silence before I answered. "I am watching the inauguration of the new US President, Jimmy Carter," I add, causing Long to hum in appreciation of my answer, hopefully letting me nurse my hurting head in continued relative silence.
"Isn't Chen doing the same?" Nope, they were apparently in one of their chatty moods.
"Yes, but we need some redundancy to ensure translations are accurate. Can't have one agent with an agenda translating a statement of peace into a declaration of war, can we?"
"Instead, we have two?" Long quipped, making me snort as I looked at the screen where Carter had just finished his oath and stared at his wife.
"Well," Yang began to speak as half a world away, a man looked at his wife, now the First Lady of the US.
Years had been spent attaining this position, with bartering and trade even within his party only barely getting him the support needed amidst the uncertain times tearing at the unity of the United States. Even with the close race, one close enough that many among his opposition still called for a second recount, he had still won the presidency, intent on healing the rifts and cracks forming within the nation, setting it on a path to reconciliation and renewal. If all went well, he would not leave his successor a nation assailed by unrest, protests, crime, and extremists of every stripe spewing vile rhetoric and hatred on the streets and news. A small taste of ash entered his mouth as he remembered that he had to completely ignore the issue of the Lupi to win, every advisor telling him that speaking positively of the controversy, or at all, would not get him the voters that mattered, only those that would already vote for him anyway.
Looking back at Rosalynn, he smiled. Without her, he didn't know how he could have managed the months leading up to the vote, and his subconsciousness acted on the love before his conscious mind could react, a hand already lifting itself to grab her hand, a small gesture of intimacy shared between them.
The piece of metal fired from 1.3 kilometers away enters his head, passing through the thin outer layer of flesh to start piercing his skull, bone offering no protection from the projectile's kinetic energy. The nerves responsible for noting the pain and notifying the corresponding sectors of the brain to send their signals, scream at the hole that suddenly appeared within the previously healthy wall of cells. Said signals fail to reach their intended destinations, the neurons responsible already pulped by pressure exerted by the now malformed piece of metal, bone shards of his skull adding to the destruction as they slice through his brain, turning once vibrant fat, water, salt, and energy into a mush being dragged out the other side of his head. Thanks to the large hole, there is little reason to suspect the death of the 40th President of the United States of America was anything but instant.
Rosalynn Carter stands, sprinkled with her now dead husband's brain, blood, and bone fragments, a proud smile slowly fading as she realizes what has happened.
People watching the event worldwide, especially in the US, look on in utter shock.
The crowd watching the inauguration begins to panic as the Secret Service Agents nearby realize that they failed, for the second time in living memory, to prevent the assassination of an acting President, however brief it may be.
1.3 kilometers away, a man leaves, the information gathered from the clues left behind pointing at a black man with communist sympathies in New Orleans.
Two months later, Ronald Reagan became the 41st President of the United States, as the recount demanded by Republicans confirmed him to be what was requested.
[] [International Congress For All Mankind] (Who will be sent? 1 1/2 Years Remaining)
{+1 to all Actions (1x Professionals To The Fore!)
Awed Ambition: +2 to Space Actions (Electronics, Metallurgy, Education), +1 to All Automation Projects
Automated-Communism Manifesto: +1 to all Automation Projects (Global)}
{Plan Focus: Cyberization and Healthcare - +2 for 3 (Three) Turns.}
+2 to any Meat-Based Project
+6 to your first Civilian Rocket Project
+2 to Recover Your Sunken Fleet
+2 to One Iron Tiger Module/Frame Design
+4 to any Design using Flipper Propulsion
+10 to Designing a Submarine
+2 to Designing a Torpedo
+5 to Nuclear Reactors
Reputation - (81/100 Reputation - *Okay, Mingxian Is Seriously A Fantastic Boon.*) People's Opinion - (100/100 Reputation - Euphoria. Admiration. Jubilation. Beware the Great Person Theory, for you grow to be one.) Chinese Opinion - (2/10 - Okay, so...you have futuristic war machines in need of bloodying, we have a potential civil war. We are confident we can work something out, yeah?) History Page - (A name, several pages of your life, the Iwo Jima Crisis of 1974, links to dissertations of the Thai-Brain Drain, Iron Tiger, and Supercomputer Programs, alongside the Guang Healthcare Collapse of 1980. Several dozen pages and links to dissertations are dedicated to your advancement of multiple technologies. A dozen links and pages devoted to your influence on the Automatic Technocratic Movement (ATM). Several dates of important milestones in your life, political and private. Some (horny) memes due to your big family.)
Light Industry - Adequate - (Static) Heavy Industry - Good - (Static) Military Industry - Good - (Static) Agriculture - Good - (Static)
[] (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 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) (-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 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 - 1/3 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 meals that can be thrown away or nonbiodegradable boxes. You'll pay your people a tiny amount of the price to return those 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 (-3 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 (+3 People's Opinion)
[] Build Breweries (+4 People's Opinion) (Harmful)
[] Bottled Drinks Factory (+2 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 - 0/12 Actions)
-[] Automate Factory/Facility/Project (What) (Various Reputation Gains)
-[] Automate Every Factory (Mega-Project - 7/12 Actions) (-7 People's Opinion) (Extremely Harmful (Job Loss)) (+1 per Turn Automatic Progress)
-[] Construct Housing Factory - (Design) (+1 Reputation) (Automated)
-[] Build Structural Insulated Panel Factory Complex (-10 Reputation)
(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 600 nm Process (Mega Project - 0/8 Actions) (-9 Reputation) (-5 People's Opinion)
-[] Expand Your Mines (Harmful)
-[] Construct Another Harbor (Helpful)
-[] Construct Five Merchant Marine Vessels
-[] Design A Civilian Vehicle (Describe) (-2 Reputation)
--[] Industrial IT-Skeleton (+5 Reputation) (Helpful)
-[] 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 to tie 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
-[] Cyberdize Agricultural Sector (Mega-Project - 0/7 Actions) (-9 Reputation)
-[] Automate Factory/Facility/Project (What) (Various Reputation Gains)
-[] 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) (Extremely Helpful)
(A massive area for cultivating food, resources, and scientific data, primarily used to gain and harvest kelp, fish, oysters, and mother of pearl.)
-[] Expand 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 valuable 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.)
[] Expand Crop Breeding Programs (+4 Reputation) (Helpful)
[] 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/A New Iron Tiger (Describe) (+5 Reputation)
--[] 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 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 stock.
--[] 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 conscript's 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 has a fire rate of 457 to 800 rounds per minute, chambered in a 6.5x30mmSR cartridge 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 inspired by 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
-[] Construct An Airfield
-[] Construct Military Building/Factory (What) (Harmful) (-3 People's Opinion)
--[] Construct IT Electronics Factory (Harmful) (-4 Reputation)
-[] Mingxiang Astronautics Expansion (+3 Reputation)
-[] Mingxiang Rocketry Expansion (+5 Reputation)
-[] Navy Modernization (Mega-project) (0/8)
-[] Expand The Military Academy (+2 Reputation) (-4 People's Opinion)
-[] Raise A New Military Formation (What) (Harmful) (+1 Reputation) (-4 People's Opinion)
--[] Raise a (Mechanized Combat Engineer) Formation
-[] Raise A Iron Tiger Formation (Organization/Loadout)
--[] WRITE IN CHOSEN LOADOUTS
-[] Recover Your Sunken Fleet (Harmful) (+2 Reputation) (+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 essential, 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 Worker's 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)
-[] Expand Medical Education (-4 Reputation) (+3 People's Opinion) (Helpful)
-[] Vaccination Campaign (Disease) (Extremely Helpful)
--[] Native Production And Doctors (-5 Reputation)
--[] International Production And Doctors (Helpful) (-11 Reputation) (-9 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 need for more 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) (-8 People's Opinion)
-[] Found Nutritional & Pharmaceutical Standards Agency (-2 Reputation) (-5 People's Opinion)
-[] Healthcare Reform (Sub-Vote) (-7 Reputation) (-9 People's Opinion)
-[] Apply to Interkosmos -[] 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 for our trade goods to increase their market value. (-3 Reputation)
--[] Medical Student Exchange with Cuba (Helpful) (-4 Reputation) (-5 People's Opinion)
--[] 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
--[] Promise Forces For China (What Forces?) (Secret) (+5 Chinese Opinion) (You could break this...(but seriously, why should you? Communist China dying is bad for you.)) -[] Technologists
--[] Improve the Statistics Bureau (Focus) (-3 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 (-3 Chinese Opinion) (Knock-On Effects)
--[] Armed Solidarity (+7 Reputation) (+5 People's Opinion) (International (Read: West) Anger) (Repeatable) (Target)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Secret Projects
-[] Investigate Applications For WEISOFT Again
-[] Mingxiang CyberSyn System 1.1.0 (Mega-Project - 0/15 Actions) (-9 Reputation)
-[] Develop Native Supercomputer (Mega-Project - 0/3 Actions) (-8 Reputation) (-6 People's Opinion)
-[] Experimental Molten Salt Reactor (Mega-Project - 0/5 Actions) (???)
[] 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.)
AN: It's 23:27, @ me your questions/corrections and I'll get to them within the next 5-15 hours.
[X] Commiewood: Sector General - Commiewood has gotten into the spirit of the Plan Goals and the recent reveal of the Wolfsmenschen by debuting a series based on the Sector General books written by Irish author James White. A medical drama with pacifist themes set on a hospital station in deep space where doctors of various species must treat an equally diverse cast of patients, Sector General was praised for its animatronic non-human aliens and its use of parabolic flight to simulate zero gravity (usually during rocket ambulance rides - holy shit you would not believe how much of the budget those ate).
[X] Plan: Red's Anatomy
-[X] Infrastructure
--[X] Improve Medical Infrastructure (Helpful) (+5 People's Opinion) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professionals = +4 Total)
-[X] Light Industry
--[X] Pharmaceuticals Plant (+5 Reputation) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professionals = +4 Total)
--[X] Implement Six Sigma Methodologies (-2 Reputation) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 1 Professionals = +2 Total)
--[X] (1 Action) Cyberdize Light Industry Sector (Mega-Project - 0/5 Actions)
---[X] Medical Supply Chain CyberSyn (+2 Rep) (Very Helpful) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 2 Ambition + 1 Automation + 1 Professionals = +7 Total)
-[X] Heavy Industry
--[X] (4 Actions) Crack the800 nm Process (Mega Project - 0/4 Actions) (-3 Reputation) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus* + 2 Ambition + 1 Professional = +6 Total)
-[X] Social
--[X] Vaccination Campaign (Disease) (Extremely Helpful)
---[X] International Production And Doctors (Helpful) (+9 People's Opinion) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professional = +4 Total)
--[X] Emergency Volunteer Medical Training (-6 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion) (Extremely Helpful) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 2 Ambition + 1 Professional = +6 Total)
-[X] Improve Foreign Intelligence Service
--[X] Eyes Into China (-6 Reputation) (Secret) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 1 Spy + 1 Professionals = +3 Total)
-[X] Political
--[X] Hiring Medical Students From Cuba (Extremely Helpful) (-11 Reputation) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professional = +4 Total)
-[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[X] Personal Action: A Belated Birthday
Now that things have settled down a bit compared to the hustle and bustle of managing the Sino-Soviet reconciliation, your friends have thrown you a belated birthday party to mark your big 3-0. You're not old; you're not old! (You are old.)
Wei has gifted you a cane. --[X] Personal Action: Oh, No
You are visiting the Twin Sickles campus, and the 3G chickens have gotten loose. --[X] Lover Action: Parent-Teacher Conference
You and Mai check in on what your kids have been up to at school.
[X] Commiewood: Sector General
(Commiewood has gotten into the spirit of the Plan Goals and the recent reveal of the Wolfsmenschen by debuting a series based on the Sector General books written by Irish author James White. A medical drama with pacifist themes set on a hospital station in deep space where doctors of various species must treat an equally diverse cast of patients, Sector General was praised for its animatronic non-human aliens and its use of parabolic flight to simulate zero gravity (usually during rocket ambulance rides - holy shit you would not believe how much of the budget those ate).)
Sitting in his living room, James White stared at the ending credits of the show he had just watched, the last episode finishing in the same manner as the previous 23. Then, standing up, White slowly crosses the room to eject the cassette from his TV, looking at the label denoting the name of the episode and length of the same.
"The Price of War," White spoke gently, softly, as if tasting the words to see if they made sense or fit within his work. A slow nod followed, his mind going through the happenings again, a piece he had written last year but nearly scrapped altogether because he hadn't liked what it spoke of, what it entailed, and the viewpoints said within. Above that, it just hadn't fit within the setting and the characters, so it almost went into the bin.
Until he got a call from someone wanting to produce a show based upon Sector General, seeking his approval or refusal. To say that the realization of said person being from the other side of the world and economic ideology had been a shock was to call a sleeping cat uncomfortable.
And yet, he hadn't seen the reason to refuse. After all, what was the worst that could happen? That they slandered his work to shoehorn in their propaganda, causing him trouble with the government? He had given them the okay but refused the money to stave just such accusations off, on the off chance that they would produce a lasting legacy in the minds of the newer generations he couldn't do with books alone.
Putting the cassette into its box with the others, he turned to the kitchen, Peggy having called him to help her deck the table. A smile was on his lips, and a vigor in his steps, feeling younger and more hopeful for a better future than ever. The show had been more faithful than any counterpart produced in the West would have been.
[X] Plan: Red's Anatomy
-[X] Infrastructure
--[X] Improve Medical Infrastructure (Helpful) (+7 People's Opinion) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professionals = +4 Total)
(12 + 4 = 16 - Medium Breakthrough)
Construction noise tore through Guangchou once more, every city across the nation a bustling hub of activity as clinics and hospitals are checked, written off, and replacements drawn up in record time across the island. Where the years before had seen a massive surge of construction to see every person housed that could be housed, said capability was now redirected into the creation of medical infrastructure in an effort rarely seen in human history and one which would be studied by many generations to come for its failures and successes each. So great is the speed and capability of your construction sector that it manages to replace what medical infrastructure you possess in six months with modern equivalents, capable of housing every medical professional you have and more! Much more, in fact, with over a third of all structures currently empty and awaiting new graduates, foreign experts, and loaned personnel.
-[X] Light Industry
--[X] Pharmaceuticals Plant (+10 Reputation) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professionals = +4 Total)
(12 + 4 = 16 - Medium Breakthrough)
The construction of pharmaceutical plants in Das Capital proceeds with speed and urgency. The workers know that the quicker their efforts are completed, the faster people across the island will benefit from the medicines produced here. Therefore, even with a stricter eye on quality than your inspectors had already deemed needed due to the speed, each plant passes with flying colors, leading to the first batches of products being produced and undergoing testing as the year turns into the beginning of the next one.
However, that is when several people realize that, due to a spelling mistake in the orders from the Great Leader, several more plants had been constructed than ordered. This is quickly buried internally, as nothing of significant import happened that could have hampered other projects, and to ensure the plants can provide the massive quantities of medicines and chemicals required by the populace. All well, that ends well, at least this time.
--[X] Implement Six Sigma Methodologies (-2 Reputation) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 1 Professionals = +2 Total)
(7 + 2 = 9 - Optimal)
The implementation of the Bureau of Stricter Quality Assurance Ensuring Improved Efficiency Among Domestically Produced Goods (BSQASIEADPG) goes swimmingly, smoothly, and without any notable delay. Though some Unions jockeyed for power within local headquarters or requested changes to accommodate local circumstances in the make-up of the new organ of state, nothing of significant import hindered the process in the implementation of higher quality assurances from ensuring that domestic products could endure far beyond their capitalist counterparts or among those produced by factories within the USSR. Unluckily, nothing happened to boost or improve the bureau itself. However, something going as planned is better than it going worse, so putting aside any envy generated by the grand expansion of the medical sector has to suffice for the satisfaction of a job well done.
--[X] (1 Action) Cyberdize Light Industry Sector (Mega-Project - 1/5 Actions)
(9 - Optimal) ---[X] Medical Supply Chain CyberSyn (+7 Rep) (Very Helpful) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 2 Ambition + 1 Automation + 1 Professionals = +7 Total)
(12 + 7 = 19 - Major Breakthrough) -[X] Heavy Industry
--[X] (4 Actions) Crack the800 nm Process (Mega Project - 4/4 Actions) (-1 Reputation) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus* + 2 Ambition + 1 Professional = +6 Total)
(8 + 6 = 14 - Minor Breakthrough)
"Okay. What happened." You do not say that so much as you flatly state the words as you look over the reports of the various teams working on implementing the CyberSyn systems in the Medical Sector in specific and those working on the Cyberization of Guangchou's Light Industry in the broader terms. "And keep it simple."
"Well," Wei begins, gently banging their head against your table as you carefully secure a glass of water with some anti-headache pill slowly dissolving in it from the vibrations. "We tried to crack getting our electronics down to 800nm to keep the advantage, remember?"
"Yes, I do. Though the technical talk went slightly over my head, That is something I am very much invested in keeping for as long as possible. How does it pertain to...this?" You ask, tapping the reports on your desk once more.
Taking a deep breath, Wei slowly lifted their head to look you in the eyes; the look of someone with too little sleep, too much coffee, and far fewer fucks to give than is healthy staring right back. "We managed to crack the size easily enough, with some time spent implementing it in prototype units in a single production chain, a test to see how the new electronics would hold up in non-laboratory conditions."
"And that is how we got factories that talk with each other?" You dead-panned back, causing Wei to wince.
"Please don't say that. It is bad enough that the engineers are flooding the internal communications of Mingxiang with AI-Overlord Jokes; I do not need you to do the same. But, yes, that is how we got a specific factory module to check and update numbers with connected modules capable of planning in advance without human intervention, more than what Mingxiang can do right now due to a test of a new script being used."
"And what does that mean, concretely?"
"We have many things to look over and implement once we develop Mingxiang 2.0. But, aside from that, our medical sector is set to be the most productive and disturbance-proof industry in the world once it fully spools up."
A moment passed between you. Then you grabbed the anti-headache water with some protest from Wei, drinking it all in one long motion.
-[X] Social
--[X] Vaccination Campaign (Disease) (Extremely Helpful)
---[X] International Production And Doctors (Helpful) (+9 People's Opinion) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professional = +4 Total)
(4 + 4 = 8 - Optimal)
"And that would be all," Patrick Lussier said, adding a little bandage over the arm of the small girl bravely sitting before him without making a face despite having to endure several injections the past few weeks. "And here, because you were so brave," he added, handing the girl a bright-red lollipop with a small part of himself amusedly noting that she likely had been so brave because of said sweet. Grinning, the girl grabbed the sweet and thanked him in Guang, running out of the tent to her mother, who had finished getting a similar vaccine in the neighboring tent moments prior. "Next!" Patrick called out; a local nurse had told him the word for that in Guang when he had arrived. A man with a missing arm bearing the noticeable scars of a botched surgery walked into the tent, smiling with bad teeth and evident thankfulness, sitting down with a wince due to an obviously injured leg.
Back home, the man could have gotten the treatments he obviously needed. But, then again, he was here, in Guangchou, not France. Pulling out a new, fresh needle, Patrick carefully prepared for the vaccination, his mind going back to the day he had arrived with the others and the shock at the near-appalling state of the health of the people of Guangchou. He could still not understand how a nation had the money to create massive weapons far more advanced than any could dream of yet lacked even the most basic medical infrastructure. There had been African nations with better healthcare, for crying out loud!
Shaking his head, Patrick focused on the here and now; there were still three more hours before his first break and another twelve to be spent vaccinating this town.
--[X] Emergency Volunteer Medical Training (-4 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion) (Extremely Helpful) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 2 Ambition + 1 Professional = +6 Total)
(10 + 6 = 16 - Medium Breakthrough)
"But why do I have to learn thaaaaat!" Zu whined, sprawled over the table in her new, much better home. She even had a whole room to herself! (Even if that was soon to change with the twin's mom would be having any day now, and her four other siblings planned.) "It is so boring and squishy!"
Sighing, her other mom lightly tapped her on the head with the papers she had taken from work. "Knowing how to dress wounds, clean them, and help unconscious people in emergencies is vital, especially when you can't get to a doctor. And you knew that learning how to deal with broken bones would not be pretty, yet you signed yourself in that program regardless."
Ugh, great, she was making her actions her fault once more. How could she have known it would deal with all that stuff? All she wanted was to be with Chu! "But moooooooooooom!" She tried, hoping that nagging would get her out, betting on having more energy than she patience.
"No. And complain again, and you will clean the apartment. Alone." Darn it.
-[X] Improve Foreign Intelligence Service
--[X] Eyes Into China (-6 Reputation) (Secret) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 1 Spy + 1 Professionals = +3 Total)
(7 + 3 = 10 - Boosted)
Some would say that looking into the happenings and going on in the country of an ally is rather rude, especially if you make this in preparation for whether you want to send military forces there or not.
However, you required information about what was happening in China. Unfortunately, the information you receive is scattered, sometimes contradictory, and all-around bad news no matter which way you spin them unless you go full delusional mode. You don't do the latter, though, so you need more information.
You got that.
Alongside a headache due to drinking more booze than you should, trying to purge the memory of the reports you got and as a way to skirt your responsibilities you would now have to act upon.
The information you got was, at once, incredibly detailed on the goings-on and horrifyingly depressing in what is portrayed. In short, there were three "official" sides in the oncoming civil war.
Chairman Hua Guofeng led what could ostensibly be called the Communist Hardliners, internally a block of politicians unwilling to let go of the principles of the revolution and cause even if they would be able to attain valuable allies, military aid, or strategic wins by abandoning several programs pioneered to ensure that communism is one step closer than the day before. The CH is also the faction with the smallest military force. Most of the army seems either "neutral" or actively subsumed into the other two factions silently gearing up for a violent takeover. Helping them would require substantial aid, militarily and materially, yet enable you to push hard reforms through the hard power you'd wield over them thanks to your assistance.
The second faction is what can only be called Warlords 2.0. A collection of generals within the army that have, through one way or another, managed to veil their identities from investigations, yet managed to accrue undeniable power and allegiances from divisions and regiments, multiple provinces poised to declare their loyalty to the to be spared in the more-than-certain looting and reprisals to follow to those who resist their takeover. Their goal is to create an authoritarian workers' dictatorship, which, not unlike Guangchou, is backed by military might but wholly unchecked by any civilian governance in any way beyond those family members and allies sent to plunder the people for personal gain. Aid for them would be the least, and it would yield meager results to get them to put away any power they couldn't grab right back once they have established themselves.
The National Liberation Army, led by Hu Yaobang, is the last faction. They are, at once, the ones with the most popular support by the people and the ones most scattered around the country. They are also worryingly happy to accept aid from the West and seek a reconciliation with the Chinese Republic Exile Government in Taiwan, if not outright re-unification. Sending them assistance would be straight-up idiotic, as they see communism as a failed ideology designed to make them suffer. Yet, with a few accidents and friendly fire incidents, control could be usurped and melded to your purpose. Yet, it would be incredibly difficult to manufacture such and require planning and execution beyond what you are willing to trust on the off-chance that you'd get China under the thumb of Guangchou.
Regardless of which faction you'd choose to help, militarily or otherwise, the war will happen in the next year. If not sooner.
-[X] Political
--[X] Hiring Medical Students From Cuba (Extremely Helpful) (-10 Reputation) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professional = +4 Total)
(8 + 4 = 12 - Boosted)
Sep 18th, 1980,
Cloudy, Cold, Light Rain
Excited, Shocked, Exhausted.
When we first arrived on the island, we were ushered into a small hall with several boards on the side of the room displayed prominently, numbers and locations, alongside photographs, pinned underneath the names of clinics and hospitals needing staff. After that, on a podium, a woman at the front welcomed us, thanked everyone for choosing to work in Guangchou, and then said that we could choose any position we'd like on the boards as they all needed to be filled.
That was exciting, with everyone quickly shuffling around to look at what positions we could gain, many hoping to get some of the more prestigious ones before the others would take them.
That excitement quickly turned into confusion at the sheer number of positions offered, with multiple hospitals saying: All Positions Open.
I should have taken the cue and marched back onto the boat and home. But instead, I took a position as a surgeon in a rural clinic alongside a nurse, hoping to get more experience in a less established clinic.
And now? I cannot leave. I have surgeries every hour that I am allowed to work, with the very second I can operate again, followed by correcting maladies, fixing damages, or any surgery that one could think about.
It is terrifying that healthcare has degraded in such a manner here, yet I cannot help but feel a sense of pride in my work. Every person I operate on needs my help; every life I save here is one I couldn't have saved back home. And, though it is a small part, I know that, in a few years, I will be one of the most experienced surgeons on the island, able to get senior positions in any hospital I wish to work in. But, of course, that is only outweighed by the number of lives I save.
-[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[X] Personal Action: A Belated Birthday
Now that things have settled down a bit compared to the hustle and bustle of managing the Sino-Soviet reconciliation, your friends have thrown you a belated birthday party to mark your big 3-0. You're not old; you're not old! (You are old.)
Wei has gifted you a cane.
(100)
"And what am I supposed to do with a cane?" You asked, raising an eyebrow at Wei as you looked over the black-green cane lying in a box between you, a hand lifting it up to look at the head closer. Oh, nice engravings. Foxes in a bramble, cute.
"To walk," Wei deadpanned back, chuckling as you rolled your eyes in response. "Oh, come on, you are getting old; you need to rest your weary and creaking bones, or you'll fall apart! Especially after a tiring workout!"
"I am in better health than when I was 17, and with nearly double the muscles too," you said, scoffing. "And after-workout exhaustion isn't something I need a cane for."
"Oh, but I wasn't talking about those workouts," Wei smugly said.
You looked at them. They waggled their eyebrows. You looked at Mai grinning at you from across the room, The Look on her face.
You took the cane without shame or hesitation.
Congratulations! Mai is pregnant with triplets!
...wait, no, you both got that snipped.
Congratulations! Jungmin walked with a limp for a week! Mai got through her catalog of things to try and wear! Both of them are even more insufferably in love with each other! The nation's birthrate increased once more...wait, why is that here?
--[X] Personal Action: Oh, No
You are visiting the Twin Sickles campus, and the 3G chickens have gotten loose.
(86)
"Why are we running?" You asked, jogging right alongside the scientist next to you.
"3G chickens got loose," they reply, out of breath, making you pick up your pace.
"The gravity ones?"
"Yup. The other ones had their security increased after the last breakout attempt," the scientist added, looking to the side to see another scientist join your party of fleeing people.
"Oh, you got the notification that the 3G chickens got loose?"
"I made that one," the first scientist replied.
"...oh. Uh, bad news then," came the reply. "The electricity ones got out too."
"Do I need to call the army?" You said, looking at the panting scientists with some worry, effortlessly keeping pace.
BA-BAWK!
"Yes."
--[X] Lover Action: Parent-Teacher Conference
You and Mai check in on what your kids have been up to at school.
(58)
To summarize a lengthy meeting where you took a more in-depth look at how your horde of offspring was doing in their respective schooling environments.
Ma Li managed to gain several friends, roping Bo Ni into various shenanigans that almost resulted in a forest being burnt down (by her re-telling of the story) or a bush catching fire, as Bo Ni tattled to you. Nevertheless, both were doing very well in school, with Bo Ni coming more and more out of his shell, getting comfortable with the other students, and finding some peers to spend time with, particularly in the art program offered.
Chaoxiang is turning out to be an utter delight to be around, according to her teachers, always polite and helpful, with Daiyu seemingly taking any chance he gets to play-act his favorite scenes from books and comics as the hero. Conversely, Hu has a quick mind, able to quickly learn anything he sets out to learn. Of course, each has some friends, but they are more close-knit than your other spawn.
Jangmi, Bara, and Mei are, all without fail, either asleep or too young to reach any conclusion about their developing character aside from being somewhat active in their groups and attentive to what is taught.
In short, you are as happy as a fish in water with their progress outside your home.
[USSR]
-[X] Keep It Together
(12 + ??? [Ironclad Control] - ??? [Wonderland] - ??? [Lead-Laden Veins And Minds] = 2 - Subpar)
Huh, the USSR is passing some local autonomy reforms. Good for them!
[European Union]
-[X] Pass Bill 27-C (One Europe Act)
(8 - ??? [Requsition of Sovereignty] + ??? [Technological Concessions] + ??? [The Dying Order] = 21 - Major Breakthrough)
Despite the revelation of the Lupi still relevant and fresh in the minds of many, their appearance changed much yet changed little in the broader aspects of politics, especially within Europe. A bill six years in the making, drafted, changed, doctored, altered, and remade, does not vanish for something as silly as another human species entering the light of day, the names attached to its success seeing no reason to stall what they saw as a vital step into a brighter future, a securer future, one where European Nations wouldn't be reliant on a singular ally that seemed more and more unreliable to act in the case of war with each passing year.
Despite the difficulties in establishing Bill 27-C, it passed the vote of the European Parliament, with Greece, Portugal, and Spain entering the accords of Free Movement, Employment, and Research with much-lauded applause. Though many critics voiced that many nations were merely hoping to profit from the technologies that created the Lupi now being studied, few could deny the benefits the OEA brought. In the grand scheme, it was not all that major, merely an outgrowth of international politics reaching their conclusions, but one that seemed poised for greater things, as the Act gave the Parliament some teeth to pull its members along and some more observant commentators noted, a sense of progress and budding belonging amongst some people that reached across borders in a way it hadn't before, the blue flag with a circle of golden stars fluttering high above poles like a herald of change.
[USA]
-[X] Let's See About That Unrest... (Opposition Action)
(1 + ??? [State Unrest] + ??? [Marvel At The Dawn] - ??? [Desire For Normalcy] = 25 - Grand Breakthrough)
"What'cha lookin' at?" Wei Long asked, poking their head into my room, disturbing the comfortable gloomy darkness with the harsh lights from the corridor outside, stabbing me directly like a lance of legend.
"Close the damn door," I hissed quickly, shutting my eyes as the door closed with Long stepping inside. Then, taking a sip of my tea against the migraine I had for the last month, I allowed the sound from the TV before me to wash over the silence before I answered. "I am watching the inauguration of the new US President, Jimmy Carter," I add, causing Long to hum in appreciation of my answer, hopefully letting me nurse my hurting head in continued relative silence.
"Isn't Chen doing the same?" Nope, they were apparently in one of their chatty moods.
"Yes, but we need some redundancy to ensure translations are accurate. Can't have one agent with an agenda translating a statement of peace into a declaration of war, can we?"
"Instead, we have two?" Long quipped, making me snort as I looked at the screen where Carter had just finished his oath and stared at his wife.
"Well," Yang began to speak as half a world away, a man looked at his wife, now the First Lady of the US.
Years had been spent attaining this position, with bartering and trade even within his party only barely getting him the support needed amidst the uncertain times tearing at the unity of the United States. Even with the close race, one close enough that many among his opposition still called for a second recount, he had still won the presidency, intent on healing the rifts and cracks forming within the nation, setting it on a path to reconciliation and renewal. If all went well, he would not leave his successor a nation assailed by unrest, protests, crime, and extremists of every stripe spewing vile rhetoric and hatred on the streets and news. A small taste of ash entered his mouth as he remembered that he had to completely ignore the issue of the Lupi to win, every advisor telling him that speaking positively of the controversy, or at all, would not get him the voters that mattered, only those that would already vote for him anyway.
Looking back at Rosalynn, he smiled. Without her, he didn't know how he could have managed the months leading up to the vote, and his subconsciousness acted on the love before his conscious mind could react, a hand already lifting itself to grab her hand, a small gesture of intimacy shared between them.
The piece of metal fired from 1.3 kilometers away enters his head, passing through the thin outer layer of flesh to start piercing his skull, bone offering no protection from the projectile's kinetic energy. The nerves responsible for noting the pain and notifying the corresponding sectors of the brain to send their signals, scream at the hole that suddenly appeared within the previously healthy wall of cells. Said signals fail to reach their intended destinations, the neurons responsible already pulped by pressure exerted by the now malformed piece of metal, bone shards of his skull adding to the destruction as they slice through his brain, turning once vibrant fat, water, salt, and energy into a mush being dragged out the other side of his head. Thanks to the large hole, there is little reason to suspect the death of the 40th President of the United States of America was anything but instant.
Rosalynn Carter stands, sprinkled with her now dead husband's brain, blood, and bone fragments, a proud smile slowly fading as she realizes what has happened.
People watching the event worldwide, especially in the US, look on in utter shock.
The crowd watching the inauguration begins to panic as the Secret Service Agents nearby realize that they failed, for the second time in living memory, to prevent the assassination of an acting President, however brief it may be.
1.3 kilometers away, a man leaves, the information gathered from the clues left behind pointing at a black man with communist sympathies in New Orleans.
Two months later, Ronald Reagan became the 41st President of the United States, as the recount demanded by Republicans confirmed him to be what was requested.
[] [International Congress For All Mankind] (Who will be sent? 1 1/2 Years Remaining)
{+1 to all Actions (1x Professionals To The Fore!)
Awed Ambition: +2 to Space Actions (Electronics, Metallurgy, Education), +1 to All Automation Projects
Automated-Communism Manifesto: +1 to all Automation Projects (Global)}
{Plan Focus: Cyberization and Healthcare - +2 for 3 (Three) Turns.}
+2 to any Meat-Based Project
+6 to your first Civilian Rocket Project
+2 to Recover Your Sunken Fleet
+2 to One Iron Tiger Module/Frame Design
+4 to any Design using Flipper Propulsion
+10 to Designing a Submarine
+2 to Designing a Torpedo
+5 to Nuclear Reactors
Reputation - (79/100 Reputation - *Okay, Mingxian Is Seriously A Fantastic Boon.*) People's Opinion - (100/100 Reputation - Euphoria. Admiration. Jubilation. Beware the Great Person Theory, for you grow to be one.) Chinese Opinion - (2/10 - Okay, so...you have futuristic war machines in need of bloodying, we have a potential civil war. We are confident we can work something out, yeah?) History Page - (A name, several pages of your life, the Iwo Jima Crisis of 1974, links to dissertations of the Thai-Brain Drain, Iron Tiger, and Supercomputer Programs, alongside the Guang Healthcare Collapse of 1980. Several dozen pages and links to dissertations are dedicated to your advancement of multiple technologies. A dozen links and pages devoted to your influence on the Automatic Technocratic Movement (ATM). Several dates of important milestones in your life, political and private. Some (horny) memes due to your big family.)
Light Industry - Adequate - (Static) Heavy Industry - Good - (Static) Military Industry - Good - (Static) Agriculture - Good - (Static)
[] (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 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) (-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 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 - 1/3 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 meals that can be thrown away or nonbiodegradable boxes. You'll pay your people a tiny amount of the price to return those 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 (-3 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 (+3 People's Opinion)
[] Build Breweries (+4 People's Opinion) (Harmful)
[] Bottled Drinks Factory (+2 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 - 0/12 Actions)
-[] Automate Factory/Facility/Project (What) (Various Reputation Gains)
-[] Automate Every Factory (Mega-Project - 7/12 Actions) (-7 People's Opinion) (Extremely Harmful (Job Loss)) (+1 per Turn Automatic Progress)
-[] Construct Housing Factory - (Design) (+1 Reputation) (Automated)
-[] Build Structural Insulated Panel Factory Complex (-10 Reputation)
(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 600 nm Process (Mega Project - 0/8 Actions) (-9 Reputation) (-5 People's Opinion)
-[] Expand Your Mines (Harmful)
-[] Construct Another Harbor (Helpful)
-[] Construct Five Merchant Marine Vessels
-[] Design A Civilian Vehicle (Describe) (-2 Reputation)
--[] Industrial IT-Skeleton (+5 Reputation) (Helpful)
-[] 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 to tie 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
-[] Cyberdize Agricultural Sector (Mega-Project - 0/7 Actions) (-9 Reputation)
-[] Automate Factory/Facility/Project (What) (Various Reputation Gains)
-[] 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) (Extremely Helpful)
(A massive area for cultivating food, resources, and scientific data, primarily used to gain and harvest kelp, fish, oysters, and mother of pearl.)
-[] Expand 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 valuable 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.)
[] Expand Crop Breeding Programs (+4 Reputation) (Helpful)
[] 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 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 stock.
--[] 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 conscript's 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 has a fire rate of 457 to 800 rounds per minute, chambered in a 6.5x30mmSR cartridge 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 inspired by 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
-[] Construct An Airfield
-[] Construct Military Building/Factory (What) (Harmful) (-3 People's Opinion)
--[] Construct IT Electronics Factory (Harmful) (-4 Reputation)
-[] Mingxiang Aeronautical Expansion (+2 Reputation)
[] Navy Modernization (Mega-project) (0/8)
-[] Expand The Military Academy (+2 Reputation) (-4 People's Opinion)
-[] Raise A New Military Formation (What) (Harmful) (+1 Reputation) (-4 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) (+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 essential, 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 Worker's 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 (-5 Reputation)
--[] International Production And Doctors (Helpful) (-11 Reputation) (-9 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 need for more 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) (-8 People's Opinion)
-[] Found Nutritional & Pharmaceutical Standards Agency (-2 Reputation) (-5 People's Opinion)
-[] Healthcare Reform (Sub-Vote) (-7 Reputation) (-9 People's Opinion)
-[] Apply to Interkosmos -[] 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 for our trade goods to increase their market value. (-3 Reputation)
--[] Medical Student Exchange with Cuba (Helpful) (-4 Reputation) (-5 People's Opinion)
--[] 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
--[] (Write-In) -[] Technologists
--[] Improve the Statistics Bureau (Focus) (-3 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 (-3 Chinese Opinion) (Knock-On Effects)
--[] Armed Solidarity (+7 Reputation) (+5 People's Opinion) (International (Read: West) Anger) (Repeatable) (Target)
-[] (WRITE-IN)
[] Secret Projects
-[] Investigate Applications For WEISOFT Again
-[] Mingxiang CyberSyn System 1.1.0 (Mega-Project - 0/15 Actions) (-9 Reputation)
-[] Develop Native Supercomputer (Mega-Project - 0/3 Actions) (-8 Reputation) (-6 People's Opinion)
-[] Experimental Molten Salt Reactor (Mega-Project - 0/5 Actions) (???)
[] 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.)
AN: It's 23:27, @ me your questions/corrections and I'll get to them within the next 5-15 hours.
The crowd watching the inauguration begins to panic as the Secret Service Agents nearby realize that they failed, for the second time in living memory, to prevent the assassination of an acting President, however brief it may be.
1.3 kilometers away, a man leaves, the information gathered from the clues left behind pointing at a black man with communist sympathies in New Orleans.
Two months later, Ronald Reagan became the 41st President of the United States, as the recount demanded by Republicans confirmed him to be what was requested.
[X] Commiewood: Sector General - Commiewood has gotten into the spirit of the Plan Goals and the recent reveal of the Wolfsmenschen by debuting a series based on the Sector General books written by Irish author James White. A medical drama with pacifist themes set on a hospital station in deep space where doctors of various species must treat an equally diverse cast of patients, Sector General was praised for its animatronic non-human aliens and its use of parabolic flight to simulate zero gravity (usually during rocket ambulance rides - holy shit you would not believe how much of the budget those ate).
[X] Plan: Red's Anatomy
-[X] Infrastructure
--[X] Improve Medical Infrastructure (Helpful) (+5 People's Opinion) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professionals = +4 Total)
-[X] Light Industry
--[X] Pharmaceuticals Plant (+5 Reputation) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professionals = +4 Total)
--[X] Implement Six Sigma Methodologies (-2 Reputation) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 1 Professionals = +2 Total)
--[X] (1 Action) Cyberdize Light Industry Sector (Mega-Project - 0/5 Actions)
---[X] Medical Supply Chain CyberSyn (+2 Rep) (Very Helpful) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 2 Focus + 2 Ambition + 1 Automation + 1 Professionals = +7 Total)
-[X] Heavy Industry
--[X] (4 Actions) Crack the800 nm Process (Mega Project - 0/4 Actions) (-3 Reputation) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus* + 2 Ambition + 1 Professional = +6 Total)
-[X] Social
--[X] Vaccination Campaign (Disease) (Extremely Helpful)
---[X] International Production And Doctors (Helpful) (+9 People's Opinion) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professional = +4 Total)
--[X] Emergency Volunteer Medical Training (-6 Reputation) (+2 People's Opinion) (Extremely Helpful) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 2 Ambition + 1 Professional = +6 Total)
-[X] Improve Foreign Intelligence Service
--[X] Eyes Into China (-6 Reputation) (Secret) (Bonus: + 1 Name + 1 Spy + 1 Professionals = +3 Total)
-[X] Political
--[X] Hiring Medical Students From Cuba (Extremely Helpful) (-11 Reputation) (Bonus: +1 Name + 2 Focus + 1 Professional = +4 Total)
-[X] Wei Jungming - (RP)
--[X] Personal Action: A Belated Birthday
Now that things have settled down a bit compared to the hustle and bustle of managing the Sino-Soviet reconciliation, your friends have thrown you a belated birthday party to mark your big 3-0. You're not old; you're not old! (You are old.)
Wei has gifted you a cane. --[X] Personal Action: Oh, No
You are visiting the Twin Sickles campus, and the 3G chickens have gotten loose. --[X] Lover Action: Parent-Teacher Conference
You and Mai check in on what your kids have been up to at school. [X] Commiewood: Sector General
(Commiewood has gotten into the spirit of the Plan Goals and the recent reveal of the Wolfsmenschen by debuting a series based on the Sector General books written by Irish author James White. A medical drama with pacifist themes set on a hospital station in deep space where doctors of various species must treat an equally diverse cast of patients, Sector General was praised for its animatronic non-human aliens and its use of parabolic flight to simulate zero gravity (usually during rocket ambulance rides - holy shit you would not believe how much of the budget those ate).)
Sitting in his living room, James White stared at the ending credits of the show he had just watched, the last episode finishing in the same manner as the previous 23. Then, standing up, White slowly crosses the room to eject the cassette from his TV, looking at the label denoting the name of the episode and length of the same.
"The Price of War," White spoke gently, softly, as if tasting the words to see if they made sense or fit within his work. A slow nod followed, his mind going through the happenings again, a piece he had written last year but nearly scrapped altogether because he hadn't liked what it spoke of, what it entailed, and the viewpoints said within. Above that, it just hadn't fit within the setting and the characters, so it almost went into the bin.
Until he got a call from someone wanting to produce a show based upon Sector General, seeking his approval or refusal. To say that the realization of said person being from the other side of the world and economic ideology had been a shock was to call a sleeping cat uncomfortable.
And yet, he hadn't seen the reason to refuse. After all, what was the worst that could happen? That they slandered his work to shoehorn in their propaganda, causing him trouble with the government? He had given them the okay but refused the money to stave just such accusations off, on the off chance that they would produce a lasting legacy in the minds of the newer generations he couldn't do with books alone.
Putting the cassette into its box with the others, he turned to the kitchen, Peggy having called him to help her deck the table. A smile was on his lips, and a vigor in his steps, feeling younger and more hopeful for a better future than ever. The show had been more faithful than any counterpart produced in the West would have been.
I am legit happy that the man's work even though it was made by communists was enough to make him proud of it.
Someone just framed an african american communist for the assassination of Jimmy Carter. The whole world is going to react. Intel agencies are going to be busy for a very long time. God I hope this doesn't cause wwIII
Should the Healthcare report still be at -4 (currently Collapsing)? I noticed that we've gone from ----- to ---, which I think should be Severe Shortage?
Should the Healthcare report still be at -4 (currently Collapsing)? I noticed that we've gone from ----- to ---, which I think should be Severe Shortage?
To add to that, will it also further decrease over time (maybe an additional -) as things start to go in full operation?
On a different note, Im no American, so can anyone tell what are the potential ripple effects this'll have compared OTL aside from the WW3 risk increasing or cold war getting hotter at the very least? Are there certain noteworthy laws acts or events that will no longer happen with carter dead? What was he like as a president anyway?
