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[Nirur Torir]

To my esteemed collegue, Friedrich von Hohenzollern, Research Director of W.A.T.:

The space station CHASE is planning is intended to be a grand symbol which all of humanity may look upon with wonder. A neutral structure, which will serve as a staging point for leaving our cradle. A safe place, which will benefit all of us.
With this in mind, I regretfully inform you that we must decline your offer to significantly contribute to the founding of the station. The current tensions between Austria and your backing nation are well-known, and would result in a conflict of interests in keeping the station neutral. Furthermore we have already agreed to work with DWARF. The embargo between Scotland and West Germany would create an unsettling amount of strife in the creation and upkeep of the station.

With hopes that we will all find peace,
Commisar Xin Su of the Chinese Assembly for Space Exploration.

[10ebbor10]

Turn 16: 1961-1962

Note: In an attempt to speed up turns, I will now only recalculate designs on demand, rather then always.
         Also on Taikonaut training, you can increase the training speed. ( Speed training run) but that might result in casualties.

World news:

Relations between different population groups in Western germany worsen, and the situation there is destabilising quickly.

Spoiler: Perks (click to show/hide)

-Scientific: +5 bonus to research (Lv 2: +10)
-P.R.- ific: Pr. Bonus/minus to (others) launches. LV 2: Increased bonus
-Enginious: + 5 bonus to engineerins LV2: +10
-Astronautical: +5 bonus to training astronauts( Lv2 : +10)
-Managing talent: +10% extra money. LV2: +15%
-Other: To be discussed

County relations:
             USSR             US                Spain      Scot              China        W-Germ          Austria       Canada
USSR:    Neutral ,     Neutral,        T-A,            Neutral,         Neutral,       Neutral          Neutral         Neutral
US:        Neutral,      Neutral,        Neutral,       T-embarg0,   Neutral,       Neutral          Neutral         T-A
Spain:    T-A,           Neutral,        Neutral      ,     Neutral,        Neutral,       T-A               Neutral         Neutral
Scotland:Neutral , T-Embargo,      Neutral,        Neutral,         T-A    ,        T- Embargo   Neutral         Neutral
CHina:    Neutral ,     Neutral,        Neutral,        T-A   ,           Neutral,       Neutral         Neutral         Neutral
W-Germ:Neutral ,     Neutral,        T-A     ,        T-Embargo,   Neutral,       Unstabel       Cold war**   Neutral
Austria : Neutral ,     Neutral,        Neutral,         Neutral,        Neutral,      Cold war**   United           Neutral
Canada: Neutral ,     T_A     ,        Neutral,        Neutral,         Neutral,      Neutral         Neutral          Neutral


**: See Ghazkull's turn. Cold war results in increased war fundings, but also occasional demands you have to meet or be fined.

Spoiler: German armamament (click to show/hide)

-6 Regained II armed with thermobarics

Spoiler: Austrian armamanent (click to show/hide)

3 armed creepers. Small explosive

Spoiler: Rebel armament (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Spanish governement (click to show/hide)

3 Vengadors armed with thermobarics.

W.A.T. Yearly report

Research:

1. Finish Larger Fuel Tanks. Work progress quite quickly, and the capacity of the fuel tanks is increased.
2. Continue Thermobaric Artillery Shells. Work progresses quickly here
3. Start Research on Living Quarters for Space Stations. Work here progresses quickly too.

Construction:

finish Nuclear Power Plant. The plant is finished.

Other:

Sell Nuclear Power Plant. The governement buys the nuclear power plant for 15000

Expenses: 3000+4500


Research:
Dr Smith will develop solid fuel(free) Work here progresses fast.
Lab 1 will increase the lifetime of the SEA satellite (-$1000) Work progresses.
Lab 2 will improve the reliability of the AC thruster (-$2000) Work here progresses fast and the scientist think they can't improve the AC thrusters more.
Lab 3 will improve the efficiency of the AC thruster (-$2000) Work here progresses fast,and the scientists think they can't improve the output more( Complexity increased;3000)
Research cost: $5000

Design:
None this year.

Construction:
Improve the labs further (+10 bonus) for $10000 Done
Construction cost: $10000

Production:
2 Redstone II rockets (-$1550)
2 SEA satellites (-$2000)
Production cost:$3550

Launch:
Launch 1: Launch the SEA satellite towards Venus using the SEA satellite (It should only take about 6 months, which should give plenty of time). Have the satellite orbit Venus and study its atmosphere (Will this count towards my promise?)
The Launch is succesfull, altough there were some minor problems with the second stage. The sattelite stayed in orbit for some time, relaying data back to Earth before finally it's battery died.
Launch 2: Launch the SEA satellite into a lunar orbit and have it take more pictures of the lunar surface.
Despite several technical problems, the SEA sattelite managed to get into orbit and make some nice pictures.

Astronauts
Get 1-2 astronauts with $1000
You get 2 astronauts. None to smart but they'll have to do.

Give Casp the computer feedback system.

Random event: A storm damaged the launch pad, and you had to pay 1000 to get it fixed.

Total cost: $19550+1000


C.H.A.S.E. Yearly report

Research:
Lab 1st floor: Improve the success chance of space suits. Work progresses fast here.
Lab 2nd floor (Yi shing): Space Stations: Theoretical. ($2000) Work here goes very slowly.
Lab 3rd floor (Shaiming Hu): Life support: Theoretical. Work here goes quite fast.

Design & Production
None.

Construction
Add a fourth floor to my laboratory ($20,000) Done

Missions:
None.

Taikonaut Recruitment:
None.

Other:
Name the general scientist Shaiming Hu.
Aerospace department investment (year 1 of 5) ($1000)
Trade with DWARF: Space Stations: Theoretical, Space Health Studies, and Sleeping Quarters for his shuttle hull blueprints.

Total expenses: $25,000


STARS Yearly report

Research
-Dr Faust will improve the Large Thrusters yet more. In priority order: Efficiency, Weight, Stability,  Max fuel. Work progresses quite quickly.
-Floor 2 shall work on getting more fuel into the fuel tanks. Work here goes quite fast.

Construction
Build 2 Vengadors, 1 Mano de Ayuda and 1 Perajo Cantor II

Other
Sell the Vengadors to the Government. Done: The governement buys them for 2000.
Make a promise that STARS will get a comm sat to GEO within five years. Apply PR to this.
Despite your speech, nobody is impressed.

Expenditure
6600 (3k thrusters, 1k fuel tanks, 1600 Vengador, 250 Mano, 750 Perajo Cantor)

The Generallisimo orders a final strike and the rebellion is crushed.


DWARF Yearly report.
Research:

Research:
Space Shuttle:  Decrease the weight more. Work here goes fast. (2k)

[Electronics Expert] Computer Feedback:  Increase the safety improvement.(1k) Work here goes even faster.Complexity increased (2k next time)

[Fuel Scientist] XL Fuel Tank:  Increase its capacity.(1k) Work here progress quite fast.

[Thruster Scientist]  Large thruster:  More power.(3k) Work here goes fast to


Designs:

[Personal Design][0.52]
Explorer Space Shuttle Mk II
Height: 20m
Weight:  10081 kg
Available Payload: 471.5
Thrust: 10552.5 kg
Price: 7400
Safety: 1%+ 25%(reentry)

Components:

Space Shuttle hull (20m): 20*300 = 6000kg
Large thruster (2 meter): 350kg, 8465.625 kg To LEO
XL normal fuel tanks  (3*5 meter): 3150 kg
Computer Feedback:  100kg
Cockpit module (3 meter):  481 kg

Building:

Expand Mission Control to allow a second launch/year. (5k) Done


Other:
Donate the rockets to the museum in a generous gesture designed to increase my prestige. Done.
When they're gone, those designs can be obsoleted as well.
+2 Prestige.
Train both Scotonauts.  Spend 5k on hiring a couple more of at least 7/10 quality.
Your recruitment prodcedure is a succes. You manage to find a small group of very good astronauts.

Send China the Space Shuttle tech [including anything I find this turn] in exchange for the space station tech he is sending me.


Expenses: 
24 400  (7k research, 5k building, 5k hiring, 7400 shuttle)

Kingfisher: ASC monthly report

Research:
Superconductors: Work here goes fast. If only the G.M knew what you were trying to do.
Large thrusters: Work produces goes slowly.
Launch: A diamond 1. Take pictures of lots of landmarks! The launch is succesfull.
+3 Prestige
Other: Find an experimental Plasma Physicist. Offer him/her 5000$.
You can't find anyone. Your search costed you 1000
Expenses: 3000
C.a.s.p.

Player name: Anderson Spaceman
C.A.S.P
Canada

Research:
German scientist will develop a way for us to use satellites for imaging and intel. Work here goes really fast. (NAt 100, grats)
I will make the solar panels more powerful. Work here goes fast too. Making the solar pannels more powerfull is hard, so you improve the lifetime instead.

Designs: None new.

Other:
Make solar panels and electricity, then ask the government if we can sell it to the public. (You need to commercialise the Tech first. The current panels aren't economically viable) Whatever, I'll let your free lab do that. Work on commercialising the pannels goes fast. Now you only need to construct a factory that can build them(5000)
Look around Canada for a researcher that would like to join us. Nope, noone.
Give RulerOfNothing my solar cells tech. Done
Arm the 3 unarmed rockets. ( They were already armed)

3000
Sattelites and other things in orbit:

Promises:( All due by the end of the stated year)
Toaster:
Kashyk: Comm sat to GEO by 1966
Ruler of nothing: Mercury/Venus flyby by 1965
Nirur Torin: Space station by 1965

Players:

Player name: Xin Su
Archetype: Lobbyist Political Commissar
Traits: Taikonaut trainer
Funds: 10025 (+15250)
Prestige:26
Organisation Name: Chinese Assembly for Space Exploration (CHASE)
      -Motto: Ensuring China's dominance of the Solar System.
      -Nation: People's Republic of China

       

Spoiler: Researched Components (click to show/hide)

             Fuel Storage
             - Small fuel tank  ( 125 liters of liquid fuel per meter height)
              -Normal fuel 110% more thrust [1.42]
             - Solid fuel(Doubles explosion chance but 170% the amount of thrust of normal fuel [0.85])Note: Due the inability to turn engines on and of, cannot be used to get in orbit of something.
             Propulsion
             - Small thrusters   Weight 100 kg, Failure chance 13%, 1meter high, Can carry 2.10kg of weight to LEO per liter fuel, Max fuel use: 1000)[1.85][0.86][2.71]
             - XL safe thruster: Weight 600 kg  Failure chance 20%  3m high, can carry 2.5 kg of weight to LEO per liter fuel, max fuel use  6000.[1.56]
             Chassis
             - Single stage hull(75 kg weight per meters high, max 10 meters)
             - Reusable single stage hull(25% chance of reusability, 220kg per meter, max 10 meters)[0.69]
             -2 stage hull(192 kg per meter high) [0.52]
             - Space shuttle:300 kg per meter high, max height 20 meters, 75% reusability chance)  [3]
             Payloads.
            - Radio transmitter sattelite: 135 kg, 3 month lifetime, Sends out a periodic signal + Basic comms sattelite  [0.74]
            - Large solar powered radio sattelite:500 kg, 5 years lifetime, Basic comm satelitte [0.95]
            Non standalone pieces
             -Escape rocket. Weight 50. Saving chance: 80% Max payload weight: 100[1.63]
            - Docking system: Weight : 200. Allows docking. [0.50]
            - 3 person carbon filtration lifesupport unit: 1 meter, does not contain seats nor return shield. 300 kg. Requires 100 kg of supplies a month. Battery lifetime: 1 day(requires 1 Solar panel) [0.75]
             Spacestation pieces
            - Sleeping quarters: Size: medium(2m), Capacity: 1, Weight: 400kg , Max stay duration: 2 weeks [1]
            - Solar power cells: 100kg, 5 years lifetime, produces power[2.5]
            - Life support: Theoretical: High enough for a permanent medium lifesupport system(6-10 people). Can do a small lifesupport system ( 3 people max) [2.20]
            - Space stations: Theoretical: Advanced enough for 2 meter station pieces. Can be combined with other parts to make space station parts(no research needed)[2.65]
             Theoretical and non components
            - Commercial solar power cells:Current profit rate: 1.250 [1.50]
            -Space health studies: Can not be researched on Earth [0.50]
           Taikonaut gear
           -Spacesuits: 50 kg, 6 hours lifesupport, 27% failure chance( Note that this chance is based on a normal( 1.00) astronaut.)  [1.82]

       

       

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

Expedition class light cargo rocket[0.58]
Height: 10m
Weight: 1850kg
Thrust: 2310.
Payload:560
Price:750
Failure chance: 13%

Components:
Single Stage Hull: 10m (750kg)
Small Thrusters: 1m (100kg)
Small Fuel Tanks: 8m (1000kg)
1m for payload module, swappable.
 

       

Spoiler: Assets (click to show/hide)

- 4 floor upgraded labs (2 research/year for $1000)
- SLightly bigger launchpad (Max rocket height of 20m)
- 2floor Mission Control (2 launches/year)
- 2 Floor manufacturing and design factory: (Can build 20 meter of rocket a year, can design 2 new rockets ($2000 + cost))
- Small security system
- Well equiped Taikonaut training facility (8/10)
- Solar panel factory ( +1250 money a year)
- Aerospace departement: Can invest in the youth: ( 5 Years: 1000/Year. May result in one random scientist)

Spoiler: Rockets (click to show/hide)

-0 flare class test rocket
-2 Expidition class light cargo rocket

Spoiler: Special People (click to show/hide)

A German engineer (+25 to designing)
- Yi shing scientist: +25 to extraterrestial structures
-Schaiming Hu: +10

Spoiler: Taikonauts (click to show/hide)

-Taikonaut two.[1.32]
-Taikonaut one.[1.26]
-Taikonaut six [1.11]
-Taikonaut five[0.88]
-Taikonaut seven [0.83]
-Taikonaut three[0.61]
-Taikonaut four[0.57]
-Taikonaut eight [0.43]

Player Name:  Urist McLowe
Archetype: Engineer
Traits: Charismatic: Bonus to attracting/recuiting special people
Funds:12050 (+17000)
Prestige:28
Organisation Name: DeWard Aeronautical Research Foundation [DWARF]
      Motto: Strike the moon!
      Nation: Scotland
     

Spoiler: Researched Components (click to show/hide)

             Fuel[ Storage
             - Small fuel tank  ( 125 liters of liquid fuel per meter height)
             - XL fuel tank ( 1050 liters of liquid fuel per 5 meters height) [1.8]
             - Normal fuel 125% more thrust [2]
             - Solid fuel: 1.74 times explosion chance, 160% thrust [0.8][1.04][1.84]
             Propulsion
             - Small thrusters   Weight 100 kg, Failure chance 25%, 1meter high, Can carry 2kg of weight to LEO per liter fuel, Max fuel use: 1000)[1.24]
             - Large Thrusters: Weight: 350 kg, failure chance:10%, 2 meter high, Can carry 2.68 kg of weight to LEO per liter fuel, Max fuel use 4000)[3][1][1.50][4]
             Chassis
             - Single stage hull(75 kg weight per meters high, max 10 meters)
             - 2 stage hull( 100 kg per meter hight. max 20 [1]
             - Space shuttle:300 kg per meter high, max height 20 meters, 75% reusability chance)  [3]
             - Booster rocket: 25 kg per meter high, max height 5 meters, 18.2% reusability chance [1.78][0.41]
             Payload
             - Cockpit module: 3 meter, 3 people, allows piloting, 481 kg[0.83]
             - Life support module, includes seating and return heathshield. 1 hour lifesupport, Max 80.5 kg, 87.5% survival chance 400 kg.[1][1.62][1.5][4.12]
            - Docking system: Weight : 200. Allows docking. [0.50]
             - Escape rocket. Weight 50. Saving chance: 75% Max payload weight: 100[1.1]
             - Computer Feedback: Weight  100 , +12% Safety[2.21]
             -Anti missile warhead: 100 kg Defense: 2 [1.06]
             Spacestation pieces
            - Sleeping quarters: Size: medium(2m), Capacity: 1, Weight: 400kg , Max stay duration: 2 weeks [1]
            - Space stations: Theoretical: Advanced enough for 2 meter station pieces. Can be combined with other parts to make space station parts(no research needed)[2.65]
             Theoretical and non components
            -Space health studies: Can not be researched on Earth [0.50]
 

       

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

The Spear Mk III[0.82]

Height: 20m
Weight:  4550 kg
Available Payload:LEO 3188
Price:2100
Failure chance: 1%+1%
Components:

Stage 1:
2 stage hull (10 meter): 100*10-> 1000kg
Large thruster (2 meter): 350kg, 3125kg To LEO
Normal fuel tanks x8 (8 meter): 1000kg
Weight: 2350kg

Stage 2
1 stage hull ( 10 meter): 75*10-> 750kg
Large thruster (2 meter): 350kg, 3125kg To LEO
Normal fuel tanks x8 (8 meter): 1000kg
Weight:  2100 kg

[Personal Design][0.23]
Firecracker MkI Booster Rocket
Height: 3m
Weight:  375 kg
Available Payload: 425 kg
Thrust: 800 kg to LEO
Added thrust: 375
Failure chance: 80%
Price:350

Components:
Booster Rocket hull (3 meter): 25*5-> 75kg
Small thruster (1 meter): 100kg, 800kg To LEO
Solid fuel tanks x2 (2 meter): 250kg

[Personal Design][0.96]
Supporter Booster Rocket
Height: 5m
Weight:  725 kg
Available Payload: 1275 kg
Thrust: 2000 kg to LEO
Price: 550
Failure chance: 30%

Components:

Booster Rocket hull (5m): 5*25 = 125 kg
Small thruster (1 meter): 100kg,  2000 kg To LEO
Solid fuel tanks (4 meter): 500 kg

[Personal Design][0.52]
Explorer Space Shuttle Mk II
Height: 20m
Weight:  10081 kg
Available Payload: 471.5
Thrust: 10552.5 kg
Price: 7400
Safety: 1%+ 25%(reentry)

Components:

Space Shuttle hull (20m): 20*300 = 6000kg
Large thruster (2 meter): 350kg, 8465.625 kg To LEO
XL normal fuel tanks  (3*5 meter): 3150 kg
Computer Feedback:  100kg
Cockpit module (3 meter):  481 kg

       

Spoiler: Assets (click to show/hide)

             - 4 Stories advanced labs(4 research action per year, researching cost 1000 money, +10 Research bonus)
             - Kinda small launchpad(Can launch rockets of up to 20 meters)
             - 2 Floor Mission Control (Can monitor 2 launches a year)
             - 2 Stories high manufacturing and design factory:( Can build 20 meter of rocket a year, can design new rockets( 2000+Price rocket))
             - Medium sized Car engine factory( +2000)

             - Scotonaut training facility (2/10 people)
              -Security station
             - Space expo: Can hold theme days(5000) which have a chance to attract scientists.

Spoiler: Special people (click to show/hide)

             -Fuel scientist: +10 fuel research
             -Thruster scientist: +10
             -Electronics scientist Scientist: +10

Spoiler: Scotonauts (click to show/hide)

Scotonaut 5[1.06]
Scotonaut 3[1.04]
Scotonaut 4[1.03]
Scotonaut 1 [1]
Scotonaut 2[0.93]

       

Spoiler: Rockets (click to show/hide)

       0 Spear MK III
       1 Supporter booster rocket
       1 Firecracker booster
       1 Explorer Space shuttle   

Player name: Friedrich von Hohenzollern
Archetype: Astronaut
Trait: Scientific
Funds:11450(+3500)
Prestige: 5
Organisation Name: W.A.T. (West-German Aeronautical Technologies)
      -Motto: Inveniam viam aut faciam ( either i'll find a way, or I'll make one)
      -Nation: Western Germany
     

Spoiler: Researched Components (click to show/hide)

             Fuel[ Storage
             - Small fuel tank  ( 125 liters of liquid fuel per meter height)
             - Medium fuel tank.( 410 liters per 2 meter height)[2.1]
             -Standard fuel: 109% thrust [0.75]
             -Kerosene fuel: 150% thrust, same safety[2]
             Propulsion
             - Small thrusters   Weight 100 kg, Failure chance 19.2%, 1meter high, Can carry 2kg of weight to LEO per liter fuel, Max fuel use: 1000)[1.29]
             Chassis
             - Single stage hull(75 kg weight per meters high, max 10 meters)
             - 2 stage hull(156 kg per meter high, max 20 meters) [0.64]
            Weapons
             - Thermobaric warhead: Attack 6 Weight:184.5 Price 500 [1.31]
             -Thermobaric artillery shells: Attack 4 Price 500 [1.60]
            Payload
             - Life support module, includes seating and return heathshield. 1 hour lifesupport, Max 50 kg 600 kg [0,67]
            Station parts
            - Sleeping quarters: Size: medium(2m), Capacity: 1, Weight: 500kg , Max stay duration: 2 weeks [0.8]
             Theoretical:
            - Nuclear knowledge:Nuclear batteries, small powerplants. Almost enough for Mediumsized powerplants and more advanced batteries [1.70]
            - Small nuclear powerplant: Provides enough power to run a small settlement. Construction cost 9000. [1.50]
            - Bioweapons: Almost to the level of nonlethal, but annoying and virulent diseases. [0.68]
       

Spoiler:  Designs (click to show/hide)

Regained I [0.66]
Failure chance: 14.2%
Cost: 725 dollar
Height:9
Weight:1775
Thrust:2180kg to Leo
           -Payload: 405kg
           -Singlestage hull: 75*9:675kg
           -Small Thruster(1 meter): 100kg 2000kg To LEO
           -Small fuel tanks(8 meter):1000kg

Regained II

Height:7,Weight:1375,Thrust:1635kg to Leo[O.66]
Fail chance: 14.2%
Cost:575
Payload: 260 kg
Components
Singlestage hull: 75*7:525kg
Small Thruster(1 meter): 100kg 1500kg To LEO
Small fuel tanks(6 meter):750kg

           

Spoiler:  Assets and personnel (click to show/hide)

      -Assets
             -3 floor labs(3 research action per year, researching cost 1000 money)
             -Small launchpad(Can launch rockets of up to 10 meters)
             -Small Mission Control (Can monitor exactly 1 launch a year)
             -2 stories manufacturing and design factory:( Can up to 20 meter of rocket a year, can design 2 new rockets( 2000+Price rocket) a year)
             - 50% finished Nuclear power plant
       -Rockets:
           -0 Regained I
           -4 Regained II
           -2 Thermobaric warhead
      -Special people
            - German Secret Weapons Scientist (+40 bonus on Weaponized Research)
            - Fuel scientist( +10 fuel research)
            - 1 space habitat scientist(+10 spacethingies research) 

Player name: Alexis Solsona
Archetype: Engineer
Traits: PR
Funds: 11225 (7500)
Prestige: 13
Organisation Name: Science, Technology And Research in Space (STARS)
      -Motto:  Vamos a infinito y más allá!
      -Nation: Spain
     

Spoiler: Researched Components (click to show/hide)

             Fuel[ Storage
             - Small fuel tank  ( 169 liters of liquid fuel per meter height) [0.88]
             Propulsion
             - Small thrusters   Weight 50 kg, Failure chance 10%, 1meter high, Can carry 2.25kg of weight to LEO per liter fuel, Max fuel use: 1200)[2][2][2][0.40][2]
             - Large Thrusters: Weight: 360 kg, failure chance:10%, 2 meter high, Can carry 2.7 kg of weight to LEO per liter fuel, Max fuel use 4000)[3][0.79] [1.66]
             Chassis
             - Single stage hull(66.75 kg weight per meters high, max 10 meters)[0.33]
             - 2 stage rocket 100kg per meter  max 20 meters[1]
             - Booster: Max height: 2. Attaches to the side of a rocket(always come in pairs). Weight: 25Kg per m. 10% Reusability. [0.66]
             Payload
             - Radio transmitter sattelite: 110 kg, 3 month lifetime, Sends out a periodic signal + Basic comms sattelite  [0.90]
             - Explosive charge 500kg 3 attack Price: 250[0.20]
             - Thermobaric warhead. Attack 6 Weight:184.5 Price 500 fully reversed engineered [1.15]
       

       

Spoiler: -Designs (click to show/hide)

          -El Perajo Cantor II by Alexis Solsona[66]
Height: 10 meters
Weight:1717kg
Thrust: 2250kg
Payload: 758kg
-Price:
-Failure chance: 10%
-'Mano de Ayuda' x4 (+225kg thrust)
-Single Stage Hull (10m) = 667kg
-Small Thruster (1m) = 50kg
-Small Fuel Tanks (8m) =1000kg
- 1 meter replaceable payload

'Mano de Ayuda' by Alexis Solsona[0.75]
Height: 2m
Weight:225kg
Thrust:281.25kg
Thruster bonus: 56.25 kg
Failure chance: 1%( Minimum)
Price: 250
-Booster (2m) = 50kg (2*25)
-Thruster (1m) = 50kg
-Fuel (1m) = 125kg

'Vengador' by Alexis Solsona[0.52]
Height: 4m
Weight: 751.5kg
Price: 800(300 rocket+500 payload)
Failure chance: 10%
Thrust: 562.5kg (1125 at 500km)
-Single Stage Hull (4m) = 267kg
-Small Thruster (1m) = 50kg
-Fuel Tanks (2m) = 250kg
-Thermobaric Warhead (1m) = 184.5kg

       

Spoiler: -Assets (click to show/hide)

             - 2 stories labs(2 research actions per year, researching cost 1000 money)
             -Small launchpad(Can launch rockets of up to 10 meters)
             -Small Mission Control (Can monitor exactly 1 launch a year)
             -2 stories manufacturing and design factory:( Can build rockets 20 m of rocket a year( 2000+Price rocket))

       

Spoiler: -Personnel (click to show/hide)

             -Eckbert Faust - German Thruster Scientist (+40 to assigned Thruster Research)

       

Spoiler: Rockets (click to show/hide)

             1 Mano de Ayuda
              1 El PArajo CantorII
              0 Vengadors
              0 Regained 2
              0 Thermobaric warhead

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Player Name: Dr James Smith
Archetype: Scientist
Traits: Manager
Funds: 125(13000+1300=13300)
Prestige:24
Organisation Name: American Space Technology and Research Organisation (ASTRO)
Motto: Exploring space for the greater good of mankind.
Nation: USA
     

Spoiler: Researched Components (click to show/hide)

             Fuel[ Storage
             - Small fuel tank  ( 225 liters of fuel per meter hight)[2]
             - Normal fuel: 125% Thrust[2]
             -Solid fuel: 2 times explosion chance, 143.5% thrust [0.87]
             Propulsion
             - Small thrusters   Weight 100 kg, Failure chance 10%, 1meter high, Can carry 2.25kg of weight to LEO per liter fuel, Max fuel use: 1000)[2][2]
             -Altitude compensating small thruster: Weight: 100kg, failure chance: 10%, 1 meter high, can carry 2.5 kg/per liter fuel, Max fuel use:1000 [3][2][5]
             Chassis
             - Single stage hull(50 kg weight per meters high, max 10.85 meters)[2][0.17]
             - 2 stage hull( 75 kg per meter high) [2]
             - Single stage lander: 50kg per meter high, max 10 meters. Count as payload when not in use. [1.05]
             Payload[/b
            - Radio transmitter sattelite: 100 kg, 12 month lifetime, Sends out a periodic signal + Basic comms sattelite  [2]
            - S.E.O. Sattelite: 400 kg, 18 month lifetime, can do basic observational research. Subject needs to be defined before launch [1.53]
            - Life support module, includes seating and return heathshield. 1 days lifesupport, Max 70.5 kg 600 kg 87.5% survival chance [1.04] [0.82] [0.65] [1.5]
            - 3 Person capsule: 2 meter high, 1 day lifesupport, max capacity: 150 kg/3 chairs, Weight: 1111 kg, 50% survival chance [0.72]
            - Computer feedback: Weight: 200, Safety: +5% [0.50]
            - Docking system: Weight : 200. Allows docking. [0.50]
            -Solar cells: 100kg Lifetime: 3 years[1.68]
            Theoretical
            - Solar flames studies: [1.15] Can construct safety systems for simple electronics.
            - Moon map[0.65]
            - Venus atmospheric studies: [0.15]
            - Aerospatial health studies[0.65]
       

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

Redstone I[0.45]
Design Notes:
Price:650
Failure chance 15%
Height: 8 m
Weight: 1500kg
Launch capacity: 2812kg to LEO
Available Payload: 1312kg
Components:
Single stage hull(8 meters): 50*8 : 400kg
Small Thruster(1 meter): 100 kg, 2812 kg to LEO
Small fuel tank(7 meters): 1000kg fuel

Redstone II:[0.72]

Total height: 9m
Total weight: 1775.5kg
Payload to Leo: 2853 kg LEO, 1976 MEO 1395 GEO(637kg OoO; )
Failure chance: 1%+ 1%
Price:775

Stage 1:
4m 2-stage hull (4*75=300kg)
3m fuel tank (3*225=675kg fuel)
Small thruster (1m, 100kg)
Stage 1 weight: 1075 kg
Stage 1 thrust: 1898 kg to LEO

Stage 2:
5m Single stage hull (5*50=250kg)
4m fuel tank (4*225=900kg fuel)
Small thruster (1m, 100kg)
Stage 2 weight: 1250kg
Stage 2 thrust: 2531.25 kg to LEO

Spoiler: Assets (click to show/hide)

• Advanced three floor labs (3 research/year for $1000)+10
• Small launchpad (Max rocket height of 10m)
• 2 story Mission Control (2 launches/year)
• Small manufacturing and design factory (Can build 20 meter of rocket a year ($2000 + cost))
• Astronaut training center (4/10)

Spoiler: Rockets (click to show/hide)

0 redstone I
0 Redstone II

Spoiler: Special People (click to show/hide)

German structural engineer: +40 chassis research

Spoiler: astronauts (click to show/hide)

Astronaut 1 [1]
Astronaut 4[0.67]
Astronaut 3:[0.38]
Astronaut 2:[0.32]
 

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Player name: Franz Herdinand
Archetype: Engineer
Skills: Scientsist
Funds: 8205(6000)
Prestige: 10
Organisation Name: ASC Austrian Space Center
      -Motto: 'Screw the rest'
      -Nation: Austria

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

           Fuel
            - Small fuel tank  ( 171.5 liters of liquid fuel per meter hight)[1.25]
           Thrusters
            - Small thrusters   Weight 100 kg,Failure chance 18%, 1meter high, Can carry 2.13kg of weight to LEO per liter fuel, Max fuel use: 1000)[1.60][1.47]
          Hull
           - Single stage hull(50 kg weight per meters high, max 10 meters)[1]
          -Payload:
          - Life support module, includes seating and return heathshield. 1 hour lifesupport, Max 50 kg, 50% survival chance 500 kg.[0.75][
          - Small explosive: 300kg 1 attack [0.35]
          - Droppable explosive 500 kg 2 attack [0.36]
          - Sensors: 100 kg , can detect anything larger then 10 meters [1.00][2]
          -Solar cells: 100kg Lifetime: 3.5 year[1.75]
          Theoretical
          -Superconductors [0.96]

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

-The Creeper 1[0.88]
-Price: 525
-Fail chance: 1%
5 small fuel:  857.5 l
1 small thruster: 100kg 1826 thrust
1 m payload( Max 514 kg)
Hull: 7*50= 350


Diamond 1[0.72]
Weight:100+100+2*(171.5)+250
Thrust: Enough
Price: 625
Failure chance: 3%

3 Fuel tank.
1 Small Thruster
1 Sensor Suite
5m hull.

Spoiler: Rockets (click to show/hide)

 
  -2 timed blasters
  -2 creepers

Spoiler: Assets (click to show/hide)

 
             -Small 2 Stories labs(+5)
             -Small launchpad
             -Small Mission Control
             -Efficient manufacturing and design factory( Rockets are 10% cheaper, 10 meter rocket a year)

 

Player name: Anderson Spaceman
Archetype: Scientist
Traits: Scientist
Funds: 9.625(+3.500)
Prestige: 5
Organisation Name: Have fun with Acronyms
      -Motto: C.A.S.P (Canadian air and space program)
      -Nation: Oh Canaduuhhh
      -

Spoiler: Researched components (click to show/hide)

          [spoiler]
           Fuel
           - Small fuel tank  ( 171 liters of liquid fuel per meter hight)[1.25]
           - Normal fuel: 125% Thrust[2]
           Thruster
           - Small thrusters   Weight 75 kg,Failure chance 10%, 1meter high, Can carry 2.25 kg of weight to LEO per liter fuel, Max fuel use: 1000)[2][2][1]
           Hull
           - Single stage hull(50 kg weight per meters high, max 10 meters)[1]
          Payloads
           - Small explosive: 300kg 2 attack [0.3][1.2]
           - Timed explosive: 100 kg 1 attack [1]
           - Droppable explosive 500 kg 2 attack [0.36]
           - Life support module, includes seating and return heathshield. 1 hour lifesupport, Max 50 kg, 99% survival chance 500 kg.[0.75][2]
           - Sensors: 400 kg , can detect anything larger then 50 meters [0.22]
           - Spysat: 207 kg, lifetime 3 weeks can take pictures  [1.93]
            Computer feedback: Weight: 200, Safety: +5% [0.50]
           - Solar cells: 100kg Lifetime: 3 year[1.68]
           Theoretical
           - Commercialised Solar panel tech. Profit: 880 [0.88]
           -

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Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

            Timed Blaster T-12 V.I:
Weight: 863
Thrust: 1731
Max payload: 868
Price: 375
[spoiler]Single stage hull (5m, 250KG)
1 Payload
1 Thruster, 100KG
3 small fuel tanks. 513

Spoiler: Assets (click to show/hide)

             - 2 floor labs
             -Small launchpad
             -Small Mission Control
              -Small manufacturing and design factory

       -

Spoiler: Rockets: (click to show/hide)

               2 contact blasters

     
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Spoiler: Special people (click to show/hide)

             A German Scientist(+25 research)

[Nirur Torir]

Xin Su: "Work faster! We only have a few years left of preparations. The station's not ready yet, and we still lack an effective launch vehicle."
Liang Chou: "Couldn't we just rent a Scottish shuttle, sir?"
Xin Su: "Hahaha, worry not, my young friend. CHASE scientists are among the best in the world. They will come up with a solution."
To: Urist McLowe, director of DWARF

I hope this letter finds you in good health. I am director Xin Su's assistant and heir apparent to CHASE directorship. I loathe to go behind his back like this, but I fear Xin Su is too prideful to ask for further help himself. Our rocket technology is behind yours, and his plans for CHASE's next launch vehicle are an obvious stop-gap measure. It would needlessly risk our taikonauts. I, furthermore, strongly believe we should launch a practice mission next year. We could do it, but the safety engineer predicted only a 25% survival chance for our valued crew.

I wish to discuss the terms for renting a DWARF shuttle should we perform a test mission next year, and I sincerely hope that DWARF is interested in a mission to practice constructing a space station together with CHASE before the real mission.

Liang Chou, future director of CHASE.
Research:
Lab 1st floor: Improve the success chance of space suits.
Lab 2nd floor (Yi shing): Space Stations: Theoretical. ($2000)
Lab 3rd floor (Shaiming Hu): Medium chemical life support unit (10 people [9 if that's the limit for 2m station modules], energy-based)
Lab 4th floor: Safe cockpit module (3 pilots, an escape rocket with just enough fuel to get away from an explody thing and head for Earth [if near Earth], a return heatshield, a way to easily use suit oxygen tanks for emergencies, able to hit the Earth without killing everyone inside, and some way for the crew to survive if they hit water. I'd sorta like an increased chance of success if everything's fine and I just decide to use it as the re-entry vehicle. It will need a docking system at some point, if that needs to be designed in. 4m's fine, or 5m if the 4m design would have a maximum survival rate below 75%.)

Design & Production
None.

Construction
None.

Missions:
None.

Taikonaut Recruitment:
Spend $4000 recruiting people of at least .75 skill.
Expedite the training of taikonauts three, four, and eight. They'll die of old age before becoming useful at their current rate.

Other:
Aerospace department investment (year 2 of 5) ($1000)
Trade my Reusable Single Stage Hull blueprints for ASTRO's Normal Fuel.

Total expenses: $10,000

[10ebbor10]

Taikonaut Recruitment:
Spend $4000 recruiting people of at least .75 skill.
Expedite the training of taikonauts three, four, and eight. They'll die of old age before becoming useful at their current rate.

Like firing them? Also I just noticed I'd forgotten to include the training of your Taikonauts, give me a moment.

[Toaster]

Most excellent- it can launch itself!   Now I can give people rides!


If I wanted to increase the safety of reentry for my shuttle, what would I need to do?  Refine the design, launch it a few times, research something on the shuttle hull, or something else?  Some combination of the above?

[10ebbor10]

Most excellent- it can launch itself!   Now I can give people rides!


If I wanted to increase the safety of reentry for my shuttle, what would I need to do?  Refine the design, launch it a few times, research something on the shuttle hull, or something else?  Some combination of the above?

All of the above work.

[Toaster]

Neat.

What would be the thrust requirements for a shuttle to launch, maneuver to an orbit point in LEO, and safely return?

[10ebbor10]

Neat.

What would be the thrust requirements for a shuttle to launch, maneuver to an orbit point in LEO, and safely return?

Same as the thrust requirement for getting into orbit, except for the entire shuttle and not only the payload. (ie weight* 110 %)

[kingfisher1112]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasimir
 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_driver
Uses for Superconductors.
Research
Research VASIMIR engines, and start research on Ceramic hulls.
Manufacture
A diamond 1
Launch
A diamond 1 to take more pictures.
Other: Start construction of a specialized Plasma Lab. ( Can only research plasma, gains bonuses. )

[10ebbor10]

The theoretical research system isn't really optimally balanced so I think it would be better if you just directly research what you want to with them.
ie Vasimir engines and Heathshields.

Mass drivers are a late game tech, while Vasimirs can only work in space, at the benefit of using very few fuel but instead using much power.

[kingfisher1112]

Modifying. Superconductors would be good for say, civilians?

[10ebbor10]

Modifying. Superconductors would be good for say, civilians?

Anything can be sold to civilians, if you do commercialising research.

[kingfisher1112]

Are the specialized labs alright?

[10ebbor10]

Are the specialized labs alright?

Actually, they aren't. Simply because it would mean that you could get extra labs very easiliy. (Ie building lots of specialised labs very cheaply). I could let you build a specialised lab, but it's going to cost you 10.000. for the first one.

[kingfisher1112]

What if they can't do other research.