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Nirur Torir

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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #30 on: January 01, 2013, 06:21:54 pm »

I think I'll switch away from a propulsion scientist. Would a structural expert be able to get a bonus to both chassis and fuel tanks, or do fuel tanks require a different specialization?
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #31 on: January 02, 2013, 02:47:37 am »

Switched to Lobbyist, I WANT MOAR PR!!!
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #32 on: January 02, 2013, 03:19:41 am »

I think I'll switch away from a propulsion scientist. Would a structural expert be able to get a bonus to both chassis and fuel tanks, or do fuel tanks require a different specialization?
He could, but a bonus to two categories will be a bit smaller.
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #33 on: January 02, 2013, 05:48:21 am »

Turn 0 : 1946

It's a historical day today, as eight organisations have voiced their intentions to conquer Space. The traditional superpowers, Sovjet-Russia and the U.S., have made no progress on their rocketry efforts. Many suspect that their rivalry has led them to sabotage each other. This, combined with the fact that the germans managed to destroy most of their technology before it was captured, has proven to be a severe hindrance. Still, it is no suprise that other countries are trying to claim space. Among these contenders are however some strange countries, like a single African ex-colony, and multiple wartorn ones..

((Bonus have been noted to special stuff. You can still change if you want too.))

County relations:
                  Australia      Japan        Poland       Greece      Scotland       Nicuaraga            France
Australia      Neutral        Neutral     Neutral       Neutral       Neutral          Neutral             Neutral
Japan          Neutral        Neutral     Neutral       Neutral       Neutral          Neutral             Neutral
Poland         Neutral        Neutral     Neutral       Neutral       Neutral          Neutral             Neutral
Greece         Neutral        Neutral     Neutral       Neutral       Neutral         Neutral              Neutral
Scotland      Neutral        Neutral     Neutral       Neutral       Neutral          Neutral             Neutral
Nicuaraga    Neutral        Neutral     Neutral       Neutral       Neutral          Neutral             Neutral
France         Neutral        Neutral     Neutral       Neutral       Neutral          Neutral             Neutral



Player name: Peter Fletcher
Archetype: Lobbyist
Funds: 10,000 (+1000)
Prestige: 0
Organisation Name: SPACE: Space Projects for Australian Commerce and Exploration (yes I know it's a recursive acronym)
Motto: Ad astra per ardua
Nation: Australia
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Player Name: Samuel Wells
Archetype: Scientist
Funds:10,000
Organisation: NASA (I can't think up a better name.)
Motto: Lets screw with history
Nation: Japan (Bet you didn't expect that)

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Player name: Aleksander Sołtyk
Archetype: Scientist
Funds: 10.000
Organisation Name: P.C.I.S. (Poland CAN into Space)
Motto: Show the world what we can do.
Nation: Republic of Poland
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Player name: Apostolos Urian
Archetype: Lobbyist
Funds: 10.000 (+1000)
Organisation Name: PSI(Preeminent Space Investigation)
      -Motto: Fly Higher, Fly Faster
      -Nation: Greece
     
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Player name: Haggis-Bob The Bearded
Archetype: Lobbyist
Funds: 10.000 (+1000)
Prestige: 0
Organisation Name: H.A.G.G.I.S. (Heaven's Awesome Gentlemens' Great Intelligence Society)
      -Motto: Up, up, and away! And back!
      -Nation: Scotland!
     
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Player name:Javier
Archetype:scientist
Funds: 10.000
Organization: S.M.F.(supermagicalfuntime)
      -Motto: No one builds 'em better than us!
      -Nation: Nicaragua
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Player name: Medoro Marceau
Archetype: Scientist
Funds: 10.000(+1000)
Prestige:0
Organisation Name: French Institute for Extraterrestrial Exploitation (FIEE)
      -Motto: Étendre l'influence de l'humanité (Expanding humanity's influence)
      -Nation: France

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Initial bonus: Expert Chassis scientist (+40)

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« Last Edit: January 03, 2013, 04:34:33 pm by 10ebbor10 »
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #34 on: January 02, 2013, 06:02:55 am »

Research:
Lab 1: Improve the reliability of the small thruster (-$1000)
Research costs: $1000

Design:
None this year.

Construction:
Upgrade the lab to get +1 action (-$5000)
Construction costs: $5000

Total cost: $6000
« Last Edit: January 03, 2013, 04:55:16 am by RulerOfNothing »
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #35 on: January 02, 2013, 06:15:38 am »

It was a good day. Haggis-Bob had just arrived on his new job. The chiefs office at H.A.G.G.I.S.. He had just seen how primitive it currently was, compared to his dreams for Scotland. He wished to plant a kilt-on-a-pole on Luna. And with this crap nothing can be done. Haggis-Bob stormed over to the german thruster scientists office, and shouted "We need more stable thrusters! Can't have the rocket explode before it even takes off! We'll never get the kilt to the moon without it!!!", then went over to his office to make a letter. He wanted to improve relations with the FIEE, as the French could be brilliant minds sometimes. And allies could always be good in hard times...

Turn:

Research:
Lab 1: Research "Stable Small Thrusters" (-$1000)
Research costs: $1000

Design:
None

Construction:
Bigger, better, lab. (+1 research action, -$5000)
Construction costs: $5000

Other:
Try to become better friends with the FIEE (If possibru)

Summary: +1 research action, -$6000
« Last Edit: January 02, 2013, 07:21:03 am by Donuts »
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #36 on: January 02, 2013, 09:19:30 am »

2 questions can I haz allies, you wouldn't deny aCat giant scorpion baby allies, unlike a kitten which you would. And to Ebbor is it too late to break the sound barrier, or can I still be first.

And finally on an RP note technically Japan's space program currently could count as Americas, because it is supported and run by them.
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #37 on: January 02, 2013, 09:28:08 am »

2 questions can I haz allies, you wouldn't deny aCat giant scorpion baby allies, unlike a kitten which you would. And to Ebbor is it too late to break the sound barrier, or can I still be first.

And finally on an RP note technically Japan's space program currently could count as Americas, because it is supported and run by them.
Depends on which allies. Player allies yes. NPC's no. The V-2 flew at mach 3.
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #38 on: January 02, 2013, 09:31:48 am »

I mean manned flight discounting unconfirmed me-163 pilots claims
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #39 on: January 02, 2013, 09:34:43 am »

Seems unlikely that you'll get it, because it will take you some time to develop manned rockets. And the first manned supersonic flight occurs in 1947.

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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #40 on: January 02, 2013, 09:36:34 am »

Well Japan had some old suicide planes which used rockets, we could rip out the engines put in better ones, and say we were testing out the new rockets.
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #41 on: January 02, 2013, 10:11:21 am »

Player name: Patrick FitzConnor
Archetype: Businessman
Funds: 10.000(+1000)
Prestige:0
Organisation Name: Making Aeronautic Research Yield Lasting And New Development (MARYLAND)
      -Motto: Large Rockets, Gentle Words
      -Nation: US/Maryland

       
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Turn:
Research: Communications relay for conveying ground to space to ground messages between Earth and Orbit.

MARYLAND is interested in purchasing blueprints for a more stable thruster from another space agency.  We will watch their research with interest.

Turn summery: research -1000.

Patrick O'Connor walked the factory floor where the men and women were still busy at work making bombers.  That would keep the place open for now but it wouldn't last for much longer.  He was scoping the place out for a different kind of manufacturing.  He liked what he saw and met the Glenn Martin representative outside to tender an offer.  The man was happy for the little that Patrick offered but wondering what this whole startup Patrick was organizing was about.  "Y'all planning to start another war or something like that?"  Patrick just shrugged "Yeah, something like that.  So it's agreed then, January 1st 1947 this place changes hands."  Inside the gears in Patrick's head were already turning, he had big plans for this factory.
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #42 on: January 02, 2013, 10:33:04 am »

It has officially begun. I had to improve the science facilities fast, either by replacing the logarithmic rulers with some mechanical computers or by just expanding the buildings and hiring more people. I had my men begin ground tests of our simple engine design, we need to find flaws in the design now, I don't want the officials to watch a huge fireball on our first launch.
I myself started designing a simple mechanical flight control, you can always hope that your rocket will fly straight up if you have it perfectly built. But real world works differently and adding gyroscopes, winglets and the sort costs considerably less than returns from scrap metal after your rocket crashes.
The research and equipment will eat a big part of the funding that we've got, but  if we don't have theory right, then we can just as well build a huge catapult and hope that would work.
The field is new and it would be great to have other teams to share experience with, but it looks like the USSR is not interested, strange indeed. I can only hope that state will allow me to contact my acquaintances in UK and find help there.


Turn:
Research:
Lab: Improve the small thrusters (-1000$)
Myself: Mechanical flight control system (Ascent guidance controller) (-1000$ [OOC: If its a free action even better!])

Design:
None

Construction:
Buy computing equipment for the lab, if impossible expand the lab (-5000$)

Totals: -7000$ [If research by me is free then 6000$]
Cash after turn: 3000$ [If research by me is free then 4000$]

Others: Because of my work in the UK during the war im interested in pulling some strings internationally and getting mutual agreement with HAGGIS.
« Last Edit: January 02, 2013, 10:44:40 am by akkudakku »
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« Reply #43 on: January 02, 2013, 05:20:27 pm »

Turn

Research:improve small thruster reliability(-1000)
Me:research larger thrusters(-1000)

Design:none

Construction:Buy/install better lab equipment(-5000)

Summary:-7000
« Last Edit: January 02, 2013, 05:49:32 pm by javierpwn »
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Re: The Space Race II (Forum Game)
« Reply #44 on: January 02, 2013, 05:26:24 pm »

Where does the 1000 dollar cut on better lab equipment come from?
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