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[kingfisher1112]

Today is the first day of your new job. Certainly one you never expected you would ever have before the revolution. Perhaps it is time to explain.

A month ago, tensions had risen in the small island nation of Forenia. Situated directly inside the Black Sea, it was under the pull of many different nations. Turkey, newly liberated Russia and Romania were particularly so. The nation was a monarchy, and an oppressive one. The working class were poor, mostly farmers. The aristocracy had their coffers stuffed with the taxes, and were living the high life. But the peasants were not happy. Shootings were common as the army enforced the law with an iron fist. But, a small communist movement grew and grew. Armaments were smuggled in by the USSR, along with military staff and other equipment. Food was stockpiled, and soon they were ready. War started a week ago. It ended 2 days ago. The war was over as former military turned into revolutionaries. The palace was stormed, and the rulers killed. The country was free. A glorious new government was established, with the leaders being former revolutionary leaders. And so to you. You were chosen for your new position as you were a talented factory worker. Your job now was as the head of the Military Design Bureau, the new group in charge of all military development. Ships, Guns, even the exciting new worlds of aircraft and tanks. You are only in charge of a small group of engineers and factories, but in time, that will grow. You arrive at the small, red brick building that marks your office, and read the documents on your desk.

Spoiler: Текущий вооружения (click to show/hide)

Small Arms:
40.000 Mosin-Nagant Rifles
3000 Maxim Machine Guns
Ships:
Two Славные Forenia class Cruisers
Three Народный Преданность class Destroyers
Aircraft:
None

Spoiler: Текущий Чертежи (click to show/hide)

Славные Forenia Cruiser:
Ship Size: 6
Armour: 3
Armaments:
4 120mm Cruiser guns: Damage 30, Accuracy 20, size 0.5 ea.
4 40mm Anti-Air guns: Damage: 5, accuracy 40, size 0.25 ea.
Народный Преданность Destroyer:
Ship Size: 3
Armour: 2
Armaments:
2 100mm destroyer guns: Damage 20, accuracy 30, size 0.5 ea.

Blueprint Guide:
Armour: Armour helps in engagements, the more a ship or tank has the better it does surviving.
Size: Everything take up space. Size is representative of how much you can pack on.
Damage And Accuracy: Better they are, more damage they do.
Designing Blueprints:
Assigning an engineer to a project gives it a varying amount of points. Points are spent on traits and traits, and depend from project to project.

Spoiler: Активы (click to show/hide)

One Engineering Office:
Workspace: 20
One Ordnance Factory:
Production Capability: 20
Personnel:
15 Novice Engineers:
Points Produced: 2 Each
20 Novice Factory workers.

Year 1: 1925
So now is the first year of your work. The army has requisitioned you for a number of things:

Spoiler: Заказы армии (click to show/hide)

The army requires a new rifle, home produced to replace the Mosin. New classes of ship are required to pump up the navy, and the entirely new Air Force requires new aircraft to ply it's trade. Tanks would be a good thought, and some form of artillery is also highly required.

So, what are your orders for this year?

Spoiler: Разъяснения (click to show/hide)

Designing a blueprint only requires you specify:
Name:
Number Of Engineers:
Workspace:
What It Is:
Any more clarifications can be asked for. As this is the first year, you can only design new projects. And Jesus, I am going to exploit Google Translate so hard.

[UristMcWanderer]

Name (of the weapon): SVA-25
Number Of Engineers: 5 Novice Engineers
Workspace: 5
What It Is: Automatic Rifle
Cartridge: 7.62x54mmR (same as Mosin-Nagant)
Firing Method: Recoil operation
Magazine Size: 25 rounds of ammunition
Sights: Fixed blade (front sight), adjustable notch (rear sight)

Have 2 engineers look at a Maxim gun for the recoil operation method, and see if they can adapt a Maxim's mechanism for a hand-held rifle. This firing mechanism would make the rifle useless with a bayonet, but it can put much more lead downrange than a bolt-action Mosin-Nagant.

When a prototype is completed, set up a clamp to hold the prototype rifle, tie a string to the trigger, and have 1 engineer stand about 5 meters behind the weapon (this should keep the engineer relatively uninjured should the prototype happen to explode when firing)

[Brood]

Name : Gunship.
Number of entineers : 5
Workspace : 8
What it is : A cruiser sized ship with 12 AA guns mounted on it with rotating fields of fire and adjustable elevation.

Name : AIA anti infantry artillery
Number of engineers : 3
Workspace : 7
What it is : A large 4 man cannon firing a variety of 200 mm shells. (( Think howitzer only bigger and with a variety of shells from solid to explosive.

[kingfisher1112]

Name : Gunship.
Number of entineers : 5
Workspace : 8
What it is : A cruiser sized ship with 12 AA guns mounted on it with rotating fields of fire and adjustable elevation.

Name : AIA anti infantry artillery
Number of engineers : 3
Workspace : 7
What it is : A large 4 man cannon firing a variety of 200 mm shells, electronicly controlled. (( Think howitzer only bigger and with a variety of shells from solid to explosive.

Umm, electronically controlled?

[Knave]

Name (of the weapon): SVA-25
Number Of Engineers: 5 Novice Engineers
Workspace: 5
What It Is: Automatic Rifle
Cartridge: 7.62x54mmR (same as Mosin-Nagant)
Firing Method: Recoil operation
Magazine Size: 25 rounds of ammunition
Sights: Fixed blade (front sight), adjustable notch (rear sight)

Have 2 engineers look at a Maxim gun for the recoil operation method, and see if they can adapt a Maxim's mechanism for a hand-held rifle. This firing mechanism would make the rifle useless with a bayonet, but it can put much more lead downrange than a bolt-action Mosin-Nagant.

When a prototype is completed, set up a clamp to hold the prototype rifle, tie a string to the trigger, and have 1 engineer stand about 5 meters behind the weapon (this should keep the engineer relatively uninjured should the prototype happen to explode when firing)

I really like the idea of an automatic squad wapon! Imagine the possibilities of having a portable machine gun for assaults? But our bureau is small comrade and we need a cheap and reliable replacement that will be easy to mass produce. Perhaps we should try for a copy of the Russian Mosin instead?

[Morrigi]

Name (of the weapon): SVA-25
Number Of Engineers: 5 Novice Engineers
Workspace: 5
What It Is: Automatic Rifle
Cartridge: 7.62x54mmR (same as Mosin-Nagant)
Firing Method: Recoil operation
Magazine Size: 25 rounds of ammunition
Sights: Fixed blade (front sight), adjustable notch (rear sight)

Have 2 engineers look at a Maxim gun for the recoil operation method, and see if they can adapt a Maxim's mechanism for a hand-held rifle. This firing mechanism would make the rifle useless with a bayonet, but it can put much more lead downrange than a bolt-action Mosin-Nagant.

When a prototype is completed, set up a clamp to hold the prototype rifle, tie a string to the trigger, and have 1 engineer stand about 5 meters behind the weapon (this should keep the engineer relatively uninjured should the prototype happen to explode when firing)

Make it a 20 round mag, would save space and keep the weapon from becoming ungainly. There's a reason real militaries usually don't use high-caliber box mags with more than 20 rounds.

Name : Gunship.
Number of entineers : 5
Workspace : 8
What it is : A cruiser sized ship with 12 AA guns mounted on it with rotating fields of fire and adjustable elevation.

Name : AIA anti infantry artillery
Number of engineers : 3
Workspace : 7
What it is : A large 4 man cannon firing a variety of 200 mm shells, electronicly controlled. (( Think howitzer only bigger and with a variety of shells from solid to explosive.

This is 1925, bro.

[Brood]

(( ..... I know, I'm trying to invent electronic firing systems a few years early. ))

[kingfisher1112]

(( ..... I know, I'm trying to invent electronic firing systems a few years early. ))

You're looking at 40+ years of earliness. No.

[Brood]

(( Was worth a try, removed the electronic bit. ))

[kingfisher1112]

1926
You ordered your comrades, and it was time to get to work. The first project? The SVA-25. A revolutionary weapon, providing automatic fire support for squads. It was now going into the prototype stage.
Prototype Name: SVA-25
Points Available: 10
Damage: 4 ( +4 from cartridge.)
Accuracy: 3 (+3 from sights)
Perks Available:
Reliable: ( 2 Points )
Cheap: ( 3 Points )
Long-Range: ( 3-Points)
( Points are added into the seperate categories. Adding stuff to damage and accuracy increases capabilities, while perks have unseen benefits.)
Next was the AIA gun.
Project Name: AIA Gun.
Points available: 6
Damage: 12
Accuracy: 8
Perks Available:
Gas: ( 4 Points)
Smoke: ( 2 Points )
Finally was the Gunship:
Name: Gunship
Size: 6
Armour: 3
Armament: 12 40mm Anti-Air guns. Damage 5, accuracy 40, size 0.25 ea.
( A ship requires a minimum of 5 engineers. Every 5 gives you a perk slot. New armaments must be developed separately.)
Perks:
Fast
Robust Frame
Large Ammo Capacity

It is the new year, and the government is eager to see the new weapons. By next year you will have developed these new weapons into real world examples.
The government also announces it's new University. You can send one engineer a year to get trained in a specialty.
It is a new year. What do you do?

Spoiler: Текущий вооружения (click to show/hide)

Small Arms:
40.000 Mosin-Nagant Rifles
3000 Maxim Machine Guns
Ships:
Two Славные Forenia class Cruisers
Three Народный Преданность class Destroyers
Aircraft:
None

Spoiler: Текущий Чертежи (click to show/hide)

Славные Forenia Cruiser:
Ship Size: 6
Armour: 3
Armaments:
4 120mm Cruiser guns: Damage 30, Accuracy 20, size 0.5 ea.
4 40mm Anti-Air guns: Damage: 5, accuracy 40, size 0.25 ea.
Народный Преданность Destroyer:
Ship Size: 3
Armour: 2
Armaments:
2 100mm destroyer guns: Damage 20, accuracy 30, size 0.5 ea.

Blueprint Guide:
Armour: Armour helps in engagements, the more a ship or tank has the better it does surviving.
Size: Everything take up space. Size is representative of how much you can pack on.
Damage And Accuracy: Better they are, more damage they do.
Designing Blueprints:
Assigning an engineer to a project gives it a varying amount of points. Points are spent on traits and traits, and depend from project to project.

Spoiler: Активы (click to show/hide)

One Engineering Office:
Workspace: 20
One Ordnance Factory:
Production Capability: 20
Personnel:
15 Novice Engineers:
Points Produced: 2 Each
20 Novice Factory workers.

[Knave]

So at this point we're voting on where to assign the points available? Or making more blueprints and assigning points?

[kingfisher1112]

So at this point we're voting on where to assign the points available? Or making more blueprints and assigning points?

The second option.

[Knave]

So at this point we're voting on where to assign the points available? Or making more blueprints and assigning points?

The second option.

Okay!, so if I wanted to assign the full ten points on the SVA-25, I would have to assign 5 engineers? Or are those points already free to assign leaving the 5 engineers to make a new blueprint?

For the university do we choose the specialty, or is one randomly assigned? How specific should the specialty be - Infantry weapons/tanks/AT weapons?

[kingfisher1112]

So at this point we're voting on where to assign the points available? Or making more blueprints and assigning points?

The second option.

Okay!, so if I wanted to assign the full ten points on the SVA-25, I would have to assign 5 engineers? Or are those points already free to assign leaving the 5 engineers to make a new blueprint?

For the university do we choose the specialty, or is one randomly assigned? How specific should the specialty be - Infantry weapons/tanks/AT weapons?

No, the points are free. No engineers are required past this point. And those specialties are chosen, and the ones you mentioned seem fine.

[sjm9876]

i'd say for the rifle:
All the perks + 2 accuracy.

for the gun:
gas and smoke