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Total Members Voted: 106

[evictedSaint]

I actually think Strongpoint is on the right track with the Recklesser Effect, you guys.

Reliability Sustainment Plan
Due to the disappointingly unreliable nature of the emergency release (for which the engineer responsible was appropriately and sanely reprimanded for (3 months tour of duty aboard a Wasp Nest)) we spend our revision increasing the overall reliability of the plane.  The release mechanisms are fixed to prevent accidental failures, but we don't stop there.  Points of stress in the plane are analyzed and either reinforced or added to the maintenance plan.  The engines are optimized for both cold and hot weather and adjustments are made to allow periodic servicing easier.  Wear-heavy parts are made easier to replace or redesigned to prevent undue wear and tear, and further steps of this nature are taken to ensure that the Reckless Effect will be the most durable, serviceable, and reliable plane in the air.  Lessons taken from this revision will be applied to future designs and existing aircraft.

Think of this as an investment in future designs.  And if this works out, then we'll have a higher turn-around for aircraft servicing than the Cannalans!


Trying to get another TC is perhaps a bit too ambitious at the moment.  We might not even get the jungle this year, and if we do then we can spend our next design on developing a better cargo plane or merchant sub or whatever and still get the resource.


EDIT: Derp, just saw that Nuke posted something similar.  If he includes my points about making it ultra-reliable and serviceable and applying the lessons elsewhere, I'll vote for it.

[Powder Miner]

Well, at risk of splitting our simple cargo plane revision even further,

Plan Corrective Measures: (2) Lightforger, Khan Boyzitbig
Pattern B (General performance and reliability): (3) NUKE9.13, Taricus, Strongpoint
Reliability Sustainment Plan: (2) evictedSaint, Powder Miner

[Strongpoint]

Plan Corrective Measures: (2) Lightforger, Khan Boyzitbig
Pattern B (General performance and reliability): (2) NUKE9.13, Taricus,
Reliability Sustainment Plan: (3) evictedSaint, Powder Miner, Strongpoint

Changed my vote for the mostly same thing but I like the wording more

[andrea]

Plan Corrective Measures: (2) Lightforger, Khan Boyzitbig
Pattern B (General performance and reliability): (2) NUKE9.13, Taricus,
Reliability Sustainment Plan: (4) evictedSaint, Powder Miner, Strongpoint, Andrea

Lets get the bandwagon rolling.

[NUKE9.13]

Plan Corrective Measures: (2) Lightforger, Khan Boyzitbig
Pattern B (General performance and reliability): (1) Taricus
Reliability Sustainment Plan: (5) evictedSaint, Powder Miner, Strongpoint, Andrea, NUKE9.13

I mean, sure, it's basically the same thing as what I suggested. Bandwagon away.

[helmacon]

Plan Corrective Measures: (2) Lightforger, Khan Boyzitbig
Pattern B (General performance and reliability): (1) Taricus
Reliability Sustainment Plan: (6) evictedSaint, Powder Miner, Strongpoint, Andrea, NUKE9.13, Helmacon

Sooner we get this done, sooner we can progress the game.

[Radio Controlled]

If I may ask: the espionage credit that was awarded, was that some sort of random event? Or can players attempt actions beyond designs, strategy decisions and entries for the occasional gm-defined special event (such as the research credit event just now)? Or is it also the result of the previous special event where Forenia earned the research credit?

Only lightly followed the previous arms race game, so this might be a dumb question, but the rules in the OP didn't go into a lot of detail.

[evictedSaint]

I suspect that in order to maintain some semblance of balance, it was given to Cannala because we won the (much more valuable) research credit.

From what I read when I asked about it in their embassy, they don't even seem sure how they got it.

[Radio Controlled]

Can't the results of a well-spent/lucky research credit be stolen by an espionage credit? Making the espionage credit potentially more powerful in comparison.

[evictedSaint]

Well I imagine we'll find out soon enough.  I have faith that we won't be punished for having a more competent set of writers on our team, though.

[Madman198237]

Plan Corrective Measures: (2) Lightforger, Khan Boyzitbig
Pattern B (General performance and reliability): (1) Taricus
Reliability Sustainment Plan: (7) evictedSaint, Powder Miner, Strongpoint, Andrea, NUKE9.13, Helmacon, Madman198237

[Powder Miner]

Sensei has said that they were not given the espionage credit for anything to do with the research credit. Something else is at play.

[helmacon]

To be honest, the research credit isn't even super valuable. It's just a reroll during a design phase right? There's a 50% chance that it dosent even do anything for us.

[evictedSaint]

Maybe we missed one of their designs or something?  Did they develop a Ministry of Espionage or something?  Is it an ability of their general?  Perhaps it has to do with the fact they took the archipelago turn 1?

[NUKE9.13]

To be honest, the research credit isn't even super valuable. It's just a reroll during a design phase right? There's a 50% chance that it dosent even do anything for us.

We roll twice and take the higher number. It almost doubles our chance of getting a six (from 1/6 to 11/36), and reduces our chance of a one by a factor of six (1/6 to 1/36)
I'd say that's pretty valuable.