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[Failbird105]

I'll fund you if you can invent some kind of infantry rifle that is a real danger to Kaiju.  Or if you can invent a suit that gives infantry the speed/armor to not all die to the first Kaiju attack.

Invent stuff that'll let me kill big monster with little mans, is what I'm saying.

How about: Making the monsters small enough to be killed by little mans?

[Devastator]

Spoiler: Organization Building list (click to show/hide)

All upkeep costs are 20% of the construction cost.

Base, the central core for each base.  This building is mostly a placeholder, and doesn't actually serve any function.  Upkeep cost is 10

Barracks, cost 50, time 1 turn.  May store one Infantry Unit.

Small lab, 50, 2 turns
Medium lab 100, 3 turns
Large lab 150 4 turns

These are buildings for doing research.  One project may be done per each lab.  The size differences are the sizes of the projects that can be worked on..  small size for infantry equipment and small trucks,  medium size for vehicles up to the size of a helicopter or a tank, Large for vehicles up to the size of a large four-engined airtransport or bomber.  Larger sizes than this must be researched first.

As a special note, biological organisms will require one size larger of a place to be researched or manufactured.  Small size is anything up to the size of a housecat.

Note that a larger lab will not complete a project any more quickly.  Labs, (and workshops), may be upgraded to the next larger size for 100 and one less turn than to build a new one, assuming the next larger size has been researched.

Small workshop 50, 1 turn
Medium workshop 100, 2 turns
Large workshop 150, 3 turns

These are workshops for building equipment and gear.  After a project is designed, it must be built in one of these.  Build costs are per unit, and there are no staff fees.. run the shops when desired.  Workshops can be upgraded for 100 and one less turn, similar to laboratories.

In addition, workshops and laboratories may be constructed to be capable of using Exotic Materials, which are earthly materials with rarity and superior properties.  Please list if you are doing so explicitly when constructing a new lab/workshop.  Construction costs will be triple the normal costs, and both an exotic lab and workshop are necessary for producing projects that use said materials.  Performance of the equipment will be significantly enhanced.

Medium Hangar 25, 1 turn
Large Hangar 50, 1 turn

Hangar space is required for vehicles larger than small size.  One space is necessary per vehicle, although a workshop counts as a storage space of the same size, albeit at greater cost.  Hangars can be upgraded for 50 and in one turn.

Airstrip 50, 2 turns
Large airstrip 100, 4 turns

Airstrips are for deployment of aircraft.  For nearly all missions, air transport will be required to bring your forces to the point of battle.  An airstrip may launch any number of medium aircraft.  A large airstrip may launch large aircraft.  Greater sizes may be researched.  Upgrades to an airstrip will cost 100 and take 4 turns.

Kaiju Lab 100, 4 turns

Kaiju labs are for reasearch of kaiju parts, which may lead to insights that will help you design future projects.

Listening Post 250, 2 turns.
Intel Hub 100, 1 turn

Provides additional information in each turn's intelligence briefing.  The blue Intel hubs can only be built by Intel-based organizations.

Firing Range  250, 2 turns.
Proving Grounds 100, 1 turn

Provides additional information as to the effectiveness of equipment and gear.  Also gives more information in after-battle debriefings.  Red proving grounds for players with military perks.

Stores 0

Placeholder building representing storage space for small items.  May be upgraded as part of base security upgrades.

Base Security:
Internal Checkpoints, 100, 1 turn
Storage Vaults, 100, 1 turn
Hardened Perimiter, 150, 2 turns

These buildings provide enhanced security that provides some protection against unfriendly action.  They will not provide protection against Kaiju.  Also, each of these is considered a security system, and so only one copy of each is needed.

Lastly..
High Energy Physics Lab.  500, 4 turns.

This building is the equivalent to a mad scientist's Mad Science Machine, and will enhance all designs produced at this base.  Only one may be built per organization.

In general, more buildings may be researched than the ones listed above, although I reserve the right to shuffle names for bookeeping purposes.  For organizations, any number of construction projects may be done simultanously.

Spoiler: Mad Scientist Building List (click to show/hide)

Mad scientists work significantly different than organizations.  Construction takes place during the second turn of each pair, in place of doing more research or taking an action.

Also, all mad scientist construction projects take only one turn.

Here's the starting list of buildings.  Note that new buildings can be researched, although names may be translated a bit for bookkeeping purposes.

Command Dome.  Free.  This is where you, the mad scientist, lives, and is your private quarters.  Upgrades..
Igor, 100.  Allows a second Lab Zone to be constructed.  Max of one.
Minion, 400.  Allows additional Lab Zones to be built, one per each copy.
Communication Chamber.  250.  Allows for additional intel to be gathered.

Small Lab Zone: 100.  Mad Scientists don't need workshops as all constructions by them are considered prototypes, and the research project will create one of the objects as well.  Your current project will be stored inside the lab zone.  Researching new buildings requires the zone to be empty.

Each scientist can only have one Lab Zone at a time, unless other upgrades are unlocked first.
Can be upgraded to the next size for 100.  Sizes larger than Large must be researched first.

Mad Science Machine.  First, 200.  Second, 600.  Additional ones cost an extra 400 each.
Each of these makes everything you produce just that much more awesome.

Agent's Lair. 100
Allows for recovery of Kaiju parts from a battlefield, like an Infantry Unit.

Base Security Upgrades:
Trap Chamber. 100
Reinforced Hallways. 100
Mercenary Barracks. 150
In addition, a lab zone may be reinforced for an additional cost of 100 per turn.  Any other non-lab zone building may be reinforced for an 250.  This reinforcement will not cost upkeep.

Security buildings are really security systems, and only one copy of each is available.  Additional ones must be researched before being built.

Spoiler: Armoury (click to show/hide)

These are the items considered relatively available, and anyone can buy these with cash and storage space.
If you desire something different from what's listed, please ask for it.

Upkeep costs are 20% of the listed purchase price.

Small Arms.  Infantry weapons, all infantry units are considered equipped with these.  Not really relevant against Kaiju.
Rocket Launchers.  Mortars, ATGM launchers, RPGs, small infantry explosive weapons.  Infantry units will also be equipped with these.  Slightly more relevant against Kaiju.
Infantry Platoon.  Medium,  50.  Equipped with contemporary body armour, small arms, and rocket launchers.  Important for collecting debris from the last Kaiju battle and recovering wreckage or damaged vehicles.  May be relevant in anti-Kaiju warfare with sufficiently good equipment.  Will have a truck available at the destination for battlefield transport.
Technical, Machine Gun.  Small,  25.  Basically a truck with a heavy machine gun on the back.  Quicker and more maneuverable than infantry.  Much less surviveable.  Mostly irrelevant in anti-Kaiju warfare, but doesn't require its own hangar.
Technical, Grenade Launcher.  Small, 50.  Basically a truck with a good sized automatic grenade launcher on the back.  Quick, maneuverable, utterly vulnerable, but with a bigger punch than the standard.
Artillery Piece.  Small, 50.  Basically a large cannon on a motorized carriage, but not very fast or maneuverable.  Slow, but packs a bigger, longer-ranged punch than many things.

MRLS.  Medium, 150.  An armored vehicle with a large number of portable rocket launchers strapped to the top of it.  Less tough than a tank, and slightly less maneuverable, but quite well armed.
Tank, Obsolete.  Medium, 150.  An older model tank without the very latest of protective armour, but still quite tough, relatively quick, and well armed.
SAM launcher, 200.  A mostly-unarmored vehicle with a modern portable radar system armed with surface-to-air missiles.  No Kaiju have been seen to fly, but this might still prove useful.
Tank, Modern.  Medium, 250.  A newer, turbine-powered model with improved armour and increased accuracy.

Helicopter, transport.  Medium.  75.  Carries 1 Small.
Helicopter gunship.  Medium.  250.  A helicopter armed with fairly small air-to-surface missiles and an autocannon.
Air Transport.  Large, 150.  Carries 2 Medium non-aircraft.  *The first one belonging to an organization is free.*
Combat Jet.  Large, 500.  Last-generation.  Armed with anti-air and anti-ground munitions.

Turn 1 to follow.

[Devastator]

In order to hopefully perserve my sanity, there will be two turns per game month.  The first turn will be called "Purchase", and cover purchases, research, and construction.

The second turn will be called "Action", and cover actions performed by the players, missions against Kaiju, etc.  For mad scientists, they can do more research this turn instead.

Spoiler: General Mechanics: Organizations (click to show/hide)

During 'Purchase' turns..
Your Income comes in and Upkeep is paid.  Performance reviews are done every other turn.  Results from actions happen.

You may..
Buy from the market/black market.
Construct as many buildings as you like and can afford.
Conduct research.  Each project requires one lab, and one 'lead scientist'.  This can be a mad scientist who has agreed to visit you and work on something, or it can be one of your lead scientists.  All orgs start with one, and more will come up for purchase or hire pretty often.
Manufacture something.  You can make a copy of one of your designs.

In general, research will cost 20 per turn, per project, and you'll get updates as to how the project is going and how long it's going to take.  Most things will be some level of possible, but it might take a while to finish.  Stuff that's way out there you may only get spinoffs or related events, but in general, research will be pretty reliable and you will get what you want.

During 'Action' turns..

Updates on research projects are given.
Special offers/events may happen.

Actions may be taken in the game world, such as responding to kaiju threats.
Items may be built this turn, but no new construction may be done, or purchases made.  Something finished this turn can be used this same turn in a mission.

Spoiler: General Mechanics: Mad Scientists. (click to show/hide)

During 'Purchase' turns..

Income comes in and upkeep is paid.  Upkeep is ONLY paid if your mad scientist was away from home last turn, either working somewhere else on a research project or taking action out on the game world.  Being away for either of the two turns counts.

Purchases may be made on the general market/black market.
Conduct research.  Research on your own projects in your own base is free.  Research elsewhere is paid by the host.  Yes, this includes your fellow mad scientists, who will cost 20/turn if they work for you.  You, yourself, may only work on one project a turn, which is defined as being in one lab doing one thing.

During 'Action' turns..

Actions may be done on the game world, such as responding to a kaiju attack.  Or you may spend your turn constructing or upgrading a building at your base, or you may spend it doing research furthering your work on your mad project.

Some special events or offers may occur.

Mad scientist research is powerful but less predictable than work done by lead scientists in organizations.  There will be some sort of result every turn, so multi-turn projects are done by leaving the thing in the laboratory and continuing work on it later.

Bidding for purchases is done by a closed bidding system, where all players submitting a bid on an item send in one bid by PM.  Highest bid wins the item.  Ties will be resolved randomly.

Reading the basic rules are fine for everyone.  But please, DO NOT READ spoilers for other players, if you are playing!

Now.. on to the actual turn.
Intelligence:
The council has made a prediction that the next Kaiju attack will occur at the end of this month.
A military contractor has announced a new type of cruise missile that will hopefully be able to defeat the next Kaiju.
Clean water has been reported to be fully available at refugee camps in India.

A lead scientist has offered services to the anti-kaiju organizations, and has agreed to work for the next three months (6 turns) for the highest bidder among them.

Black Market: (globally available)
Schematics for vehicle-mounted smoke generators are up for bid.
A large supply of depleted uranium rounds for small arms are available this month.  It's enough to equip a few infantry units for several missions.

All organizations start with two kaiju parts.  1x skin, and 1x muscle.

[Egan_BW]

Small Lab: research Laser Technicals.
Buy: 2x Infantry Platoon (51801 Jeweled Magpies, 51802 Jeweled Magpies).
Build: Barracks.

[Naturegirl1999]

Kaiju come from somewhere other than Earth, maybe they can be affected by poisons/venom? I need to get more money before collecting Kaiju parts, so the parasite experiments will have to wait
Research Toxins

[Roboson]

Dr. Oson looks out from his high rise lobbying firm, Polus Inc. Atop the tall futuristic building sits a command dome overlooking the city, then the ocean. He takes a long drag from his e-cigar, adding a modern twist to the faint haze of the room, reminiscent a 1930's noir political drama he had seen once. It was time to get to work.

Buy: Artillery Piece (If we get funds in time)

Research: Governmental Contracts

Spoiler: Research Flavor and Explanation (click to show/hide)

Money makes the world-go-round, and all these flat earthers have deflated the economy! Yet, funds are funds and funds are what we need.

The best way to do so would be to lobby the government expensively for a lucrative contract to secure funding and grants for research.

Therefore, using our predisposed lobbying ability, we influence the government to provide a get government contract to fund future research.

Spoiler: GM Eyes Only (click to show/hide)

Bid 20 on head hunting that scientist to come work for Polus. If it looks like we will lose the bid, make him a private offer instead, 15 up front, and 30 upon completion of his services.

[Failbird105]

Well, if I'm going to make a moster shrinking ray, I may as well star with a regular laser.
Research energy beams

[piecewise]

Infantry weapons that are a threat to Kaiju eh? That rules out anything conventional. Really much of anything that relies on brute destructive force. Humans are far too squishy to fire rail guns or anything like that. We need to get more devious. More potentially world ending.

Research: Prions

[Egan_BW]

Always remember, everyone! It is glorious to die serving humanity!

[Stirk]

Spoiler: Itemized list (click to show/hide)

Large Lab 150
Large Hangar 50
Artillery Piece 50
Infantry Platoon 50
Research Man-Portable nuclear weaponry

ADD Memo for Public Release:

Here at ADD we work hard to provide consumers with the most high-quality security solutions available today with the technology of tomorrow! To that end, we have equipped a crack platoon from our private military contractor wing with heavy weapons and artillery to allow them to engage the modern threats we see on the battlefield. While other organizations have been contracted for this mission, Ares is currently leading in troop output and mobility.

Investments are being made into the "Jager" line of super-heavy tanks, starting with the procurement and construction of suitable research facilities. Blueprints for this design focus on maximizing firepower, in a concept that we describe as a "land battleship" capable of taking any land-based target. We understand investor concerns of the limited mobility of such a weapon, and have prepared a "sister ship" design in the form of a large zeppelin "Jagdhund" capable of delivering this weapon system in a timely manner. Work on said designs is not likely to begin until next quarter.

In the mean time, we work with time-proven technology that has already shown that it is capable of eliminating the enemy while being deployed swiftly. ADD has been working tirelessly to receive council approval to deploy man-portable nuclear weapons based on designs such as the famous Davy Crockett weapon system, to allow even infantry soldiers to engage enemy systems. With the comparatively low yield of smaller weaponry and ADD's citified radiation clean-up units, the damage to infrastructure should be minimized compared to missile, air, or artillery deployed models of similar nature. Current designs are working on the "Underdog-01" recoiless nuclear weapon system, to be deployed on funding and approval.

[Egan_BW]

Just laying out your plans to the public like that? How... indiscreet.
Also, careful. People get awfully touchy about things like tactically deploying nuclear weapons. Even if it's for the greater good...

[Stirk]

Just laying out your plans to the public like that? How... indescrete.
Also, careful. People get awfully touchy about things like tactically deploying nuclear weapons. Even if it's for the greater good...

Public Twitter response (Corporate account)

ADD's current corporate policy assumes that contract holders will work together in the benefit of humanity, and as such releasing information for our investors is paramount. It is unlikely that the targets have any meaningful intelligence network that must be avoided. We assure our customers that our companies use of nuclear weaponry is done as safely and cleanly as possible.

[Naturegirl1999]

Ashley Flare spent a night going around placing posters on the walls of buildings

Ashley Flare Biology Based Anti Kaiju Measures

I am working on developing toxins for use in fighting Kaiju. I need Kaiju parts before I can start breeding parasites for them

[Egan_BW]

Sticky note stuck to a random wall in ADD offices:

Please don't repost private emails to the world wide web. It's terrible operational security.

((Also, reminder that it's 1999 ))

[Naturegirl1999]

Sticky note stuck to a random wall in ADD offices:

Please don't repost private emails to the world wide web. It's terrible operational security.

((Also, reminder that it's 1999 ))

Oh, someone used Twitter so I got confused. I will edit the communication method to be more in line with the time
Now it is a poster