"Coke" Knights
Black Market
You send off the 200 to the mad scientist known as Claudia.
In return, you recieve what looks like a Mad Max version of an Ice Cream truck. It's all tubular steel, except for a big engine, one seat, and a big cargo container. When activated, it produces a huge amount of psychedelic-coloured smoke.. which gets into everything. And sometimes it just smokes up on its own, so takes a lot of careful work and basically constant surveillance.
It looks fragile, but should be able to fog a fairly large number of close by units, making them harder to hit.
Your other purchases go okay, including the set of Valencite explosives and the robodog, and the three artillery pieces. Except for the scientist bid, which fails.
Research goes as expected. The armoured MRLS varient comes closer to completion, and the Personnel force fields finish.
It's rather interesting, the generators came out looking like a pack of cigarettes.. except these ones should save lives. The main restriction is the short range of any individual generator, and it requires some custom uniforms to make the shields form-fitting. Still, should work pretty good.
The visiting scientist from the USSCCI begins a project for you, using some Kaiju fat sent over by the USCCI. It's an alternate propellant and missile design, allowing conventional, (and Valencite, if available) missiles to engage the enemy at an increased range. There are some drawbacks, such as these missiles need to be babied enough that it would be unwise to add any additional weapons modifications (outside a complete redesign), but they should be useful. Price for these will be 25 + 1x Kaiju Fat.
Base (Peru), 10
Large Hangar, 10
-> Air Transport. (Large, capacity 2xMedium)
Large Hangar, 10
-> Air Transport, 30 (Large, capacity 2xMedium)
Large Hangar, 10
-> The Rainbow Fog Machine, 50
Large Airstrip, 20
Barracks, 10
-> Infantry Platoon 10, with DU small arms and dual-warhead rockets.
Large Lab, 30
-> Armoured MRLS project. 5 months until completion.
Small Lab, 10
-> Combat Jet ER Missiles. 1 month until completion.
Small Lab, 10
Kaiju Lab, 20
High-Energy Physics Lab, 100
Large Workshop, 30
Medium Workshop, 20
Listening Post, 50
Stores, 0
-> (Artillery Piece) 10 -> Currently in Lima.
-> Artillery Piece w EFFG-II and Valencite explosives, 20
-> Artillery Piece w EFFG-II and Valencite explosives, 20
-> Artillery Piece, 10
-> Artillery Piece, 10
-> Artillery Piece, 10
-> 4x Dual Warhead missiles.
-> Tank-load of advanced thermal smoke generators
-> 5x DU Ammo for small arms.
-> 1x Dual-Warhead ammo for infantry rockets.
-> RD-102 Robodog. (Infantry equipment)
-> 1x Kaiju Heart
-> 3x Processed Kaiju Guts
-> 1x Artillery-load of Valencite Explosives
Infiltration teams:
Council of funding nations: schmooze campaign
USA: schmooze campaign
Brazil: schmear campaign
China: schmooze campaign
Council of funding nations: ready.
Designs: Electromagnetic Force Field Generators, Mk I. 50. Applicable to all vehicles of small, medium or large size, improves toughness.
Designs: Battered Combat Jet. 200.
Electromagnetic Force Field Generators, Mk II. 50. Applicable to all vehicles of small, medium, or large size. Extra toughness.
Personnel Force Fields. 50. Applicable to all infantry, improving toughness.
Total Upkeep: 510/month.
2 Lead Scientists.
1 x Kaiju Skin
1 x Kaiju Muscle
2x Unknown Kaiju Organs.
Money: 10
Funding: 925/month.
Happytime Atrocities, Inc.
Political
You win the bid on the new Lead Scientist. You get three samples of skin and four of muscle from your dissection projects. The brain and the 'blue cheese' organ successfully arrives, but it's too liquidy for even blue cheese. Maybe more like the inside of a gallbladder?
Lastly, you get the promised Valencite explosives from syvarris
Base (Hong Kong) 10
Large Hangar, 10
-> Air Transport. (Large, capacity 2xMedium)
Large Hanger, 10
Large Hangar, 10
Large Hangar, 10
->Flying Box, 20. (Medium, capacity 1xSmall.)
Large Hangar, 10
Aqua Giant Hangar, 10
->Russian Submarine, 20. (Huge) (Boat) (Slow)
Large Airstrip, 20
FriendCo Omnihive, 125
-> Gatling Insect Swarm.
Barracks, 10
->Infantry Platoon, 10
PR Centre, 40
->Acid-Washed Tank.
Small Lab, 10
->Giant Aquatic Dockyard, one month remains.
Kaiju Lab, 20
->Kaiju Dissection Annex, 20
Kaiju Lab, 20
->Kaiju Dissection Annex, 20
Medium Workshop, 20
Stores, 0
-> Artillery Piece, 10
-> Artillery Piece, 10
->2x Kaiju Muscle samples
->1x 40mm Gas Grenades.
->1x High Quality Body Armour.
->6x Processed Kaiju Muscle
->9x Processed Kaiju Skin
->10x Kaiju Acid
->1x Kaiju Communication Rectifier
->2x Artillery-sized Valencite Explosives.
Internal Checkpoints, 20
Security rating: 11
Designs:
PR building, 200, 2 turns to build.
Kaiju Dissection Annex, 100, 1 turn to build.
Giant Aquatic Hangar, 50, 1 turn to build.
Giant Laboratory, 250, 6 turns to build.
Total Upkeep: 445/month.
4 Lead Scientists. One leaves after this month, one after two more months, and one after three additonal months.
3 x Kaiju Skin
4 x Kaiju Guts
1 x Kaiju Brain
1 x Mac and Cheese organ
Money: 155
Funding: 800/month.
ADD
Business
The hoplite exoskeleton project finishes.. granting you a pretty bulky power suit for your infantry to wear. It's quite complicated, full of batteries, hydraulics, jacks, tools, bulky joints.. and yes, some armour protection, although at this scale it's mostly just casing, adding some level of protection but not making the infantry into what could be considered a 'hard' unit. The lift capacity is impressive, however, allowing a wearer to pick up the front end of a car. Carrying a big weapon seems more than possible. The cost for a set is 50 units.
The Jaeger tank project finishes. Right now you're looking at prototype parts and a couple of skeleton assemblies, but even the mockups look good. The cannon shoots a ~140mm depleted-uranium projectile at a fantastic speed, although accuracy issues are limiting the maximum range. Still, in the urban environments you are fighting in, the range should be equal to a conventional tank. The engines are fairly conventional, if complicated, with a large dual-turbine setup. The armour plate is also somewhat conventional, composed of the same heavily angled modern composites used in the best contemporary tank armour.
Really, it's the size and the cannon that stand out. Your scientists assure you there is room for continued improvement, should you ask it of them, particularly if you allow for more Kaiju bits. The current muscle is mostly used in the suspension and treads.
Cost to build is 150 and one Kaiju muscle sample each... much less than a normal tank, and for a better model to boot. Excellent.
At the end of the month, as promised, the new air transport arrives from the USSCCI, which necessitates a bit of shuffling to accomodate it. You'll need to free up a space to be able to build a Jaeger during the action phase, should you so choose.
As for the transport itself, it is basically a huge extra-wide bodied jumbo jet, with basically one massive interior space. It's sufficient to lift and accomodate just about any large unit, even with possible davits and cutouts and massive doors allowing all manner of heavy stuff to be stowed inside, dangled below, or even strapped to the top.
Base (New Mexico) 10
Large Hangar, 10
-> Air Transport. (Large, capacity 2xMedium)
Large Hangar, 10
-> Modern Transport. (Large, capacity 2xMedium), 10
Large Hangar, 10
-> Matryoshka Transport. (Large, capacity 1x Large, 1x Medium) 25
Large Airstrip, 20
Barracks, 10.
-> Infantry Platoon, 10
Small Lab, 10.
Large Lab, 30.
Small Lab, 10.
-> Manportable* nuclear arms, 7 months remaining
Kaiju Lab, 20.
High Energy Physics Lab, 100
Large workshop, 30,
-> Wolverine Silverized T-55 with muzzle accelerator?, 35. Escape Threat 6.
Stores, 0
->Internal Checkpoints, 20
->Storage Vaults, 20
->Hardened Perimiter, 30
->4x Kaiju Muscle samples
Designs:
Jaeger Project: Large unit, cost of 150 and 1x Kaiju muscle sample. Supertank with serious firepower, standard durability, average speed, and limited payload capability.
Hoplite Exoskeleton: Infantry equipment, consumes two infantry equipment slots, grants 1x small weapon slot. Provides power assistance for increased speed and some durability.
Total Upkeep: 410/month.
Base security rating: 13
3 x Lead Scientists, one will leave after one more month.
5 x Kaiju Skin
1 x Kaiju Bone
1 x Kaiju Brain
Money: 159
Funding: 690/month.
USSCCI
Military
Things pretty much go according to plan. The pots of valencite bubble and drip, with the shaped explosive charges being lovingly formed by the robotic assembly line.
The new combat jet finishes.. and it's, of course, still battered. ;-p
The Matryoskha Transport finishes, but you don't have much time to look at it, as you send it off to Ares. The money comes in for the transport, as expected.
There is one hitch. There is no money from Emerald Robin. (No orders)
You also begin construction on a new small lab.
Base (Florida) 10
Large Hangar, 10
-> Air Transport. (Large, capacity 2xMedium)
Large Hangar, 10
-> Battered Combat Jet with Valencite explosives, 40
Large Hangar, 10
-> Battered Combat Jet with Valencite explosives, 40
Large Hangar, 10
-> T-55, 5
Large Airstrip, 20
Proving Grounds, 20
Barracks, 10
-> Infantry Platoon, 10
Large Lab, 30
-> Sarissan Jet project. 1 month remains.
Small Lab, 10
-> Stabilized Valencite Explosives. 1 month remains.
Small Lab, (10). 1 turn remains.
Medium Workshop, 20
Large Workshop, 30
-> Battered Combat Jet, 40
Large Workshop, 30
Large Workshop, 30
Stores, 0
-> 1x Kaiju Heart
-> 4x Processed Kaiju Fat
-> 1x 40mm Gas Grenades
-> 1x High Quality Body Armour
-> 1x Cut Down Autocannon
-> 1x Processed Kaiju Muscle
-> 3x Infantry SAM Launchers.
-> 6 Units of Valencite Explosives
Designs:
Battered Combat Jet: Large, Cost 200, Power, D. AP, E. Range, D. Payload, D. Speed, C. Armour, F. Durability, F. (Flies) (Ammo-Short)
Artillery Piece: Small, Cost 50, Power, E. AP, F. Range, D. Payload, D. Speed, F. Armour, -. Durability, F.
Air Transport, Cost 100, Power .. AP, .. Range, .. Payload, .. Speed, F. Armour, -. Durability, F. (Flies), Capacity 2xMedium.
Matryoshka Transport: Large, Cost 125, Power .. AP, .. Range, .. Payload, .. Speed, F. Armour, -. Durability, F. (Flies), Capacity 1x Medium, 1x Large.
Valencite Explosives: Payload, built in batches of 18 (3xD payload) Improves power score +1 rank if power is the same as payload. +2 ranks if payload is two or more ranks above power. Cost 25.
Total Upkeep: 385/month.
3 Lead Scientists. One expires after two more months
2 x Kaiju Muscle
1 x Unknown Kaiju Organ
Money: 90
Funding: 625/month.
Mad scientists tomorrow.