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Solar Hegemony
Garfunkel:
SOLAR HEGEMONY
It is the year 1946. The greatest conflict in human history, Second World War, has barely ended. Most of the world is picking up the pieces, yet a new conflict, possibly even greater than WW2, is already brewing. The looting of the #### scientific establishment had revealed the existence of Trans-Newtonian minerals and their near-magical properties. Luckily, the atomic bombing of Berlin had prevented the ####s from utilizing these miraculous discoveries to their advantage. Seeing the utter destruction that the American A-Bombs had done to Berlin and Hamburg, the Japanese had surrendered in short order. But now politicians, soldiers and scientists in Moscow and Washington DC were putting their heads together to figure out how to nest exploit this new knowledge. The fragile wartime alliance between the two new superpowers was about to fall apart. But could this new Trans-Newtonian science provide a way for the fading Great Powers of yesterday to make a comeback? And could they accelerate the rise of the emerging powers? The battle for the Solar hegemony is about to start!
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Conventional start, 1946. Both USA and USSR start with 1 billion population, 6225 wealth, 16 research facilities, 5 GFCC, 1600 conventional industry, 5 maintenance facilities, and one level of military academy and naval headquarters. As you might have guessed from the brief description, this takes place in an alternate timeline of Earth hence the numbers don't exactly match with reality at the end of WW2.
nuclearslurpee:
You can call this AAR anything you want but I will still read it as "NATO vs. Soviet: C# Edition" ;D ;D ;D
By the way, is there any way to turn off the word filter that changes the name of the erstwhile evil German party to "####s"? It's not a big deal since the word is obvious in context but it does look a little bit silly. I've seen people mention changing the forum language options but that never worked for me.
Garfunkel:
1946
In March, Soviet scientists come up with a Conventional Composite Armour, promising increased performance for the Red Army. This led to a new table of organization and equipment for the venerable Rifle Battalion, the backbone of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. While their weapons were not to be upgraded, the introduction of personal armour in the vein of better helmets, bulletproof vests, arm- and leg-guards promised significantly increased fighting power. The Red Army would replace its war-era forces with this new organization, though the possibility of even more advanced composite materials loomed on the horizon. In April, Americans make the same breakthrough but decide to wait until the advanced composites are possible before reforming their ground forces which have just about finished their demobilization process.
In June, the Soviets crack how to make even more Advanced Conventional Composite Armour. This time STAVKA decides that this justifies a complete overhaul of their primary armoured fighting vehicles. The new types would be T-34/85M, the mainstay of tank units, ISU-152 Zveroboy, a self-propelled double-barrelled howitzer, and IS-4, which replaced the old heavy gun of the IS-3 with a medium calibre autocannon. This last tank would be introduced to compliment the venerable T-34 as a breakthrough tank. In October, the Americans made the same discovery. Pentagon authorizes re-armouring of all their primary combat vehicles as well as the introduction of personal protective garments for their infantry. This led to the introduction of the M26E1 Pershing, that would become the main American tank, the M37B1 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage for the field artillery, the M24A2 Chaffee light tank for reconnaissance units, and three different versions of the M113 armoured personnel carrier.
1947
In July, Soviets opened another ground force construction complex and in November, the first human Spaceport opened in Utah.
1948
Nothing particularly interesting happened.
Thanks nuclearslurpee! The hope is to get more neutral countries involved too as the time goes by but since 2.4.0 is on the horizon who knows how long this'll last. Plus, while I was smart enough to boost the populations to get enough factories and research labs to start with, I went with limited research admin and didn't realize how much it would slow the initial research that is absolutely mandatory in a conventional start. Might be that I'll restart this once 2.4 is out.
nuclearslurpee:
--- Quote from: Garfunkel on December 03, 2023, 07:26:34 AM ---Thanks nuclearslurpee! The hope is to get more neutral countries involved too as the time goes by but since 2.4.0 is on the horizon who knows how long this'll last. Plus, while I was smart enough to boost the populations to get enough factories and research labs to start with, I went with limited research admin and didn't realize how much it would slow the initial research that is absolutely mandatory in a conventional start. Might be that I'll restart this once 2.4 is out.
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Yes, I am planning a multi-race conventional-start AAR once the release cycle slows down and the current version is stable with most early bugs squished, and I will use limited admin and 50% research rates. In that case my plan is to mostly skip the early game and start writing once the interesting bits happen, in that case the conventional start is used to develop an interesting setting rather than being the setting itself. :)
Garfunkel:
1949
In March, Soviet scientists completed the Trans-Newtonian Theory. This earthquake reverberated through all the Soviet scientific and industrial structures, causing some projects to be abandoned and others to be re-prioritized, thanks to Comrade Stalin making control of the orbit a high priority for the Soviet Union. Comrades Dubinin and Cherkasova were assigned to lead teams researching ways to boost the engine power of current Soviet engines and to utilize the electric power from a Radioisotope Thermal Generator to power any engines put in space. Comrade Kryuchkov was leading a project to create sensor that could detect these new TN minerals from space. Finally, Comrade Kiselyova was leading a team investigating the feasibility of utilizing the new material called Duranium to make armour, which promised significant weight-savings for Soviet rocket ships as well as improvements for the Red Army Tank Corps.
In April, Comrade Stalin's good mood evaporated instantly when Mercury One, the first American satellite, was launched into Earth orbit. Especially when Soviet telescopes confirmed that the satellite was carrying a sensor system that was activated. Champagne glasses were raised in the White House as satellite data poured in, confirming that while the Red Army was larger than the US Army, the difference was small. Lieutenant Commander Man Ganley became the first American, and first human, in space. After three days, the little craft landed at Hill AFB, Utah, soon to be renamed Space City and expanded to facilitiate the growing American space-related infrastructure. After a quick maintenance break, it was launched again. To Soviet dismay, it was now clear that America would have a permanent 'eye in the sky' and there was very little they could do about it.
Immediately, the Soviets started the Sputnik program, with the aim of putting a similar recon satellite in orbit. Simultaneously, the Americans wanted to expand the capability of Mercury, now dubbed Mercury-A, and the Mercury-B model would have full spectrum capability.
--- Code: ---Mercury-B class Recon Satellite (P) 204 tons 1 Crew 15.5 BP TCS 4 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s Armour 1-3 Shields 0-0 HTK 3 Sensors 5/5/0/0 DCR 0-0 PPV 0
Maint Life 0 Years MSP 0 AFR 40% IFR 0.6% 1YR 1 5YR 19 Max Repair 5.0 MSP
Lieutenant Commander Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 3 days
Raytheon SN/SPY-1 Orbital Monitoring System (1) GPS 2 Range 1.8m km MCR 160.6k km Resolution 1
Raytheon SN/SAR-3 Heat Detecting System (1) Sensitivity 5.0 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 17.7m km
Raytheon SN/SRR-2 Communications Listening System (1) Sensitivity 5.0 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 17.7m km
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
This design is classed as a None for auto-assignment purposes
--- End code ---
In May, United States expanded their ground force construction complexes while the Soviet Union opened its spaceport at Baikonur, Kazakstan. Both powers began construction of their first Deep Space Tracking System and, in an amazing coincidence, both finished them in early August. Late in August, the first Sputnik satellite, Generalissimus Stalin, launched to the dismay of the Americans who thougth they had the upper hand in orbit.
--- Code: ---SCP Sputnik 'Generalissimus Stalin' (Sputnik class Sensor Platform) 159 tons 1 Crew 12.5 BP TCS 3 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s No Armour Shields 0-0 HTK 3 Sensors 5/5/0/0 DCR 0-0 PPV 0
Maint Life 0 Years MSP 0 AFR 31% IFR 0.4% 1YR 1 5YR 15 Max Repair 5.0 MSP
Kapitan tret'yego ranga Control Rating 1
Intended Deployment Time: 3 days
SKB Pegmantit-1 Area Monitor (1) GPS 2 Range 1.8m km MCR 160.6k km Resolution 1
SKB Duga-2 Signal Monitor (1) Sensitivity 5.0 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 17.7m km
SKB Volga-3 Heat Monitor (1) Sensitivity 5.0 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 17.7m km
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and planetary interaction
This design is classed as a Space Station for auto-assignment purposes
--- End code ---
While this was an impressive turnaround, it was not enough for Comrade Stalin, who ordered that the next satellite should be fully armed. Luckily for the Soviet design team, KGB spies had successfully brought over detailed knowledge of the atom bomb, making the creation of a nuclear missile armed weapon platform feasible. Still, it meant delays for other projects as precious research and design resources were prioritized for Comrade Bushuyev and his OKB-1 team.
In October, the first Soviet Mass Driver became operational, making construction projects in orbit possible. However, Moscow had laid down strict rules on how the transformation of Soviet industry to TN standards was an overriding priority and any orbital constructions would have to wait. On the last day of October, Americans launched Mercury Two into orbit and now also had full spectrum capabilities in space. Thus ended 1949.
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