Part 46: Fall 1968: Pre-Vote
I'm pretty sure Sabotage is not what you guys wanted to see right now, and that's a pretty heavy hit. Paying for it will leave you with 87 MB, I believe. Just enough for your launches, but not enough to do any Kicker research. Since this is a fairly major decision, I'd think you guys would want to discuss it.
I believe you guys were slightly ahead before the Lunar Pass the Soviet Union pulled out of its ass, unfortunately the 4 man capsule is worth a ridiculous amount of prestige, so that's shot them way ahead.
This here, of course, is another thing that might be worth considering... but anyways, you've got either 102 or 87 MB to work with, depending on if you want to fix that sabotage or not.
Purchased Projects and relevant information
Ranger Satellite
Unit Cost: 4
R&D Cost Per Team: 3
Unit Weight: 700
Current Safety: 93%
Max R&D: 90%
Max Safety: 93%
Other Notes: This is for the various Flyby missions.
Atlas
Unit Cost: 3
R&D Cost Per Team: 2
Max Payload: 600
Current Safety: 86%
Max R&D: 84%
Max Safety: 98%
Titan
Unit Cost: 12
R&D Cost Per Team: 4
Max Payload: 1500
Current Safety: 98%
Max R&D: 90%
Max Safety: 98%
Saturn V
Unit Cost: 18
R&D Cost Per Team: 6
Max Payload: 3200
Current Safety: 98%
Max R&D: 95%
Max Safety: 98%
Mercury Capsule
Unit Cost: 2
R&D Cost Per Team: 1
Unit Weight: 500
Current Safety: 81%
Max R&D: 80%
Max Safety: 90%
Other Notes: One man capsule. No Lunar Landings or Docking ability.
Gemini Capsule
Unit Cost: 6
R&D Cost Per Team: 2
Unit Weight: 1200
Current Safety: 94%
Max R&D: 84%
Max Safety: 94%
Other Notes: Two man capsule. Can make it to the moon with a kicker and also dock. Can use a 1 man LM.
Cricket Module
Unit Cost: 8
R&D Cost Per Team: 4
Unit Weight: 1000
Current Safety: 91%
Max R&D: 90%
Max Safety: 94%
Other Notes: 1 man LM. Can be used with Gemini, Apollo, or XMS-2.
Kicker-B Booster
Unit Cost: 6
R&D Cost Per Team: 2
Unit Weight: 600
Current Safety: 67%
Max R&D: 94%
Max Safety: 96%
Other Notes: Need either this or Kicker-A for Lunar Missions not involving the Apollo or
Jupiter. This is the stronger of the two and basically makes the A pointless unless you're running on the cheap.
EVA Suits
Unit Cost: 0
R&D Cost Per Team: 3
Unit Weight: 0
Current Safety: 92%
Max R&D: 91%
Max Safety: 94%
Other Notes: It's a spacesuit. Needed for EVA stuff.
Docking Module
Unit Cost: 2
Unit Weight: 300
Current Safety: 90%
Max R&D: NOT POSSIBLE
Max Safety: 93%
Other Notes: The only thing that CANNOT be researched. All safety improvement comes from live testing. Required for most of the Lunar Landing mission types.
Equipment List
Missions you could attempt
[url=http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?
threadid=3389836&pagenumber=10#post388645016]Refer to this post for a list of all possible missions[/url]
Astronaut Stats and Location
Armstrong: Cap 4, LM 4, EVA 1, Dock 2, End 3, 70 Mood, Gemini Program
Schirra: Cap 3, LM 2, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 1, 70 Mood, Gemini Program
Ms. Gorelick: Cap 4, LM 3, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 3, 67 Mood, Gemini Program, Retiring
Chaffee: Cap 1, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 2, End 3, 67 Mood, Gemini Program
Aldrin: Cap 3, LM 4, EVA 0, Dock 4, End 2, 90 Mood, Gemini Program
Basset: Cap 2, LM 2, EVA 2, Dock 2, End 4, 80 Mood, Gemini Program
McCandless: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 3, 97 Mood, Gemini Program
Ms. Beeson: Cap 2, LM 3, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 3, 85 Mood, Gemini Program, Retiring
Eisele: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 2, End 4, 63 Mood, Gemini Program
Cernan: Cap 3, LM 2, EVA 2, Dock 0, End 4, 63 Mood, Gemini Program, Retiring
Ms. Funk: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 0, End 4, 66 Mood, Gemini Program, Retiring
Cunningham: Cap 1, LM 2, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 3, 66 Mood, Gemini Program
Brand: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 1, Basic II
Bean: Cap 4, LM 0, EVA 2, Dock 0, End 1, Basic II
Duke: Cap 2, LM 0, EVA 1, Dock 0, END 2, Basic II
Engle: Cap 3, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 1, Basic II
Evans: Cap 2, LM 0, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 3, Basic II
Freeman: Cap 2, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 3, Basic II
Musgrave: Cap 3, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, Basic II
Weitz: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, Basic II
Crippen: Cap 3, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 2, End 2, Basic II
Fullerton: Cap 1, LM 0, EVA 1, Dock 1, End 2, Basic II
Hartsfield: Cap 4, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 1, Basic II
Overmyer: Cap 4, LM 3, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 1, Basic II
Peterson: Cap 3, LM 3, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 0, Basic II
Truly: Cap 4, LM 3, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, Basic II
McKay: Cap 3, LM 2, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 2, Basic II
Henize: Cap 2, LM 2, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, Basic II
Wood: Cap 1, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, 27 Mood, Nowhere
Givens: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 4, 27 Mood, Nowhere
Scott: Cap 2, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 3, 57 Mood, Nowhere
Mitchell: Cap 2, LM 1, EVA 1, Dock 1, End 1, 52 Mood, Nowhere
Equipment in Stock
Nothing.
Missions to occur this season
Pad A: Manned Earth Orbital LM Test
Pad B: Manned Earth Orbital LM Test
Pad C: Lunar Flyby
Voting for what to do will end at 2:00PM EST on Friday, March 11th.
Looks like this race is going to be a bit closer than... well, probably anyone really expected after my critical research failure into planning. The Lady apparently favors red in this alternate history.