Sandtable Tactical

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Feel free to give yourself an official sounding title and make suggestions in-character

Some suggested titles are:
>Minister of the Interior
>Chief Director of Intelligence
>Chief Secretary of Agriculture
>Executive Director of Manufacturing
>Prime Councilor of Diplomacy
>President of Health Commision
>Executive General of the Northeastern Region
>Chancellor of the Indistrial Council

>>234775
Im gonna say Intelligence, because its best to know what your fighting before you get to the battlefield

>Start something else
Farm, FARM
(Note from Advisor for the Secretary:
What my boss is trying to say is that we should devote more resources to farming so our civilians don't starve in case of full frontal war)

>>234797
The council orders a gathering of intelligence on the Indigoan armed forces, their composure, locations and any weakness we might exploit. However this will take considerable time. Should we dedicate resources to this endeavor? It may be noticed by the Indigoans unless we put a lot of time and resources into it.

>Use what you already have
>Invest some resources to build infrastructure (potentially visibility)
>Invest large sums of resources to build infrastructure (low visibility, high accountability, long construction time)
>Do something else in addition
>Bide your time

>>234812

Farming Report:
Currently there is enough food to support 85% of the nation regularly (getting 100% is really difficult). Should we invest and increase production? Where should we build the farms?

>>234812
More farms could potentially provide food goods to an army but would also take more of the citizenry to operate, the larger the farms the smaller the army but the more well fed it is.

Some other things to consider for armed forces:
>Additional Munitions Factories
>Additional Vehicle Factories
>Millitary HQ
>Additional Barracks
>Comms/Radar Arrays
>Research Labs
>Shipyards
>Airbases
>Supply Depot

Or more diplomatic/economic routes
>Power plants
>Embassy
>Business Sector
>Stock Exchange
>Trade Depot
>Civic Works
>(other suggestions)

>>234929
>Additional Vehicle Factories

>>234929
>Additional Vehicle Factories
>Research Labs

>Power plants

>>234936
>>234942
A council member has put forward a motion to order more Vehicle Factories Built and another member has seconded it. Allocating resources (REC) to build 2 new factories will reduce the REC currently going into producing construction equipment but create more jobs. If you wish to continue building the two factories Please select 2 provinces to place them.

Additionally it has been suggested that Research labs and power plants be constructed.

>>234971
Do the labs

>>234978
Name 2 Provinces where new labs will be constructed

>>235008
Erir and Agria

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>>235046
Labs are under construction now.

Immigrant ex-patriots from the Paritrus Islands are trying to enter Egianus. Paritrus Islands refuses to comment on the issue. Orders?

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Idigoan Construction is nearly finished on the Embassy building in West Zanyrius.

Intelligence Report
Some activity in the Lustrum and Aquica provinces has incurred a budget analysis

Only Bump

>>235302
BUILD WALL

>>235454
The council motions to "Make Lapisea Great Again" by building a wall. Please name the province(s) you would like the wall to border

>>235499
Egianus, Ormagius

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>>235511
Construction of the Wall has begun.
Construction of The Research Labs continues on schedule.

Paritrus Immigrants are being temporarily held at some coastal locations in Egianus. Some Immigrants get through.

>>235302
Check the budget?

>>235614
Budget Report
Current Spending
2 Research Labs
1 Wall spanning 2 provinces
Remainder of budget divided equally between other government departments
Current Budget strain: Minimal
At present course, no projected issues

>>235646
BNN
"Paritrus Immigrants are now moving to portions of Indigoa after new construction of a wall began along the uncontested borders of Lapisea. Remmarks by Lapisean Council members have been widely condemned by the Indigoan government. It's unknown if the Paritrus Interim Government will comment"

>>235646
Send spies into Lustrum and Aquica

>>235669
Our current intelligence network is very basic. We could send spies but it'll take some time before they come back with anything useful and they could be discovered.
With current resources:
Low chance of acquiring useful information
With medium investment+time:
medium chance of acquiring useful information
With High invest+more time:
Very Good chance of acquiring useful information
With most of the budget redirected:
Certainty of acquiring useful information
The more we spend on it the higher it's visibility to potential opponents.

That being said, a basic group is being sent to look into Lustrum and Aquica

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>>235669
Updated Map

>>235736
Ok now we diplomat Paritus's folks and offer citizenship for military service.

>>235717
Also might wanna beef up the spy network

>>235751
We've begun reaching out to Immigrants and some are encouraged by the enticement of citizenship. Our regional offices are able to process the requests but if there is a larger influx they'll be swamped. Should we open more administrative buildings? If so where?

More admin in Lyranaia and Egianus

>>235736
I say we fabricate a crisis in Sibesul in order to 'peacefully' 'sort' the 'situation' as a propaganda campaign and establish a FOB to deter Indigoan hostility, maybe even a defensive pact with Anandova and Uris.

>>235827
This sounds pretty good.

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>>235790
2 more administrative offices have been opened after we re-zoned and converted some unused Filing storage buildings

The Research labs are now completed, and the wall is on schedule. What should we begin researching?

BNN
"In response to construction of a border wall along the Lapisean Territories Indigoan Officials have activated a Communications and Radar Station in the Sibovas Province. While it's unclear if the intention is military in nature, Indigoan Officials have released a statement noting that the Station was due for activation within the next 3 months and that recent budget analysis and restructuring has allowed for its early operation. "

>>235831
>>235827
Come up with a crisis and a brief description of how you want it executed. Decide how many troops if any you want dedicated to the efforts.

Currently you have defensive troops but no standing armies or infrastructure to support them (as this is the first time this world might see war on this scale)

Sibesul Anandova and Uris have citizens of both nations living in them but are currently free of armed forces (aside from police who operate under a provincial set of laws)

>>235833
>>235845
We deliberately fund a radical organization with weapons and explosives in Sibesul, and implanting an agent to incite violent reactions from the Sibesul populous, giving us a perfect claim to 'keep the peace' by moving our defensive armies AO to incorporate the borders of Sibesul. Before we do that though, if the budget permits, we need to build munitions and military supplies factories in Aquova. Just close enough to supply the front line, but hopefully far enough away from any Indigoan air strikes.

>>235845
We should research electronic countermeasure equipment as well.

>>235833
Is it possible to build food storage in Olona? Can we begin prepping our airborce by having them perform military excersises in Ormagius and send a message?

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>>235855
Munitions factory is being built, putting slight strain on the budget.

Some funding is going to the most radical of groups in Sibesul but theres a choice to be made:
>Give Lots of $ Now (Less Time, Higher visibility)
>Give a Lot of $ over time (More time, medium visibility)
>Give a medium $ amount over time (Some time, some visibility)

>>235869
Beginning Research.

>>235874
Depot can be Built in Olona to provide some foodstuff security. Currently the Airforce is a few municipal helicopters and regular commercial airplanes incapable of military applications. An Airbase would have to be constructed and forces trained.

>>235892
We need to be subtle. Our reputation is probably strained as it is, so we'll put off the fabrication.
I'd like to convert a civilian airstrip to a military station east of Agria. We don't need anything fancy there, just CAS planes. Our war will be one of attrition.

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>>235892
Intelligence Report
Basic Spies from Lustra have returned.
Indigoan Budget reform shifted signifigant funds to somewhere in Aquica, Tasmoraeak, or Tirentium. East Zanyrius has called several meetings of officials and the Paritrus Immigrants and Sibovas Comm station were on the discussion agenda as well as logistics for the upcoming Parlay meeting in West Zanyrius.

Construction on the wall in Ormagius is complete

>>235913
damn dude where you getting those maps

>>235915
Shooping them as I go. I've got a spreadsheet open to try to keep track of anything not currently represented on the board

I want to upgrade the spies. Send someone to talk about a Sibesul embassy where we can better gauge when to fund extremist or what extremists there are.

>>235892
Alright, construct airbase in Egianus and start building fighters and recon craft.

>>235904
Converting an airstrip in Egianus, as subtly as possible. Some funding from education needs to be pulled to make proper CAS support facilities.

>>235932
An Intelligence Facility and a Comms Radar station would upgrade the spies efficiency by probably 40%

>>235954
That sounds like the move then sir.

>>235932
Sibesul can fortunately be reached without use of extra diplomatic means (like building an embassy). Later if you wanted to outreach to Uris and Anandova you may have to construct one but it could be somewhere in the interior of Lapisea (it doesn't have to be on the border to be effective)

>>235904
We should really double down on this. Air power will be necessary for power projections beyond the wall, recon on incoming at tacks, and monitoring the immigran/refugee situation. Not to mention bombing enemy facilities and factories if it comes to full on war.

>>235959
The budget is beginning to strain by an not insignificant amount. What department should we reduce or pull funding from? Where should we build the Intel Build and Comms-Radar Station?

>>235962
Pull from health and education with a triage approach. Decrease spending on elder care and the arts. Begin a national bond drive for the security of the nation.

>>235962
Intel in south Agria as well as the com station.

>>235966
We'll split the proceeds of the bond sale ya nesting a minority's of it back into the defense budgets and invest the rest in economist infrastructure, maybe a highway.

>>235975
Auto correct is my bane. Obviously I mean invest and economic.

>>235966
>>235975
If this works i'm down

>>235966
>>235975
>>235967
Comms-Radar and Intel are underway in South Agria. The bonds are a mild-success but draw some suspicion from Indigoan officials who hear of them. Some are content with the knowledge that (at least part) of the bonds proceeds are being used for infrastructure.

>>236004
What kind of vehicle factories are we running?

>>236004

Begin taking bids from private industry to build munitions and vehicles factories in South Lyrania. Try to keep it discreet.

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>>236004
I present to the council, Operation Obelisk. A fool-proof plan to completely violate the sovereignty of the neutral nations and Schlieffen our way straight into their dirty poverty-stricken capital.

>>236041
When would we initiate such a course of action?

>>236041

General, instead of moving differently through the center, perhaps we should entrench around the contested territories and focus on an amphibious offensive to take the patritus islands. From there we could move south on Uticuan and Andova, proceeding through West Zanryrius to the capital to try and decapitate the enemy. Ideally their wearied forces moving towards Egianus and Ormagius will be exhausted by then and will fall into disarray.

>>236052
Well, we have to get funding, and annually proposing a grand battle plan usually works.

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>>236028
At the moment none, the idea was previous prosposed but never executed.

>>236004
-Munitions Factory in Aquova is Complete
-Construction on the Wall is Complete
-Airstrip in Egianus will be complete this week
-Construction in South Agaria is on schedule
-Immigrant numbers from Paritrus Islands have fluctuated but enough millitary recuits have been gathered to form a unit.
-Sibesul is stable

Intelligence Report
Spies from Aquica have returned.
Indigoan Budget reform shifted signifigant funds to somewhere in Aquica, Tasmoraeak, or Tirentium. East Zanyrius has called several meetings of officials where they discussed logistics for the upcoming Parlay meeting in West Zanyrius. A trade vehicle bound for Anandova via W Zanyrius, Uris, is departing Tirentium

!
Some Lapiseans, upset at the remmarks and construction of the wall have begun trying to immigrate to Sibesul and nearby Atlya. Some are being held at the border, tied up in bureaucratic paperwork.

>>236063

Perhaps we could even create a false build up of forces in Ormagius to feint a southern invasion.

>>236039
Private industry will reduce the strain on the budget for building these facilities but not eliminate it entirely.

>>236084
On second thought, we may need a real build up in Ormagius.

>>236084
I want to figure out what type of shifty stuff is being transported from Tirentium. Send spies to the delivery location to figure it out. Send the new military unit to Ormagius for exercises and a recruitment drive.

>>236104
Fair enough. Raise capital gains tax but eliminate the gain by offering tax breaks to gun owners in Ormagius. If the populace responds positively, we can consider expanding the program to other strategically important provinces, assuming we can find funds to make it viable.

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>>236115
Spies have been deployed in Anandova and will attempt to uncover the contents of the shipment
The Immigrant troops are being deployed to Ormagius.

Agria completes construction of the Intel and Comms buildings and Egianus completes the airfield

BNN
Today Indigoan Millitary officials unveiled a state-of-the-art vehicle factory in the south western corner of West Zanyrius. At the Press release Chief General Stukuv said; "Indigoa has always been a proud nation and a prudent one. Today marks the beginning of a new series in defense technology to protect from threats at home and abroad"

What's to be done about the Ormagius peoples trying to immigrate? What about those stuck at the border?

No feasible bids yet for South Lyranaia

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>>236153
We keep them in. No questions. If they try to get past us, we arrest them for treason and attempting to defect to Indigoa
Also, updated Plans of Battle, a lot more comprehensible. Five regiments of infantry will be deployed to Ormagius. Three will actually invade, the rest will be reserves and assist in preventing immigration. A large defensive front will be established, and while the Indigoans are attempting to breach our lines, three companies of Paritrus Marines will land in Paritrus, secure it, and springboard into Uticuan and Xui.
Of course, all of this is for incase Indigoa gets violent at the peace conference.

>>236153
Also there should be some preparations made for the Parlay meeting next week in West Zanyrius. It is expected that the Indigoans will want to discuss possible treaties, agreements , ceasefires, de-escalation, or concessions from both sides to reduce the tensions (again this game can have diplomatic, economic, cultural or other outcomes besides all out war)

>>236153
>>236162
I like the new battle plan we can push for that as an ace in the hole if things go sour. Agree on keeping them all in the boarders. Go through all defectors info with a fine tooth comb and find any reason to lock up the traitors.

>>236182
I suggest good relations with the neutral territories to prevent Indigoa from gaining military access and hitting a potential soft spot. I personally doubt the stability of the Wall under sustained fire.
Anyway, goin' bed 4 now

>>236162

Sounds good. We should start up shipyards and discuss using them for trade at the conference.

>>236198
Ship yard in Eastern Lyranaia Sound good to start with?

>>236209
Gets my vote.

At the meeting lets try and set up trade for munitions with Sibsul.
Then try and set up sea fearing trade with Anandova And Paritrus islands.
Indigoan talks should be about not threatening neutral parties and maybe a joint embassy in a neutral zone of everyones liking

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>>236209
>>236215
A shipyard can be built but since military spending has increased your constituents will want civil works or civilian infrastructure spending as well.

-Trade Truck has moved to Uris (still bound for Anandova)
-Talks begin with Sibsul, but quickly dead-end as the citizens of Sibsul want no part in any fighting and will not trade munitions. Trade with Anandova and Paritrus Islands may still be possible.

>>236162
BNN
"Earlier today approximately 256 of some 500 immigrants were detained, 160 of which were later arrested on charges of conspiracy and attempts to defect. Federal courts are already beginning to fill with irritated families demanding explanations for the arrests."

>>236232
Ok for infrastructure lets begin building a strong business sector in Ormagius. Really talk it up and if that goes well we can add a stock exchange.

>>236240
Tax breaks for startup businesses in Ormagius and future shipping rights with the new shipping yard.

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>>236240
New Business sector being promoted in Ormagius.

Make your last Orders of the night I'm calling it a session on next update.

>>236250
Prep appropriate gifts and travel arrangements for our journey to the meeting.
Offer Sibesul a trade agreement involving the wears our new business sector will trade.

>>236258
Preparations are underway.
A trade proposal has been made to Sibesul, you await the reply.

===END OF SESSION 1===

Next Session: Find out whats in the Trade Truck. The Peace Talks get underway, and the Paritrus Islands make a surprising move...

>>236264
Sweet deal thanks and see ya next go!

>>236264
is ob ded

>>238762
Don't think so. Never did ask when he'd be back though.

Bump?

Recommend OP get a Twitter to notify future starts. This is glorious.