Sins our Fathers(TCB Only!)

[Badassistanian]

With the help of the proposed units from syndikat, the company Nanosoft has been able to slowly reduce the size needed for a computer but still wishes to make it even smaller by making the needed parts such as the motherboards smaller and also hope to create a way to transfer data from one computer to another via a sort of insertable disc.

[Union of Socialist Puterrepubliks]

The USP begins seeking its own technology advancements, in energy. The USP has some of the greatest potential for hydroelectric power, and more and more plants are built. Nuclear and solar energy is also researched.

[Communist Volkstrad]

1960. Volkstrad has created a bountiful number of new weaponry to compete with the USP.

StG-60, an even further improved version of the StG-44. Bullets have been downsized to 7.62x39MM to be cheaper to produce. Elite units use a weapon called the StG-57M which receives all the updates granted by the StG-60, but maintains the 7.92x33MM Kurz round.

Tiger IV. Designed as a replacement of the Tiger III, it is made in such a fashion as to be easier and cheaper to produce, without making it too much weaker. Still, it is somewhat easier to destroy than older models, although replacements can be made easier.

Kfz. 400. An armored personnel carrier based on the older Half-Tracks. They now have a full roof and sport only wheels rather than treads, and have heavier armor, better weapons, and other updates. However, physically they still strongly resemble their progenitor.

Panzerschreck III. A rocket launcher designed to take out armor, fortified positions, bunkers, and other such positions.

[Union of Socialist Puterrepubliks]

The factories of USP are already supplying new weaponry, confident it is equal in quality to that of Volkstrad.

At his post in Petra, Aleksandr Matskevich is pleasantly surprised by the arrival of his new rifle, and a marvelous new rocket propelled grenade.

[Communist Volkstrad]

A classified project codenamed 'Surma' begins. Based on old Reich designs, an edge that could be used to cut the throat of the USP is under development.

Several other classified designs, codenamed 'Tapporauta', 'Banshee', and 'Vakirauta' are also put into production for testing. Their objective is to further advance the objective, should a war begin.

[Badassistanian]

After months of hard work and growth the now goverment funded company of Nanosoft have finally produced a mid stage prototype for the computer and another sector of the company has begun work on creating the user friendly interface.

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

A CPPE entrepreneur has put in a patent for the air conditioner.

Syndikat asks why bourgeois notions such as intellectual property still exist in a supposedly socialist nation.

It is no longer intellectual property once it is patented. Upon the certification of invention, the materials are harvested on state-owned places and mines by state-payed employees of the state, produced in state-owned facilities, and sold in publications and markets owned by the state. The price is decreased so that more citizens may afford the product. People are kept interested in the product by more publications and increased manufacture of the product. We also pay our employees generously, regardless of military need, economic need, and debt.

[Union of Socialist Puterrepubliks]

The USP continues building hydroelectric dams, in case of an invasion of Yurikhan. The USP further becomes concerned relations with Volkstrad can't be improved, and prepares more and more for a prolonged war.

[Syndikat]

It is no longer intellectual property once it is patented. Upon the certification of invention, the materials are harvested on state-owned places and mines by state-payed employees of the state, produced in state-owned facilities, and sold in publications and markets owned by the state. The price is decreased so that more citizens may afford the product. People are kept interested in the product by more publications and increased manufacture of the product. We also pay our employees generously, regardless of military need, economic need, and debt.

Except that patents ARE a form of intellectual property. A patent is exclusive manufacturing rights of a particular design given to a corporation or individual by a state.

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

It is no longer intellectual property once it is patented. Upon the certification of invention, the materials are harvested on state-owned places and mines by state-payed employees of the state, produced in state-owned facilities, and sold in publications and markets owned by the state. The price is decreased so that more citizens may afford the product. People are kept interested in the product by more publications and increased manufacture of the product. We also pay our employees generously, regardless of military need, economic need, and debt.

Except that patents ARE a form of intellectual property. A patent is exclusive manufacturing rights of a particular design given to a corporation or individual by a state.

In the CPPE, the patent is of little value to the inventor. It only means that the patented product now has the rights to be manufactured and used (yes, we give even our air conditioners some rights), and it is against the law to claim responsibility for invention of the product (thus the inventor wasn't mentioned) and it is against the law to claim any royalties on the production of a product. OOC: In reality, the name generator I use was down and I couldn't think of a name, and I couldn't find any legal term to describe something like this.

We are happy Syndikat has invented the air conditioner along with us.

[Syndikat]

Except that patents ARE a form of intellectual property. A patent is exclusive manufacturing rights of a particular design given to a corporation or individual by a state.

In the CPPE, the patent is of little value to the inventor. It only means that the patented product now has the rights to be manufactured and used (yes, we give even our air conditioners some rights), and it is against the law to claim responsibility for invention of the product (thus the inventor wasn't mentioned) and it is against the law to claim any royalties on the production of a product. OOC: In reality, the name generator I use was down and I couldn't think of a name, and I couldn't find any legal term to describe something like this.

We are happy Syndikat has invented the air conditioner along with us.

OOC: Do you even know what a patent is? Judging by everything you just said about laws in CPPE, patents in and of themselves should be illegal. When someone or some corporation files a patent, what they are doing is saying that they are the only ones who are allowed to manufacture this product or use this idea. It is a form of intellectual property.

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

In the CPPE, the patent is of little value to the inventor. It only means that the patented product now has the rights to be manufactured and used (yes, we give even our air conditioners some rights), and it is against the law to claim responsibility for invention of the product (thus the inventor wasn't mentioned) and it is against the law to claim any royalties on the production of a product. OOC: In reality, the name generator I use was down and I couldn't think of a name, and I couldn't find any legal term to describe something like this.

We are happy Syndikat has invented the air conditioner along with us.

OOC: Do you even know what a patent is? Judging by everything you just said about laws in CPPE, patents in and of themselves should be illegal. When someone or some corporation files a patent, what they are doing is saying that they are the only ones who are allowed to manufacture this product or use this idea. It is a form of intellectual property.

OOC: Yeah I know, I just don't know what to call what I'm describing. The entrepreneur thought of this independently, which is given, but the process of like making it legal to produce and sell w/o owner's rights is something I don't know the term for. Sorry for being dumb.

[Badassistanian]

The final stages of the computer has begun as programmers finish there work with the OS, we ask for all nations to send a technology/scientific representative to the unveiling of the new age technology.

[Syndikat]

In the Ministry of Defense, old Bazinvallian plans for an assault rifle have been discovered and are being reworked and updated for production for the Syndikati Armed Forces.

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

Only 24 seats remain in the Provisional Government. It is maintained that way for now, and will likely be altered in the early 80's when telecomm is improved. Thus, funding towards the construction of telephone lines, electrical lines, and other such things are doubled. More of the national budget is allocated to the Commissars of Society and Education, whereas funding is increased by 75% to the Commissar of Sciences and Research.

[Union of Socialist Puterrepubliks]

One final design as part of the military reform is introduced - the PKM general-purpose machine gun.

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

One final design as part of the military reform is introduced - the PKM general-purpose machine gun.

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We would like to purchase about 60,000 of these guns.

[Communist Volkstrad]

The designs for Surma and Banshee are scrapped, as they are deemed inefficient, ineffective, and overall a waste of resources. Focus is placed on Vakirauta and Taporauta.

[Union of Socialist Puterrepubliks]

One final design as part of the military reform is introduced - the PKM general-purpose machine gun.

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We would like to purchase about 60,000 of these guns.

The USP does not sell front-line weaponry, and reserve weaponry is typically sold to direct allies.

[Communist Volkstrad]

Volkstrad moves its now freed up resources from the two scrapped projects to updating the MG-52.

[Union of Socialist Puterrepubliks]

The first few hundred PKMs are moved to vital locations in Petra and Yurikhan. Bunkers are additionally built on the borders, although most in-depth defenses lie further to the interior, due to the inability to initially stop the Volkstradi Panzers.

Aleksandr trains as part of a tank-hunting squad, designed to slow down a potential Volkstradi invasion. Other members of his unit train in stiff resistance via machine guns in concealed positions.

[Communist Volkstrad]

Volkstrad moves resources away from the MG-52 updating project, as time can be afforded to update it, which won't take a substantially long period of time anyway. The moved resources begin to work on producing something to take away cover, such as forests and certain types of buildings, from the Soyuza. This is kept under the lid, and various weapons invented in the past will be used as a basis for this new one.

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

The CPPE would like to help Badassistanian with the further development of the computer.

[Centro-Progressive Peoples Entity]

We would like to purchase about 60,000 of these guns.

The USP does not sell front-line weaponry, and reserve weaponry is typically sold to direct allies.

We would like to become your allies.

[Union of Socialist Puterrepubliks]

Dams become more common, and oil is mainly used for military purposes, as the vast majority use public transit anyway. More effecient train designs are also researched to maximize fuel efficiency, and improve passenger comfort while maintaining capacity.