>>6313817>Rolled 96 >20 - SUCCESS!!!Any concentration of forces or men is bound to be detected - in the frozen zone of engagement, satellite and space surveillance has made the warfare of surprise almost impossible - but somehow, your contractors and their impossible mission succeed!
In Dnipro - what was once known in the west as "Rocket City", or Dnipropetrovsk during Soviet days, one of the centres of Eastern Bloc space infrastructure and manufacturing - your SPACE MERCENARIES uncover an enormous technological TREASURE HOARD of rocket designs.
The Zenit rocket, manufactured at Yuzhmash and Yuzhnoye enterprises; the first stage of Antares, the engine that carries cargo to the International Space Station; the Sich-2 satellite and the 4-engine kerolox Cyclone-4M carrier, once planned for launch to orbit at Alcantara in Brazil...
QM: This treasure hoard of space designs, pulled from the ravaged and war-scarred factories of Ukraine, is enough to power your research with +10 TRL POINTS! In addition, because you rolled so well at 96, and I feel a bit remorseful over ambushing you with the sudden NGO DEI space activist attack right after your rocket explosion (it had to be done muahaha) you do acquire your TRL 2 PNT satellite, but also a battered TRL 7 ancient Soviet MOON LANDER (it smells a bit strange, and looks somewhat decrepit, but it just about still functions)
Your portfolio of technological capabilities currently looks like this:
FUNDING
-46%
=
-21%
- (9+6)% (cost of space mercenaries)
- 10% (inconclusive launch failure testing review)
INSTITUTIONS
+17%
You possess technologies:
TRL 9
Legacy ORBITER - launch ready!
TRL 7
Legacy Soviet Lunar Lander (very battered) - operational demonstration protoype, salvaged from Dnipro, Ukraine warzone
TRL 3
Power Beaming Satellite - proof of concept stage
TRL 2
PNT Satellite - formulated concept, salvaged from Dnipro, Ukraine warzone
TRL 1
Nuclear Thermal Rocket (basic principle)
+10 TRL points in reserve! From insane STALKER / Escape From Tarkov extraction shooter raid on atomicpunk heap of Dnipro / Ukraine Rocket City ancient Soviet designs
