You are the Cabinet of the United States, picked by the newly elected President. With a sweeping new mandate to reform the government and bring the United States Back on Track, The President has decided to give more authority and power to The Cabinet, to prove his commitment to decisive reform and maintaining the democratic principles of this great country. For too long has power been invested in the executive, the responsibility of leadership placed on the shoulders of one man; now it’s time for the democratic will of the people to make itself heard!>Vice President - Veto and voting power, in addition to the writing of executive orders (which the President must sign off on) >Secretary of Defense (Department of Defense, DoD) >Secretary of State (Department of State, DOS) >Secretary of the Treasury (Department of Treasury, USDT) >Secretary of Health and Human Services (Department of Health and Human Services, HHS) >Secretary of Homeland Security (Department of Homeland Security, DHS) >Attorney-General (Department of Justice (DoJ) >Secretary of Energy (Department of Energy, DOE) >Secretary of Education (Department of Education) >Secretary of Labor (Department of Labor, DOL) >Secretary of Agriculture and the Interior (Department of Agriculture and the Interior, DAI)
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
<span class="mu-s">The Rules:</span>
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
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>>6204936 <span class="mu-s">HOWEVER:</span> The President reserves the right of veto, as well as putting major policy decisions to a vote by the cabinet. This power will rarely be exercised, the goal is for you, the players, to give this quest direction.
<span class="mu-i">Some other basics: </span>
Please keep all contemporary political involvement to a minimum. Contemporary political figures are fine, screaming about the latest shit they’ve done today is not.
Really Stupid Decisions will receive 2 warnings from the President before the relevant Secretary is fired from Cabinet. Silliness is okay, but only if you’re playing within the rules of the game. DoD voting to war Canada is Silly, voting to nuke them is Stupid (along with being a Cabinet decision anyway). Don’t be afraid of suggesting silly things though, that’s where the fun’s going to come from. Just be aware that The President would like to seek reelection at the end of his term, and a functioning government is going to help with that.
You cannot propose an action outside the authority of your department. E.g, the Department of Justice cannot order the military to invade Canada. However, you can make a law declaring Canada the 51st state, and if Cabinet passes it, well, who knows what might happen.
Some Departmental Actions, if they affect enough people, will become Departmental Proposals on the authority of The President. The President will however try not to step on anyone’s toes unless it is absolutely necessary.
Executive Orders: A special power of the Vice President, Executive Orders are exactly what they say on the tin. The Vice President can issue an order addressing any topic of his pleasure, however, said orders carry no authority of their own except that they come from the Vice President. Just because the Vice President issues an executive order doesn’t mean you have to follow it.
Extraordinary Measures: If no policy is passed and the Cabinet enters a period of deadlock, The President may overrule Cabinet to tweak the rules of his administration. You’re all in this cabinet at my pleasure, understand? While my administration is committed to fair and open governance, the buck stops with me; Cabinet needs to function for the government to function.
Vote of No Confidence: In the case of absence, incompetence, or general malfeasance, the Cabinet may undertake a special Vote of No Confidence in one of its members. Half the cabinet must demand a vote, and a two-thirds present majority is required for it to pass.
That’s about it for the rules. I may introduce more systems later on, but for now the goal of this administration is to get Cabinet up and running. After that we’ll see. In any case, if you’ve actually read the rules in full instead of jumping right in, now it’s time to pick your department! I look forward to working with you over the next 4 years.
Anonymous
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>>6204933 Seems interesting. I'll go with:
>Secretary of homeland security We glowing bright green with this one
Anonymous
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>>6204933 >Assassinate the president AspenQM !Rt0/iy0s7I
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>>6204933 >Vice President - Veto and voting power, in addition to the writing of executive orders (which the President must sign off on) Anonymous
>>6204933 Nifty! If no one else is gonna snag it...
>Secretary of Health and Human Services (Department of Health and Human Services, HHS) I feel like we can really make some improvements in this sector! Look forward to it!
nukeanon
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>>6204933 >Secretary of Energy (Department of Energy, DOE) we must nukemaxx. oil has fallen, millions must reactor
Anonymous
>>6204933 >Secretary of Health and Human Services (Department of Health and Human Services, HHS) General McNukem
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>>6204933 >Secretary of Defense (Department of Defense, DoD) Let's have a jolly ol' time like in 1801
Mason
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>>6204933 >Attorney-General (Department of Justice (DoJ) Harrier DuMont
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>>6204933 >Secretary of Labor (Department of Labor, DOL) Viva La Revolution!
General McNukem
Seems we have a VP, yours trully, 2 secretaries of h&h, chief glowy, Ace Attorney, My Brother in Nukes, and a commie. We need a treasurer and a Secretary of Education(though I say we can do without.)president may say threat be. The Pentagon is looking forward to work with the Department of Energy for modernizing our nuclear capabilities and with Homeland Security for reasons obvious...
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
Testing.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
Is it the reply to 6 posts? (Filled spots)
VP
DHS
DOE
DOD
DOJ
DOL
Welcome to Cabinet! I hope you folks are settling in alright, because you’re going to be running the government for me! Looks like, apart from Health and Human Services, everyone’s got their wanted spot, so we’ll begin immediately.
>>6205082 >>6205224 (Please roll 1d100 each for HHS, highest roll is the winner. Loser will have to pick a free spot (DOS, USDT, Education, and DAI are free. Or you can go for something I haven't included yet.)
So, you all know that you’ll be making most of the decisions. That doesn’t mean I won’t be here at all! At the start of each meeting I’ll be presenting the President's Agenda, a little summary of things happening in America and the world that I think might be a good start to our discussions. Or, you could ignore it and bring up something that you want to discuss instead! It’s up to you. I have full confidence in your judgement and ability to steer this country the right way. Thank you.
First order of business: It may come as some surprise, but Congress isn’t happy with The President’s new mandate to grant power to the Cabinet. They say it dilutes the power of the executive, and furthermore, empowers unelected individuals, subverting the role of The President. The President has dismissed this as overblown fearmongering; Congress has already confirmed his Cabinet picks, and the people elected him, didn’t they? His decisions will stand. Still, Congress is kicking up a stink, and The President wants to do something about it. Congress can’t really do anything about us yet, we’ve only just begun my term, but I’ve been informed that some of them have begun investigating what they call my “unsavoury” past. What nonsense! It might become a problem though. Should we ignore them, intimidate them, pass a salary cut for Congressmembers, or something else?
>What does Cabinet suggest? Another thing:
I’ve been informed that oil has just been discovered off the coast of Cuba. A lot of oil. Normally, we wouldn’t care when other countries discover oil, it’s good for business, but this is Cuba we’re talking about folks. It’s going to be a bad look if we let the commies get rich off a load of oil. We’ve suffered enough embarrassment at their hands already, why, I remember when Jack was dealing with them, back in the good old days, when, well, I shouldn’t get distracted. What should we do about it?
>What does Cabinet suggest? <span class="mu-s">This is the Departmental Proposal/Action Phase. Please make a Proposal or Action to deal with the Agenda, or, something completely unrelated. It’s up to you!</span>
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM ID:fnRoPLk+ Fri 28 Feb 2025 22:58:43 No. 6205434 Report >>6205419 >Insubordinate congress? Departmental action: Fight fire with fire. Homeland Security will divert a portion of its resources to secretly investigate the personal affairs and potential crimes of the leading figures behind the fear mongering. Even if they find something, we'll make sure they go down with the ship.
>Cuban oil? Suggestion: Discredit the regime. Secretly investigate any Cuban oil or other mining/drilling operations and see if any violate international environmental protection law. Cite any infractions and use them to block or otherwise hinder Cuba from making use of the oil, then offer to compensate them far less than the property is worth in exchange for the rights to legal and ethical drilling
VicePresidentAnon !2NYFaLFlvk
VicePresidentAnon !2NYFaLFlvk ID:ZCMH7rwo Fri 28 Feb 2025 23:09:35 No. 6205445 Report Quoted By:
>>6205419 >Insubordinate congress? Executive Order: Request the Department of Treasury to slash congress’s salary by 10%, reducing it to $156,600 per annum
I would’ve suggested dealing with lobbying money instead but I’m pretty sure that’s congressional territory, so that’ll never happen.
Anonymous
>>6205322 I'll swap to
>Secretary of Education (Department of Education) to make things easier! Someone needs to think of the children!
Secretary of Agriculture and the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture and the Interior ID:20zcSqLp Sat 01 Mar 2025 00:37:31 No. 6205479 Report Is it to late to join the fun? I’ll be the DAI.
>>Cuba; Simple- we pay off one of their ships or AA gunners or something or shoot at an American boat or plane. Use that as a justification for regime change, we install someone who isn’t a complete tool, let the Cubans have a nice cut of oil to make things nicer than before so we don’t have to be bog down for 20 years, and we make a profit. Everyone other than the Commie leaders wins. >>6205434 I support he’s idea for Congress. Also go after family members- get the IRS to help via tax audits.
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:Gb3SrXZR Sat 01 Mar 2025 00:45:36 No. 6205482 Report >>6205419 My department would gladly support the glassing of that damnable island, but doing so sounds more like a DoD problem.
>Departmental Action The Department of Energy will be sponsoring the construction of 10 new nuclear power plants scattered across the states of Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah.
10 more than those filthy communists across the sea can claim to have, of course.
General McNukem
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Rolled 84 (1d100) >>6205418 >Is it the reply to 6 posts? Most likely, I also tried replying to everyone else in my address and the server though I was spamming until I deleted the (You)s. >Insubordinate congress? Mr. President, I would like to deffer to the opinion of my colleague, Sec. Lumen, in dealing with the Congress, as we find it hard to involve ourselves without a backlash from the public.
Of course, if a couple reports pertaining to congressmen who served in the army were to get leaked and used by the DHS, I'm sure nobody would bat an eye. >Cuban oil? We could alway threaten to tighten the embargo, but on the other hand, while I would rather not overstep unto the duties of the Secretary of State, perhaps we could negociate a deal in which the Cubans sell their oil though US entities? The Armed Forces would do wonders with another supplier in this hemisphere.
A carrot and stick approch would work best, we at the Pentagon think, and with that in mind:
>Action: get an aircraft carrier, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in this case as it is thr closest at Portsmouth, and have it alongside an escort tour the gulf of Mexico for a Freedom of Navigation exercise near Cuba. That ought to spook the investors away for the diplomats to do their magic.
Anonymous
>>6205419 As to the two issues brought forward by the President, the DoE doesn't have much power in resolving this issue, but we would echo
>>6205434 Secretary Lumen's motion.
As any teacher knows, starting a pissing match with students doesn't benefit anyone, nor does it always solve the issue, especially when there's an audience looking for a show. We don't need to kick the Congressional Hornet's Nest yet, but we can do the equivalent of threatening to call their parents!
I'd also second their motion for the Cuba situation. Cuba's what we'd like to call a historically 'tricky situation', and if there's a way to subtly deal with the issue without making many sweeping changes, well... we're all for it!
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State ID:y2EKw+RB Sat 01 Mar 2025 02:44:07 No. 6205538 Report Quoted By:
>>6205419 >Insubordinate congress? Departmental Action: Tex has his people call up each congress member and remind them that attacking the president publicly makes us look weak as a nation, foreign actors will have already noticed this and will take advantage, if they want to develop a case then they should do it privately.
Departmental Action: Tex flies to Russia for a week to go hunting with their leader, when an interviewer asked for his reasoning he said "We both like horses, we both like to shoot, and we both love our countries. I think that's a pretty solid bridge!" allegedly he drank alcohol out of a canteen afterwards.
>Cuban oil? Departmental Action: Tex does some fishing with the Cuban president and alludes to potential benefits from letting America have drilling rights, first of all they could get a cut without expending any resources, and America could deploy some troops to improve security, they had a long conversation, but they didn't catch any fish.
Departmental Proposal: We need more ambassadors in other nations, we should recruit at least one thousand new representatives, specifically the most patriotic red-blooded Americans.
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State ID:y2EKw+RB Sat 01 Mar 2025 02:54:29 No. 6205544 Report >>6205419 >Cuban oil? Departmental Action: Tex does some fishing with the Cuban president and alludes to potential benefits from letting America have drilling rights, first of all they could get a cut without expending any resources, and America could deploy some troops to improve security, they had a long conversation, but they didn't catch any fish.
Anonymous
>>6204933 >>Secretary of the Treasury (Department of Treasury, USDT) I will be the master of the graphs and numbers! DATA WILL BE CONSOOMED
General McNukem
The Pentagon would like to discuss inter-department collaboration while the Cuban situation and Congress operations are being sorted.
>>6205488 Mr Secretary, what would you say if you could increase the funding and available personnel for technical training from high school level and beyond?
>>6205482 And Secretary Nukeanon, would you be open to collaborate with the armed forces for the development of smaller, more efficient nuclear reactors that could power our fleet?
Prof. Bertie
>>6205911 If the budget allows it, of course! American primary and secondary schools could always do with more enriching classes that teach life skills. Granted, that'd require more specialized teacher education, updated facilities, and, of course, personnel. Still, education is the seed that sprouts into success, as they say!
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:Gb3SrXZR Sat 01 Mar 2025 20:25:41 No. 6205987 Report >>6205911 Nothing would make my department happier than the advancement of reactor tech, especially if said advancements are used to the benefit of our troops.
General McNukem
>>6205950 The DoD is willing to bear some of the costs of the learning program, we can have personnel of our engineering companies show up to teach there if your people can get them a lesson or three in pedagogy.
>>6205987 How's this plan, you reduce the number of reactors you'd sponsor for some budget and personnel wiggle room and in turn we fund the construction of the laboratory? I'd also suggest that for Professor Berite if it would be possible to poach some students off Ivy league and the like to work alongside your researchers? Youths these days like nuclear, no? If Secretary Hardy (
>>6205544 ) would like to help, he could get in contact with foreign agencies such as with the French in order to aid in developing better nuclear reactors.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6205461 >>6205479 >>6205544 >>6205583 Welcome Secretary of Education, Secretary of Agriculture and the Interior, Secretary of the Treasury, and Tex Hardy, the new Secretary of State! I look forward to working with all you fine folks in this new administration.
<span class="mu-s">CABINET VOTING AND ACTIONS</span>
<span class="mu-b"><span class="mu-s">Departmental Proposals</span></span>
HOMELAND SECURITY [supported by DAI and Secretary of Education: Discredit the Regime, isolate it diplomatically by investigating alleged violations of international environmental laws, before offering to buy out the rights for drilling when they're isolated.
>>6205479 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE INTERIOR: Conduct a false flag operation to justify regime change in Cuba. It didn't work for Kennedy, but maybe 70 years of progress will make a difference?
Please <span class="mu-s">VOTE</span> on what Proposal to support.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
Rolled 69 (1d100) Spam spam go away, come again another day <span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-s">Cabinet Actions</span></span>
(You are unable to vote this round, any votes cast on proposals will be ignored, excepting the VP.)
The Vice-President signs an executive order for the Department of Treasury to cut the salary of Congress by 10%. A minor cut, comparatively, but with a implicit threat: We can make bigger cuts if needed. There is a risk that it may backfire and deepen the divide between Congress and the Presidency. Will the Department of Treasury pass on the cuts? Ball's in your park, Mr. Secretary
>>6205583 Homeland Security investigates Congress, fighting fire with fire, seeing if it can't dig up some dirt on these crooks. However, this may backfire if it leaks out that the DHS is investigating hostile members of Congress for political purposes.
Roll 1d100+5 from leaked army reports, DC 50
Department of Energy sponsors the construction of new nuclear power plants. An excellent move to improve the energy security of this nation, but it may provoke bad press from environmentalists concerned with nuclear safety and waste.
Roll 1d100, DC 30.
DoD conducts freedom of navigation excercise with CSG 2, sending a clear message that Cuba can't hope to miss.
Roll 1d100, DC 60.
Tex Hardy, Secretary of State, goes on a diplomatic outreach trip to Cuba, the first from a Secretary of State in many, many years. He fishes with the Cuban President trying to give a personal touch while bringing up the possibilities of Cuba's new oil. What will the Cuban President's response be?
Roll 1d100, beat my roll.
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM ID:fnRoPLk+ Sat 01 Mar 2025 22:38:38 No. 6206054 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 85 + 5 (1d100 + 5) >>6206051 Rolling for the perfectly respectable activities
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
It also seems like I should make something clear: Under the current rules of this administration, if you take a Departmental Action, you CANNOT propose and vote in Cabinet as well. Otherwise things get too confused when somebody takes an action that later gets superseded by a Cabinet Proposal. However, since this a democratic system, I'm going to put it to a vote by Cabinet: >Keep the current system as is, Departmental Actions are mutually exclusive with Departmental Proposals and Voting. >Change the system, Departmental Actions prevent you from Proposing, but you can still vote on proposals. I can't do actions and proposals at the same time, otherwise there's too much stuff for me to work out, sorry.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
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>>6205911 >>6205950 >>6205987 >>6206040 The President is also paying attention to inter-departmental initiatives, and while there is no room is his schedule at the moment to address it, be assured, your efforts are not going unnoticed.
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM ID:fnRoPLk+ Sat 01 Mar 2025 22:46:57 No. 6206057 Report Quoted By:
>>6206055 I'd say no voting at all if you chose to do an action, and you can't make a proposal and do an action for the same issue. So for example, Lumen acts on congressional insubordination and makes a proposal for how to deal with Cuba, but cannot vote or take action regarding Cuba while acting in another capacity.
This would make it so that you could either dilute your power but have some impact on all affairs at once, or make a single handed action for one of the issues but then be powerless about the rest. Making proposals is basically just tossing ideas out there, but if it's too hard to track I'd be fine with direct actions barring the actor from making them at all
General McNukem
>>6206051 Mr Secretary of the Interior might as well get his wish for an invasion of Cuba if the islanders are dumb enough to try anything against our ships.
I am fine with having to choose between doing an action and participanting with a vote amd department proposal. Sec. John Smith, Treasury
Sec. John Smith, Treasury ID:PgdTUE4Y Sat 01 Mar 2025 23:32:07 No. 6206074 Report >>6206051 I will agree to pass on the cuts.
>>6206055 Additionally, I'm a bit confused here. If I agree to pass on the cuts here, can I do an action I want to do or is me making this decision counting as a specific action to myself?
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
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>>6206074 No, you can go ahead with the cuts and take an action/vote. Inter-departmental actions I didn't anticipate, but as long as it's nothing too big I won't count it as an action.
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:Gb3SrXZR Sun 02 Mar 2025 00:10:46 No. 6206106 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 65 (1d100) >>6206051 Rolling for nuclearization.
Sec. John Smith, Treasury
Sec. John Smith, Treasury ID:PgdTUE4Y Sun 02 Mar 2025 00:42:18 No. 6206125 Report >>6205419 Regarding things with the economy, we need to start paying back our debt and strengthen our currency.
To do this, I ask the President if he is willing to help cut down on governmental costs and unnecessary government departments.
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State ID:y2EKw+RB Sun 02 Mar 2025 04:07:37 No. 6206234 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 60 (1d100) >>6206040 I'll have my people make some calls, energy is something we could all benefit from.
>>6206051 Let's throw some dice!
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:Gb3SrXZR Sun 02 Mar 2025 05:13:11 No. 6206267 Report Quoted By:
>>6206040 I do believe the scope of my department's planned modernization of our energy grid could be reduced in the name of such an initiative, yes.
Secretary of Agriculture and the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture and the Interior ID:XCAWPwQ5 Sun 02 Mar 2025 06:31:24 No. 6206307 Report Quoted By:
>>6206050 I vote in favor of the false flag operation
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6206050 Well, this is mighty awkward. We only have 1 vote for a Cabinet Proposal, folks. Thank you Secretary of Agriculture and the Interior for your vote, but Secretaries of Education, Treasury, Labor, and Justice, are you still around for a vote? If nobody speaks up, well I guess we'll start that False Flag operation then.
>>6206051 Homeland Security, and the DOE experience success in their actions, while Tex Hardy faces some difficulty convincing the Cuban President, something about him saying "Nice" to everything without actually committing to a concrete deal. We do need a roll from General McNukem before we can proceed though, otherwise I will roll for him if he remains absent
>>6206063 Sec. John Smith, Treasury
Sec. John Smith, Treasury ID:PgdTUE4Y Mon 03 Mar 2025 01:30:07 No. 6206787 Report Quoted By:
>>6206050 The Treasury votes Yes to the proposal made by Homeland Security.
General McNukem
Rolled 46 (1d100) >>6206717 Apologies, I thought my previous roll would apply.
Prof. Bertie
>>6206717 Oh, I thought I voted to support Secretary Lumen's idea in
>>6205488 . Just to confirm, I vote for
>>6206050 Homeland Sec's idea.
Prof. Bertie
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>>6206055 And if this is what you were referring to then I'd go with
>Change the system ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
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>>6206937 No worries, I should have made it clearer you roll after everyone's decided on their action/proposal, that way I can set a DC.
>>6206943 Apologies as well, it's a little hard to catch everything so please speak up if I miss anything.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
<span class="mu-s">RESULTS</span>
<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-b">Proposals:</span></span> HOMELAND SECURITY'S proposal becomes government policy. This administration will seek to discredit the Cuban regime, and buy out the rights to their oil when they become isolated.
<span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-s">Actions:</span></span>
>>6206051 The cuts to Congress are passed by the Department of Treasury, and Congress seems to have backed down! The media has stopped reporting about Congress's dissatisfaction, and there hasn't been any strongly worded letters from the Speaker or Leader in a week! Seems like the problem's been taken care of.
On top of that, the DHS, with the help of the DoD has dug up some juicy dirt on several senior members, superfluous now that Congres has backed down, but may become useful in the future if you ever want to strongarm Congress...
<span class="mu-i"><span class="mu-g">The Cabinet now has access to Dirt on Congress!</span></span>
<span class="mu-s">Cabinet Items</span>
Dirt on Congress - Juicy gossip, scandal, and a few skeletons in the closet of the most senior members of Congress. Real damage can be done with this stuff…
The DoE successfully begins construction of new nuclear power plants. <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-g">+5 to all energy rolls!</span></span>
The DoD also begins Freedom of Navigation excercises in the waters around Cuba, utilising an entire CSG with USS Ike! However, instead of than intimidating the Cubans it seems like it's done the opposite, they've made a formal complaint at the United Nations! Small, powerless nations are always making useless complaints like that, but it looks like it'll be a lot harder to convince them now.
And what's worse, Tex Hardy's visit to Cuba seems to have backfired! Try as he might, all Tex Hardy can get the Cuban President to do is to make bad sex jokes over the course of their fishing trip. Unfortunate.
<span class="mu-s">PROPOSAL ROLLING</span>
Now we've got that all done, time to see how the proposal works out. Your actions have <span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-i">influenced</span></span> the situation in Cuba, and because of the two failures you'll be rolling with a -10 to the roll. <span class="mu-i">If you'd succeeded, or gotten a crit, things might be different!</span> Anyway, The President wants to see how the situation will resolve itself so get rolling!
<span class="mu-s">Roll 1d100-10, Bo3
DC 60</span>
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6206125 Oh, I'm more than willing, but I don't have any power here, you members of Cabinet do! If you want to pay back the debt and wrangle with all those fancy economical models, why, you'll have to talk to The Secretary of the Treasury. Or maybe convince the VP to pass an executive order.
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:Gb3SrXZR Mon 03 Mar 2025 23:23:53 No. 6207269 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 71 + 10 (1d100 + 10) >>6207266 Assuming rolls are first come, first serve here.
VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk
VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk ID:ZCMH7rwo Tue 04 Mar 2025 00:34:38 No. 6207297 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 34 + 10 (1d100 + 10) >>6207266 Prof. Bertie
Quoted By:
Rolled 39 + 10 (1d100 + 10) >>6207266 For knowledge!
VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk
VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk ID:ZCMH7rwo Tue 04 Mar 2025 01:44:08 No. 6207334 Report I guess rolls only do +X.
General McNukem
Quoted By:
>>6207334 >I guess rolls only do +X. Testing
Sec. John Smith, Treasury
Sec. John Smith, Treasury ID:PgdTUE4Y Tue 04 Mar 2025 17:18:13 No. 6207667 Report >>6207267 I thought I was the Secretary of the Treasury, tho?
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
Quoted By:
Busy today, will be back tomorrow.
>>6207667 ...
I will now commit sudoku out of shame.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
Homeland Security’s proposal is made into policy, and the government discredits the Cuban regime by clandestinely attacking its governmental record, putting pressure on the media and the UN to accuse Cuba of irresponsible environmental management, and casting doubts on its ability to drill for oil safely without risk of spills. Despite some setbacks with the departments, the tactic works, and investors start to flee the project out of fear of falling share prices and tougher environmental obligations being forced upon them! Which, would leave Cuba without any buyers for its oil if the Department of State hadn’t quietly offered it a deal to sell off the drilling rights for an extremely modest fee, which Cuba happily accepted. Great work, Cabinet!
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6209270 Budgets:
Department of Defense - 90 BR
Department of State - 6 BR
Department of Treasury - 2 BR
Department of Health and Human Services - 200 BR
Department of Homeland Security - 15 BR
Department of Justice - 5 BR
Department of Energy - 6 BR
Department of Education - 10 BR
Department of Labor - 10 BR
Department of Agriculture and the Interior - 35 BR
National Debt Repayments - 21 BR
National Debt - 3500 BR
ABR: 4 [+3 from Cuban Oil!]
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6209271 The President’s Agenda.
Things are going well, folks. We’ve addressed both Congress and the Cuban problem, and they’ve both been resounding successed. I made a good choice with this Cabinet. But the days go on, and we’ve got a new set of problems we’ve gotta face. Here they are:
The media is beginning to make a stink about the national debt. One of my campaign promises was to reduce the debt, but, well, I’ll be honest with you folks, I didn’t have an idea of how big it actually was until I entered government. Even if I made myself king for life I don’t think I could get rid of it. I want you to come up with some solutions to tackle it, see if I can’t get some good coverage in the media. Or we could figure out another way to pump my poll numbers and hope everyone forgets about the debt, it’s a tough problem to tackle and better men than I haven’t made a dent at all. What do you say?
>What does Cabinet suggest? On the international stage, we’ve got a problem with North Korea doing nuclear tests, and this time it isn’t in their backyard. We’ve got reports they’re planning to launch a test rocket armed with a nuclear warhead over Japan. Now this just isn’t going to do. The Japanese government is mighty pissed off, and they’re worried the rocket might not go over Japan, it might land on them instead. Now, we got a number of options here, we could talk to the Norks, send a carrier group over to shoot the missile down, or hell, we could ignore it because I doubt they’re stupid enough to try and start WWIII. What are we all feeling?
>What does Cabinet suggest? Many apologies for being late, was busier than I expected past few days but we should be back to our normally schedules meetings now. VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk
VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk ID:ZCMH7rwo Sat 08 Mar 2025 01:20:20 No. 6209332 Report >>6209273 Executive Order: Request the Department of Treasury look into ways to cut unnecessary spending from our cabinet and redirect those excess funds towards decreasing the national debt.
Only until the media finds something else to fuss about, naturally.
General McNukem
>>6209273 >national debt The DoD refrains from making any statements
>North Korea We propose a join action with the State Secretary, The navy shall increase it's presence around Japan and South Korea to pressure NK, while a statement ought to be send to China telling the country to put a stop to its support of North Korea and its nuclear program or else America will increase the number of long range rocket systems in Japan and SK.
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM ID:fnRoPLk+ Sat 08 Mar 2025 18:34:54 No. 6209661 Report >>6209273 >Debt and Media Issues? Homeland Security suggests diverting some if not all of the Cuban oil profits to beginning to chip away at the debt. Of course, this is just a drop in the bucket, but it helps our optics, especially since the oil situation undoubtedly has press attention in and of itself.
>North Korea? Homeland security proposes privately meeting with Chinese officials, threatening to levy punitive tariffs on China if North Korea doesn't cease their tests. After all, it's the prerogative of the owner to keep their dog on a tight leash.
Prof. Bertie
>>6209273 >Deficit Department of Education agrees with VP Alders in regards to their plan for the National Debt... surely there's some fat we can carve from somewhere.
>North Korea DoE agrees with General McNukem's plan. Tariffs will only incite animosity from China and the East, but showing our strength and solidarity with Japan is good publicity.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6209332 >>6209621 >>6209661 >>6209936 CABINET VOTING AND ACTIONS
Departmental Proposals:
>DoD: Navy increases presence in South East Asia around Japan, while pressuring China to stop supporting North Korea. (Supported by Secretary Bertie) >DHS: Diversion of Cuban Oil profits to bring down the debt. >DHS: Private meetings with Chinese officials, with threats of tariffs, to pressure North Korea to cease their tests. Departmental Actions:
>Executive Order from VP Alders for the treasury to look into cutting unnecessary spending from cabinet and directing funds to decreasing the debt. (Supported by Secretary Bertie) Please vote on what proposals you wish to become policy. Remember, you can vote for some, none, or all!
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:AiTRFPHZ Sun 09 Mar 2025 06:01:52 No. 6210059 Report Quoted By:
>>6209946 Apologies for my extended absence, I had some regulations in my backlog requiring my attention.
> DoD: Yes. >DHS OIL: Yes. >DHS TARIFFS: Yes. Sec. John Smith, Treasury
Sec. John Smith, Treasury ID:PgdTUE4Y Sun 09 Mar 2025 15:44:19 No. 6210204 Report Quoted By:
>>6209946 >>Executive Order from VP Alders for the treasury to look into cutting unnecessary spending from cabinet and directing funds to decreasing the debt. (Supported by Secretary Bertie) The Department of Treasury shall move to cut government departmental spending and set up an informal committee to investigate all departments for their spending.
Sec. John Smith, Treasury
Sec. John Smith, Treasury ID:PgdTUE4Y Sun 09 Mar 2025 15:46:13 No. 6210205 Report Quoted By:
>>6209946 >DoD: Navy increases presence in South East Asia around Japan, while pressuring China to stop supporting North Korea. (Supported by Secretary Bertie) Yes
>DHS: Diversion of Cuban Oil profits to bring down the debt. Yes
>DHS: Private meetings with Chinese officials, with threats of tariffs, to pressure North Korea to cease their tests. Yes
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State ID:y2EKw+RB Sun 09 Mar 2025 22:51:15 No. 6210484 Report Quoted By:
>>6209946 >DoD: Navy increases presence in South East Asia around Japan, while pressuring China to stop supporting North Korea. (Supported by Secretary Bertie) (Yes)
Tex agrees to coordinate with General McNukem, he plans to set up a zoom meeting with China's president. His tactic will be an appeal to common sense, dressing the installation of additional rocket systems as a natural conclusion to noncomplinace, rather than a threat.
>DHS: Diversion of Cuban Oil profits to bring down the debt. (Yes)
Enough drops makes a flood, and with the spotlight already here it's great for publicity.
>DHS: Private meetings with Chinese officials, with threats of tariffs, to pressure North Korea to cease their tests. (Yes)
I worry we're roughing them up too much, but they've always been stubborn, if we don't hit em' from different angles like this they might just ignore us.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
RESULTS:>Increase military presence in South East Asia while pressuring China to stop supporting North Korea >Divert Cuban Oil Profits to bring down the debt [National Debt Repayment is now 24 BR, 1 ABR available.] >Threaten China with Tariffs if they don't pressure North Korea to cease their tests. >Treasury ordered to look into cutting unnecessary spending, Treasury forms informal committee to investigate departmental spending.
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State ID:y2EKw+RB Mon 10 Mar 2025 00:41:57 No. 6210542 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 30, 16 = 46 (2d100) >>6210532 VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk
VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk ID:ZCMH7rwo Mon 10 Mar 2025 01:03:37 No. 6210555 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 40, 68 = 108 (2d100) >>6210532 Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM ID:fnRoPLk+ Mon 10 Mar 2025 01:33:01 No. 6210572 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 49, 43 = 92 (2d100) >>6210532 ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
Well, we’re in a right mess, folks. The Chinese Premier had promised Secretary Hardy in their meeting that they’d do what they can to pressure the Norks to stop their nuclear tests, they don’t want tariffs as much as we do, but things seem to have… escalated. We couldn’t get the Chinese to commit to stopping their support of the Kim Regime, and our increased presence in the area seems to have incensed the norks. They’re no longer scheduling a single nuclear missile test, instead they’re launching 5 potentially nuclear armed missiles, all which will be passing over Japan. And to make matters worse, the South Koreans are reporting a bigger movement of troops on the border. Things aren’t hot yet, but the kettle’s starting to boil, and if we don’t move quick we could be embroiled in something ugly. The Chinese are also beginning to call us up politely explaining how they had no hand in this and if we put tariffs on them they’ll retaliate in kind. >What does Cabinet recommend? >What does Cabinet recommend?
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6210606 In other news, the Treasury’s Informal Committee has handed down its report. There are a number of recommendations covering a range of potential actions the treasury can take to improve the budget. [THIS IS A TREASURY EXCLUSIVE ACTION, allocation of ABR will be a decision of Cabinet.]
Committee recommendations:
>Cut like a madman. Begin major cuts to all departments, eliminating sources of inefficiency and waste. Cut off all the fat, reduce the various departments to the bare minimum. [+20 ABR; DoD -5 BR, DoE -1 BR, HHS -5 BR, Education -2 BR, DHS -3 BR, DAI -4 BR] >Cautious steps. Moderate cuts to reduce spending where absolutely necessary without upsetting the departments, TIC has identified spots that can free up 10 ABR in total. [+10 ABR; DoD -2 BR, DAI -2 BR, HHS -2 BR, DHS -2 BR, Education -2 BR] >Stay the course. Don’t do anything, alternate sources of income need to be found instead, cutting will increase inefficiency and undercut government capabilities. [No ABR gained, no cuts to BR are made.] >A Radical Solution. Cuts aren’t going to do it. We need to increase spending, these departments need more money, not less. Flirting with inflation, but we need a radical solution. Order the Fed to print more money. [+40 ABR, no cuts to BR] >Write in cuts, refer to >>6209271 for current budget balance Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:AiTRFPHZ Mon 10 Mar 2025 07:59:37 No. 6210695 Report >>6210606 >NKorea The DoE will abstain from recommending a course of action, for lack of any real authority over the matter.
>Octezuma Perhaps a temporary border closure would be for the best.
Departmental Action
The DoE will be shifting its focus this turn to the development of newer, more efficient Nuclear Reactors primarily for use in naval vessels. The military, of course, is most deserving of our cutting-edge energy technology.
General McNukem
>>6210607 >Stay the course. Don’t do anything, alternate sources of income need to be found instead, cutting will increase inefficiency and undercut government capabilities. [No ABR gained, no cuts to BR are made.] Mr. President, tell them about the North Koreans, tell them about Octezuma, let them know what the budget is used for.
>North Korea Call their bluff, shoot down their missiles above Japan.
>Octezuma The Pentagon is willing and able to deploy our troops to secure the border: HAZMAT units at the checkpoints, soldiers guarding the perimeter, drones in the air for surveilance, corvettes running up and down the coast, and get the press here too! America needs to see its troops defending its border.
Sec. John Smith, Treasury
Sec. John Smith, Treasury ID:PgdTUE4Y Tue 11 Mar 2025 01:57:33 No. 6211090 Report >>6210607 >Cut like a madman. Begin major cuts to all departments, eliminating sources of inefficiency and waste. Cut off all the fat, reduce the various departments to the bare minimum. [+20 ABR; DoD -5 BR, DoE -1 BR, HHS -5 BR, Education -2 BR, DHS -3 BR, DAI -4 BR] WE MUST CUT
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6210695 >>6210705 CABINET BOTING AND ACTIONS
Departmental Proposals:
North Korea Situation
>DoD: Call the North Koreans bluff, shoot down their missiles going over Japan. Octezuma
>DoE: Institute a temporary border closure >DoD: Deploy our troops to secure the border, soldiers, HAZMAT, coastal patrols, the works. The Press too, to see what a good job we're doing. CAUTION: There are no alternative proposals for the North Korean situation. If nobody puts forward a new proposal, the DoD proposal will become policy by default!
Departmental Actions:
>>6210695 >DoE shifts its focus for development of new, more efficient nuclear reactors for naval use. Roll 1d100+5, DC 70.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6211090 Secretary Smith has decided to begin major cuts to major departmental services! +20 ABR Added to the budget! Several departments have had their budgets cut significantly!
Cabinet now has to decide what to do with the newly freed up budget resources.
New budget balance:
Department of Defense - 85 BR
Department of State - 6 BR
Department of Treasury - 2 BR
Department of Health and Human Services - 295 BR
Department of Homeland Security - 12 BR
Department of Justice - 5 BR
Department of Energy - 5 BR
Department of Education - 8 BR
Department of Labor - 10 BR
Department of Agriculture and the Interior - 31 BR
National Debt Repayments - 24 BR
National Debt - 3476 BR
ABR: 21
What should be done with the newly freed up budget resources?
>What does Cabinet suggest? VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk
VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk ID:ZCMH7rwo Tue 11 Mar 2025 03:02:37 No. 6211126 Report Quoted By:
>>6211105 Executive Order: Request that all of the current ABR gathered from the department cuts be spent to repay the national debt.
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:3B4pbn64 Tue 11 Mar 2025 04:01:20 No. 6211146 Report Rolled 59 + 5 (1d100 + 5) >>6211100 Rolling for the future of energy.
Prof. Bertie
Quoted By:
Rolled 35 + 5 (1d100 + 5) >>6211100 HANG ONTA SOMETHIIIIING
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
Quoted By:
Busy today, updating tomorrow. In the meantime please vote on cabinet proposals here
>>6211100 and here
>>6211105 VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk
VicePresidentAlders !2NYFaLFlvk ID:ZCMH7rwo Tue 11 Mar 2025 22:52:40 No. 6211365 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 8 + 5 (1d100 + 5) >>6211100 >DoD: Deploy our troops to secure the border, soldiers, HAZMAT, coastal patrols, the works. The Press too, to see what a good job we're doing. Prof. Bertie
>>6210606 >>6210705 I like the General's gumption here. Worst comes to worst we can spin it and claim that the North Koreans lost control over their 'tests'. A show of our power AND a PR boost! That's an A+ from me!
>Octezuma I like the border idea, but we should also cover our tracks: my department in coordination with others can put together presentations sourced from University research to highlight the long and short-term negative effects of the drug. I don't want to sound negative, but this is illegal goods: it's going to find a way into our cities. We need to educate and hype up the cons so we can build a public resistance to it taking root.
Also a suggestion... maybe we take some and analyze it ourselves? Never hurts to be educated.
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM ID:fnRoPLk+ Tue 11 Mar 2025 23:13:02 No. 6211371 Report >>6210607 If it isn't too late, Homeland Security intends on dedicating some of its available resources (3 BR) to hiring, training, and deploying specialists to deal with the border threat. Additionally, we intend to cooperate with the DoJ to allow ICE and the DEA to collaborate on halting the issue.
Sec. John Smith, Treasury
Sec. John Smith, Treasury ID:PgdTUE4Y Wed 12 Mar 2025 00:29:30 No. 6211398 Report >>6211105 PAY OUR DEBTS SO BIGGO DEFLATION
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State ID:y2EKw+RB Wed 12 Mar 2025 00:44:44 No. 6211415 Report >>6211100 Departmental Action: Tex aims to stop the Norks missiles from being shot down before they even launch, it could turn into a shit show even with a good spin. He schedules a zoom meeting with the North Korean president, whom he is vaguely acquainted with since both countries share a history of diplomatic circusry. They start off with the common introductions, but eventually trail off into showing off their gun collections. Eventually they get down to business, Tex doesn't let any information slip, but warns that launching the missiles will go bad for them. He also alludes to concessions, the missiles might be allowed to launch if coordinated with the US, but not over Japan.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
VOTING AND ACTIONS
Actions:
>>6211146 The DoE’s project to improve nuclear reactors for military use has hit a snag! The design outline given to the research team was worded too vaguely, and they’ve gone ahead to create an entirely new reactor design instead of improving on current models! As a result, the DoE is left with two workable proposals, but each with a major flaw! Thorium reactors are larger and more expensive, producing a moderate increase to power generation, while Liquid-metal cooled reactors require replacement much sooner!
>Go with the more expensive, but more efficient option [Requires allocation of 10 BR to build, Thorium Power: +10 to military actions involving Nuclear powered craft.] >Go with the liquid-metal cooling reactor, which requires replacement every 5 turns! [Costs will be incurred in 5 turns, +10 to military actions involving nuclear powered craft.] >Tell them to go back to the drawing board, you can’t work with these designs. >>6211398 The Department of Treasury has elected to follow the VPs Executive Order and direct all ABR to repaying the debt!
[-5 to ALL affected departmental action rolls next 2 turns, DoD, DoE, Education, DAI, HHS, DHS]
National Debt Repayment: 45 BR
Current National Debt: 3431
>>6211415 Secretary Hardy has decided to make an emergency zoom call to North Korea, to try and persuade him at the last minute to stop the missile test. It’s going to be tough, since old Kim doesn’t like the fact we’ve deployed our ships to his backyard!
Roll 1d100, DC 85.
>>6211371 There is no available BR for you to spend, your current BR is spent entirely to maintain current day to day operations. You may elect to use some of that BR anyway, with consequences to operations down the line, or you may increase the national debt by entering a deficit spend, which will be marked down next to your BR quantity.
>Use budgetary BR to create border specialists. >Deficit spend 3 BR to create border specialists. >Leave it be, overspending won’t help. >>6211366 If you want to analyse Octezuma, you'll have to acquire it first. If you coordinate with one of the other departments and propose an action together, you might be able to work something out.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6211880 Now onto our new policy.
While Tex Hardy is making a last minute hail mary, the US navy makes preparations to shoot down the incoming missiles if his diplomacy fails. USS George Washington and CSG 5 of the US 7th Fleet is ready and waiting to defend the security of our allies in South Korea and Japan. We have carriers, patriot missile batteries, and nuclear subs off the North Korean coast as well as insurance. Nothing’s going to get through on their watch, guaranteed.
Roll 1d100, Bo3. DC 65.
Meanwhile, closer to home, the DoD has deployed the army to secure the border with Mexico and the Coast Guard in the surrounding waters, to stop Octezuma before it can even set foot in our United States. We’ve got the works, soldiers, HAZMAT gear, regular air and sea patrols, everything that can put a stop to this vile substance. However, there’s accusations from some members of the invited press that we’re “militarising” the border, making a “Security” issue out of it. Hopefully once they get a look at our boys in action they’ll be fawning over us instead.
Roll 1d100, Bo3. DC 50/70.
Prof. Bertie
Quoted By:
Rolled 46 (1d100) >>6211880 HERE GOES!
Prof. Bertie
Quoted By:
Rolled 64 (1d100) >>6211881 And the second roll...
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:3B4pbn64 Thu 13 Mar 2025 06:04:56 No. 6211907 Report Rolled 93, 13 = 106 (2d100) >>6211881 Hopefully, my department may redeem itself in this effort.
>>6211880 We'll be going back to the drawing board on this one. Perhaps reducing the scope of our aims is for the best, for the moment.
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State
Sec. Tex Hardy, Department of State ID:y2EKw+RB Thu 13 Mar 2025 12:07:33 No. 6211985 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 50 (1d100) >>6211880 ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
Quoted By:
Rolled 4, 56 = 60 (2d100)
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
THE PRESIDENT’S AGENDA>What does Cabinet suggest? >What does Cabinet suggest?
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6211907 You have the option of restarting the new nuclear power programme as an action this turn. Because of previous efforts, you'll get a +5 to the roll.
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM ID:fnRoPLk+ Sat 15 Mar 2025 02:02:45 No. 6212785 Report >>6212773 >University protests? Departmental action: weaponize information. Identify specific key figures and garner information on them, then anonymously leak these to the internet as well as the media. This should hopefully help to discredit some of the people involved. I'd also recommend highlighting just how bad Octezuma is if we're running media coverage.
General McNukem
>>6212773 >intelligence has confirmed was armed with nuclear warheads. Is nobody going to comment on this? Lumen what the fuck?! Gah, in any case...
1- Complain loudly to the UN about DPRK's aggression, I mean bloody hell! Launching nukes towards Japan? Threatening to bomb ROK too?! Let's see if anyone in the UN is dumb enough to oppose a Coalition of the Willing to send more troops and weapon systems to the South like it's the 50s again. I want the Australiens, the English, the French and Germans, hell, ask the Israelies for a crumb of their Iron Dome too. The South Koreans better greet them with flowers too!
>Bring allied troops and systems to our bases in ROK for the defence of the country. 2- Contrary to their North Korean allies, the Chinese have always been more rational opponents, it's no doubt that they see the writing on the wall, that continued DPRK aggression will only result in more ships, tanks and missiles in their backyard. I say my colleague at the DoS wpuld do well to visit Beijing again and convince them on the veritable fact that their continuous support of the norks is against their state interests. They can end their mutual aid threaty with the norks or they can continue to associate themselves with the madmen launching nukes!
>Pressure the Chinese into stopping their support of North Korea 3- If there is one good thing that came out of this (besides making Mahan's spirit proud) is that the Japanese got to see us defend their island and I say we make full use of the good relations between us. Loosening the restrictions on the JSDF could be use by the norks and chinese against us in their rethoric, but we can begin a program of joint development of military assets, the results of that going to both US forces and the JSDF. Anyone like the name F-Zero for a plane?
>Begin a joint military development program with Japan. Mr. president, to be frank, I forsee the restart of the Korean War as a real posibility. Depending on the reaction of the Chinese and Japanese, we might have to do a preemptive strike against the DPRK in the near future. >student protests Uhhh... get the Kpop stars and anime producers to make propaganda against the norks to distract them? Bah! This is Bertie's job anyway, call us when you need the brats drafted.
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:3B4pbn64 Sat 15 Mar 2025 23:53:36 No. 6213232 Report >>6212776 >>6212773 With the current geopolitical climate being what it is, it is likely for the best if my department doubletimes it on that new Naval tech.
As such, The DoE will be taking a
>Departmental Action to restart our New Nuclear Power Program.
>NK Now, while backing down entirely is unbefitting of a superpower, I'd like to remind my fellow cabinet members that cleaning up the mess caused by nuclear fallout is my department's responsibility. Please do not add to our workload by getting America or an American ally nuked over brinkmanship.
>Octezuma Out of my wheelhouse, unfortunately.
Prof. Bertie
>>6212773 Aha! Finally something in OUR neighborhood...
>NK Situation I agree with the General
>>6213030 here--let's make the UN do something for a change. This is a fight we don't want to get into alone, but if we can get other nation's support we can spin it favorably for us!
>University Protests No sense in being aggressive here--if we push back against protests they'll just see it as a violation of their rights... let's lean into it!
I propose we track down people affected by the drug trade: public speakers, advocates, etc. Have them speak at universities and share their experiences to show these Ivy League Yuppies with too much free time what the REAL drug trade looks like! It probably won't eliminate all the resistance, but we need to push just how much drugs can break a community.
Oh, and let's step up campus security while we're at it in case of civil disobedience. Maybe less security goons and more CCTV in campus buildings and areas?
Sec. John Smith, Treasury
Sec. John Smith, Treasury ID:PgdTUE4Y Sun 16 Mar 2025 20:30:37 No. 6213649 Report >>6212773 >University Protests While debt repayments are important, its more important that the civilian population is kept peaceful and foreign wars are kept contained.
I, in my position as the Secretary of the Treasury, shall move to fund media outreach efforts to bring support to the central government and to the military.
>NK Regarding NK, I will advise that we keep moving towards a diplomatic solution if possible. We can look to denuclearization initiatives at a later date.
>Departmental Action Whatever ABR is left behind in the budget will be spent reinvesting into the civilian economy, specifically infrastructure or small tech start-ups.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
DEPARTMENTAL ACTIONS
>>6212785 DHS Departmental Action: Weaponise information. Identify key leaders at the university protests, and leak information about them to the media. Hopefully this will lead to some of these protests being discredited. Also run a media campaign highlighting the dangers of Octezuma.
Roll 2d100, DC 60, DC 50.
>>6213232 DoE Departmental Action: Restart the New Nuclear Power Program. New nuclear reactors will be designed and tested for military use! Using the experience and resources gained from the prior program, the DoE is able to operate on a much slimmer budget, avoiding the effects of the Treasury budget cuts!
Roll 1d100, DC 65. [-5 from budget cuts, +5 from prior research]
>>6213649 Treasury Departmental Action: Redirect the budget repayments to fund media outreach in support of the government and military. Also invest in the civilian economy, particularly infrastructure and startups.
National Debt Repayments - 0 BR
National Debt - 3431 BR
NEW Budget Initiatives:
Military and governmental media campaign: 22 BR
Small business and infrastructure investment fund: 23 BR
Roll 2d100+22 for the success of the new initiatives, DC 60, DC 60. (I’ll count the second roll as +23)
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
DEPARTMENTAL VOTING>Form a UN peacekeeping taskforce and deploy it to South Korea. [Supported by Prof. Bertie] >Pressure China to stop supporting North Korea through the DoS. >Kickstart a joint DoD-JSDF military development program with Japan. >Distract the student protests with anti-North Korean anime and Kpop propaganda. >Track down people affected by the drug trade, and begin an awareness campaign at the universities. >Increase surveillance infrastructure at universities for security purposes.
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:3B4pbn64 Mon 17 Mar 2025 05:21:57 No. 6213906 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 23 (1d100) >>6213839 No more excuses, even facing a reduced budget. The Nuclear Era WILL be upon us.
General McNukem
>>6213840 >>Form a UN peacekeeping taskforce and deploy it to South Korea. [Supported by Prof. Bertie] >Supported by Prof Bertie What? No, I included her in my comment about the student protests. Coalition building ough to be aided by the DoS.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
Quoted By:
>>6213933 No I mean your proposal was supported by Bertie here
>>6213480 If proposals involve another Department I'll refer to it by the acronym, DoD, DoJ, DoS, etc. (Except education because they made 2 DoEs for whatever reason.)
Sec. John Smith, Treasury
Sec. John Smith, Treasury ID:45txS74r Mon 17 Mar 2025 14:49:13 No. 6214033 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 51, 38 + 22 = 111 (2d100 + 22) >>6213839 >>6213840 >Distract the student protests with anti-North Korean anime and Kpop propaganda. Supported by the Treasury
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
Busy today, updating tomorrow.
Prof. Bertie
Quoted By:
Rolled 16, 11 = 27 (2d100) >>6214747 Here goes something
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM
Sec. Lumen, Homeland Security !XiiTxRGWnM ID:fnRoPLk+ Wed 19 Mar 2025 04:10:33 No. 6214757 Report Rolled 1, 73 = 74 (2d100) >>6213839 Oops, I forgot my own dice. Rolling for glowie activities
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:3B4pbn64 Wed 19 Mar 2025 05:46:03 No. 6214780 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 19, 65 = 84 (2d100) >>6214747 Rolling.
>>6214757 Perhaps this endeavor was doomed to fail from the beginning.
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:3B4pbn64 Wed 19 Mar 2025 05:47:56 No. 6214783 Report Quoted By:
Rolled 4, 76, 6, 62, 80, 17 = 245 (6d100) >>6214747 Rollling (with proper dice this time)
>>6214757 Perhaps this endeavor was doomed from the beginning.
General McNukem
Quoted By:
Rolled 49, 31, 99, 86, 11, 44 = 320 (6d100) >>6214747 Praying for nukes.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
RESULTS
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6215282 DHS Anti-protest Activities
[CRITFAIL]
Well. I won’t be laying the blame on anyone, but this is a real cockup. The DHS leaked whatever it could find about the university protests, but it seems to have backfired and only emboldened support for them instead! I don’t know what was going on over there, but they obviously didn’t do any proper vetting at all on the information they released. All the protest leaders are hard-working, virtuous, upstanding americans! There’s not a single thing to criticise about them, other than the fact they disagree with the government! There’s even one here who runs a special charity shelter for homeless puppies! This is ridiculous! And what’s worse, it’s been leaked to the media that these protestors have been described in official government documents as “threats to national security”, “suspected to hold terrorist opinions” and “selfish liberal hippies” This is a bad, bad look folks.
[Unrest increases in the universities! -5 to all protest rolls until it’s resolved!]
Well, at least the media campaign is a success! People are now more educated about Octezuma and we’re getting positive responses from campuses and the Education Department is very pleased at how far the messaging is spreading! We’ve got government ads everywhere highlighting the dangers of taking dangerous drugs like Octezuma, and the people seem to like them.
[Octezuma Education Campaign: Successful media campaign! +5 to next DHS action involving the media.]
PROPOSALS
Roll Results: 49, 76, 99, 86, 80, 44
DoD Proposals
UN Peacekeeping Taskforce: Unfortunately, it looks like our speeches at the UN fell on deaf ears. Try as we might, we can’t gather the support from our allies to deploy a peacekeeping taskforce to the Korean peninsula and Japan! Something about it being “our fault” and “American warmongering”. No matter. We’re strong enough we can go it alone!
[There will be no allied forces involved with Korea other than Japan and South Korea]
Pressuring China: Try as we might, we can’t convince China to stop their support of the Kim regime. Understandable, they’re steadfastly refusing to drop their one ally in the region, but it is an annoyance. Thankfully, they don’t seem to have indicated that they’ll be pushing back on our operations in the area unless we really push them, so that’s a relief.
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
>>6215283 DoD-JSDF Joint Development Program: Japan isn’t just open to working on joining military developments, they’re practically salivating! We’ve gotten significant positive responses from their government and the SDF, and they’ve already gone ahead to propose 3 possible programs we could pursue! Some of them seem a little outlandish, but I’m assured by their ambassador it’s because of their cartoons or something, I don’t really get it. It’ll require input from our side, but they’re confident that something can be worked out.
>Joint Super Fighter Program: A new, cutting edge jet fighter that takes all the latest innovations in stealth, maneuverability, and automation to produce a true king of the skies. CODENAME: Skies Unknown >Joint Nuclear Submarine Program: A highly stealthy nuclear powered submarine virtually undetectable to modern equipment, armed with torpedoes and missiles. CODENAME: Blue Water >Joint Powered Mobile Suit Program: Something different, a powered armour project for infantry, armoured like a tank but smaller and piloted by a single soldier. CODENAME: Universal Century >Something else? Anime and Kpop anti-nork Propaganda: Another big success! While the protests haven’t died down, we’ve received an influx of new enlistments into the military! I’m not sure what a “weeb” is but my advisors assure me that since their wives have told them it’s for a good cause they’re ready to do and die for Uncle Sam!
[+5 to army combat rolls!]
University Drug Awareness Campaign: We’ve got loads of speakers coming into universities to try and educate these dumbass hippies about what they’re really protesting about, and it seems to be working, a little. The protests are still ongoing, but they’ve shrunk in size a little, and if we keep at it we may get rid of them!
[Protests have shrunk!]
University Surveillance Infrastructure: Our installation of surveillance on university campuses seems to have gone bad. We hired a contractor to do the work, but it looks like they’ve declared bankruptcy and fled the country! Damn scammers. We’ve wasted a lot of money on that program, and all for nothing. Oh well, that’s government for you.
[Debt increased to 3441 BR!]
ThePresident !P6Hf/gKKL2
THE AGENDA
Now that’s all out of the way, let’s get to business. Item one: The Norks aren’t happy. They’ve been emboldened by our failure at the UN, and they’re making incursions, small ones, all along the South Korean border. It could be intimidation or it could be the beginnings of a full invasion, we can’t tell. If we deploy more troops to the area we might just scare them into invading anyway. It’s a delicate situation, so we need to be careful here. Or, we could leverage it to our advantage.
>What does Cabinet suggest? Item two: Those damn hippies are still protesting. That’s not so bad, but if they stay like that it’ll eat into the effectiveness of the Education Department, and if we get into a war, well, that’s a headache I don’t want to deal with. I want them gone, pronto. Our prior efforts haven’t resulted in anything, so I want you to decide what should be our new effort.
>What does Cabinet suggest? Item three: The border. I think we’ve contained things, Octezuma doesn’t seem to have made it’s way into the country, and our troops are sitting tight over there. But if we keep them deployed there it’s going to eat into the budget and keep those damn hippies pissed. We could call it mission accomplished, but that might make the border insecure again. So, what should we do?
>What does Cabinet suggest? UPDATE TO THE RULES: From now on I’ll be adding the DC to your proposals, to streamline things a little and make it more transparent.
As a reminder, here’s the state of the budget and our current items:
Budget:
No change from
>>6211105 except:
Military and governmental media campaign: 22 BR
Small business and infrastructure investment fund: 23 BR
National Debt Repayments - 0 BR
National Debt - 3441 BR
ABR: 10
Cabinet Items:
Dirt on Congress: Juicy gossip, scandal, and a few skeletons in the closet of the most senior members of Congress. Real damage can be done with this stuff…
DoE Power Plants: +5 to all energy rolls!
DoE Power Research: +10 to all research rolls
Media support: +5 to rolls using the media
University Unrest: -5 to all protest rolls
Octezuma Education Campaign: +5 to next DHS media roll
Weeb recruitment: +5 to Army rolls
General McNukem
Quoted By:
>>6215286 >Skies Unknown America Rules the Sea already so no need to prioritize the submarine, and the powered armour... no, maybe if the eggheads at the DoE can make better power cells, otherwise no. A better fighter could ensure that any conflict, anywhere, is tipped in our favour.
>>6215289 >Norks I propose we sell some nonleathal weapons to the South Koreans to use to capture their northern counterparts. Anything more, like firing on them, can be used as further "proof" or american aggression, and anything less would invite actions even more daring from the blasted commies.
>damn hippies are still protesting No comment.
>Border I propose we work with Mexican officials on the other side of the border to begin a general pushback against Octezuma, and by work with I mean a combination of threatening tariffs and bribing cartels, I am sure my dear colleague Lumen can make this work.
Prof. Bertie
Quoted By:
>>6215286 >>Something else? In sifting through some old studies, our department happened to come across some interesting notes on genetic therapy to create super soldiers... sure, it's a little bad for PR, but augmenting our troops? You can't put a price tag on that!
>>6215289 >Norks Let's kill two birds with one stone! Those protestors want to protest our militarized border? Let's have our media liasons see if they can't stir up a fuss about the border situation in South Korea! Sure, we can't get the protestors over there, but it could surely stoke the flames of international awareness!
>Protestors See above, but also let's have our media teams focus less on our at-home protests and more on the situation abroad. If we can flood people's timelines with this newer, SCARIER prospect, well... suddenly the US Border situation might not seem so scary!
>Border Let's make a show of negotiating with Mexico to strengthen the border without relying on keeping our troops there. Strengthen relations between us and our Southern neighbors AND send a message to the Drug Dealers that they're up against a united front!
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy
Sec. Nukeanon, Department of Energy ID:3B4pbn64 Fri 21 Mar 2025 21:19:00 No. 6216037 Report Quoted By:
>>6215289 Though my department's continual failure to push the boundaries of what energy technology is capable of stings, it seems as though our efforts would be better spent elsewhere.
As such, the DoE will be turning its attention to our nation's aging (and occasionally just entirely unreliable) energy infrastructure, taking a
>DEPARTMENTAL ACTION te begin a wide-scale modernization of the American Power Grid. We will of course be starting with the states with the worst reliability, those being Louisiana, Oregon, Mississippi, West Virginia, and Michigan.
Texas can get DoE funds when it decides to integrate its grid with the rest of the nation.
>Norks I'd recommend ceasing the saber-rattling, at least for the moment. If we push this much further, we may just start a war nobody wants to win.
>Hippies Entirely under my dear comrade Bertie's purview, as far as I'm concerned.
>Border Perhaps having our troops train our Border Patrol to a higher standard before leaving could assist in halting the flow of Octezuma even without a military presence? I'm unsure how to tackle this, truthfully.
Sec. John Smith, Treasury
Sec. John Smith, Treasury ID:PgdTUE4Y Sun 23 Mar 2025 16:12:07 No. 6216990 Report Quoted By:
>>6215289 >DEPARTMENTAL ACTION Twin Heads Plan
1. To help prepare our country for the hard times ahead, the Department of Treasury shall continue to invest heavily into civilian infrastructure and business start-ups.
2. Start looking into streamlining taxes and cutting down on corruption within the IRS.
