Perestroika

With the USSR facing its own turmoil back home, they conveniently forgot to give you what you asked the last time around.

They do swear to make this up to you this time, you just have to do them another favor: Be the test subject to their new economic and social reforms.

Throughout this chapter, a number of additional Tasks will appear on the island that will involve helping out the USSR for special monetary rewards.

This can help you out while trying to set up your early game economy, especially when Nick Richards threatens to meddle in your affairs.

The first Soviet program to test is ‘Glasnost’ which in this case involves you building a Newspaper to bring 3 journalists to the island.

Once the Newspaper is fully staffed, you are requested to build a Stock Exchange to test the effects on on the Soviet economy.

After the Stock Exchange is up and running, Sasha will want to see two Private Businesses up and running on the island to see how they affect the economy.

You’ll get Tasks to open up private buildings from in front of the Stock Exchange itself.

Once both private ventures are up and running, word arrives that the incriminating evidence against Richards has vanished!

The only lead wants 500 Canned Pineapples sent her way before she begins to talk. She must really like that stuff.

A Cannery set to accept imports can suffice, but it will take some time before the task is complete. Planting Pineapple farms and boosting them with a Horticulture station can work wonders for this task.

With the Pineapple delivered, it turns out that this lead is no good. The next one may prove to be more substantial, so Sasha hopes. He just wants only 500 Machine Rolled Cigars.

Your reward for this? A malfunctioned nuclear missile launched by the US is headed straight for Tropico, and will land in five years.

As always, Penultimo has a plan. He’ll ask for you to build 10 Wind Turbines that will help move the island out of the missile’s path.

You have 70 months to do it in, and failure is not an option.

With the Tropican Apocalypse averted, Agent Sasha will eventually come through with good news at last: The evidence has been found.

Now you need to form an escort unit of 12 soldiers to ensure the tape safely arrives in your hands.

With that done, issue a Trade Delegation Edict to the USSR. You’ll need an Airport for that.

With the evidence tape secured, you must build three Radio Stations in order to broadcast the evidence worldwide.

Finally, in order to amplify the broadcast, you need to construct a Cosmic Pin. This last series of Tasks will have put severe strain on your economy, so don’t be surprised if this takes some time to be fully prepared for.

Finally, the chapter is ended, and justice is done. Richards is ‘forcibly’ removed from office. Your revenge is complete.