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Converts the news network into a subsystem Loads news from a database at the start of the round No longer ties the PDAs to the tcoms system to access the news (which was broken anyway) Removes the trivial news event Adds the already existing virology / xenobiology containment events to the rotation
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126 lines
8.3 KiB
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/datum/event/mundane_news
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endWhen = 10
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/datum/event/mundane_news/announce()
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var/datum/trade_destination/affected_dest = pickweight(weighted_mundaneevent_locations)
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var/event_type = 0
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if(affected_dest.viable_mundane_events.len)
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event_type = pick(affected_dest.viable_mundane_events)
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if(!event_type)
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return
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var/author = "Tau Ceti Daily"
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var/channel = author
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//see if our location has custom event info for this event
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var/body = affected_dest.get_custom_eventstring()
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if(!body)
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body = ""
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switch(event_type)
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if(RESEARCH_BREAKTHROUGH)
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body = "A major breakthough in the field of [pick("phoron research","super-compressed materials","nano-augmentation","bluespace research","volatile power manipulation")] \
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was announced [pick("yesterday","a few days ago","last week","earlier this month")] by a private firm on [affected_dest.name]. \
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[current_map.company_name] declined to comment as to whether this could impinge on profits."
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if(ELECTION)
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body = "The pre-selection of an additional candidates was announced for the upcoming [pick("supervisors council","advisory board","governership","board of inquisitors")] \
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election on [affected_dest.name] was announced earlier today, \
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[pick("media mogul","web celebrity", "industry titan", "superstar", "famed chef", "popular gardener", "ex-army officer", "multi-billionaire")] \
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[random_name(pick(MALE,FEMALE))]. In a statement to the media they said '[pick("My only goal is to help the [pick("sick","poor","children")]",\
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"I will maintain my company's record profits","I believe in our future","We must return to our moral core","Just like... chill out dudes")]'."
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if(RESIGNATION)
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body = "[current_map.company_name] regretfully announces the resignation of [pick("Sector Admiral","Division Admiral","Ship Admiral","Vice Admiral")] [random_name(pick(MALE,FEMALE))]."
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if(prob(25))
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var/locstring = pick("Segunda","Salusa","Cepheus","Andromeda","Gruis","Corona","Aquila","Asellus") + " " + pick("I","II","III","IV","V","VI","VII","VIII")
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body += " In a ceremony on [affected_dest.name] this afternoon, they will be awarded the \
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[pick("Red Star of Sacrifice","Purple Heart of Heroism","Blue Eagle of Loyalty","Green Lion of Ingenuity")] for "
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if(prob(33))
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body += "their actions at the Battle of [pick(locstring,"REDACTED")]."
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else if(prob(50))
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body += "their contribution to the colony of [locstring]."
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else
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body += "their loyal service over the years."
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else if(prob(33))
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body += " They are expected to settle down in [affected_dest.name], where they have been granted a handsome pension."
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else if(prob(50))
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body += " The news was broken on [affected_dest.name] earlier today, where they cited reasons of '[pick("health","family","REDACTED")]'"
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else
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body += " Administration Aerospace wishes them the best of luck in their retirement ceremony on [affected_dest.name]."
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if(CELEBRITY_DEATH)
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body = "It is with regret today that we announce the sudden passing of the "
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if(prob(33))
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body += "[pick("distinguished","decorated","veteran","highly respected")] \
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[pick("Ship's Captain","Vice Admiral","Colonel","Lieutenant Colonel")] "
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else if(prob(50))
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body += "[pick("award-winning","popular","highly respected","trend-setting")] \
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[pick("comedian","singer/songwright","artist","playwright","TV personality","model")] "
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else
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body += "[pick("successful","highly respected","ingenious","esteemed")] \
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[pick("academic","Professor","Doctor","Scientist")] "
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body += "[random_name(pick(MALE,FEMALE))] on [affected_dest.name] [pick("last week","yesterday","this morning","two days ago","three days ago")]\
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[pick(". Assassination is suspected, but the perpetrators have not yet been brought to justice",\
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" due to mercenary infiltrators (since captured)",\
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" during an industrial accident",\
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" due to [pick("heart failure","kidney failure","liver failure","brain hemorrhage")]")]"
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if(BARGAINS)
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body += "BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS! Commerce Control on [affected_dest.name] wants you to know that everything must go! Across all retail centres, \
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all goods are being slashed, and all retailors are onboard - so come on over for the \[shopping\] time of your life."
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if(SONG_DEBUT)
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body += "[pick("Singer","Singer/songwriter","Saxophonist","Pianist","Guitarist","TV personality","Star")] [random_name(pick(MALE,FEMALE))] \
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announced the debut of their new [pick("single","album","EP","label")] '[pick("Everyone's","Look at the","Baby don't eye those","All of those","Dirty nasty")] \
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[pick("roses","three stars","starships","nanobots","cyborgs","Skrell","Sren'darr")] \
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[pick("on Venus","on Reade","on Moghes","in my hand","slip through my fingers","die for you","sing your heart out","fly away")]' \
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with [pick("pre-puchases available","a release tour","cover signings","a launch concert")] on [affected_dest.name]."
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if(MOVIE_RELEASE)
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body += "From the [pick("desk","home town","homeworld","mind")] of [pick("acclaimed","award-winning","popular","stellar")] \
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[pick("playwright","author","director","actor","TV star")] [random_name(pick(MALE,FEMALE))] comes the latest sensation: '\
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[pick("Deadly","The last","Lost","Dead")] [pick("Starships","Warriors","outcasts","Tajaran","Unathi","Skrell")] \
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[pick("of","from","raid","go hunting on","visit","ravage","pillage","destroy")] \
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[pick("Moghes","Earth","Biesel","Adhomai","S'rendarr","the Void","the Edge of Space")]'.\
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. Own it on webcast today, or visit the galactic premier on [affected_dest.name]!"
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if(BIG_GAME_HUNTERS)
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body += "Game hunters on [affected_dest.name] "
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if(prob(33))
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body += "were surprised when an unusual species experts have since identified as \
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[pick("a subclass of mammal","a divergent abhuman species","an intelligent species of lemur","organic/cyborg hybrids")] turned up. Believed to have been brought in by \
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[pick("alien smugglers","early colonists","mercenary raiders","unwitting tourists")], this is the first such specimen discovered in the wild."
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else if(prob(50))
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body += "were attacked by a vicious [pick("nas'r","diyaab","samak","predator which has not yet been identified")]\
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. Officials urge caution, and locals are advised to stock up on armaments."
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else
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body += "brought in an unusually [pick("valuable","rare","large","vicious","intelligent")] [pick("mammal","predator","farwa","samak")] for inspection \
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[pick("today","yesterday","last week")]. Speculators suggest they may be tipped to break several records."
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if(GOSSIP)
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body += "[pick("TV host","Webcast personality","Superstar","Model","Actor","Singer")] [random_name(pick(MALE,FEMALE))] "
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if(prob(33))
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body += "and their partner announced the birth of their [pick("first","second","third")] child on [affected_dest.name] early this morning. \
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Doctors say the child is well, and the parents are considering "
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if(prob(50))
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body += capitalize(pick(first_names_female))
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else
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body += capitalize(pick(first_names_male))
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body += " for the name."
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else if(prob(50))
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body += "announced their [pick("split","break up","marriage","engagement")] with [pick("TV host","webcast personality","superstar","model","actor","singer")] \
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[random_name(pick(MALE,FEMALE))] at [pick("a society ball","a new opening","a launch","a club")] on [affected_dest.name] yesterday, pundits are shocked."
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else
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body += "is recovering from plastic surgery in a clinic on [affected_dest.name] for the [pick("second","third","fourth")] time, reportedly having made the decision in response to "
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body += "[pick("unkind comments by an ex","rumours started by jealous friends",\
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"the decision to be dropped by a major sponsor","a disasterous interview on Tau Ceti Tonight")]."
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if(TOURISM)
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body += "Tourists are flocking to [affected_dest.name] after the surprise announcement of [pick("major shopping bargains by a wily retailer",\
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"a huge new ARG by a popular entertainment company","a secret tour by popular artiste [random_name(pick(MALE,FEMALE))]")]. \
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Tau Ceti Daily is offering discount tickets for two to see [random_name(pick(MALE,FEMALE))] live in return for eyewitness reports and up to the minute coverage."
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var/datum/feed_channel/ch = SSnews.GetFeedChannel(channel)
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SSnews.SubmitArticle(body, author, ch, null, 1) |