[MIRROR] [MDB IGNORE] BIDDLE TRAITORS - Adds progression traitors. Refactors uplink code in its entirety [MDB IGNORE] (#10620)

* [MDB IGNORE] BIDDLE TRAITORS - Adds progression traitors. Refactors uplink code in its entirety

* updates and fixes

* ffff

Co-authored-by: Watermelon914 <37270891+Watermelon914@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Gandalf <9026500+Gandalf2k15@users.noreply.github.com>

code/modules/asset_cache/asset_list_items.dm

@@ -538,3 +538,43 @@
 			blended_color = "#2eeb9a"
 	pre_asset.Blend(blended_color, ICON_MULTIPLY)
 	return pre_asset
+
+/// Sends information needed for uplinks
+/datum/asset/json/uplink
+	name = "uplink"
+
+/datum/asset/json/uplink/generate()
+	var/list/data = list()
+	var/list/categories = list()
+	var/list/items = list()
+	for(var/datum/uplink_category/category as anything in subtypesof(/datum/uplink_category))
+		categories += category
+	categories = sortTim(categories, .proc/cmp_uplink_category_desc)
+
+	var/list/new_categories = list()
+	for(var/datum/uplink_category/category as anything in categories)
+		new_categories += initial(category.name)
+	categories = new_categories
+
+	for(var/datum/uplink_item/item_path as anything in subtypesof(/datum/uplink_item))
+		var/datum/uplink_item/item = new item_path()
+		if(item.item) {
+			items += list(list(
+				"id" = item_path,
+				"name" = item.name,
+				"cost" = item.cost,
+				"desc" = item.desc,
+				"category" = item.category? initial(item.category.name) : null,
+				"purchasable_from" = item.purchasable_from,
+				"restricted" = item.restricted,
+				"limited_stock" = item.limited_stock,
+				"restricted_roles" = item.restricted_roles,
+				"progression_minimum" = item.progression_minimum,
+			))
+		}
+		SStraitor.uplink_items += item
+		SStraitor.uplink_items_by_type[item_path] = item
+
+	data["items"] = items
+	data["categories"] = categories
+	return data