// This system defines news that will be displayed in the course of a round. // Uses BYOND's type system to put everything into a nice format /datum/news_announcement var round_time // time of the round at which this should be announced, in seconds message // body of the message author = "NanoTrasen Editor" channel_name = "Tau Ceti Daily" can_be_redacted = 0 revolution_inciting_event paycuts_suspicion round_time = 60*10 message = {"Reports have leaked that Nanotrasen Inc. is planning to put paycuts into effect on many of its Research Stations in Tau Ceti. Apparently these research stations haven't been able to yield the expected revenue, and thus adjustments have to be made."} author = "Unauthorized" paycuts_confirmation round_time = 60*40 message = {"Earlier rumours about paycuts on Research Stations in the Tau Ceti system have been confirmed. Shockingly, however, the cuts will only affect lower tier personnel. Heads of Staff will, according to our sources, not be affected."} author = "Unauthorized" human_experiments round_time = 60*90 message = {"Unbelievable reports about human experimentation have reached our ears. According to a refugee from one of the Tau Ceti Research Stations, their station, in order to increase revenue, has refactored several of their facilities to perform experiments on live humans, including virology research, genetic manipulation, and \"feeding them to the slimes to see what happens\". Allegedly, these test subjects were neither humanified monkeys nor volunteers, but rather unqualified staff that were forced into the experiments, and reported to have died in a \"work accident\" by Nanotrasen Inc."} author = "Unauthorized" bluespace_research announcement round_time = 60*20 message = {"The new field of research trying to explain several interesting spacetime oddities, also known as \"Bluespace Research\", has reached new heights. Of the several hundred space stations now orbiting in Tau Ceti, fifteen are now specially equipped to experiment with and research Bluespace effects. Rumours have it some of these stations even sport functional \"travel gates\" that can instantly move a whole research team to an alternate reality."} random_junk cheesy_honkers author = "Assistant Editor Carl Ritz" channel_name = "The Gibson Gazette" message = {"Do cheesy honkers increase risk of having a miscarriage? Several health administrations say so!"} round_time = 60 * 15 net_block author = "Assistant Editor Carl Ritz" channel_name = "The Gibson Gazette" message = {"Several corporations banding together to block access to 'wetskrell.nt', site administrators claiming violation of net laws."} round_time = 60 * 50 found_ssd channel_name = "Tau Ceti Daily" author = "Doctor Eric Hanfield" message = {"Several people have been found unconscious at their terminals. It is thought that it was due to a lack of sleep or of simply migraines from staring at the screen too long. Camera footage reveals that many of them were playing games instead of working and their pay has been docked accordingly."} round_time = 60 * 90 lotus_tree explosions channel_name = "Tau Ceti Daily" author = "Reporter Leland H. Howards" message = {"The newly-christened civillian transport Lotus Tree suffered two very large explosions near the bridge today, and there are unconfirmed reports that the death toll has passed 50. The cause of the explosions remain unknown, but there is speculation that it might have something to do with the recent change of regulation in the Moore-Lee Corporation, a major funder of the ship, when M-L announced that they were officially acknowledging inter-species marriage and providing couples with marriage tax-benefits."} round_time = 60 * 30 food_riots breaking_news channel_name = "Tau Ceti Daily" author = "Reporter Ro'kii Ar-Raqis" message = {"Breaking news: Food riots have broken out throughout the Refuge asteroid colony in the Tenebrae Lupus system. This comes only hours after NanoTrasen officials announced they will no longer trade with the colony, citing the increased presence of \"hostile factions\" on the colony has made trade too dangerous to continue. NanoTrasen officials have not given any details about said factions. More on that at the top of the hour."} round_time = 60 * 10 more channel_name = "Tau Ceti Daily" author = "Reporter Ro'kii Ar-Raqis" message = {"More on the Refuge food riots: The Refuge Council has condemned NanoTrasen's withdrawal from the colony, claiming \"there has been no increase in anti-NanoTrasen activity\", and \"\[the only] reason NanoTrasen withdrew was because the \[Tenebrae Lupus] system's Plasma deposits have been completely mined out. We have little to trade with them now\". NanoTrasen officials have denied these allegations, calling them \"further proof\" of the colony's anti-NanoTrasen stance. Meanwhile, Refuge Security has been unable to quell the riots. More on this at 6."} round_time = 60 * 60 var/global/list/newscaster_standard_feeds = list(/datum/news_announcement/bluespace_research, /datum/news_announcement/lotus_tree, /datum/news_announcement/random_junk, /datum/news_announcement/food_riots) proc/process_newscaster() check_for_newscaster_updates(ticker.mode.newscaster_announcements) var/global/tmp/announced_news_types = list() proc/check_for_newscaster_updates(type) for(var/subtype in typesof(type)-type) var/datum/news_announcement/news = new subtype() if(news.round_time * 10 <= world.time && !(subtype in announced_news_types)) announced_news_types += subtype announce_newscaster_news(news) proc/announce_newscaster_news(datum/news_announcement/news) var/datum/feed_message/newMsg = new /datum/feed_message newMsg.author = news.author newMsg.is_admin_message = !news.can_be_redacted newMsg.body = news.message var/datum/feed_channel/sendto for(var/datum/feed_channel/FC in news_network.network_channels) if(FC.channel_name == news.channel_name) sendto = FC break if(!sendto) sendto = new /datum/feed_channel sendto.channel_name = news.channel_name sendto.author = news.author sendto.locked = 1 sendto.is_admin_channel = 1 news_network.network_channels += sendto sendto.messages += newMsg for(var/obj/machinery/newscaster/NEWSCASTER in allCasters) NEWSCASTER.newsAlert(news.channel_name)