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* adds an e-reader full of news to the loadout * Political Almanac -> Pocket Newscaster * news update
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/datum/lore/codex/category/main_news // The top-level categories for the news thing
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name = "Index"
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data = "Below you'll find a list of articles relevant to the current (as of 2562) political climate, especially concerning the Almach Rim \
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region. Each is labled by date of publication and title. This list is self-updating, and from time to time the publisher will push new \
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articles. You are encouraged to check back frequently."
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children = list(
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/datum/lore/codex/page/article1,
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/datum/lore/codex/page/article2,
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/datum/lore/codex/page/about_news,
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)
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/datum/lore/codex/page/about_news
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name = "About the Publisher"
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data = "The <i>Daedalus Pocket Newscaster</i> is produced and maintained by Occulum Broadcast, the foremost authority on media distribution \
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and owner-operator of the award-winning Daedalus Dispatch newsletter. We use our unparalleled network of freelance reporters, political scientists, \
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and other experts to deliver hour-by-hour analysis of a complex interstellar political climate, an analysis which you now hold in your hands. For more \
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information, feel free to visit our homepage at oc.about.tsc, or the sites of any of our constituents."
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/datum/lore/codex/page/article1
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name = "08/30/61-- VGA Legalizes Prometheans; Nanotrasen Begins Manufacture and Testing"
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data = "Today's meeting of the Vir Bicameral led to the passing of the Wynther-Helsey Bill, an implementation of the legal framework \
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used in Aetolus to handle the production and cultivation of the Macrolimbus species dubbed \"Prometheans\". These ill-researched organisms \
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possess cognitive abilities easily equaling those of A-class drones, but so far have not been included under the EIO's list of dangerous \
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intelligences and are thus much more profitable for manufacture as expert systems by corporations such as NanoTrasen.\
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<br></br>\
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While many systems in the Almach Rim have already passed similar bills, this is the first system so close to Sol to have done so. More\
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concerning still is NanoTrasen's business practice regarding the intelligences: much like their positronic lines, sources within the\
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company indicate that they will be \"farmed out\" to employees of the corporation and residents of their Northern Star and Cynosure\
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habitation complexes. Quote our source, who wishes to remain anonymous, \"\[we\] call the program 'Lend-Lease', sometimes. The whole idea\
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is that we only have to pay the\ cost of the Promethean core, which is about 2000-3000 thalers after startup costs, and we still get\
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the data we need while \[our\] own employees pay to feed 'em and put hours into raising them.\"\
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<br></br>\
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The bill passed fairly quietly this afternoon, owing to the closed nature of the Bicamarial. A post-facto Occulum poll of voting-age\
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VGA citizens suggest that fully 80% of them did not even know what a Promethean was prior to the most recent general election. A\
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follow-up poll indicates that an appreciable number of Sivians do not support the framework's current implementation."
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/datum/lore/codex/page/article2
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name = "2/3/62-- Corporate Coup on Aetolus"
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data = "A recent incident aboard the NRS Prometheus issued in a major change in the leadership of the Promethean homeworld. During \
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a late-night meeting of the Nanotrasen Board of Trustees, several high-ranking personnel, including Head of Research Naomi Harper,\
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announced their intention to assume direct control of Nanotrasen facilities in the system. It is known that several dissenting \
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members of the board were shot to death by Promethean test subjects. Our information comes from a survivor of the coup, who for \
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reasons of security has chosen to remain annonymous. All outbound shipments affiliated with Nanotrasen have ceased.\
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<br><br>\
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While neither Grayson Manufacturies nor Nanotrasen have made an official statement, Nanotrasen CEO Albary Moravec has called the \
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incident \"shocking, if the allegations are to be believed\" and has assured shareholders that Nanotrasen will respond to the \
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incident with as much force as it warrents.<br><br>Requests for a statement directed to the Board of Trustees or Dr. Harper were \
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not responded to. Free Traders are recommended to stay clear of the region until the situation resolves itself."
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