diff --git a/code/modules/lore_codex/lore_data_vr/history.dm b/code/modules/lore_codex/lore_data_vr/history.dm new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a17ab46b2ee --- /dev/null +++ b/code/modules/lore_codex/lore_data_vr/history.dm @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +/datum/lore/codex/category/history + name = "Human History" + data = "The author of this guide wishes to offer their gratitude to NanoTrasen historian, Emir Bodoroczki for his assistance in condensing humanity’s history!" + children = list( + /datum/lore/codex/page/commonwealthbirth, + /datum/lore/codex/page/eagerhumanity, + /datum/lore/codex/page/hegemonywar, + /datum/lore/codex/page/secondawakening + ) + +/datum/lore/codex/page/commonwealthbirth/add_content() + name = "The Birth of the Commonwealth" + keywords += list("Sol History","Birth of Commonwealth") + data = "In the mid 21st century, the Alden-Sarasprova particle was discovered by the precursor states of the Sol-Proycon Commonwealth. \ + The European Union and the Moscow-Delhi-Islamabad pact initiated a joint space program to lay the first bricks of our great successes as a nation.\ +

\ + Unfortunately, bluespace travel was beyond our reach - phoron had still been a mystery, its fruits denied to us.\ + But we were industrious, and began to colonise the gem of Humanity, Sol.\ +

\ + However, even without our stutter drives - we spread. With the aid of genetic engineering, we conquered space.\ + Despite wars, despite traitors upon Mars who fled to their holdouts in the Ares Confederacy once the speed of light\ + no longer tethered us - we thrived. By providence, our efforts were rewarded: phoron.\ + Out in the Oort cloud, beyond our reach if not for our forefather’s ambition despite their scarce resources and primitive technology\ + - phoron awaited us." + +/datum/lore/codex/page/eagerhumanity/add_content() + name = "An Eager Humanity" + keywords += list("Golden Age") + data = "Come the twenty second century, we spread past our blue jewel. Once a mathematical curiosity penned by Lara Alden, \ + then a confirmed fact by Dmitri Saraspova, and finally - an attainable commodity - we overcame the universal speed limit. \ + Phoron, laden with bluespace catalysts, had made our dreams reality.\ +

\ + Cygnus, Procyon, Proxima Centauri and many, many more worlds our ancestors had once dreamed of, \ + and that which had now become little more than a fact of life - had human boots kick up their dust.\ + We have made first contact - the Skrell. An enigmatic species - but friendly.\ + Unfortunately, with their technology came discord - their alien ways of life \ + infecting our impressionable youth out on the frontiers, far from the wisdom of the core.\ +

\ + As wars peppered our history, as have they became a fact of life once more\ + - rebellious, traitorous movements. World rejecting, foolishly, the yet-infant Commonwealth’s protection.\ + As expected - most failed to maintain their “self-realisation” - and made amends for their prodigal ways.\ +

\ + All, but those of the Elysian Colonies. Too far from the core, and the core itself was too tumultuous \ + - they broke away. One needs but look at worlds like Infernum \ + or the mutt-world of New Eden to realise this was not a victory. \ + Earth soon united under one banner, an inspiration to all of humanity.\ + A scarcity of resources necessitates unity. And that unity will bring luxury, rebirth \ + - one needs only wonder at the natural beauty of our home, the horrors of climate crises \ + but a distant memory. One needs only look at Mars, and behold its miracle despite Aresian sabotage.\ +

\ + The Commonwealth was now born, proper and true. \ + It was a prosperous age - with eager trade with our vulpkanin, skrell and tajaran friends." + +/datum/lore/codex/page/hegemonywar/add_content() + name = "The Hegemony War" + keywords += list("Hegemony War") + data = "Unfortunately, not all aliens were eager to trade. Especially not the treacherous Unathi.\ + Violating all that is just and fair, they conspired to weaken us in what are now the Salthan Fyrds\ + by sending forth the Rapala. It is commendable how cunning they were - exploiting our mythologies, beliefs and similarities.\ +

\ + We traded, we aided each other. We offered fair compensation for their guidance.\ + Then - the Unathi came, when we were most vulnerable and demanded the unthinkable\ + - to surrender our Liberty, our Independence, our Individuality and Equality and become\ + naught but another cog within their brutish protectorate.\ +

\ + Naturally, we rejected their demands.\ +

\ + Our war was costly - too costly, perhaps - but we persevered as Humanity is wont to do. \ + Forty years of suffering destroyed much of what we had achieved.\ + But in that forty years did our megacorporations step forth, offering aid where governments faltered.\ + Where public science’s glacial pace would have cost us lives, forever lost - NanoTrasen’s medical research cheated death!\ + Where Senate-governed mining operations would have wasted precious phoron to corruption \ + - NanoTrasen stepped up and delivered twice what our armies needed! \ +

\ + Peace soon came - albeit, we had to give up the Fyrds to avoid further loss of life and profit.\ + Something the short-sighted colonists refused to comply with.\ + Perhaps - exposure to the treacherous ways of the Hegemony sullied their sense \ + of honour as well - yet further proof of the dangers distance to \ + elderly guidance can bring to young worlds. \ + Although almost a century had passed since peace was signed, \ + the break-away Fyrders still seek to threaten trade." + + +/datum/lore/codex/page/secondawakening/add_content() + name = "A Second Awakening" + keywords += list("Current Era") + data = "It is a shame that Unathi could not see the value of free market exchanges. \ + Not long after the war, such activities revitalised our economy. With this trade came technology.\ + And with this technology - came you, my dear reader.\ +

\ + Previously denied to us due to the astrogeographical hazards of the Core,\ + the Coreward Periphery brought humanity many fresh worlds with untapped wells\ + of purple gold. Whether alien, nomad - whether a Confederate who has seen the light \ + - NanoTrasen welcomes you in the Virgo-Erigone system." diff --git a/code/modules/lore_codex/lore_data_vr/main.dm b/code/modules/lore_codex/lore_data_vr/main.dm index 21de0af146e..0a766b9ed0c 100644 --- a/code/modules/lore_codex/lore_data_vr/main.dm +++ b/code/modules/lore_codex/lore_data_vr/main.dm @@ -4,10 +4,11 @@

\ The many star systems inhabitied by humanity and friends can seem bewildering to the uninitiated. \ This guide seeks to provide valuable information to anyone new in the system. This edition is tailored for visitors to the Virgo-Erigone system, \ - however it also contains useful general information about human space, such as locations you may hear about, the current (as of 2562) political climate, various aliens you \ + however it also contains useful general information about human space, such as locations you may hear about, the current (as of 2322) political climate, various aliens you \ may meet in your travels, the big Trans-Stellars, and more." children = list( /datum/lore/codex/category/important_locations, + /datum/lore/codex/category/history, /datum/lore/codex/category/species, /datum/lore/codex/category/auto_org/tsc, /datum/lore/codex/category/auto_org/other, @@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ to an immigrant from another system, or even from outside human space, and anyone inbetween. The publisher wishes to note that any opinions expressed \ in this text does not reflect the opinions of the publisher, and are instead the author's.\

\ - Eshi Tache has also written other The Traveler's Guide books, including Sol Edition, Tau Ceti Edition, Alpha Centauri Edition, Vir Edition, and more, \ + Eshi Tache has also written other The Traveler's Guide books, including Sol Edition, Tau Ceti Edition, Alpha Centauri Edition, Virgo-Erigone Edition, and more, \ which you can find in your local book store, library, or e-reader device. \

\ ((Please note - this is an IC book. Lore inside may exhibit biases differing from reality. Furthermore, it may be outdated in parts. Please consult the VOREStation Wiki \ diff --git a/code/modules/lore_codex/lore_data_vr/species.dm b/code/modules/lore_codex/lore_data_vr/species.dm index 4c68e37983f..35ac7301fe0 100644 --- a/code/modules/lore_codex/lore_data_vr/species.dm +++ b/code/modules/lore_codex/lore_data_vr/species.dm @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ /datum/lore/codex/category/species name = "Species" - data = "There are many different types of lifeforms (both alive and artificial) in the galaxy, which you may find inside Vir." + data = "There are many different types of lifeforms (both alive and artificial) in the galaxy, which you may find inside the Virgo-Erigone system." children = list( /datum/lore/codex/page/human, /datum/lore/codex/page/akula, @@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ name = "Positronics" keywords += list("Positronic", "Posi", "Posibrain", "Posibrains") data = "A Positronic being, is an individual with a positronic brain, manufactured \ - and fostered amongst organic life. Positronic brains enjoy the same legal status as a human in [quick_link("SolGov")] space, although discrimination is \ + and fostered amongst organic life. Positronic brains enjoy the same legal status as a human in Sol-Procyon Commonwealth space, although discrimination is \ still prevalent, and are considered sapient on all accounts. They can be considered a \"synthetic species\". Half-developed and \ - half-discovered in the 2280’s by a human black lab studying alien artifacts, the first positronic brain was an inch-wide cube \ + half-discovered in the 2280's by a human black lab studying alien artifacts, the first positronic brain was an inch-wide cube \ of an palladium-iridium alloy, nano-etched with billions upon billions of conduits and connections. Upon activation, \ hard-booted with an emitter laser, the brain issued a single sentence before the neural pathways collapsed and \ it became an inert lump of platinum: \"What is my purpose?\"." @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ /datum/lore/codex/page/cyborg/add_content() - name = "cyborgs" + name = "Cyborgs" keywords += list("MMI", "Cyborg") data = "A somewhat outdated form of synthetic life, powered by the brain of a sapient within a man-machine interface. \ Originally made in an effort to alleviate the drawbacks of drone intelligences - that is - their reprogrammability, \ diff --git a/vorestation.dme b/vorestation.dme index d2e071e791a..c10562bbe9f 100644 --- a/vorestation.dme +++ b/vorestation.dme @@ -2564,6 +2564,7 @@ #include "code\modules\lore_codex\codex.dm" #include "code\modules\lore_codex\codex_tree.dm" #include "code\modules\lore_codex\pages.dm" +#include "code\modules\lore_codex\lore_data_vr\history.dm" #include "code\modules\lore_codex\lore_data_vr\important_locations.dm" #include "code\modules\lore_codex\lore_data_vr\main.dm" #include "code\modules\lore_codex\lore_data_vr\orgs.dm"