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28 * news.c: News item characteristics
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34 * News item characteristics; one entry (and two different
35 * strings) per news item. Be sure and increase N_MAX_VERB
36 * in news.h if you add a news item.
38 * Order must correspond to ordering in news.h
44 s_char *page_headings[N_MAX_PAGE + 1] = {
45 /* not used */ "Comics",
46 /* N_FOR */ "Foreign Affairs",
47 /* N_FRONT */ "The Front Line",
48 /* N_SEA */ "The High Seas",
49 /* N_SKY */ "Sky Watch",
50 /* N_MISS */ "Guidance Systems",
51 /* N_ARTY */ "Firestorms",
52 /* N_ECON */ "Business & Economics",
53 /* N_COLONY */ "The Frontier",
54 /* N_HOME */ "The Home Front",
55 /* N_SPY */ "Espionage",
56 /* N_TELE */ "Telecommunications"
59 struct rptstr rpt[N_MAX_VERB + 1] = {
61 */ {0, 0, {"does nothing in particular to %s",
62 /* 0*/ "does nothing to %s"}},
63 {-4, N_FRONT, {"infantry capture %s territory",
64 /* 1*/ "shock troops overrun one of %s's sectors"}},
65 {-4, N_FRONT, {"infantry beaten back by %s troops",
67 "shock troops annihilated in failed attack on %s"}},
68 {-1, N_SPY, {"spy shot by %s firing squad",
69 /* 3*/ "spy captured and shot by %s"}},
70 {1, N_TELE, {"sends a telegram to %s",
71 /* 4*/ "telexes %s"}},
72 {3, N_FOR, {"diplomats sign a treaty with %s",
73 /* 5*/ "ambassador agrees to a treaty with %s"}},
74 {2, N_ECON, {"bankers make a loan to %s",
75 /* 6*/ "Ministry of Finance lends money to %s"}},
76 {1, N_ECON, {"repays a loan from %s",
77 /* 7*/ "makes last payment on loan from %s"}},
78 {0, N_ECON, {"makes a sale to %s",
79 /* 8*/ "sells goods to %s"}},
80 {-1, N_SKY, {"violates %s airspace",
81 /* 9*/ "overflies %s territory"}},
82 {-2, N_ARTY, {"gunners bombard %s territory",
83 /* 10*/ "artillery fires on %s sectors"}},
84 {-2, N_SEA, {"shells a ship owned by %s",
85 /* 11*/ "fires on %s ships"}},
86 {0, N_FRONT, {"takes over unoccupied land",
87 /* 12*/ "attacks unowned land for some reason"}},
88 {0, N_SEA, {"ships torpedoed by enemy wolf-packs",
89 /* 13*/ "ships torpedoed by marauding U-boats"}},
90 {0, N_ARTY, {"gunners fire on %s in self-defense",
91 /* 14*/ "gunners decimate %s aggressors"}},
92 {0, N_FOR, {"breaks sanctuary",
93 /* 15*/ "no longer has a sanctuary"}},
94 {-2, N_SKY, {"planes divebomb one of %s's sectors",
95 /* 16*/ "bombers wreak havoc on %s"}},
96 {-2, N_SEA, {"divebombs a ship flying the flag of %s",
97 /* 17*/ "airforce bombs %s ships"}},
98 {-2, N_SEA, {"seadogs board one of %s's ships",
99 /* 18*/ "pirates board %s ship"}},
100 {-3, N_SEA, {"is repelled by %s while attempting to board a ship",
101 /* 19*/ "pirates prove inept at boarding %s's ships"}},
102 {-1, N_SKY, {"anti-aircraft gunners fire on %s airforce",
103 /* 20*/ "attempts to shoot down %s aircraft"}},
104 {-2, N_ECON, {"seizes a sector from %s to collect on a loan",
106 "collects one of %s's sectors in repayment of a loan"}},
108 {"considers an action which would violate a treaty with %s",
109 /* 22*/ "decides not to violate treaty with %s (yet)"}},
110 {-4, N_FOR, {"violates a treaty with %s",
111 /* 23*/ "actions violate treaty with %s"}},
112 {0, N_FOR, {"dissolves its government",
113 /* 24*/ "throws in the towel"}},
114 {0, N_SEA, {"ship hits a mine",
115 /* 25*/ "ship severely damaged in mine field"}},
116 {5, N_FOR, {"announces an alliance with %s",
117 /* 26*/ "/ %s alliance declared"}},
118 {0, N_FOR, {"declares their neutrality toward %s", /* no longer used */
119 /* 27*/ "announces neutral relations with %s"}},
120 {-5, N_FOR, {"declares TOTAL WAR on %s",
121 /* 28*/ "gets serious with %s and declares WAR"}},
122 {0, N_FOR, {"diplomats disavow former alliance with %s",
123 /* 29*/ "is no longer allied with %s"}},
124 {5, N_FOR, {"is no longer at war with %s",
126 "Foreign Ministry declares \"No more war with %s\""}},
127 {0, N_HOME, {"reports outbreak of the black plague",
128 /* 31*/ "sector infected with bubonic plague"}},
129 {0, N_HOME, {"citizens die from bubonic plague",
130 /* 32*/ "sector reports plague deaths"}},
131 {0, N_FOR, {"goes through a name change",
132 /* 33*/ "adopts a new country name"}},
133 {0, N_HOME, {"citizens starve in disastrous famine",
134 /* 34*/ "loses citizens to mass starvation"}},
135 {0, N_HOME, {"endures lawless rioting",
136 /* 35*/ "suffers from outbreaks of rioting"}},
137 {-3, N_SKY, {"pilots down %s planes",
138 /* 36*/ "victorious in air-to-air combat against %s"}},
139 {-10, N_MISS, {"nuclear device devastates %s sector",
141 "explodes a nuclear device damaging %s territory"}},
142 {0, N_HOME, {"terrorists shoot it out with %s special forces",
143 /* 38*/ "underground rises up against %s occupation"}},
144 {-2, N_HOME, {"execution squads gun down helpless %s civilians",
146 "firing squads massacre defenseless %s workers"}},
147 {0, N_MISS, {"launches a satellite into orbit",
149 "continues its conquest of space with a successful launch"}},
150 {-8, N_MISS, {"strikes a %s big bird",
151 /* 41*/ "rockets damage a %s satellite"}},
152 {4, N_ECON, {"makes a contribution to %s",
153 /* 42*/ "helps out %s"}},
154 {2, N_HOME, {"aids %s with divine intervention",
155 /* 43*/ "smiles upon %s"}},
156 {-3, N_HOME, {"hurts %s with divine intervention",
157 /* 44*/ "frowns upon %s"}},
158 {-4, N_ECON, {"sacrifices to %s",
159 /* 45*/ "makes divine payment to %s"}},
160 {-10, N_MISS, {"abms intercept a %s missile",
162 "strategic defense systems destroy a %s missile"}},
163 {-2, N_MISS, {"missile fired at one of %s's sectors",
164 /* 47*/ "missile wreaks havoc on %s"}},
165 {-2, N_MISS, {"missile fired at a ship flying the flag of %s",
166 /* 48*/ "missiles hit %s ships"}},
167 {2, N_ECON, {"engages in friendly trade with %s",
168 /* 49*/ "profits from a merchant venture with %s"}},
169 {0, N_ECON, {"pirates dispose of %s booty in trade",
170 /* 50*/ "buccaneers sell their %s goods"}},
171 {0, N_ECON, {"pirates keep their %s booty",
172 /* 51*/ "buccaneers laugh and bury their %s goods"}},
173 {0, N_SEA, {"ships torpedoed by %s torpedo-boats",
174 /* 52*/ "ships sunk by marauding %s torpedo-boats"}},
175 {0, N_SEA, {"planes bomb a skulking %s submarine",
176 /* 53*/ "planes drop depth-charges on a %s sub"}},
177 {-2, N_SEA, {"ship is blown up in a failed assault on %s",
178 /* 54*/ "has a ship destroyed while assaulting %s"}},
179 {-2, N_SKY, {"divebombs a brave %s unit",
180 /* 55*/ "airforce bombs %s units"}},
181 {0, N_FRONT, {"troops run afoul of a landmine",
182 /* 56*/ "troops severely damaged in mine field"}},
183 {-2, N_ARTY, {"fortress gunners support troops attacking %s",
184 /* 57*/ "fortress artillery massacres %s defenders"}},
185 {-2, N_ARTY, {"gunners support troops attacking %s",
186 /* 58*/ "artillery battery massacres %s defenders"}},
187 {-2, N_ARTY, {"naval gunners support troops attacking %s",
188 /* 59*/ "naval gunfire massacres %s defenders"}},
189 {-10, N_FOR, {"sacks %s capital",
190 /* 60*/ "captures and pillages %s's capital"}},
191 {3, N_FOR, {"announces friendly trade relations with %s",
192 /* 61*/ "upgrades %s's trade status to triple-A"}},
193 {0, N_FOR, {"downgrades relations with %s to friendly",
194 /* 62*/ "cools relations with %s to friendly"}},
195 {2, N_FOR, {"upgrades relations with %s to neutral",
196 /* 63*/ "Foreign Ministry declares \"%s is A-OK.\""}},
197 {0, N_FOR, {"downgrades relations with %s to neutral",
199 "gives the cold shoulder to %s and declares neutral relations"}},
200 {3, N_FOR, {"upgrades relations with %s to hostile",
202 "forgives %s of past war crimes but remains hostile"}},
203 {-3, N_FOR, {"downgrades relations with %s to hostile",
204 /* 66*/ "is suspicious that %s has hostile intentions"}},
205 {0, N_MISS, {"sector is struck by a sub-launched missile",
206 /* 67*/ "sector devastated by missile"}},
207 {0, N_MISS, {"ship is hit by a sub-launched missile",
208 /* 68*/ "ship damaged by marine missile"}},
209 {0, N_COLONY, {"pilgrims settle on a new island",
210 /* 69*/ "discovers new land and starts a colony"}},
211 {0, N_MISS, {"abms intercept an incoming nuclear device",
213 "strategic defense systems destroy an incoming nuclear warhead"}},
214 {-2, N_MISS, {"missile fired at %s ground troops",
215 /* 71*/ "missile hits %s troops"}},
216 {0, N_MISS, {"regiment struck by sub-launched missile",
217 /* 72*/ "ground troops hit by missile"}},
218 {-4, N_FRONT, {"navy secures a beachhead on %s territory",
219 /* 73*/ "sailors take a coastal sector from %s"}},
220 {-4, N_FRONT, {"paratroopers comandeer a sector from %s",
222 "air force parachutists overwhelm a %s sector"}},
223 {0, N_COLONY, {"parachutists grab unoccupied land",
224 /* 75*/ "paratroopers break new ground"}},
225 {-4, N_FRONT, {"sailors repelled by %s coast-guard",
227 "naval forces massacred in failed assault of %s"}},
228 {-4, N_FRONT, {"paratroopers destroyed in failed air-assault on %s",
230 "loses parachutists in failed air-assault of %s"}},
231 {0, N_ECON, {"is forced into debt to %s by bad management",
232 /* 78*/ "shows bad financial planning"}},
233 {0, N_ECON, {"has its credit rating downgraded to unworthy status",
235 "is denied credit by %s due to lack of collatoral"}},
236 {0, N_ECON, {"is unable to fulfill its financial obligations to %s",
237 /* 80*/ "welches on a deal with %s"}},
239 {"is repelled by %s while attempting to board a land unit",
240 /* 81*/ "forces prove inept at boarding %s's land unit"}},
241 {-2, N_FRONT, {"mercenaries board one of %s's land units",
242 /* 82*/ "elite forces board %s land unit"}}
245 int nws_maxno = (sizeof(rpt) / sizeof(struct rptstr)) - 1;