/* * Empire - A multi-player, client/server Internet based war game. * Copyright (C) 1986-2005, Dave Pare, Jeff Bailey, Thomas Ruschak, * Ken Stevens, Steve McClure * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * * --- * * See the "LEGAL", "LICENSE", "CREDITS" and "README" files for all the * related information and legal notices. It is expected that any future * projects/authors will amend these files as needed. * * --- * * news.c: News item characteristics * * Known contributors to this file: * */ /* * News item characteristics; one entry (and two different * strings) per news item. Be sure and increase N_MAX_VERB * in news.h if you add a news item. * * Order must correspond to ordering in news.h */ #include "misc.h" #include "news.h" char *page_headings[N_MAX_PAGE + 1] = { /* not used */ "Comics", /* N_FOR */ "Foreign Affairs", /* N_FRONT */ "The Front Line", /* N_SEA */ "The High Seas", /* N_SKY */ "Sky Watch", /* N_MISS */ "Guidance Systems", /* N_ARTY */ "Firestorms", /* N_ECON */ "Business & Economics", /* N_COLONY */ "The Frontier", /* N_HOME */ "The Home Front", /* N_SPY */ "Espionage", /* N_TELE */ "Telecommunications" }; struct rptstr rpt[N_MAX_VERB + 1] = { /* nice page text */ { 0, 0, { "does nothing in particular to %s", /* 0*/ "does nothing to %s" } }, { -4, N_FRONT, { "infantry capture %s territory", /* 1*/ "shock troops overrun one of %s's sectors" } }, { -4, N_FRONT, { "infantry beaten back by %s troops", /* 2*/ "shock troops annihilated in failed attack on %s" } }, { -1, N_SPY, { "spy shot by %s firing squad", /* 3*/ "spy captured and shot by %s" } }, { 1, N_TELE, { "sends a telegram to %s", /* 4*/ "telexes %s" } }, { 3, N_FOR, { "diplomats sign a treaty with %s", /* 5*/ "ambassador agrees to a treaty with %s" } }, { 2, N_ECON, { "bankers make a loan to %s", /* 6*/ "Ministry of Finance lends money to %s" } }, { 1, N_ECON, { "repays a loan from %s", /* 7*/ "makes last payment on loan from %s" } }, { 0, N_ECON, { "makes a sale to %s", /* 8*/ "sells goods to %s" } }, { -1, N_SKY, { "violates %s airspace", /* 9*/ "overflies %s territory" } }, { -2, N_ARTY, { "gunners bombard %s territory", /* 10*/ "artillery fires on %s sectors" } }, { -2, N_SEA, { "shells a ship owned by %s", /* 11*/ "fires on %s ships" } }, { 0, N_FRONT, { "takes over unoccupied land", /* 12*/ "attacks unowned land for some reason" } }, { 0, N_SEA, { "ships torpedoed by enemy wolf-packs", /* 13*/ "ships torpedoed by marauding U-boats" } }, { 0, N_ARTY, { "gunners fire on %s in self-defense", /* 14*/ "gunners decimate %s aggressors" } }, { 0, N_FOR, { "breaks sanctuary", /* 15*/ "no longer has a sanctuary" } }, { -2, N_SKY, { "planes divebomb one of %s's sectors", /* 16*/ "bombers wreak havoc on %s" } }, { -2, N_SEA, { "divebombs a ship flying the flag of %s", /* 17*/ "airforce bombs %s ships" } }, { -2, N_SEA, { "seadogs board one of %s's ships", /* 18*/ "pirates board %s ship" } }, { -3, N_SEA, { "is repelled by %s while attempting to board a ship", /* 19*/ "pirates prove inept at boarding %s's ships" } }, { -1, N_SKY, { "anti-aircraft gunners fire on %s airforce", /* 20*/ "attempts to shoot down %s aircraft" } }, { -2, N_ECON, { "seizes a sector from %s to collect on a loan", /* 21*/ "collects one of %s's sectors in repayment of a loan" } }, { -1, N_FOR, { "considers an action which would violate a treaty with %s", /* 22*/ "decides not to violate treaty with %s (yet)" } }, { -4, N_FOR, { "violates a treaty with %s", /* 23*/ "actions violate treaty with %s" } }, { 0, N_FOR, { "dissolves its government", /* 24*/ "throws in the towel" } }, { 0, N_SEA, { "ship hits a mine", /* 25*/ "ship severely damaged in mine field" } }, { 5, N_FOR, { "announces an alliance with %s", /* 26*/ "/ %s alliance declared" } }, { 0, N_FOR, { "declares their neutrality toward %s", /* no longer used */ /* 27*/ "announces neutral relations with %s" } }, { -5, N_FOR, { "declares TOTAL WAR on %s", /* 28*/ "gets serious with %s and declares WAR" } }, { 0, N_FOR, { "diplomats disavow former alliance with %s", /* 29*/ "is no longer allied with %s" } }, { 5, N_FOR, { "is no longer at war with %s", /* 30*/ "Foreign Ministry declares \"No more war with %s\"" } }, { 0, N_HOME, { "reports outbreak of the black plague", /* 31*/ "sector infected with bubonic plague" } }, { 0, N_HOME, { "citizens die from bubonic plague", /* 32*/ "sector reports plague deaths" } }, { 0, N_FOR, { "goes through a name change", /* 33*/ "adopts a new country name" } }, { 0, N_HOME, { "citizens starve in disastrous famine", /* 34*/ "loses citizens to mass starvation" } }, { 0, N_HOME, { "endures lawless rioting", /* 35*/ "suffers from outbreaks of rioting" } }, { -3, N_SKY, { "pilots down %s planes", /* 36*/ "victorious in air-to-air combat against %s" } }, { -10,N_MISS, { "nuclear device devastates %s sector", /* 37*/ "explodes a nuclear device damaging %s territory" } }, { 0, N_HOME, { "terrorists shoot it out with %s special forces", /* 38*/ "underground rises up against %s occupation" } }, { -2, N_HOME, { "execution squads gun down helpless %s civilians", /* 39*/ "firing squads massacre defenseless %s workers" } }, { 0, N_MISS, { "launches a satellite into orbit", /* 40*/ "continues its conquest of space with a successful launch" } }, { -8, N_MISS, { "strikes a %s big bird", /* 41*/ "rockets damage a %s satellite" } }, { 4, N_ECON, { "makes a contribution to %s", /* 42*/ "helps out %s" } }, { 2, N_HOME, { "aids %s with divine intervention", /* 43*/ "smiles upon %s" } }, { -3, N_HOME, { "hurts %s with divine intervention", /* 44*/ "frowns upon %s" } }, { -4, N_ECON, { "sacrifices to %s", /* 45*/ "makes divine payment to %s" } }, { -10,N_MISS, { "abms intercept a %s missile", /* 46*/ "strategic defense systems destroy a %s missile" } }, { -2, N_MISS, { "missile fired at one of %s's sectors", /* 47*/ "missile wreaks havoc on %s" } }, { -2, N_MISS, { "missile fired at a ship flying the flag of %s", /* 48*/ "missiles hit %s ships" } }, { 2, N_ECON, { "engages in friendly trade with %s", /* 49*/ "profits from a merchant venture with %s" } }, { 0, N_ECON, { "pirates dispose of %s booty in trade", /* 50*/ "buccaneers sell their %s goods" } }, { 0, N_ECON, { "pirates keep their %s booty", /* 51*/ "buccaneers laugh and bury their %s goods" } }, { 0, N_SEA, { "ships torpedoed by %s torpedo-boats", /* 52*/ "ships sunk by marauding %s torpedo-boats" } }, { 0, N_SEA, { "planes bomb a skulking %s submarine", /* 53*/ "planes drop depth-charges on a %s sub" } }, { -2, N_SEA, { "ship is blown up in a failed assault on %s", /* 54*/ "has a ship destroyed while assaulting %s" } }, { -2, N_SKY, { "divebombs a brave %s unit", /* 55*/ "airforce bombs %s units" } }, { 0, N_FRONT, { "troops run afoul of a landmine", /* 56*/ "troops severely damaged in mine field" } }, { -2, N_ARTY, { "fortress gunners support troops attacking %s", /* 57*/ "fortress artillery massacres %s defenders" } }, { -2, N_ARTY, { "gunners support troops attacking %s", /* 58*/ "artillery battery massacres %s defenders" } }, { -2, N_ARTY, { "naval gunners support troops attacking %s", /* 59*/ "naval gunfire massacres %s defenders" } }, {-10, N_FOR, { "sacks %s capital", /* 60*/ "captures and pillages %s's capital" } }, { 3, N_FOR, { "announces friendly trade relations with %s", /* 61*/ "upgrades %s's trade status to triple-A" } }, { 0, N_FOR, { "downgrades relations with %s to friendly", /* 62*/ "cools relations with %s to friendly" } }, { 2, N_FOR, { "upgrades relations with %s to neutral", /* 63*/ "Foreign Ministry declares \"%s is A-OK.\"" } }, { 0, N_FOR, { "downgrades relations with %s to neutral", /* 64*/ "gives the cold shoulder to %s and declares neutral relations" } }, { 3, N_FOR, { "upgrades relations with %s to hostile", /* 65*/ "forgives %s of past war crimes but remains hostile" } }, {-3, N_FOR, { "downgrades relations with %s to hostile", /* 66*/ "is suspicious that %s has hostile intentions" } }, { 0, N_MISS, { "sector is struck by a sub-launched missile", /* 67*/ "sector devastated by missile" } }, { 0, N_MISS, { "ship is hit by a sub-launched missile", /* 68*/ "ship damaged by marine missile" } }, { 0, N_COLONY,{ "pilgrims settle on a new island", /* 69*/ "discovers new land and starts a colony" } }, { 0, N_MISS, { "abms intercept an incoming sub-launched missile", /* 70*/ "strategic defense systems destroy an incoming sub-launched warhead"}}, {-2, N_MISS, { "missile fired at %s ground troops", /* 71*/ "missile hits %s troops" } }, { 0, N_MISS, { "regiment struck by sub-launched missile", /* 72*/ "ground troops hit by missile" } }, { -4, N_FRONT, { "navy secures a beachhead on %s territory", /* 73*/ "sailors take a coastal sector from %s" } }, { -4, N_FRONT, { "paratroopers comandeer a sector from %s", /* 74*/ "air force parachutists overwhelm a %s sector" } }, { 0, N_COLONY,{ "parachutists grab unoccupied land", /* 75*/ "paratroopers break new ground" } }, {-4, N_FRONT, { "sailors repelled by %s coast-guard", /* 76*/ "naval forces massacred in failed assault of %s" } }, {-4, N_FRONT, { "paratroopers destroyed in failed air-assault on %s", /* 77*/ "loses parachutists in failed air-assault of %s" } }, { 0, N_ECON, { "is forced into debt to %s by bad management", /* 78*/ "shows bad financial planning" } }, { 0, N_ECON, { "has its credit rating downgraded to unworthy status", /* 79*/ "is denied credit by %s due to lack of collatoral" } }, { 0, N_ECON, { "is unable to fulfill its financial obligations to %s", /* 80*/ "welches on a deal with %s" } }, { -3, N_FRONT, { "is repelled by %s while attempting to board a land unit", /* 81*/ "forces prove inept at boarding %s's land unit" } }, { -2, N_FRONT, { "mercenaries board one of %s's land units", /* 82*/ "elite forces board %s land unit" } } };