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442 lines
37 KiB
TypeScript
import { CityName, FactionName, CompanyName, LiteratureName } from "@enums";
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import { Literature } from "./Literature";
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export const Literatures: Record<LiteratureName, Literature> = {
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[LiteratureName.HackersStartingHandbook]: new Literature({
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title: "The Beginner's Guide to Hacking",
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filename: LiteratureName.HackersStartingHandbook,
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text:
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"When starting out, hacking is the most profitable way to earn money and progress. This " +
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"is a brief collection of tips/pointers on how to make the most out of your hacking scripts.<br><br>" +
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"-hack() and grow() both work by percentages. hack() steals a certain percentage of the " +
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"money on a server, and grow() increases the amount of money on a server by some percentage (multiplicatively)<br><br>" +
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"-Because hack() and grow() work by percentages, they are more effective if the target server has a high amount of money. " +
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"Therefore, you should try to increase the amount of money on a server (using grow()) to a certain amount before hacking it. Two " +
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"important Netscript functions for this are getServerMoneyAvailable() and getServerMaxMoney()<br><br>" +
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"-Keep security level low. Security level affects everything when hacking. Two important Netscript functions " +
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"for this are getServerSecurityLevel() and getServerMinSecurityLevel()<br><br>" +
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"-Purchase additional servers by visiting 'Alpha Enterprises' in the city. They are relatively cheap " +
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"and give you valuable RAM to run more scripts early in the game<br><br>" +
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"-Prioritize upgrading the RAM on your home computer. This can also be done at 'Alpha Enterprises'<br><br>" +
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"-Many low level servers have free RAM. You can use this RAM to run your scripts. Use the scp Terminal or " +
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"Netscript command to copy your scripts onto these servers and then run them.",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.CorporationManagementHandbook]: new Literature({
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title: "The Complete Handbook for Creating a Successful Corporation",
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filename: LiteratureName.CorporationManagementHandbook,
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text:
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"<u>Getting Started with Corporations</u><br>" +
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"To get started, visit the City Hall in Sector-12 in order to create a Corporation. This requires $150b of your own money, " +
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"but this $150b will get put into your Corporation's funds. If you're in BitNode 3 you also have option to get seed money from " +
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"the government in exchange for 500m shares. Your Corporation can have many different divisions, each in a different Industry. " +
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"There are many different types of Industries, each with different properties. To create your first division, click the 'Expand' " +
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"(into new Industry) button at the top of the management UI. The Agriculture industry is recommended for your first division.<br><br>" +
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"The first thing you'll need to do is hire some employees. Employees can be assigned to five different positions. Each position has a " +
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"different effect on various aspects of your Corporation. It is recommended to have at least one employee at each position.<br><br>" +
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"Each industry uses some combination of Materials in order to produce other Materials and/or create Products. Specific information " +
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"about this is displayed in each of your divisions' UI.<br><br>" +
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"Products are special, industry-specific objects. They are different than Materials because you must manually choose to develop them, " +
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"and you can choose to develop any number of Products. Developing a Product takes time, but a Product typically generates significantly " +
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"more revenue than any Material. Not all industries allow you to create Products. To create a Product, look for a button in the top-left " +
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"panel of the division UI (e.g. For the Software Industry, the button says 'Develop Software').<br><br>" +
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"To get your supply chain system started, purchase the Materials that your industry needs to produce other Materials/Products. This can be " +
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"done by clicking the 'Buy' button next to the corresponding Material(s). After you have the required Materials, you will immediately start " +
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"production. The amount and quality/effective rating of Materials/Products you produce is based on a variety of factors, such as your employees " +
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"and their productivity and the quality of materials used for production.<br><br>" +
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"Once you start producing Materials/Products, you can sell them in order to start earning revenue. This can be done by clicking the 'Sell' " +
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"button next to the corresponding Material or Product. The amount of Material/Product you sell is dependent on a wide variety of different factors. " +
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"In order to produce and sell a Product you'll have to fully develop it first.<br><br>" +
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"These are the basics of getting your Corporation up and running! Now, you can start purchasing upgrades to improve your bottom line. " +
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"If you need money, consider looking for seed investors, who will give you money in exchange for stock shares. Otherwise, once you feel " +
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"you are ready, take your Corporation public! Once your Corporation goes public, you can no longer find investors. Instead, your Corporation " +
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"will be publicly traded and its stock price will change based on how well it's performing financially. In order to make money for yourself you " +
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"can set dividends for a solid reliable income or you can sell your stock shares in order to make quick money.<br><br>" +
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"<u>Tips/Pointers</u><br>" +
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"-Start with one division, such as Agriculture. Get it profitable on it's own, then expand to a division that consumes/produces " +
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"a material that the division you selected produces/consumes.<br><br>" +
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"-Materials are profitable, but Products are where the real money is, although if the product had a low development budget or is " +
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"produced with low quality materials it won't sell well.<br><br>" +
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"-The 'Smart Supply' upgrade is extremely useful. Consider purchasing it as soon as possible.<br><br>" +
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"-Purchasing Hardware, Robots, AI Cores, and Real Estate can potentially increase your production. The effects of these depend on " +
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"what industry you are in.<br><br>" +
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"-In order to optimize your production, you will need a good balance of all employee positions, about 1/9 should be interning<br><br>" +
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"-Quality of materials used for production affects the quality/effective rating of materials/products produced, so vertical integration " +
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"is important for high profits.<br><br>" +
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"-Materials purchased from the open market are always of quality 1.<br><br>" +
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"-The price at which you can sell your Materials/Products is highly affected by the quality/effective rating<br><br>" +
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"-When developing a product, different employee positions affect the development process differently, " +
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"some improve the development speed, some improve the rating of the finished product.<br><br>" +
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"-If your employees have low morale or energy, their production will greatly suffer. Having enough interns will make sure those stats get " +
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"high and stay high.<br><br>" +
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"-Don't forget to advertise your company. You won't have any business if nobody knows you.<br><br>" +
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"-Having company awareness is great, but what's really important is your company's popularity. Try to keep your popularity as high as " +
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"possible to see the biggest benefit for your sales<br><br>" +
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"-Remember, you need to spend money to make money!<br><br>" +
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"-Corporations do not reset when installing Augmentations, but they do reset when destroying a BitNode",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.HistoryOfSynthoids]: new Literature({
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title: "A Brief History of Synthoids",
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filename: LiteratureName.HistoryOfSynthoids,
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factionRumors: [FactionName.OmniTekIncorporated, FactionName.Bladeburners],
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text:
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"Synthetic androids, or Synthoids for short, are genetically engineered robots and, short of Augmentations, " +
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"are composed entirely of organic substances. For this reason, Synthoids are virtually identical to " +
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"humans in form, composition, and appearance.<br><br>" +
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`Synthoids were first designed and manufactured by ${FactionName.OmniTekIncorporated} sometime around the middle of the century. ` +
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"Their original purpose was to be used for manual labor and as emergency responders for disasters. As such, they " +
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"were initially programmed only for their specific tasks. Each iteration that followed improved upon the " +
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"intelligence and capabilities of the Synthoids. By the 6th iteration, called MK-VI, the Synthoids were " +
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`so smart and capable enough of making their own decisions that many argued ${FactionName.OmniTekIncorporated} had created the first ` +
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"sentient AI. These MK-VI Synthoids were produced in mass quantities (estimates up to 50 billion) with the hopes of increasing society's " +
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"productivity and bolstering the global economy. Stemming from humanity's desire for technological advancement, optimism " +
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"and excitement about the future had never been higher.<br><br>" +
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"All of that excitement and optimism quickly turned to fear, panic, and dread in 2070, when a terrorist group " +
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`called Ascendis Totalis hacked into ${FactionName.OmniTekIncorporated} and uploaded a rogue AI into several of their Synthoid manufacturing facilities. ` +
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`This hack went undetected and for months ${FactionName.OmniTekIncorporated} unknowingly churned out legions of Synthoids embedded with this ` +
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"rogue AI. Then, on December 24th, 2070, Omnica activated dormant protocols in the rogue AI, causing all of the " +
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"infected Synthoids to immediately launch a military campaign to seek and destroy all of humanity.<br><br>" +
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"What ensued was the deadliest conflict in human history. This crisis, now commonly known as the Synthoid Uprising, " +
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"resulted in almost ten billion deaths over the course of a year. Despite the nations of the world banding together " +
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"to combat the threat, the MK-VI Synthoids were simply stronger, faster, more intelligent, and more adaptable than humans, " +
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"outsmarting them at every turn.<br><br>" +
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`It wasn't until the sacrifice of an elite international military taskforce, called the ${FactionName.Bladeburners}, that humanity ` +
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`was finally able to defeat the Synthoids. The ${FactionName.Bladeburners}' final act was a suicide bombing mission that ` +
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"destroyed a large portion of the MK-VI Synthoids, including many of its leaders. In the following " +
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"weeks militaries from around the world were able to round up and shut down the remaining rogue MK-VI Synthoids, ending " +
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"the Synthoid Uprising.<br><br>" +
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`In the aftermath of the bloodshed, the Synthoid Accords were drawn up. These Accords banned ${FactionName.OmniTekIncorporated} ` +
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"from manufacturing any Synthoids beyond the MK-III series. They also banned any other corporation " +
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"from constructing androids with advanced, near-sentient AI. MK-VI Synthoids that did not have the rogue Ascendis Totalis " +
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"AI were allowed to continue their existence, but they were stripped of all rights and protections as they " +
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"were not considered humans. They were also banned from doing anything that may pose a global security threat, such " +
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"as working for any military/defense organization or conducting any bioengineering, computing, or robotics related research.<br><br>" +
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"Unfortunately, many believe that not all of the rogue MK-VI Synthoids from the Uprising were found and destroyed, " +
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"and that many of them are blending in as normal humans in society today. In response, many nations have created " +
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`${FactionName.Bladeburners} divisions, special military branches that are tasked with investigating and dealing with any Synthoid threats.<br><br>` +
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"To this day, tensions still exist between the remaining Synthoids and humans as a result of the Uprising.<br><br>" +
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"Nobody knows what happened to the terrorist group Ascendis Totalis.",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.AGreenTomorrow]: new Literature({
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title: "A Green Tomorrow",
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filename: LiteratureName.AGreenTomorrow,
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text:
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"Starting a few decades ago, there was a massive global movement towards the generation of renewable energy in an effort to " +
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"combat global warming and climate change. The shift towards renewable energy was a big success, or so it seemed. In 2045 " +
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"a staggering 80% of the world's energy came from non-renewable fossil fuels. Now, about three decades later, that " +
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"number is down to only 15%. Most of the world's energy now comes from nuclear power and renewable sources such as " +
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"solar and geothermal energy. Unfortunately, these efforts were not the huge success that they seem to be.<br><br>" +
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"Since 2045 primary energy use has soared almost tenfold. This was mainly due to growing urban populations and " +
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"the rise of increasingly advanced (and power-hungry) technology that has become ubiquitous in our lives. So, " +
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"despite the fact that the percentage of our energy that comes from fossil fuels has drastically decreased, " +
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"the total amount of energy we are producing from fossil fuels has actually increased.<br><br>" +
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"The grim effects of our species' irresponsible use of energy and neglect of our mother world have become increasingly apparent. " +
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"Last year a temperature of 190F was recorded in the Death Valley desert, which is over 50% higher than the highest " +
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"recorded temperature at the beginning of the century. In the last two decades numerous major cities such as Manhattan, Boston, and " +
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"Los Angeles have been partially or fully submerged by rising sea levels. In the present day, over 75% of the world's agriculture is " +
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"done in climate-controlled vertical farms, as most traditional farmland has become unusable due to severe climate conditions.<br><br>" +
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"Despite all of this, the greedy and corrupt corporations that rule the world have done nothing to address these problems that " +
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"threaten our species. And so it's up to us, the common people. Each and every one of us can make a difference by doing what " +
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"these corporations won't: taking responsibility. If we don't, pretty soon there won't be an Earth left to save. We are " +
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"the last hope for a green tomorrow.",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.AlphaOmega]: new Literature({
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title: "Alpha and Omega",
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filename: LiteratureName.AlphaOmega,
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text:
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"Then we saw a new Heaven and a new Earth, for our first Heaven and Earth had gone away, and our sea was no more. " +
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"And we saw a new holy city, new Aeria, coming down out of this new Heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. " +
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"And we heard a loud voice saying, 'Behold, the new dwelling place of the Gods. We will dwell with them, and they " +
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"will be our people, and we will be with them as their Gods. We will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death " +
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"shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things " +
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"have passed away.'<br><br>" +
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"And once we were seated on the throne we said 'Behold, I am making all things new.' " +
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"Also we said, 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.' And we said to you, " +
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"'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring " +
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"of the water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and we will be his God and " +
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"he will be our son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, " +
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"the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that " +
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"burns with fire and sulfur, for it is the second true death.'",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.SimulatedReality]: new Literature({
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title: "Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?",
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filename: LiteratureName.SimulatedReality,
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text:
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"The idea that we are living in a virtual world is not new. It's a trope that has " +
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"been explored constantly in literature and pop culture. However, it is also a legitimate " +
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"scientific hypothesis that many notable physicists and philosophers have debated for years.<br><br>" +
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"Proponents for this simulated reality theory often point to how advanced our technology has become, " +
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"as well as the incredibly fast pace at which it has advanced over the past decades. The amount of computing " +
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"power available to us has increased over 100-fold since 2060 due to the development of nanoprocessors and " +
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"quantum computers. Artificial Intelligence has advanced to the point where our entire lives are controlled " +
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"by robots and machines that handle our day-to-day activities such as autonomous transportation and scheduling. " +
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"If we consider the pace at which this technology has advanced and assume that these developments continue, it's " +
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"reasonable to assume that at some point in the future our technology would be advanced enough that " +
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"we could create simulations that are indistinguishable from reality. However, if continued technological advancement " +
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"is a reasonable outcome, then it is very likely that such a scenario has already happened. <br><br>" +
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"Statistically speaking, somewhere out there in the infinite universe there is an advanced, intelligent species " +
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"that already has such technology. Who's to say that they haven't already created such a virtual reality: our own?",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.BeyondMan]: new Literature({
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title: "Beyond Man",
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filename: LiteratureName.BeyondMan,
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text:
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"Humanity entered a 'transhuman' era a long time ago. And despite the protests and criticisms of many who cried out against " +
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"human augmentation at the time, the transhuman movement continued and prospered. Proponents of the movement ignored the critics, " +
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"arguing that it was in our inherent nature to better ourselves. To improve. To be more than we were. They claimed that " +
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"not doing so would be to go against every living organism's biological purpose: evolution and survival of the fittest.<br><br>" +
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"And here we are today, with technology that is advanced enough to augment humans to a state that " +
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"can only be described as posthuman. But what do we have to show for it when this augmentation " +
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"technology is only available to the so-called 'elite'? Are we really better off than before when only 5% of the " +
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"world's population has access to this technology? When the powerful corporations and organizations of the world " +
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"keep it all to themselves, have we really evolved?<br><br>" +
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"Augmentation technology has only further increased the divide between the rich and the poor, between the powerful and " +
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"the oppressed. We have not become 'more than human'. We have not evolved from nature's original design. We are still the greedy, " +
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"corrupted, and evil men that we always were.",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.BrighterThanTheSun]: new Literature({
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title: "Brighter than the Sun",
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filename: LiteratureName.BrighterThanTheSun,
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factionRumors: [FactionName.KuaiGongInternational, FactionName.OmniTekIncorporated],
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text:
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`When people think about the corporations that dominate the East, they typically think of ${CompanyName.KuaiGongInternational}, which ` +
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`holds a complete monopoly for manufacturing and commerce in Asia, or ${CompanyName.GlobalPharmaceuticals}, the world's largest ` +
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`drug company, or ${CompanyName.OmniTekIncorporated}, the global leader in intelligent and autonomous robots. But there's one company ` +
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"that has seen a rapid rise in the last year and is poised to dominate not only the East, but the entire world: TaiYang Digital.<br><br>" +
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"TaiYang Digital is a Chinese internet-technology corporation that provides services such as " +
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"online advertising, search engines, gaming, media, entertainment, and cloud computing/storage. Its name TaiYang comes from the Chinese word " +
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"for 'sun'. In Chinese culture, the sun is a 'yang' symbol " +
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"associated with life, heat, masculinity, and heaven.<br><br>" +
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"The company was founded " +
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"less than 5 years ago and is already the third highest valued company in all of Asia. In 2076 it generated a total revenue of " +
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"over 10 trillion yuan. Its services are used daily by over a billion people worldwide.<br><br>" +
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"TaiYang Digital's meteoric rise is extremely surprising in modern society. This sort of growth is " +
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"something you'd commonly see in the first half of the century, especially for tech companies. However in " +
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"the last two decades the number of corporations has significantly declined as the largest entities " +
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`quickly took over the economy. Corporations such as ${CompanyName.ECorp}, ${CompanyName.MegaCorp}, and ${CompanyName.KuaiGongInternational} have established ` +
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"such strong monopolies in their market sectors that they have effectively killed off all " +
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"of the smaller and new corporations that have tried to start up over the years. This is what makes " +
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"the rise of TaiYang Digital so impressive. And if TaiYang continues down this path, then they have " +
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"a bright future ahead of them.",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.DemocracyIsDead]: new Literature({
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title: "Democracy is Dead: The Fall of an Empire",
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filename: LiteratureName.DemocracyIsDead,
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text:
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"They rose from the shadows in the street.<br>From the places where the oppressed meet.<br>" +
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"Their cries echoed loudly through the air.<br>As they once did in Tiananmen Square.<br>" +
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"Loudness in the silence, Darkness in the light.<br>They came forth with power and might.<br>" +
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"Once the beacon of democracy, America was first.<br>Its pillars of society destroyed and dispersed.<br>" +
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"Soon the cries rose everywhere, with revolt and riot.<br>Until one day, finally, all was quiet.<br>" +
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"From the ashes rose a new order, corporatocracy was its name.<br>" +
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"Rome, Mongol, Byzantine, all of history is just the same.<br>" +
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"For man will never change in a fundamental way.<br>" +
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"And now democracy is dead, in the USA.",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.Sector12Crime]: new Literature({
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title: `Figures Show Rising Crime Rates in ${CityName.Sector12}`,
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filename: LiteratureName.Sector12Crime,
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factionRumors: [FactionName.TheSyndicate, FactionName.SlumSnakes],
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text:
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"A recent study by analytics company Wilson Inc. shows a significant rise " +
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`in criminal activity in ${CityName.Sector12}. Perhaps the most alarming part of the statistic ` +
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"is that most of the rise is in violent crime such as homicide and assault. According " +
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"to the study, the city saw a total of 21,406 reported homicides in 2076, which is over " +
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"a 20% increase compared to 2075.<br><br>" +
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"CIA director David Glarow says it's too early to know " +
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"whether these figures indicate the beginning of a sustained increase in crime rates, or whether " +
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"the year was just an unfortunate outlier. He states that many intelligence and law enforcement " +
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"agents have noticed an increase in organized crime activities, and believes that these figures may " +
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`be the result of an uprising from criminal organizations such as ${FactionName.TheSyndicate} or the ${FactionName.SlumSnakes}.`,
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}),
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[LiteratureName.ManAndMachine]: new Literature({
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title: "Man and the Machine",
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filename: LiteratureName.ManAndMachine,
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text:
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"In 2005 Ray Kurzweil popularized his theory of the Singularity. He predicted that the rate " +
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"of technological advancement would continue to accelerate faster and faster until one day " +
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"machines would be become infinitely more intelligent than humans. This point, called the " +
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"Singularity, would result in a drastic transformation of the world as we know it. He predicted " +
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"that the Singularity would arrive by 2045. " +
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"And yet here we are, more than three decades later, where most would agree that we have not " +
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"yet reached a point where computers and machines are vastly more intelligent than we are. So what gives?<br><br>" +
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"The answer is that we have reached the Singularity, just not in the way we expected. The artificial superintelligence " +
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"that was predicted by Kurzweil and others exists in the world today - in the form of Augmentations. " +
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"Yes, those Augmentations that the rich and powerful keep to themselves enable humans " +
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"to become superintelligent beings. The Singularity did not lead to a world where " +
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"our machines are infinitely more intelligent than us, it led to a world " +
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"where man and machine can merge to become something greater. Most of the world just doesn't " +
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"know it yet.",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.SecretSocieties]: new Literature({
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title: "Secret Societies",
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filename: LiteratureName.SecretSocieties,
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factionRumors: [FactionName.TheBlackHand, FactionName.NiteSec, FactionName.BitRunners],
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text:
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"The idea of secret societies has long intrigued the general public by inspiring curiosity, fascination, and " +
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"distrust. People have long wondered about who these secret society members are and what they do, with the " +
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"most radical of conspiracy theorists claiming that they control everything in the entire world. And while the world " +
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"may never know for sure, it is likely that many secret societies do actually exist, even today.<br><br>" +
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"However, the secret societies of the modern world are nothing like those that (supposedly) existed " +
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`decades and centuries ago. The Freemasons, Knights Templar, and ${FactionName.Illuminati}, while they may have been around ` +
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"at the turn of the 21st century, almost assuredly do not exist today. The dominance of the Web in " +
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"our everyday lives and the fact that so much of the world is now digital has given rise to a new breed " +
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"of secret societies: Internet-based ones.<br><br>" +
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"Commonly called 'hacker groups', Internet-based secret societies have become well-known in today's " +
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`world. Some of these, such as ${FactionName.TheBlackHand}, are black hat groups that claim they are trying to ` +
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`help the oppressed by attacking the elite and powerful. Others, such as ${FactionName.NiteSec}, are hacktivist groups ` +
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"that try to push political and social agendas. Perhaps the most intriguing hacker group " +
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`is the mysterious ${FactionName.BitRunners}, whose purpose still remains unknown.`,
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}),
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[LiteratureName.TheFailedFrontier]: new Literature({
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title: "Space: The Failed Frontier",
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filename: LiteratureName.TheFailedFrontier,
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text:
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"Humans have long dreamed about spaceflight. With enduring interest, we were driven to explore " +
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"the unknown and discover new worlds. We dreamed about conquering the stars. And in our quest, " +
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"we pushed the boundaries of our scientific limits, and then pushed further. Space exploration " +
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"lead to the development of many important technologies and new industries.<br><br>" +
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"But sometime in the middle of the 21st century, all of that changed. Humanity lost its ambitions and " +
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"aspirations of exploring the cosmos. The once-large funding for agencies like NASA and the European " +
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"Space Agency gradually whittled away until their eventual disbanding in the 2060's. Not even " +
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"militaries are fielding flights into space nowadays. The only remnants of the once great mission for cosmic " +
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"conquest are the countless satellites in near-earth orbit, used for communications, espionage, " +
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"and other corporate interests.<br><br>" +
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"And as we continue to look at the state of space technology, it becomes more and " +
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"more apparent that we will never return to that golden age of space exploration, that " +
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"age where everyone dreamed of going beyond earth for the sake of discovery.",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.CodedIntelligence]: new Literature({
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title: "Coded Intelligence: Myth or Reality?",
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filename: LiteratureName.CodedIntelligence,
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factionRumors: [FactionName.OmniTekIncorporated],
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text:
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"Tremendous progress has been made in the field of Artificial Intelligence over the past few decades. " +
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"Our autonomous vehicles and transportation systems. The electronic personal assistants that control our everyday lives. " +
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"Medical, service, and manufacturing robots. All of these are examples of how far AI has come and how much it has " +
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"improved our daily lives. However, the question still remains of whether AI will ever be advanced enough to re-create " +
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"human intelligence.<br><br>" +
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`We've certainly come close to artificial intelligence that is similar to humans. For example ${CompanyName.OmniTekIncorporated}'s ` +
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"CompanionBot, a robot meant to act as a comforting friend for lonely and grieving people, is eerily human-like " +
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"in its appearance, speech, mannerisms, and even movement. However its artificial intelligence isn't the same as " +
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"that of humans. Not yet. It doesn't have sentience or self-awareness or consciousness.<br><br>" +
|
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"Many neuroscientists believe that we won't ever reach the point of creating artificial human intelligence. 'At the end of " +
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"the day, AI comes down to 1's and 0's, while the human brain does not. We'll never see AI that is identical to that of " +
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"humans.'",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.SyntheticMuscles]: new Literature({
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title: "Synthetic Muscles",
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filename: LiteratureName.SyntheticMuscles,
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text:
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"Initial versions of synthetic muscles weren't made of anything organic but were actually " +
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"crude devices made to mimic human muscle function. Some of the early iterations were actually made of " +
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"common materials such as fishing lines and sewing threads due to their high strength for " +
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|
"a cheap cost.<br><br>" +
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|
"As technology progressed, however, advances in biomedical engineering paved the way for a new method of " +
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|
"creating synthetic muscles. Instead of creating something that closely imitated the functionality " +
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|
"of human muscle, scientists discovered a way of forcing the human body itself to augment its own " +
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"muscle tissue using both synthetic and organic materials. This is typically done using gene therapy " +
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|
"or chemical injections.",
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}),
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[LiteratureName.TensionsInTechRace]: new Literature({
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title: "Tensions rise in global tech race",
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|
filename: LiteratureName.TensionsInTechRace,
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factionRumors: [FactionName.OmniTekIncorporated, FactionName.MegaCorp, FactionName.ECorp],
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text:
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"Have we entered a new Cold War? Is WWIII just beyond the horizon?<br><br>" +
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|
`After rumors came out that ${CompanyName.OmniTekIncorporated} had begun developing advanced robotic supersoldiers, ` +
|
|
"geopolitical tensions quickly flared between the USA, Russia, and several Asian superpowers. " +
|
|
`In a rare show of cooperation between corporations, ${CompanyName.MegaCorp} and ${CompanyName.ECorp} have ` +
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|
"reportedly launched hundreds of new surveillance and espionage satellites. " +
|
|
"Defense contractors such as " +
|
|
`${CompanyName.DeltaOne} and ${CompanyName.AeroCorp} have been working with the CIA and NSA to prepare ` +
|
|
"for conflict. Meanwhile, the rest of the world sits in earnest " +
|
|
"hoping that it never reaches full-scale war. With today's technology " +
|
|
"and firepower, a World War would assuredly mean the end of human civilization.",
|
|
}),
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[LiteratureName.CostOfImmortality]: new Literature({
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|
title: "The Cost of Immortality",
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|
filename: LiteratureName.CostOfImmortality,
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text:
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|
"Evolution and advances in medical and augmentation technology has lead to drastic improvements " +
|
|
"in human mortality rates. Recent figures show that the life expectancy for humans " +
|
|
"that live in a first-world country is about 130 years of age, almost double of what it was " +
|
|
"at the turn of the century. However, this increase in average lifespan has had some " +
|
|
"significant effects on society and culture.<br><br>" +
|
|
"Due to longer lifespans and a better quality of life, many adults are holding " +
|
|
"off on having kids until much later. As a result, the percentage of youth in " +
|
|
"first-world countries has been decreasing, while the number " +
|
|
"of senior citizens is significantly increasing.<br><br>" +
|
|
"Perhaps the most alarming result of all of this is the rapidly shrinking workforce. " +
|
|
"Despite the increase in life expectancy, the typical retirement age for " +
|
|
"workers in America has remained about the same, meaning a larger and larger " +
|
|
"percentage of people in America are retirees. Furthermore, many " +
|
|
"young adults are holding off on joining the workforce because they feel that " +
|
|
"they have plenty of time left in their lives for employment, and want to " +
|
|
"'enjoy life while they're young.' For most industries, this shrinking workforce " +
|
|
"is not a major issue as most things are handled by robots anyways. However, " +
|
|
"there are still several key industries such as engineering and education " +
|
|
"that have not been automated, and these remain in danger to this cultural " +
|
|
"phenomenon.",
|
|
}),
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[LiteratureName.TheHiddenWorld]: new Literature({
|
|
title: "The Hidden World",
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|
filename: LiteratureName.TheHiddenWorld,
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|
factionRumors: [FactionName.Illuminati],
|
|
text:
|
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"WAKE UP SHEEPLE<br><br>" +
|
|
"THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT EXIST. CORPORATIONS DO NOT RUN SOCIETY<br><br>" +
|
|
`THE ${FactionName.Illuminati.toUpperCase()} ARE THE SECRET RULERS OF THE WORLD!<br><br>` +
|
|
`Yes, the ${FactionName.Illuminati} of legends. The ancient secret society that controls the entire ` +
|
|
"world from the shadows with their invisible hand. With their personal wealth and skills " +
|
|
"they have penetrated every major government, financial agency, and corporation in the last " +
|
|
"three hundred years.<br><br>" +
|
|
"OPEN YOUR EYES<br><br>" +
|
|
`It was the ${FactionName.Illuminati} that brought an end to democracy in the world. They are the driving force ` +
|
|
"behind everything that happens.<br><br>" +
|
|
"THEY ARE ALL AROUND YOU<br><br>" +
|
|
"After destabilizing the world's governments, they are now entering the final stage of their master plan. " +
|
|
"They will secretly initiate global crises. Terrorism. Pandemics. World War. And out of the chaos " +
|
|
"that ensues they will build their New World Order.",
|
|
}),
|
|
[LiteratureName.TheNewGod]: new Literature({
|
|
title: "The New God",
|
|
filename: LiteratureName.TheNewGod,
|
|
factionRumors: [FactionName.ChurchOfTheMachineGod],
|
|
text:
|
|
"Everyone has a moment in their life when they wonder about the bigger questions.<br><br>" +
|
|
"What's the point of all this? What is my purpose?<br><br>" +
|
|
"Some people dare to think even bigger.<br><br>" +
|
|
"What will the fate of the human race be?<br><br>" +
|
|
"We live in an era vastly different from that of 15 or even 20 years ago. We have gone " +
|
|
"beyond the limits of humanity. We have stripped ourselves of the tyranny of flesh.<br><br>" +
|
|
"The Singularity is here. The merging of man and machine. This is where humanity evolves into " +
|
|
"something greater. This is our future.<br><br>" +
|
|
"Embrace it, and you will obey a new god. The God in the Machine.",
|
|
}),
|
|
[LiteratureName.NewTriads]: new Literature({
|
|
title: "The New Triads",
|
|
filename: LiteratureName.NewTriads,
|
|
factionRumors: [FactionName.Tetrads],
|
|
text:
|
|
"The Triads were an ancient transnational crime syndicate based in China, Hong Kong, and other Asian " +
|
|
"territories. They were often considered one of the first and biggest criminal secret societies. " +
|
|
"While most of the branches of the Triads have been destroyed over the past few decades, the " +
|
|
"crime faction has spawned and inspired a number of other Asian crime organizations over the past few years. " +
|
|
`The most notable of these is the ${FactionName.Tetrads}.<br><br>` +
|
|
`It is widely believed that the ${FactionName.Tetrads} are a rogue group that splintered off from the Triads sometime in the ` +
|
|
`mid 21st century. The founders of the ${FactionName.Tetrads}, all of whom were ex-Triad members, believed that the ` +
|
|
`Triads were losing their purpose and direction. The ${FactionName.Tetrads} started off as a small group that mainly engaged ` +
|
|
"in fraud and extortion. They were largely unknown until just a few years ago when they took over the illegal " +
|
|
"drug trade in all of the major Asian cities. They quickly became the most powerful crime syndicate in the " +
|
|
"continent.<br><br>" +
|
|
`Not much else is known about the ${FactionName.Tetrads}, or about the efforts the Asian governments and corporations are making ` +
|
|
`to take down this large new crime organization. Many believe that the ${FactionName.Tetrads} have infiltrated the governments ` +
|
|
"and powerful corporations in Asia, which has helped facilitate their recent rapid rise.",
|
|
}),
|
|
[LiteratureName.TheSecretWar]: new Literature({
|
|
title: "The Secret War",
|
|
filename: LiteratureName.TheSecretWar,
|
|
text: "",
|
|
}),
|
|
};
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