Re: (Beta) Mining Contracts
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 9:46 am
Herewith some alternative texts for the mission screen (please feel free to add!):
Current text (lines 156-173):
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var parameters = {
title: "Mining Contracts",
message:
"The Rock Hermit main lounge is as dusty as everything in this place. " +
"A couple of grumpy miners are playing cards at the only table in the corner. " +
"A balding clerk is sleeping at the front desk of the local Mining Association, " +
"and large blackboard with a list of current contracts is hanging on the wall behind him. " +
"Suddenly an ancient fax machine standing on the desk squeals. " +
"Dragged out of the hay, the clerk swears, wipes one line from a blackboard and falls back to sleep. " +
"On the opposite wall you notice numerous square hatches layered in two rows under a flaking advert:\n\n" +
"RESTING PODS! NO TIME LIMIT! ONLY " + formatCredits(this.MC_waitPrice, true, true) + " PER USE!" +
debtMsg,
choices: {
"WAIT": "Wait for new contracts (" + formatCredits(this.MC_waitPrice, true, true) + ")",
"XXIT": "Exit Mining Contracts"
},
allowInterrupt: true
}Other possible texts:
First line
The main lounge of this Rock Hermit looks like a bomb site. The wall surfaces seem to be flaking off!
The lounge of this hermit is unusually tidy and clean. What happened?
The lounge walls are plastered with grimy posters of half-naked people.
The miners' lounge boasts a well-stocked bar.
The miner's lounge has a musty smell and a patina of dust.
Second line
The space seems filled with drinking, boisterous miners.
Several miners are staring at the holostim screen watching a musical.
Some miners are watching a holostim drama.
Several miners are playing cards at a table.
Several people are arguing about politics in the corner.
Half a dozen miners at the bar are arguing about piracy.
Several miners are debating mud hockey players.
Some miners are watching a mud hockey match.
There are no miners relaxing here at the moment.
Third, fourth, fifth and sixth lines
A clerk is sitting at the counter of the local Mining Association,
in front of a large screen listing the current mining contracts behind him.
An official is waiting at the table of the local Mining Association,
behind is a flickering screen listing current mining contracts.
A Mining Association functionary sits at a corner desk
staring at a changing screen listing local mining contracts.
A clerk is sitting at the desk of the local Mining Association
gazing at a display of local mining contracts and arguing with a miner.
The counter of the local Mining Association is unstaffed,
but a screen lists the current available mining contracts.
The desk of the local Mining Association is covered with papers,
and a corner display shows a list of mining contracts.
Seventh and eighth lines
"On the facing wall are banks of circular hatches under a neon sign:\n\n" +
"SLEEPING PODS! UNLIMITED TIME! " + formatCredits(this.MC_waitPrice, true, true) + " PER USE!" +
"Opposite the counter are several sleeping pod hatches, with a sign above:\n\n" +
"RESTING PODS! ONLY " + formatCredits(this.MC_waitPrice, true, true) + " PER USE!" +
"Facing the Association are a row of hexagonal hatches beside a screen:\n\n" +
"HIBERNATING HOLES! UNLIMITED TIME! ONLY " + formatCredits(this.MC_waitPrice, true, true) + " PER USE!" +