Szaal
July 16, 2017, 11:15am
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Hmm.
hustlertwo:
After the fleet was obliterated, the Salians moved fast. Reports came in all over the world of orbital bombardment laying waste to monitoring stations, satellites, and even high-powered telescopes. In hours the Great Blackout rendered us completely unable to track any activity beyond our own atmosphere. Humanity waited, certain that a third and undoubtedly final extinction-level event was coming, And waited. And waited. Days turned into weeks, and one of the few spaceworthy military vessels remaining attempted a stealthy recon beyond our stratosphere. It was almost immediately destroyed. The same happened to the second, and then the third. No stealth craft, one-man zip fighter or hulking 'nought could achieve orbit intact. It was through this trial and error process that we learned the rules set forth by our silent conquerors: they would not tolerate attempts to monitor their activity or leave the planet. Beyond that, we had no sign of their presence. Every now and then some conspiracy theorist or random nut would claim they had left our orbit and gone back to their home world, possibly due to incompatible atmospheres, a sudden change of heart after our heroic defense attempt, or just not finding anything good on the tube to watch. These theorists would often mount an expedition to scout the upper reaches of our atmosphere, and promptly returned to the planet's surface as superheated ash. Reports of landing craft coming from space occasionally came in but were always unverified.
Your conclusionâŚ
*choice
#ends with an inspirational message.
That was twelve years ago. During that time almost every country has united under the benevolent leadership of the Global Peace Accord, or GloPAc. Even now we continue to slowly build up forces, material and tech enough to eventually break this silent siege.
*set Influence +2
*goto You
#focuses on adaptive technology.
Since that time we have spent the last twelve years adapting our technology and culture around the limitation of being earthbound, creating a massive network of land-based communication relays, suborbital "satellites" held aloft by remotely adjusted weather balloons, and other new devices. Aside from uniting under GloPAc control, life has largely remained the same.
*set Ingenuity +2
*goto You
#might get you committed
That was twelve of your Earth years ago. Since then I've quite enjoyed living amongst your populace, sampling your food, entertainment and various lovemaking positions. However, the time has come to emerge from the shadows and rule you puny humans like the cattle you truly are. Now bow before me! Salians 4 Lyfe!
*set Insanity +2
*label You
If thatâs the case, the culprit is perhaps⌠something youâre not expecting.
Replace the *label You (the one at the bottom of your Choice 2) into *goto You. And donât indent the *label You afterwards.
And the final choice should be look like this
hustlertwo:
*label You
You sit back in your chair, satisfied. With a wave of your hand the completed report is sent on its way for review. You've always enjoyed history class, and your grades in that course show it. You look around the meager surroundings of your dormitory cubicle, trying as ever to ignore the nearby sounds of other trainees snoring, muttering to themselves or engaging in stealthy self-gratification. Other than the docking station for your Palmcomm, all your belongings have been collected in a rucksack. You know that you will likely be departing this modest living arrangement for good in the near future, one way or the other.
An alert from the head of the facility chimes in, snapping you out of your reverie. You have been summoned to their office immediately, and since you know how hard to deal with they can be, you rise quickly to depart. The alert flashes in the corner of your terminal's display. Next to it is your bio profile. It shows you areâŚ
*choice
#Fiorella Branford, 23: a special forces cadet who possesses a mysterious power.
*finish Chapter 1: Prickly When Wet
#Alexi Beaumont, 29; would-be smuggler, and owner of a modern rarity: a fully-functioning spaceship.
*finish Chapter 1: Getting the Contraband Back Together
What I did there is indenting both *finishâs line. Doesnât matter what command you use, youâll want them nested inside the #Option (unless youâre using *fake_choice, which things can go different way)
BTW, itâs quite interesting at how you conclude the chapter. *finish button saying different things depending on your choice. May I⌠âborrowâ this technique, sir?
Oh, another by the way, if you found yourself struggling with all of these coding stuff, let me introduce you to a tool dedicated to write story in CScript.Chronicler : a âmind-mapâ based writing tool that sorts all of those *labels and *gotos for you. All you need to worry is the writing itself (and the stats balancing).
However, I personally donât use Chronicler, so I canât say much about it
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