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Please fix the zombie anchor bug that happens during Cable/AM takeovers. Long story short, it allows hauled dead liberals to be used to boost up studio takeover power if they are Radio personalities or Cable anchors, as if they were conservative hostages. This is quite amusing, though.

Solo hand-to-hand ninja, nightmare mode - been there, done that.

C+ death penalty means you can be executed for almost any offense.

I'd also like to see conservatives perform lobotomies on captured liberals. Well, actually not, but that would motivate me to avoid capture better.

Ok, I managed to do this. I seduced a radio personality ("Orwelle" because she's a she) and had Vonnegut break in AM with her. Near the mic she was hit by a lucky shot, which is good because Vonnegut was bleeding too.



Then it was just the matter of using the studio...





Sadly, the empty studio message kicked in (EDIT: I'm pretty sure this isn't related to zombiedom)



But I think she performed well enough.



I guess zombies aren't just brain dead moaners after all.

Hmm... makes me wonder about one thing I'd like to test. If the hostage is a news anchor or a radio personality in the corresponding location, (s)he is forced to talk about the issue. There is no check to see whether the hostage is a live conservative or a dead liberal, only that (s)he is a news anchor. Makes me really want to run a special episode of Cable News featuring Orwell, the Individual Privacy Zombie!

Below is the code that handles this for the TV-station and it's practically identical for the radio if I recall correctly.

  815    //PRISONER PARTS
  816    for(p=0;p<6;p++)
  817    {
  818       if(activesquad->squad[p]!=NULL)
  819       {
  820          if(activesquad->squad[p]->prisoner!=NULL)
  821          {
  822             if(activesquad->squad[p]->prisoner->type==CREATURE_NEWSANCHOR)
  823             {
  824                viewhit=LCSrandom(VIEWNUM);
  825                clearmessagearea();
  826
  827                set_color(COLOR_WHITE,COLOR_BLACK,1);
  828                move(16,1);
  829                addstr("The hostage ");
  830                addstr(activesquad->squad[p]->prisoner->name);
  831                addstr(" is forced on to");
  832                move(17,1);
  833                switch(viewhit)
  834                {
  835                   case VIEW_GAY:                    addstr("discuss homosexual rights.");break;
  836                   case VIEW_DEATHPENALTY:           addstr("examine the death penalty.");break;
  837                   case VIEW_TAXES:                  addstr("discuss the tax code.");break;
  838                   case VIEW_NUCLEARPOWER:           addstr("run down nuclear power.");break;
  839                   case VIEW_ANIMALRESEARCH:         addstr("discuss the horrors of animal research.");break;
  840                   case VIEW_POLICEBEHAVIOR:         addstr("go over cases of police brutality.");break;
  841                   case VIEW_TORTURE:                addstr("discuss prisoner abuse and torture.");break;
  842                   case VIEW_INTELLIGENCE:           addstr("debate privacy law.");break;
  843                   case VIEW_FREESPEECH:             addstr("talk about free speech.");break;
  844                   case VIEW_GENETICS:               addstr("discuss the implications of genetic research.");break;
  845                   case VIEW_JUSTICES:               addstr("talk about the record of a Conservative judge.");break;
  846                   case VIEW_GUNCONTROL:             addstr("talk about gun control.");break;
  847                   case VIEW_SWEATSHOPS:             addstr("bring details about sweatshops to light.");break;
  848                   case VIEW_POLLUTION:              addstr("do a show on industrial pollution.");break;
  849                   case VIEW_CORPORATECULTURE:       addstr("joke about corporate culture.");break;
  850                   case VIEW_CEOSALARY:              addstr("give examples of CEO excesses.");break;
  851                   case VIEW_WOMEN:                  addstr("discuss abortion.");break;//XXX: "performs an abortion live on the air." Get [LAWFLAG_SPEECH], [LAWFLAG_MURDER], [LAWFLAG_DISTURBANCE] -- LK
  852                   case VIEW_CIVILRIGHTS:            addstr("debate affirmative action.");break;
  853                   case VIEW_DRUGS:                  addstr("have a frank talk about drugs.");break;
  854                   case VIEW_IMMIGRATION:            addstr("examine the issue of immigration.");break;
  855                   case VIEW_MILITARY:               addstr("talk about militarism in modern culture.");break;
  856                   case VIEW_AMRADIO:                addstr("discuss other AM radio shows.");break;
  857                   case VIEW_CABLENEWS:              addstr("talk about Cable News.");break;
  858                   case VIEW_LIBERALCRIMESQUAD:      addstr("let people know about the Liberal Crime Squad.");break;
  859                   default:
  860                   case VIEW_LIBERALCRIMESQUADPOS:   addstr("extol the virtues of the Liberal Crime Squad.");break;
  861                   case VIEW_CONSERVATIVECRIMESQUAD: addstr("demonize the Conservative Crime Squad.");break;
  862                }
  863
  864                usegmentpower=10; //FAME BONUS
  865                usegmentpower+=activesquad->squad[p]->prisoner->get_attribute(ATTRIBUTE_INTELLIGENCE,true);
  866                usegmentpower+=activesquad->squad[p]->prisoner->get_attribute(ATTRIBUTE_HEART,true);
  867                usegmentpower+=activesquad->squad[p]->prisoner->get_attribute(ATTRIBUTE_CHARISMA,true);
  868                usegmentpower+=activesquad->squad[p]->prisoner->get_skill(SKILL_PERSUASION);
  869
  870                if(viewhit!=VIEW_LIBERALCRIMESQUAD)change_public_opinion(viewhit,(usegmentpower-10)/2);
  871                else change_public_opinion(viewhit,usegmentpower/2,1);
  872
  873                segmentpower+=usegmentpower;
  874
  875                refresh();
  876                getch();
  877             }
  878             else
  879             {
  880                clearmessagearea();
  881
  882                set_color(COLOR_WHITE,COLOR_BLACK,1);
  883                move(16,1);
  884                addstr(activesquad->squad[p]->prisoner->name);
  885                addstr(", the hostage, is kept off-air.");
  886
  887                refresh();
  888                getch();
  889             }
  890          }
  891       }
  892    }


No problem. Have fun!

Here we go!

1. Choose starting stats that give good HRT and CHA. You may want to take a few security or driving points too.
2. Recruit 5 hippies (find them at Vegan Co-op) with good HRT, CHA and utility skills you need/want. If you didn't take security or driving for your founder, your hippies will need to have them. Note that since music is easy to train, you don't need it that much initially.
3. Raise money (donations, brownies, whatever, just don't risk your founder) so you have 1200 $.
4. Equip your squad with guitars and play street music until your squad's music skill is about 12-14, you may keep training further if you want to and if the hippies' heart doesn't limit it further. Note that training music won't be easy once your guys have a criminal record. You'll get some good money here, too. You might consider buying or stealing a car here.
5. You'll still need juice to be able to get sleepers, and guitar playing gives none. Raid the regular factories - they are safe because they have no properly armed enemies or speaker conservatives. Wreck machinery and run away as soon as you're spotted (or before!).

Now you have a guitar squad that should work pretty well. A few more tips if you're clueless about using it (spoilered in case you just wanted to get started)...

Hope this helps!