                                Command : NEWS

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: news <DAYS>

The news command prints a copy of the local newspaper published by The  Empire
News.

This morning after daily recounts financial  exploits,  the  telegram  traffic
between countries, and political maneuvering in addition to the chronicling of
such mundanities as shelling, attacking, and nuclear testing.

It's great breakfast reading!

Normally your edition of the news will only contain events that have  occurred
since  you last read the news.  You can specify what time period you'd like it
to cover with the optional <DAYS> argument in the command line as in:

   [##:##] Command: news 2
Which will print the news for the last two days.

You can select which news to see  or  not  see  with  the  ?actor  or  ?victim

                                Command : NEWS

selectors.  Activities are:
     1)  Successful Sector attack            29) Alliance dissolving
     2)  Unsuccessful attack                 30) War ending
     3)  Spy shot                            31) Plague outbreaks
     4)  Telegram sent                       32) Plague deaths
     5)  Treaty signing                      33) Name changes
     6)  Loan made                           34) Starvation
     7)  Loan repaid                         35) Rioting (from dissolving)
     8)  Goods sold                          36) Air to air combat
     9)  Airspace violated                   37) Nukes going off
     10) Artillery fire on sectors           38) Terrorists
     11) Artillery fire on ships             39) Shooting civs & uw's
     12) Attacking unowned land              40) Satellite launches
     13) Ship torpedoed                      41) ASAT attacks
     14) Gunners firing in self-defense      42) Deity giving things
     15) Breaking sanctuary                  43) Deity aids country
     16) Planes bombing sectors              44) Deity hurts country
     17) Planes bombing ships                45) Deity taking things
     18) Successful boarding actions         46) ABM interceptions
     19) Unsuccessful boarding actions       47) Missile firing on sectors

                                Command : NEWS

     20) AA fire                             48) Missile firing on ships
     21) Collecting on loans                 49) Trade between countries
     22) Considering treaty violation        50) Pirates fence loot
     23) Actual treaty violation             51) Pirates keep loot
     24) Country dissolving                  52) Ship torps ship
     25) Ships hitting mines                 53) Sub bombed by ASW plane
     26) Alliance declaration                54) Assault defeated
     27) Neutrality declaration              55) Unit bombed
     28) War declarations                    56) Unit hits land mine

See also : headlines

