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#166-#173: plainer words, a point to shoot at, and a catalog that says when it is broken

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Eight tickets. The last one is the interesting one.

#166 - PLAINER DIALOG. Every spoken line rewritten: the nine prologue lines and
all twenty quest brief/done pairs. Mostly splitting em-dash subclauses into
sentences and dropping the literary register ("hulls" -> "ships", "That is our
hands back" -> "That frees us for other work"). Same meaning, same voice.

#167 - NOTHING ANNOUNCED TWICE. Quests carry an `important` flag; seven of the
twenty have it, and they are the search for the World Ship. A quest handed out
with its goal ALREADY met is now credited in silence unless it is one of those
- no brief, no answer, both signals still fired and the index still moved, so
it appears ticked in the objectives panel. The chain used to stop the game to
set a task the player had already done, then stop it again to congratulate
them on it.

#168 - THE KEYBOARD CAN ANSWER A DIALOG. The rule the ticket asks for (still
arriving, show it all; already whole, move on) was already the rule for a
click since #149, but a key press reached the banner and did nothing - and
this game is played with WASD and a mouse. Touch, click and key now go through
one door. Modifiers alone and auto-repeat echoes are not presses.

#169 - A LOADING SCREEN. A press raises a cover, and the load happens after it
has been on screen for a frame, so the wait is something the player is
watching. Deliberately still a blocking load: load_threaded_request() comes
back FAILED for these scenes, reporting text-parse errors that load() does not
produce, because the global class names and preloads they reach each other
through are not resolvable off the loading thread. A progress bar is not worth
a menu that sometimes refuses to start the game, and the web build ships with
thread support off anyway. Further presses while loading are ignored - on the
web a button fires on PRESS, so an impatient double tap costs nothing to make
and used to build the world twice.

#170 - THE PICTURE BEFORE THE CAPTION. The prologue's first line was up before
the scene had finished arriving, so the game opened STOPPED (#128) over a
convoy nobody had seen yet. It flies for three seconds first.

#171 - THE CONTROLS FOLLOW WHAT IS BEING HELD. is_touchscreen_available() asks
whether a touch COULD arrive, and in a browser that is yes on any laptop whose
panel reports touch support - so the web build put thumb sticks over a screen
being played with a mouse, and switched mouse aiming off on the machine it
exists for. The reading is now the last input actually used, it lives in
GameState so the sticks and the guns cannot disagree, and it is two-way:
nothing can strand a tablet, because the gesture that needs the controls is
the gesture that brings them back. A touch suppresses mouse evidence for a
second, so the click Godot manufactures out of a tap is not mistaken for a
mouse.

#172 - AIM AT A PLACE. Every gun was handed the same direction, so a fleet
firing at something threw a sheet of parallel bolts past either side of it and
only the middle hull could hit - worse the wider the formation. Guns now take
a POINT and each hull works out its own heading to it, so the fleet's fire
converges. The mouse already had a place and was flattening it into a bearing;
a pushed stick names the point at the guns' reach along it, so touch loses
nothing. The assist (#89) still bends a shot onto an enemy, now per hull and
around that hull's own heading. The aim guide stops at the point and marks it.

#173 - AND THE ONE THAT EXPLAINS ITSELF. "In the web export version the fleet
can not store any resources" is not a web bug. It is the third time the Godot
editor's .tres writer has quietly dropped a property it thought was
default-valued: InterceptorVesselDefinition losing `capabilities` leaves
cargo_capacity at 20 and takes away the "cargo" claim that
fleet_cargo_capacity() actually gates on, so the hold is zero and nothing can
be mined or carried. That is the symptom, word for word.

test_definitions_intact caught it in the suite. What it could not do is catch
it in a BUILD - an export is taken from the working tree at whatever moment
the editor last touched it, which is exactly when the damage is done and
exactly where nobody is running tests. The checks move to core/CatalogCheck.gd
and now run at startup in every build as well as in the test, from the same
function. On the web push_error lands in the on-page log web_shell.html
mirrors, which is the only error a phone can read.

The tree is intact today, so a fresh export should restore the hold. The point
of the change is that the next time it is not, the build says so.

Full suite green at 154/154.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0139MmxRAJSUe1j77kftAWv3
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@ -51,14 +51,31 @@ const GOAL_BANKED: String = "banked"
# that fills it.
const GOAL_GARRISONED: String = "garrisoned"
# #167: which quests carry the STORY, marked `"important": true` below.
#
# Most of the chain is teaching: bank some ore, place a crafter, open the
# hangar. A teaching quest handed to a player who has already done the thing
# has nothing to teach, and stopping the game twice to say so - once for the
# brief, once for the answer - is two dialogs about nothing. Those are
# skipped (GameState._advance_quests); they still land in the DONE list, so
# the player sees they were credited rather than lost.
#
# The ones marked here are different. They are the search for the World Ship
# - the wreck we start in, the call that gets no answer, the first world, the
# ground somebody else was already holding, the survey, the trail - and their
# lines are the plot rather than instructions. Those are read out whether the
# goal was already met or not, because skipping one drops a piece of the
# story on the floor.
const CHAIN: Array = [
{
"id": "first_ore",
"title": "SALVAGE",
"objective": "Break asteroids for 5 ore",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_RESOURCE, "resource": "ore", "amount": 5},
"brief": "Hull intact. Reactor holding. Everything else we had is on the other side of that hole. There is ore in the rocks out here - break some, and we can start again.",
"done": "Five ore in the hold. It is not much. It is a beginning.",
"brief": "The hull holds. The reactor runs. Everything else we had is on the far side of that hole. These rocks carry ore. Break some, and we can start again.",
"done": "Five ore in the hold. It is not much, but it is a start.",
"important": true,
},
{
# #142: the gap this fills was a real one. "Collect 5 ore" was
@ -69,26 +86,28 @@ const CHAIN: Array = [
"title": "THE PILE",
"objective": "Break asteroids for 20 ore",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_RESOURCE, "resource": "ore", "amount": 20},
"brief": "Now do that four times over. Nothing permanent gets built out of five ore, and there is nothing else out here to spend it on yet.",
"done": "Twenty in the hold. That is a foundation.",
"brief": "Now do that four more times. Five ore builds nothing, and there is nothing else out here to spend it on yet.",
"done": "Twenty in the hold. Now we can build something.",
},
{
"id": "mothership",
"title": "A PLACE TO STAND",
"objective": "Build the mothership",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_BUILDING, "building": "mothership"},
"brief": "A hull is not a base. Build the mothership - it is the only thing in the plans with a transmitter big enough to call the World Ship.",
"brief": "A ship is not a base. Build the mothership. It carries the only transmitter big enough to call the World Ship.",
# The hinge of the whole chain (#129): the answer to "we built the
# transmitter" is that the transmitter was never the problem.
"done": "Mothership online. Calling the World Ship. Calling. Nothing comes back - and the array is not at fault. Wherever the breach put us, it is further out than that signal will ever carry. We find their trail ourselves, or we do not find them.",
"done": "The mothership is online. Calling the World Ship. Calling. Nothing comes back, and the transmitter is not at fault. The breach threw us further out than any signal of ours will carry. So we find their trail ourselves, or we never find them.",
"important": true,
},
{
"id": "chart",
"title": "DEAD RECKONING",
"objective": "Chart 30 sectors",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_EXPLORE, "sectors": 30},
"brief": "So we search. Fly, and let the map fill in behind us - whatever is left of their course is somewhere in it.",
"done": "Thirty sectors charted. No sign of the World Ship, but the sky behind us is no longer blank.",
"brief": "So we search. Fly, and the map fills in behind us. Their course is somewhere in it.",
"done": "Thirty sectors charted. No sign of the World Ship, but the map behind us is no longer blank.",
"important": true,
},
{
# #141: its own step, and the first time the chain sends anyone into
@ -99,42 +118,44 @@ const CHAIN: Array = [
"title": "SHIPYARDS",
"objective": "Research the Shipyards doctrine",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_RESEARCH, "node": "shipyards"},
"brief": "One hull will not chart a sky, and we cannot build what we have not remembered how to build. The mothership holds the archive - go aboard it and research Shipyards.",
"done": "Shipyard plans recovered. Everything else worth having is in that archive too.",
"brief": "One ship cannot chart a whole sky, and we have forgotten how to build more. The mothership holds the archive. Go aboard and research Shipyards.",
"done": "Shipyard plans recovered. There is more in that archive, if we go back for it.",
},
{
"id": "crafter",
"title": "A YARD OF OUR OWN",
"objective": "Build a ship crafter",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_BUILDING, "building": "ship_crafter"},
"brief": "Now put a ship crafter down. Ore goes in, vessels come out - it is the only way this fleet grows past the one hull that came through the breach.",
"done": "The yard is live. We can build our own now.",
"brief": "Now build a ship crafter. Ore goes in, ships come out. It is the only way this fleet grows past the one hull that came through the breach.",
"done": "The yard is running. We can build our own ships now.",
},
{
"id": "second_hull",
"title": "A SECOND HULL",
"objective": "Fly two vessels at once",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_FLEET_VESSEL, "vessel": "interceptor", "count": 2},
"brief": "Order an interceptor at the yard and crew it. Two guns is not a fleet, but it is twice what we flew out of the breach with.",
"done": "Two hulls in formation. It has been a while since this ship flew with company.",
"brief": "Order an interceptor at the yard and crew it. Two ships is not a fleet, but it is twice what we flew out of the breach with.",
"done": "Two ships in formation. It has been a long time since we flew with company.",
},
{
"id": "planetfall",
"title": "PLANETFALL",
"objective": "Land on a planet",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_PLANET_VISITS, "count": 1},
"brief": "There are worlds out here. Bring the fleet in close to one and take it down - there is more on a surface than there is in all this dark.",
"done": "Down on solid ground. Whatever else this place is, it is somewhere.",
"brief": "There are worlds out here. Fly the fleet close to one and land on it. A surface holds more than all this empty dark.",
"done": "We are down on solid ground. Whatever else this place is, it is somewhere.",
"important": true,
},
{
"id": "conquest",
"title": "GROUND HELD",
"objective": "Take every capture point on one planet",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_CONQUERED, "count": 1},
"brief": "Something got to this surface before us and it is still holding it. Take every point on the planet - what we pull out of their positions is worth more than the ore is.",
"brief": "Something reached this surface before us, and it is still holding it. Take every capture point on the planet. What we pull out of their camps is worth more than the ore.",
# Says out loud where research points come from, because nothing
# else in the game does.
"done": "Planet secured. Their equipment reads out as research data - the first we have had. Every doctrine worth having is going to cost some.",
"done": "The planet is ours. Their machines gave us research data, the first we have had. Every doctrine worth having will cost some.",
"important": true,
},
{
# #156: the extractor is the first thing the chain asks for that
@ -145,47 +166,47 @@ const CHAIN: Array = [
"title": "THE HOLD IS SMALL",
"objective": "Bank 60 ore at the mothership",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_BANKED, "resource": "ore", "amount": 60},
"brief": "Every hull out here carries twenty and no more, and we are going to need more than twenty. Fly what we have back to the mothership and unload it - what is stored there is not carried by anyone.",
"done": "Sixty banked. The hold empties, the vault does not - that is the difference, and everything from here on depends on it.",
"brief": "Each ship carries twenty units and no more, and we are going to need more than twenty. Fly what we have back to the mothership and unload it. What is stored there stays there.",
"done": "Sixty in the vault. A hold empties on the next trip out. A vault does not. Everything from here on depends on that.",
},
{
"id": "extractor",
"title": "STANDING MINE",
"objective": "Build an extractor on a planet",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_BUILDING, "building": "extractor"},
"brief": "Research Logistics and put an extractor down on a surface. It keeps digging whether we are standing over it or not.",
"done": "The extractor is cutting. Ore will be there when we come back for it.",
"brief": "Research Logistics, then place an extractor on a planet. It keeps digging whether we are standing over it or not.",
"done": "The extractor is digging. The ore will be waiting when we come back for it.",
},
{
"id": "gas",
"title": "THE HEAVY AIR",
"objective": "Bring back 25 gas",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_RESOURCE, "resource": "gas", "amount": 25},
"brief": "The banded worlds are full of gas, and gas is the only thing out here that burns. Take the fleet into one and fill the tanks.",
"done": "Twenty-five units of gas aboard. Now we need something that can burn it.",
"brief": "The striped worlds are full of gas, and gas is the only thing out here that burns. Take the fleet into one and fill the tanks.",
"done": "Twenty-five gas aboard. Now we need something that can burn it.",
},
{
"id": "hub",
"title": "FREIGHT",
"objective": "Build a transport hub",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_BUILDING, "building": "transport_hub"},
"brief": "Carrying every load by hand does not scale. Research Freight Handling and build a hub - its transporters run the routes without us.",
"done": "The hub is running its own traffic. That is our hands back.",
"brief": "Hauling every load ourselves is slow. Research Freight Handling and build a transport hub. Its transporters fly the routes without us.",
"done": "The hub runs its own traffic now. That frees us for other work.",
},
{
"id": "burner",
"title": "POWER",
"objective": "Build a gas burner",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_BUILDING, "building": "gas_burner"},
"brief": "Research Power Systems and build a gas burner. Gas in, energy out - and energy is what the better weapons run on.",
"done": "The burner is lit. There is power on this fleet for the first time since the breach.",
"brief": "Research Power Systems and build a gas burner. Gas in, energy out. The better weapons run on energy.",
"done": "The burner is lit. This fleet has power again for the first time since the breach.",
},
{
"id": "lab",
"title": "SHIP SCIENCE",
"objective": "Build a ship lab",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_BUILDING, "building": "ship_lab"},
"brief": "Research Vessel Science and build a ship lab. Every hull we fly can be made better there, and there are hulls in the archive we have never built.",
"brief": "Research Vessel Science and build a ship lab. It makes the ships we fly better, and it opens designs we have never built.",
"done": "The lab is open.",
},
{
@ -193,40 +214,42 @@ const CHAIN: Array = [
"title": "A NEW HULL",
"objective": "Unlock the shield vessel",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_VESSEL_UNLOCKED, "vessel": "shield"},
"brief": "The archive has a shield hull in it. Unlock it at the lab - the fleet has been taking every hit on the paint so far.",
"done": "Shield hull unlocked. There is more than one design in that archive.",
"brief": "The archive holds a shield ship. Unlock it at the lab. So far the fleet has taken every hit on bare hull.",
"done": "The shield ship is unlocked. There is more than one design in that archive.",
},
{
"id": "outpost",
"title": "FORWARD BASES",
"objective": "Build an outpost",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_BUILDING, "building": "outpost"},
"brief": "We cannot be everywhere. Research Forward Bases and build an outpost - vessels stationed there hold ground we are not standing on.",
"done": "The outpost is crewed. That is one place we no longer have to fly back to.",
"brief": "We cannot be everywhere at once. Research Forward Bases and build an outpost. Ships stationed there hold ground we are not standing on.",
"done": "The outpost is up. That is one place we no longer have to fly back to.",
},
{
"id": "garrison",
"title": "STANDING WATCH",
"objective": "Station a vessel at the outpost",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_GARRISONED, "count": 1},
"brief": "An empty outpost is a building. Open its hangar and station a vessel there - it holds that ground whether we are there or not.",
"done": "The outpost has a crew. It watches that approach now, and we do not have to.",
"brief": "An empty outpost is only a building. Open its hangar and station a ship there. It will hold that ground whether we are there or not.",
"done": "The outpost has a crew. It watches that approach now, so we do not have to.",
},
{
"id": "worlds",
"title": "THE SURVEY",
"objective": "Land on three different kinds of world",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_PLANET_KINDS, "count": 3},
"brief": "Rock, gas, and whatever else is out here. Set down on three different kinds of world - if the World Ship passed this way, it passed something.",
"done": "Three kinds of world surveyed. Every one of them empty of anything that came through with us.",
"brief": "Rock, gas, and whatever else is out here. Land on three different kinds of world. If the World Ship came this way, it passed something.",
"done": "Three kinds of world surveyed. Not one of them holds any sign of the convoy.",
"important": true,
},
{
"id": "trail",
"title": "THE TRAIL",
"objective": "Chart 150 sectors",
"goal": {"kind": GOAL_EXPLORE, "sectors": 150},
"brief": "Then we widen it. A hundred and fifty sectors, and every one of them looked at properly. They are out there.",
"done": "A hundred and fifty sectors charted, and no trail. The search does not stop because the list ran out.",
"brief": "Then we search wider. A hundred and fifty sectors, and every one of them looked at properly. They are out there somewhere.",
"done": "A hundred and fifty sectors charted, and still no trail. The search does not stop just because the list ran out.",
"important": true,
},
]
@ -241,6 +264,12 @@ static func at(index: int) -> Dictionary:
return CHAIN[index]
# #167: whether a quest's lines are the story rather than instructions. Only
# these are said when the goal was already met the moment it was handed out.
static func is_important(quest: Dictionary) -> bool:
return bool(quest.get("important", false))
static func by_id(id: String) -> Dictionary:
for quest in CHAIN:
if String(quest.id) == id: