Day 912: The Uprising

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**Day 912: "The Uprising"** is a Broadcast in *Not For Broadcast*. It is the first broadcast for Episode 3 of the game.

## Pre-Broadcast

Alan James calls Alex Winston through a Radio Transceiver located on the left side of the Broadcast Room. Once Alex responds to the call, Alan introduces himself, informing Alex that the revolution is starting and their help is needed. His dialogue has 3 variants:

* 1 for Alex being a member of Disrupt
* 1 for Alex not being a member of Disrupt, with Disrupt being strong
* 1 for Alex not being a member of Disrupt, with Disrupt being weak

Alan credits Alex as a key player for Disrupt (member), thanks Alex for being fair to the group (strong Disrupt), or admits Alex has never been sympathetic to the group (weak Disrupt). He informs them that Disrupt will ask them to complete tasks throughout the broadcast, and either states that it will aid in an uprising (member), a "mass protest" (strong Disrupt), or not revealing the end goal of the tasks, only warning that it "might be our very last chance" (weak Disrupt).

Alan additionally mentions that he'll be talking to Alex throughout the broadcast over the radio, as well as hacking the Interference Machine when capable. Before hanging up, he orders Alex (member), or tries to convince them (strong/weak), to play Disrupt's tape at the end of the second break, as he believes then will be where it will have the most impact.

The previous show on Channel One gives the summary of programming for the rest of the evening:

* UP NEXT - National Nightly News
* 6:30pm - Territory Trivia - A group of Menu Centre fulfillment executives from Territory Four take on reigning champions, the CCOs of Territory Eleven.
* 7pm - Just A Job? - A special program looking back at the life and career of Peter Clement.
* 9pm - Just The Job - A chance to see the very first episode of *Just The Job*.
* 10pm - Just The Job - A chance to see the very last episode of *Just The Job*.
* 10:45pm - Incisors - Doctor Adrian Atkinson-Blimey will be attempting to learn the xylophone
* 11:30pm - Across The Territories - Jenny Demeanor will be looking at the old labour camps of the former Irkistan and how they've been converted into luxury holiday camps for the territory's family breaks.
* 12:30am - Territory Weather Report
* 12:40am - Advance Daily Briefing

## Segment 1

### Headlines

Megan starts the broadcast by greeting the viewers, and introducing the main headlines of the night:

#### Future Legend / Ashes To Ashes

It's been 40 days since Disrupt conducted multiple attacks across the Territories.

#### Headline Endings

Megan then closes the headlines with endings to three closely followed stories:

### Title Sequence

The Day 912 broadcast sees a return of the sequence introduced with the Day 153 broadcast. While it uses the same tune, it has a more prominent drum track among other things. Because Jeremy Donaldson is no longer co-anchoring with Megan by this point due to the events of Day 296, clips appearing in the Day 153 title sequence which feature him have been removed, but not replaced.

At the end, white text appears in the top left of the screen, saying "National Nightly News". The text is followed by more, although smaller, white text in the bottom left of the screen, saying "With Megan and the News Team." All of the text then fades away.

### Peter Clement Memorial

Megan announces that the start of the program is dedicated to Peter Clement, who died 500 days prior. She throws to Patrick Bannon, who is in Parliament Park, where a groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial garden in Peter's honor is taking place. Meanwhile, Patrick is making comments about how Julia Salisbury has essentially gone mad with power, saying that Peter held her back, among other things, all while on live TV. Once he realizes he's on air, he is interrupted again. After some "technical difficulties," during which Megan makes a comment on how the memorial garden will look lovely, Patrick is replaced by Not Patrick, who carries on with the report, albeit somewhat more awkwardly. It is presumed the reason for Patrick's sudden replacement is his previous public criticism of the Prime Minister.

As Not Patrick speaks, Boseman speaks to Alex via the intercom, informing them that the eulogy footage isn't fully cut together yet, and to make sure that Peter looks good. Then, Alan James will contact Alex and inform them that this is an opportunity to undermine Advance, and to make sure Peter looks bad. Julia Salisbury then walks on stage to begin her address.

Following her address, during the countdown to the ceremonial groundbreaking, there's an explosion and the signal is cut briefly. Once the signal is restored, cameras at the ceremony show two different things. Julia Salisbury can be seen running to and assisting injured civilians. At the same time Disrupt activists are shown. The first one is detained by CCOs. Another reaches Not Patrick and sits them down. A third Disrupt activist accuses Julia Salisbury of killing millions of people. He grabs a piece of wood and approaches her with it. Meanwhile, security personnel eventually shoot him. Another Disrupt activist, with a megaphone, stands on stage with the second activist, and calls for the people of Territory One to take to the streets before they are both shot by security. Julia orders them to lower their weapons.

Back in the studio, with a CCO standing behind her, Megan apologizes if anything happening there disturbed some viewers, but does not apologize for showing raw, unedited news as it happens. She then teases the upcoming presentation of *The Noticeboard* after the break.

##### Disrupt Instructions

In this segment Alan will instruct Alex to show the bad variant of Peter's eulogy footage in order to paint Advance in a negative light, after the bombing he instruct Alex to "control the message" by highlighting the Disrupt activists and avoiding showing Julia's attempts to aid the wounded, this section is less related to the success of the uprising and more about a general attempt by Alan to control public perception.

## Segment 2

### *The Noticeboard*

The final installment of *The Noticeboard* airs during this broadcast. One of three versions appears, determined by the sound effects Alex played during its first installment on Day 371.

The episode consists of Tommy Harris playing The Vicar; Phillipa Rayden playing Laura, a CCO; and Geoff De Plume playing Captain Evans, a firefighter.

The Vicar posts a notice on the board and then notices a pile of assorted construction waste near it. He is then approached by the CCO, who eventually suggests clearing the waste. They both try to do so by themselves, but it's too much for them. The firefighter then enters and clears it easily. The CCO posts a wanted poster to the noticeboard, and the three of them comment on how The Ferret (the wanted individual) hasn't yet been caught. The CCO reports of an incident that morning at the village post office, where it was discovered that every stamp has been pre-licked. She then explains that The Ferret leaves a smell of urine at the scene of their activities. She then says that if The Ferret isn't caught soon, the village fete, scheduled for the next day, may have to be canceled.

The next morning, the Vicar and the CCO are at the village fete, looking at various things being set up. The CCO asks if the Vicar will be judging the jams, he replies that he couldn't possibly. The firefighter comes in screaming, reporting that someone sucked all the jam out of Mrs Craven's doughnuts. It's at this point that the firefighter accuses the Vicar of being the Ferret, after reactions, the firefighter puts the pieces together. Namely, that the Vicar smells of urine, his tongue was particularly dry, and that he said he had no more room for jam. The firefighter also finds a Bible which when opened, reveals that its pages were cut out to hide a flask.

#### *The Noticeboard* Finale

Megan interviews Philippa Rayden about how *The Noticeboard* got to be so successful. Philippa states that the show has succeeded due to how "relatable" the characters are, then discusses how she has adopted countless children to ensure more kids are able to have celebrity parents. The performance of *The Noticeboard* goes quite well and follows the intended script without mistakes.

#### *The Noticeboard*, Finally

Megan interviews Geoff De Plume about how *The Noticeboard* got to be such a disaster. During the interview, Geoff will pull out a large bag filled with hate mail, and Geoff and Megan will read some of those letters, which are mostly directed at him. Geoff eventually calls out Alex Winston, and accuses them of deliberately trying to ruin the show. During the performance of *The Noticeboard*, members of the cast occasionally forget their lines and they eventually get caught in a loop after the firefighter accuses the Vicar of being The Ferret. As Megan walks on stage to put the show out of its misery, Tommy, then Philippa leave and Geoff is forced to complete the scene by himself while Megan tries to end it.

#### *The Noticeboard*: Finished

Megan is supposed to be interviewing Tommy Harris before the performance, but he's nowhere to be seen by the time the break ends. He finally arrives about 40 seconds after the show goes live. He appears to be visibly intoxicated and during the interview, he takes a bottle of beer out from behind the couch. When Megan asks about his life, he says that it's on the decline. During the performance, while Philippa and Geoff say their lines perfectly, Tommy repeatedly replaces some words with curses and otherwise gets some of his lines wrong. He also takes out another beer bottle which is hidden in a potted plant. At the point where the firefighter notices the Vicar smells of urine, he refuses to say the line where he admits to it, then blames Alex Winston for ruining his life. He then gets into a fight with Geoff, and Philippa is forced to complete the scene by herself, then smashes a bottle over Tommy's head as his fight with Geoff continues. Megan invites the viewers to come back after the break, "when hopefully, there won't be an unconscious drunk on my floor."

##### Disrupt Instructions

During the interview Alan James will instruct Alex to switch to a camera zoomed in on The Noticeboard's set, which is highlighting a Disrupt logo with a coded location on it, to succeed in following the instructions Alex must show the fist on the air for between 1-5 seconds, less than a second will be considered a failure while 5 is considered ideal. Later, during The Noticeboard, Alan will instruct Alex to play 3 boos in a row instead of the ended sound effects, as a signal to the militants to proceed, 3 is the recommendation to succeed in following Alan's orders, but he will potentially be satisfied if the player only plays 2 in a row.

## Break 2

#### *The Noticeboard* Finale

Jenny congratulates Geoff and his crew on a job well done as Geoff tries to invite everyone to an afterparty at his house, nobody takes him up on the offer and they end up leaving him on his own at the set.

#### *The Noticeboard*, Finally

Megan bursts out laughing in disbelief at the chaos Geoff and his crew have caused in the studio, Jenny asks the staff to leave the Noticeboard's set by the bins and Megan jokes with her that they will "save a fortune on foundation" thanks to the program's cancellation.

#### *The Noticeboard*: Finished

Megan breaks into a rage over the chaos Geoff and his crew have caused in the studio, Megan demands that Jenny get the team out of her sight and warns them that "you are never going to work in this town" again, Jenny tries to protest but Megan insists that she doesn't want to hear it and storms off the stage, Geoff wakes up in exhausted confusion and pulls Tommy away.

## Segment 3

### The Novaries

Megan introduces the musical theatre group *The Novaries*, who perform the opening number for their new show "Elegy for a Childless Life" called "We're Having a Baby", she then interviews the group on the performance, where they discuss their ambition for people to be able to live a happy, child free life without stigma and state that having children is a "terrible problem", during the interview Megan interrupts in order to return to the scene of the memorial bombing with Not Patrick.

### Patrick Bannon

Megan hands over to Not Patrick, still at the scene of the bombing with Prime Minister Salisbury and her bodyguards, she appears disorientated but manages to interview the Prime Minister, who states that there were no civilian deaths at the bomb site, the only deaths being that of 4 Disrupt "terrorists" who were curtailed by Advance's "cohesive" security team, the Prime Minister warns the public not to go outside and become a causality of war, warning that (in the words of the late Peter Clement) "it ends today".

##### Disrupt Instructions

Alan will instruct Alex to censor on behalf of Disrupt, an orange censor line will appear during the interview with the Novaries at several points, which Alex will have to use to guide their censoring in order to transmit an audio message to the rebels. The censor line appears when Jill is speaking, making a slightly incongruous monologue; the other group members remark that she is unusually talkative. If censored according to the Disrupt instructions, the only uncensored words from her speech are "Unit Eagle advance on target twenty-two". If at least 2 of the 3 censorship segments are censored correctly these instructions will be considered correctly followed.

## Break 3

(...)

As Sarah is taking Jill aside for questioning, Alex turns to the left and looks to the window outside, where a gun battle is taking place in the streets next to the Channel One Building.

### Instructions Followed

If Alex followed enough of Alan James' instructions throughout the broadcast, Disrupt's forces will progress to the top of a building opposite of the Channel One Satellite Tower and destroy it, taking the program off air. Fighter jets preparing to attack them will be blown up, and after briefly believing they have achieved victory, dozens of military helicopters will swarm the skies. Several attack helicopters will fire missiles at the building that Disrupt's forces are sheltering in, and tens of transportation helicopters will lower troops from the nation's army to storm the building. Alan and the other rebels will retreat as soldiers clear the building floor by floor, and the Radio Transceiver's signal will cut out.

### Instructions Ignored

If Alex did not follow enough of Alan's instructions, Disrupt's troops won't reach the building's roof fast enough and will be unable to set up their rocket launcher in time. As a result, they will fail to destroy the satellite tower and the oncoming fighter jets, of which will conduct a bombing run on the building the rebels are sheltering in. The building will be destroyed by a missile from one of the fighter jets, and Alan and his troops will be killed in the blast.

## Adverts

There are six selections of adverts for this broadcast, some of which can change depending on choices made:

* Universal Menu Centres - Bountiful Menu Centres / Resilient Menu Centres
* Crazy Anniversary Sale - Crazy Closing Down Sale
* RS: Future Leaders - RS: Flash Sale
* Joy of Privilege - Joy of Liquidation
* La Doleur
* Katie's 'Confession'

## Trivia

* Many of the Headline titles come from songs found in musicals, such as "Food Glorious Food" being from Oliver!, "If I Were A Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof, and "Any Dream Will Do" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
* Megan Wolfe was originally going to be much more violent with the aspiring make-up artists, including an instance where she would've thrown hot coffee onto one of them.
* Disrupt's storming of Advance Headquarters was inspired by the 2021 attack on the United States Capital.

## References

1. ↑ https://clips.twitch.tv/FantasticKathishHamMVGame-0qyE8xp5l7nOyyle
2. ↑ https://notforbroadcast.fandom.com/wiki/File:FactionFavoritism.png