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--- new_kourou_shellac_corporation_nksc [2025/06/09 09:45] – [Related Pages] admin
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 ==== 2. Beta-Age Expansion (2626 – 2630) ====
-  * Output scaled from 50 to 500 disks per month; half reserved for GAIA firmware, half for administrative ledgers & [[weber_broadcasting_services|Weber Broadcasting Services]] broadcasts.
   * NKSC engineers standardised the “tone-30” encoding (30 tones / sec = 9 kB / min) and sold upgrade kits to match.
   * A travelling “Maintenance Carriage” toured [[Hope|Hope]], [[arla_town|Arla Town]], [[Morningstar|Morningstar]], and [[Firetown|Firetown]] recalibrating village lathes.
-==== 3. Public Retail Boom (2628 – 2630) ====
+==== 3. Public Retail Boom (2627 – 2630) ====
-  * NKSC began pressing limited-run “Studio Shellacs” of Weber Broadcasting Services live-music sessions and sold them — together with hand-cranked tabletop players — to settlers at a stand on the [[new_kourou_food_market|New Kourou Food Market]].
+  * NKSC began pressing limited-run “Studio Shellacs” of [[weber_broadcasting_services|Weber Broadcasting Services]]  live-music sessions and sold them — together with hand-cranked tabletop players — to settlers at a stand on the [[new_kourou_food_market|New Kourou Food Market]].
   * Owning the week’s WBS disk became a mark of status; The [[new_kourou_courier_service|New Kourou Courier Service]] and the [[firetown_courier_service|Firetown Courier Service]] carried copies to [[firetown|Firetown]], [[arla_town|Arla Town]], [[Hope|Hope]] and [[morningstar|Morningstar]], which got mainly sold in local pubs, spreading a shared repertoire across the Free State.
+  *   * Output scaled from 50 to 500 disks per month; half reserved for GAIA firmware, half for administrative ledgers & Weber Broadcasting Services broadcasts.
 ==== 4. Nationalisation → Federal Shellac Manufactory (2631) ====
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 ===== Tactical Advice for Dungeon Masters =====
-  * **“The Arla Town Murder Disc” –** A popular tavern in Arla Town has just received its weekly “Live Session” shellac from the New Kourou Shellac Corporation — supposedly a folk-set recorded by Weber Broadcasting Services. The publican mounts the fresh, fungus-resin disk on his crank-driven sequencer, drops the sapphire stylus … and the room falls silent. Instead of music, the groove plays a breathless audio log: a woman whispering coordinates, the scrape of boots, a panicked plea—then a visceral scream and the sickening crack of bone. The cut ends in hiss. Patrons scatter, the local [[guarding_troopers|Guarding Trooper]] detachment seals the tavern, and the bewildered Trooper-Chief hires the PCs to investigate …
+  * **“The Arla Town Murder Disc” –** A popular tavern in [[arla_town|Arla Town]] has just received its weekly “Live Session” shellac from the New Kourou Shellac Corporation — supposedly a folk-set recorded by Weber Broadcasting Services. The publican mounts the fresh, fungus-resin disk on his crank-driven sequencer, drops the sapphire stylus … and the room falls silent. Instead of music, the groove plays a breathless audio log: a woman whispering coordinates, the scrape of boots, a panicked plea—then a visceral scream and the sickening crack of bone. The cut ends in hiss. Patrons scatter, the local [[guarding_troopers|Guarding Trooper]] detachment seals the tavern, and the bewildered Trooper-Chief hires the PCs to investigate …
 ===== Related Pages =====
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   * [[exohuman_technology_of_the_beta_age|Technology in the Beta Age]]
   * [[the_exohuman_communication_system_in_the_beta_age|Exohuman Communication Technology and Media in the Beta Age]]
-* [[Plant of the New Kourou Shellac Corporation|Plant of the New Kourou Shellac Corporation]]
+  * [[Plant of the New Kourou Shellac Corporation|Plant of the New Kourou Shellac Corporation]]
   * [[federal_shellac_manufactory|Federal Shellac Manufactory]] (Gamma Age)