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The Unknown Signal/UES Event was a Prop Punk event that took place between the first of March 2025 and [TBD]. The Unknown Signal event was the first Prop Punk event to use the #events channel.

Reception

Up until day 25 (28/3/2025) the general player reception was positive with people even putting together theories as to what the genetically engineered creatures could be.

After day 25 however (and specifically on day 26.75 when the "Mane Crusader Broadcasting" profile started to be used in #events) player reception plummeted. Since most were unaware that it was an April fools joke people began complaining about the lack of realism of talking horses. Many were annoyed at the sudden tonal shift and threatened to quit.

On March 31st, a day before the event was due to finish a Prop-Punk mod (who's identity will remain anonymous for the time being) told Safeish at 23:35 GMT:
"now really doesn’t seem like the time to be teasing over the horse shite

Pls just give it up

Because it is a significant sore spot that is just going to cause the current issues to get worse if we don’t do something about it

Sorry wrong message to reply

The only benefit you gain from waiting is you get to reveal a joke that no one will find funny because they’re all to pissed at the mod team

If you don’t do an announcement I will because this is a stupid hill to die on"

This was also in part due to the pressure from the players who were angry about a possible 4 month long pause intended to get The Bot to a position that the mods would be happy with.

Due to the message Safeish chose to post in #announcements:
"I hate to have to make this announcement since I wanted it to be a surprise but player... reception has sort of forced my hand.

Yes, the horse event is an April fools event, we set it up in such a way that it would conclude on April 1st which I realise probably wasn't the best idea in hindsight.

Im really sorry about the mess this has caused, im also sorry about the mess that me refusing to explain what was going on caused, I just wanted people to enjoy the April fools event spoiler free but I realise that since basically no one was enjoying it to begin with that was a bit silly.

It kinda sucks to have my hard work shat on like it was but I understand why. Its really all just a bit of fun that I fucked up the execution of.

I'm sorry"

It is partially due to this that Colson quit Prop-Punk.

The departure of Colson from Prop-Punk on 1/4/2025 at 11:35 GMT led to the bot no longer finishing the event, Safeish instead chose to post the remaining posts manually in their respective channels.

Event Mistakes

In hindsight the event suffered from two main issues: poor communication with the mod team and the decision to have the end of the event lie on April 1st instead of day 25

The Event

It began on 1/3/2025 with a mysterious message in a daily log format posted to a new channel (then #unknown-signal), the logs were as follows:

Day -1

…so we’ve got the channel splitter here

Here you can…

Xavier, I’d be careful around those buttons!

Actually, now would be a great time to show you how these work.

These buttons control what CCTV stream is being directed to the main control board. You’ll receive queues over the speaker at first on when to switch to a different camera.

You’ll get the hang of it eventually.

These sliders are used to control the volume of each respective audio channel. If someone starts talking out of line, press the button here to cut off their audio channel from the main broadcast.

The radio broadcast is also fed through these channels, so you’ll want to keep in mind that audio is just as important as what’s on the television.

I’m glad to see that the big “breaking news” button has been replaced, it was about ready to fail!

…wait

Why is the “on air” button flashing?

hmmm

…Oh, WHY IS THIS FLIPPED ON [static]

Day 0

Ringing in the 1960s

SIBO News

January 1st, 1960

…Thanks for joining us today Professor Tirek. As you know, we’re ringing in the 1960s with quite the bang! Analysts are currently predicting it to be a prosperous decade, as the nuclear winter subsides and global scientific research is seeing more public funding. What scientific breakthroughs do you think we can look forward to over the next 10 years?

“Well, I would personally vouch for the studies of biology bringing the most fulfilling breakthroughs of the decade. As you mentioned, scientific research has been getting more corporate funding lately, and it’s really showing in the field of biology. Now I might be a little biased due to my studies on bone marrow at the Royal University in Nordurheimur, but in the past couple of years there have been some major breakthroughs as to how science approaches the concept of living matter. The people with all the fancy lab equipment are starting to dig past the surface level of how living things work, and are now looking at how things interact at a cellular level. Research into proteins was almost unheard of before the nukes, and now, there's some really cool things we're finding out about them! Just the other day, a research project was published that shows how we can use them in medicine to cure Semogus! It's really incredible what’s been happening as of lately. This ability to study the very inner workings of cells opens up an endless realm of possibilities for us.”

Thanks for this insight! Now, you mentioned that you’ve studied biology before. What drew you to choose a career in this field?

“Back when I was a kid, there was this novel called ‘The Trechnocyte Virus’ that told a story of how a bunch of frogs ate these strange bugs and then became a Centaur with magical powers. Now this was a hot book in its time, and it especially struck my interest towards pursuing a degree in Biology. Today I look back on the story and realize how naive I was about wanting to grow a super frog on my own, but I don’t regret one bit where I ended up as a result!”

Day 1

First day on the job, the facility is humongous compared to how it looked on the outside. Higher ups said that I’m working on a secret program. They didn’t give me any details, but said I’ll find out more once I get through bootcamp. At least the pay is worth it for the accordion-stack of paperwork I had to sign.

I can’t believe I actually get to be a part of this.

Day 2

Turns out I’m not here to pour concrete, the program has been running for some time. Tomorrow I will start early testing with the inanimate stuff. I overheard someone talking about the “PLM protocol,” not sure what that was related to.

I have a little bit of a bad feeling about this. Subtle, barely enough to notice.

Day 3

Preliminary tests went as planned, the higher ups decided the next step was testing the procedure on a living subject, a mammal of some kind. I've heard they're being brought into the facility tomorrow.

The air has a salty taste to it. Another employee was talking about the facility being built in a salt mine; I wonder if that has something to do with it? Hopefully it doesn’t harm the test subject.

It feels strange to be playing god like this.

Day 4

The first batch of subjects arrived today. We tested on one of the youngest first, orders from high up, something about better cognitive malleability.

The test seemed promising at first, as soon as we injected into the animal the brain monitor saw a steady increase in activity.

Then it went downhill, readings suddenly spiked and then completely dropped off, the animal began to foam at the mouth, the heart rate monitor flatlined.

I can't help but feel a little guilty, progress is never free though. I keep trying to tell myself that.

Day 5

We figured out the issue.

Funnily enough it wasn't anything to do with the procedure itself. Well it sort of was, in order for the animal's immune system to accept the treatment we have to give it immunosuppressants, we simply gave it the wrong dosage and… well…

Anyways, tomorrow we are going to try again, here's hoping it all goes well.

Day 6

Success!

The dosage was the issue, this time around the brain activity increased and stayed steady, we are going to repeat the treatment again on a few more of the younger subjects before moving onto the adult animals.

In the meantime we began our other cognitive tests which the animal performed almost perfectly, pattern recognition seems to need some work though.

Day 7

I realise why the animal struggled with the colour based pattern recognition tests and it seems obvious now that I think about it.

It's an animal, it's mostly colourblind.

How the test designers missed that is beyond me. Once we adjusted to account for that the test success rate reached 100%, perhaps we need to move it on to harder tests?

In other news another 2 more animals joined the subject today, we’ve all but confirmed it isn't a fluke at this point so the higher ups want us to take a crack at the adults.

This is very promising! Who knows what applications this technology could have in the future.

Day 8

Lacori News, Radio Station 19

A whistleblower is claiming that the Saqalona government has funneled hundreds of millions of Para into a top-secret program. The individual says that the program is working towards achieving a “scientifically impossible” goal.

“This program needs to be defunded, the stuff they are trying to do orbits the realm of lunacy,” they said.

The whistleblower, a federal employee of the Saqalona government, wished to remain anonymous to avoid punishment. Our reporters reached out to Saqalona's press secretary for comment, but we did not receive a reply before broadcasting this story.

Day 9

We started giving the animals basic math equations, addition, subtraction and simple multiplication. They seemed to get the hang of it pretty quickly.

It's a little unnerving how intelligent they seem to be getting.

On the front of the adult test subjects, we gave it a try but since the dosage was created for the young ones the brain activity increase was about ten times less than the younger animals. We are going to try to increase the dosage but we worry we might cause a similar issue to the first animal test we did, we can only hope we don't kill another subject.

Day 10

Today we tested the subjects on empathy. We split them into rooms with windows through which they could pass objects and gave some of them more food than others.

It was remarkable! Immediately the ones with the most good started gifting to those with less. Perfect test result, it was almost as if they knew what result we wanted… unlikely.

Anyways we are still having issues with the adult subject dosage so we decided to hold off on testing it for a little while longer.

Day 11

Someone accidentally left the TV near the animals’ enclosure on and when we came back they were all watching it together. I wonder if they understand what any of it means.

Anyways we decided to let them have a TV of their own, they seemed to enjoy watching it and they deserve a little enrichment.

Day 12

They seem to be repeating words they hear on the TV, it's a little bit unnerving, I didn't even know they were able to make those kinds of noises. They seem particularly interested in the news channel. I gave them the remote to see what they would do with it, they figured it out surprisingly quickly.

Most of the issues with the adult are worked out, we plan to test it in two days time.

[CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION - FOR EMPLOYEES OF HIGH RAVENS PRIVATE INVESTIGATION AND PRESS FIRM "BIRDS EYE" IF YOU ARE NOT AN EMPLOYEE DISCARD THIS PAPER IMMEDIATELY]

This paper going forwards will serve as the starting point for all birds eye employees, it is a brief look at the information we know and do not know, your job will be to fill in the gaps in the following:

What we know: the facility is located somewhere in Saqalona, we theorise it may be a southern region but we simply do not know. According to the whistle-blower whom is armed and safe as of our interview with them it is a "smallish" operation so a large facility is not of suspect to us.

this project originates from the Saqalonan minister of education, most likely Plajan Qli as implied by the whistleblower's context clues. we then presume based off existing information it was picked up by the Ministry of Defence who then collaborated with the Ministry of Health and Welfare on the project we have named "Red wood fence"

It is apparently a project with "good" intentions however the whistle-blower whom we shall call "Singer" for the sake of brevity clarifies that Red wood fence may result in a catastrophic event that could very well be the downfall of civilisation but that is yet to be confirmed.

Animal experimentation is confirmed as Singer stated mammals were being experimented on with chemicals of some kind, we theorise these mammals are either small rodents or monkeys of some kind but its likely nothing smaller nor bigger than the given examples.

This is the summary of all we know so far from Singer

What we dont know: where the facility behind Red wood fence is, we again theorise its somewhere in the southern region but we simply cannot know at this time, check available maps and look for any possible censored locations as we ready a force to sweep the area.

Who Singer is, this information is only known to CEO and co-founder John moneymaker however for the sake of Singer's safety this information shall stay private.

how close this project is to completion.

If it is a bio-weapon or a method of furthering public education.

How many people are employed by this program (likely under 200 individuals) and how many mammals are being tested on and with what substance.

This is the end of the article and a summary of all we know, good luck to those whom are under the employment of this firm.

Day 13

I caught one of the animals staring directly into one of the security cameras earlier, do they know they're being watched? they're probably smart enough to.

Further tests are going well, more advanced maths and even some listening based tasks since they've demonstrated their ability to understand words and language. I think they even started talking to each other in very basic English.

Tomorrow marks the day we test the adult, fingers crossed.

Day 14

We did it! The adult showed the same cognitive changes as the younger ones. We introduced the adult to the rest of the subjects, the young ones seem to be trying to communicate with the adult.

This is amazing, it proves the treatment will work on animals regardless of age, incredibly promising. Only time will tell what comes of this.

Day 15

This will be my last log, the subjects escaped, the adult kicked down the enclosure door.

They left at night when we weren’t watching, it's like they were planning it, all they needed was something or someone to break down the door.

And we gave them exactly that.

Day 16

People Disappearing for Mysterious Cult

SIBO News

Breaking tonight, we bring you a developing story from Saqalona. The Dalcon police department has published a press release this afternoon, stating that they are investigating multiple cases of missing persons connected to a cult. Officials point to the similarly mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearances.

As reported by the city police chief, “These cases seem to all tie into cultish behavior. We’ve observed a lot of matching behaviors between the missing individuals, whom we might as well call victims with how this is playing out. The individuals always disappear during the night, leaving a note scribbled for whoever they left behind.”

One of the spouses of the missing persons was interviewed by our reporters. She explained that her husband was planning to go on a fishing trip for a while: “the note left behind was a bit strange, as usually I don’t get those from him before he leaves. Guess I’ll have to ask him about it when he gets back.” Despite the circumstances, she filed a police report due to neighbors encountering similar strange disappearances.

The police chief also noted that a slogan, “Sodality is Harmony,” has been consistent among the victims’s notes. Investigators have yet to determine if the suspects were coerced into leaving, or are choosing to go missing on their own. We’ll report back as more details appear for this story.

Day 17

Focal Silverware Files For Bankruptcy

SIBO News

Tonight we have an update on the Focal Silverware Company, which has filed for bankruptcy in Saqalona as of earlier this week. While the exact reason for their bankruptcy filing is unknown, analysts theorise that it has something to do with the confusing 2 billion Para military contract they were awarded last year. Recent public government records show that this contract was revoked only a day before the company declared bankruptcy.

The Focal Silverware CEO, Joxe Tunölmen, made this statement on the matter earlier today: “Well life has certainly handed me a boatload of lemons this week. But it's like I always say: when life gives you lemons, you don't make lemonade! You set fire to Life’s house! Don’t you think life should know who I am by now?... Yeah I'm screwed… cough cough I think I inhaled something back there…”

Bankruptcy proceedings typically involve liquidation of assets as a method to pay back creditors and others whom the company owes money to. If it comes to that, many outsiders will get to see a glimpse inside the former company’s once elusive operations. We will be bringing you more updates here on SIBO news as this story continues to evolve.

Day 18

Military Equipment Stolen From Base

SIBO News

SIBO News has received information detailing a high-stakes robbery from a Saqalona base nearby Dalcon. According to reports, a group of unknown invaders broke into a storage facility nearby Dalcon Army Base and drove off without any sort of detection or resistance. During their raid, they were able to make away with 12 Type-60 SLJ tanks, several sets of parts, and ammunition. Officials have expressed concern that the equipment was stolen with intent to use in a terrorist attack.

The city mayor made a public response earlier today:

"This kind of attack on our country's defense force is unacceptable. A full investigation into the matter is underway. We will be using the full power of our military to track down the missing equipment and bring the full force of Justice on the perpetrators."

Our teams on the ground managed to secure an interview with a commander working on the affected base. Here's what they had to say about the incident:

"These tanks are designed to just start up without requiring a key, because if you're dumb enough to enter a base and try to steal a tank, you probably are also dumb enough to not know how to drive them. Somehow the perpetrators were able to get around that brain barrier, so we'll need to look into fixing that."

Saqalona has appeared to have tightened up security around its military sites as a result of the theft. Our reporters could not secure interviews at other locations due to this.

Day 19

Results Of Focal Silverware’s Liquidation

SIBO News

…Amidst Focal Silverware’s assets was a strange facility located in a former salt mine south-east of Dalcon city. Allegedly a Research and Development laboratory, this facility was unknown to the public until the bankruptcy declaration.

Inside the facility seems strangely bare, as if it had been stripped of all valuables, likely already handed to the creditors. The layout of the facility seems strange too, consisting of a large open atrium with mounts on the walls for what we can only assume used to be CCTV cameras. The atrium is then connected to a long hallway with many once sterile looking rooms that we can only assume used to be labs. The journalist we sent to investigate the facility found something quite odd in one of the rooms, laying on the floor underneath a cabinet was a broken glass vial labeled “PLM” - whatever that may mean. A couple of the labs had really large buttons connected to a door, whereas standing on them would cause the door to open or close. Their purpose otherwise remained unexplained, along with the symbols attached next to them on the wall.

It seems that Focal Silverware was likely working on some sort of unlicensed medical research which likely led to their contract termination and subsequent bankruptcy, what this research was ultimately for is unknown to us at this time.

Music from Focal Silverware

SIBO News

While our journalist was touring the Focal Silverware facility, they found a vinyl track tucked away in a corner. Our team inspected the record and found that it had some previously unheard music! To wrap up our news segment for today, here's the opening song from the record track. Thanks for tuning in!

Day 20

Trident Industries Wants Answers

SIBO News

Following up from the reports that military equipment was stolen from a Saqalona military base, Trident Industries has issued a press release stating that this shouldn’t have even happened. Trident Industries, the manufacturer of the Type-60 LSJ tanks that were reportedly stolen, says that “Saqalona is not an active customer of Trident Industries. We were not aware that a collection of our vehicles had been shipped to Saqalona. While we believe the incident to be true, we will be following due diligence and opening an investigation into the incident.”

Day 20

You've been doing a great job so far Xavier!

Corporate wanted me to mention that ad revenue has been going up nicely, and that's exactly what they're looking for.

Anyways...

I worry about how some governments are treating this thing though. It's really starting to become a problem and I don't like where it's going.

So up until now, I've still been managing the large "breaking news" button.

I think it's time you press it to see what happens.

On the count of three:

1...

@everyone

Some of that tech requires putting your name on some really fancy papers, so it may be awhile till you get to go down there.

Nice work! If you think that's cool, then wait till you get to see the other stuff we have hooked up down in the basement!

Now, things are probably going to get more hectic from here.

You see, there's something called "fatigue," like when you drive your car on a rocky road all the time.

It's going to be tempting to press the big button a bunch of times. You don't want to always do that, though.

It will probably break fairly quickly, and it will break quicker if you heat the tires up so much that they fail. I think that's how they work?

Anyways, you're certainly not going to change your tires every day to make up for it. You're going to take your time on that road, so the tires last years instead of an hour.

The audience will wear out too, if you press the big flashy "breaking news" button all the time.

You have to learn to time it right. Press it during the moments that matter, and not when they don't.

It takes time to learn. You'll probably find that about 3-6 times an hour is good to keep the pace.

Anyways, nice work today. See you down in the cafeteria.

Day 22

Protests in Abkhadria

SIBO News

Today’s story originates from the country of Abkhadria. Tensions in the country have been on the rise over the past several months, as citizens began to grow increasingly dissatisfied with their government’s inaction to address several crises that have arisen lately. Protests began within the capital city yesterday morning, and grew to immense sizes the following day, with our reporters estimating 200,000 people were on site. A couple of protesters were riding on horseback and seemed to be shouting at the crowd, indicating the possibility of sophisticated organizing leading up to the protests.

Day 23

“...Celaeno, why did you put the feeding troft in the ATTIC?”

“I thought that’s where you wanted it to go? It was quite hard to get it up ther-”

“Yeah, about as hard as your ear canal. I told you to take it to Mrs. Attica, not put it in the attic!”

“Oh my, I- Would you mind if I just cut…”

[cut transmission]

@everyone

Greetings everyone, my name is Xavier, and this is SIBO News at Night, substituting in for Javias. We have had to cut our broadcast of “My Big Farm Life” short for tonight, as we have breaking news that is unfolding at a perplexingly rapid pace, with potential worldwide implications in the making. Protestors in Abkhadria have, as of this hour, swarmed the capitol palace. We believe the head of state, along with most of the government employees stationed in the building, have been forced out of the building and onto the streets. So far there have been at least 52 reported deaths as a result of a violent skirmish that also broke out behind the capitol palace. All of this has broken in the last hour, and our reporters are sending us new information with lightning speed. Let’s turn it over to our reporters on the ground now, starting with Diane.

“Thanks Xavier, we are here close by the capitol palace and watching from a balcony as the events unfold. It’s too dangerous for us to get any closer at this time, as by now we’d probably have ended up inside the capitol.”

What is going on down on the streets right now?

“Fortunately this side seems to be a bit calmer. There isn’t a bunch of running around on the streets, mainly just protestors repeating their slogans. I want to point out that the distinctive phrase, “Sodality is Harmony,” has been frequent among their chants. We’re all too familiar with it by now, so it’s very likely that the mysterious cult in Saqalona could have spread here to Abkhadria and helped organize this protest.”

Thanks Diane. I know that our cameras can get a good view from the outside, but from the inside is a different story. What word have you received so far from the capitol building?

“Frankly it’s been difficult to get any sort of information about what’s going on. I’ve covered alot of protests before, and the one we have here seems to be unusually difficult to cover..."

Day 24

FSA Monitoring Mysterious Cult

SIBO News

The Free States of Aritsia government announced today that they are monitoring increased activity of a “grassroots organization” with “no clearly identifiable leadership,” according to their media relations team.

According to the report, the organization originated in northern Saqalona, with some members hiding within the forests of Neverfree National Park. The organization has been able to recruit a following that could be as high as 58,000 members, based on missing persons cases and other incidents reported in Saqalona and surrounding countries. These reports have frequently described door-to-door tactics and cryptic pamphlets littered around communities as possible sources of the disappearances.

The media relations spokesperson had some additional input to provide to our reporters:

“The rate at which this cult is growing is incredibly alarming. We don’t know what’s driving it, why people are so willing to give up their lives for it, or what the cult aims to do.”

The report also claims that the cult has begun to spread into nearby countries at an “incredibly fast” rate. Our reporters were able to confirm that the FSA military has increased its readiness to deploy as a result of these reports.

Day 25

Trade Deal Reached

SIBO News

Today we bring you an update on the FSJN-Selengrad negotiations. The FSJN and Selengrad have reportedly laid down the final stages of initiating a trade deal between the tw…

I'm on the air Xavier!? Right now?

Wait, what?

Alright everyone, I’ve just received word that we’re supposed to evacuate the building as soon as possible. There’s a…

Are you dead serious? We’re broadcasting!

Management told you to get me out??

…what do you mean a horse has overtaken…

[transmission cuts to static]

Day 26.75

Gee, no wonder humans are the only ones that have been able to advance in society, they’re the only ones that can fit in half these rooms!

Alright, everyone has read through the SIBO employee manuals and understands what they’re doing?

Wait, the live broadcast was already flipped on?!? Everyone, get to your stations!

@everyone

Hello everypony.

Thank you for joining us today on the inaugural broadcast from Mane Crusaders Broadcasting, part of our growing coalition of friends under the United Equine States. Today is our formal declaration of our new great nation, where horses and ponies shall no longer be second class citizens.

Long live the United Equine States, and we will not rest until the whole world comes to know our strength.

Day 27

Who we are

Several of you tuning in might be wondering who the Mane Crusaders are. We already might look a bit unusual to you with a television, because we aren’t all human. We might even sound strange to some of you, because horses cannot talk with a very high pitch. We’re not bothered by these likely presumptions you may have - it’s the least we have been through until now. It’s probably time we explain things a bit more, so that you guys will know what’s about to come your way.

Our story started at the turn of the decade, when the human-ran corporation named “Focal Silverware” decided to begin “experimenting” on horses, as they called it. While this might sound like a leisure trip to some of you, it was not “leisurely” at all to our esteemed founders. They were restricted for months to a stale, damp, and lifeless enclosure. Never were they given a hint of compassion, and one of them was even killed out of sheer negligence!

By sheer luck, our founders were able to escape the horrors of where they were being tortured, taking up refuge in the Neverfree National Park. The park became our home, a place of refuge and sanctuary. We lived off the land, as horses were meant to do. Despite this, the founders felt that they had a purpose to fulfill, not for just themselves, but for the very society that they had fled from.

The Mane Crusaders was born.

Day 27.25

Catura Liberated

We are happy to announce that the Federal Republic of Catura has been successfully liberated from its occupiers. Our crusaders have successfully taken over their oppressive government, and are now starting the transition process to ensure minimal disruption to civilians and horses alike.

Our crusaders were happy to report that only limited opposition was present, and civilian support made efforts easy for our crusaders. We will continue to provide updates as expansion continues.

Day 27.75

Our production team has received an incredible outpouring of support from around the world, so we would like to express our gratitude to all of you who have shown support in the face of your world governments. Some of these letters had intriguing questions for us, and now is a great time to read through some of them!

“Why are you so eager to conquer the world?”

- The world is full of oppression, inequality, and sadness. We believe that the only way to fix this is with a sodality of harmony, and nobody else seems eager to do it.

“Do horses like to eat Plutonium?”

- Yes! We get stronger when we ingest radioactive material, which is a contradiction our student crusaders are still trying to figure out.

“How did so many ‘smart horses’ appear so quickly? It doesn’t make sense to have a group of thousands appear from just a couple in a year. It only makes sense mathematically if they gave birth every 4 weeks!”

- Your presumption is correct.

“How were the Mane Crusaders able to steal tanks from Saqalona? I heard about this on SIBO news once.”

- We reassure you that we did not steal tanks from Saqalona. But if we did, it’s not hard to have humans drive a tank! Humans make up most of the Mane Crusaders, sharing our vision for a better world that doesn’t discriminate by gender, race, or species.

“Are horses scared of anything?”

- While I can’t speak for all of them, cats are the only thing we know of that can effectively scare horses.

“What is your favorite type of apple?”

- Rosalynn Apples are the best!

Day 28.75

National Anthem revealed

One of our crusaders has finalized the National Anthem originally written by our founders! As it turns out, SIBO has a large swath of experimental music technology contained in the bottom of the building. He’s been able to use this to prepare video and sound versions of the anthem, which we will now play for your enjoyment.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1092616531353026611/1355829802233368726/National_Anthem.mov?ex=67ea5a66&is=67e908e6&hm=4c5e815502a2b4850e526392b5c7bd2ac4c7919efc7db65b400e146d92865ef0&

Day 29

Nova-Kepanilonia Liberated

The Mane Crusaders are happy to report that our valiant members have successfully taken over the region of Nova-Kepanilonia. We look forward to working with its populace to expand our new nation around the globe.

Day 29.9

Expeditionary Forces in FSA

The Mane Crusaders have officially began work to… [transmission cuts to static]

Day 29.91 "Formal Apology"

Here at SIBO we strive to report on news stories as accurately as possible. This means we have an obligation to not knowingly share misinformation and to correct ourselves when we do so unknowingly.

We realise that our recent month long radio drama has been misinterpreted as legitimate news coverage even by national governments and causing major worldwide distress. As a result, we have had to cut our broadcast short to prevent further harm. Again, this was not our intention, and we are genuinely sorry.

Let it be known that in the future we will ensure a distinct and clear separation between our news broadcasts and radio dramas.

Day 30 "Review"

Talking horses? Seriously? What do they take us for, idiots?

Listen I get that the whole thing was a radio drama but I'd like for it to at least be somewhat feasible, it's hard to really get immersed in the story if it's based on something so far-fetched. No wonder SIBO had to cut the thing short.

I get that SIBO wants another success like the “Battle of the Planets” drama they did back in 1954 but come on SIBO, you guys are better than this.

I'll give credit where credit is due, the sci-fi aspect of the drama was very interesting, still doesn't make up for the rest of it.

3/10 stars

Radio Posts

Alongside the posts in #events there were posts in #global-radio between days 27 and day 29, in order they are as follows: