Altitudes Hub |
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Byㅤ tiredsn0w |
Published on 28 Jan 2023 03:10 |
What this is
A bunch of miscellaneous CSS 'improvements' that I, Croquembouche, use on a bunch of pages because I think it makes them easier to deal with.
The changes this component makes are bunch of really trivial modifications to ease the writing experience and to make documenting components/themes a bit easier (which I do a lot). It doesn't change anything about the page visually for the reader — the changes are for the writer.
I wouldn't expect translations of articles that use this component to also use this component, unless the translator likes it and would want to use it anyway.
This component probably won't conflict with other components or themes, and even if it does, it probably won't matter too much.
Usage
On any wiki:
[[include :scp-wiki:component:croqstyle]]
This component is designed to be used on other components. When using on another component, be sure to add this inside the component's [[iftags]] block, so that users of your component are not forced into also using Croqstyle.
Related components
Other personal styling components (which change just a couple things):
Personal styling themes (which are visual overhauls):
CSS changes
Reasonably-sized footnotes
Stops footnotes from being a million miles wide, so that you can actually read them.
.hovertip { max-width: 400px; }
Monospace edit/code
Makes the edit textbox monospace, and also changes all monospace text to Fira Code, the obviously superior monospace font.
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fira+Code:wght@400;700&display=swap'); :root { --mono-font: "Fira Code", Cousine, monospace; } #edit-page-textarea, .code pre, .code p, .code, tt, .page-source { font-family: var(--mono-font); } .code pre * { white-space: pre; } .code *, .pre * { font-feature-settings: unset; }
Teletype backgrounds
Adds a light grey background to <tt> elements ({{text}}), so code snippets stand out more.
tt { background-color: var(--swatch-something-bhl-idk-will-fix-later, #f4f4f4); font-size: 85%; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; margin: 0; border-radius: 6px; }
No more bigfaces
Stops big pictures from appearing when you hover over someone's avatar image, because they're stupid and really annoying and you can just click on them if you want to see the big version.
.avatar-hover { display: none !important; }
Breaky breaky
Any text inside a div with class nobreak has line-wrapping happen between every letter.
.nobreak { word-break: break-all; }
Code colours
Add my terminal's code colours as variables. Maybe I'll change this to a more common terminal theme like Monokai or something at some point, but for now it's just my personal theme, which is derived from Tomorrow Night Eighties.
Also, adding the .terminal class to a fake code block as [[div class="code terminal"]] gives it a sort of pseudo-terminal look with a dark background. Doesn't work with [[code]], because Wikidot inserts a bunch of syntax highlighting that you can't change yourself without a bunch of CSS. Use it for non-[[code]] code snippets only.
Quick tool to colourise a 'standard' Wikidot component usage example with the above vars: link
:root { --c-bg: #393939; --c-syntax: #e0e0e0; --c-comment: #999999; --c-error: #f2777a; --c-value: #f99157; --c-symbol: #ffcc66; --c-string: #99cc99; --c-operator: #66cccc; --c-builtin: #70a7df; --c-keyword: #cc99cc; } .terminal, .terminal > .code { color: var(--c-syntax); background: var(--c-bg); border: 0.4rem solid var(--c-comment); border-radius: 1rem; }
Debug mode
Draw lines around anything inside .debug-mode. The colour of the lines is red but defers to CSS variable --debug-colour.
You can also add div.debug-info.over and div.debug-info.under inside an element to annotate the debug boxes — though you'll need to make sure to leave enough vertical space that the annotation doesn't overlap the thing above or below it.
…like this!
.debug-mode, .debug-mode *, .debug-mode *::before, .debug-mode *::after { outline: 1px solid var(--debug-colour, red); position: relative; } .debug-info { position: absolute; left: 50%; transform: translateX(-50%); font-family: 'Fira Code', monospace; font-size: 1rem; white-space: nowrap; } .debug-info.over { top: -2.5rem; } .debug-info.under { bottom: -2.5rem; } .debug-info p { margin: 0; }
Various Authors
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Altitudes
A pale, sickly organism lay shivering in a pool of growth fluid.
The machines all around its empty gestation tube beeped in alarm, wires and cannulae strewn about, monitors detached from its chest after the fall. Two hearts pulsed weakly inside, trying to circulate the cyanohematoic fluid in its veins; they strained against the intense pull of Kepler's gravity.
Technicians flooded the room. This creature, the project requested by the higher-up, had just gone from poor quality to completely disastrous.
"Why's it out of its tank—?"
"Uh, I don't know, but ████ is going to be furious. It's not supposed to look like that."
- Identity
- Isolation + Intimacy
- Generativity
- Extras
- Add work to the hub + Character roster
- SCP-6118's Place in the Sociopolitics of Kepler
Type "A" Positive
by tiredsn0w
I thought of it as a positive thing. You couldn’t ever feel worse if you never felt good to begin with. (I, Azrael)
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
- Coming soon: Title TBD
- Coming soon: Systematic Degradation
- I, Azrael
Dark Age
by MGMT tiredsn0w
Government drones are mindless puppets. It's best not to try to get too close to one— they don't really have feelings, anyways.
Estimated reading time: ? minutes
- Coming soon: Via-Media
- Coming soon: Title TBD
- Coming soon: Heavy
- Coming soon: Death Drive
Star of Life
by tiredsn0w
Why would a Two, someone genetically engineered for the military, ever want to work in emergency medical services? To save who, the people they were created to kill?
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
Blue-blooded
by tiredsn0w
In the scalded ruins of an extraterrestrial vehicle, among expired bodies and entrails, lies a stasis pod containing an unusually small humanoid. First comes confusion, then coughing, then blood.
Note: Being revised.
Estimated reading time: 30 minutes
Médecin, Not Medicine
by tiredsn0w
- Coming soon: Title TBD
- Coming soon: Bleed Magic
- Coming soon: Hold Me Down Tight
All That Copper, Glowing Fine
by Alzin Cdag
Time after time, a Doctor has saved his Companion from danger on their whirlwind tour of the multiverse. But now, the Doctor is captured in an extradimensional gothic city- and it's time for the Companion to do some saving of his own.
If, that is, he can muster the emotional strength, leadership, and willpower to act independently.
A coming of age musical in five acts.
Estimated reading time: 40 minutes
Notes From the World's Edge
by Alzin Cdag
Explorations of the world and characters of Kepler from alternative angles and interpretations.
Poppies and Lavender
by Fierce fauna
Blue brings the doc some flowers and they have a moment.
Estimated reading time: 8 minutes
Favourite Person
by tiredsn0w
Confusion, then denial, then despair. He would rather die than see him leave; he's not just his favourite person, he's his Favourite Person.
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
RomCon 2023
by notgull, Rounderhouse
Round 1: "You're more than what you're able to do… you're your personality, your strengths. Your past doesn't need to be your future. I know you, Jacob. You can be more than who you are now."
Estimated reading time: 30 minutes - by notgull
Round 2: "Can I go now? I'd really like to take care of the blue twink and go home."
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes - by Rounderhouse
So, you've taken an interest! We're glad to have you here.
There are no rules for contributing per se, as long as it included Kepler or its aliens, but reading enough about pertinent story elements is recommended. For example, if you'd like to write a piece about SCP-6118 encountering Kepler's megafauna, it would be a good idea to familiarise yourself with the planet's ecosystem.
tiredsn0w is more than happy to answer any Kepler-related questions you have, whether they're on the basis of its politics, language, cuisine, or the strange and fascinating biology of the keploids that live on its crust. You can reach out via Wikidot PM anytime.
To add an entry, simply copy and paste this template wherever in the listings your piece fits. These are all organised chronologically, as is the point of having this hub in the first place, so please keep that in mind when adding your work.
Don't know which tab to put it under? Anything taking place in 5a82's life at or before the Academy, in his initial occupation and then being on a squad with 4b80 and 7cb7, et cetera is going to under "Identity". Anything taking place around his arrival on Earth and his time under containment by the Foundation is "Isolation" and his meeting SCP-049 and other loved ones is "Intimacy" (which are currently under the same tab). Anything taking place around or after his return to his home planet would be "Generativity". Anything with an unclear chronological place in the story— for example a related collection of oneshots that take place during differing times, like the RomCon Tales— most likely goes under "Extras". Again, feel free to contact tiredsn0w if you have any questions on where to place it.
[[div class="blockquote"]]
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Synopsis/blurb (optional but recommended)
^^Estimated reading time: # minutes (optional but recommended)^^
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# Link to the first part of your work
# Link to the second part of your work
# Third
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Here is a list of recurring characters and when they appear, for ease of navigation:
Tale | Characters |
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I, Azrael | SCP-6118, Civ. 4ab8, Unit 5a55, The Handler |
Star of Life | SCP-6118, Unit 4b80, Unit 7cb7 |
SCP-6118 | SCP-6118, Beta-7, SCPF personnel, SCP-049 (implied) |
Ambrose: Earthen Foods for the Keplerian Palate | Civ 4cc7, SCP-049 and SCP-6118 (mentioned) |
Poppies and Lavender | SCP-049, SCP-6118, Unit 7cb7 |
ATCGF: I Can't See The Sun | SCP-049, SCP-6118, Unit 7cb7, The Anaesthesiologist, misc. Alagaddans |
ATCGF: Can You Feel The Sun? | SCP-049, SCP-6118, The Anaesthesiologist, misc. Alagaddans |
ATCGF: Growing Pains | SCP-049, SCP-6118, The Anaesthesiologist, misc. Alagaddans, Samiya Starr |
ATCGF: Terrible Sunlight | SCP-049, SCP-507, SCP-6118, The Anaesthesiologist, misc. Alagaddans, Samiya Starr |
ATCGF: It Seems Like Years Since It's Been Here | SCP-049, SCP-507, SCP-6118, The Anaesthesiologist, The Handler, misc. Alagaddans |
Favourite Person | SCP-049, SCP-6118 |
Burn, Baby, Burn | SCP-6118, Jacob R. Dylan, Evelyn Elijovich, and misc. SCPs and GOIs. |
Agent Calendar's Hot Date 2: Boogie Nights | SCP-6118, Jacob R. Dylan, Agent Calendar |
Kepler aliens
Unit 5a82 | |
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Tale | Role |
Tensile Testing | Narrator |
I, Azrael | Narrator, character |
Star of Life | Character |
SCP-6118 | SCP Object |
Ambrose: Earthen Foods for the Keplerian Palate | Brief appearance |
Poppies and Lavender | Character |
ATCGF: I Can't See The Sun | Narrator and Character |
ATCGF: Can You Feel The Sun? | Narrator and Character |
ATCGF: Growing Pains | Narrator and Character |
ATCGF: Terrible Sunlight | Narrator and Character |
ATCGF: It Seems Like Years Since It's Been Here | Narrator and Character |
Favourite person | Character |
Burn, Baby, Burn | Character |
Agent Calendar's Hot Date 2: Boogie Nights | Character |
█████ | "The Handler" |
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Tale | Role |
I, Azrael | Narrator and character |
Unit 4b80 | "The Medic" |
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Tale | Role |
Star of Life | Narrator |
Unit 7cb7 | "Sheep in Wolf's Clothing" |
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Tale | Role |
Poppies and Lavender | Brief appearance |
ATCGF: I Can't See The Sun | Character |
Units 3f32 & 3f33 | "The Duplicates" |
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Tale | Role |
Tale title here | Characters |
Civ. 4cc7 | "The Reporter" |
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Tale | Role |
Ambrose: Earthen Foods for the Keplerian Palate | Narrator |
SCPs and SCP Foundation personnel
SCP-6118 | "Blue-blooded" |
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Tale | Role |
See above list titled "Unit 5a82" | N/A |
SCP-049 | "Plague doctor" |
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Tale | Role |
SCP-6118 | Brief mention (implied) |
Ambrose: Earthen Foods for the Keplerian Palate | Brief appearance |
Poppies and Lavender | Character |
ATCGF: I Can't See The Sun | Narrator and Character |
ATCGF: Can You Feel The Sun? | Narrator and Character |
ATCGF: Growing Pains | Narrator and Character |
ATCGF: Terrible Sunlight | Narrator and Character |
ATCGF: It Seems Like Years Since It's Been Here | Narrator and Character |
Favourite person | Narrator |
SCP-035 | "Possessive Mask" |
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Tale | Role |
Tale title here | Brief appearance |
SCP-507 | "Grabnok the Destroyer" |
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Tale | Role |
ATCGF: It Seems Like Years Since It's Been Here | Character |
Samiya Starr | "The Starr" |
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Tale | Role |
ATCGF: Growing Pains | Character and Narrator |
ATCGF: Terrible Sunlight | Character and Narrator |
SCP-6683 | Mentioned |
SCP-6684 | Mentioned |
Jacob R. Dylan | "Former Cadaver" |
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Tale | Role |
Burn, Baby, Burn | Character |
Agent Calendar's Hot Date 2: Boogie Nights | Character |
The Anaesthesiologist | |
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Tale | Role |
ATCGF: I Can't See The Sun | Character |
ATCGF: Can You Feel The Sun? | Character |
ATCGF: Growing Pains | Character |
ATCGF: Terrible Sunlight | Character |
ATCGF: It Seems Like Years Since It's Been Here | Character |
Code to add your own character:
||~ Name of character ||~ Nickname ||
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An Alzin Cdag Essay
In the same way that Earth governments rule by virtue of their military and thus theoretical ability to protect their own people, the Kepler government rules by virtue of its monopoly on medicine. The military is small; the main use of the military is to destroy startup hospitals and other folks who want to start spreading medical knowledge.
The government presents itself as more valuable to be with than against; if the government fell, or if you cut yourself off from it, you would have nobody to take care of you when you get sick. It therefore does do the minimum and more than the minimum for all the disabled Ones.
I imagine the situation with the Twos, on the other hand, is much like the situation with the robots in Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel. Of course, the government values them over Ones for use in its wetwork, for maximum loyalty and minimum people outside missing them, or having to know about the trauma; but their symbolic value is much greater.
The government presents Twos as their own race of super-Keplerian. Ones are meant to look on them with envy, and to work harder in order to prove their own equality with the Twos, or to submit to more and more medical procedures (thus becoming further and further indebted to the government) in order to become more and more idealized, more and more perfect. To mix a feeling of rightful superiority with the feeling of present inferiority, the government assures the Ones that Twos have no feelings and are like robots. In this framework, Ones secretly admire Twos for their perfection and therefore despise them for imperfection.
But I think this gives a greater social context to Spliced. On the surface of the story, the rebels only needed a Two- any Two- to put in their experiment to create the Asu, and 5a82 was just the first one they happened to recruit. His aides 3f22 and 3f23 just came a bit later.
However, I don't think this is the case.
I think, no matter how versed in science the rebels were, they still had an ingrained religious awe about what the government was able to do with medicine. They are scared of interfering with the genetic code that is sacred, perfect.
When 5a82 enters, his existence throws all that into disarray. He is living proof of the fallibility of the government's process, that those in charge of the medicine there are merely mortal and prone to make mistakes. His imperfection is a signal of the fallibility of the virus.
He is also needed because nobody wants to experiment on "perfect" Twos, because of the remains of that religious awe. It is better to modify an existing blasphemy than pervert something already holy.
When he ends up saving them, they begin to transfer their religious awe to him. Every mortal has a religion, whether it be atheism, Unitarianism or Islam, and since the rebellion is necessarily bereft of the cult of the government, they fashion him as their new idol. This explains the transition between people being rude to him in Spliced and in awe of him in MNM.
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"Altitudes Hub" by tiredsn0w, from the SCP Wiki. Source: https://scpwiki.com/altitudes-hub. Licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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