21 parts Complete MatureTruth should be objective, just like the news that reports it. But ensuring that people know the objective truth isn't Ivan Nikol's goal. Ensuring loyalty is. As Carrae's National Director of Media Affairs, Ivan writes the nightly news scripts to keep Carrae's population in line, without regard for truth or falsity. Fake wars, false crime waves, nonexistent serial killers - whatever story will ensure his government's control is the story that Ivan will put on the airwaves. In Carrae, the truth isn't objective; the truth is what Ivan says it is.
But even Ivan can't keep an entire country in line forever, not when people start to tire of wars he's invented. That's why, when model citizen Oliver Lambert is called up for mandatory military service by mistake, all but ensuring his death, Ivan sees a prime opportunity to change the script, and redirect the population's focus. Ivan begins to plan a new narrative - one to further cement the government's control, and earn him a place on Carrae's governing Committee.
Should he paint Lambert as a victim or criminal? Terrorist or patriot? Get it right, and he'll be up for the promotion to the Committee he's always wanted; get it wrong, and he could fracture the fragile loyalty he's worked years to build.