-char* long_location_descriptions[186];
-char* short_location_descriptions[186];
-object_description_s object_descriptions[101];
-char* arbitrary_messages[278];
-char* class_messages[13];
-char* turn_threshold_messages[6];
+extern char* long_location_descriptions[];
+extern char* short_location_descriptions[];
+extern object_description_s object_descriptions[];
+extern char* arbitrary_messages[];
+extern char* class_messages[];
+extern char* turn_threshold_messages[];
+
+extern size_t CLSSES;