Leaderboard

On green, its considered powergaming, and not okay. On red (ie: with a known threat) its permissible. Drones should probably not do it regardless of code level. They should focus on repairs. Drones installing new cameras comes across as ghosts just trying to make the antags fail.

Wanted to draw a little character timeline thing!

I would genuinely be very sad if it was removed. It's an opportunity for some of the most unique roleplaying experiences I've had within the game, and most importantly, an opportunity for people who get thrown in isolation, or get treated like shit by security to get a little compassion. Perhaps it's during the hours I play, but I have rarely, if ever, seen my treatment area turn into a holdout/safe space for sec officers. I think this is partially due to the fact that this server doesn't often see the entire sec team getting wiped out due to murderboning rules that are not present on other servers, but also due to the fact that the role often goes unfilled so sec officers don't immediately retreat to the brig when injured because they often can't expect to get patched up there.

A few potential ideas for rewards I've thought of for this goal. Unlockable Cargo Crates A couple of select cargo crates that only become available after certain point thresholds are met. The first few could be ones that aid in further drilling, such as Oupost Defense crates with gear for fighting off enemy swarms or defending existing pumps. Later crates could be things like exotic material crates containing diamond and bluespace crystals, to make up for mining being distracted by defending the drills. Uncovered Artifacts While drilling, there could be the possibility of unearthing valuables and treasures. The most common would be mined materials, but there could also be a chance of unearthing Necropolis Chests, and in extremely rare cases, a boss chest. Rare Enemy Spawns Drilling could increase the chance of rare fauna spawning, giving those xeno-collectors a fun time trying to catch 'em all (And then force them to defend the very thing they sought to destroy.)

𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚎: 𝙻𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚟 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝙰𝚐𝚎: 𝟹𝟺 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛: 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚁𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚎: 𝙾- ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ ᴏᴄᴄᴜᴘᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ʀᴏʟᴇ(ꜱ): > 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛 > Engineer > Chef > 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚛 > 𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 █████ ████ 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 ███████ ████████. 𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 █.█.█.█.█ 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 ███████ 𝚊𝚗𝚍 ██████ 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜. > 𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚊𝚝𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 █████ ██████ █████. 𝙳𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎, 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 █.█.█ ████████. > 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 ███████ ████████ 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 ███████ 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑. 𝙷𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝 𝚍𝚎-𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚞𝚎. > 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚋𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. Qᴜᴀʟɪꜰɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ: > 𝙻𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚟 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙷𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝚃-𝟷 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚃-𝟸 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜; 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝚃-𝟹 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎. ᴇᴍᴘʟᴏʏᴍᴇɴᴛ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅꜱ: > 𝙻𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚟 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝙿 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚝𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢. ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀʟ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅꜱ: ʜᴇɪɢʜᴛ: 𝟼'𝟷 / 𝟷𝟾𝟻𝚌𝚖 ᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ: 𝟷𝟽𝟷𝚕𝚋𝚜 ᴇʏᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏᴜʀ: 𝙿𝚒𝚗𝚔 [𝙱𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗] ᴘʜʏꜱɪᴄᴀʟ ꜱᴛᴀᴛᴇ: 𝙾𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚢. ᴘꜱʏᴄʜᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ꜱᴛᴀᴛᴇ: Patient diagnosed with major, recurrent dissociative amnesia and generalized anxiety. Patient admits suicidal thoughts occur and is not willing to disclose frequency at this time, but notes that is not presently experiencing suicidal intent. Prescriptions: Medical Marijuana Packet, 1x per shift PRN from on-duty psych for anxiety; Medical hypnosis, multi-session, for major recurrent dissociative amnesia. Patient reports a 23-year mental block from birth; questionable medical intervention and possible complicity with the cause of the mental block. Patient's first memory was waking up in hospital with severe burns, loss of hearing but no known head or neck trauma. References to a "non-disclosure agreement" were made to the patient, but patient does not appear to have any active knowledge.

Have some data

To many screen shots to post. Massive thanks to James Auchvulf, Aang-Aar-Thuung, Sticky Bomb, and especially Victor Keppler When coming up with a name, we forgot "Dozen" is a word. Behold, the Deca plus two SM.

So do I, but I am considering the average person who needs this guide is nowhere near confident enough to not panic while trying to keep someone stable.

Actually forgot to refer to this. First of all, revive drops cuffs, so that does quite significantly change the dynamic, because a reviving cling can and will overpower an officer given the chance, if they're the better spaceman. Second of all, being dragged to the cremator gives other clings an opportunity to save you, like the cooperative antag they are. SRing or decapitating clings immediately upon capture cheats them of their entire revive mechanic. The SOP clearly states they are to be cremated, so presumably they are meant to be lifeforms that can regenerate from anything less than that. It feels incredibly gamey to do something else due to game mechanics working like they do. Clings are weak, their abilities generally suck in comparison to the other antags' analogues, and they're meant to make up for that with persistence.

What do admins think of people constructing cameras in maints? when/when are they not okay. can maint drones make them? is it powergaming? a couple different admins have given me different answers and I always feel weird ahelping about it because there is no general consensus on it. I would love to hear the communities/admins/heads thoughts on this. In my opinion I believe they shouldn't be built on blue/green under the powergaming rule.

The fact that removing a cling's brain somehow stops its regeneration is pretty weird. On many other servers you do in fact have to cremate them (like you are supposed to here). Feels kinda exploity that you can just decap, especially with some officers LITERALLY CARRYING CIRCULAR SAWS OR SR PILLS.

One idea that I thought was very interesting was something along the lines of what this thread suggested, but more expanded upon: Allow Changelings to be decapitated, gibbed, etc. But let them survive anything up to the complete destruction of their body, or at least anything which wouldn't kill a generic horror monster in a movie (Gibbed by an explosion, or dusting/cremating). I can't speak on the coding difficulty of this yet since I haven't actually looked into it, but both decapitated and gibbed changelings still have a fully intact head which their ghost possesses. Maybe that head could grow legs and skitter off, grow a full body back out of the remains of its neck, or just turn into a regular old headslug and escape. I believe that this would fix the majority of the issues plaguing Changelings at the moment, primarily because the only way to be sure that you've killed them would be cremation or dusting. Still not exactly hard to do, but it would solve the annoying "cheesy" methods of beating them and make clings a lot more of an interesting and scary threat to the station than the slight annoyance they currently are. (Not actually a finalised suggestion obviously, just a cool shower thought I had.)

What Neca says pretty much sums up my stance on things.

Very much this. Escalate things based on the context - nuke ops coming? Go nuts to spot them. Antag hanging in one area being trouble? Sure. Pre-emptive escalation is shitty, but doing it in direct response to a specific threat is something else entirely.

If there's an actual threat that somehow requires this, that's one thing - same as any other response and preparedness. It very much counts as 'overprepared'. If there's something very bad like slings, or cult are continually using the incinerator as a base - then it comes under 'an attempt to fight back', and thus should only be done with authorisation, overseen by security etc.

I actually prefer those airlock sprites over our current ones, if I'm honest!

I personally feel it should fall under the powergaming rules. Especially for maintenance drones, as this sort of thing violates the spirit purpose behind them being a thing. It's done explicitly to prevent antagonists from 'winning' and is fairly poor form. The only exception I can see is if an antagonist has obliterated security and the last line of defense is the AI.

Aaand I am back with more.

Oh hi :) Remember the wiki is a great resource for new players like you! Don't worry about people calling you a baldie. :)

The same Jacob Pearls I met on Skyrat?

No good reason for this one. Rivera, Angel, and Idunn respectively

Finally, settled on a character. Name: O.R.A.N.C.H.E Age: 19 Gender: Identifies as male Race: I.P.C Blood Type: Irrelevant General Occupational Role(s): Psychologist, Coroner, IAA/NTR Biography: O.R.A.N.C.H.E was manufactured on Sol as a retooling of an extremely outdated maintenance-drone hack-up (known as DR-801). Proving to be very intelligent early on in positronic evaluation and testing stages, O.R.A.N.C.H.E began seeking out a career in criminal psychology, with the goal of entering the Trans-Solar Federation's Corporate Investigation Bureau. However, he found that he lacked enough work hours logged within corporate companies to be considered for the position, and the TSF recruiter recommended him Nanotrasen. He accepted, and now works at the NSS Cyberiad. Qualifications: O.R.A.N.C.H.E is qualified in the field of Criminal Psychology, having a bachelor degree in Criminal Psychology and an associates in Forensics. O.R.A.N.C.H.E also expresses an interest in telecommunications and emergency services, and seems to read about those topics often in his free time. The following information is also visible in-game, because I like consistency. Employment Records: O.R.A.N.C.H.E is qualified in the fields of criminal psychology and forensics. He has been employed at the Cyberiad due to a desire to join the TSF CIB (Corporate Investigation Bureau), and plans to work until he meets the TSF CIB requirements for further education and training. Security Records: O.R.A.N.C.H.E is hyperactive and jumpy, leaning heavily towards the "flight" side of the "fight or flight" coin. He seems uninterested in serving Nanotrasen fully, showing loyalty to the TSF rather than Nanotrasen. He seems especially fond of his homeworld, Earth, and it's rural areas. This leads us to believe he's more environmentalist, despite the industrial upbringing. Medical Records: O.R.A.N.C.H.E seems to possess a form of robotic ADHD, and subsequently is very hyperactive. He is also able to generate heat and make a wider variety of noises. His chassis is a relativeley new model of Morpheus Cyberkinetics, designed to resemble the older chassis but be more pleasant to interact with physically. Personnel Photo (Appearance text): He's tall and lanky, with a peach/salmon colored chassis. His screen is a orange heart, and his antenna fold foward. He has scratches and damage all over. His body structure is far more geometric rather than cubic, with more shapes and corners. Other Notes: Criminal Psychology is actually a field I'm studying in real life. Yeehaw.

Personal Relations Romantically Involved | Romantic Interest | Admire | Respected | Good Friend | Friend | Neutral/Unsure | Dislike | Hate | Fear Faction Relations Allied | Like | Neutral | Dislike | Hate | Enemy