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So, you wanna be a Roboticist? Well, I got news for you! Don't Roboticist is a job that is infuriating on so many levels, some rounds will be going on at breakneck speed with you just barely making it out unscathed, and other rounds will have you finish your job in under 30 minutes and make you wish that you went any other role. Point is that Roboticist (and its difficulty) is entirely context dependent, which normally wouldn't be a problem if you weren't in charge of the most powerful gear on the station. Your creation of mechs (Exosuits) and simplebots (bots) is second to your actual job, gauging the situation and adapting accordingly, the most powerful gear on the station is located in your exosuit fab, and it is your job to make sure that people don't powergame using them, lets go over an example Let's say that you are in the middle of a shift and a security officer come up to you and asks for some implants, specifically CNS and Thermals, the current condition of the station is Blue alert, Confirmed traitors, and a command staff have gone missing, what would you do in this situation? Spoiler Answer? Actually it's a trick question, you don't have enough information to properly know if giving them these implants will actually benefit the station or not, however if you wanted to be fully by the books the answer is a hard no, as robotics SOP states rather clearly that you are NOT to implant security with combat implants unless it is code red This is just an example of a situation that might come up during a round of robotics Now, it's not very common to be forced to deal with implants, rather combat mechs tend to be the bigger (and often, much more impactful) problem that pops up from time to time. When should you actually create a combat mech? Do create a combat mech if- A biohazard is spiraling out of control quickly (Ex: A blob is quickly reaching critical mass and the crew is struggling to properly deal with it) You get proper authorization by the HOS to make one and create exactly what they asked for (Ex: The HOS asks for a gygax with a repair droid, disabler, and a close combat armor piece, you build him that, you don't just add scattershot instead of the disabler because you can) Oh god everyone is dead this is our last option Don't create a combat mech if- You just want to ("But muh SOP" isn't going to help you much, trust me, it's a dick fucking move over preping for antags by building combat mechs just because you can, constantly doing this WILL net you a jobban) The HOS (or any command member) asks for a durand (or any other combat mech) with lethals on green alert (For the love of god don't let shitsec get near a mech, they WILL cause more damage than they will fix and they WILL pin the blame on you) Now, something that isn't often covered and is more seen as common sense is what you put on mechs, so I'll be going over that now in a tier list WORTHLESS, DO NOT PRINT- Plasma energy relay (Charges FAR too slow) Exonuclear reactor (Using this is basically self antaging at best, and it's not even good at charging....) Localized wormhole generator (It's a meme, nothing else) CH-PL "Firedart" laser (Objectively worse solaris, NEVER use) Tesla cannon (We don't talk about the tesla cannon[Used for research upgrades and nothing else]) C tier- PCMK-6 Bola Launcher (It's... fine, you likely won't be using this ever) SGL-6 Flashbang Launcher (Worse clusterbang, but it gets the job done) SRM-8 Missile Rack (Friendly fire the weapon) Gravitational Catapult Module (It's not really used, but it has some applications) B tier- ALL EXOSUIT ENGINEERING GEAR (It's pretty alright) Drill (Just worse than the diamond one) Rescue jaw ( I mean, it's a jaws of life, just less) Taser (Good enough, just kinda eh) Removed in the combat update, no electrode spam Immolation (Alright against vamps, just use solaris) A tier- Clusterbang launcher (Blob counter, still funny otherwise) Solaris (Pretty good laser) Disabler (Very solid weapon overall and could be S-tier EDIT: After the combat rebalance this is a solid A teir, it has been nerfed to only shoot one disabler which is very reasonable as before it was a little too spamable) Syringe gun (Hey, memechem on the go!) Ion (Very nice overall, amazing to counter other mechs or a malf AI) LMG (Pretty good, but not scattershot good) Both armors (Reflective and reactive) (Hey, it's armor, not much else) S tier- Scattershot (best combat tool by far, this thing puts people down and KEEPS them there) Exosuit sleeper (Very underused, a "any chemical" sleeper on the go will keep people on their feet) Diamond tipped drill (this thing KILLS, the counter to all fauna in lavaland) Quiet carbine (Only special item I will mention, VERY strong for both antags and non antags) What mech builds you will likely be using Mining mech- Ripley, Diamond tipped drill, Auto Repair, Mining scanner, Reactive armor, Plasma cutter, Clamp Atmos/engineering panic button mech- Firefighter, Cable layer, auto repair, Extinguisher, Clamp, RCD Medical mech- Oddy, Syringe gun, 2 mounted sleepers Non Lethal combat mech- Gygax, Disabler, reflective armor or reactive armor, auto repair Biohazard control mech- Durand, Solaris or scattershot (depending if it's blob or terror spiders respectively), auto repair, reactive armor (IF THE BLOB IS REACHING CRITICAL MASS REPLACE WITH A CLUSTERBANG) Oh god oh fuck panic button- Durand/gygax, scattershot, reflective, auto repair Alright, we are now done with the basics of mechs, except how to pilot them (Which is more security if anything, so I will not be going over it) Now, here comes the other huge part of your job, making simplebots!These small little things have basic AI and can do alot of good tasks around the station and can be a huge boon to the crew. Lets just talk about the ones you won't be making first ED's, this bot is actually just a joke, it does jack all most of the time and if it does help someone it's probably not security New combat update made them NOT garbage Honkbot, also a joke Floorbot, you need... maybe 1, they aren't as good as they seem General griefsky, another joke The bots you will be making Securitron, actually kinda crazy if you stack these, basically a stun baton with legs at most you need like 5 running around ED's, shoots disablers and is very strong at doing nonlethal take downs on most antags, can sometimes struggle with clings but are nearly a hard counter to the umbra subtype of vampire. DO NOT SPAM THESE, IT IS POWERGAMING, make 3 at most Medibots, godsends, you want like 10-15 of these running around, a real help to keep the unlucky alive Cleanbots, the one you are gonna be spamming out the most, when janitorial isn't doing their job like ~20 of these can fully clean a station, aim for 20-25 by the end of the shift All of these should be made through the crafting menu, no exceptions And, that's the basics of robotics, this should cover everything that isn't on the wiki, the wiki already explains cyborgs well enough so I'm not gonna go over them in full, just give em vtec and self repair and they should be happy also give everything that can use a battery a yellow slime core General tip for traitor roboticists, mechs get the job done and NEVER buy a syndi MMI, just use an emmag So, this is the end of the guide portion of this post, got any questions? Just ask em Tierlist in spoiler (Might update the formatting later) EDIT 1: Updated with combat reworks, taser removal does almost nothing and the disabler nerf makes it a solid A instead of an S teir pick, ED's are no longer a joke and are VERY strong now

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Well... The Chief Nerdlinger of the SOP's Sayin' Shadey can't rap so I'ma make him see What happens when you cross the girl with the golden grills With the razor-sharp raps and the dopest mic skills (you get badmin raps is what happens) Yeah TullyBB be bouncin' 'bout, Makin' SOP and showin' he's got clout, Goin' head to head on them wiki pages, Leavin' a legacy that'll last throughout the ages, So you better watch your back as I be spittin' this ode, 'Cause Jenkins comin' hot with a nuclear code, He'll be slinging bluespace like there's no tomorra' Blast your ass clean off when you fax it an' holla' Showin' Steve what it means to be a real man, With a swagger in his walk 'cause he's got a master plan. 'Cause you ain't a real G 'till you got yourself a list, Of things you can't do 'cause your superiors are pissed Of your beer keg record and reckless disregard For every tenant that they've written and the image that you've marred So lets give it up for this Central boy, Yeah clap your hands and make some noise, 'Cause without Jenkins they'd be lookin' at us And we'd be next in line to throw under the (space)bus. Word.

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You guys're talkin' 'bout those badmins like they own the coop - (that's 'cuz they do) but don't forget the smaller roosters too, We ain't got pretty feathers and we're rough around the edges but us motherfuckin' mentors'll teach you how to style some hedges. Questions? No problem, we've got time for that. No matter big or small, we kinda like our chitchat. The wiki's where we specialize, we'll cite it without fail, but lacking Shadeykin's hard work, we'd have all gone pretty pale. Some of us know Medbay, and others might know Sec, but we all know how the Engine works - it's loose? Who didn't check?! Greytide, however, is really not our thing, our names are light blue, but we don't have bling. What we can do is teach you the station's S-O-P, so that griefing dipshit is little more than a flea. i regret this

I find my lack of lyrical creativity disturbing. We're gonna have a problem here... Y'all act like you never seen a rappin' person before Jaws all on the floor like Halogen just burst in the morgue. And started kicking ass worse than before. The wiki's thruth get's enforced, she's got to endure. It's the return of the... "Ah, wait, no way, you're kidding, That page didn't just say what I think it did, did it?" And the admin team said... nothing, you idiots! Adminbus, right. We don't care for you plebs, aight! The Para peeps loving the 'Kin. "Kin, Shady, I'm sick of 'em Look at 'em, walking around writing the you-know-what changing the you-know-that." "Yeah, but she's so smart though!" 'Cause she's the Kin, Shady, yes, the real Shady. All you other Shady's are just imitating. So won't the real Shady please stand up, Please stand up, please stand up?

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