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|additional = | |additional = Anywhere you can Warp or fabricate to | ||
|difficulty = Medium to | |difficulty = Medium to Hard | ||
|superior = Ratvar | |superior = Ratvar | ||
|duties = | |duties = Forget to toggle your chameleon jumpsuit, don't set up any power generation, get crushed by an angry mech | ||
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|quote = " | |quote = "What's this lantern thi-" "QVR, URNGUR'A!!" | ||
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Although Nar-Sie is powerful in her own right, she has a mortal enemy: Ratvar, imprisoned ages ago in a conflict and endlessly seeking out freedom. Trapped in a place that none can enter or leave, Ratvar has enlisted the aid of (unwilling) servants such as yourself to free him. | |||
If you're one of these servants and you have no idea what to do, you've come to the right place. | |||
== | == Introduction and Key Points == | ||
Despite the similar name, clockwork cult is nothing like the blood cult of Nar-Sie. While they both involve conversion (being cults) and both of their ultimate goals are to summon their respective gods, the similarities end there. While the blood cult is focused on sabotage, chaos, and stealth due to their status as normal crew, the servants of Ratvar need to worry about no such thing. | |||
As a servant, you start on a z-level entirely separate from the station, called the City of Cogs (or Reebe, if you prefer.) This place can't normally be accessed by the station crew until a certain point, and comes outfitted with facilities for spying on, listening to, and getting onto the station, as well as disguises, spare materials, and an infirmary for healing yourself and fellow servants. Most importantly, it houses the '''Ark of the Clockwork Justiciar''', which you will need to defend. | |||
From the start of the round, the Ark has a countdown timer between 30 and 35 minutes. Once this time is up, the crew will be made aware of your presence; then, after a five-minute grace period, portals will open up on the station and allow the crew access to Reebe, from an area in the south that no servants can access. ''As a servant, your goal is to build defenses and sabotage the station to protect the Ark until it activates.'' | |||
While such a task seems very daunting, rest easy! As a servant, you have a wide variety of tools at your disposal to make defending the Ark as painless as possible. | |||
=== The Clockwork Slab [[File:clockwork_slab.gif]] === | === The Clockwork Slab [[File:clockwork_slab.gif]] === | ||
If you | If you have experience with the blood cult, you can think of the clockwork slab as your version of a tome. It is the essential servant tool; it contains all of your special abilities as a servant, and you should have it on your person at all times. | ||
The clockwork slab has | The clockwork slab has several functions: | ||
* '''Recital''' | * '''Recital''' lets you recite ''scripture,'' the clockwork cult's special powers and abilities. Most structures come from scripture. | ||
* '''Recollection''' | * '''Recollection''' displays an in-game guide for being a servant. You can toggle freely between this and Recital. | ||
* '''Up to Five Quickbind action buttons''' allow you to recite scripture without opening the slab interface. You can bind a scripture by clicking the Quickbind button next to its "Recite" button. | |||
* '''Up to Five Quickbind action buttons''' | |||
Clockwork slabs | Clockwork slabs also generate a very small amount of power every second. ''Every human servant should have a slab!'' They're the key to any cult's success and you should have one at all times. | ||
=== Your HUD [[File:Clockinfo.png|32px]] [[File:Hierophant_network.png|32px]] === | |||
' | As a servant, you'll have several elements on your HUD that are all very important. | ||
[[File:Clockinfo.png|32px]] The '''global records display''' can be found in the top-right corner. Hovering over it will give you a short rundown of the status of the entire cult, including number of servants, stored power, and the Ark time left for its current phase. You should refer to this often to get a feeling for the state of your cult. | |||
[[File:Hierophant_network.png|32px]] The '''Hierophant Network''' is '''''INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT!''''' Using it will allow you to send messages to all other servants, regardless of distance. Use this often to stay coordinated. Note that using it will make you whisper, so don't use it next to anyone who shouldn't be hearing you. | |||
=== Power === | |||
Servants don't use their own blood to power their magic like Nar-Sie's cult. Instead, they use power, measured in Watts like normal electricity. Just any power doesn't work for servants' tools, though. Power can be generated in various ways through different items and structures. Ensuring that you have a healthy supply of power is both easy to do and critically important to succeed as a servant. | |||
Power is used by many structures, and it is used to power all scripture. Additionally, reaching certain power thresholds will unlock new tiers of scripture! | |||
'''50 kW''' unlocks the Script tier. | |||
'''100 kW''' unlocks the Application tier, | |||
== | == The City of Cogs and the Ark == | ||
Here is a map of the City of Cogs: | |||
=== Driver Scripture | [[File:City_of_cogs_with_key.png|500px]] | ||
* '''The <span style='color:#4800FF'>violet</span> room contains the Ark, which you need to defend.''' | |||
* '''The <span style='color:#FF6A00'>orange</span> room contains camera observation consoles, which let you watch the station from afar and warp there. There are also two ''cogscarab shells'' here; any ghost can activate one to become a cogscarab, which is a tiny little clockwork construction drone built to build and reinforce! They can't recite scripture or leave Reebe, however.''' | |||
* '''The <span style='color:#FF0000'>red</span> area is where the crew will warp in once the Ark activates. You cannot access it, and must build under the assumption that the crew will enter from there. | |||
* The <span style='color:#FF00DC'>pink</span> room contains the herald's beacon. If enough servants vote to activate it by interacting with it, the servants will become much stronger ''but forfeit their stealth by alerting the crew to their presence early.'' Think carefully before deciding if you want to activate the beacon, but be quick; you only have five minutes to decide! | |||
* The <span style='color:#0094FF'>blue</span> room contains a wardrobe, mirror, and dresser for disguising yourself, in addition to five spare clockwork slabs. | |||
* The <span style='color:#00FF21'>green</span> room contains a list of frequencies as well as four intercoms that can be tuned to any frequency. Use this to spy on Security, Command, or other departments. | |||
* The <span style='color:#00FFFF'>teal</span> room contains first-aid supplies and sleepers with powerful healing chemicals for treating wounds. | |||
* '''The large area between the red area and all of the other rooms is empty space to build in.''' This area should be fortified and built over, with specifics limited only by your imagination; sprawling labyrinths or huge chunks of reinforcement are both possible, as well as anything in between! | |||
=== The Ark === | |||
The Ark spawns at roundstart at the northernmost point in Reebe. As a servant, your ultimate goal is to defend it until activation (which occurs automatically.) ''Defend the Ark with your life'' - if the Ark is destroyed, ''the round ends instantly with a cult loss.'' If it completes its summoning, however, it will result in a cult win and a brief period of revelation during which the cult and its servants are made unstoppable by the presence of Ratvar. | |||
The Ark has five "phases", listed below. In each phase, you can examine the Ark or check your global info alert to see the remaining time until its activation. | |||
{| class="wikitable" border="3" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" | |||
! style='background-color:#E6A500;' width='96px'|Appearance | |||
! style='background-color:#E6A500;' width='150px'|Duration(s) | |||
! style='background-color:#E6A500;' width='400px'|Description | |||
|- style="text-align: center;" | |||
![[File:Arkhalted.png]] | |||
Build Phase<br> | |||
Prep Phase | |||
|30-35 minutes (charge-up)<br>5 minutes (grace period) | |||
|The Ark starts in this state, during which it is silent. This entire phase marks the time during which the servants should build fortifications and actively prepare to defend the Ark. After the first phase passes, there is a 30-second warning for all servants to get back to Reebe. Once this time is up, ''all servants will become marked and visible to all non-servants, and a station-wide announcement will inform the crew of the Ark's presence.'' There is then a five-minute grace period during which neither side can attack, for servants to finalize preparations and the crew to get ready for the assault. | |||
|- style="text-align: center;" | |||
![[File:Arkopening.gif]] | |||
Defense Phase | |||
|4 minutes | |||
|When this phase begins, portals to Reebe will open up everywhere across the station in nearly every room over a one-minute timespan. Crew can enter these portals to emerge in one of the three spawn rooms, and cannot return to the station. This phase consists of the crew's first massive assault on Reebe, and is generally the hardest phase as the crew is at full strength. | |||
|- style="text-align: center;" | |||
![[File:Arkactive.gif]] | |||
Assault Phase | |||
|4 minutes | |||
|This timespan marks the middle of the crew's attack period. Any stragglers from the station have likely ended up on Reebe by this point (as well as anyone who took extra time to arm themselves) and will be actively trying to kill you. If you managed to fend off the initial assault, the worst should be over, but always keep an eye out for one-man armies. | |||
|- style="text-align: center;" | |||
![[File:Arkclosing.gif]] | |||
Cleanup Phase | |||
|2 minutes | |||
|If you've made it to this point, congratulations; your victory is almost certainly assured by now. At this point, the crew has likely been butchered, converted, or both, and there is little to no resistance remaining to attempt to stop the Ark. During this lull, you should heal or revive any dead or dying servants, destroy any enemy corpses with vitality matrices, repair structures, and ensure nobody sneaks up on the Ark. | |||
|} | |||
= Everything beyond this point is under construction and is not guaranteed to be current! = | |||
== Driver Scripture == | |||
Below is a list of all Driver scripture. Driver scriptures are unlocked by default and have no unlock requirement. | Below is a list of all Driver scripture. Driver scriptures are unlocked by default and have no unlock requirement. |
Revision as of 20:30, 26 September 2017
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![]() Servant of Ratvar |
Access: Maintenance Additional Access: Anywhere you can Warp or fabricate to Difficulty: Medium to Hard Supervisors: Ratvar Duties: Forget to toggle your chameleon jumpsuit, don't set up any power generation, get crushed by an angry mech Guides: This is the guide Quote: "What's this lantern thi-" "QVR, URNGUR'A!!" |
Although Nar-Sie is powerful in her own right, she has a mortal enemy: Ratvar, imprisoned ages ago in a conflict and endlessly seeking out freedom. Trapped in a place that none can enter or leave, Ratvar has enlisted the aid of (unwilling) servants such as yourself to free him.
If you're one of these servants and you have no idea what to do, you've come to the right place.
Introduction and Key Points
Despite the similar name, clockwork cult is nothing like the blood cult of Nar-Sie. While they both involve conversion (being cults) and both of their ultimate goals are to summon their respective gods, the similarities end there. While the blood cult is focused on sabotage, chaos, and stealth due to their status as normal crew, the servants of Ratvar need to worry about no such thing.
As a servant, you start on a z-level entirely separate from the station, called the City of Cogs (or Reebe, if you prefer.) This place can't normally be accessed by the station crew until a certain point, and comes outfitted with facilities for spying on, listening to, and getting onto the station, as well as disguises, spare materials, and an infirmary for healing yourself and fellow servants. Most importantly, it houses the Ark of the Clockwork Justiciar, which you will need to defend.
From the start of the round, the Ark has a countdown timer between 30 and 35 minutes. Once this time is up, the crew will be made aware of your presence; then, after a five-minute grace period, portals will open up on the station and allow the crew access to Reebe, from an area in the south that no servants can access. As a servant, your goal is to build defenses and sabotage the station to protect the Ark until it activates.
While such a task seems very daunting, rest easy! As a servant, you have a wide variety of tools at your disposal to make defending the Ark as painless as possible.
The Clockwork Slab 
If you have experience with the blood cult, you can think of the clockwork slab as your version of a tome. It is the essential servant tool; it contains all of your special abilities as a servant, and you should have it on your person at all times.
The clockwork slab has several functions:
- Recital lets you recite scripture, the clockwork cult's special powers and abilities. Most structures come from scripture.
- Recollection displays an in-game guide for being a servant. You can toggle freely between this and Recital.
- Up to Five Quickbind action buttons allow you to recite scripture without opening the slab interface. You can bind a scripture by clicking the Quickbind button next to its "Recite" button.
Clockwork slabs also generate a very small amount of power every second. Every human servant should have a slab! They're the key to any cult's success and you should have one at all times.
Your HUD

As a servant, you'll have several elements on your HUD that are all very important.
The global records display can be found in the top-right corner. Hovering over it will give you a short rundown of the status of the entire cult, including number of servants, stored power, and the Ark time left for its current phase. You should refer to this often to get a feeling for the state of your cult.
The Hierophant Network is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT! Using it will allow you to send messages to all other servants, regardless of distance. Use this often to stay coordinated. Note that using it will make you whisper, so don't use it next to anyone who shouldn't be hearing you.
Power
Servants don't use their own blood to power their magic like Nar-Sie's cult. Instead, they use power, measured in Watts like normal electricity. Just any power doesn't work for servants' tools, though. Power can be generated in various ways through different items and structures. Ensuring that you have a healthy supply of power is both easy to do and critically important to succeed as a servant.
Power is used by many structures, and it is used to power all scripture. Additionally, reaching certain power thresholds will unlock new tiers of scripture! 50 kW unlocks the Script tier. 100 kW unlocks the Application tier,
The City of Cogs and the Ark
Here is a map of the City of Cogs:
- The violet room contains the Ark, which you need to defend.
- The orange room contains camera observation consoles, which let you watch the station from afar and warp there. There are also two cogscarab shells here; any ghost can activate one to become a cogscarab, which is a tiny little clockwork construction drone built to build and reinforce! They can't recite scripture or leave Reebe, however.
- The red area is where the crew will warp in once the Ark activates. You cannot access it, and must build under the assumption that the crew will enter from there.
- The pink room contains the herald's beacon. If enough servants vote to activate it by interacting with it, the servants will become much stronger but forfeit their stealth by alerting the crew to their presence early. Think carefully before deciding if you want to activate the beacon, but be quick; you only have five minutes to decide!
- The blue room contains a wardrobe, mirror, and dresser for disguising yourself, in addition to five spare clockwork slabs.
- The green room contains a list of frequencies as well as four intercoms that can be tuned to any frequency. Use this to spy on Security, Command, or other departments.
- The teal room contains first-aid supplies and sleepers with powerful healing chemicals for treating wounds.
- The large area between the red area and all of the other rooms is empty space to build in. This area should be fortified and built over, with specifics limited only by your imagination; sprawling labyrinths or huge chunks of reinforcement are both possible, as well as anything in between!
The Ark
The Ark spawns at roundstart at the northernmost point in Reebe. As a servant, your ultimate goal is to defend it until activation (which occurs automatically.) Defend the Ark with your life - if the Ark is destroyed, the round ends instantly with a cult loss. If it completes its summoning, however, it will result in a cult win and a brief period of revelation during which the cult and its servants are made unstoppable by the presence of Ratvar.
The Ark has five "phases", listed below. In each phase, you can examine the Ark or check your global info alert to see the remaining time until its activation.
Everything beyond this point is under construction and is not guaranteed to be current!
Driver Scripture
Below is a list of all Driver scripture. Driver scriptures are unlocked by default and have no unlock requirement.
Scripture names in italics signify important scripture necessary to success.
Cyborg Scripture
Unique, Servant cyborg only scriptures. These count as Driver scriptures, but only certain cyborg modules have access to them.
Script Scripture
Below is a list of all Script scripture. Script scriptures require 6 Human or Silicon Servants and a Tinkerer's Cache to unlock.
Scripture names in italics signify important scripture necessary to success.
Application Scripture
Below is a list of all Application scripture. Application scriptures require 9 Human or Silicon Servants, 3 Tinkerer's Caches, and 100 CV to unlock.
Scripture names in italics signify important scripture necessary to success.
Judgement Scripture
Below is the Judgement scripture. The Judgement scripture requires 12 Human or Silicon Servants, 5 Tinkerer's Caches, 300 CV, and that all active AIs are Servants to unlock.
Scripture names in italics signify important scripture necessary to success.
Appearances | Name | Component Cost | Description | Invocation Time | Invokers Required |
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Ark of the |
5 Belligerent Eyes |
Summons the Ark of the Clockwork Justiciar, a massive Spatial Gateway to Reebe, the Celestial Derelict. If the Ark survives for 5 minutes, it will activate, summoning Ratvar, the Clockwork Justiciar in a massive, station-converting blast. |
15s | 6 |
Structures, Sigils, Objects, Constructs, and Cyborgs
This is a listing of the various structures and constructs available to the Servants of Ratvar.
Structures
Clockwork Structures with effects become up to 50% less effective(at 25% of maximum Health) as they lose Health.
All Clockwork Structures can be unsecured from the floor with a wrench.
This only applies to actual Clockwork Structures; brass windows, tables, and doors all have their own deconstruction/unsecuring steps.
Sigils
Sigils, while effective as unexpected traps, are incredibly fragile and can be easily removed by any non-Servant hitting them with an item or simply striking them with an open hand.
You can stack multiple Sigils of different types on a single tile, which allows you to create conversion traps, damage traps, or damaging conversion traps.
Objects
Constructs
Cyborgs
Threats to the Enlightened
Although the servants of Ratvar are gifted with great power, they are still threatened by many things on the station. This can range from enemy cultists to things as simple as hard vacuum.
Nar-Sian Dogs 
The one thing that Ratvar hates more than people telling him that he has a bad name are the followers of his nemesis, Nar-Sie. Not only are Ratvar's servants incapable of converting them, but they endeavor to do the very thing that Ratvar wants to prevent: Nar-Sie's arrival into the mortal plane. The two cults are enemies of one another, serving rival gods with rival goals. As such, Ratvarian magic will be more effective against Nar-Sian cultists. The opposite is also true; much of Nar-Sie's magic is more effective against Ratvar's servants.
Security and the Chaplain 

Nar-Sie's cult is generally absent on the stations that Ratvar's servants are present, but the watchful eye of Security and heretical priests is ever-present. A tactical security raid can demolish the most well-prepared of servant hideouts, and the chaplain's holy weapon weakens the Justiciar's magic; a holy weapon makes the user totally immune to the affects of sigils, for instance, and holy water will purge the light of Ratvar from even the most powerful servant's mind, given time.
It should be one of the servants' top priorities to infiltrate Security. The servants can use the Sigil of Accession to nullify the loyalty implant of a single target and convert them. As for the chaplain? Well, Ratvar says "Suffer not a heretic to live", so the answer should be self-evident.
Ratvar
Once you've defended the Ark for enough time, Ratvar will come forth.
His destructive power is unmatched, turning the minds of the unenlightened and twisting the very walls to suit his image.
Few things are capable of challenging Ratvar's sheer power.
One of them is Nar-Sie.
If Ratvar and Nar-Sie encounter one another,
Th̗̮̪̹́ͅe̘n̺ ̤̣͟ơ͙͈̻n̵̘̦l̫̬̀ͅyͅ ̲ò̮̤n̼̻̼̖̭̪͠ͅe̬͚͕̲̻̰ ҉͚̞͙̞̭̼s̡͖h̜̻̞̣̩̟ͅa̴͉͍̯̟͎̠l̳̝̖̫͞ḷ͔̘̞͞ ̯̞̥̱̲͙̕ͅe̛̙m̦̻̗̹̝̹͘e͈r̫g͕͉̠e͢ ̮͎̗̮̭̭̝a̱͍͍ͅl͙̗͔̹̻̗͈i͕͕̣̫̳̞v̗͈͍͝e.̛̟
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