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Access: External airlocks, Maintenance, Mechanic Workshop
Duties: Make and maintain vehicle(s)

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The mechanic is a Karma unlocked job which can be accessed for 30 points. This job has little to no station responsibility and less access than engineers. As such, your main responsibility will be constructing and maintaining space pods for yourself or the crew. In a typical round you'll mostly find yourself making a pod then zooming around the station until you run out of fuel, destined to float in the far reaches of space forever.

The Final Frontier

You start out in an area near the engineering section of the station. However aside from the mechanic's workshop you begin in, the only other areas you have access to are maintenance. Despite this, you have everything you need to start building your first space pod.

The Right Tools

On your person you begin wearing your jumpsuit, a hardhat, and a toolbelt with an inventory of all the basic tools including wire. Within your small workshop, you will see a mechanical toolbox with replacement tools as well as a full stack of glass, metal, plasteel, and metal rods. Additionally, you will see two items which are very important in the pod building process, a pod core and a pod circuitboard. All of these tools will allow you to create one space pod. To your left, you will see a set of blast doors and a forcefield which exits to space and only pods can move through it. Keep in mind you don't start out with eye protection. So be sure to get a welding helmet or goggles before you start working.

Building a Pod

Creating a basic pod for civilian use is quite easy. If nobody has broken into your workshop, you have all the tools to make one at round start.

Load all of the sheets of metal, glass, and plasma into the spacepod fabricator.
Use the spacepod fabricator to fabricate all 4 pod frames and the pod armor of your choice.
Place all 4 frames into a 2 by 2 square, rotate the frames to their correct positions by left-clicking on them.
When properly placed, secure all frames with a wrench
Use 10 rods on one of the frame parts to make a space pod frame.
Use 4 lengths of wire on space pod frame.
Use screwdriver on frame.
Insert the pod circuit board. You can get more of these from the circuit printer in robotics.
Use a screwdriver on the frame.
Insert the core. You can get more of these from the fabricator in robotics.
Use a wrench on the frame
Use 5 sheets of metal on the frame.
Use a wrench on the frame.
Use a welder on the frame.
Use a pod armor type on the frame.
Use a wrench on the frame.
Use a welder on the frame.

Your space pod has been completed! You can now enter it and fly around at your leisure. The interior is pressurized, but unless you are using your own internals you will need to activate the space pod's air tank in order to breathe properly.

Repairing the pod

So, you somehow damaged your pod and need to repair it? Fret not, repairing is a straightforward process.

Use a crowbar to open the maintenance hatch.
Use a welder to repair the damage.
Use a crowbar to close the maintenance hatch.

Changing/upgrading the battery

Use a crowbar to open the maintenance hatch.
Use an empty hand on the pod, take out the old battery.
Insert the new battery.
Use a crowbar to close the maintenance hatch.

Pod Equipment and You

There are numerous pieces of equipment you can add to a pod, or can exchange to upgrade pods.

Name	System	Description
Spacepod Equipment (Taser)	Weapon	A weak taser system for space pods, fires disabler beams. Starts as the standard for security pods.
Spacepod Equipment (Burst Taser)	Weapon	A weak taser system for space pods, this one fires 3 at a time.
Spacepod Equipment (Laser)	Weapon	A weak laser system for space pods, fires concentrated bursts of energy.
Basic Mining Laser	Weapon	A weak mining laser system for space pods, fires bursts of energy that cut through rock. Similar to the proto-kinetic accelerator
Mining Laser	Weapon	A mining laser system for space pods, fires bursts of energy that cut through rock. Similar to the super-kinetic accelerator
Enhanced Mining Laser	Weapon	An enhanced mining laser system for space pods, fires bursts of energy that cut through rock. Similar to the hyper-kinetic accelerator
Spacepod Ore Storage Module	Cargo	An ore storage system for spacepods. Scoops up any ore you drive over. In order to use it, drag an ore box onto the pod to load it in.
Spacepod Crate Storage Module	Cargo	A heavy duty storage system for spacepods. Holds one crate. Similar to the ore storage module, but for other kinds of crates.
Spacepod Passenger Seat	Secondary Cargo	A passenger seat for a spacepod. Starts as the standard for security pods.
Spacepod Loot Storage Module	Secondary Cargo	A small compartment to store valuables. In order to use it, with the module in the pod and the hatch closed, use an open hand on the pod to access its inventory.
Spacepod Tumbler Lock	Lock	A locking system to stop podjacking. This version uses a standalone key.
Spacepod Tumbler Lock Key	Lock	A key for a spacepod lock. To use it, use a blank key on the lock system to set the key for the lock system. When the lock system is in the pod, you can use the key to lock and unlock the pod.
Spacepod Tracking Module	Misc	A tracking device for spacepods. In order to use it, activate it with a screwdriver before inserting it to the pod.

Spacepod Fabricator

Pod WeaponryPod ArmorPod CargoPod PartsFrameMisc

Name	Description	Required Tech Levels	Required Materials
Spacepod Equipment (Taser)	Allows for the construction of a spacepod mounted taser.	2 Materials 2 Combat	15000 Metal
Spacepod Equipment (Burst Taser)	Allows for the construction of a spacepod mounted taser. This is the burst-fire model.	3 Materials 3 Combat	15000 Metal 2000 Plasma
Spacepod Equipment (Laser)	Allows for the construction of a spacepod mounted laser.	3 Materials 3 Combat 2 Plasma	10000 Metal 5000 Glass 1000 Gold 2000 Silver
Basic Mining Laser	Allows for the construction of a weak mining laser.	3 Materials 3 Combat 2 Plasma	10000 Metal 5000 Glass 2000 Silver 2000 Uranium
Mining Laser	Allows for the construction of a mining laser.	6 Materials 6 Engineering 6 Power Storage 4 Combat 6 EM Spectrum	10000 Metal 5000 Glass 2000 Silver 2000 Gold 2000 Diamond

Icon	Name	Description	Required Tech Levels	Required Materials
	Pod Armor (civilian)	Allows for the construction of spacepod armor. This is the civilian version.	1 Materials	15000 Metal 5000 Glass 10000 Plasma

Name	Description	Required Tech Levels	Required Materials
Spacepod Passenger Seat	Adds an extra seat to your spacepod, allowing you to carry a passenger. Security pods start with this equipped.	1 Materials	7500 Metal 2500 Glass
Spacepod Loot Storage Module	A small cargo hold for loot found while exploring.	1 Materials	7500 Metal 2500 Glass
Spacepod Ore Storage Module	Essentially the same as the Loot Storage, except this one holds a large amount of ore instead of loot.	3 Materials 2 Engineering	20000 Metal 2000 Glass
Spacepod Crate Storage Module	An improved cargo bay that can hold a single crate.	4 Materials 2 Engineering	25000 Metal

Name	Description	Required Tech Levels	Required Materials
Circuit Design (Space Pod Mainboard)	Allows for the construction of a Space Pod mainboard.	1 Materials	5000 Metal
Spacepod Core	Allows for the construction of a spacepod core system, made up of the engine and life support systems.	1 Materials	5000 Metal 1000 Uranium 5000 Plasma
Spacepod Tumbler Lock	A simple lock for your spacepod. Make sure to properly grind the key!	1 Materials	4500 Metal
Spacepod Tumbler Lock Key	A blank spacepod key. Use the key on the tumbler lock module to make the key fit the lock.	1 Materials	500 Metal
Spacepod Tracking Module	A pod tracker. Relays the coordinates of your pod to all existing spacepod consoles.	2 Materials	5000 Metal

Name	Description	Required Tech Levels	Required Materials
Fore port pod frame	Allows for the construction of spacepod frames. This is the fore port component.	1 Materials	15000 Metal 5000 Glass
Aft port pod frame	Allows for the construction of spacepod frames. This is the aft port component.	1 Materials	15000 Metal 5000 Glass
Fore starboard pod frame	Allows for the construction of spacepod frames. This is the fore starboard component.	1 Materials	15000 Metal 5000 Glass
Aft starboard pod frame	Allows for the construction of spacepod frames. This is the aft starboard component.	1 Materials	15000 Metal 5000 Glass

Name	Description	Required Tech Levels	Required Materials
Basic Power Cell	A basic power cell that holds 1000 units of energy	1 Power Storage	700 Metal 50 Glass
High-Capacity Power Cell	A power cell that holds 10000 units of energy	2 Power Storage	700 Metal 60 Glass
Hyper-Capacity Power Cell	A power cell that holds 30000 units of energy	5 Power Storage 4 Materials	400 Metal 150 Gold 150 Silver 70 Glass
Super-Capacity Power Cell	A power cell that holds 20000 units of energy	3 Power Storage 2 Materials	700 Metal 70 Glass

What else can I do?

Aside from making pods for yourself and the crew, not a whole lot. Because you will have essentially free reign in space, you can help out your engineering partners by wiring the solars if you manage to get a hold of a space suit. Additionally, you can simply zoom off into the unknown reaches of space, trying to find loot for yourself and those in research.

Cold Space

You will have access to the best get-away vehicle on the entire station in addition to free tools. Due to your mobility it will be extremely difficult for enemy authorities to catch you, with only your rival, the Security Pod Pilot to stop you. In addition, the loot available in space frequently includes EVA gear, as well as weapons.

Traitor Between space gear and the items available in your uplink, you are easily capable of becoming a force to be reckoned with. Areas such as the Armory can be easily breached, and catching you is exceedingly hard, as well as dangerous. Stuns are very dangerous in space, thus weapons such as the Energy Crossbow are very potent. Additionally, it is quite easy to convince Research to print machine parts and boards for your "personal project", which means that ammunition for guns is easy to acquire.

Changeling The natural tenacity of Changelings combined with the mobility of pods makes a Changeling Mechanic a major annoyance. X-Ray vision allows you to see through the station's outer walls and plan your breaches accordingly. Beware of your own EMP disabling the pod, however. In addition, the hivemind allows you to easily make trades with other Changelings, supplying them with loot in exchange for other things.

Vampire While it might seem like a Vampire Mechanic is at a severe disadvantage, space pods actually protect them from the dangers of space. What follows is that Explorers can easily be lured off station and into a space ruin which can be entered by your pod, and become food for you. In space, no one can hear them scream.

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