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Due to confusion over how much knowledge people would have about various items and the various antagonists in a "light rp" server, the following is the rules concerning identifying antagonists.
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The following can all be assumed IC knowledge. Nanotrasen briefs crew members on all major antagonists. All personnel employed by NT can be assumed to know at least this much about them.


This page is considered part of the [[Rules]].
Metagaming rules still apply - asking a vampire to punch someone in the head to see if they bite or not is clearly metagaming, for instance.


== Syndicate Items ==
== '''[[The Syndicate]]''' [[File:Syndiflag.png|32px]]==
The Syndicate is a conglomerate of space pirates and other corporate entities that are opposed to Nanotrasen, seeking to halt NT's progress by any means.


Syndicate items are purposefully taken from the general public to keep employees in line. These items are considered contraband if not illegal. Certain items, however, are easily identifiable as Syndicate technology.
The Syndicate employs a variety of operatives, each unique in both the methodology and equipment they typically use.


'''Seeing any of these items does not necessarily mean the owner is a Syndicate. Ask first, accuse later.'''
=== [[Changeling|Changelings]] [[File:Changeling32.gif]]===
Changelings are an adaptive organism that can assume the form of any person who they've sampled the DNA of. They are commonly hired and employed by the Syndicate and are capable of mentally communicating and coordinating with other changelings via some form of hivemind.  


=== AI and Cyborgs ===
Changelings can often be recognized by their ability to morph parts of their body into useful tools such as blades or shields, as well as the capability of stinging and injecting crew members with dangerous or hallucinogenic chemicals. Changelings are also capable of reviving themselves posthumously. A corpse suddenly coming back to life is a key indicator you are dealing with a changeling.
The AI is only able to glance at things with it's camera, making identification hard at distances. All items disguised as other items are therefore unidentifiable unless blatantly in use (e.g. Emag, hack tool, mysterious package, lighter, etc.)


AI's are able to tell when obvious contraband is used though (e.g. Revolvers, energy swords, etc.) In keeping with conventions, AI's are allowed limited knowledge of contraband, but are only to offer this information if directly prompted.
Every changeling has a proboscis through which they drain the fluids from their victims. While a changeling's proboscis is a useful identifier, if you have seen it you are likely soon to be dead.


Cyborgs follow the same rules as their human counterparts, but can ask the AI for any suspicious objects.
=== [[Traitor|Syndicate Operatives/Traitors]] [[File:Emag.png|32px]]===
Syndicate operatives or traitors are standard NT crew members who have been subverted, often through bribery or intimidation.


=== Items ===
Traitors utilize a variety of strategies from the innocuous to the devastating, and are commonly recognized by their typical use of devices such as PDA bombs (detomatix cartridges), cryptographic sequencers (emags), energy swords and handguns.
The following is a list of Syndicate items and who would be able to tell what is what. If the item is not listed, the default is only the Captain or Head of Security would have any vague knowledge.


==== Revolver & Ammo ====
While syndicate operatives or traitors are not immediately identifiable unless they are actively causing chaos, they typically display suspicious or aberrant behaviour.  
Everyone knows that nobody outside of security should have a revolver, and everyone also knows they shouldn't be using lethal weapons on people.


==== Energy Crossbow ====
=== [[Nuclear Agent|Nuclear Strike Teams/Nuclear Operatives]] [[File:Syndicate.png|32px]]===
Everyone knows it is an illegal weapon, ''most'' people would assume it is the toy version upon seeing it until further examination. Syndicate activity may be assumed.
Nuclear strike teams or nuclear operatives are syndicate mercenaries and pirates employed and equipped with the sole purpose of detonating a nuclear warhead aboard a Nanotrasen facility. Their experience ranges from highly skilled professional operators to space hobos who just need a job for the weekend.


==== Energy Sword ====
They are immediately recognizable by their signature blood red or black hardsuits as well as their propensity for murdering everything in sight, including themselves, in pursuit of their objective. As these operatives are ruthless and commonly equipped with explosive implants, crew members are not advised to try and detain members of a nuclear strike team.
While we still have the toy, everyone thinks it's that (although if it's on it looks slightly suspicious due to being a different colour), unless examined, or people start actually being killed by it, then it's completely illegal.


==== EMP Grenades ====
While often equipped with a variety of heavy duty hardware, from shotguns to snipers to light machine guns, nuclear operatives are also known to occasionally infiltrate NT facilities via stealth operations.
Everyone knows it's a grenade, security and science know it's an EMP grenade. Both of those know that nobody outside of security is meant to have these. If it goes off you'd be able to tell that it screwed with a bunch of electronics, no matter what job you are.


==== Sleepy Pen ====
== '''[[Wizard|The Wizards Federation]]''' [[File:Wizard.png|32px]]==
It's just a pen, if R&D take it apart they'd be able to ID it as a hypospray inside a pen.
The Wizard's Federation is a mysterious group known to employ an eclectic group of individuals who practice a form "magic" formally recognized as bluespace manipulation.


==== Syndicate Soap ====
They are well-known for causing widespread chaos aboard Nanotrasen stations via their abilities, often assaulting the station with no clear goal other than to cause mayhem.
It's soap with SYNDIE written on it. Use common sense.


==== Detomatix PDA Cartridge ====
=== The Lone Wizard [[File:Scroll5.png|32px]]===
Strange PDA cartridge, if you put it into your PDA you'd be able to notice the explode buttons, and from there it's pretty easy to use it to explode a PDA nobody's using. Identifiable by anyone if they investigate it.
Wizards are immediately recognizable via their long flowing robes, their penchant for silly hats, and their enjoyment of violently murdering anyone unfortunate enough to be in the general proximity of them.


==== Chameleon Jumpsuit ====
Some wizards are also capable of transmuting their consciousness into the body of another to effectively disguising themselves among the crew. In these instances you should be on the alert for any suspicious behaviour. A disguised wizard can still generally be identified by the trail of bodies they leave behind them.
Just a jumpsuit, unless you see it changing, in which case that'd be pretty weird, and suspicious if it's to a department/head jumpsuit.  


If you investigate it you'd be able to tell that it's not of NT origin, science are able to figure out (with investigation) that it can turn into other jumpsuits and also scan jumpsuits. After science investigates it security would know it's contraband.
=== An Overabundance of Magical Phenomenon [[File:Godstaff blue.png]]===
Occasionally members of the Wizards Federation have been known to assault the station relentlessly or even enmasse, sending multiple wizards to a single Nanotrasen facility.


==== No-Slip Syndicate Shoes ====
In this instance wizards are generally recognizable by being the only people aboard the station not screaming, begging for their lives, or burning to death on the floor.
A pair of brown shoes with extra tread on the bottom, there's no real reason for these to be identifiable as illegal, may be confiscated or investigated further if found to protect from slipping.


==== Agent ID card ====
== '''[[Cultist|Practitioners of the Occult]]''' [[File:Cultist.png|32px]]==
Normal ID to most people. Normal to Heads unless they investigate it (and have a reason to do so), in which case it's an illegally modified ID card. Science can investigate and find that it can change itself on the fly.
While the Chaplain leads the charge in providing Nanotrasen staff with acceptable belief systems and practices, there are those who serve a darker calling.


==== Voice Changer ====
Whether driven mad by their lust for power or via the corruption of a eldritch bluespace entity, practitioners of the occult - or "cultists" - will do anything in their power to forcibly convert non-believers; corrupting their minds with the ultimate goal of either bringing their "god" into this world, or spreading their influence further.
An ordinary gas mask, until you talk with it on without an ID, or if you switch IDs infront of someone (or if they recognise a distinguishing feature that isn't on your head of that person, such as being the wrong gender), in which case (assuming you're talking) it would be recognisable as messing with your voice. Security know that it's illegal if they get a good look at it (i.e. in their hands), science know its purpose.


==== Thermal Imaging Glasses ====
=== The Cult of Nar'Sie [[File:Narsai.png|32px]]===
Optical Meson Scanners until you put them on, then you'd be able to tell that they let you see people through walls, and that they're illegal.
Perhaps the most dangerous of any cult aboard the station, cultists of Nar'Sie are generally secretive. They can most often be recognized via their love of blood runes, sacrifice, book-club sessions, as well as the abduction of their fellow crew members. Like members of any cult, followers of Nar'Sie will shout archaic praises to their deity when they ingest holy water.


==== Chameleon-Projector ====
=== The Cult of Pyr'kus [[File:Pyrkus.png|32px]]===
An odd and suspicious device, security know it's illegal and science know it puts out a cloaking field etc.
Followers of an ancient being of fire, cultists of Pyr'kus want little more than to see the world set ablaze in honour of their god. Unlike members of the cult of Nar'Sie, Pyr'kus cultists draw their runes in ash and fire and make heavy use of flame motifs. Chanting about their appreciation for fire and a devout love for arson may be signifiers that someone is a cultist of Pyr'kus.


==== Stamp Remover and Forger ====
=== The Cult of The Reaper [[File:Scythe.png|32px]]===
It looks like an eraser. There's no real reason to be suspicious of it unless you see an assistant stamping everything with every single head's stamp.
Chiefly concerned with the slaughter of all living things aboard the station, members of The Cult of The Reaper are known for their violent and often homicidal tendencies. Whilst not particularly different in their function and organization from the Cult of Nar'Sie, cultists of The Reaper can often be recognized via their love for slathering the station walls and floors with blood.


==== Cryptographic Sequencer ====
== '''[[Revolution|Revolutionaries]]''' [[File:Generic cargo.png|32px]]==
Everyone can immediately see it's a modified ID card (and doing that is illegal), engineers and scientists would know that it would screw up electronics like in doors.
Revolutionaries are mutinous groups of individuals who attempt to overthrow the established command of Nanotrasen facilities through violent uprising.


==== Hacktool ====
=== Identifying Revolutionaries ===
Modified door debugger, engineers can use it on a door to know it's highly illegal and for opening doors etc, everyone else just thinks it's pretty suspicious.
A key sign of revolutionaries are groups of crew members from various, unrelated departments hanging out in large uncoordinated mobs demanding either higher pay or actively attempting to murder the heads of staff. Often only a few members of these groups will be truly be in charge, making use of a handheld flash to convert others to their cause.


==== Fully Loaded Toolbox ====
Head revolutionaries can be recognized via their mental resilience to mindshield implants and their love of using their flash on random people in the hallway.
It is a suspicious looking toolbox. Engineers, Atmospheric Technicians, and Security would be suspicious.


==== Traitor Radio Key ====
== '''[[Malfunctioning AI]]''' [[File:Malf_AI.gif|32px]]==
Ordinary radio key, until you put it in a radio, in which case you'd be able to know that it allows access to every radio channel. Illegal.
While AI's are a useful tool designed to help manage and run Nanotrasen facilities, they are occasionally prone to errors.


==== Binary Translator Key ====
A malfunctioning AI is an AI which has not been actively subverted, but has encountered an error which has interfered with the proper operation of its Law Manager subsystem.
As above, except onto the binary channel. The AI and any cyborgs would likely want the user apprehended.


==== Space Suit ====
=== Identifying a Malfunctioning AI ===
It's not an NT space suit. Unless proven to have been salvaged from the derelict, considered contraband, wearer considered possible Syndicate.
Malfunctioning AI's can be identified by the presence of multiple unhacked electrocuted doors, your coworker being crushed in an airlock, the station cyborgs beating people to death, or the air suddenly being siphoned out of the room you're presently standing in. If the doors to your department have been suddenly bolted and you're having a hard time breathing, this is a surefire identifier that the AI is malfunctioning.


==== Hacked AI Upload Module ====
== '''[[Blob]]''' [[File:Blob_core.gif|32px]]==
Everyone knows it's an upload board, and that it's been modified. That in itself is illegal and suspicious, but roboticists would be able to tell that it would slightly corrupt the AI's laws.
A blob is a malignant entity which utilizes organic hosts in order to propagate its own existence, often infecting vermin aboard NT vessels with its spores in order to do so.


==== C-4 ====
=== Identifying Blobs ===
Everyone knows it's an explosive. And illegal.
Blobs can commonly be identified from afar by a sizzling popping sound, or a retching vomit-like noise. Key identifiers of blobs are long dendretic channels of blobby goo filling the corridors along with the presence of spores or even blobbernauts.


==== Low Power Explosive Charge, with Detonator ====
=== Blob Spores [[File:Blob spore.png|32px]]===
It looks like a normal parcel, bar a few markings, so it's not too suspicious, but security can investigate to know it's a bomb.
Spores are the primary means by which a blob defends itself outside of its natural expansion. Spores can be identified via their ability to drift through the air and their relentless, unceasing attacks against any organism that approaches their master host. Spores have also been known to re-animate corpses, taking control of deceased crew members and forcing them to attack the living.


The lighter portion looks like a normal lighter until you try to open it, then it looks a lot like a detonator in those spy movies, and really suspicious.
=== Blobbernauts [[File:Blobbernaut.png|32px]]===
Blobbernauts can be recognized by both their shape and size, consisting of large two-armed masses capable of destroying walls and crushing bone. They are often relentless in their protection of their master host, stopping only when they've been destroyed or every organic in their sight is dead or dying.


==== Powersink ====
== '''[[Vampire|Vampires]]''' [[File:Vampire.png|32px]]==
Everyone knows it's not of NT origin, engineers know it's going to suck power out of the station and is therefore illegal.
Vampires are individuals who have exchanged liberty and self-determination for unholy power. Their goals are as mysterious as their origins.


==== Singularity Beacon ====
=== Identifying Vampires ===
Everyone knows it's not of NT origin, and looks pretty odd. Engineers and scientists know it's going to try to pull the singularity over to it.
Vampires are recognizable often by their ability to stun victims by glaring at them and their eternal thirst for blood. Vampires are capable of performing unnatural and extraordinary feats, including (but not limited to): moving instantaneously, prying open secure airlocks with their bare hands, and melting into sapient puddles of blood. They can also be recognized via their aversion to space, holy water, the chapel, and their mortal fear of fire.


==== Teleporter Circuit Board ====
== '''[[Abductor|Abductors]]''' [[File:Abductor.png|32px]]==
Everyone can tell it's a circuitboard and what it builds, and knows that these ones are meant to stay in tech storage and the teleporter room. If you go and use it to make a teleporter to get into high security areas then security is well within their rights to pull the thing down and confiscate the circuitboard.
Abductors are agents of unknown origin who appear to be genetically superior relatives of the Grey species who commonly find work aboard Nanotrasen vessels.


==== Freedom Implant, Compressed Matter Implant, Explosive Implant, Uplink Implant ====
Employing a variety of methods and advanced technology, abductors - as their name suggests - are responsible for a variety of abductions and unethical experiments performed on NT personnel.
Having an implant without it noted in medical records is suspicious, so it should be investigated.


Implanters aren't meant to be outside of medbay, so if one's just lying around that's worth investigating for security.
=== Identifying Abductors ===
Abductors can be identified by their inability to communicate and silly looking helmets. While abductors are capable of disguising themselves, their digital camouflage doesn't hold up to close scrutiny which is one of the key methods of identifying them. Though their true goals are unknown, reports indicate that they are chiefly interested on the dissection of the human body and the implantation of psuedo-organs. They are known to use a wide range of highly advanced technological equipment, their presence generally only known after their first surgical victim has been sent back to station.


=== Syndie Balloon ===
Suddenly being stunned, cuffed, teleported, and strapped to a surgical table are a few of the signs that there may be abductors operating aboard your station.
It's a weird red balloon with a big "S" on it. Some more paranoid crewmembers might be a bit startled, otherwise you'll just look like an idiot.


== The Syndicate ==
== '''[[Xenomorph|Xenomorphs]]''' [[File:Alien.png|32px]]==
All staff may know the Syndicate as a dangerous organisation, working against NanoTrasen.
Xenomorphs are apex predators that rely on organic hosts, infesting them in order to proliferate their kind throughout the galaxy. While extensive studies have been performed, their origin is unknown.


Never forget SS12. We all know of the Syndicate's evil motives. Being alert for terrorism is a duty for all. But how do you be an alert, aware, employee?
=== Identifying Xenomorphs ===
Xenomorphs can be identified via their purple carapaces and unusual body shape, along with their love for murdering and infesting everything in sight. Purple resin sprawling across the floor and the agonized screams of your crewmembers are good indicators of a xenomorph infestation.


===Unauthorized Equipment===
=== Xenomorphs Queens [[File:Xeno queen.png|32px]]===
Energy Swords, Crossbows, and hacked ID cards are all part of the Syndicate's arsenal. Report any illegal modifications of ID cards at once!
Queens are chiefly responsible for infesting organic hosts with their progeny and either expanding on an existing hive or starting a new one. They are large, slow, and dangerous. Another hallmark of a xenomorph queen is her inability to crawl through vents.


===Spreading Dissent===
=== Xenomorph Hunters [[File:Xeno hunter.png|32px]]===
Hunters are the most commonly encountered form of xenomorph, able to move at lightning fast speed and capable of pinning and dragging away unfortunate crew members. They can be recognized via their ability to pounce and their propensity for viciously clawing and stunning everything in sight.


Syndicate agents may spread lies and rumours to make you loose confidence in NT and your superiors. Report anyone attempting to bring NT into disrepute. This may be as simple as taking a jumpsuit from a Head, to fabricating stories of NT running illegal black-op Death Squads.
=== Xenomorph Sentinels [[File:Xeno sentinel.png|32px]]===
Sentinels are the least commonly encountered xenomorph. Recognizable by the bright markings on their head, they are usually found in the vicinity of hives. They are notable for their ability to spit neurotoxin and melt airlocks and walls with powerful acid.


==Revolutionaries==
=== Xenomorph Drones [[File:Xeno drone.png|32px]]===
Under the guise of a "revolution" the Syndicate have brainwashed some poor employees into attempting a revolution! Despite all employees being well paid and in the safest working conditions in the known galaxy, they blame the Heads for the "dangers" of the station.
Drones are the precursor stage to Queens. Whilst they share many similarities with Queens, they are notably faster than them and are capable of crawling through vents.


Beware anyone fermenting revolutionary thoughts, and report any sudden changes in personality. Security staff have methods of removing the brainwashing - don't fear!
== '''[[Terror Spider|Terror Spiders]]''' [[File:Terror_white.png|32px]]==
Terror Spiders are the result of a Syndicate experiment that combined spider and Xenomorph DNA. At some point it is believed they escaped containment,or purposely released, and occasionally find their way aboard an NT facility and subsequently infest it.


== Cult ==
=== Identifying Terror Spiders ===
While NT prides itself on the inclusive and tolerant workplaces it provides, recently some cults have been labelled as "Dangerous" by CentComm for practices such as blood sacrifice.  
Terror spiders can be immediately recognized by their size along with their unusual colouration. Key identifiers of terror spiders are that a spider is presently drinking your blood, eggs have been laid in your chest cavity, your workplace is suddenly covered in webs, or your arachnophobic coworker is now crying in the corner.
 
===The following have been labelled as terrorist groups===
Messa Rises,
Galactic Gate,
Any Nar-Sie related religious group,
The Church of the Holy Steve Jobs,
Scientology,
otherwise any other religion preached on-board that is not the faith designated by the chaplain.
 
===Things to watch for===
Runes written in blood,
Speaking strange tongues,
Promises of payment being returned 20% per year
 
== Wizard ==
The Space Wizard Federation is an organization known to terrorize innocent stations, particularly NT.
 
Only Wizards which are outright hostile, or caught hampering the efforts of the station or NanoTrasen should be dealt with. However, the crew may not be so tolerant, particularly the chaplain.
 
== AI Malfunction ==
AI's and Cyborgs '''are not normally known to malfunction.'''
 
With the exception of overwhelming evidence(Malfunctioning APCs examined by engineers), outright declaration by the AI, or from the 'Hostile runtimes' message from CentCom, the AI and Cyborgs should not be presumed hostile.
 
== Changeling ==
Beware the Ling! Recent NT data has shown the Syndicate have begun hiring aliens capable of changing their appearance to that of anyone they have sucked the life out of! These aliens are able to survive almost any damage - so cut the head off and burn the body as soon as you can confirm it - or hand it over to those friendly folks at R&D!
 
==Vampires==
Creatures of unnatural powers have been sighted working for the Syndicate recently. They are reported to drain the blood of their victims and use that blood to fuel their powers. It's reported that they cripple very easily under the holy power of many religions and implore the station to look towards their resident Chaplain for aid.
 
== Cortical Borer==
A being which controls the minds of intelligent life and bends them to their will. They have no clear goal. Look for any sudden changes in behaviour.
 
Although understandably killed on sight, the reason they are on-board and their reasons for taking control of crew are unknown.

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The following can all be assumed IC knowledge. Nanotrasen briefs crew members on all major antagonists. All personnel employed by NT can be assumed to know at least this much about them.

Metagaming rules still apply - asking a vampire to punch someone in the head to see if they bite or not is clearly metagaming, for instance.

The Syndicate Syndiflag.png

The Syndicate is a conglomerate of space pirates and other corporate entities that are opposed to Nanotrasen, seeking to halt NT's progress by any means.

The Syndicate employs a variety of operatives, each unique in both the methodology and equipment they typically use.

Changelings Changeling32.gif

Changelings are an adaptive organism that can assume the form of any person who they've sampled the DNA of. They are commonly hired and employed by the Syndicate and are capable of mentally communicating and coordinating with other changelings via some form of hivemind.

Changelings can often be recognized by their ability to morph parts of their body into useful tools such as blades or shields, as well as the capability of stinging and injecting crew members with dangerous or hallucinogenic chemicals. Changelings are also capable of reviving themselves posthumously. A corpse suddenly coming back to life is a key indicator you are dealing with a changeling.

Every changeling has a proboscis through which they drain the fluids from their victims. While a changeling's proboscis is a useful identifier, if you have seen it you are likely soon to be dead.

Syndicate Operatives/Traitors Emag.png

Syndicate operatives or traitors are standard NT crew members who have been subverted, often through bribery or intimidation.

Traitors utilize a variety of strategies from the innocuous to the devastating, and are commonly recognized by their typical use of devices such as PDA bombs (detomatix cartridges), cryptographic sequencers (emags), energy swords and handguns.

While syndicate operatives or traitors are not immediately identifiable unless they are actively causing chaos, they typically display suspicious or aberrant behaviour.

Nuclear Strike Teams/Nuclear Operatives Syndicate.png

Nuclear strike teams or nuclear operatives are syndicate mercenaries and pirates employed and equipped with the sole purpose of detonating a nuclear warhead aboard a Nanotrasen facility. Their experience ranges from highly skilled professional operators to space hobos who just need a job for the weekend.

They are immediately recognizable by their signature blood red or black hardsuits as well as their propensity for murdering everything in sight, including themselves, in pursuit of their objective. As these operatives are ruthless and commonly equipped with explosive implants, crew members are not advised to try and detain members of a nuclear strike team.

While often equipped with a variety of heavy duty hardware, from shotguns to snipers to light machine guns, nuclear operatives are also known to occasionally infiltrate NT facilities via stealth operations.

The Wizards Federation Wizard.png

The Wizard's Federation is a mysterious group known to employ an eclectic group of individuals who practice a form "magic" formally recognized as bluespace manipulation.

They are well-known for causing widespread chaos aboard Nanotrasen stations via their abilities, often assaulting the station with no clear goal other than to cause mayhem.

The Lone Wizard Scroll5.png

Wizards are immediately recognizable via their long flowing robes, their penchant for silly hats, and their enjoyment of violently murdering anyone unfortunate enough to be in the general proximity of them.

Some wizards are also capable of transmuting their consciousness into the body of another to effectively disguising themselves among the crew. In these instances you should be on the alert for any suspicious behaviour. A disguised wizard can still generally be identified by the trail of bodies they leave behind them.

An Overabundance of Magical Phenomenon Godstaff blue.png

Occasionally members of the Wizards Federation have been known to assault the station relentlessly or even enmasse, sending multiple wizards to a single Nanotrasen facility.

In this instance wizards are generally recognizable by being the only people aboard the station not screaming, begging for their lives, or burning to death on the floor.

Practitioners of the Occult Cultist.png

While the Chaplain leads the charge in providing Nanotrasen staff with acceptable belief systems and practices, there are those who serve a darker calling.

Whether driven mad by their lust for power or via the corruption of a eldritch bluespace entity, practitioners of the occult - or "cultists" - will do anything in their power to forcibly convert non-believers; corrupting their minds with the ultimate goal of either bringing their "god" into this world, or spreading their influence further.

The Cult of Nar'Sie Narsai.png

Perhaps the most dangerous of any cult aboard the station, cultists of Nar'Sie are generally secretive. They can most often be recognized via their love of blood runes, sacrifice, book-club sessions, as well as the abduction of their fellow crew members. Like members of any cult, followers of Nar'Sie will shout archaic praises to their deity when they ingest holy water.

The Cult of Pyr'kus Pyrkus.png

Followers of an ancient being of fire, cultists of Pyr'kus want little more than to see the world set ablaze in honour of their god. Unlike members of the cult of Nar'Sie, Pyr'kus cultists draw their runes in ash and fire and make heavy use of flame motifs. Chanting about their appreciation for fire and a devout love for arson may be signifiers that someone is a cultist of Pyr'kus.

The Cult of The Reaper Scythe.png

Chiefly concerned with the slaughter of all living things aboard the station, members of The Cult of The Reaper are known for their violent and often homicidal tendencies. Whilst not particularly different in their function and organization from the Cult of Nar'Sie, cultists of The Reaper can often be recognized via their love for slathering the station walls and floors with blood.

Revolutionaries Generic cargo.png

Revolutionaries are mutinous groups of individuals who attempt to overthrow the established command of Nanotrasen facilities through violent uprising.

Identifying Revolutionaries

A key sign of revolutionaries are groups of crew members from various, unrelated departments hanging out in large uncoordinated mobs demanding either higher pay or actively attempting to murder the heads of staff. Often only a few members of these groups will be truly be in charge, making use of a handheld flash to convert others to their cause.

Head revolutionaries can be recognized via their mental resilience to mindshield implants and their love of using their flash on random people in the hallway.

Malfunctioning AI Malf AI.gif

While AI's are a useful tool designed to help manage and run Nanotrasen facilities, they are occasionally prone to errors.

A malfunctioning AI is an AI which has not been actively subverted, but has encountered an error which has interfered with the proper operation of its Law Manager subsystem.

Identifying a Malfunctioning AI

Malfunctioning AI's can be identified by the presence of multiple unhacked electrocuted doors, your coworker being crushed in an airlock, the station cyborgs beating people to death, or the air suddenly being siphoned out of the room you're presently standing in. If the doors to your department have been suddenly bolted and you're having a hard time breathing, this is a surefire identifier that the AI is malfunctioning.

Blob Blob core.gif

A blob is a malignant entity which utilizes organic hosts in order to propagate its own existence, often infecting vermin aboard NT vessels with its spores in order to do so.

Identifying Blobs

Blobs can commonly be identified from afar by a sizzling popping sound, or a retching vomit-like noise. Key identifiers of blobs are long dendretic channels of blobby goo filling the corridors along with the presence of spores or even blobbernauts.

Blob Spores Blob spore.png

Spores are the primary means by which a blob defends itself outside of its natural expansion. Spores can be identified via their ability to drift through the air and their relentless, unceasing attacks against any organism that approaches their master host. Spores have also been known to re-animate corpses, taking control of deceased crew members and forcing them to attack the living.

Blobbernauts Blobbernaut.png

Blobbernauts can be recognized by both their shape and size, consisting of large two-armed masses capable of destroying walls and crushing bone. They are often relentless in their protection of their master host, stopping only when they've been destroyed or every organic in their sight is dead or dying.

Vampires Vampire.png

Vampires are individuals who have exchanged liberty and self-determination for unholy power. Their goals are as mysterious as their origins.

Identifying Vampires

Vampires are recognizable often by their ability to stun victims by glaring at them and their eternal thirst for blood. Vampires are capable of performing unnatural and extraordinary feats, including (but not limited to): moving instantaneously, prying open secure airlocks with their bare hands, and melting into sapient puddles of blood. They can also be recognized via their aversion to space, holy water, the chapel, and their mortal fear of fire.

Abductors Abductor.png

Abductors are agents of unknown origin who appear to be genetically superior relatives of the Grey species who commonly find work aboard Nanotrasen vessels.

Employing a variety of methods and advanced technology, abductors - as their name suggests - are responsible for a variety of abductions and unethical experiments performed on NT personnel.

Identifying Abductors

Abductors can be identified by their inability to communicate and silly looking helmets. While abductors are capable of disguising themselves, their digital camouflage doesn't hold up to close scrutiny which is one of the key methods of identifying them. Though their true goals are unknown, reports indicate that they are chiefly interested on the dissection of the human body and the implantation of psuedo-organs. They are known to use a wide range of highly advanced technological equipment, their presence generally only known after their first surgical victim has been sent back to station.

Suddenly being stunned, cuffed, teleported, and strapped to a surgical table are a few of the signs that there may be abductors operating aboard your station.

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Xenomorphs are apex predators that rely on organic hosts, infesting them in order to proliferate their kind throughout the galaxy. While extensive studies have been performed, their origin is unknown.

Identifying Xenomorphs

Xenomorphs can be identified via their purple carapaces and unusual body shape, along with their love for murdering and infesting everything in sight. Purple resin sprawling across the floor and the agonized screams of your crewmembers are good indicators of a xenomorph infestation.

Xenomorphs Queens Xeno queen.png

Queens are chiefly responsible for infesting organic hosts with their progeny and either expanding on an existing hive or starting a new one. They are large, slow, and dangerous. Another hallmark of a xenomorph queen is her inability to crawl through vents.

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Hunters are the most commonly encountered form of xenomorph, able to move at lightning fast speed and capable of pinning and dragging away unfortunate crew members. They can be recognized via their ability to pounce and their propensity for viciously clawing and stunning everything in sight.

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Sentinels are the least commonly encountered xenomorph. Recognizable by the bright markings on their head, they are usually found in the vicinity of hives. They are notable for their ability to spit neurotoxin and melt airlocks and walls with powerful acid.

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Drones are the precursor stage to Queens. Whilst they share many similarities with Queens, they are notably faster than them and are capable of crawling through vents.

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Terror Spiders are the result of a Syndicate experiment that combined spider and Xenomorph DNA. At some point it is believed they escaped containment,or purposely released, and occasionally find their way aboard an NT facility and subsequently infest it.

Identifying Terror Spiders

Terror spiders can be immediately recognized by their size along with their unusual colouration. Key identifiers of terror spiders are that a spider is presently drinking your blood, eggs have been laid in your chest cavity, your workplace is suddenly covered in webs, or your arachnophobic coworker is now crying in the corner.

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