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|difficulty = Medium
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A lot of people like aliens, either playing as, fighting against, or being caressed by them. Alien events don't occur very often, but reading this guide will prepare you in the event that it happens.
'''Xenomorphs''' are a hostile and extremely intelligent extraterrestrial species who follow the will of a singular Xeno Queen and are bound together by a hivemind. They may evolve into various castes, granting them various abilities and specialisations within the hive.  


Remember, as an alien you can use :a to talk to the hivemind.
Queens are responsible for their continual reproduction, as she can lay eggs hatching facehuggers who can latch onto a living host and inject a parasitic larva inside, the larva eventually growing big enough to burst out of their chest. Instances of singular larvae sneaking into a station's vents are rare, but due to plasma being their main source of power, it's important to stay cautious.  


== Overview ==
== Beginning Your Infestation ==
Aliens arrive on the station in various ways.
Aliens can arrive onto the station in different ways. The most common way is to have them rolled for a major midround role. Two alien larvae will spawn, four if there are 80 players or more connected to the server. These larvae spawn near vent ducts, and are set to be 80% through their evolution cycle. Their presence will be announced to the crew about 13 to 15 minutes after their arrival.


One way is for the current gamemode to be Xenomorphs, in which a xenomorph-infested spaceship flies to the station to make a nest. But it is currently broken.
== Alien Reproduction ==
As with all other species, Xenomorphs require a way to reproduce in order to not remain a singular member species. It's an extremely unusual process for most, as it requires a member of a species different than the Xenomorph. Their reproduction involves implanting lethal parasites inside a host for them to then chestburst out of the body. Many face trauma from such an experience, even if the parasite is removed prematurely, so it's best that proper safety measures are applied during a Xenomorph invasion on the station.
=== Facehugger [[File:Facehugger.gif]]===
The crucial aspect of Xenomorph reproduction is the facehugger, hatched from the alien eggs planted by the Queen. It is a parasitic appendage that attaches to the faces of living hosts, rendering them blind, causing them to mumble their words, and knocking them down to the floor for 14 seconds. After this, it implants an alien embryo inside the host before curling up into a ball and dying. Xenomorphs typically use facehuggers by either throwing them at potential hosts or pulling them into large piles of facehuggers.  


Another way is for admins to spawn them. This can either be as a forced random event that is exactly like the Centcom alert, or by just spawning some facehuggers and/or eggs somewhere on the station.
They are sensitive to fire and temperature changes, and will die immediately in rooms above 300 kelvin. Their latching abilities can be easily countered by appropriate headgear, with them being:


Lastly, NPC Xenomorphs can be found in away missions or through [[Xenobiology]]
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! Item
! Description
|-
! [[File:MOD_Helmets.gif]]<br> MODsuit Helmets
| Comes with every MODsuit, which in turn are found in Engineering, Paramedic's Office, Cargo and Robotics. Can be made in Robotics.
|-
! [[File:SpaceHelmet.png]]<br> Space Helmets
| Found in EVA. Found in the "Space Suit Crate" cargo crate.
|-
! [[File:Bio_Hood.gif]]<br> Bio Hoods
| Found in Level 3 Biohazard closets in Virology, Janitor's Closet, Armoury and various locations of Science.
|-
! [[File:Riothelm.png]]<br> Riot Helmets
| Found in the Armoury. Found in the "Riot Helmets Crate" cargo crate.
|-
! [[File:Knight_Templar.png]]<br> Crusader Helmets
| Found in the Chaplain's wardrobe.
|-
! [[File:Blob_Hat.png]]<br> Blob Hats
| Bought in the arcade for 125 tickets.
|-
! [[File:Bomb_Hood.png]]<br> Bomb Hoods
| Found in bomb closets in the Armoury, Toxins, and SciChem.
|-
! [[File:Radiation_Hood.png]]<br> Radiation Hoods
| Found in Engineering. Found in the "Radiation Protection Crate" cargo crate.
|-
! [[File:Cueball.png]]<br> Cueball Helmets
| Bought in the Autodrobe vending machine.
|-
! [[File:Snowman_Head.png]]<br> Snowman Heads
| Bought in the Autodrobe vending machine.
|-
! [[File:WeldingHelmet.png]]<br> Welding Helmets ('''Hood on''')
| Found in Engineering, Tool Storage, and are able to be produced with an Autolathe.
|-
! [[File:Carved_Pumpkin.png]]<br> Carved Pumpkins
| Made by using a sharp object on a pumpkin.
|-
! [[File:Plasma_envirosuit_helmet.png]]<br> Plasma Envirosuit Helmets
| Found on Plasmamen. Found in the "Plasmaman Supply Kit" cargo crate.
|-
! [[File:Berserker_Helmet.png]]<br> Berserker Helmets
| Hood of the Berserker Hardsuit. Found in Necropolis Chests obtained by destroying Tendrils.
|-
|}


=== As a Xeno ===
=== Alien Embryo ===
This guide is fairly comprehensive and long. Playing as aliens and against aliens takes some finesse, so make sure to read it all.
<gallery widths=128px heights=128px>
File:Infected.gif|Stages of the infection visible by the Xenomorphs.
File:Alien_Larva_Dead.png|A dead embryo, removed out of the host before it can fully grow.
</gallery>
The next steps of the Xenomorph reproduction process happens inside the chest of the host. An alien embryo that was injected with the help of a facehugger begins to slowly grow about every 70 seconds, with the time slightly varying between each growth stage. The host will begin to develop a whooping cough and start frantically sneezing, with their body weakening further as the parasite matures. The maturing embryo will grow regardless of whether the host is '''dead or alive.''' Upon reaching full maturity, the embryo will transform into a larva, flooding the host with massive amounts of toxins before exploding from their chest.  


==== Prologue - Facehuggers ====
This kills the host instantly by ejecting all of their organs onto the ground, but can be prevented if their chest is already open through surgical means. The only way to rid the host of the parasite is by performing [[Surgery#Internal_Organ_Manipulation|Internal Organ Manipulation]] surgery, which will kill it. Xenomorphs and medical HUDs are able to identify infected individuals, but only Xenomorphs and medical analyzers can tell the current stage of the infection.
[[File:Facehugger.gif|left]]
'''''An alien is on my face, help!'''''


If a facehugger jumps onto, or is thrown onto someone's face, it usually rips off the mask (if they have one) and attempts to infect the person it's on. If the facehugger successfully latches on, you won't be able to take it off until  it infects you and dies naturally. Some helmets/masks will prevent facehuggers from latching onto your face, such as Bio Hoods.
== Alien Evolution ==
With each generation, the Xenomorphs stray further from their Facehugger ancestors. Born as larvae, they begin to feel a strong connection to their hivemind and plasma. They develop speech, heightened intelligence, night vision and various other complex abilities. Their evolutionary cycles split into different castes, with some developing specific situational skills and physical appearance.  


Being facehugged is not a particular issue for IPC or golems, who cannot be implanted. The facehugger will relax its grasp on incompatible hosts a few seconds after latching on, allowing you to take it off and dispose of it.
Their main power on their path towards evolutionary greatness comes from plasma, which they can then deplete either by evolving or using their abilities. Plasma's flammability makes them susceptible to damage from flames and heat sources, which they instinctively avoid like plague. Queens are the highest evolution and caste that is possible for the Xenomorphs to reach, making them matriarchs of their respected hives. 


If you've been infected, there will usually be telltale signs. You'll feel sick. Your throat will be sore. You'll cough a lot. These symptoms mean you are forming a larva. Using a Health Analyzer will show an Unidentified Foreign Body if you are infected.
=== Larva [[File:Xeno_larva.gif]]===
The diminutive form of the predatory aliens, capable of being crushed by a well-placed stomp, makes all the horror stories about the Xenomorphs seem like deranged myths. About the size and shape of a snake, all they're currently capable of is biting someone's shins and hiding. Despite their cute appearance, they should not be underestimated, as letting one flee means


There are a couple of way to deal with this. Either ripping out the larva through [[Surgery]], or having yourself scanned and ready to clone when you eventually explode. Hydroponics cloning is also a viable method. Note that you will be gibbed when the larva comes out, so there's very little hope for you after that.
After nearly 4 minutes of growing, they can evolve into a higher caste. They are able to speed up this process by biting into alive humanoids and animals to feast on their flesh for strength and by standing on alien weeds. The scales on their bodies change colour depending on how close they are to evolving, ranging from a salmon orange to a crimson red. Due to their small size, bodies, flags, potted plants, tables, and ventilation shafts become their natural covers. Their plasma reservoir starts at 25, with a maximum capacity of 50.


Being killed pre-burst, does not prevent the larva from eventually hatching.
[[File:Xeno_Larva2.gif]] - Larva scale color midway through their growth.


==== Phase One - As a Larva ====
[[File:Xeno_Larva3.gif]] - Larva scale color mere seconds from evolution.
[[File:Xeno_larva.gif|left|64px]]
'''''I'm a larva, what do I do?'''''


* You've just spawned and are fragile.
* Above the chat window is your status window. It has index tabs. Click the Alien tab. It shows you all your alien powers.
* As a larva you only have a weak attack, can vent crawl (alt+left click vent), hide and plant weeds.
* You can talk to the hivemind by using 'say ":a' (e.g. Say ":a I'm an alien!").


If there's anyone around when you burst, you may be spotted and killed. Run for your life. Finding a vent is your best, and probably only chance of survival.
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|-
! class="unsortable" width=150 style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Ability
! class="sortable" width=115 style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Plasma Cost
! class="unsortable" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Description
|-
! Whisper<br> [[File:Whisper.png]]
! 10
| Allows to telepathically communicate a message to a living target. Useful if you like to play with your prey.
|-
! Plant Weeds<br> [[File:Plant_Weeds.png]]
! 50
| After 2 seconds plants alien weeds at your location, which regenerate health, plasma, and speed up larva growth for all Xenomorphs currently standing on them.
|-
! Transfer Plasma<br> [[File:Transfer_Plasma.png]]
! 50
| Transfers 50 of your own plasma to a nearby Xenomorph. Useful for helping hardworking allies!
|-
! Evolve<br> [[File:Evolve.png]]
! 0
| If fully grown and at 200 plasma, you can choose between 3 different castes to evolve into. Otherwise, tells you that you need to wait longer.
|-
! Hide<br> [[File:Hide.png]]
! 0
| Conceals you under a variety of objects, including chairs, open lockers, people, plants, flags and tables.
|- style="height:64px;"
! Vent Crawling
! 0
| '''Alt-clicking''' on any not-welded vent or scrubber will allow you to traverse the piping system, allowing for easy reconnaissance and travel.
|- style="height:64px;"
! Hivemind
! 0
| Putting ''':a''' before your message allows you to send a telepathic message to all members of your hivemind, which all Xenomorphs can hear.
|}


* If you're not in a good spot, find the nearest vent and crawl through it.
=== Castes ===
* A good spot is anywhere where you A) are not likely to be found and B) have an easy access vent. If it's dark, that's even better, since someone who comes inside may not see you unless they get close.
Outgrowing the larval stage of their development, Xenomorphs now have multiple limbs, a strong armoured chitin with sharp, flesh-tearing claws that make them a terrifying threat, a large stomach that can temporarily hold any prey for easier transportation, and Herculean strength that allows them to pry open airlocks!


You climb into vents rather quickly and it is sometimes worthwhile to take a couple of hits if it means you'll be able to climb in, you can always heal on weeds later.
The differences between each caste make them all vary in their role in the hive, some being protectors of their hive while others being quick and valiant hunters. Their new appendages provide them with more ways to manipulate objects, making them a big danger in sensitive areas of the station while also letting them show off more complex moves in combat. 


* If for any reason your hiding place is found out, don't be afraid to crawl through the vents and find a new place.
[[File:Xeno_Help.png]] '''Help''' - Nuzzles creatures, which helps your fellow Xenomorphs lose immobilizing effects faster!
* If you're stuck in a room with no vents, and doors you can't open, turn "hide" on in the alien tab and hide under the table. Hopefully nobody will know you're there.
* Once you're in your spot, sit and wait to evolve.
* Sitting on alien weeds will accelerate your evolution, generate plasma and heal you.


Under your 'Status' tab, there's a progress bar. When it reaches 200, you'll receive a pop-up window with choices on how to evolve.
[[File:Xeno_Stun.png]] '''Stun''' - Deals 30 stamina damage and knocks down for 10 seconds. Disables cyborgs for 4 seconds.


==== Phase Two - As an Adult Xeno ====
[[File:Xeno_Grab.png]] '''Grab''' - Grabs a target.
'''''I'm a Xeno! Now what?'''''


As an adult Xeno, you have a lot more freedom in what you can do. Your intents are slightly different from a humans.
[[File:Xeno_Harm.png]] '''Harm''' - Slashes a target for 20 brute damage.


* '''Help''' - You nuzzle other aliens and caress humans. Fairly pointless.
==== Hunter [[File:Xeno_hunter.png]] ====
* '''Stun''' - You tackle humans and knock them down for quite a while, and do stamina damage, 4 disarms are needed to fully stun. You also harmlessly bite other Xenos.
Stealthy predators tasked with acquiring fresh new hosts to expand the hive. Their physical build sacrifices the weight and strength of their chitin for speed, making them the weakest and quickest caste of the three. Experts in stealth, they are almost invisible to the naked eye when stalking their prey, using dimly lit areas to their advantage. When they are ready to strike, they pounce on their targets, knocking them down and hastily taking them back to the hive. Their plasma reservoir starts at 50, with a maximum capacity of 100.
* '''Harm''' - You slash at humans doing ~20 damage. You can also 'wound' them which causes them to fall over and deals an extra ~10 damage. You also harmlessly bite other Xenos.
* '''Grab''' - Much the same as a human, however when you aggressively grab a human, you can then click yourself to devour them. This takes some time, and they can escape if they aren't stunned. Be careful, as humans can still move around in your stomach, and if they have sharp implements, they may just break out. You also harmlessly bite other Xenos.
* Hunt and Stalk are Run and Walk respectively.


'''If you are the first, or one of the first Larva to evolve, you want to become a Drone, as you'll need a Queen to be able to make eggs, then get facehuggers, then make more larva.'''
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* STOP RIGHT THERE. Don't just run off to kill people. Or ever. Infesting is always better than killing.
* As an alien, killing someone is something you never want to do before infesting them. Once infested, you should keep the host immobile in your nest if possible, or kill them if not.
* Living hosts hatch Larva far faster than dead ones.
* Revealing yourself now is probably not a good move. Hold off until you've built up your nest.
 
'''Below are a summary of the classes:'''
 
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|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align: center; background-color: #7e5f99; color: white;
| width=115 | Xeno Type
| width=150 | Role
| Description
| Perks
|-
|-
![[File:Xeno_hunter.png|64px]]<br>Hunter
! class="unsortable" width=150 style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Ability
!Soldier xeno
! class="sortable" width=115 style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Plasma Cost
|Strong and agile, able to hunt away from the hive and rapidly move through ventilation shafts. Hunters generate plasma slowly and have low reserves.  The fastest and strongest physically.
! class="unsortable" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Description
|
* Has 125% health.
* Builds 5 plasma per tick, to a maximum of 150 plasma.
* Hits for around ~22 damage.
* Devours at 3 times the regular speed.
|-
|-
![[File:Xeno_sentinel.png|64px]]<br>Sentinel
! Regurgitate<br> [[File:Regurgitate.png]]
!Hive/nest protector
! 0
|Tasked with protecting the hive and are deadly up close and at a range. They are not as physically imposing nor fast as the hunters.
| Empties the contents of your stomach, spewing out anyone you have devoured.
|
* Has 150% health.
* Builds 10 plasma per tick, to a maximum of 250 plasma.
* Hits for around ~20 damage.
|-
|-
![[File:Xeno_drone.png|64px]]<br>Drone
! Whisper<br> [[File:Whisper.png]]
!Xeno worker
! 10
|The working class, offering the largest plasma storage and generation. They are the only caste which may evolve again, turning into the dreaded alien queen. The weakest and slowest.
| Allows to telepathically communicate a message to a living target. Useful if you like to play with your prey.
|
* Has 100% health.
* Builds 15 plasma per tick, to a maximum of 500 plasma.
* Hits for around ~18 damage.
|}
 
'''Below are a list of some of your powers:'''
 
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|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align: center; background-color: #7e5f99; color: white;
| width=115 | Xeno Type
| width=135 | Power
| Description
|-
|-
!rowspan="8"|[[File:Xeno_hunter.png|64px]]<br>Hunter
! Plant Weeds<br> [[File:Plant_Weeds.png]]
!Toggle leap
! 50
|This is an HUD action button, next to the arm icons. When activated, click to leap somewhere. Leaping will knock your victim down and inflict a decent chunk of stamina damage. On the other hand, leaping into a wall or similar will stun the Hunter.
| After 2 seconds plants alien weeds at your location, which regenerate health, plasma, and speed up larva growth for all Xenomorphs currently standing on them.
|-
|-
!Crawl through vent
! Transfer Plasma<br> [[File:Transfer_Plasma.png]]
|Requires no plasma and is exactly the same as doing it as a larva. You can select any location that still has unwelded vents.
! 50
| Transfers 50 of your own plasma to a nearby Xenomorph. Useful for helping hardworking allies!
|-
|-
!Plant weeds
! Leap<br> [[File:Leap.png]]
|Takes (50) plasma, and it something you should be doing often. Makes purple sacs which spawn weeds around them and allow aliens to heal and build up plasma on them. Again, these are very important.
! 0
| Leaps at a distance of 7 tiles, knocking down any person in your path for 10 seconds and dealing 40 stamina damage. Leaping at crew with shields or into solid objects will stun you for 2 seconds.
|- style="height:64px;"
! Vent Crawling
! 0
| '''Alt-clicking''' on any not-welded vent or scrubber will allow you to traverse the piping system, allowing for easy reconnaissance and travel.
|- style="height:64px;"
! Hivemind
! 0
| Putting ''':a''' before your message allows you to send a telepathic message to all members of your hivemind, which all Xenomorphs can hear.
|- style="height:64px;"
! Devour
! 0
| Aggressively grabbing a person then clicking on yourself will put them in your large stomach pouch, devouring them. Devoured people are dealt brute damage over time, and choke if without internals.
|- style="height:64px;"
! Stalk
! 5 per second
| Going into stalking mode turns you slower and nearly invisible, which will deplete your plasma the longer you stalk.
|}
 
==== Sentinel [[File:Xeno_sentinel.png]] ====
The muscles of the hive meant to keep intruders out and act as the Queen's own bodyguards, with chitin that is close to being as dense as hers. They possess better combat knowledge and abilities, being able to secrete extremely corrosive acid and neurotoxins inside their stomachs to spit out at their attackers. Sharing plasma is common among them, since each spit nearly depletes plenty of their plasma reserve. Their plasma reservoir starts at 100, with a maximum capacity of 250.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="background-color:#cbbfd6;"
|-
|-
!Devour
! class="unsortable" width=150 style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Ability
|Not a verb, but deserves a place on this list. Get an aggressive grab on someone, then click on yourself. The victim takes oxygen and brute damage, make sure you don't kill him before you're able to infect him. Dead mobs are absorbed, and can't be regurgitated. Hunters devour at three times the regular speed.
! class="sortable" width=115 style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Plasma Cost
! class="unsortable" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Description
|-
|-
!Regurgitate
! Regurgitate<br> [[File:Regurgitate.png]]
|Takes no plasma, and expels anyone you have devoured from your stomach. You can devour people by grabbing them aggressively and then clicking on yourself, though it takes a while.
! 0
| Empties the contents of your stomach, spewing out anyone you have devoured.
|-
|-
!Toggle Night Vision
! Whisper<br> [[File:Whisper.png]]
|When activated allows the xenomorph to see in darkness. Effect is similliar to night vision goggles effect.
! 10
| Allows to telepathically communicate a message to a living target. Useful if you like to play with your prey.
|-
|-
!Transfer Plasma
! Plant Weeds<br> [[File:Plant_Weeds.png]]
|Allows you to transfer an amount of plasma to another alien, as long as you're adjacent to them.
! 50
| After 2 seconds plants alien weeds at your location, which regenerate health, plasma, and speed up larva growth for all Xenomorphs currently standing on them.
|-
|-
!Whisper
! Transfer Plasma<br> [[File:Transfer_Plasma.png]]
|Takes (10) plasma and sends a telepathic message to the selected person.
! 50
| Transfers 50 of your own plasma to a nearby Xenomorph. Useful for helping hardworking allies!
|-
|-
!rowspan="9"|[[File:Xeno_sentinel.png|64px]]<br>Sentinel
! Corrosive Acid<br> [[File:Corrosive_Acid.png]]
!Corrosive acid
! 200
|Takes (200) plasma and can melt almost any object adjacent to you. It does take a while though, and can't melt reinforced walls. Also appears in the right-click menu.
| Vomits out a pile of acid on anything or anyone nearby, causing it to melt or dealing huge amounts of damage. Has a 15 second cooldown.
|-
|-
!Crawl through vent
! Neurotoxin Spit<br> [[File:Neurotoxin_Spit.png]]
|Requires no plasma and is exactly the same as doing it as a larva. You can select any location that still has unwelded vents.
! 50
|-
| Fires a Neurotoxin projectile onto a target, knocking down whoever it hit for 10 seconds while dealing them 40 stamina and 5 brute damage. Has a 3 second cooldown.
!Plant weeds
|- style="height:64px;"
|Takes (50) plasma, and it something you should be doing often. Makes purple sacs which spawn weeds around them and allow aliens to heal and build up plasma on them. Again, these are very important.
! Vent Crawling
|-
! 0
!Devour
| '''Alt-clicking''' on any not-welded vent or scrubber will allow you to traverse the piping system, allowing for easy reconnaissance and travel.
|Not a verb, but deserves a place on this list. Get an aggressive grab on someone, then click on yourself. The victim takes oxygen and brute damage, make sure you don't kill him before you're able to infect him. Dead mobs are absorbed, and can't be regurgitated. Hunters devour at three times the regular speed.
|- style="height:64px;"
|-
! Hivemind
!Regurgitate
! 0
|Takes no plasma, and expels anyone you have devoured from your stomach. You can devour people by grabbing them aggressively and then clicking on yourself, though it takes a while.
| Putting ''':a''' before your message allows you to send a telepathic message to all members of your hivemind, which all Xenomorphs can hear.
|-
|- style="height:64px;"
!Spit neurotoxin
! Devour
|Takes (50) plasma and causes anyone hit to fall over for a short time.
! 0
|-
| Aggressively grabbing a person then clicking on yourself will put them in your large stomach pouch, devouring them. Devoured people are dealt brute damage over time, and choke if without internals.
!Toggle night vision
|}
|When activated allows the xenomorph to see in darkness. Effect is similliar to night vision goggles effect.
 
|-
==== Drone [[File:Xeno_drone.png]] ====
!Transfer plasma
The hardworking builders of the hive, making sure there is plenty of protection in their sweet home. Evolving into this form, they are flooded with interior design and engineering information, allowing them to create a variety of structures using the resin that forms in their stomachs. Those range from walls and nest beds to even doors! They are important to keeping the hive afloat, as manoeuvring along countless defences significantly slows down attackers.  
|Allows you to transfer an amount of plasma to another alien, as long as you're adjacent to them.
 
|-
With enough plasma in their supply, they may even evolve into a Queen if the hive doesn't already have one, making them the most important caste for starting hives. Their plasma reservoir starts at 200, with a maximum capacity of 300. 
!Whisper
 
|Takes (10) plasma and sends a telepathic message to the selected person.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="background-color:#cbbfd6;"
|-
!rowspan="10"|[[File:Xeno_drone.png|64px]]<br>Drone
!Corrosive acid
|Takes (200) plasma and can melt almost any object adjacent to you. It does take a while though, and can't melt reinforced walls. Also appears in the right-click menu.
|-
!Evolve
|Takes (500) plasma, and allows a drone to evolve into a Queen. (Only available if there is no other Queen)
|-
!Crawl through vent
|Requires no plasma and is exactly the same as doing it as a larva. You can select any location that still has unwelded vents.
|-
|-
!Plant weeds
! class="unsortable" width=150 style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Ability
|Takes (50) plasma, and it something you should be doing often. Makes purple sacs which spawn weeds around them and allow aliens to heal and build up plasma on them. Again, these are very important.
! class="sortable" width=115 style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Plasma Cost
! class="unsortable" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Description
|-
|-
!Devour
! Regurgitate<br> [[File:Regurgitate.png]]
|Not a verb, but deserves a place on this list. Get an aggressive grab on someone, then click on yourself. The victim takes oxygen and brute damage, make sure you don't kill him before you're able to infect him. Dead mobs are absorbed, and can't be regurgitated. Hunters devour at three times the regular speed.
! 0
| Empties the contents of your stomach, spewing out anyone you have devoured.
|-
|-
!Regurgitate
! Whisper<br> [[File:Whisper.png]]
|Takes no plasma, and expels anyone you have devoured from your stomach. You can devour people by grabbing them aggressively and then clicking on yourself, though it takes a while.
! 10
| Allows to telepathically communicate a message to a living target. Useful if you like to play with your prey.
|-
|-
!Secrete Resin
! Plant Weeds<br> [[File:Plant_Weeds.png]]
|Takes (55) plasma and allows you to spawn a resin wall, membrane, or nest where you're standing. Membranes are see-through but weaker, walls are stronger and blocks light. Nest are essentially beds with an unbuckle delay that only aliens can buckle mobs to.
! 50
| After 2 seconds plants alien weeds at your location, which regenerate health, plasma, and speed up larva growth for all Xenomorphs currently standing on them.
|-
|-
!Toggle night vision
! Transfer Plasma<br> [[File:Transfer_Plasma.png]]
|When activated allows the xenomorph to see in darkness. Effect is similliar to night vision goggles effect.
! 50
| Transfers 50 of your own plasma to a nearby Xenomorph. Useful for helping hardworking allies!
|-
|-
!Transfer plasma
! Corrosive Acid<br> [[File:Corrosive_Acid.png]]
|Allows you to transfer an amount of plasma to another alien, as long as you're adjacent to them.
! 200
| Vomits out a pile of acid on anything or anyone nearby, causing it to melt or dealing huge amounts of damage. Has a 15 second cooldown.
|-
|-
!Whisper
! Build Resin Structure<br> [[File:Build_Resin_Structure.png]]
|Takes (10) plasma and sends a telepathic message to the selected person.
! 55
| After 3 seconds, builds one of four resin structures:
* '''Resin Wall''' - Strong wall made out of resin.
* '''Resin Nest''' - A nest to keep hosts buckled to, preventing them from escaping the hive.
* '''Resin Door''' - A door that only Xenomorphs can open.
* '''Revival Nest''' - A flimsy nest that heals and revives buckled Xenomorphs.
|-
|-
! Evolve Into A Queen<br> [[File:Evolve_Queen.png]]
! 300
| Depletes your entire plasma reserve in order to become a Xenomorph Queen. Unusable if the hive already has a queen!
|- style="height:64px;"
! Vent Crawling
! 0
| '''Alt-clicking''' on any not-welded vent or scrubber will allow you to traverse the piping system, allowing for easy reconnaissance and travel.
|- style="height:64px;"
! Hivemind
! 0
| Putting ''':a''' before your message allows you to send a telepathic message to all members of your hivemind, which all Xenomorphs can hear.
|- style="height:64px;"
! Devour
! 0
| Aggressively grabbing a person then clicking on yourself will put them in your large stomach pouch, devouring them. Devoured people are dealt brute damage over time, and choke if without internals.
|}
|}


Xenomorphs run on plasma. Your body stores plasma and your powers need it to work. You can absorb plasma two ways: plasma in the air and weeds. These effects can stack. If you don't plant weeds, you won't build plasma, so plant those weeds and store some up. If you waste your plasma before you plant weeds you are screwed, unless plasma is in the air, and even then you absorb far more plasma over time from weeds.
=== Queen [[File:Xeno_queen.png]] ===
The fabled singular matriarch of the hive. She's considered the ruler by all Xenomorphs below her, giving out commands to her loyal servants. Able to do virtually anything which the castes below her can, her only weakness is her heavy armor restricting her movement and ability to crawl inside ventilation shafts. Her sharper claws and stronger arms let her overpower prey more easily than other Xenomorphs can. She gives life to facehuggers by planting eggs that hatch them, letting her hunters use them to bring more Xenomorphs under her wing. Her plasma reservoir starts at 200 with a maximum capacity of 300.  


Now comes decision time. Do you want to evolve into a queen or be a marauding hunter/sentinel?
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* If you are the first (or one of the first) aliens, you should evolve into a queen. Without a queen, there is no way to spawn additional facehuggers, and no way to expand the brood. Aliens are not a threat without facehuggers, so queens are a must-have.
* If there's already a queen, you can choose to stay as a regular adult and start creating chaos. There are good reasons to do this. Queens move slow and cannot vent crawl, so having hunter aliens makes collecting new hosts much easier.
 
For the sake of this guide we will assume you are one of the first aliens, but if you join as an alien partway into the infestation of the station you can skip to the final phase.
 
* Since you probably want to become a queen, you'll have to pick Drone. Your best bet is to just sit tight and build up 500 plasma to evolve. The sooner, the better.
* The crew may probably be looking for you at this point, so make sure you're in a relatively safe spot.
* Once you evolve you are very slow and won't be able to vent crawl. You will be very vulnerable until you build up an army of facehuggers, so plan your nesting ground accordingly.
* If for any reason you know that the genetics lab or toxin lab are no longer being used and the monkeys are still alive, nest there.
* During this time you can continue to scout around through various vents and see where people on the station are.
* Jumping through vents and planting additional weeds in random places is a great way to divert attention from wherever your actual nest is. The crew will be distracted at the sight of weeds, so it's often worth it even though it does slow your progression to queen.
* Now it's time to play the waiting game again. 500 plasma and it's on to phase three.
 
==== Phase Three - As a Queen ====
'''''I'm a queen, but how is babby formed?'''''
 
Below is a summary of the Queen class:
 
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|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align: center; background-color: #7e5f99; color: white;
| width=115 | Xeno Type
| width=150 | Role
| Description
| Perks
|-
|-
![[File:Xeno_queen.png|64px]]<br>Queen
! class="unsortable" width=150 style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Ability
| Hive queen
! class="sortable" width=115 style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Plasma Cost
| Large, slow, and slightly tougher, but not any more physically powerful than the rest of the Xenos. The only Xeno that can lay facehugger eggs.
! class="unsortable" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;background-color:#7e5f99;color:white;" | Description
|
* Has 250% health.
* Builds 20 plasma per tick, to a maximum of 500 plasma.
* Hits for around ~18 damage.
|}
 
Queen's powers:
 
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|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align: center; background-color: #7e5f99; color: white;
| width = 130 | Power
| Description
|-
|-
!Corrosive acid
! Regurgitate<br> [[File:Regurgitate.png]]
|Takes (200) plasma and can melt almost any object adjacent to you. It does take a while though, and can't melt reinforced walls. Also appears in the right-click menu.
! 0
| Empties the contents of your stomach, spewing out anyone you have devoured.
|-
|-
!Lay egg
! Whisper<br> [[File:Whisper.png]]
|Takes (75) plasma. Your unique skill. Lays an egg which will hatch into a facehugger. Facehuggers can then be used to make more larva.
! 10
| Allows to telepathically communicate a message to a living target. Useful if you like to play with your prey.
|-
|-
!Plant weeds
! Plant Weeds<br> [[File:Plant_Weeds.png]]
|Takes (50) plasma, and it something you should be doing often. Makes purple sacs which spawn weeds around them and allow aliens to heal and build up plasma on them. Again, these are very important.
! 50
| After 2 seconds plants alien weeds at your location, which regenerate health, plasma, and speed up larva growth for all Xenomorphs currently standing on them.
|-
|-
!Devour
! Transfer Plasma<br> [[File:Transfer_Plasma.png]]
|Not a verb, but deserves a place on this list. Get an aggressive grab on someone, then click on yourself. The victim takes oxygen and brute damage, make sure you don't kill him before you're able to infect him. Dead mobs are absorbed, and can't be regurgitated. Hunters devour at three times the regular speed.
! 50
| Transfers 50 of your own plasma to a nearby Xenomorph. Useful for helping hardworking allies!
|-
|-
!Regurgitate
! Corrosive Acid<br> [[File:Corrosive_Acid.png]]
|Takes no plasma, and expels anyone you have devoured from your stomach. You can devour people by grabbing them aggressively and then clicking on yourself, though it takes a while.
! 200
| Vomits out a pile of acid on anything or anyone nearby, causing it to melt or dealing huge amounts of damage. Has a 15 second cooldown.
|-
|-
!Secrete Resin
! Plant Alien Eggs<br> [[File:Plant_Eggs.png]]
|Takes (55) plasma and allows you to spawn a resin wall, membrane, or nest where you're standing. Membranes are see-through but weaker, walls are stronger and blocks light. Nest are essentially beds with an unbuckle delay that only aliens can buckle mobs to.
! 75
| Plants an alien egg at your location, which will grow until it hatches a facehugger.
|-
|-
!Spit neurotoxin
! Build Resin Structure<br> [[File:Build_Resin_Structure.png]]
|Takes (50) plasma and causes anyone hit to fall over for a short time.
! 55
| After 3 seconds, builds one of four resin structures:
* '''Resin Wall''' - Strong wall made out of resin.
* '''Resin Nest''' - A nest to keep hosts buckled to, preventing them from escaping the hive.
* '''Resin Door''' - A door that only Xenomorphs can open.
* '''Revival Nest''' - A flimsy nest that heals and revives buckled Xenomorphs.
|-
|-
!Toggle night vision
! Neurotoxin Spit<br> [[File:Neurotoxin_Spit.png]]
|When activated allows the xenomorph to see in darkness. Effect is similar to night vision goggles effect.
! 50
|-
| Fires a Neurotoxin projectile onto a target, knocking down whoever it hit for 10 seconds while dealing them 40 stamina and 5 brute damage. Has a 3 second cooldown.
!Transfer plasma
|Allows you to transfer an amount of plasma to another alien, as long as you're adjacent to them.
|-
!Whisper
|Takes (10) plasma and sends a telepathic message to the selected person.
|-
|-
! Tail Lash<br> [[File:Tail_Lash.png]]
! 0
| Knocks down anyone nearby for 10 seconds. Has a 10 second cooldown.
|- style="height:64px;"
! Hivemind
! 0
| Putting ''':a''' before your message allows you to send a telepathic message to all members of your hivemind, which all Xenomorphs can hear.
|- style="height:64px;"
! Devour
! 0
| Aggressively grabbing a person then clicking on yourself will put them in your large stomach pouch, devouring them. Devoured people are dealt brute damage over time, and choke if without internals.
|}
|}


* Let's get this out of the way. First, you can caress anyone with your scythe-like arm by clicking on them an empty hand, with the Help intent active, while they're next to you. This has absolutely no effect.
== Being an Alien ==
* You're a queen. Awesome. You get some nifty bonuses and defects compared to regular aliens. Let's go over them.
** '''Cons:''' You are slow. Snail's pace. You also can't vent crawl. You basically have zero mobility compared to everything else in the game. You also stand out with a unique sprite.
** '''Pros:''' You can lay eggs, you build plasma much faster, and you have more health.
* Your first task is to lay an egg. You start with 250 plasma even though you needed 500 to evolve, and you'll build more very quickly.
* If at any point in time you have plasma built up and don't know what to do with it, lay another egg. Laying more eggs increases the facehugger swarm and is your best weapon against the humans.
* Use a facehugger on a victim to start the impregnation process. Throwing the hugger at them will also work. Make sure they have no helmet, and ideally no mask. A mask has a 20% chance to block a facehugger.
* You can open any door that isn't ID locked, but locked and/or bolted doors require that you spit corrosive acid on them. Corrosive acid is your all-access pass to the station. If you're stuck for any reason, or want to get in somewhere (example, rooms with monkeys or plasma tanks), use acid. It takes a while to eat through doors usually, so spit early and lay eggs while you wait.
* Alone, aliens are weak, and a queen even more so. One lucky assistant with a toolbox to the head can end your infestation very quickly, so don't let it happen. Always lay low and keep a wall of eggs and facehuggers between you and anywhere humans can get at you from.
 
* Remember to spit Neurotoxin on those who get too close (use your alien tab). This should stun them for long enough to let you get away.
* You can take items off humans, though knowing what they do is very metagamey, so be cautious.
* Drag anyone you incapacitate back towards the heart of your hive. Make sure that when they get back up, a facehugger will be within jumping range.  Once they're impregnated, feel free to drag them to some dark corner and protect them until they explode into a new alien baby.
* Monkeys are viable facehugger targets, and are a fantastic way to rapidly expand the size of your brood without needing to hunt down humans. From a meta standpoint, they also let more players into the game without killing anyone, so it gets more ghosts back to playing, which is always good.
* Once you've amassed an army of facehuggers, and hopefully ambushed a couple of unsuspecting crew who were unfortunate enough to stumble on your nest, you should communicate closely with the other aliens and prepare to start really branching out across the station. You've already started this, probably, especially since the other alien players are probably being more aggressive than you.
 
==== General Advice ====
* You do not need air to breathe as a Xenomorph! Feel free to walk around the outside of the station and make a good safe area to plant weeds and store plasma on (i.e., the solars, or toxins test area if no one is bombing or has bombed it). You can also spit acid on windows/grills to destroy them, so any window is a potential entry point. If you get spaced you're usually out of luck, though!
* The atmospherics vent leads to a safe 3x3 room with a single canister inside it. Go here if you really have nowhere else to go, as it's 99% safe. Only bombs can get you there and even the AI can't see that room.
* You can see in the dark, and humans can't. Destroying light sources may be useful.
* You can also pick up anything medium sized or larger, such as boxes and backpacks.
 
=== As a Human ===
'''''Aliens! Help!'''''
 
* Try to keep yourself and others around you calm. It's no good running around screaming and getting massacred by Xenos.
* Roleplay is still in effect, regardless of the large alien monstrosities. Try to keep In Character.
* If someone gets infested, make sure they get medical care ASAP. [[Surgery]] can remove a xenomorph Larva, but otherwise cloning will have to do.
* If no other option is available, isolating the infected in a room without or welded vents will help stop the spread of xenomorphs.
* Crew members may seek to make peaceful contact with the aliens. This can lead to peaceful cooperation for both parties, but may just end up in a large amount of dead on both sides. So don't do that unless if you know what are you doing.
 
'''''They're everywhere! What now?'''''
 
If all other options have failed, combat may be the only option.
 
* Try to declare red alert. This will at the very least keep people alert, and may get you access to the [[Emergency Response Team]].
* Lasers and bullets work on Xenomorphs, however, they also work on people. Keep your firing lanes clear!
* Melee weapons are not recommended unless you're in groups. A single Xenomorph can tackle you and then have enough time to put a facehugger on you or kill you.
* To avoid increasing Xeno numbers, destroying monkeys may be useful.
* Restrain individuals who wish to spread the infection or are helping hostile xenomorphs.
* Flashes don't work on xenomorphs, though flashbangs do.
* You best bet to escape a fight is to use a stun weapon and then run.
* If fighting to kill stunning and then beating is effective.
* Larva should be killed if possible.
* Welding vents restrict Xenomorph mobility.
* Build and use a combat mech (Such as a Durand and a Gygax) to increase effectiveness against a crowd of Xenos.
* Fire works on structures made by Xenomorphs (alien weeds, eggs, purple sacs, etc.), but Xenos themselves are immune to fire and cold.
* Seriously consider calling the escape shuttle. Be aware that at times admins will send it back under the context of "Destroy the menace before calling for the shuttle, as you will spread the infection."
 
'''''I'm the only one left!'''''
* Make sure you're the only one left. Use radios, intercoms, or PDA messages to contact any potential survivors.
* If you have weapons, use them. Don't use them to hunt them however.
* If you see a mech, use it! If it's DNA-locked, then find another way.
* Make your way to the bridge or the captain's quarters and try to call the shuttle. It's the only way out now.
* If the shuttle is here, get on it, weld the doors shut, make sure nothing is in there with you, and hide as best you can. Central Command has a [[Death squad|plan]] for this sort of thing.
* If you are eaten alive by xenos, there's only one way out. Take out your oxygen bottle or any other weapon in your hand, and move around as much as possible. You'll slam the thing you're holding into the alien's stomach lining, and if you do it enough you may explode out of the aliens chest cavity like some kind of reverse-larvae. Sharp implements work best.
* If the shuttle isn't coming, write a book of warning and contempt and throw yourself into space. Alternatively find a corner to cry in.
 
== Fluff ==
===Facehugger===
[[File:Facehugger.gif|left]]
A parasitic cycle in xenomorph production with the appearance of two [[species|human]] hands held together and attached to a spiny, powerful tail. It has a proboscis it uses to implant embryos and provide oxygen while strangling a victim. The finger-like appendages are used for transportation and to attach itself firmly to a host body.
 
Once implantation is complete, the facehugger falls off and dies. Removal of a facehugger while it is copulating is always fatal for the victim, either because of a snapped neck, trauma from the facehugger ripping off the face of its victim, or the powerfully acidic blood of the xeno. <s> Victims rarely remember implantation or even the act of being jumped in most cases, likely because of the asphyxiation caused by a facehugger's tail during the process and the psychological trauma of the act.</s> ((Ahahah, no. If you "RP" this, you are a horrible person.))
 
Like all of the xenomorph species, not much is understood about its growth, motivations, or senses, but it is known that a facehugger can tell the difference between a living humanoid and a non-living humanoid such as corpses or [[cyborg]]s and that they are suicidally focused on reproduction. Xenomorphs often use crowds of facehuggers to take down large prey or grouped or well-defended humans.
 
===Larva===
[[File:Xeno_larva.gif|left|64px]]
Also known as chestbursters because of their method of exodus from the host body, larval xenomorphs are the third known stage in reproduction for that species. While developing in the body, xenomorph embryos attach to blood vessels to absorb nutrients and complete its unstable genetic structure using the host's DNA.
 
Through an unknown process, this always results in a functioning offspring. This form is small compared to the adult, limbless, and serpentine. They have a strong instinct to hide after forcing their way out through the ribcage and violently tearing their host body apart. If left alone, xenomorph larva will undergo an unknown transformation process to adulthood.
 
It is believed at this stage that the xenomorph is at its most vulnerable due to its small size and apparent lack of many senses, though this should not be misunderstood—a larva is still deadly. Its powerful thrashing and sharp teeth got it out of a human sternum, after all.
 
===Hunter===
[[File:Xeno_hunter.png|left|64px]]
This form is usually the last in any given xenomorph's life cycle. There are many variants of the hunter (including forms that do no hunting, per se), but the human form is the most commonly seen on stations for obvious reasons.


The hunter sports a phallic-shaped skull with hidden, mostly useless eyes protected by a one-way transparent dome. It has a host of esoteric senses, most prominently a theorized echolocation (explaining their near-constant hissing) and electroreception, though its primary sense appears to be smell. The scent of pheromones is experimentally shown to be the primary communication device of xenomorphs, most effectively transmitted by the ropey purple weeds the adults spread around the station. It is unknown where this tissue comes from, as xenomorphs refuse to make it in captivity.
=== Kickstarting Your Hive ===
You and your kin are inside an Unknown station's ventilation ducts, but you are just meek Larvae waiting to evolve and conquer it. You need to be fast to spread your numbers as much as possible, but also stealthy as to not get caught off-guard during a time of weakness. How do you do it all? It's rather simple:
* Do not go out during the Larva stage. You can be easily spotted, leaving the station on high alert in order to catch your remaining brethren. It's best for you to wait it out until you are able to evolve.
* Pick a quiet place for your hive. Maintenance areas with no cameras or ones you can easily destroy are favorable spots to choose. An incorrect hive placement will ensure getting found out early and wiped quickly.
* Get a Queen ASAP! Drones are the only caste that are able to evolve into a Queen, who is necessary for the creation of facehuggers. Without the Queen or facehuggers, it's impossible for your hive to grow in size.
* Place plenty of resin nests around the hive. Hosts who have been buckled into them will be unable to resist themselves out of for a lengthy time, which gives plenty of opportunity for the parasite inside them to grow.
* Hunt with the use of facehuggers. Facehuggers apply plenty of negative effects to their wearer, making it easier for you to take your prey back to the nest!
* Remove suit sensors from hosts to prevent anyone tracking down your hive.


The primary byproduct of this weed is the strange substance [[Nanotrasen|plasma]] and as such most corporations are extremely interested in the connection between the xenomorphs and that chemical for production reasons. Like the facehugger, the hunter's blood is highly acidic, and there are rumors that it is capable of eating even through space station hulls, though it must be said that this is only a rumor.  
=== Growing Your Hive ===
You and your fellow Xenos have prevailed for quite some time, but now the crew is well aware of your mischief and is fighting back! You are to stay strong and as witty as ever to defend against piles of mechs, lasers, and every man under the sun that will come crashing down your newfound home in this cold galaxy. There are many tricks you can use to aid you, like:


The adult xenomorph is a living weapon, with an exoskeleton thick enough to absorb or redirect most trauma and temperature extremes, scythe-like claws, and a multi-tiered jaw system capable of projecting an acidic compound presumingly from their stomachs. Some varieties of hunter are crested, and most varieties have a heavy tail with protective ridges. Xenomorphs at this stage show semi-sapience and problem-solving abilities, and are capable of using pack-oriented tactics, creative stealth, and psychological manipulation. It is reported that in the presence of enough plasma xenomorphs can communicate in a basic way with sentient species, but there is little evidence to lend credence to such an absurd notion.
* Plant alien weeds everywhere! They let you regenerate health and plasma if you stand on them, so the more the better. They can also be a distraction, as crew will often take their time to destroy the nodes.
* Disarm your opponents. It deals an insane amount of stamina damage, letting you easily take down attackers and place them inside your hive. If you can't do that, you may use it to steal their weapons instead.
* Raid vital areas of the station. Consider places like [[Medical|Medbay]], and [[Science]] as targets to pick towards your expansion efforts.
* Surround mechs if they are in an open area, as it lets you easily overpower them with your sheer numbers.
* Replace regular airlocks with resin substitutes. It will prevent anyone but Xenomorphs from accessing that door, which saves you time in having to pry it open and closed.
* Break lights and light sources. You have an incredible advantage in the dark due to possessing night vision, allowing for surprise attacks.
* Create breaches into space. Due to being space-proof and lacking the need to breathe, space is practically your home! Use it to force hostiles into getting space suits.
* Melt walls with acid to adjust the environment to your needs. This is where Drones can show off their construction skills, as intricate labyrinths can make it so much harder to face you.


===Queen===
== Alien VS Predator ==
[[File:Xeno_queen.png|left|64px]]
'''NOTE:''' Do not, under any circumstances, mess with atmospherics to hinder Xenomorphs. <span style="color:red">'''YOU WILL GET BANNED'''</span>.
Very few xenomorphs undergo the transformation into queen. It appears to be done only in the case of very specific hive pressures. They are the only xenomorphs capable of laying the eggs that hatch facehuggers. While much larger than the hunters, they're also much slower, but are indeed much tougher. Even accounting for the size difference, a xenomorph queen can take drastically more punishment. A queen is most likely found where there are high levels of plasma, surrounded by hunters and swarms of freshly hatched facehuggers.  


They are significantly more intelligent and highly protective of their offspring. While slow, they have all the adaptations and weapons of their previous hunter forms, a larger, thicker crest to protect their brain casing, and higher internal stores of plasma which they can utilize for the shaping of resin, the laying of eggs, destructive survival defences, and even a complex and poorly understood efficient means to form a natural [[Syndicate Items#Cloaking Device|cloak]]. Like all xenomorphs, there is little information about them.
As a crewmember, it's your duty to take down the alien infestation on your station without letting it spread further to Nanotrasen stations. The shuttle will not leave until the threat is dead. Dealing with Xenomorphs isn't just about running into maintenance with a welder and a helmet. They can easily tear apart or impregnate unprepared attackers, which only makes things worse for the station.  


== Oddities ==
Just staying in your department and doing your job can be more of a help in wiping them out than picking up a weapon. Before you do anything, confirm their presence. Preparing for a threat that doesn't exist will cause massive chaos, so make sure to only trust Security's or Command's words. If you have valid information about their existence, here are some tips to avoid becoming a new host for these monsters: 


* You can perform CPR on any Xeno as a human, but they have to be under -50% HP and have suffocation damage for it to work.
* Always stay in a group. You don't want to know how many people have died a lonely-chest bursting death due to not getting anyone to watch their back if a Xenomorph does come around the corner.
* Below 0% HP , aliens will gasp, but not take suffocation damage. Below -50% HP, they'll pass
* Construct Carved Pumpkins. They provide protection against facehuggers latching onto you and are cheaper than all the other alternatives. Hydroponics is able to mass-produce Pumpkins for this.
* Regular Aliens can't understand humans, and humans can't understand aliens. A [[pAI]] with a universal translator can talk to them, and a Queen is able to converse normally. Regular aliens can whisper into a humans head to talk to them.
* If you have been eaten alive, you can easily break out by hitting an alien from the inside with the strongest weapon you have on hand. When it dies, you can simply move around till you burst out of it.
* NPC Aliens will treat player xenomorphs as hostile. They will not do melee damage but any type with range will fire at the player.
* Weld ventilation shafts and scrubbers. They are the quickest way for a Xenomorph to transport around the station without exposing themselves. Force them to get out of hiding!
* Only fight at a range. Going up close and personal to a Xenomorph will always lead to you getting disarmed and dragged off unless you have stamina regenerating stimulants.
* Call out locations of spotted Xenomorphs to help in tracking down their nest.
* [[ERT]]s are your friends! Calling one as Command when the situation gets rough for the crew to handle is always a good idea.
* As a member of the [[Medical]] team, you should prioritize removing embryos out of patients and preparing spare cybernetic organs or [[Cloning]] for the eventual chestbursted crew.
* As a [[Warden]] or [[Head of Security]], opening the armoury and arming the crew with its weapons will give you a manpower on par with, or potentially bigger than the Xenomorphs.
* As a [[Scientist]], you can construct and distribute [[Flamethrower|flamethrowers]] to the crew. Make sure to aim while using them though, since it's a pain both for you, your fellow crew and the Xenomorphs to be on fire.
* As a [[Roboticist]], constructing combat mechs should be your first and upmost priority. The ZFI Immolation Beam Gun and CH-LC "Solaris" Laser Cannon are your best bets against the alien menace.
* As a [[Cargo Technician]] or [[Quartermaster]], you can order bulk amounts of laser weaponry, EVA gear, and Incendiary Weapons crates. Lasers cause additional damage to Xenos while being easily rechargeable for repeated use, while space suits and helmets will allow you to even the battlefield if aliens start spacing parts of the station. Incendiary Weapons crates contain flamethrowers and firebombs in case Science did not prepare them.


After every Xeno alien has been wiped from the face of your station, you should be ready to deposit your weapons back to [[Security]], as roleplaying rules are still in full effect!


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Alien

Superiors: The Queen
Difficulty: Medium
Guides: Guide to Combat
Access: Any non-welded vent and anything you can pry open or melt with acid.
Duties: Protect the queen, build the nest, multiply.

Xenomorphs are a hostile and extremely intelligent extraterrestrial species who follow the will of a singular Xeno Queen and are bound together by a hivemind. They may evolve into various castes, granting them various abilities and specialisations within the hive.

Queens are responsible for their continual reproduction, as she can lay eggs hatching facehuggers who can latch onto a living host and inject a parasitic larva inside, the larva eventually growing big enough to burst out of their chest. Instances of singular larvae sneaking into a station's vents are rare, but due to plasma being their main source of power, it's important to stay cautious.

Beginning Your Infestation

Aliens can arrive onto the station in different ways. The most common way is to have them rolled for a major midround role. Two alien larvae will spawn, four if there are 80 players or more connected to the server. These larvae spawn near vent ducts, and are set to be 80% through their evolution cycle. Their presence will be announced to the crew about 13 to 15 minutes after their arrival.

Alien Reproduction

As with all other species, Xenomorphs require a way to reproduce in order to not remain a singular member species. It's an extremely unusual process for most, as it requires a member of a species different than the Xenomorph. Their reproduction involves implanting lethal parasites inside a host for them to then chestburst out of the body. Many face trauma from such an experience, even if the parasite is removed prematurely, so it's best that proper safety measures are applied during a Xenomorph invasion on the station.

Facehugger Facehugger.gif

The crucial aspect of Xenomorph reproduction is the facehugger, hatched from the alien eggs planted by the Queen. It is a parasitic appendage that attaches to the faces of living hosts, rendering them blind, causing them to mumble their words, and knocking them down to the floor for 14 seconds. After this, it implants an alien embryo inside the host before curling up into a ball and dying. Xenomorphs typically use facehuggers by either throwing them at potential hosts or pulling them into large piles of facehuggers.

They are sensitive to fire and temperature changes, and will die immediately in rooms above 300 kelvin. Their latching abilities can be easily countered by appropriate headgear, with them being:

Item Description
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MODsuit Helmets 		Comes with every MODsuit, which in turn are found in Engineering, Paramedic's Office, Cargo and Robotics. Can be made in Robotics.
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Space Helmets 		Found in EVA. Found in the "Space Suit Crate" cargo crate.
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Bio Hoods 		Found in Level 3 Biohazard closets in Virology, Janitor's Closet, Armoury and various locations of Science.
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Riot Helmets 		Found in the Armoury. Found in the "Riot Helmets Crate" cargo crate.
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Crusader Helmets 		Found in the Chaplain's wardrobe.
Blob Hat.png
Blob Hats 		Bought in the arcade for 125 tickets.
Bomb Hood.png
Bomb Hoods 		Found in bomb closets in the Armoury, Toxins, and SciChem.
Radiation Hood.png
Radiation Hoods 		Found in Engineering. Found in the "Radiation Protection Crate" cargo crate.
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Cueball Helmets 		Bought in the Autodrobe vending machine.
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Snowman Heads 		Bought in the Autodrobe vending machine.
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Welding Helmets (Hood on) 		Found in Engineering, Tool Storage, and are able to be produced with an Autolathe.
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Carved Pumpkins 		Made by using a sharp object on a pumpkin.
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Plasma Envirosuit Helmets 		Found on Plasmamen. Found in the "Plasmaman Supply Kit" cargo crate.
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Berserker Helmets 		Hood of the Berserker Hardsuit. Found in Necropolis Chests obtained by destroying Tendrils.

Alien Embryo

  • Stages of the infection visible by the Xenomorphs.

  • A dead embryo, removed out of the host before it can fully grow.

The next steps of the Xenomorph reproduction process happens inside the chest of the host. An alien embryo that was injected with the help of a facehugger begins to slowly grow about every 70 seconds, with the time slightly varying between each growth stage. The host will begin to develop a whooping cough and start frantically sneezing, with their body weakening further as the parasite matures. The maturing embryo will grow regardless of whether the host is dead or alive. Upon reaching full maturity, the embryo will transform into a larva, flooding the host with massive amounts of toxins before exploding from their chest.

This kills the host instantly by ejecting all of their organs onto the ground, but can be prevented if their chest is already open through surgical means. The only way to rid the host of the parasite is by performing Internal Organ Manipulation surgery, which will kill it. Xenomorphs and medical HUDs are able to identify infected individuals, but only Xenomorphs and medical analyzers can tell the current stage of the infection.

Alien Evolution

With each generation, the Xenomorphs stray further from their Facehugger ancestors. Born as larvae, they begin to feel a strong connection to their hivemind and plasma. They develop speech, heightened intelligence, night vision and various other complex abilities. Their evolutionary cycles split into different castes, with some developing specific situational skills and physical appearance.

Their main power on their path towards evolutionary greatness comes from plasma, which they can then deplete either by evolving or using their abilities. Plasma's flammability makes them susceptible to damage from flames and heat sources, which they instinctively avoid like plague. Queens are the highest evolution and caste that is possible for the Xenomorphs to reach, making them matriarchs of their respected hives. 

Larva Xeno larva.gif

The diminutive form of the predatory aliens, capable of being crushed by a well-placed stomp, makes all the horror stories about the Xenomorphs seem like deranged myths. About the size and shape of a snake, all they're currently capable of is biting someone's shins and hiding. Despite their cute appearance, they should not be underestimated, as letting one flee means

After nearly 4 minutes of growing, they can evolve into a higher caste. They are able to speed up this process by biting into alive humanoids and animals to feast on their flesh for strength and by standing on alien weeds. The scales on their bodies change colour depending on how close they are to evolving, ranging from a salmon orange to a crimson red. Due to their small size, bodies, flags, potted plants, tables, and ventilation shafts become their natural covers. Their plasma reservoir starts at 25, with a maximum capacity of 50.

Xeno Larva2.gif - Larva scale color midway through their growth.

Xeno Larva3.gif - Larva scale color mere seconds from evolution.


Ability Plasma Cost Description
Whisper
Whisper.png 		10 Allows to telepathically communicate a message to a living target. Useful if you like to play with your prey.
Plant Weeds
Plant Weeds.png 		50 After 2 seconds plants alien weeds at your location, which regenerate health, plasma, and speed up larva growth for all Xenomorphs currently standing on them.
Transfer Plasma
Transfer Plasma.png 		50 Transfers 50 of your own plasma to a nearby Xenomorph. Useful for helping hardworking allies!
Evolve
Evolve.png 		0 If fully grown and at 200 plasma, you can choose between 3 different castes to evolve into. Otherwise, tells you that you need to wait longer.
Hide
Hide.png 		0 Conceals you under a variety of objects, including chairs, open lockers, people, plants, flags and tables.
Vent Crawling 0 Alt-clicking on any not-welded vent or scrubber will allow you to traverse the piping system, allowing for easy reconnaissance and travel.
Hivemind 0 Putting :a before your message allows you to send a telepathic message to all members of your hivemind, which all Xenomorphs can hear.

Castes

Outgrowing the larval stage of their development, Xenomorphs now have multiple limbs, a strong armoured chitin with sharp, flesh-tearing claws that make them a terrifying threat, a large stomach that can temporarily hold any prey for easier transportation, and Herculean strength that allows them to pry open airlocks!

The differences between each caste make them all vary in their role in the hive, some being protectors of their hive while others being quick and valiant hunters. Their new appendages provide them with more ways to manipulate objects, making them a big danger in sensitive areas of the station while also letting them show off more complex moves in combat. 

Xeno Help.png Help - Nuzzles creatures, which helps your fellow Xenomorphs lose immobilizing effects faster!

Xeno Stun.png Stun - Deals 30 stamina damage and knocks down for 10 seconds. Disables cyborgs for 4 seconds.

Xeno Grab.png Grab - Grabs a target.

Xeno Harm.png Harm - Slashes a target for 20 brute damage.

Hunter Xeno hunter.png

Stealthy predators tasked with acquiring fresh new hosts to expand the hive. Their physical build sacrifices the weight and strength of their chitin for speed, making them the weakest and quickest caste of the three. Experts in stealth, they are almost invisible to the naked eye when stalking their prey, using dimly lit areas to their advantage. When they are ready to strike, they pounce on their targets, knocking them down and hastily taking them back to the hive. Their plasma reservoir starts at 50, with a maximum capacity of 100.

Ability Plasma Cost Description
Regurgitate
Regurgitate.png 		0 Empties the contents of your stomach, spewing out anyone you have devoured.
Whisper
Whisper.png 		10 Allows to telepathically communicate a message to a living target. Useful if you like to play with your prey.
Plant Weeds
Plant Weeds.png 		50 After 2 seconds plants alien weeds at your location, which regenerate health, plasma, and speed up larva growth for all Xenomorphs currently standing on them.
Transfer Plasma
Transfer Plasma.png 		50 Transfers 50 of your own plasma to a nearby Xenomorph. Useful for helping hardworking allies!
Leap
Leap.png 		0 Leaps at a distance of 7 tiles, knocking down any person in your path for 10 seconds and dealing 40 stamina damage. Leaping at crew with shields or into solid objects will stun you for 2 seconds.
Vent Crawling 0 Alt-clicking on any not-welded vent or scrubber will allow you to traverse the piping system, allowing for easy reconnaissance and travel.
Hivemind 0 Putting :a before your message allows you to send a telepathic message to all members of your hivemind, which all Xenomorphs can hear.
Devour 0 Aggressively grabbing a person then clicking on yourself will put them in your large stomach pouch, devouring them. Devoured people are dealt brute damage over time, and choke if without internals.
Stalk 5 per second Going into stalking mode turns you slower and nearly invisible, which will deplete your plasma the longer you stalk.

Sentinel Xeno sentinel.png

The muscles of the hive meant to keep intruders out and act as the Queen's own bodyguards, with chitin that is close to being as dense as hers. They possess better combat knowledge and abilities, being able to secrete extremely corrosive acid and neurotoxins inside their stomachs to spit out at their attackers. Sharing plasma is common among them, since each spit nearly depletes plenty of their plasma reserve. Their plasma reservoir starts at 100, with a maximum capacity of 250.  

Ability Plasma Cost Description
Regurgitate
Regurgitate.png 		0 Empties the contents of your stomach, spewing out anyone you have devoured.
Whisper
Whisper.png 		10 Allows to telepathically communicate a message to a living target. Useful if you like to play with your prey.
Plant Weeds
Plant Weeds.png 		50 After 2 seconds plants alien weeds at your location, which regenerate health, plasma, and speed up larva growth for all Xenomorphs currently standing on them.
Transfer Plasma
Transfer Plasma.png 		50 Transfers 50 of your own plasma to a nearby Xenomorph. Useful for helping hardworking allies!
Corrosive Acid
Corrosive Acid.png 		200 Vomits out a pile of acid on anything or anyone nearby, causing it to melt or dealing huge amounts of damage. Has a 15 second cooldown.
Neurotoxin Spit
Neurotoxin Spit.png 		50 Fires a Neurotoxin projectile onto a target, knocking down whoever it hit for 10 seconds while dealing them 40 stamina and 5 brute damage. Has a 3 second cooldown.
Vent Crawling 0 Alt-clicking on any not-welded vent or scrubber will allow you to traverse the piping system, allowing for easy reconnaissance and travel.
Hivemind 0 Putting :a before your message allows you to send a telepathic message to all members of your hivemind, which all Xenomorphs can hear.
Devour 0 Aggressively grabbing a person then clicking on yourself will put them in your large stomach pouch, devouring them. Devoured people are dealt brute damage over time, and choke if without internals.

Drone Xeno drone.png

The hardworking builders of the hive, making sure there is plenty of protection in their sweet home. Evolving into this form, they are flooded with interior design and engineering information, allowing them to create a variety of structures using the resin that forms in their stomachs. Those range from walls and nest beds to even doors! They are important to keeping the hive afloat, as manoeuvring along countless defences significantly slows down attackers.

With enough plasma in their supply, they may even evolve into a Queen if the hive doesn't already have one, making them the most important caste for starting hives. Their plasma reservoir starts at 200, with a maximum capacity of 300. 

Ability Plasma Cost Description
Regurgitate
Regurgitate.png 		0 Empties the contents of your stomach, spewing out anyone you have devoured.
Whisper
Whisper.png 		10 Allows to telepathically communicate a message to a living target. Useful if you like to play with your prey.
Plant Weeds
Plant Weeds.png 		50 After 2 seconds plants alien weeds at your location, which regenerate health, plasma, and speed up larva growth for all Xenomorphs currently standing on them.
Transfer Plasma
Transfer Plasma.png 		50 Transfers 50 of your own plasma to a nearby Xenomorph. Useful for helping hardworking allies!
Corrosive Acid
Corrosive Acid.png 		200 Vomits out a pile of acid on anything or anyone nearby, causing it to melt or dealing huge amounts of damage. Has a 15 second cooldown.
Build Resin Structure
Build Resin Structure.png 		55 After 3 seconds, builds one of four resin structures:
  • Resin Wall - Strong wall made out of resin.
  • Resin Nest - A nest to keep hosts buckled to, preventing them from escaping the hive.
  • Resin Door - A door that only Xenomorphs can open.
  • Revival Nest - A flimsy nest that heals and revives buckled Xenomorphs.
Evolve Into A Queen
Evolve Queen.png 		300 Depletes your entire plasma reserve in order to become a Xenomorph Queen. Unusable if the hive already has a queen!
Vent Crawling 0 Alt-clicking on any not-welded vent or scrubber will allow you to traverse the piping system, allowing for easy reconnaissance and travel.
Hivemind 0 Putting :a before your message allows you to send a telepathic message to all members of your hivemind, which all Xenomorphs can hear.
Devour 0 Aggressively grabbing a person then clicking on yourself will put them in your large stomach pouch, devouring them. Devoured people are dealt brute damage over time, and choke if without internals.

Queen Xeno queen.png

The fabled singular matriarch of the hive. She's considered the ruler by all Xenomorphs below her, giving out commands to her loyal servants. Able to do virtually anything which the castes below her can, her only weakness is her heavy armor restricting her movement and ability to crawl inside ventilation shafts. Her sharper claws and stronger arms let her overpower prey more easily than other Xenomorphs can. She gives life to facehuggers by planting eggs that hatch them, letting her hunters use them to bring more Xenomorphs under her wing. Her plasma reservoir starts at 200 with a maximum capacity of 300.

Ability Plasma Cost Description
Regurgitate
Regurgitate.png 		0 Empties the contents of your stomach, spewing out anyone you have devoured.
Whisper
Whisper.png 		10 Allows to telepathically communicate a message to a living target. Useful if you like to play with your prey.
Plant Weeds
Plant Weeds.png 		50 After 2 seconds plants alien weeds at your location, which regenerate health, plasma, and speed up larva growth for all Xenomorphs currently standing on them.
Transfer Plasma
Transfer Plasma.png 		50 Transfers 50 of your own plasma to a nearby Xenomorph. Useful for helping hardworking allies!
Corrosive Acid
Corrosive Acid.png 		200 Vomits out a pile of acid on anything or anyone nearby, causing it to melt or dealing huge amounts of damage. Has a 15 second cooldown.
Plant Alien Eggs
Plant Eggs.png 		75 Plants an alien egg at your location, which will grow until it hatches a facehugger.
Build Resin Structure
Build Resin Structure.png 		55 After 3 seconds, builds one of four resin structures:
  • Resin Wall - Strong wall made out of resin.
  • Resin Nest - A nest to keep hosts buckled to, preventing them from escaping the hive.
  • Resin Door - A door that only Xenomorphs can open.
  • Revival Nest - A flimsy nest that heals and revives buckled Xenomorphs.
Neurotoxin Spit
Neurotoxin Spit.png 		50 Fires a Neurotoxin projectile onto a target, knocking down whoever it hit for 10 seconds while dealing them 40 stamina and 5 brute damage. Has a 3 second cooldown.
Tail Lash
Tail Lash.png 		0 Knocks down anyone nearby for 10 seconds. Has a 10 second cooldown.
Hivemind 0 Putting :a before your message allows you to send a telepathic message to all members of your hivemind, which all Xenomorphs can hear.
Devour 0 Aggressively grabbing a person then clicking on yourself will put them in your large stomach pouch, devouring them. Devoured people are dealt brute damage over time, and choke if without internals.

Being an Alien

Kickstarting Your Hive

You and your kin are inside an Unknown station's ventilation ducts, but you are just meek Larvae waiting to evolve and conquer it. You need to be fast to spread your numbers as much as possible, but also stealthy as to not get caught off-guard during a time of weakness. How do you do it all? It's rather simple:

  • Do not go out during the Larva stage. You can be easily spotted, leaving the station on high alert in order to catch your remaining brethren. It's best for you to wait it out until you are able to evolve.
  • Pick a quiet place for your hive. Maintenance areas with no cameras or ones you can easily destroy are favorable spots to choose. An incorrect hive placement will ensure getting found out early and wiped quickly.
  • Get a Queen ASAP! Drones are the only caste that are able to evolve into a Queen, who is necessary for the creation of facehuggers. Without the Queen or facehuggers, it's impossible for your hive to grow in size.
  • Place plenty of resin nests around the hive. Hosts who have been buckled into them will be unable to resist themselves out of for a lengthy time, which gives plenty of opportunity for the parasite inside them to grow.
  • Hunt with the use of facehuggers. Facehuggers apply plenty of negative effects to their wearer, making it easier for you to take your prey back to the nest!
  • Remove suit sensors from hosts to prevent anyone tracking down your hive.

Growing Your Hive

You and your fellow Xenos have prevailed for quite some time, but now the crew is well aware of your mischief and is fighting back! You are to stay strong and as witty as ever to defend against piles of mechs, lasers, and every man under the sun that will come crashing down your newfound home in this cold galaxy. There are many tricks you can use to aid you, like:

  • Plant alien weeds everywhere! They let you regenerate health and plasma if you stand on them, so the more the better. They can also be a distraction, as crew will often take their time to destroy the nodes.
  • Disarm your opponents. It deals an insane amount of stamina damage, letting you easily take down attackers and place them inside your hive. If you can't do that, you may use it to steal their weapons instead.
  • Raid vital areas of the station. Consider places like Medbay, and Science as targets to pick towards your expansion efforts.
  • Surround mechs if they are in an open area, as it lets you easily overpower them with your sheer numbers.
  • Replace regular airlocks with resin substitutes. It will prevent anyone but Xenomorphs from accessing that door, which saves you time in having to pry it open and closed.
  • Break lights and light sources. You have an incredible advantage in the dark due to possessing night vision, allowing for surprise attacks.
  • Create breaches into space. Due to being space-proof and lacking the need to breathe, space is practically your home! Use it to force hostiles into getting space suits.
  • Melt walls with acid to adjust the environment to your needs. This is where Drones can show off their construction skills, as intricate labyrinths can make it so much harder to face you.

Alien VS Predator

NOTE: Do not, under any circumstances, mess with atmospherics to hinder Xenomorphs. YOU WILL GET BANNED.

As a crewmember, it's your duty to take down the alien infestation on your station without letting it spread further to Nanotrasen stations. The shuttle will not leave until the threat is dead. Dealing with Xenomorphs isn't just about running into maintenance with a welder and a helmet. They can easily tear apart or impregnate unprepared attackers, which only makes things worse for the station.

Just staying in your department and doing your job can be more of a help in wiping them out than picking up a weapon. Before you do anything, confirm their presence. Preparing for a threat that doesn't exist will cause massive chaos, so make sure to only trust Security's or Command's words. If you have valid information about their existence, here are some tips to avoid becoming a new host for these monsters: 

  • Always stay in a group. You don't want to know how many people have died a lonely-chest bursting death due to not getting anyone to watch their back if a Xenomorph does come around the corner.
  • Construct Carved Pumpkins. They provide protection against facehuggers latching onto you and are cheaper than all the other alternatives. Hydroponics is able to mass-produce Pumpkins for this.
  • If you have been eaten alive, you can easily break out by hitting an alien from the inside with the strongest weapon you have on hand. When it dies, you can simply move around till you burst out of it.
  • Weld ventilation shafts and scrubbers. They are the quickest way for a Xenomorph to transport around the station without exposing themselves. Force them to get out of hiding!
  • Only fight at a range. Going up close and personal to a Xenomorph will always lead to you getting disarmed and dragged off unless you have stamina regenerating stimulants.
  • Call out locations of spotted Xenomorphs to help in tracking down their nest.
  • ERTs are your friends! Calling one as Command when the situation gets rough for the crew to handle is always a good idea.
  • As a member of the Medical team, you should prioritize removing embryos out of patients and preparing spare cybernetic organs or Cloning for the eventual chestbursted crew.
  • As a Warden or Head of Security, opening the armoury and arming the crew with its weapons will give you a manpower on par with, or potentially bigger than the Xenomorphs.
  • As a Scientist, you can construct and distribute flamethrowers to the crew. Make sure to aim while using them though, since it's a pain both for you, your fellow crew and the Xenomorphs to be on fire.
  • As a Roboticist, constructing combat mechs should be your first and upmost priority. The ZFI Immolation Beam Gun and CH-LC "Solaris" Laser Cannon are your best bets against the alien menace.
  • As a Cargo Technician or Quartermaster, you can order bulk amounts of laser weaponry, EVA gear, and Incendiary Weapons crates. Lasers cause additional damage to Xenos while being easily rechargeable for repeated use, while space suits and helmets will allow you to even the battlefield if aliens start spacing parts of the station. Incendiary Weapons crates contain flamethrowers and firebombs in case Science did not prepare them.

After every Xeno alien has been wiped from the face of your station, you should be ready to deposit your weapons back to Security, as roleplaying rules are still in full effect!

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