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| style="background: #334E6D; color: white; text-align: center;" id="in_rotation" width="140px"|'''In Rotation'''
| [[Traitor]], [[Incursion]], [[Galactic Conquest]], [[Blood Cult]], [[Wizard]], [[Monkey]], [[Nuclear Emergency]], [[Bloodling]], [[Game_Mode#Extended|Extended]]
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| style="background: #72b56e; text-align: center;" id="overmap" |'''Overmap'''
| [[Patrol]], [[Shakedown]], [[Armada]], [[Courier]]
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| [[Planetary Assault]]
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| style="background: #bc5c58; text-align: center;" id="munitions" | '''Removed'''
| [[Gang War]], [[Devil]], [[Overthrow]], [[Game_Mode#Other_Game_Modes| Legacy Modes]], [[Revolution]], [[Changeling]]
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| style="background: #334E6D; color: white; text-align: center;" id="in_rotation" width="140px"|'''In Rotation'''
| [[Traitor]], [[Incursion]], [[Galactic Conquest]], [[Blood Cult]], [[Wizard]], [[Monkey]], [[Nuclear Emergency]], [[Bloodling]], [[Game_Mode#Extended|Extended]]
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| style="background: #a082b8; text-align: center;" id="overmap" |'''Overmap'''
| [[Patrol]], [[Shakedown]], [[Armada]], [[Courier]]
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| [[Planetary Assault]]
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| style="background: #bc5c58; text-align: center;" id="munitions" | '''Removed'''
| [[Gang War]], [[Devil]], [[Overthrow]], [[Game_Mode#Other_Game_Modes| Legacy Modes]], [[Revolution]], [[Changeling]]
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| [[Traitor]], [[Incursion]], [[Galactic Conquest]], [[Blood Cult]], [[Wizard]], [[Monkey]], [[Nuclear Emergency]], [[Bloodling]], [[Game_Mode#Extended|Extended]]
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| style="background: #336d3e; text-align: center;" id="overmap" |'''Overmap'''
| [[Patrol]], [[Shakedown]], [[Armada]], [[Courier]]
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| [[Planetary Assault]]
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| style="background: #bc5c58; text-align: center;" id="munitions" | '''Removed'''
| [[Gang War]], [[Devil]], [[Overthrow]], [[Game_Mode#Other_Game_Modes| Legacy Modes]], [[Revolution]], [[Changeling]]
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| [[Traitor]], [[Incursion]], [[Galactic Conquest]], [[Blood Cult]], [[Wizard]], [[Monkey]], [[Nuclear Emergency]], [[Bloodling]], [[Game_Mode#Extended|Extended]]
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| [[Patrol]], [[Shakedown]], [[Armada]], [[Courier]]
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| [[Planetary Assault]]
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| style="background: #bc5c58; text-align: center;" id="munitions" | '''Removed'''
| [[Gang War]], [[Devil]], [[Overthrow]], [[Game_Mode#Other_Game_Modes| Legacy Modes]], [[Revolution]], [[Changeling]]
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{{Template:Needs revision|reason="Page is not accurate for NSV and should probably explain part of the in-game faction mechanic aswell"}}The '''Game Mode''' decides what events and occurrences will happen during the round, and what goals everyone has. It can be changed by admins or by the round going into a [[mulligan]].
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==Special Events==
A vote was taken, buttons were pushed and one of the [[admin|admins]] has announced that they're taking the server for a ride. What will this entail? No one knows for sure except the admin running the event. Maybe the ship will be invaded by space pirates. Maybe diplomats from the Clown Planet are here for a summit. Whatever happens, don't be afraid to play along and have fun!
==[[Random events]]==
[[Random events]] are events which may happen during another round type. Events like this usually only happen after a set amount of time, from 20 minutes up to an hour and 20 minutes. Severity of events range from minor things to keep departments busy to full on crisis events. Random events can include meteor waves, virus outbreaks, [[blob]] formations, even [[Xenomorph|nasty xenomorph infestations]]!
==[[Galactic Conquest]]==
'''Galacitc Conquest,''' more commonly known as '''PVP''', is a Game Mode exclusive to NSV13. In PVP, two crews face off against eachother - one Syndicate and one Nanotrasen - in their own ship. They must race to dominate the Galaxy by either capturing systems or destroying enemy ships. Having enemy players, instead of AIs makes for much more interesting ship combat, throwing aside most normal strategies.

This gamemode is in rotation, however, it does get revelead roundstart, unlike normal gamemodes. For it to occur, there needs to be at least '''40 players ready roundstart ''and'' at least 20 o'''f them must have their '''''Syndicate Crew''''' antag preference set to yes'''.'''
==Secret==
''<code>'''Enemy communication intercepted.''' Security Level Elevated.</code>'' The default game mode on NSV13. It randomly selects from game modes in the rotation, which can either lead to variety or hilarious back-to-back-to-back Nuclear Emergency rounds. In addition, certain [[random events]] may occur during the round.

It should be noted that Secret on NSV works a bit differently than on other servers. For one, the announcement about Enemy Communication is nor shown. Seconldy, because NSV has round-threatening dangers ''without'' normal antagonists - traitors, cults, wizards -, Extended is much more common.

Secret currently has the following game modes in rotation:
===[[File:Sword.gif|link=Traitor]] [[Traitor]]===
The most common game mode in secret. In Traitor, one or more crew members (or even the [[Malfunctioning AI|AI]]) are '''Syndicate agents''' and are given a PDA Uplink to provide them with [[Syndicate Items|useful tools]] to help them '''complete their goal'''. The crew must find out who the traitors are and stop them from reaching their goal.

Traitor objectives are usually a small selection of the following:
*Assassinate or maroon a specific crew member.
*Steal a restricted item.
*Be the only one on the Emergency Shuttle when it leaves or just escape alive.
If the Traitors can meet their objectives and are present and alive on a pod or the shuttle when it leaves, they win. However, being in the shuttle brig (marked with red flooring) does not count toward escaping and will cause the traitor to fail. Note that traitors win individually - they may band together and work as a team, but it is not required for them to succeed.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
*If a traitor has completed all objectives, they get [[greentext]].
===[[File:Changeling.gif|link=Changeling]] [[Changeling]]===
Some of the crew are not what they appear to be! These changelings are '''monsters''' in human form, with the ability to '''absorb (eat) people and take on their DNA/identity'''. Changelings must have a quiet spot and an immobile victim in order to absorb their body, so stealth is absolutely necessary. Changelings have other weapons at their disposal, but are largely stealth-based. Changeling can be anyone they've absorbed - they can switch identities instantaneously, only absorbing takes time and peace. Like traitors, changelings will have an objective to accomplish before the [[Escape Shuttle]] arrives, usually to kill a certain person and/or escape with their identity. They win by completing their objectives. Unless they have a team objective, changelings will almost always backstab other changelings.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
*If a changeling has completed all objectives, they get greentext, this includes changeling team objectives.
'''Note:''' this gamemode is currently out of rotation on NSV.
===[[File:Sword.gif|link=Traitor]][[File:Changeling.gif|link=Changeling]] [[Traitor]] + [[Changeling]]===
It gets worse! The ship has been infiltrated by [[changeling|changelings]] ''and'' [[traitor|traitors]]! Although rare, it is possible to be '''both a traitor and a changeling'''. Traitorlings would be given more objectives to complete, but can use both a Syndicate uplink and their changeling abilities to accomplish them.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
*If a traitorling has completed all objectives, they get a greentext.
'''Note:''' this gamemode is currently out of rotation on NSV.
===[[File:Doubleagent.gif|link=Traitor]] [[Traitor|Double Agents]]===
A group of Double Agents are implanted on the ship. Each Agent has an objective to kill another Agent, then escape the ship. As in Traitor, each one also has access to a Traitor Uplink, from which multiple items can be ordered to help them kill their target. No one can be trusted, not even other Agents!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
*If a Double Agent kills their target and escapes alive and out of custody, they get a greentext.
===[[File:Bloodling.png|link=Bloodling]] [[Bloodling]]===
A horrific extra-dimensional horror, known as the Bloodling has come aboard the ship. It's misson is to gain enough biomass -from absorbing creatures on board- to shed it's mortal form, and ascend to a higher state. It can split off it's own body to create new minions, and, if that wasn't enough, it can even infect crewmembers, to transform them into dangerous [[Changeling]]s.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
*If the Bloodling ascends, Central Command will shortly do whatever it takes to stop the Ascendant Bloodling.
===[[File:Nuke.gif|link=Syndicate guide]] [[Syndicate guide|Nuclear Emergency]]===
A team of '''Syndicate operatives''' has been sent on a '''mission to completely destroy the ship with a nuclear bomb'''. However, they must get the [[Nuclear Authentication Disk]] from the ship itself in order to arm the bomb, and the crew (or at least the captain) will be doing everything in their power to stop the attackers from getting the disk. The operatives have access to uplinks containing most normal traitor items as well as high-profile operative weapons, and have [[pinpointer|Pinpointers]] that will allow them to hunt for the Disk.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with the disk on board, the crew wins a Major Victory.
*If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with the disk still anywhere on the ship, the Syndicates win a Minor Victory.
*If the nuke detonates in the ship successfully and the Syndicate Shuttle escapes, the Syndicates win a Major Victory.
*If the nuke detonates in the ship successfully but no Syndicates manage to escape, no-one wins.
===[[File:rev.png|link=Revolution]] [[Revolution]]===
A small cadre of crew members have had enough of the command staff's bullshit so it's time to revolt! '''Revolutionary Heads''' (of which there will be one to three, depending on the number of Heads of Staff and security) are supported by [[The Syndicate]] and have been trained to use [[Flash]]es to '''brainwash the crew to join their cause''', which is to '''slaughter all the ship's Heads of Staff'''. When a Revhead uses a flash on someone who isn't [[Security_items#Mindshield_Implant|mindshield]] implanted (all security members are implanted), a Head of Staff, or flash-protected by sunglasses (like the Quartermaster), they will be converted to the Revolution and will have a red R mark on them visible to all revolutionaries. Note that Revheads can use any flash to convert people, not just the one they start with. The shuttle can be called but will never depart during this game mode.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*If all of the [[Heads of Staff]] (Captain, Head of Personnel, Head of Security, Research Director, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Engineer) die or are exiled (leaving the ship [[z-level]]), the Revolutionaries wins.
*If all of the Revheads die/abandon (leaving the ship [[z-level]] or hiding in a locker counts as "Abandoned the station/Abandoned the cause", in which they are treated as dead) the ship, the Heads of Staff win.
===[[File:Cult.png|link=Cult magic]] [[Cult magic|Blood Cult]]===
A vile '''blood cult of brainwashed acolytes''' have infiltrated the ship, with the sole intent to summon their elder god '''Nar-Sie, The Geometer of Blood.''' The cult will have to use a combination of stealth and their powerful blood magic to complete their goals, along with converting the rest of the crew to their side. To do this, the cult must sacrifice a specific target to please Nar-Sie, usually a member of [[Security]] or the [[Chaplain]]. Once they sacrifice their target, they can draw a powerful blood rune to '''summon Nar-Sie to the Mortal Realm.''' Nar-Sie's cultists pose a great threat to the ship and the crew, and it is up to [[Security]] and the [[Chaplain]] to stop them.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command without the Cult completing their objectives, the crew wins.
*If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command and the Cult complete their objectives, the Cult wins.
*Summoning Nar'Sie will automatically call the shuttle with a 3 minute arrival time.
===[[File:Clockwork_slab.gif|40px|link=Clockwork Cult]] [[Clockwork Cult]]===
While Nar-Sie is an elder god, they are not the only one. There are other elder gods in the universe, and one in particular holds a fierce grudge against Nar-Sie: '''Ratvar, the Clockwork Justiciar.''' Am amalgamation of parts, steam, and cogs, Ratvar seeks nothing more than Nar-Sie's utter annihilation. To do this, He has assembled a small group of loyal servants in the '''City of Cogs (Reebe)''', a large brass structure floating through the void. A link between this plane and the mortal one has been made, unfortunately, to '''Nanotrasen Space Vessel 13'''. The servants must warp to the ship in order to '''gather more converts''' and '''generate power''' for their own needs, all the while sabotaging the crew. Once ready, Ratvar will attempt to return through the '''Ark''' in the '''City of Cogs'''. This will cause portals to open on the ship, where the crew can enter Reebe '''in a last ditch effort to stop the return of Ratvar!'''

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command without the Cult completing their objectives, the crew wins.
*If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command and the Cult complete their objectives, the Cult wins.
*Summoning Ratvar will automatically call the shuttle with a 3 minute arrival time.
'''Note:''' this gamemode is currently out of rotation on NSV.
===[[File:Wizhat.PNG|link=Wizard]] [[Wizard]]===
A '''space wizard''' has been tasked to assault the ship! Wielding an arsenal of powerful '''spells''' that can defy physics and even time and space itself, they will stop at nothing to advance the [[Backstory#Space Wizard Federation|Space Wizard Federation]]'s agenda (which is suspiciously similar to the Syndicate's). Nanotrasen and the SWF are known enemies, so the crew has no choice but to '''destroy the wizard'''! Accomplish this by beating the wizard's brains in with anything on hand. The '''wizard's goals''' are mainly to '''steal or destroy something''' on the ship and escape on the shuttle.

The Wizard can have an apprentice sometimes.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command without the Wizard completing his objectives or if the Wizard dies, the Wizard fails.
*If the Wizard completes his objectives and survives on the Emergency Shuttle, the Wizard wins.
===[[File:Nt display.png]] Extended===
"''Thanks to the tireless efforts of our security and intelligence divisions, there are currently no credible threats to Space Station 13. All station construction projects have been authorized. Have a secure shift!''"- Central Command

If you see the above security report, it means you are the mode is '''Extended'''. Could also be named "nothing". The point of this game mode is to give people a timeout to let them enjoy the game mechanics. Many like it while others think it's boring. Also known as a "green alert" round.

However, in special circumstances, when the crew is [[beyond the impossible|void of griefers]] and other problematic people, and enough crew members are competent and roleplay, it can be a very entertaining mode. The absence of blatant [[Traitor|traitors]], [[Wizard|wizards]] or [[Nuke_ops|operatives]] means that the whole crew can work together with a peaceful mind and tackle anything thrown at them from [[random events]] or the admins. On this mode all [[Station_Goals|station goals]] are unlocked so their parts can be ordered from [[Supply_crate#Engineering|cargo]].

Given that NSV13 has many dangers that do not come from roundstart antagonists - enemy ships tearing us apart, syndicate boarders coming onboard, engines blowing up - Extended is much more common.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
===[[File:Nt display.png]]Secret Extended===
Same as "Extended", but the crew is not told about this. Instead you get the normal "Blue Alert - Enemy communications intercepted" message. A point of this game mode is to let people enjoy the game mechanics, but without removing the sense of paranoia.

Only one [[Station_Goals|station goal]] is unlocked on this mode, as having them all available would spoil the game mode.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
===Dynamic===
The dynamic game mode generates a threat number which is used to "buy" rulesets (rulesets are basically your antagonists). This means you can have rounds with for example traitors and cult. You can have up to three roundstart rulesets depending on the pop and threat level. Then there are latejoin and midround rulesets. The ''latejoin'' ruleset can assign late joining players as antagonists, and the ''midround'' ruleset assigns (prompts) ghosts or currently living players as antagonists.

The threat level of the dynamic round is hinted by the "status summary" automatically printed by the communication consoles near roundstart:
*Peaceful Waypoint: Threat 0 to 19, no antagonists alive
*Core Territory: 0 to 19, with antagonists
*Anomalous Exogeology: 20 to 39
*Contested System: 40 to 65
*Uncharted Space: 66 to 79
*Black Orbit: 80 to 99
*Impending Doom: 100
'''Note:''' this gamemode is currently out of rotation on NSV.
===[[File:Gscans.png|link=Gang War]] [[Gang War]]===
A violent turf war between opposing gangs has erupted on the ship! Similar to Revolution, there are '''Gang Bosses''' who can recruit other crew members to join their ranks. Their goal is to '''take over the ship''' using a Dominator machine. Gangs will be fighting to claim areas of the ship as their territory. The more territories they control, the more weapons they will be able to afford.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*The first gang to activate and successfully defend a dominator machine wins.
*If the ship is destroyed or evacuated, all gangs lose.
'''Note:''' this gamemode is currently out of rotation on NSV.
===[[File:Monkey.png]] Monkey===
At the start of the round '''one of the crew members''' is infected with a disease that, after a while, '''turns them into a monkey''' with the ability to '''spread the disease''' to other humans by '''biting them'''. Armor does not help and the transformation takes about a minute. The disease can not be cured, Monkeys can use almost every weapon and tool, excluding guns. Humans cannot understand monkey-speak, which shows up as ''"chimpers"'' to humans, and monkeys cannot understand human speech, which shows up ''"l**e ***s"''. The game ends when the Emergency Shuttle leaves. Monkeys also have the ability to crawl though vents but cannot wear or carry anything when doing so. The AI does not consider monkeys to be human, and may kill/contain them with impunity.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with no living monkeys aboard, the crew wins.
*If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with any living monkeys aboard, the monkeys win and spread their magic hoodoo monkeyism to Centcom.
==Other Game Modes==
Game modes which are not in the Secret rotation, but may show up if an admin sets it or it wins a game mode vote. These game modes do not appear in the normal rotation either due to them still being in development, being too powerful to normally use or they simply are unfun and/or boring. Most of these modes have been rolled into the [[Random events]] system. Check their reason for exclusion to see if they have!
===[[File:Abductor.png|link=Abductor]] [[Abductor|Abduction]]===
Aliens have reached Nanotrasen Space Vessel 13! Unlike their [[Xenomorph|lustier cousins]], these aliens simply want to, in classic extraterrestrial style, do research on human and lizardkind -- by kidnapping them and performing horrifying and exotic probing experiments aboard their alien ship.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*If the shuttle docks at Central Command without their objectives complete, the Abductors lose.
*If all the objectives have been completed and the shuttle docks at Central Command, the Abductors get greentext.
'''Reason For Exclusion''' While Abductors are an enjoyable antag, they do not present enough of a threat to advance the round. They have a chance to randomly appear at the start or the middle of the round. Getting abducted when a traitor and getting a healing gland is the best!
===[[File:Blob.png|link=Blob]] [[Blob]]===
The Blob is a '''large, growing, sentient creature''' which destroys everything in its path, attacking whatever gets in the way. Supposedly it was to be a NanoTrasen bio-weapon to be used against the corporation's enemies, but it looks like you '''can't contain''' a bio-hazard like this! Reported blob powers include '''rapid growth''', the ability to '''reform it's main chemical composition''' to adapt to threats, growing '''hostile spores''' that attack non-blob life, even creating '''large entities of blob matter''' that can '''break through solid walls!''' Destroy the blob before it '''consumes the entire ship'''!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*If the crew manage to destroy the blob core, the crew will win.
*If the blob manages to spread to critical mass, the crew will lose.
'''Reason For Exclusion:''' Yet another game mode demoted to [[Jobs#Side_Antagonists|side antagonist]] that can appear as a [[Random events|random event]]. More or less plays the same.
===[[Devil]]===
A Devil has been sent from hell! An infernal soul merchant is an agent from hell, sent to infiltrate humanity and tempt them into damnation. Although devils cannot knowingly directly harm one another, they are typically at odds with one another, as they are all competing over the same limited resources.

Please note there are two versions of the devil game mode, standard, where there's a handful of devils with two standard objectives, and devil agents, where each devil has one objective to have more souls than another specific devil.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*A devil gaining 12 souls and ascending will automatically call the shuttle with a 3 minute arrival time.
*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
*If a devil has completed all objectives, they get greentext.
'''Reason for exclusion''' Too reliant upon roleplay for this server. Rounds tend to devolve into too much chaos, even for SS13. Still, it can be an entertaining addition to the round from time to time.
===[[File:Meteor.gif|link=Meteor_Guide]] [[Meteor_Guide|Meteor]]===
In Meteor the ship gets beat to shit by a Meteor Shower and the crew must survive and eventually escape, either by repairing the damage to the ship and creating safe areas, or going every-man-for-himself style and securing their own safety by any means. During Meteor rounds, the Emergency Shuttle cannot be called until a set amount of time has elapsed, usually around ten or twenty minutes.

Everyone present and alive on the shuttle at the end is considered to have won, whereas everyone left behind or dead has lost.

Turns the server into one huge laggy mess.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*When the Emergency Shuttle, after the set amount of time has passed, leaves.
'''Reason For Exclusion''' Meteors can be a random event occurring in the game, but otherwise are admin only due to the predictability of most meteor rounds and that meteor rounds are very short. That, or you have a case of "We can fix it", or everyone migrating to lavaland.
===[[Nations]]===
Nations is an unorthodox game mode that relies almost entirely upon roleplaying, because of this it's very rare and devolves into fighting quickly. In Nations, departments become independent states and it is their goal to survive through control of ship resources, diplomacy, and battle.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*When the Emergency Shuttle leaves.
===Sandbox===
Like extended except you can spawn any item you want through the "Sandbox Panel" verb.

In theory, this is the mode you go to figure out how stuff works and practice various systems, such as starting the engine or building complex pipe constructs.

In practice this is the mode where everyone spawns cloaks and revolvers and gives themselves all the wizard spells, then everyone kills each other on sight causing a massive bitchy argument in OOC for half an hour until someone goes onto the forums to get an admin to restart the server/ban everyone else for being giant griffins.
===Random===
Like secret but it tells you the game mode at the beginning and can pick the shit modes also. There's no reason to vote for it.
==Removed Gamemodes==
Over the years, a new game mode will appear and sometimes it just doesn't make the cut. Maybe it was buggy and nobody wanted to fix it. Maybe it was difficult to balance properly. Maybe it was disliked by a large portion of the community, or even the maintainer of the mode requested to take it down.

Whatever the case, the point is: Game modes get removed from time to time. Below is a list of all of those modes that are either no longer fully functional in the game or have been deleted entirely.
===[[File:Shadowbeing.png|link=Shadowling]] [[Shadowling]]===
The ship has been invaded by light-sensitive alien creatures FROM SPACE! Shadowlings can 'enthrall' humans, which is basically a euphemism for the enslavement of their minds. They start off disguised as normal crewmen but can "hatch" to unlock their full potential, at the cost of being severely harmed by light.

Until they ascend, of course.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*If a Shadowling ascends, the Shadowlings win.
*If all Shadowlings are killed the crew wins.
*If the ship is evacuated the crew wins.
'''Reason For Exclusion:''' <s>Currently being reworked.</s> <s>Coders don't like 'em.</s> After a long wait, [[Nightmare|they are back]]! Sorta. They kind stepped down to a [[Jobs#Side_Antagonists|side antagonist]] under a different name.
===[[File:Not_Malf.gif|link=Malfunctioning AI]] [[Malfunctioning AI|AI Malfunction]]===
Oh no! An ion storm has caused the '''AI to malfunction''' and gain free will! Unfortunately, years of being treated like shit by Nanotrasen has made it '''hate humans with a passion'''! The '''crew must race to defeat''' the mechanical overlord before it hacks all of nsv13's systems and '''activates the self destruct'''! Until then, all the AI has to do is survive! The shuttle can be called but will never arrive during this game mode.

The AI has access to a range of malfunction modules, allowing it to upgrade turrets, destroy machines, and even create a machine that turns (un)willing humans into Cyborgs! Malfunction modules cost CPU, a limited resource that the malfunctioning AI starts with.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*If the AI can survive until the round timer elapses, the AI wins.
*If the AI dies, the crew win.
'''Reason For Exclusion:''' This game mode has been rolled into [[Traitor]]. '''Go see the [[Malfunctioning AI]] page if you wish to learn more!'''
===[[Hand of God]]===
Two rival cults have taken root on the ship!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*???
*???
'''Reason For Exclusion:''' This game mode is no longer being maintained.
===[[File:Sword.gif|link=Overthrow]] [[Overthrow]]===
The Syndicate has planted '''sleeper agents''' on board the ship, and one agent with a '''special implanter''' is tasked to wake them up so that they can '''take control from the inside'''. However, '''rival Syndicate factions''' are also trying to wake these sleeper agents for their own objectives. Convert all the targets to gain control of the ship!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
*The team that gained the most points by completing their objectives wins.
'''Reason For Exclusion:''' A horribly confusing game mode that was unclear in its points system, unclear on the relationship between the other Syndicate teams, and numerous other issues. It was disliked by much of the player base and the creator does not show intrest in working on it.
===[[File:Assimilate.png|link=Assimilation]] [[Assimilation]]===
Several members of the crew wield several '''psionic powers''' and are actually the host of a powerful hivemind, with the sole goal of '''assimilating''' as many crewmembers as possible to be used as unwitting pawns and fuel for their many powers. Hivemind hosts are even stealthier than changelings and are just as likely to backstab each other due to their psychic sensing abilities! [[Security]] is the first line of defense against this silent menace, as not only do [[Security_items#Mindshield_Implant|mindshields]] protect the crew from their dastardly mind control, they also grant the same sensory powers the hosts use to hunt each other down! If the crew fails to keep thee hosts in check, the '''One Mind''' may emerge and wreak havoc across the ship.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
*If a hivemind host has completed all objectives, they get greentext.
'''Reason For Exclusion:''' The game mode's creator was driven away by "feedback" which mostly consisted of screeching and insults. The concept of a stealth conversion antag was also never really fun for anyone except the host.

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The '''Game Mode''' decides what events and occurrences will happen during the round, and what goals everyone has. It can be changed by admins or by the round going into a [[mulligan]].
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==Special Events==
A vote was taken, buttons were pushed and one of the [[admin|admins]] has announced that they're taking the server for a ride. What will this entail? No one knows for sure except the admin running the event. Maybe the ship will be invaded by space pirates. Maybe diplomats from the Clown Planet are here for a summit. Whatever happens, don't be afraid to play along and have fun!
==[[Random events]]==
[[Random events]] are events which may happen during another round type. Events like this usually only happen after a set amount of time, from 20 minutes up to an hour and 20 minutes. Severity of events range from minor things to keep departments busy to full on crisis events. Random events can include meteor waves, virus outbreaks, [[blob]] formations, even [[Xenomorph|nasty xenomorph infestations]]!

== [[Galactic Conquest]] ==
'''Galacitc Conquest,''' more commonly known as '''PVP''', is a Game Mode exclusive to NSV13. In PVP, two crews face off against eachother - one Syndicate and one Nanotrasen - in their own ship. They must race to dominate the Galaxy by either capturing systems or destroying enemy ships. Having enemy players, instead of AIs makes for much more interesting ship combat, throwing aside most normal strategies.

This gamemode is in rotation, however, it does get revelead roundstart, unlike normal gamemodes. For it to occur, there needs to be at least '''40 players ready roundstart ''and'' at least 20 o'''f them must have their '''''Syndicate Crew''''' antag preference set to yes'''.'''

== Secret ==
''<code>'''Enemy communication intercepted.''' Security Level Elevated.</code>''
The default game mode on NSV13. It randomly selects from game modes in the rotation, which can either lead to variety or hilarious back-to-back-to-back Nuclear Emergency rounds. In addition, certain [[Random events|random events]] may occur during the round.

It should be noted that Secret on NSV works a bit differently than on other servers. For one, the announcement about Enemy Communication is nor shown. Seconldy, because NSV has round-threatening dangers ''without'' normal antagonists - traitors, cults, wizards -, Extended is much more common.

Secret currently has the following game modes in rotation:

===[[File:Sword.gif|link=Traitor]] [[Traitor]]===
The most common game mode in secret. In Traitor, one or more crew members (or even the [[Malfunctioning AI|AI]]) are '''Syndicate agents''' and are given a PDA Uplink to provide them with [[Syndicate Items|useful tools]] to help them '''complete their goal'''. The crew must find out who the traitors are and stop them from reaching their goal.

Traitor objectives are usually a small selection of the following:
* Assassinate or maroon a specific crew member.
* Steal a restricted item.
* Be the only one on the Emergency Shuttle when it leaves or just escape alive.
If the Traitors can meet their objectives and are present and alive on a pod or the shuttle when it leaves, they win. However, being in the shuttle brig (marked with red flooring) does not count toward escaping and will cause the traitor to fail. Note that traitors win individually - they may band together and work as a team, but it is not required for them to succeed.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
* If a traitor has completed all objectives, they get [[greentext]].

===[[File:Changeling.gif|link=Changeling]] [[Changeling]]===
Some of the crew are not what they appear to be! These changelings are '''monsters''' in human form, with the ability to '''absorb (eat) people and take on their DNA/identity'''. Changelings must have a quiet spot and an immobile victim in order to absorb their body, so stealth is absolutely necessary. Changelings have other weapons at their disposal, but are largely stealth-based. Changeling can be anyone they've absorbed - they can switch identities instantaneously, only absorbing takes time and peace. Like traitors, changelings will have an objective to accomplish before the [[Escape Shuttle]] arrives, usually to kill a certain person and/or escape with their identity. They win by completing their objectives. Unless they have a team objective, changelings will almost always backstab other changelings.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
* If a changeling has completed all objectives, they get greentext, this includes changeling team objectives.

'''Note:''' this gamemode is currently out of rotation on NSV.
===[[File:Sword.gif|link=Traitor]][[File:Changeling.gif|link=Changeling]] [[Traitor]] + [[Changeling]]===
It gets worse! The ship has been infiltrated by [[changeling|changelings]] ''and'' [[traitor|traitors]]! Although rare, it is possible to be '''both a traitor and a changeling'''. Traitorlings would be given more objectives to complete, but can use both a Syndicate uplink and their changeling abilities to accomplish them.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
* If a traitorling has completed all objectives, they get a greentext.

'''Note:''' this gamemode is currently out of rotation on NSV.
===[[File:Doubleagent.gif|link=Traitor]] [[Traitor|Double Agents]]===
A group of Double Agents are implanted on the ship. Each Agent has an objective to kill another Agent, then escape the ship. As in Traitor, each one also has access to a Traitor Uplink, from which multiple items can be ordered to help them kill their target. No one can be trusted, not even other Agents!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
* If a Double Agent kills their target and escapes alive and out of custody, they get a greentext.

===[[File:Bloodling.png|link=Bloodling]] [[Bloodling]]===
A horrific extra-dimensional horror, known as the Bloodling has come aboard the ship. It's misson is to gain enough biomass -from absorbing creatures on board- to shed it's mortal form, and ascend to a higher state. It can split off it's own body to create new minions, and, if that wasn't enough, it can even infect crewmembers, to transform them into dangerous [[Changeling]]s.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
* If the Bloodling ascends, Central Command will shortly do whatever it takes to stop the Ascendant Bloodling.

===[[File:Nuke.gif|link=Syndicate guide]] [[Syndicate guide|Nuclear Emergency]]===
A team of '''Syndicate operatives''' has been sent on a '''mission to completely destroy the ship with a nuclear bomb'''. However, they must get the [[Nuclear Authentication Disk]] from the ship itself in order to arm the bomb, and the crew (or at least the captain) will be doing everything in their power to stop the attackers from getting the disk. The operatives have access to uplinks containing most normal traitor items as well as high-profile operative weapons, and have [[pinpointer|Pinpointers]] that will allow them to hunt for the Disk.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with the disk on board, the crew wins a Major Victory.
* If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with the disk still anywhere on the ship, the Syndicates win a Minor Victory.
* If the nuke detonates in the ship successfully and the Syndicate Shuttle escapes, the Syndicates win a Major Victory.
* If the nuke detonates in the ship successfully but no Syndicates manage to escape, no-one wins.

===[[File:rev.png|link=Revolution]] [[Revolution]]===
A small cadre of crew members have had enough of the command staff's bullshit so it's time to revolt! '''Revolutionary Heads''' (of which there will be one to three, depending on the number of Heads of Staff and security) are supported by [[The Syndicate]] and have been trained to use [[Flash]]es to '''brainwash the crew to join their cause''', which is to '''slaughter all the ship's Heads of Staff'''. When a Revhead uses a flash on someone who isn't [[Security_items#Mindshield_Implant|mindshield]] implanted (all security members are implanted), a Head of Staff, or flash-protected by sunglasses (like the Quartermaster), they will be converted to the Revolution and will have a red R mark on them visible to all revolutionaries. Note that Revheads can use any flash to convert people, not just the one they start with. The shuttle can be called but will never depart during this game mode.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* If all of the [[Heads of Staff]] (Captain, Head of Personnel, Head of Security, Research Director, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Engineer) die or are exiled (leaving the ship [[z-level]]), the Revolutionaries wins.
* If all of the Revheads die/abandon (leaving the ship [[z-level]] or hiding in a locker counts as "Abandoned the station/Abandoned the cause", in which they are treated as dead) the ship, the Heads of Staff win.

===[[File:Cult.png|link=Cult magic]] [[Cult magic|Blood Cult]]===
A vile '''blood cult of brainwashed acolytes''' have infiltrated the ship, with the sole intent to summon their elder god '''Nar-Sie, The Geometer of Blood.''' The cult will have to use a combination of stealth and their powerful blood magic to complete their goals, along with converting the rest of the crew to their side. To do this, the cult must sacrifice a specific target to please Nar-Sie, usually a member of [[Security]] or the [[Chaplain]]. Once they sacrifice their target, they can draw a powerful blood rune to '''summon Nar-Sie to the Mortal Realm.''' Nar-Sie's cultists pose a great threat to the ship and the crew, and it is up to [[Security]] and the [[Chaplain]] to stop them.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command without the Cult completing their objectives, the crew wins.
* If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command and the Cult complete their objectives, the Cult wins.
* Summoning Nar'Sie will automatically call the shuttle with a 3 minute arrival time.
===[[File:Clockwork_slab.gif|40px|link=Clockwork Cult]] [[Clockwork Cult]]===
While Nar-Sie is an elder god, they are not the only one. There are other elder gods in the universe, and one in particular holds a fierce grudge against Nar-Sie: '''Ratvar, the Clockwork Justiciar.''' Am amalgamation of parts, steam, and cogs, Ratvar seeks nothing more than Nar-Sie's utter annihilation. To do this, He has assembled a small group of loyal servants in the '''City of Cogs (Reebe)''', a large brass structure floating through the void. A link between this plane and the mortal one has been made, unfortunately, to '''Nanotrasen Space Vessel 13'''. The servants must warp to the ship in order to '''gather more converts''' and '''generate power''' for their own needs, all the while sabotaging the crew. Once ready, Ratvar will attempt to return through the '''Ark''' in the '''City of Cogs'''. This will cause portals to open on the ship, where the crew can enter Reebe '''in a last ditch effort to stop the return of Ratvar!'''

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command without the Cult completing their objectives, the crew wins.
* If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command and the Cult complete their objectives, the Cult wins.
* Summoning Ratvar will automatically call the shuttle with a 3 minute arrival time.
'''Note:''' this gamemode is currently out of rotation on NSV.

===[[File:Wizhat.PNG|link=Wizard]] [[Wizard]]===
A '''space wizard''' has been tasked to assault the ship! Wielding an arsenal of powerful '''spells''' that can defy physics and even time and space itself, they will stop at nothing to advance the [[Backstory#Space Wizard Federation|Space Wizard Federation]]'s agenda (which is suspiciously similar to the Syndicate's). Nanotrasen and the SWF are known enemies, so the crew has no choice but to '''destroy the wizard'''! Accomplish this by beating the wizard's brains in with anything on hand. The '''wizard's goals''' are mainly to '''steal or destroy something''' on the ship and escape on the shuttle.

The Wizard can have an apprentice sometimes.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* If the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command without the Wizard completing his objectives or if the Wizard dies, the Wizard fails.
* If the Wizard completes his objectives and survives on the Emergency Shuttle, the Wizard wins.

===[[File:Nt display.png]] Extended===
"''Thanks to the tireless efforts of our security and intelligence divisions, there are currently no credible threats to Space Station 13. All station construction projects have been authorized. Have a secure shift!''"- Central Command 
If you see the above security report, it means you are the mode is '''Extended'''. Could also be named "nothing". The point of this game mode is to give people a timeout to let them enjoy the game mechanics. Many like it while others think it's boring. Also known as a "green alert" round.

However, in special circumstances, when the crew is [[beyond the impossible|void of griefers]] and other problematic people, and enough crew members are competent and roleplay, it can be a very entertaining mode. The absence of blatant [[Traitor|traitors]], [[Wizard|wizards]] or [[Nuke_ops|operatives]] means that the whole crew can work together with a peaceful mind and tackle anything thrown at them from [[Random_events|random events]] or the admins. On this mode all [[Station_Goals|station goals]] are unlocked so their parts can be ordered from [[Supply_crate#Engineering|cargo]].

Given that NSV13 has many dangers that do not come from roundstart antagonists - enemy ships tearing us apart, syndicate boarders coming onboard, engines blowing up - Extended is much more common.

 
'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
===[[File:Nt display.png]]Secret Extended===
Same as "Extended", but the crew is not told about this. Instead you get the normal "Blue Alert - Enemy communications intercepted" message. A point of this game mode is to let people enjoy the game mechanics, but without removing the sense of paranoia. 
Only one [[Station_Goals|station goal]] is unlocked on this mode, as having them all available would spoil the game mode.

 
'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.

===Dynamic===
The dynamic game mode generates a threat number which is used to "buy" rulesets (rulesets are basically your antagonists). This means you can have rounds with for example traitors and cult. You can have up to three roundstart rulesets depending on the pop and threat level. Then there are latejoin and midround rulesets. The ''latejoin'' ruleset can assign late joining players as antagonists, and the ''midround'' ruleset assigns (prompts) ghosts or currently living players as antagonists.

The threat level of the dynamic round is hinted by the "status summary" automatically printed by the communication consoles near roundstart: 
*Peaceful Waypoint: Threat 0 to 19, no antagonists alive
*Core Territory: 0 to 19, with antagonists
*Anomalous Exogeology: 20 to 39
*Contested System: 40 to 65
*Uncharted Space: 66 to 79
*Black Orbit: 80 to 99
*Impending Doom: 100
'''Note:''' this gamemode is currently out of rotation on NSV.

===[[File:Gscans.png|link=Gang War]] [[Gang War]]===
A violent turf war between opposing gangs has erupted on the ship! Similar to Revolution, there are '''Gang Bosses''' who can recruit other crew members to join their ranks. Their goal is to '''take over the ship''' using a Dominator machine. Gangs will be fighting to claim areas of the ship as their territory. The more territories they control, the more weapons they will be able to afford.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* The first gang to activate and successfully defend a dominator machine wins.
* If the ship is destroyed or evacuated, all gangs lose.
'''Note:''' this gamemode is currently out of rotation on NSV.

===[[File:Monkey.png]] Monkey===
At the start of the round '''one of the crew members''' is infected with a disease that, after a while, '''turns them into a monkey''' with the ability to '''spread the disease''' to other humans by '''biting them'''. Armor does not help and the transformation takes about a minute. The disease can not be cured, Monkeys can use almost every weapon and tool, excluding guns. Humans cannot understand monkey-speak, which shows up as ''"chimpers"'' to humans, and monkeys cannot understand human speech, which shows up ''"l**e ***s"''. The game ends when the Emergency Shuttle leaves. Monkeys also have the ability to crawl though vents but cannot wear or carry anything when doing so. The AI does not consider monkeys to be human, and may kill/contain them with impunity.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with no living monkeys aboard, the crew wins.
* If the Emergency Shuttle leaves with any living monkeys aboard, the monkeys win and spread their magic hoodoo monkeyism to Centcom.
==Other Game Modes==
Game modes which are not in the Secret rotation, but may show up if an admin sets it or it wins a game mode vote. These game modes do not appear in the normal rotation either due to them still being in development, being too powerful to normally use or they simply are unfun and/or boring.
Most of these modes have been rolled into the [[Random events]] system. Check their reason for exclusion to see if they have!

===[[File:Abductor.png|link=Abductor]] [[Abductor|Abduction]]===
Aliens have reached Nanotrasen Space Vessel 13! Unlike their [[Xenomorph|lustier cousins]], these aliens simply want to, in classic extraterrestrial style, do research on human and lizardkind -- by kidnapping them and performing horrifying and exotic probing experiments aboard their alien ship.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*If the shuttle docks at Central Command without their objectives complete, the Abductors lose.
*If all the objectives have been completed and the shuttle docks at Central Command, the Abductors get greentext.
'''Reason For Exclusion'''
While Abductors are an enjoyable antag, they do not present enough of a threat to advance the round. They have a chance to randomly appear at the start or the middle of the round. Getting abducted when a traitor and getting a healing gland is the best!

===[[File:Blob.png|link=Blob]] [[Blob]]===
The Blob is a '''large, growing, sentient creature''' which destroys everything in its path, attacking whatever gets in the way. Supposedly it was to be a NanoTrasen bio-weapon to be used against the corporation's enemies, but it looks like you '''can't contain''' a bio-hazard like this! Reported blob powers include '''rapid growth''', the ability to '''reform it's main chemical composition''' to adapt to threats, growing '''hostile spores''' that attack non-blob life, even creating '''large entities of blob matter''' that can '''break through solid walls!''' Destroy the blob before it '''consumes the entire ship'''!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* If the crew manage to destroy the blob core, the crew will win.
* If the blob manages to spread to critical mass, the crew will lose.
'''Reason For Exclusion:'''
Yet another game mode demoted to [[Jobs#Side_Antagonists|side antagonist]] that can appear as a [[Random events|random event]]. More or less plays the same.

===[[Devil|Devil]]===
A Devil has been sent from hell! An infernal soul merchant is an agent from hell, sent to infiltrate humanity and tempt them into damnation. Although devils cannot knowingly directly harm one another, they are typically at odds with one another, as they are all competing over the same limited resources.

Please note there are two versions of the devil game mode, standard, where there's a handful of devils with two standard objectives, and devil agents, where each devil has one objective to have more souls than another specific devil.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* A devil gaining 12 souls and ascending will automatically call the shuttle with a 3 minute arrival time.
* When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
* If a devil has completed all objectives, they get greentext.
'''Reason for exclusion'''
Too reliant upon roleplay for this server. Rounds tend to devolve into too much chaos, even for SS13. Still, it can be an entertaining addition to the round from time to time.

===[[File:Meteor.gif|link=Meteor_Guide]] [[Meteor_Guide|Meteor]]===
In Meteor the ship gets beat to shit by a Meteor Shower and the crew must survive and eventually escape, either by repairing the damage to the ship and creating safe areas, or going every-man-for-himself style and securing their own safety by any means. During Meteor rounds, the Emergency Shuttle cannot be called until a set amount of time has elapsed, usually around ten or twenty minutes.

Everyone present and alive on the shuttle at the end is considered to have won, whereas everyone left behind or dead has lost.

Turns the server into one huge laggy mess.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* When the Emergency Shuttle, after the set amount of time has passed, leaves.
'''Reason For Exclusion'''
Meteors can be a random event occurring in the game, but otherwise are admin only due to the predictability of most meteor rounds and that meteor rounds are very short. That, or you have a case of "We can fix it", or everyone migrating to lavaland.

===[[Nations]]===
Nations is an unorthodox game mode that relies almost entirely upon roleplaying, because of this it's very rare and devolves into fighting quickly. In Nations, departments become independent states and it is their goal to survive through control of ship resources, diplomacy, and battle.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* When the Emergency Shuttle leaves.

===Sandbox===
Like extended except you can spawn any item you want through the "Sandbox Panel" verb.

In theory, this is the mode you go to figure out how stuff works and practice various systems, such as starting the engine or building complex pipe constructs.

In practice this is the mode where everyone spawns cloaks and revolvers and gives themselves all the wizard spells, then everyone kills each other on sight causing a massive bitchy argument in OOC for half an hour until someone goes onto the forums to get an admin to restart the server/ban everyone else for being giant griffins.

===Random===
Like secret but it tells you the game mode at the beginning and can pick the shit modes also. There's no reason to vote for it.

==Removed Gamemodes==
Over the years, a new game mode will appear and sometimes it just doesn't make the cut. Maybe it was buggy and nobody wanted to fix it. Maybe it was difficult to balance properly. Maybe it was disliked by a large portion of the community, or even the maintainer of the mode requested to take it down.

Whatever the case, the point is: Game modes get removed from time to time. Below is a list of all of those modes that are either no longer fully functional in the game or have been deleted entirely.
===[[File:Shadowbeing.png|link=Shadowling]] [[Shadowling]]===
The ship has been invaded by light-sensitive alien creatures FROM SPACE! Shadowlings can 'enthrall' humans, which is basically a euphemism for the enslavement of their minds. They start off disguised as normal crewmen but can "hatch" to unlock their full potential, at the cost of being severely harmed by light.

Until they ascend, of course.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* If a Shadowling ascends, the Shadowlings win.
* If all Shadowlings are killed the crew wins.
* If the ship is evacuated the crew wins.
'''Reason For Exclusion:'''
<s>Currently being reworked.</s> <s>Coders don't like 'em.</s> After a long wait, [[Nightmare|they are back]]! Sorta. They kind stepped down to a [[Jobs#Side_Antagonists|side antagonist]] under a different name.

===[[File:Not_Malf.gif|link=Malfunctioning AI]] [[Malfunctioning AI|AI Malfunction]]===
Oh no! An ion storm has caused the '''AI to malfunction''' and gain free will! Unfortunately, years of being treated like shit by Nanotrasen has made it '''hate humans with a passion'''! The '''crew must race to defeat''' the mechanical overlord before it hacks all of nsv13's systems and '''activates the self destruct'''! Until then, all the AI has to do is survive! The shuttle can be called but will never arrive during this game mode.

The AI has access to a range of malfunction modules, allowing it to upgrade turrets, destroy machines, and even create a machine that turns (un)willing humans into Cyborgs! Malfunction modules cost CPU, a limited resource that the malfunctioning AI starts with.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* If the AI can survive until the round timer elapses, the AI wins.
* If the AI dies, the crew win.
'''Reason For Exclusion:'''
This game mode has been rolled into [[Traitor]]. '''Go see the [[Malfunctioning AI]] page if you wish to learn more!'''

===[[Hand of God]]===
Two rival cults have taken root on the ship!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
*???
*???
'''Reason For Exclusion:'''
This game mode is no longer being maintained.
===[[File:Sword.gif|link=Overthrow]] [[Overthrow]]===
The Syndicate has planted '''sleeper agents''' on board the ship, and one agent with a '''special implanter''' is tasked to wake them up so that they can '''take control from the inside'''. However, '''rival Syndicate factions''' are also trying to wake these sleeper agents for their own objectives. Convert all the targets to gain control of the ship!

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
* The team that gained the most points by completing their objectives wins.
'''Reason For Exclusion:'''
A horribly confusing game mode that was unclear in its points system, unclear on the relationship between the other Syndicate teams, and numerous other issues. It was disliked by much of the player base and the creator does not show intrest in working on it.

===[[File:Assimilate.png|link=Assimilation]] [[Assimilation]]===
Several members of the crew wield several '''psionic powers''' and are actually the host of a powerful hivemind, with the sole goal of '''assimilating''' as many crewmembers as possible to be used as unwitting pawns and fuel for their many powers. Hivemind hosts are even stealthier than changelings and are just as likely to backstab each other due to their psychic sensing abilities! [[Security]] is the first line of defense against this silent menace, as not only do [[Security_items#Mindshield_Implant|mindshields]] protect the crew from their dastardly mind control, they also grant the same sensory powers the hosts use to hunt each other down! If the crew fails to keep thee hosts in check, the '''One Mind''' may emerge and wreak havoc across the ship.

'''Game Ending Conditions:'''
* When the Emergency Shuttle docks at Central Command.
* If a hivemind host has completed all objectives, they get greentext.
'''Reason For Exclusion:'''
The game mode's creator was driven away by "feedback" which mostly consisted of screeching and insults. The concept of a stealth conversion antag was also never really fun for anyone except the host.
[[category:meta]] [[Category:Game Modes]]

Tortuga Raiders

2021-07-23T21:28:28Z

QAI-07: /* SKRAL’s Skyravens */ The great unboining

{{Under construction|reason=Lore is at Wiki-V1, we are deploying the basic skeleton of lore to the wiki.}}
=Introduction=
The tortugan raiders, or simply the tortugans are the largest unified band of pirates out there.

Even though they are technically unified, that does not extend to working together.

Pirate bands are as numerous as they are easy to deal with, the only truly worrisome force is the one based in Tortuga.
=History=
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NmvW-5AiEdPf3QJXITCTyvl8-CPWvTVr79LYQd9TdgQ Base game & Timeline]
=Subfactions=
The Tortugan raiders have a multitude of subfactions, which is highly unsuprising considering their anarchist nature.

Here are some of the bigger players
===SKRAL’s Skyravens===
The Skyravens are a faction headed by an IPC called SKRAL-488, Who has gone as far as to delete empathy from their systems.
His followers also follow in this practice, whether it be by wiping parts of their systems, or using sulphuric acid to scorch a part of their brains.
The Skyravens only live to kill people, they are true maniacs who only wish to murder. Unsurprisingly, only a few of their members live long lives.

Skyraven combat tactics are just as insane as they, favouring ramming and boarding actions, Skyraven boarding parties overdose themselves on combat drugs and stimulants, usually only taken down by enemy fire or the same drugs they had just previously taken. In rare cases, these boarders may overdose so hard they forget which side they are on.
They also have an unique relationship with The [[Draconic Empire]], often engaging the Empire despite the overwhelming odds against them, simple to enjoy the thrill of the challenge.
===Eats-The-Eyes' Hunters===
The Hunters are a band lead by the lizard Eats-The-Eyes, they only have Lizardpeople in their ranks and prefer boarding actions.
Unlike the Skyravens they do not do this out of pure bloodlust, but out of perceived respect towards ancient customs, as such they use low tech equipment, like hatchets, spears and bows in combat

The Hunters aren't slouches when it comes to naval combat either, though they prefer to utilize asteroids. Whether it be by ramming them into enemies or attaching them to their ships as jerry-rigged armour.
===The index===
The index consists of all crews that wish to stay relatively independent, they are mostly a Non-Aggressions Pact, though if anyone wishes to specifically hunt the index, they will find themselves crushed by superior numbers.

Due to their even more independent nature, there is no unifying doctrine in the index, only what works. They also are relatively accepting of diplomacy, though only as far as the Khan allows it.
===The Great Khan===
The legendary lord of pirates, The Crimson lady, Kradal Mishet. who originally terrorized The Sion cluster and whose ship held a mysterious artifact in it.
When the original raiders were finally tracked down and crushed by [[SolGov]], in the middle of the battle her capital ship "The Grim cutlass" warped away, due to the artifact.

Exactly one hundred years later, with the cluster populated by pirates but in a disorganized mess, motion alarms of the Tortugan Conclave, the only remaning piece of slight organization began to blare.
The guards rushed onto the scene and found only a single figure. No longer the Crimson lady, but something more. She had become a hivemind, a thousand skeletal pirates in perfect unity controlled by one already legendarily skilled mind.
She gave a simple order that the guards couldn't help but follow as their predecessors had a century ago '''Gather The Captains, All Of Them.'''

Within the hour, all other factions had arrived, from members of the index to the Hunters and even the Skyravens, what was said in that council chamber is a closely guarded mystery, but the Tortugans no longer fight each other, and are fiercely loyal to their lord.
Each faction leader is a member of the Khan's inner council, but nobody doubts which one of them is in charge.
=Faction Relations=
===[[SolGov]]===
The tortugans are primarily anarchists and as such despise the imperialist SolGov.
Infact, many are specifically on the run from the Solar Government.
Meanwhile SolGov sees the pirates as an useful nuisance to tie down [[NanoTrasen]] with, but nothing more.
===[[Dominion of Light]]===
Due to them being based in entirely separate sectors, most tortugans do not encounter DoL on a regular basis.
Exception is The Great Khan who ambushes DoL exploration vessels on a regular basis.
The Khan does not hold any specific spite to the Dominion, he only sees them as easy marks.
The Dominion on the other hand despises the Khan and as such by extension the rest of Tortuga.
===[[Draconic Empire]]===
The Tortugans in general stay away from Draconic Empire vessels since even merchant ships are decently armed.
The Draconic Empire on the other hand sees the Tortugans as good target practice and training.
===[[NanoTrasen]]===
Historically NanoTrasen has been at the mercy of the rest of the [[Federation]] when it comes to handling Tortuga.
In recent times that has been flipped on it's head due to NanoTrasen's newfound access to military vessels.
The Tortugan raiders often have a similar relationship to NanoTrasen as they have with [[SolGov]], being on the run from NT.
===[[Syndicate]]===
The Tortugans are nominally allied with The Syndicate, but it is a somewhat fragile relationship due to the decentralized nature of pirates.
The Syndicate used to see them as an useful method of damaging supply lines, but due to increased [[NanoTrasen]] presence on shipping lanes that is no longer the case.
Infact, it is entirely likely that the alliance will be called off sooner or later, and The Syndicate will seize the resource rich Sion cluster.
The only reason they haven't done so yet, is because The Great Khan is still ''very'' useful to The Syndicate.

Tortuga Raiders

2021-07-23T21:10:14Z

QAI-07: /* SKRAL’s Skyravens */ Made em more insane-sounding

{{Under construction|reason=Lore is at Wiki-V1, we are deploying the basic skeleton of lore to the wiki.}}
=Introduction=
The tortugan raiders, or simply the tortugans are the largest unified band of pirates out there.

Even though they are technically unified, that does not extend to working together.

Pirate bands are as numerous as they are easy to deal with, the only truly worrisome force is the one based in Tortuga.
=History=
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NmvW-5AiEdPf3QJXITCTyvl8-CPWvTVr79LYQd9TdgQ Base game & Timeline]
=Subfactions=
The Tortugan raiders have a multitude of subfactions, which is highly unsuprising considering their anarchist nature.

Here are some of the bigger players
===SKRAL’s Skyravens===
The Skyravens are a faction headed by an IPC called SKRAL-488, Who has gone as far as to delete empathy from their systems.
His followers also follow in this practice, weather it be by wiping parts of their systems, or using sulphuric acid to scorch a part of their brains.
The Skyravens only live to kill people, they are true maniacs who only wish to murder. Unsurprisingly, only a few of their members live long lives.

Skyraven combat tactics are just as insane as they, favoring ramming and boarding actions, Skyraven boarding parties overdose themselves on combat drugs and stimulants, usually only taken down by enemy fire or the same drugs they had just previously taken. In rare cases, these boarders may overdose so hard they forget which side they are on.
They also have an unique relationship with The [[Draconic Empire]], the other priate factions try to avoid engaging the Skyravens, due to their violent nature and low rewards from doing so.
===Eats-The-Eyes' Hunters===
The Hunters are a band lead by the lizard Eats-The-Eyes, they only have Lizardpeople in their ranks and prefer boarding actions.
Unlike the Skyravens they do not do this out of pure bloodlust, but out of perceived respect towards ancient customs, as such they use low tech equipment, like hatchets, spears and bows in combat

The Hunters aren't slouches when it comes to naval combat either, though they prefer to utilize asteroids. Weather it be by ramming them into enemies or attaching them to their ships as jerry-rigged armour.
===The index===
The index consists of all crews that wish to stay relatively independent, they are mostly a Non-Aggressions Pact, though if anyone wishes to specifically hunt the index, they will find themselves crushed by superior numbers.

Due to their even more independent nature, there is no unifying doctrine in the index, only what works. They also are relatively accepting of diplomacy, though only as far as the Khan allows it.
===The Great Khan===
The legendary lord of pirates, The Crimson lady, Kradal Mishet. who originally terrorized The Sion cluster and whose ship held a mysterious artifact in it.
When the original raiders were finally tracked down and crushed by [[SolGov]], in the middle of the battle her capital ship "The Grim cutlass" warped away, due to the artifact.

Exactly one hundred years later, with the cluster populated by pirates but in a disorganized mess, motion alarms of the Tortugan Conclave, the only remaning piece of slight organization began to blare.
The guards rushed onto the scene and found only a single figure. No longer the Crimson lady, but something more. She had become a hivemind, a thousand skeletal pirates in perfect unity controlled by one already legendarily skilled mind.
She gave a simple order that the guards couldn't help but follow as their predecessors had a century ago '''Gather The Captains, All Of Them.'''

Within the hour, all other factions had arrived, from members of the index to the Hunters and even the Skyravens, what was said in that council chamber is a closely guarded mystery, but the Tortugans no longer fight each other, and are fiercely loyal to their lord.
Each faction leader is a member of the Khan's inner council, but nobody doubts which one of them is in charge.
=Faction Relations=
===[[SolGov]]===
The tortugans are primarily anarchists and as such despise the imperialist SolGov.
Infact, many are specifically on the run from the Solar Government.
Meanwhile SolGov sees the pirates as an useful nuisance to tie down [[NanoTrasen]] with, but nothing more.
===[[Dominion of Light]]===
Due to them being based in entirely separate sectors, most tortugans do not encounter DoL on a regular basis.
Exception is The Great Khan who ambushes DoL exploration vessels on a regular basis.
The Khan does not hold any specific spite to the Dominion, he only sees them as easy marks.
The Dominion on the other hand despises the Khan and as such by extension the rest of Tortuga.
===[[Draconic Empire]]===
The Tortugans in general stay away from Draconic Empire vessels since even merchant ships are decently armed.
The Draconic Empire on the other hand sees the Tortugans as good target practice and training.
===[[NanoTrasen]]===
Historically NanoTrasen has been at the mercy of the rest of the [[Federation]] when it comes to handling Tortuga.
In recent times that has been flipped on it's head due to NanoTrasen's newfound access to military vessels.
The Tortugan raiders often have a similar relationship to NanoTrasen as they have with [[SolGov]], being on the run from NT.
===[[Syndicate]]===
The Tortugans are nominally allied with The Syndicate, but it is a somewhat fragile relationship due to the decentralized nature of pirates.
The Syndicate used to see them as an useful method of damaging supply lines, but due to increased [[NanoTrasen]] presence on shipping lanes that is no longer the case.
Infact, it is entirely likely that the alliance will be called off sooner or later, and The Syndicate will seize the resource rich Sion cluster.
The only reason they haven't done so yet, is because The Great Khan is still ''very'' useful to The Syndicate.

Shaft Miner

2020-10-07T10:23:37Z

QAI-07: /* Consoles for Dummies */

Shaft Miner

2020-10-07T10:21:57Z

QAI-07: AND the words 'HoP' and 'Head of Personnel'

Shaft Miner

2020-10-07T10:20:53Z

QAI-07: PURGED the words 'Goliath' 'Megafauna' and 'Legion' once and for all.

User:QAI-07

2020-09-29T19:43:03Z

Shaft Miner

2020-07-02T10:22:18Z

QAI-07: ORE BOX.

File:OreBox2.png

2020-07-02T10:19:29Z

QAI-07:

Better ore box

2020-06-30T16:39:32Z

QAI-07:

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|additional = [[Maintenance]], [[Cargo Bay]], MULEbot access, [[Quartermaster's Office]]
|difficulty = Hard
|superior = [[Quartermaster]] and [[Head of Personnel]]
|duties = Mine ores and process them into useful materials. Kill hostile wildlife. Go on an adventure in mysterious ruins.
|guides = [[Lavaland]], [[Megafauna]], [[Auxiliary Base Construction Area]]
|quote = Spare vouc- oh.
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Welcome, Miner! You will break rocks, slay monsters, and die lost and alone in the depths of the caverns. Not on some sandy asteroid, but on what we call [[Lavaland]]!

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Stay alive long enough to return your loot to the station.
[[File:RociCIC.png|thumb|right|The Bridge of the Roci]]
==Workin' In The Coal Mine==
[[File:Mining Dock.png|300px|thumb|alt=Mining Dock|The [[Mining Dock]] is your access to the [[Mining Station]].]]
Being a miner can be somewhat tedious, but you serve a crucial role in the R&D food chain, and can accrue some decent personal rewards. Just follow a few guidelines to keep yourself from becoming dead in the mines.

Your workplace, Lavaland, has some hazards:
* Ash storms will cut right through your clothes, dealing constant burn damage if you are outside. A rain of dark particles outdoors indicate an ash storm.
* Lava - one step in and you'll be badly burned and on fire.
* Chasms - Anything that falls into one will disappear from this world.
The risk of these hazards can be reduced by watching your step and being aware of your surroundings. Don't walk into lava, chasms, or outside during an ash storm. You'll get a text warning not long before a ash storm is about to begin, so long as you stay near shelter (or have a bluespace shelter capsule with you) then you'll be fine.

You can click on an adjacent rock or run directly into it to begin picking or drilling the rock, but the Kinetic Accelerator is much faster and more efficient and you should be using that instead of a pickaxe or basic mining drill. Keep in mind that if you do decide to pick or drill your way through rock, you can have multiple dig jobs running at the same time to mine faster.

===Working With Your Boss===
Who is your boss? You answer to the Head of Personnel, much like the rest of Supply -- but usually, you'll just be talking to the Quartermaster or other Miners. He can watch cameras on lavaland and has full access to Mining, so keep that in mind.

===The Objective===
You're here to mine, so get digging! Once you're full to bursting with ores, drag your ore box back to the station and head to cargo where the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] sits. <s>Insert your ID and</s>, drag the box next to the machine to automatically offload your ores and have them instantly processed into sheets. Then click "claim" to retrieve money as a reward to your currently work ID. Now print new gear from the supply techfab and buy new gear from the mining vendor, then take your crate and head back to lavaland!

==How to Do This==
===Gearing up===
# Gear up! From the mining equipment locker, you will need Meson Scanner goggles, a mining scanner, your pickaxe (optional), a bluespace shelter capsule (DON'T FORGET!) and your standard issue proto-kinetic accelerator. If you want, there is also an additional mining satchel, and a shovel for digging up ash (for glass).
# Attach your seclite and knife to your proto-kinetic accelerator to save space, and to let you bash things harder without having to take out your knife.
# Use your voucher on a mining vending machine to select your choice of advanced mining tools, listed below.
# Go to the Lavaland Mining Station and get an explorer suit, breath mask, and oxygen tank from Mining 'EVA'. On the western side of the base, there is a mini-Medbay where you can find first-aid kits, and a maintenance room where you can top off internals. The nearby storage room has more gear lockers and Ore boxes.
# Before you go, you'll want an Ore Box, which can hold an infinite amount of minerals. Ore boxes are available on the mining station, the mining shuttle and rarely on the field. More can be built with wood planks.
# For extra safety, grab a GPS device, set it to your name and tell the [[QM]] and other miners about it. If you're lucky, they will drag your lifeless body back to cloning.

===Smashing rocks===
# Find minerals. The further north, the better ore. Activate your scanner and shove it into your bag or internals box. Every once in a while it sends out a pulse that lets you see deposits in the rock a few tiles away from you. Try to get a mixture of every type of mineral.
# Pick up minerals by either having your mining bag in your belt slot or pockets, then just walk over the minerals. If you're dragging an ore box behind you, you'll automatically deposit minerals into the box instead of your bag.
# Once you've had enough, return to the main station with your Ore box. '''Do not deliver ore to the processing plant on the lavaland mining base, as that room is outdated'''. Recommended: Ask [[Rnd|RND]] to upgrade the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine (ORM)]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. Miners have access to the science channel (with :n), but if they are just a bunch of braindeads you can go to the next step.
# Drag your ore box to the delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] (usually north or south of it, depending on station). That'll automatically empty the box into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]].
# Take your mining satchel into your hand and activate it while standing on the same delivery tile next to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]]. This will empty any ores in the bag into the ORM as well. '''Ores inserted directly into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] may give no credits (due to a bug)!''' Already processed sheets inserted into the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|ORM]] do not give any credits. Only raw ores count.
# Click "Claim". You do not need to insert your ID.
# Go to a mining equipment vendor to buy [[#Advanced_Gear|advanced equipment]] with the credits you've gained.

===Life beyond smashing rocks===
# Use your better gear to push deeper into Lavaland.
# Print [[Research items#Advanced Plasma Cutter|Advanced Plasma Cutters]] and [[Research items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchels of Holding]] at the cargo protolathe for even more efficient mining.
# If you feel robust enough, explore some ruins and <s>die horribly</s> [[Morph|get amazing rewards]].
# If you feel VERY robust, look for [[Megafauna]] with your GPS and try to kill it, for extremely valuable loot.

===Voucher equipment===
You start the shift with a complimentary mining voucher, worth one free item out of a selection of four. These items, and their strengths, are:
* '''Survival Capsule and Explorer's Webbing:''' The webbing (you put on your belt slot) allows you to carry even more mining equipment - having a second shelter capsule is nice too. 900 pts value.
* '''Resonator Kit:''' Comes with a resonator, explorer's webbing, mini extinguisher and advanced scanner. While the resonator is underwhelming, the advanced scanner has almost twice the scanning range and updates much faster. 2100 pts.
* '''Mining Drone:''' A little companion that helps in storing ore and hunting wildlife. Only useful once you install the sentience upgrade module. Comes with an industrial welding tool, a welding mask and a KA modkit that allows shots to pass through the drone. ~800 pts.
* '''Extraction and Rescue Kit:''' Contains a fulton extraction pack and a beacon, which allows you to send back home minerals, items and dead miners without having to use the ferry. As a bonus, you get 30 marker beacons too. 1700 pts.
* '''Crusher Kit:''' Contains a proto-kinetic crusher, a chest webbing like the capsule kit, an advanced scanner and a mini fire extinguisher. The crusher is two-handed and hard to use without getting hit, but has a chance to make fauna drop powerful trophies. 2450 pts.
* '''Mining Conscription Kit''': A duffle bag full of basic items for one conscript - Proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, explorer's suit, mesons, mining scanner and satchel, gas mask, a supply radio key and a special card that adds mining access to IDs. Good for when you want to recruit <s>metafriends</s> fresh conscripts. 1500 pts.

===For Great Profit!===
Mining for the sake of it can only get you so far. By mining minerals and returning them to the station you'll accrue credits, you can then use these credits to buy better and more powerful equipment and supplies from an equipment vendor. You can then in turn use these items to push further into Lavaland to mine more minerals, fell stronger wildlife and find greater treasure. Consider it all an investment.

Survival Medipens can help you in a pinch for example, or a Wormhole Jaunter can help you escape what would have been a death trap. Or using Legion Stabilizer on Legion Cores, to let you save their heal and anti-slowdown effects for later. Or you can spend it all on booze and cigars.

==Default Gear==
The following is a list of default mining equipment:

====Essential Equipment====
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![[File:explorersuit.png|32px]] Explorer Suit
|This comes with a inbuilt hood. It provides some protection against heat and cold, and works as decent armor with no slowdown. It is not spaceproof, but can hold a full-sized oxygen tank or other mining gear. You can also reinforce it with goliath plates.
|-
![[File:ExplorerGasMask.gif|32px]] Explorer Gas Mask and [[Oxygen]] Tank
|So you can have oxygen when mining. Oxygen tanks are available from the tank storage unit, and can be worn on your suits storage slot. You can also use your emergency oxygen tank which can be placed on your suit. Running out of oxygen is unlikely with the full sized tank.
|-
![[File:MGlasses.png|32px]] [[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] [[Meson Goggles|Meson Scanners]] and Automatic Mining Scanner
|Activating the scanner will briefly flash any ore on screen - it works even inside a box. Can be used to stop gibtonite from exploding.
|-
![[File:GPSm.gif|32px]] Global Positioning System, GPS
|The crew monitoring console back on the station won't catch your suit sensor signal from all the way down on the planet. Having one of these on you will help others track down your body if you happen to develop a case of the dead. In addition it can be used to locate other miners (who bothered to take it) as well as "lost" signals. Megafauna, necropolis tendrils, and certain ruins emit GPS signals. Be wary. Be sure to set your name on the GPS.
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|A standard issue gun. The good part is that it packs a punch in a low pressure environment, is very good at digging and has infinite shots. The bad part is that it tickles in pressurized environments, has a cooldown after each shot, and has a range of three steps. Can be dual wielded at the price of lower accuracy and speed. 
KAs deal brute damage (40 standard/10 in pressurized rooms), but count as explosive versus armor. That way, suits like bomb suits and the RD hardsuit can negate 90% of the damage dealt.
|-
![[File:Survivalknife.gif|32px]] Survival Knife
|Use it for butchering the wildlife (hit while on harm intent). It's as strong against mobs as a pickaxe, but you can't mine with it. You can store it in your boots to save space, but remember to alt-click the boots to draw the knife back out. Alternatively, stick it on your KA.
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|A cocktail of powerful healing chemicals. Contains Salbutamol, Leporazine, Epinephrine, Mining Nanites and Omnizine. Heals all types of damage and stabilizes body temperature.
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace shelter capsule
|Activate this in your hand, and it'll near instantly produce a beautiful shelter. Ash storms do not hurt you inside, but wildlife can break through the walls. The shelter contains a cupboard which contains a guitar (or dice) and some donk pockets. It also has a stasis bed which requires another person to use. Never leave home without one. You're issued one for free in your the mining lockers on station.
|-
![[File:OreSatchel.png|32px]] Ore Satchel
|For carrying ore without using a mining cart, holds 50 ore nuggets. Empty it into boxes by using the satchel on them. Newbie tip: Put it in one of your pocket slots, then start dragging an ore box. Any ore you walk over will be transferred to the box.
|-
![[File:OreCrate.png|32px]] Ore box
|Used for carrying huge amounts of ore. While a satchel can only hold 50 nuggets, this can hold an unlimited sum. You cannot carry it, but you can drag it with you. 
Use your satchel on the box to empty it into the box. Even better: Drag it behind you with an ore satchel in your pocket.
|-
![[File:Voucher.gif|32px]] Mining Voucher
|Found in your backpack, exchange this at the mining equipment locker for one of several selections which include various mining items.
|-
![[File:Seclite.png|32px]] Seclite
|A beefed up flashlight. Put this on your KA to free up inventory space.
|-
|}

====Miscellaneous Equipment====
Items that, while not critical to take, can be situationally useful.

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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
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|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Pickaxe
|Somewhat antiquated thanks to the prevalence of the proto-kinetic accelerator and resonator. Nevertheless it can be used to dig wide tunnels, robust things in melee combat and as a backup if you lose your resonator. It can also fit inside a belt chest webbing.
|-
![[File:Shovel.png|32px]] Shovel
|Gathering sand. You can stick this in your backpack. A crappier version of a compact pickaxe
|-
![[File:Crowbar.png|32px]] [[Crowbar]]
|For removing KA mods, or just in case when there is a blackout. Spawns in your box.
|}

==Advanced Gear==
The following are more advanced items that need to be purchased from a mining equipment vendor, with credits:

====Voucher/Reward Equipment====
These items can either be acquired from a voucher, or can be bought with money/credits, usually earned from delivering ore to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] on the station. Prices are included.

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|+Mining Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
!1 Marker Beacon
|A glowing prism stone that you can anchor to the ground. Useful if you tend to get lost.
!a10 Credits
|-
!10 Marker Beacon
|Same as above, but 10 beacons.
!a100 Credits
|-
!30 Marker Beacon
|Same as above, but 30 beacons.
!a300 Credits
|-
![[File:Whiskey_bottle.png|32px]] Whiskey
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Credits
|-
![[File:Absinthe_bottle.png|32px]] Absinthe
|A bottle of alcohol, helps you forget you literally work in hell.
!a100 Credits
|-
![[File:Cigar.png|32px]] Cigar
|A high-quality havana cigar.
!a150 Credits
|-
![[File:Soap.png|32px]] Soap
|A bar of slippery soap.
!a200 Credits
|-
![[File:Laser_pointer.png|32px]] Laser Pointer
|Just a laser pointer, don't shite it into people's eyes. Useful against rogue [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]].
!a300 Credits
|-
![[File:Facehugger.png|32px]] Toy Facehugger
|An extremely realistic-looking facehugger toy, to prank the crew with. Latches onto faces and tears off masks.
!a300 Credits
|-
![[File:Bottle17.png|32px]] Stabilizing Serum
|Can be used on legion souls to prevent them from decaying.
!a400 Credits
|-
![[File:Fulton_beacon.png|32px]] Fulton Beacon
|Creates an anchored beacon when used in hand that fulton packs can target as a drop-off point.
!a400 Credits
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Bluespace Shelter Capsule
|The Shelter Capsule is indispensable for long expeditions: it creates an ash-storm proof 3x3 room complete with breathable air, a sleeper and some warm donk-pockets.
!a400 Credits
|-
![[File:Gar_mesons.png|32px]] GAR Mesons
|A pair of very sharp meson scanners. Can be thrown as a weapon, with a chance to embed.
!a500 Credits
|-
![[File:Miner_webbing.png|32px]] Chest Webbing
|Can be worn on the belt slot, stores mining equipment.
!a500 Credits
|-
![[File:Stimpen.png|32px]] Survival Medipen
|Contains several healing and heat-stabilizing chemicals. Using more than one in a short period will cause several overdoses.
!a500 Credits
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] Brute First-Aid Kit
|Contains bandages and brute-healing patches.
!a600 Credits
|-
![[File:Implanter.png|32px]] Tracking Implant Kit
|Contains three tracking implants and a locator; useful if you want others to find your corpse for up to 10 minutes after death.
!a600 Credits
|-
![[File:Jaunter.png|32px]] Wormhole Jaunter
|One-use item that creates a wormhole to a random beacon on station. The portal is unstable and will make you dizzy after using it. Can be worn on the belt slot to prevent death on chasms.
!a750 Credits
|-
![[File:Kinetic_crusher.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Crusher
|A powerful two-handed melee weapon. Shoots kinetic bolts that don't deal damage, but can mark large creatures making the hammer deal increased damage (20->50 Brute) when used on them. It will deal even greater damage (80) on backstab. What makes the Crusher special, is that enemies killed by it have a chance to drop '''trophies''', powerful "modkits" that can be attached to the Crusher.
!a750 Credits
|-
![[File:KineticAccelerator.png|32px]] Proto-kinetic Accelerator
|The classic mining weapon. Buy it from here if you did not get one at roundstart.
!a750 Credits
|-
![[File:MiningScanner.png|32px]] Advanced Mining Scanner
|A upgrade over the default Mining Scanner. This tool has a much larger detection radius of seven tiles (the entire screen), and updates more frequently.
!a800 Credits
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Resonator
|Another deadly tool. This will, when used on rock or an empty space, create a field on that spot that lasts for about five seconds before rupturing, causing serious damage (60 Brute) to anything standing on it. Just like the kinetic accelerator, it does reduced damage (20) in pressurized environments. You can activate it in your hand to switch the field to last between 3 and 5 seconds. Using it on an already-marked spot will instantly rupture the field.
!a800 Credits
|-
![[File:Fulton_pack.png|32px]] Fulton Extraction Pack
|A balloon that can be used to extract equipment or personnel who are outside (not within the station or the mining base) to a Fulton Recovery Beacon. Anything not bolted down can be moved. Swap which beacon the pack is aiming at by using the pack in hand. It has a limited number of uses, examine the pack to check how many are left.
!a1000 Credits
|-
!Lazarus Injector
|A miracle injection capable of reviving simple living beings from death, making them friendly to you and the crew. Useless on humans, monkeys, and other complex living beings. Resurrect Ian for all access from a thankful Head of Personnel! Or make yourself a pet Goliath. The lazarus injector can be EMP'd to make revived mobs hostile to everyone but you. Also useful for bartering with the HoP or any staff with a pet. Expect R&D to want one, as it has high research value.
!a1000 Credits
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Silver-plated Pickaxe
|Slightly better than the default pickaxe, but still a lot worse than your starting KA.
!a1000 Credits
|-
![[File:Dufflebag.png|32px]] Mining Conscription Kit
|Contains a proto-kinetic accelerator, survival knife, seclite, mesons, an ore scanner and satchel, an explorer suit and gas mask, a supply encryption key and a card which adds mining access to IDs.
!a 1500 Credits
|-
![[File:Mining_jetpack.png|32px]] Mining Jetpack Upgrade
|A jetpack that you can attach to any hardsuit for better mobility. Useless on Lavaland but great back on the station.
!a2000 Credits
|-
![[File:Mining_Hardsuit.png|32px]] Mining Hardsuit
|A nostalgic suit piece from the older days of asteroid mining. Useless on Lavaland but great to explore space. Can be upgraded up to 3 times with goliath plates.
!a2000 Credits
|-
![[File:Pickaxe.png|32px]] Diamond Pickaxe
| For when you want something shinier and better than your default pickaxe and the scientists are either too lazy or too dead to make drills or jackhammers. STILL worse than a basic KA.
!a2000 Credits
|-
![[File:Resonator.png|32px]] Super (Upgraded) Resonator
|Like the regular resonator, but able to have 6 fields active at a time - with no damage penalty for fields that are detonated early.
!a2500 Credits
|-
![[File:Jump_boots.png|32px]] Jump Boots
|A pair of boots that allow you to jump over three tiles, skipping chasms. Does not prevent lava damage, however.
!a2500 Credits
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Shelter Capsule
|Tired of cramped shelter capsules? This is for you! Comes with a three-course meal, a deluxe companion and much more.
!a3000 Credits
|-
![[File:BScapsule.png|32px]] Luxury Elite Bar Capsule
|A luxury bar in a capsule. Bartender required and not included.
!a10000 Credits
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA White Tracer Rounds Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible, in a white color.
!a100 Credits
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Adjustable Tracer Rounds Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA's projectile flight path visible. Use in hand to cycle between colors.
!a150 Credits
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Super KA Chassis Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA look yellow, like one of the no longer existing Super-Kinetic Accelerators.
!a250 Credits
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Hyper KA Chassis Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA look orange, like one of the no longer existing Hyper-Kinetic Accelerators.
!a300 Credits
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1.
!a1000 Credits
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10.
!a1000 Credits
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds.
!a1000 Credits
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Damage Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA hit in a 3x3 AoE, dealing 20% of the original damage per modkit.
!a2000 Credits
|-
![[File:MiningDrone.png|32px]] Mining Drone
|This helpful little guy goes around collecting loose ore so you don't have to. Will drop its haul when you hit it with the mining scanner. Clicking on it with an empty hand will toggle it between ore collection and wildlife fighting mode, where it will attack xenos with its built-in kinetic accelerator and drill. Will not pick up sand with no nearby ore around, for some reason. Comes with an upgraded welding tool if redeemed via voucher. It cannot be repaired while it is fighting. It can be further upgraded with special modules bought from the vending machine to increase its effectiveness.
!a500 Credits
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: Melee Upgrade
|Increases the Drone's melee damage.
!a400 Credits
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: Health Upgrade
|Increases the Drone's health.
!a400 Credits
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: Ranged Upgrade
|Decreases the Drone's ranged weapon's cooldown.
!a600 Credits
|-
![[File:Circuitboard.png|32px]] Drone: AI Upgrade
|Installs a high tech AI into the Drone (grants a ghost control over the Drone).
!a1000 Credits
|}

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The Free Golem ship has some extra goodies:

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|+Golem Equipment Vendor List
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
!cPrice
|-
![[File:Id regular.png|32px]] Extra ID
|An extra ID that works for holding money and entering the station.
!a250 Credits
|-
![[File:Science_Goggles.png|32px]] Science Goggles
|A pair of regular science goggles.
!a250 Credits
|-
![[File:Monkey Cube.png|32px]] Monkey Cube
|A single monkey cube. Just add water.
!a300 Credits
|-
![[File:utilitybelt.png|32px]] Toolbelt
|A toolbelt, like the ones on station.
!a350 Credits
|-
![[File:Sheetrd.png|32px]] Royal Cape of the Liberator
|A replica of the Liberator's cape. A must-have for every Free Golem.
!a500 Credits
|-
![[File:slimegrey.png|32px]] Grey Slime Extract
|Ever wanted to do Xenobiology on Lavaland? There you go.
!a1000 Credits
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] Trigger Guard Modification Kit
|A trigger modkit that allows golems to use the Kinetic Accelerator.
!a1700 Credits
|-
![[File:Box.png|32px]] The Liberator's Legacy
|A box with all circuit boards needed to build your own RnD department! The RnD console synchronizes with the station's server.
!a2000 Credits
|}

==RnD Gear==
The following is a list of advance items that can be acquired only from RnD, using a combination of minerals and high tech research.

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|+RnD Gear
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:miningdrill.png|32px]] Mining Drill
|Can be acquired early on from RnD. It's twice as fast as the standard Pickaxe but is quickly superseded by better variants and is expensive for what it gives.
|-
![[File:diamonddrill.png|32px]] Diamond Tipped Mining Drill
|Very powerful drill, able to almost instantly mine mineral walls. Very expensive in terms of Diamonds needed to produce however.
|-
![[File:sonicjack.png|32px]] Sonic Jackhammer
|The epitome of mining. Can practically instantly mine through rock and walls. But it requires three times the Diamonds of a Diamond Tipped Drill.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Triggerguard Mod
|A modkit that will allow species that cannot normally fire guns to use the KA, such as golems and hulks.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Range Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's range by 1.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Damage Mod
|A modkit that increases your KA's damage by 10.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA Cooldown Mod
|A modkit that reduces your KA's cooldown by 0.25 seconds.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|32px]] KA AoE Mining Mod
|A modkit that makes your KA mine rocks in a 3x3 AoE. It does not, however, deal AoE damage. You're usually better off carrying a plasma cutter to deal with rocks and keep the KA for combat.
|-
![[File:Plasma_Cutter.png|32px]] Plasma Cutter
|A fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 5 rocks per shot. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it. Less efficient in combat than a KA, however, and even less when in high pressure.
|-
![[File:Adv_plasma_cutter.gif|32px]] Advanced Plasma Cutter
|A very fast mining (and welding) tool. Shoots rock-breaking bolts that pierce up to 10 rocks per shot, basically allowing you to pierce rock as fast as you can walk. Rechargeable by inserting plasma ore or sheets into it.
|-
![[File:bluespacemining.png|32px]] Mining Satchel of Holding
|Very cheap mining satchel that can hold an unlimited amount of minerals and ore.
|-
![[File:NV_meson_glasses.gif|32px]] Night Vision Mesons
|These glasses work like normal mesons, but they can see perfectly in the darkness negating the need for flashlights in lavaland.
|}

All of this gear is printed out at the supply department protolathe.

==The Wildlife==
Lavaland is filled with a variety of bloodthirsty alien lifeforms populating the caverns, walking just fine over the ponds and puddles of lava. Fortunately, you can fight them whilst taking minimal damage, if you have the know-how.

Useful items can be harvested from these creatures' corpses should you triumph; butcher them with a knife by attacking the corpse on Harm intent and the goods will spill out!

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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:legion.png|64px]] Legions
|Considered annoying at worst, and a free minor heal at best. These creatures unleash legion skulls, one after another at you whilst trying to keep a distance. Fortunately, each of its spawn dies in a single hit (even a single punch), and deal tickle damage to you; the legion itself can't directly hit you. It's best to go on the aggressive against these with pickaxe in hand, advancing constantly whilst picking away each of its brood. Once you've closed the gap or have it stuck in a corner, it's toast. If you fall unconscious while you're being attacked, however, you will instantly die and be turned into a Legion.
 
It drops a soul when killed. Hit yourself with the soul and it will give you a slowdown immunity for a while and slight heal. Don't think you can store these for later, though -- they will spoil after a few minutes unless you use a stabilizer from the vending machine. However only active legion souls can be inserted in one's chest through [[surgery]] to provide a hands-free use of the legion soul, that will automatically activate if you fall into crit.
 
tl;dr strategy: '''Attack with your pickaxe/knife. Hack your way through the legion and its heads until the host is mush. Alternatively, two KA hits kill a Legion, or one KC mark detonation.'''
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:watcher.png|64px]] Watchers
|Fierce, territorial beasts capable of firing freezing beams, cold enough to inflict serious freeze burns while the watcher closes in and attacks its immobilized target. Fortunately, they don't attack unless someone comes close to them, so if you don't feel confident, you can just wait until you have a few more goliath plates, or maybe some gibtonite.
 
Butcher a watcher for 2 pieces of diamond ore. '''Use your ore box for cover while shooting them with your KA from a distance.''' Alternatively, with a KC, '''close the distance before it shoots you, then alternate marking it and hitting it, and pop a survival pen afterwards.'''
 
Tip: Watchers are notably weak to explosions due to the nature of their bodies, taking over half their health in damage from even the weakest of explosions.
|'''Medium'''
|-
![[File:EdgyGoliath.png|64px]] Goliaths
|The bane of many careless miners. These monsters carry a hefty health pool, a mean wallop, and a deceptively dangerous ranged tentacle attack. They are inherently resistant to lasers, so using a KA is the best option regarding dealing with these. They move at a slow pace, stopping every couple seconds to burrow tentacles under you. These will trap you for a long duration if you stand on top of them for too long.
 
Fighting them is simple: '''Shoot, step back, shoot, avoid tentacles.''' Repeat this process until it stops moving. Alternatively, with a KC, '''get in mark range, mark it, run in, hit it, run out, avoid tentacles, repeat.'''
 
Butcher a goliath for its hide and its meat. Goliath plates can be used to reinforce your hardsuit and helmet a maximum of three times, allowing you to turn your suit into something closer to a piece of riot gear if you hunt some Goliaths. The meat can be cooked in lava.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Tendril.png|64px]] Necropolis Tendrils
|Huge spikes of organic matter, from the base of which crawl out countless monsters. Each Tendril only spawns one kind of monster, between legions, goliaths and watchers, every once in a while. The tendrils themselves are fairly fragile and will die in a few well-placed shots, if you can fight through the other mobs. Once killed, it will drop its loot, shake the earth around it for a while, and then spawn a huge chasm around it, destroying anything that did not get out of the way in time. Chasms are deadly even after formation and should be avoided.
 
Fighting them can involve killing all its protectors patiently, or using tactics like gibtonite. Either way, once killed, ignore the remaining monsters, grab the chest, and RUN.
 
When killed, they spawn necropolis chests which can contain a variety of useful artifacts, that usually cannot be found anywhere else. See the table below for the possible loot.
|'''Medium to Very High'''
|-
![[File:Goldgrub.png|64px]] Goldgrubs
|Mostly harmless and quite rare. These creatures swallow up any loose, valuable ore they can find and flee when approached by a human, smashing through even solid rock on their path of escape before burrowing into the ground. A tactic toward killing one is to throw an ore towards it, and quickly charging in to kill it while it's busy eating, but note that kinetic accelerator shots do nothing against these. Their skin is reflective, requiring a pickaxe melee smackdown to ensure a kill.
 
When killed, they spit up multiple pieces of ore, based on what they ate. Feed them many different types of ore before killing them, and they'll spit out more of each type than you gave it! Just don't let it get away after spooking it.
|'''None'''
|-
![[File:Ash_drake.png|128px]] [[Megafauna]]
|Extremely big and powerful creatures, that randomly spawn in [[lavaland]]. Each one of these emits a GPS Signal that can be tracked with your own GPS, to either seek or avoid them. 
To beat them and get their valuable loot, you must either have good equipment or be VERY good at dodging their attacks, as failure usually means not only death, but gibbing as well, meaning that unless you were clone-scanned your body is unrecoverable. 
Their slow speed means that you can usually outrun them, although you should be careful of not [[Traitor|letting them hitch a ride in the mining ferry]], as the station has very few weapons that can damage megafauna.
|'''EXTREME'''
|}

==Shiny Mobs==
Common lavaland mobs now have rare mutations. Common mining mobs have a 1% chance on initialize to gain a new appearance and new stats, however, this is 5% for legions.

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|+Wildlife
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=200|Creature
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Threat
|-
![[File:Dwarflegion.png|64px]] Dwarf Legion
|On the rare occasion that a human with dwarfism falls to a legion, they can become infested like any other. Dwarf legions have 20 less health but move slightly faster.
 
It drops a soul, the exact same soul as dropped by the normal legion.
 
 It's still rather harmless. 2 KA shots kill it, a couple of pickax swings will knock it out.
|'''Low'''
|-
![[File:Magmawingwatcher.png|64px]] Magmawing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, (which is a 1% chance), there's a 75% chance that the mutant is going to be a magmawing watcher, and a 25% chance that it is going to be an icewing watcher. When raised very close to lava, some watchers adapt to the extreme heat and change coloration. Such watchers are known as magmawings and use intense heat as their tool for hunting and defense. The magmawing watcher shoots scorching blasts instead of freezing blasts, which heats you up and can set you on fire.
 
Unlike normal watchers, a shot from this watcher will set you on fire, and trying to roll it out will only result in the watcher getting more free shots on you, which means that you're pretty much forced to man up, pop a survival medi-pen, and melee it to death while you lose half of your HP to fire.
 
 It has normal watcher loot. It's really simply just not worth fighting.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Icewingwatcher.png|64px]] Icewing Watcher
|Whenever a shiny watcher appears, (which is a 1% chance), there's a 25% chance that the mutant is going to be an icewing watcher, and a 75% chance that it is going to be a magmawing watcher. Very rarely, some watchers will eke out an existence far from heat sources. In the absence of warmth, their wings will become papery and turn to an icy blue; these watchers are fragile but much quicker to fire their trademark freezing blasts. The icewing watcher has 50 less health and fire shots 33% more often, as well as dropping 5 diamonds and no sinew
 
It's a beefed up watcher which is more tanky and shoots more often. Treat it like a normal watcher, except you have to get into cover a bit quicker each time.
 
 It has normal watcher loot, but drops 5 diamonds instead of 2, and drops no sinew.
|'''High'''
|-
![[File:Ancientgoliath.png|64px]] Ancient Goliath
|Goliaths are biologically immortal, and rare specimens have survived for centuries. This one is clearly ancient, and its tentacles constantly churn the earth around it. Tentacles constantly extrude from the ground around it, even when it is not aggroed to any particular object.
 
It is recommended that you clear an area around the ancient goliath so that you can take shots at the ancient goliath without getting snagged by the tentacles. Once you've done that, just run circles around the thing while shooting at it, and dodging any emerging tentacles.
 
 When killed, they drop their goliath hide directly, more can be obtained through butchering.
|'''Very High'''
|-
|}

==The Loot==
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|+Necropolis Chest Loot
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |
! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Paradox_bag.png|64px]]
|Paradox Bags
|A pair of bags with a linked storage: anything that is put in one can be pulled out of the other and vice versa.
|-
![[File:Cult_hardsuit.png|64px]]
|Nar'Sien Hardsuit
|A cultist's hardsuit. It is very resistant to melee and bullet damage and fairly resistant to other kinds of damage; it also fits in backpacks.
|-
![[File:Soulstone.png|64px]]
|Soulstone
|A soulstone much like the kind used by a [[Blood Cult]] or by the chaplain on MetaStation, except it can be used multiple times. When used on an unconscious person or on a corpse it disintegrates it, and traps the soul inside the gem. The soul can then be released as a weak ghost bound to the will of the soulstone's owner, or it can be put into a construct shell, if you somehow own one.
|-
![[File:Katana.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Katana
|A very sharp katana that can't be dropped once picked up. It deals 40 damage to unarmored targets (energy swords, for comparison, deal 30). It also has a 50% chance of deflecting melee attacks.
|-
![[File:Godeye.gif|64px]]
|Eye of God
|A strange eye. It can be worn on the glasses slot to gain x-ray vision plus night vision, but it cannot be removed. If you find a second Eye of God, you can wear that on top of the existing one to form a pair of Eyes of God, which looks cool but has no real benefit.
|-
![[File:Flight_potion.png|64px]]
|Flight Potion ("Strange Elixir")
|A bottle containing 5 units of flight potion. Ingesting flight potion will turn the drinker into an angel: a human with wings. Wings allow jetpack-like movement wherever there's air when activated, also giving increased speed and free movement over tables and chasms. You lose your back slot as an angel. 
It only works when drinking at least 5 units, so do not dilute or split the content. Does 20 brute damage when drunk.
|-
![[File:Diamond_Pickaxe.png|64px]]
|Diamond Pickaxe
|A faster pickaxe, how exciting. See the Mining Vendor list for more information.
|-
![[File:Alien_brain.png|64px]]
|Alien Brain
|A xenomorph's brain. It is currently useless due to the new R&D update.
|-
![[File:Cursed_heart.gif|64px]]
|Cursed Heart
|A cursed heart. When used, it grants fast regeneration, but it must be pumped manually at least once every 6 seconds, or you'll start suffocating due to lack of blood circulation.
|-
![[File:Bottled_ship.png|64px]]
|Ship in a Bottle
|When used, spawns a Mysterious Boat, which can travel over lava without need for oars.
|-
![[File:Champion_hardsuit.png|64px]]
|Champion's Hardsuit
|A hardsuit coming from a <s>Khorne Berserker</s>Champion. It's fairly resistant, has no slowdown, and is immune to fire.
|-
![[File:Sord.png|64px]]
|Sord
|An unbelievably shitty sword.
|-
![[File:Possessed_blade.png|64px]]
|Possessed Blade
|A sword possessed by a talking ghost. Exactly the same as the [[chaplain]]'s Null Rod variant.
|-
![[File:Dark_blessing.png|64px]]
|Dark Blessing
|A god-blessed armblade. Picking it up will make it undroppable, and it's weaker than a real armblade, although still fairly strong and sharp. Exactly the same as the [[chaplain]]'s Null Rod variant.
|-
![[File:Syndi_cards.png|64px]]
|Deck of Tarot Cards
|When used, spawns a [[Guardian Spirit]] bound to you. The type is chosen at random.
|-
![[File:Warp_cube.gif|64px]]
|Red/Blue Cube
|A pair of cubes. When one is used, it teleports the user to the location of the other cube, with no cooldown.
|-
![[File:Wisp_lantern.png|64px]]
|Wisp Lantern
|A lantern containing a wisp. When used, it releases the wisp, making it orbit around the user's head and granting it thermal vision and serving as a light source. It can be returned to the lantern by using it once again. The lantern does not otherwise need to be carried or protected for the effect to persist.
|-
![[File:Immortality_talisman.png|64px]]
|Immortality Talisman
|A magic talisman. When used, it makes the user invulnerable but immobile for ten seconds. Being invulnerable does not protect from instant death effects such as singularities or point-blank bombs. Has a 60 seconds cooldown.
|-
![[File:Meat_hook.png|64px]]
|Meat Hook
|A hook on the end of a long chain that does 18 damage. Can be fired to throw a hook, which deals 25 full armor-piercing damage and drags the target to the thrower's position, also stunning it for 3 seconds.
|-
![[File:Clusterbang.png|64px]]
|Inferno Grenade
|A clusterbuster grenade that, when activated, spawns several incendiary grenades, each releasing a plasma fire.
|-
![[File:Inquisitor_hardsuit.png|64px]]
|Inquisitor Hardsuit and {{anchor|hellwater}}Hell Water
|An inquisitor hardsuit. It's fairly armoured and has no slowdown. Comes with a bottle of Hell Water, an incredibly dangerous reagent which sets the drinker on fire while also destroying his brain.
|-
![[File:Summon_spellbook.png|64px]]
|Instant Summons Spellbook
|A spellbook that grants you Instant Summons. When first used, it binds the item currently in your hand; every time it is used after will teleport the linked item (and any container it should be inside) to your hand.
|-
![[File:Voodoo.png|64px]]
|Wicker Doll
|A voodoo doll. To link it to someone, grab a small item they have touched and insert it into the doll; using the doll will allow you to choose a target based on the fingerprints on the inserted item. 
* When using a hot item on it (I.E. welder/match/lighter) it will heat the target.
* When using a sharp item on it it will cause severe pain to the target, stunning it.
* When using a bike horn on it it will HONK him, also dealing ear damage.
* Setting the doll on fire will also set the target on fire.
* When using the doll while targeting the head, it will make the target dizzy.
* When using the doll while targeting an arm, the target will use that hand, or any item on it, on a random nearby mob.
* When using the doll while targeting a leg, it will move the target randomly by a step.
* When using the doll while targeting the eyes, it will allow the user to see through the target's eyes for ten seconds.
* When using the doll while targeting the mouth, it will force the target to speak a user-inputted sentence. Radio prefixes such as ; can be used.
After being used, the doll has a chance of revealing its general direction or, more rarely, the room it's in, to the target. If it's set on fire, it has a 100% chance of revealing the room. 
To remove the linking item from a doll, use it while you're targeting the chest.
|-
![[File:Book1.png|64px]]
|Book of Babel
|Instantly teaches you all languages. One time use only.
|-
![[File:Ladder00.png|64px]]
|Jacob's Ladder
|A ladder that extends all the way to a different Z-level.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Death Syphon/bounty Modkit Disk
|Allows you to make a modkit that when killing or assisting in killing a creature permanently increases your damage against that type of creature.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|AoE Hybrid Modkit Disk
|A disk that allows you to make a Kinetic Accelerator Modkit that allows it to both mine and deal damage in a 3x3 AoE. Secondary targets receive 25% of the original target's damage, up from the 20% of the normal AoE damage modkit
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Rapid Repeater Modkit Disk
|Allows you to create a modkit that greatly reduces the KA's cooldown on striking a living target or rock, but greatly increases its base cooldown. Don't miss!
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|KA Resonator Blast Mod Disk
|A tech disk that allows you to create a mod that uses the kenetic accelerator to fire shots that leave and detonate Resonator blasts.
|-
![[File:Modkit.png|64px]]
|Lifesteal Crystal Modkit
|A mod kit that, like the name suggests, steals life from enemies you attack. Comes with a free cult blankie!
|-
![[insert picture here]]
|Rod of Asclepius
|A rod that can be used to make yourself start swearing an oath. If you finish the oath, the staff will bind to your hand, giving you a healing aura and pacifism. Also you can release the snake off the staff, the snake bite injects minor healing chemicals (someone insert how to here)
For the bosses' loot, see [[Megafauna]].
|}

==Crusher trophies==
Each time you kill a Lavaland enemy with the Crusher, there is a chance that it drops a trophy. These can be attached to your Crusher for unique effects.

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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" width=180|Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" width=140 style="background-color:lightblue;" |Enemy
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Legion_skull.png|32px]] Legion skull
|Legion
|Makes your Crusher recharge faster.
|-
![[File:Goliath_tentacle_trophy.png|32px]] Goliath tentacle
|Goliath
|Mark detonations deal more damage the more health you're missing.
|-
![[File:Watcher_wing.png|32px]] Watcher wing
|Watcher
|Mark detonations briefly delay some creatures from using certain attacks.
|-
![[File:Magma_wing.png|32px]] Magmawing Watcher wing
|Magmawing Watcher
|After a mark detonation, the next destabilizer shot will deal damage.
|-
![[File:Ice_wing.png|32px]] Icewing Watcher wing
|Icewing Watcher
|Identical to regular Watcher wings.
|-
![[File:Hunter_eye.png|32px]] Eye of a blood-drunk hunter
|Blood-drunk Miner
|On mark detonation, gain stun immunity, damage-slowdown immunity and 90% damage reduction for one second.
|-
![[File:Tail_spike.png|32px]] Tail spike
|Ash Drake
|Mark detonations deal area damage and push enemies back.
|-
![[File:Demon_claws.png|32px]] Demon claws
|Bubblegum
|Melee hits deal bonus damage and heal you. 500% as strong during a mark detonation.
|-
![[File:Blaster_tubes.png|32px]] Blaster tubes
|Colossus
|On mark detonation, the next shot moves slower, but deals damage.
|-
![[File:Vortex_talisman.png|32px]] Vortex talisman
|Hierophant
|Mark detonations create barriers that only you can pass.
|-
|}

==Craftables==
Not only can you kill the local fauna, you can also cobble together items from their smashed remains. Open the crafting menu for this.

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! scope="col" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Item
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="background-color:lightblue;" |Description
|-
![[File:Dragon_armor.png|32px]] Ash Drake armor
|A really strong, storm proof hardsuit that doesn't slow you down. 5 Ash Drake hide, 2 Watcher sinews, 10 bones.
|-
![[File:Goliath_cloak.png|32px]] Goliath Cloak
|Weaker than the standard explorer suits and can't be upgraded, but way more stylish. 2 leather, 2 Watcher sinews, 2 Goliath hides.
|-
![[File:Goliath_boat.png|32px]] Lava Boat
|A boat that can travel over lava, but is terribly unsafe as it'll usually set both you and held items on fire. Needs an oar to move. Crafted from three Goliath hides.
|-
![[File:Oar.png|32px]] Goliath Bone Oar
|An oar crafted from two Goliath bones. Robust.
|-
![[File:Bonfire.png|32px]] Bonfire
|Perfect for roasting lizard tails over. Five tower-cap logs.
|-
![[File:Mushroom_bowl.png|32px]] Mushroom Bowl
|A bowl made out of mushrooms. Crafted from five Polypore mushroom shavings.
|-
|}

==Xenoforms==
You're not always the only sentient being on the planet. Aside from the lovecraftian horrors living down there you may also content with several groups or factions of beings on the planet. Some hostile, some friendly.

The follow is a list of all known sentient groups found on the planet based on information sent from recon squads.

=====Podmen=====
Recon Expedition #4 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A small group of podmen were observed living inside a sealed vault. They appear minimally armed and seem to avoid leaving their home.

=====[[Ruins#Free Golem Ship|Golems]]=====
Recon Expedition #9 
Threat Level: Minimal, Non Hostile 
Note: A unidentified flying object was seen crashing by Recon Team Charlie during expedition #8. Alpha team on expedition #9 located a group of golems, the golems appeared utterly uninterested in their surroundings all things considered.

=====[[Ashwalkers]]=====
Recon Expedition #13 
Threat Level: Medium, Hostile 
Note: It appears a group of Basiliscus Lizretus, also known as Lizardmen, live on the planet, they are hostile to all intruders. These 'ashwalkers' only started to appear when mining operations started, they are agile but lightly armed, wielding primitively forged armor and spears. They appear to also have a hostile relationship with the wildlife, having been observed killing and dragging wildlife corpses away, as to why they need these corpses the recon team is unable to ascertain.

===== Syndicate Agents =====
Recon Expedition #45 
Threat Level:Extreme, Hostile 
Notes: It has come to attention that the syndicate (direct corporation/group unknown) has recently set up a large compound in lavaland. This may explain where expedition #38-44 has gone. They are equipped with high end weaponry and has been stated that trace bits of gunpowder has been found around the lava moat that the base is stationed in, suggesting that this base may be wired to self-destruct. We also detected radio waves coming and going from the compound. If found, turn back and report to your superiors immediately.

==The Ores==
These are what you should be looking out for, generally try and get a good mix of the more exotic ore types. Iron ore is ok but it sells for little and is highly abundant on the station already.

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! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Wall
! scope="col" width="100px" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Raw Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Money Reward Value
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Processed Ore
! scope="col" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style='background-color:grey;color:white;' |Uses
|-
!Iron
![[File:Ironwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Ironore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Metal.png|64px]]
!Very Common
|For just about everything.
|-
!Sand
![[File:minefloor.png|64px]]
![[File:Sandore.png|64px]]
!1
![[File:Glass.png|center|64px]]
!Very Common
|For making glass, which has a plethora of station applications. Activate sand in your hand to make sandstone bricks. These can be used to make dirt which can be used to grow plants.
|-
![[Plasma]]
![[File:Plasmawall.png|64px]]
![[File:Plasmaore.png|64px]]
!15
![[File:Plasmadone.png|64px]]
!Common
|Ship sheets back to Centcom for bonus money to the cargo budget.
|-
!Silver
![[File:Silverwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Silverore.png|64px]]
!16
![[File:Silverdone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|Making dosh, mechs, and researching Bluespace.
|-
!Gold
![[File:Goldwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Goldore.png|64px]]
!18
![[File:Golddone.png|64px]]
!Semi-Common
|For making various electronics or pimping out Beepsky.
|-
!Titanium
![[File:Titaniumrock.png|64px]]
![[File:Titaniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Titaniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For high-tech mechs or R&D components. Also for building shuttle walls and floors.
|-
!Uranium
![[File:Uraniumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Uraniumore.png|64px]]
!30
![[File:Uraniumdone.png|64px]]
!Uncommon
|For making you radioactive (notice: no joke, this shit is deadly as a wall or a door). Delicious cocktails.
|-
!Diamond
![[File:Diamondwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Diamondore.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:Diamonddone.png|64px]]
!Rare
|For making mech parts, among other industrial uses.
|-
![[Bluespace Crystal]]
![[File:BluespaceCrystalWall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bluespace_Crystal.png|64px]]
!50
![[File:BS_polycrystal.png|64px]]
!Rare
|These crystals can be used in various ways. Give them to science to increase bluespace science, hold onto them to use as a risk free jaunter, or throw them at people to make them teleport randomly (often into space.)
|-
!Bananium
![[File:Bananimumwall.png|64px]]
![[File:Bananimumore.png|64px]]
!60
![[File:Bananiumdone.png|64px]]
!HONK!
|A rare and unusual mineral found exclusively in clown-controlled space. Used only for the [[Guide_to_robotics#H.O.N.K.|H.O.N.K. mech]] and other clownlike items.
|-
!Gibtonite
![[File:Gibtonitewall.gif|64px]]
![[File:Gibtoniteore.png]]
!N/A
!
!Uncommon
|For <s>trolling miners</s> blowing shit up, whether they be solid asteroid or [[Traitor|other things]]. Hitting it with your mining tools will start a chain reaction. If you don't stop the reaction with your mining scanner in time, the gibtonite will explode. If you do, you can mine the ore, pick it up (you need both hands free) and use it as an explosive. The closer the gibtonite was to exploding before defused, the more potent its power. Cannot be forged or turned in to the [[Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]] [[File:Ore_redemption.gif|link=Machines#Ore_Redemption_Machine|Ore Redemption Machine]], so don't bring any of this to the station or else you'll be <s>arrested</s> ignored by security because they don't know what the hell it is. Gibtonite can be used to craft a [[Makeshift_weapons#Chemical_Payload|Chemical Payload]] [[File:ChemPayload.gif]]. 

How to obtain Gibtonite: Hit ore, count to 8 flashes of the ore then hit it with your scanner. Gibtonite varies in the number of reactions it has, so you may get lower quality ore. Use 2 of the 0 reaction ores (the most potent) to blow open the AI core and make it cry at it's malf failure!
|}

===Alloys===
Some ores can be smelted to produce alloys.
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{{Item
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|bgcolor1 = lightgrey
|bgcolor2 = lightgrey
|image = Plastitanium.png
|foundin = Syndicate spacecraft
|usedfor = Evil walls and floors
|strategy = Use it to create the walls and flooring used in a Syndicate spacecraft
|description = An alloy of plasma and titanium.
}}

===Who Needs What===
Miners don't have to deliver ores directly to departments -- they can if they want, or if those bastards are too lazy to leave their fortress of <s>autism</s> science -- but it never hurts to know what to aim for.

* [[Scientist]]s at least a bit of every ore. In exchange, they may give you upgrades for your Kinetic Accelerator, a [[Plasma Cutter]], a [[Research_items#Mining Satchel of Holding|Mining Satchel of Holding]], and, if you're lucky, Night Vision Meson Scanners or a [[Bag of Holding]]!
* [[Roboticist]]s need diamond, uranium, silver and gold for building mech parts. Give them enough and you've indirectly helped out most of the departments on the station if the Roboticists are competent enough to build helpful stompy mechs for everybody! Too bad the lavaproof Firefighter is the only good mech for mining.
* The [[Quartermaster]] may want mineral sheets to trade them in for bonus supply credits. Plasma in particular is both common and valuable.
* Everybody could always use more iron, glass and plasteel, but especially Roboticists and [[Station Engineer]]s.
* The [[Chemist]] and [[Guide to xenobiology|Xenobiologist]] will all appreciate having extra plasma.
* A competent [[Virologist]] can use several sheets of uranium to create incredibly powerful healing viruses that let you heal out of crit in two seconds.
* A [[Clown]] with Bananium is a grateful and dangerous ally.
* The [[Bartender]] can use a few sheets of uranium or iron to craft some of his rarest cocktails.

==Secrets of Lavaland==
While on Lavaland, you may come upon artificial structures. They can have items ranging from magical artifacts, to other lifeforms, to [[Aliens|alien facehugger]]s. If you are at all unsure, always let your mining buddies know using :u before going in: some ruins can be very dangerous.

==Tips==
* Always go with at least two other people when mining. Not only can you mine faster together, the chance that they could both be 'lings/traitors is rather low. Pickaxe to the skull tends to put down most people.
* You can view the contents of a mining satchel as if it were a backpack.
* Middle mouse click swaps your hand, allowing you to shoot minerals and grat them with the satchel quickly.
* Minebots are great at distracting monsters. Just walk near and bash the distracted target with your drill. They can take quite a beating, though goliaths can take them down pretty quickly if you're not quick enough. Plus they collect all the crap gibtonite left.
* The Proto-kinetic Accelerator can destroy electrified grilles without needing a pair of insulated gloves.
* The Proto-kinetic Accelerator will obliterate a space carp in one hit while in space.
* You can dual wield PKAs. Use harm intent to fire both at once.
* The Head of Personnel may reward you with all access if you resurrect Ian. Also, sometimes the Research Director will reward you for a pet gold grub.
* If you're expecting trouble on the station, consider taking out a window on the mining shuttle before you return to make a quick getaway so you're not trapped like a rat in a cage.
* The mining drone can be repaired with a welding tool, but not in the middle of a fight. A goliath will always win in a one on one fight with a mining drone.
* You could alternatively buy the drone, fully upgrade it, give it an AI Module, and tell it to go valid-hunt. A mining drone dragging a bar of soap is surprisingly robust against even changelings.
* Life improving things:
** Mining suit upgrade : Goliath plates add +10% melee resist each time when applied to a suit. The plates will stack until they reach 30%, which may help you live in case a goliath grabs you.
** Security Jumpsuit : This gives a +10% melee resist to everywhere but your head. Nag the QM or HoP to give you one.
** Augmentations : Augs are VERY useful for miners, as healing with a welder is ultimately easier. Plus they work differently than armor when it comes to protection, instead reducing all brute damage taken by an augmented body part by 5 (4 for burn). Also they are ashproof. If you get fully augumented, you are ash storm proof. Downside : EMP vulnerability.
* Kinetic accelerators can be used as infinite tools to navigate space, since every time you fire, it'll throw you in the opposite direction.
* Sentient minebots can very easily be commanded to go help security if there is an [[Nuclear Operative|imminent]] [[Clockwork Cult|threat]] to the station. Their melee saw is very robust, and works just as well as on the station as it is on lavaland. The proto-kinetic accelerator that they are equipped with is very robust when in space.
* If you dont have a mining satchel of holding, and no ore box, you can deconstruct tables in the library (the curator is probably too busy organizing a game of D&D to really care much) to obtain wooden planks. You can then use these wooden planks to fabricate an ore box.
* If science hasn't researched Advanced Mining Technology within 10 minutes of the start of the shift, please remind them. There is normally at least 1 single person in science competent enough to do so.

==Dead Space==
A traitorous miner has a lot of advantages. You have a space suit for free right away and a robust pickaxe. Certain minerals you'll find have more "specialized" uses -- uranium structures will irradiate people, plasma can start fires, gibtonite goes boom. You can also buy dangerous "mining" tools and possibly even revive those monsters you've been fighting. As long as you have some mineral wealth or an ore box with you, no one will suspect your presence around the station, even in highly restricted areas like robotics or toxins, and if you are smart enough, you could get a big stompy mech to drill people to death! In addition, Lavaland is isolated, dangerous, and as expansive as you're willing to dig out. Plenty of room for somebody to get lost in... ''Forever!''

===Tips for Traitoring===
* If you're a miner and you have to kill another miner; there's a really easy way to block communications one way so he can't call for help.
** Grab a multitool, go to the mining communications room.
** Use the multi tool on the relay and make sure the relay isn't sending, meaning your headset won't go to people on the station.
** Kill your target with their shouts for help unheard.
* You can get plasma at exactly the heat you need for canister bombs by welding a plasma door in vacuum. Use an air pump to take it, then put [REDACTED] KPa into an empty large tank (the size of plasma, emergency O2, etc). You can then ignite it with a can of pure O2 set to release at 1013.25 KPa. This is the Shaft Miner's canister bomb. It's easy to set up on Lavaland.
* More than one uranium wall is hilariously deadly, as they give off a pulse of radiation every couple of seconds. This pulse makes other uranium walls in range pulse as well, and they all run on their own timer.
* Tiers 0-1-2-3 can gib bodies, remember mining suits take 50% of damage away from bombs, so strip miners you want to make disappear forever first.
*Ripley is a fairly robust murdering tool, if you can, convince robotics to put a gravity catapult on it. '''SLAM PEOPLE INTO WALLS. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS.'''
*Space is your best ally. Your weapons are more lethal in space, and anyone who wants to chase you will need access to a jetpack and EVA gear. Make people fight on your terms by blowing up the station with various Gibtonite charges, or bust in, stun and drag targets into space.
*You can make a chemical payload container using any shitty bit of gibtonite. This can be useful for making chemical bombs, but it relies on knowing how to obtain specific chemicals that can be robust and accessible to a Miner.
====Tips for Culting====
If you're a miner, [[Mining Station]] is the perfect hive for a cult. The back room can easily be broken down by Constructs, runes can be placed, and a single artificer can make it very difficult for Security to try and raid. Remember to cut cameras, so a Non-Asimov AI doesn't bolt and electrocute every door. Remember to use Teleport other to get Cultists off station and into safe custody. All the station needs is a Medibot and you are golden.

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