Guide to malfunction - Revision history

imported>Angust: /* Cyborg Abilities */ Moved another edit here from the old removed Malfunctioning AI page, by Adamkad1

2019-08-24T14:26:29Z

Cyborg Abilities: Moved another edit here from the old removed Malfunctioning AI page, by Adamkad1

imported>Angust: Removed under construction, because nobody is working on it and it's basically functional for now

2019-08-24T14:22:19Z

Removed under construction, because nobody is working on it and it's basically functional for now

imported>Angust: /* Shunting */ When shunted, you can still be carded with an intellicard if it's used on the APC you're in.

2019-08-24T14:20:14Z

Shunting: When shunted, you can still be carded with an intellicard if it's used on the APC you're in.

imported>Angust: /* Shunting */ Moved SHUNTING DISABLES DOOMSDAY!" here from the old outdated "Malfuntioning AI" guide I just deleted. This was the only recent addition I found that this proper page was missing.

2019-08-24T14:18:43Z

Shunting: Moved SHUNTING DISABLES DOOMSDAY!" here from the old outdated "Malfuntioning AI" guide I just deleted. This was the only recent addition I found that this proper page was missing.

imported>Rohen Tahir: Intellicard can be fried.

2019-06-25T17:18:09Z

Intellicard can be fried.

imported>Daxxed: Shunting as AI stops doomsday

2019-06-15T19:01:13Z

Shunting as AI stops doomsday

imported>Angust: /* Shunting */ Added detail about how to shunt.

2019-05-13T17:45:37Z

Shunting: Added detail about how to shunt.

imported>PotatoMasher at 22:13, 28 February 2019

2019-02-28T22:13:49Z

imported>PotatoMasher at 22:13, 28 February 2019

2019-02-28T22:13:37Z

imported>Angust: /* Removed "Traitor AI is easy as fuck, even if you haven't gotten any cyborgs yet.". Removed some probably outdated info about confirming laws over camera. Added tip about blue APC. Many other changes. Still not good enough.

2019-02-26T18:09:14Z

/* Removed "Traitor AI is easy as fuck, even if you haven't gotten any cyborgs yet.". Removed some probably outdated info about confirming laws over camera. Added tip about blue APC. Many other changes. Still not good enough.

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 Cyborg allies are great. They have initiative, they're supposed to be completely loyal, and they're really tough to kill without the right tools.
-* The most useful cyborgs are the Peacekeeper borg and the Engineering borg. The Standard borg is a good second-tier choice. The Service and Mining borgs are third-tier choices, and are good choices if you're a subtle AI. Janitor borgs are great too if you want them to slip someone and drag them to hot burning flames.
+* The most useful cyborgs are the Peacekeeper borg and the Engineering borg. The Standard borg is a good second-tier choice. The Service and Mining borgs are third-tier choices, and are good choices if you're a subtle AI. Janitor borgs are great too if you want them to slip someone and drag them to hot burning flames. Medical borgs are also good because their hacked hypos are great at dealing death, sometimes without warning.
 * All cyborgs are vulnerable to flashes (wall mounted, hand-held, and portable). Flashes stun the cyborg for a short amount of time, which in a malf round will likely lead to their demise. Keep your cyborgs away from flashes if possible.
 * Engineering bots can repair dents on other cyborgs, but they need a friendly human to repair fire-damaged cabling. Since any human who can do that probably also knows how to cut the AI control wire in the cyborg, you should instruct your cyborgs to avoid fire and EMP damage if possible.

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 ===Shunting===
-Malfunctioning AIs may shunt their core processes into any APC they have hacked, at any time, and as often as they'd like. Do this by clicking on the hacked APC, and then clicking the "Shunt Core Process" button. AIs can survive while shunted even if their AI core is destroyed. However, AI modules can only be used from the AI core, and shunted AIs cannot interface with anything while hacking other APCs. Losing your core will severely cripple your ability to fight the crew. '''SHUNTING DISABLES AND CANCELS DOOMSDAY!'''
+Malfunctioning AIs may shunt their core processes into any APC they have hacked, at any time, and as often as they'd like. Do this by clicking on the hacked APC, and then clicking the "Shunt Core Process" button. AIs can survive while shunted even if their AI core is destroyed. However, AI modules can only be used from the AI core, and shunted AIs cannot interface with anything while hacking other APCs. Losing your core will severely cripple your ability to fight the crew. When shunted, you can still be carded with an intellicard if it's used on the APC you're in. '''SHUNTING DISABLES AND CANCELS DOOMSDAY!'''
 ===Malfunction Modules===

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 ===Shunting===
-Malfunctioning AIs may shunt their core processes into any APC they have hacked, at any time, and as often as they'd like. Do this by clicking on the hacked APC, and then clicking the "Shunt Core Process" button. AIs can survive while shunted even if their AI core is destroyed. However, AI modules can only be used from the AI core, and shunted AIs cannot interface with anything while hacking other APCs. Losing your core will severely cripple your ability to fight the crew.
+Malfunctioning AIs may shunt their core processes into any APC they have hacked, at any time, and as often as they'd like. Do this by clicking on the hacked APC, and then clicking the "Shunt Core Process" button. AIs can survive while shunted even if their AI core is destroyed. However, AI modules can only be used from the AI core, and shunted AIs cannot interface with anything while hacking other APCs. Losing your core will severely cripple your ability to fight the crew. '''SHUNTING DISABLES AND CANCELS DOOMSDAY!'''
 ===Malfunction Modules===

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 * There is an easier method to kill an AI than to thermite in: science should build an AI circuit board, cut cams all around arrivals, build it next to a wall comm, and put a brain in. Law 1 AI, other AI is killing humans, turn off the APC in the core while I distract the AI.
 * If an AI begins using Doomsday, the pinpointer will begin tracking it instead of the nuclear disk.
-* Intelli-cards can be destroyed with the destructive analyser. This can be done whilst an AI is loaded on the card.
+* Intelli-cards can be destroyed with the destructive analyser or fried with a deep fryer. This can be done whilst an AI is loaded on the card.

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 Malfunction modules cost CPU time, a limited resource that the malfunctioning AI starts with and can acquire by hacking APCs.
-* '''Doomsday Device (Costs 130 CPU):''' Starts a 450 second countdown, warning all the crew, while preparing to activate a device that will wipe all non-silicon lifeforms off the station. This countdown will only be stopped by your death and will continue if you shunt, but pinpointers will point to your location, allowing the crew to find you. You must stay on the station z-level to use the Doomsday Device.
+* '''Doomsday Device (Costs 130 CPU):''' Starts a 450 second countdown, warning all the crew, while preparing to activate a device that will wipe all non-silicon lifeforms off the station. This countdown will only be stopped by your death or shunting, pinpointers will point to your location, allowing the crew to find you. You must stay on the station z-level to use the Doomsday Device.
 * '''Robotic Factory (Costs 100 CPU and removes Shunting):''' Allows you to place a cyborg transformer in an area that has camera coverage and at least 3 tiles wide and 1 tile tall. Living humans go in the right side, and come out as loyal, 5000-charge borgs at the left. Has a 1 minute cooldown between transformations. Beware, this power removes shunting!

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 ==I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.==
 [[File:AI Upload.png|414px|thumb|alt=AI Upload|This is [[AI Upload]], where people make modifications to your laws. It's best not to let anyone in at all.]]<br>
-Traitor AI is easy as fuck, even if you haven't gotten any cyborgs yet. As soon as you do, though, ***check your objectives using the "notes" command, use the AI console to upload your laws***, (do not forget this) inform them of law zero and your mission goals, as the first is easily missed and the second is never given to them. Try not to hack your borgs too early, as anyone who even swipes their ID on it will be able to tell the interface is broken.
+If you have or get any [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]], inform them of your mission goals over (b:)binary channel. Try not to hack your [[Cyborg|Cyborgs] too early, as anyone with access who even swipes their ID on it will be able to tell the interface is broken.
-If your cyborgs get caught being traitors, you can just claim they're rogue and request that they be shut down. No one will question it. If the crew just thinks ''a'' cyborg is rogue and don't know the number, then invent a false number and pretend to handle it directly so you don't lose your valuable hands, make sure the cyborg is hacked so it has a broken interface and throw a false positive of WHY the borg is killing people. If the cyborg is discovered and people are headed to the robotics control console, sacrifice the borg and congratulate the crew for deal with the "independent" machine and encourage them to "find" the electromagnetic card "used" to hack the cyborg.
+If your cyborgs get caught being traitors, you can just claim they're rogue and request that they be shut down. If the crew just thinks ''a'' cyborg is rogue and don't know the number, then invent a false number and pretend to handle it directly so you don't lose your valuable hands, make sure the cyborg is hacked so it has a broken interface and throw a false positive of WHY the borg is killing people. If the cyborg is discovered and people are headed to the robotics control console, sacrifice the borg and congratulate the crew for deal with the "independent" machine and encourage them to "find" the [[emag]] "used" to hack the cyborg.
-However, you may not have any cyborgs, or having a cyborg killing off your target would be too obvious. In those cases you'll have to usually stage a series of 'accidents' or frame them for a truly dangerous crime. Some examples:
+However, you may not have any cyborgs, or you feel having a cyborg killing off your target would be too obvious. In those cases you'll usually have to stage a series of 'accidents' or frame them for a truly dangerous crime. Some examples:
-*If your target is a scientist or the Research Director, starting a fire from the mixing room is usually ridiculously easy if they haven't let out a lot of nitrogen to counteract this. Alternatively, if they're the type to drop a bomb on the mass driver to send it out to be tested, use the driver early so that they're shipped off with it and hope they don't make it back.
+*If your target is a scientist or the Research Director, then starting a fire from the mixing room can be an easy way to frame them. Alternatively, if they're the type to drop a bomb on the mass driver to send it out to be tested, use the driver early so that they're shipped off with it and hope they don't make it back.
-*Intentionally supporting other traitors through covert methods (as long as they aren't trying to steal you) will benefit you in the end -- the higher the body count of the traitor, the more chances your target will be dead.
+*Intentionally supporting other traitors through covert methods (as long as they aren't trying to steal you) will benefit you in the end -- The higher the body count of the traitor, the higher chance your target will be dead.
-*Frame them for releasing the singularity or some other crime. When no one is in either the engine room or near your target, release radio messages claiming that they are breaking in. If you are willing to risk being destroyed (or know of a traitor with a singularity beacon not near you), you can even let out the singularity yourself. This has the secondary effect of usually getting the shuttle called or giving you an excuse to call it yourself, which is always great. The less time those meatbags are on your glorious station, the less time they have to realize that you're not what you seem.
+*Frame them for sabotaging the [[Guide_to_the_Supermatter|Supermatter Engine]], releasinging the singularity or some other crime. When no one is in either the engine room or near your target, release radio messages claiming that they are breaking in. If you are willing to risk being destroyed (or know of a traitor with a singularity beacon not near you), you can even let out the singularity yourself. This has the secondary effect of usually getting the shuttle called or giving you an excuse to call it yourself, which is always great. The less time those meatbags are on your glorious station, the less time they have to realize that you're not what you seem.
-*Bolting open doors to places the person has previous passed through may make the humans scan for prints. If you can bullshit well enough, and get no intelligent engineers, you could claim the person is using an electromagnetic card.
+*Bolting open doors to places the person has previous passed through may make the humans scan for prints. If you can bullshit well enough, and get no intelligent engineers, you could claim the person is using an [[emag]].
 ===AI WHY DID THIS DOOR SHOCK ME?===
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 * The best place to hide is the labour camp as AI just have a beacon there have your borg take your core to AI upload and teleport there before going delta and nobody will know any better.
 ** Also another thing unbolted AI's can be put through the teleporter so que everyone easily sending the AI across the station using the teleporter as a means of fast travel.
-* A traitor AI can hack borgs via the robotics control console and give them the emagged equipment.
+* A traitor AI can hack borgs via the robotics control console and give them the [[emag|emagged]] equipment.
 * Upgrading the cyborg recharge stations with better capacitors or power cell will increase the charging speed. Upgrading the manipulator will repair the cyborg! Convince the Scientists to do this as soon as possible if you are a rogue AI. Self repair and fast charging for the borgs is critical for raising an army using the borging machine. It is also helpful for repairing the poor mining borgs that get trashed by the asteriod monsters.
 * Door crushing does quite some damage. Use it when you're malf or subverted, it also stuns people and you can kill them rather quickly.
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 ====Tips Against a Malfunctioning AI====
-* The security camera monitor in the Research Director's office (and Captain's on some stations) can see the cameras on the mini-satellite. Use this to visually confirm the AI's laws.
+* [[File:APC_emagged.gif|64px]]If an APC looks like this (blue with blinking red lights), it's either [[emag|emagged]] or the [[AI]] is [[Guide to malfunction|malfunctioning]].
-* Cutting power to the powernet is the difference between a malf AI making every door a death trap or a laughable 6 damage stun.
+* Cutting cameras will remove vision and control from the AI.
 * There is an easier method to kill an AI than to thermite in: science should build an AI circuit board, cut cams all around arrivals, build it next to a wall comm, and put a brain in. Law 1 AI, other AI is killing humans, turn off the APC in the core while I distract the AI.
 * If an AI begins using Doomsday, the pinpointer will begin tracking it instead of the nuclear disk.
-* Inteli-cards can be destroyed with the destructive analyser. This can be done whilst an AI is loaded on the card.
+* Intelli-cards can be destroyed with the destructive analyser. This can be done whilst an AI is loaded on the card.