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|stafftype = | |stafftype = SCIENCE | ||
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|jobtitle = Roboticist | |jobtitle = Roboticist | ||
|titles=Augmentation Theorist, Cyborg Maintainer, Robotics Intern, Biomechanical Engineer, Mechatronic Engineer, Machinist, Chrome Shaman, Ripperdoc | |||
|access = [[Robotics and Mech Bay|Robotics]], [[Technical Storage]], [[Morgue]], [[Research Division]], Mineral Storage | |access = [[Robotics and Mech Bay|Robotics]], [[Technical Storage]], [[Morgue]], [[Research Division]], Mineral Storage | ||
|additional = Research Labs, [[Toxins Storage]], [[Xenobiology]], [[Genetics]] | |additional = Research Labs, [[Toxins Storage]], [[Xenobiology]], [[Genetics]], R&D Console | ||
|difficulty = Easy | |difficulty = Easy | ||
|superior = [[Research Director]] | |superior = [[Research Director]] | ||
|duties = Create and maintain a cybernetic and robotic army, then suit up in METAL GEAR. | |duties = Create and maintain a cybernetic and robotic army, then suit up in METAL GEAR. | ||
|guides = [[Guide to robotics]] | |guides = [[Guide to robotics]] | ||
|quote = | |quote = Bold of you to assume we have the materials for it. | ||
}} | |age=22}} | ||
The Roboticist's job is to maintain the system's cybernetic sevitors, including borgs and various bots that they can create. When provided with resources, they can construct powerful Exosuits.[[File:Robotics.png|300px|thumb|alt=Robotics|[[Robotics and Mech Bay]]]]<br> | The Roboticist's job is to maintain the system's cybernetic sevitors, including borgs and various bots that they can create. When provided with resources, they can construct powerful Exosuits.[[File:Robotics.png|300px|thumb|alt=Robotics|[[Robotics and Mech Bay]]]]<br> | ||
'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Build and maintain cyborgs. | '''Bare minimum requirements:''' Build and maintain cyborgs. | ||
==The Lab== | ==The Lab== | ||
[[Robotics and Mech Bay|Robotics]] is your home as a Roboticist. It contains the [[Exosuit Fabricator]]s for the creation of any robotic component you require, a | [[Robotics and Mech Bay|Robotics]] is your home as a Roboticist. It contains the [[Exosuit Fabricator]]s for the creation of any robotic component you require, a couple cyborg recharge stations, a couple Exosuit recharge stations, tables with multiple sheets of [[glass]], [[metal]], [[power cells|Power Cell]], and a [[coil of wire]], and scattered tables with a [[multitool]], tool boxes, a few [[Flashes|Flash]], a [[crowbar]], a [[proximity sensor]], more scattered power cells, and a [[cell charger]]. Additionally, there are components to make three medbots right off the bat, minus the cyborg arms (make 'em). | ||
Currently, robotics has its very own R&D console! That means you can research your mech n' cyborg technology all by yourself, thanks to Tech-Webs. Of course, be mindful and do not hamper the scientist's work or [[Research Director|someone]] will show up for a beating. | |||
=== Oh God, I Don't Know What To Do! Help!=== | |||
See the [[Guide to robotics]] for a how-to on most things you'll be handling. | |||
==THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER== | ==THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER== | ||
You are going to be building some of the most powerful things on the station, given time and resources from your fellow | You are going to be building some of the most powerful things on the station, given time and resources from your fellow [[Scientist]]s and the department's best friends, the [[Shaft Miner]]s. | ||
One of the most useful tools for your job is a toolbelt, which allows you to use an otherwise vacant slot to hold an entire cadre of tools. | One of the most useful tools for your job is a toolbelt, which allows you to use an otherwise vacant slot to hold an entire cadre of tools. Luckily, every roboticist starts it's shift with one of such, fully stacked so you don't waste your time fetching for supplies. | ||
It may be a good idea to stop by [[Auxiliary Tool Storage]] as well, for the metal, glass, and potentially another a toolbelt. Return to your den and meet the cyborg that will surely arrive, replace his battery for him and exchange displays of affection via a relay of petting and pinging. Then, law 2 it to get the fuck out. They're keeping you from important work. | It may be a good idea to stop by [[Auxiliary Tool Storage]] as well, for the metal, glass, and potentially another a toolbelt. Return to your den and meet the cyborg that will surely arrive, replace his battery for him and exchange displays of affection via a relay of petting and pinging. Then, law 2 it to get the fuck out. They're keeping you from important work. | ||
==What is my purpose? You mostly augment limbs. Oh my god.== | |||
Ideally you would have a stream of people to turn into cyborgs, but that is rarely the case. If you are visited at all you'll be asked for your extra toolbelts or to put cyborg arms on the armless [[Mime]]. On the off chance that you actually have people that want to be borged, you can [[Surgery|remove their brain]] and insert it into an [[MMI]] to then insert into a cyborg shell. | |||
== So have you ever seen Evangelion?== | |||
Roboticists play an important role in that they pull [[Ghost|bored souls]] from the void to give life to new cyborgs via [[Positronic Brain]]s. Just as you should have a steady queue of cyborg shells, you should have a few brains on the table for them to pop into. It gives dead or late players a chance to play as a cyborg instead of ominously hovering in the Robotics Lab waiting for the Roboticist to finish printing their Ripley. | |||
== Life on the Assembly Line== | |||
Once you have your stream of cyborg shells, Positronic Brains at the ready, and you have made all your bots, you can now waste valuable time and resources on fancy Exosuits. If all of the Shaft Miners died fighting megafauna or R&D is wasting their points researching space pods instead of upgrades, you can use your R&D Console to sneakily wrestle a few [[Exosuits|Exosuit]] techs out of them before the Research Director yells at you over the radio. | |||
Once some Exosuits are researched, sync your [[Exosuit Fabricator|fabricator]] and get building. Just make sure that mining has brought you the metals you need. You will have a love-hate relationship with the R&D lab and its residents. On the one hand they will be inventing fun toys for you, on the other hand, they are taking all that wonderful silver from you that could have made a [[Guide_to_robotics#Durand|Durand]]. Once you do get enough ores though, it's smooth sailing. Make Exosuits, give them to people with [[Assistant|little-to-no authorization]], and watch the ensuing chaos from your comfy chair. (No, this is bad, angers the [[Admins|gods]] and your boss). | |||
== Other tips== | |||
#Your [[Exosuit Fabricator|exosuit fabricators]] start synced to the [[Vault|Ore Silo]]. This will pretty much solve any material management you might have had to do before, just make sure that you have enough materials to build what you want before you start. | |||
#[[Glass]] and [[Security_Items#Flash|flashes]] are important for your robotics work, as are various devices, security equipment and rare minerals. Don't be a fool and print all the cyborg pieces and then realize you forgot the [[flashes]]. Add them to your queue too. | |||
#Have a plan before you start building anything huge, like an Exosuit (without the circuitry and stock parts, they are useless). | |||
#Make sure to perform maintenance on cyborgs that come in; Nanotrasen usually doesn't load them with anything but the minimum required power cells and no radio encryption keys. | |||
#Tech storage is your friend. It has two flashes, two power cells, and insulated gloves. Raiding tech storage can net you a LOT of boards to make all the machines on the station (make an autholate and hack it). | |||
#Ensure you have proper eye protection when you weld, or you'll become blind quickly. | |||
#You can "[[Guide_to_hacking#Cyborgs|hack]]" borgs by exposing their wires with a screwdriver (after removing their battery). Any roboticist that pulls his weight can reset a borg's module. | |||
==Do's and Don'ts== | |||
'''Do:''' | |||
*Make cyborg bodies and install [[MMI|MMI's]] in them. | |||
*Keep [[Positronic Brain|Positronic Brains]] available for ghosts. | |||
*Try to borg [[Antagonist|antagonists]] instead of the death penalty. They still fail, but are no longer a danger. | |||
*Cut LawSync and reset cyborg laws when the AI is rogue. | |||
*Make useful bots and leave them around the station. | *Make useful bots and leave them around the station. | ||
*Make [[Drones|drone shells]] so players can <s>steal all your metal and glass and</s> rejoin the round. | |||
*Put beacons in all Exosuits, lest they get stolen. | |||
*Recognize that the [[Quartermaster|QM]] might be more inclined to get you some minerals and toys if you personally go and upgrade his machines alongside building new ones. | |||
'''Don't:''' | '''Don't:''' | ||
*Put an MMI in a cyborg shell without making sure it isn't braindead (they can speak you know). | *Put an [[MMI]] in a cyborg shell without making sure it isn't braindead (they can speak, you know). | ||
*Blow all the cyborgs because one was emagged. | |||
* | *Blow all the cyborgs because one was [[Emag|emagged]]. | ||
*Try to | |||
*Go on | *Do not immediately blow up all the cyborgs when the [[Malfunction|AI is malfunctioning]]. Instead, take apart your [[Robotics Control|Robotics Control console]] and relocate it somewhere off-camera so you can lock the cyborgs and reset them to become a powerful ally against the AI. | ||
*Build an | *Try to avoid making an Exosuit you don't have the materials for. Nothing is more useless than a pile of [[Durand]] limbs while you beg for metal and silver. | ||
*Go on Exosuit rocket launcher rampages 'because you can'. | |||
*Build an Exosuit for anyone who just comes by and asks for one (And won't accept a [[Tracking Beacon]]) | |||
*Build cyborgs just to destroy them 2 seconds later. | |||
*Build a combat Exosuit without saying a word to [[Research Director|RD]] or [[Captain]] and [[Security]]. | |||
==Tips== | ==Tips== | ||
* Putting better parts in your robotics fabricator reduces the materials required to build stuff and the time equivalent to increasing the efficiency via materials science, so upgrading at the start helps a lot to get the most out of your starting metal. It stacks with materials science. In particular; the micro laser and manipulators as well as | *When dealing with subverted borgs on the station. It's a good optimal strategy to put paper hats on borgs that you have unsynced from AI so security and crew can easily tell who's safe to be around. | ||
* Losing a mech to an explosion will eject you completely unharmed (probably a good idea to be in space gear though). | *Putting better parts in your robotics fabricator reduces the materials required to build stuff and the time equivalent to increasing the efficiency via materials science, so upgrading at the start helps a lot to get the most out of your starting metal. It stacks with materials science. In particular; the micro laser and manipulators as well as high materials research will lower the amount of materials used. | ||
* Medibots are a bit more robust than people often seem to account for. | *Losing a mech to an explosion will eject you completely unharmed (probably a good idea to be in space gear though). | ||
*Medibots are a bit more robust than people often seem to account for. | |||
**Anywhere between adding the robotic arm and the sensor module, you can write on the assembly with a pen to rename the resulting robot, much like cyborgs. This is useful for keeping track of medical robots, as otherwise they're all just named "Medibot". | **Anywhere between adding the robotic arm and the sensor module, you can write on the assembly with a pen to rename the resulting robot, much like cyborgs. This is useful for keeping track of medical robots, as otherwise they're all just named "Medibot". | ||
**Additionally, you can make medical bots out of any of the different colors of first aid kit available on the station, and the resulting medical bot will keep that color. | **Additionally, you can make medical bots out of any of the different colors of first aid kit available on the station, and the resulting medical bot will keep that color. | ||
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**The Derelict has all the materials needed to create a medical bot. Start your search at the broken Medbay near the chapel. | **The Derelict has all the materials needed to create a medical bot. Start your search at the broken Medbay near the chapel. | ||
**Offering a tetrality of appropriately named and colored medical robots at the chapel to the Spess Machine God Mechatron will grant you his favor. | **Offering a tetrality of appropriately named and colored medical robots at the chapel to the Spess Machine God Mechatron will grant you his favor. | ||
* Mechs are space worthy as long as you enable the air inside your cabin. This can be useful if you don't have a space suit and you need to cross dangerous breaches. | * Mechs are space worthy as long as you enable the air inside your cabin. This can be useful if you don't have a space suit and you need to cross dangerous breaches. Also, any Mechs with a projectile base attachment can safely push themselves using momentum forces while being stuck in space. | ||
* The Odysseus can scan a stupidly robust assortment of chemicals with its syringe gun, from the laughable to the freakishly deadly. One such chemical is Plasma. Unlimited liquid plasma can be generated. | *The Odysseus can scan a stupidly robust assortment of chemicals with its syringe gun, from the laughable to the freakishly deadly. One such chemical is Plasma. Unlimited liquid plasma can be generated. | ||
* Mech drills can bust open lockers to get the goodies inside. | * Mech drills can bust open lockers to get the goodies inside. | ||
*RIPLEYs are a Roboticist's BEST FRIEND. | *RIPLEYs are a Roboticist's BEST FRIEND. | ||
** They are Relatively Cheap | ** They are Relatively Cheap | ||
** They Have Storage Capability | **They Have Storage Capability | ||
** Their Internal Airtank, when activated, negates the effects of both hot and cold | **Their Internal Airtank, when activated, negates the effects of both hot and cold environments and holds enough air to last the entire round. Literally hours. | ||
** Their | **Their drill can cut through almost anything, including most items, walls, even blast doors. If upgraded to diamond, the drill can even cut through reinforced walls. It is a fairly robust weapon and can gib bodies. | ||
** If caught in a singularity the mech will be destroyed first giving you the chance to flee. | **If caught in a singularity the mech will be destroyed first giving you the chance to flee. | ||
** It has fairly robust armor and can resist continuous laser fire from multiple sources for several seconds. | **It has fairly robust armor and can resist continuous laser fire from multiple sources for several seconds. | ||
** It blocks line of sight. | **It blocks line of sight. | ||
** When it is destroyed turrets cannot target anyone standing on the same square as it IE the person who was inside when it went boom. | **When it is destroyed turrets cannot target anyone standing on the same square as it IE the person who was inside when it went boom. | ||
** A good roboticist should have one on hand at all times. | **A good roboticist should have one on hand at all times. | ||
** As a side note: An intelligent roboticist in a RIPLEY can rob the vault in 3-5 minutes.* The Odysseus is a force to be reckoned with. It can scan any chemicals, this includes drinks. The Odysseus' internal generator makes infinite amounts of any chemical and syringes fired with the syringe gun can be recovered, meaning you can fire infinite amounts of liquid to use as reagents. | **As a side note: An intelligent roboticist in a RIPLEY can rob the vault in 3-5 minutes.* The Odysseus is a force to be reckoned with. It can scan any chemicals, this includes drinks. The Odysseus' internal generator makes infinite amounts of any chemical and syringes fired with the syringe gun can be recovered, meaning you can fire infinite amounts of liquid to use as reagents. | ||
** You can mix five different chemicals in any syringe (which still only holds 15u, meaning 5 chems equals 3 of each). This can be used to create an amazing healing concoction or an extremely powerful killer syringe. For instance: | **You can mix five different chemicals in any syringe (which still only holds 15u, meaning 5 chems equals 3 of each). This can be used to create an amazing healing concoction or an extremely powerful killer syringe. For instance: | ||
** Healing mixture: Omnizine. | **Healing mixture: Omnizine. | ||
** Harming mixture: Lexorin, Unstable mutagen, Beepsky Smash. | **Harming mixture: Lexorin, Unstable mutagen, Beepsky Smash. | ||
* Clicking a box with syringes while in an Odysseus with syringe gun raised will load every syringe from the box in the Odysseus. | *Clicking a box with syringes while in an Odysseus with syringe gun raised will load every syringe from the box in the Odysseus. | ||
* Constructing a Ripley Chassis at Materials 1 costs 30,000 metal; at Materials 5, it costs 24,000; at Materials 7, 21,600. | *Constructing a Ripley Chassis at Materials 1 costs 30,000 metal; at Materials 5, it costs 24,000; at Materials 7, 21,600. | ||
** At Materials 1, fully upgrading the Exosuit Fabricator (Good luck doing that) makes it cost 27,600 metal (down from 30,000) | **At Materials 1, fully upgrading the Exosuit Fabricator (Good luck doing that) makes it cost 27,600 metal (down from 30,000) | ||
** At Materials 7, fully upgrading the Exosuit Fabricator changes the cost 19,200 metal (down from 21,600 metal) | ** At Materials 7, fully upgrading the Exosuit Fabricator changes the cost 19,200 metal (down from 21,600 metal) | ||
** To build a Durand at Materials 7 on a default ExoFab requires: | **To build a Durand at Materials 7 on a default ExoFab requires: | ||
*** Metal: 329400 (87.84 sheets); Glass: 32400 (8.64 sheets); Silver: 27000 (7.2 sheets); Uranium: 10800 (2.88 sheets) | ***Metal: 329400 (87.84 sheets); Glass: 32400 (8.64 sheets); Silver: 27000 (7.2 sheets); Uranium: 10800 (2.88 sheets) | ||
** On a fully-upgraded ExoFab, the numbers drop to: | **On a fully-upgraded ExoFab, the numbers drop to: | ||
*** Metal: 292800 (78.08 sheets); Glass: 28800 (7.68 sheets); Silver: 23600 (6.293333 sheets); Uranium: 9600 (2.56 sheets) | ***Metal: 292800 (78.08 sheets); Glass: 28800 (7.68 sheets); Silver: 23600 (6.293333 sheets); Uranium: 9600 (2.56 sheets) | ||
** Gygax, Default ExoFab: | **Gygax, Default ExoFab: | ||
*** Metal: 297000 (79.2 sheets); Glass: 32400 (8.64 sheets); Diamond: 10800 (2.88 sheets) | ***Metal: 297000 (79.2 sheets); Glass: 32400 (8.64 sheets); Diamond: 10800 (2.88 sheets) | ||
** Gygax, Pimped ExoFab: | **Gygax, Pimped ExoFab: | ||
*** Metal: 264000 (70.4 sheets); Glass: 28800 (7.68 sheets); Diamond: 9600 (2.56 sheets) | ***Metal: 264000 (70.4 sheets); Glass: 28800 (7.68 sheets); Diamond: 9600 (2.56 sheets) | ||
** tl;dr -- Combat Mechs mostly cost exorbitant amounts of metal - a stack and a half at least in most cases - but not actually that much of anything else. | **tl;dr -- Combat Mechs mostly cost exorbitant amounts of metal - a stack and a half at least in most cases - but not actually that much of anything else. | ||
* Small robot assemblies can be carried in your backpack. Leaving the final piece out of a robot assembly and slamming it together in your backpack at the site of an issue makes for an effective response. | *Small robot assemblies can be carried in your backpack. Leaving the final piece out of a robot assembly and slamming it together in your backpack at the site of an issue makes for an effective response. | ||
===Tips for Traitoring=== | ===Tips for Traitoring=== | ||
* | *A '''[[Syndicate Items#Cryptographic Sequencer|Cryptographic Sequencer]]''' is your best friend and will be what you use to subvert borgs. Usually, when you don't have roboticist access, you must emag a borg to unlock its panel, then crowbar it open and swipe it to subvert it. This takes time and will force you to flash and disable the borg for a bit. But since you are a roboticist, you can easily trick borgs as they line up for you to give them upgrades and new batteries, opening their panels for you without question. | ||
* You can load a Medibot with '''any''' chemical mixture. Refer to the mixture in the Traitor Chemist section and they will inject them with said mixture over and over until they die. | *When a borg is emagged, their self-destruct function is also upgraded, making it more lethal. If you have a target that you want gone, just tell the borg to buckle them onto their rig, then self-destruct, resulting in a gibbed crew member. <s>Strike fear into every heart.</s> | ||
* If you are worried about higher authorities spotting the massive FNX-99 "Hades" Carbine on your Durand, you can always purchase a '''[[Syndicate_Items#Concealed_Weapon_Bay|Concealed Weapon Bay]]''' for 3 TC, which allows you to install one piece of equipment designed for combat mechs and hides it from plain sight even when examined. That is, until you start razing the hallways with it. | |||
* Your objective is to card/kill [[AI]]? Well, you have access to the easiest way to get into that [[AI Core|box of solitude]]. Emag a borg and you can watch it abuse complete access to the station to go right through all of the [[AI]] defenses. What you do at its core is up to you. | |||
*You can load a Medibot with '''any''' chemical mixture. Refer to the mixture in the [[Chemist|Traitor Chemist section]] and they will inject them with said mixture over and over until they die. | |||
*People can't tell who you are when you are inside a mech and have to go by the mechs name... which you can change at any time. Change your mechs name to some other mech and you can walk across the station as a conferred [[traitor]]. | |||
*If you do not have a [[Syndicate Items#Cryptographic Sequencer|'''Cryptographic Sequencer''']] handy, you can alter a borg's laws by using a law board on them while their cover is open! However, make sure they are not law synced with any AIs or else their laws will revert back to normal! | |||
==Being an Evil Genius== | ==Being an Evil Genius== | ||
Traitoring as a Roboticist is fun and easy, especially since you spawn with flashes, and an expectation of building very dangerous machines. Your high station access, and access to tech storage will allow you to get pretty much everywhere,considering that you can have gloves off the bat. And, of course, [[Syndicate Items#Cryptographic_Sequencer|emagging]] any of your basic creations serves to cause havoc and chaos. The toxins kit's contents poured into a single large beaker of an emagged Medibot can create a very dangerous 'helper'. Emagging the cyborgs equips them with a Syndicate lawset, gives them special new tools, and prevents them from being fucked with on a control console. | Traitoring as a Roboticist is fun and easy, especially since you spawn with flashes, and an expectation of building very dangerous machines. Your high station access, and access to tech storage will allow you to get pretty much everywhere,considering that you can have gloves off the bat. And, of course, [[Syndicate Items#Cryptographic_Sequencer|emagging]] any of your basic creations serves to cause havoc and chaos. The toxins kit's contents poured into a single large beaker of an emagged Medibot can create a very dangerous 'helper'. Emagging the cyborgs equips them with a Syndicate lawset, gives them special new tools, and prevents them from being fucked with on a control console. | ||
If you want to make a cyborg despite having no volunteers, it's never a bad idea to simple drag the body of your last murder victim back to the lab for a debraining - Rarely do people question you once the body is already being operated on. | If you want to make a cyborg despite having no volunteers, it's never a bad idea to simple drag the body of your last murder victim back to the lab for a debraining - Rarely do people question you once the body is already being operated on. | ||
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