Quartermaster: Difference between revisions

|subordinates = [[Cargo Technician]], [[Shaft Miner]], and [[Mining Medic]]

|duties = Paperwork, order stuff, paperwork, send your underlings to collect crates, paperwork, coordinate mining, paperwork...

|quote = In theory, the quartermaster exists to simply order supplies. In practice, you're the one thing standing between the station and a painful death, and security giving everyone a painful death, or both.

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'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Do not leave the cargo bay unattended without good reason, keep an eye on incoming and outgoing shipments. Keep track of your techies.

[[File:Quartermaster Office.png|300px|thumb|[[Cargo Office|Your Lair]]]]

== Supply Shuttle Console ==

''"Who the hell blew all our points on Wizard Costumes?"''

The [[Cargo Bay]] and [[Cargo Office|your office]] is filled with paper, paper, and more paper. Most importantly, there is a console to order items. Everything that people will expect you to order that cannot be procured from the autolathe will show up on the Supply Shuttle once it arrives at CentComm. Each order will produce a requisition form, which is usually best just shoved in the adjacent filing cabinet and forgotten until Security kicks down your door, demanding to know who flooded the station with shotguns and clown outfits. In general, try and make sure that you know who ordered what. Don't worry about point-jackers, either: Your console and the one in the Cargo Office are locked, requiring Cargo Bay access to function, meaning that only your subordinates ([[Cargo Technician|Cargo Technicians]]) and Superiors ([[Captain]] and [[Head of Personnel]]) can order stuff.

=== Supply Points ===

Every order requires you to spend supply points. You can earn bonus points by shipping certain items back through the supply shuttle:

Crates are money. [[Maintenance|Find them]]. Hoard them greedily. [[Teleporter|Steal]] [[Security Office|them]] [[Construction Area|if]] [[Engineering|need]] [[Hydroponics|be]]. The more crates you send back, the more stuff you can order.

=== What's in Those Crates? ===

See the list of [[Supply crates]].

=== First Things First ===

You start with quite a few supply points, so here are some good first choices for the prepared Quartermaster:

* Brute Medkits

* Standard Medkits

== How To Order Crates ==

''"Robotics is bugging me for a Ripley Crate - Everyone point and laugh."''

Eventually, you'll get a feel for what different people want. The Roboticist will almost always want either metal and glass, while the Virologist will perhaps want a Virus crate. The Bartender might want to borrow a circular saw for his shotgun, and the Botanist might want seeds. One of the marks of a good Quartermaster is the ability to anticipate someone's order and have it ready for them. This often means keeping a stock of insulated gloves and welding masks (if you're the type to hand those out to [[Assistant|certain people]]) and checking out who walks in. If you just hand out everything to everyone, you are a security risk. Use your own judgment - an Assistant should not have an RCD, but an Engineer [[Contraband|definitely should]]. Likewise, the clown should not have a combat shotgun, but Security can have one if they want it.

==Junk mail: Disposals mailing==

# Wrap your item/crate in packaging paper.

# Tag the package.

# Stick it on the conveyor and let the system handle it.

== Slave Revolt ==

''"Confirmed Revs! Loyalty implants and nothing but!"'' - Anonymous Quartermaster, shortly before suffering a tragic work-related accident

During a revolution, you can turn the tide for either side. The Quartermaster quickly becomes one of the most powerful people on the station, able to order loyalty implants or weapons en masse depending on what side they're on. Your sunglasses will stave off the revolution, but they won't hesitate to beat you down and steal them to ensure your brainwashing. Implanted, you are a secondary Armory and the greatest ally of Security. And if you happen to be one of the scant few bourgeoisie who has taken up the [[Revolution|cause of the working man]], remember to convince your [[Cargo Technician|comrades]] that it is time to rise up and throw off the chains of the [[Captain|opressors]] - Those who suffer the most under the harsh yoke of the capitalists will be your staunchist allies in the glorious struggle. Always remember Comrade - A true revolutionary seeks [[Mining Outpost|a peaceful solution]], if at all possible.

=Tips=

* If you're riding a MULEbot, you can't get facehugged.

* Lethal projectiles can open crates, albeit slowly. Make use of a .357, the Bartender's Shotgun, or any other projectile weapon to bust open Secure Crates.

* Packaging paper allows you to wrap things up and put them in your backpack when they wouldn't otherwise fit, like space suits!

===Tips for traitoring===

* Emitters can open locked crates, as can Gibtonite explosions.

** The Spec Ops crate contains several grenades and a parapen, as well as other assorted good

** The NULL_ERROR_ENTRY crate contains a random Syndicate bundle - The same kind you can buy for 20 TC in an uplink!

=== Requisition Me a Beat(ing) ===

''"Fun is Contraband. And we're all about contraband."''

See [[Mulebot|here how to use a MULEbot]].

=== [[Contraband|Contraband]] ===

Contraband posters contain inappropriate themes that Nanotrasen has deemed too vulgar and have subsequently banned them from their space stations.

There's also a [[Engineering#Engineering_Secure_Storage|certain way]] to open crates you shouldn't, if you can [[emag|get]] [[Head of Personnel|your]] [[Chief Engineer|hands]] [[Engineer|on]] [[Assistant|it]]. Security will often panic about a Quartermaster that is better equipped than they are, so keep your ill-gotten gains hidden and secure until they are needed.

== Ordering a Good Helping of Death ==

''"Why is there a Singularity being built in Escape?"'' - Commissar Jesus, Chief Engineer

If you're feeling daring, order a [[Syndicate Items#Cryptographic Sequencer|Cryptographic Sequencer]] and use it to unlock any crate you want. You can even emag the ordering computer to get the Special Ops and NULL_ENTRY crates, which contain some nifty things. Problem is, this makes it a dead giveaway that you're a traitor, so pocket what you want to keep, space what you don't, and send the crate back. Don't forget to awaken the MULE's bloodlust -- that'll cause some havoc, creating an amazing distraction, and you can blame one of your slaves to take the heat off yourself.

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