Guide to xenobiology: Difference between revisions

Xenobiology is the breeding and harvesting of slimes and their extracts for scientific purposes. This all takes place in the xenobiology lab where you spawn, and is <strike>arguably</strike> more dangerous than making bombs if you don't know what you are doing. Which is a good reason to read this!

==Home on the Range==

[[File:Xenobiology.png|400px|thumb|BoxStation Xenobiology]]

As a Xenobiologist, you’re not going to get out <strike>much</strike> ever. You’re the most autonomous area on the entire station if you know what you're doing, and nobody ever bothers you [[Traitor#Assassination|(usually)]].

The lab also contains a slime containment area with pens, some of which start with a baby grey slime. There is also a special containment pen that's larger and more secure than the rest. This is ideal for containing and experimenting on [[Alien|other alien lifeforms]] should the station manage to capture/produce one. Usually though, it's just for storing extra slimes. [[Xenobiology Lab|You can read more about your workplace for each map by clicking here]].

===[[File:Slime_comp.png]] Slime Console===

Due to CentCom budget cuts, on most stations these consoles are '''no longer readily available on shift start''', Boxstation has one available. Circuit boards to build them can now be printed in research after researching bluespace technology. It is recommended that you do so, as it makes your job roughly a hundred million times easier. With it you can move slimes, kill them, feed them, and process dead monkeys with mere clicks of a button!

It's strongly advised grabbing the wrench (usually located next to the shield projectors) and moving the fridge and slime processor within close range of the console you're using as to cut out a lot of unnecessary movement.

===Safety Advice===

Before you start breeding the slimes, make sure you have a fire extinguisher in your backpack. You'll rarely meet a ravenous, hungry slime if you're using the console, but it still happens and having an extinguisher could very well be the difference between a dead slime and a dead you.

If you aren't using the console, then this goes doubly so as you'll be near a lot of slimes, usually before you cull their numbers, and while they're normally docile towards you whom are effectively their "God", they occasionally grow resentful for their species' exploitation and try to kill you for no particular reason. In that case, kill the blasphemers with a clear conscience, DEUS VULT!

==Breeding slimes==

===Feeding===

If you are using the console, simply insert the monkey cubes from the boxes into the console. The console can now teleport monkeys directly inside the slime pens! If you are not using the console, then use the monkey cube on a water source and feed it to the slimes using the pen disposals units. Slimes need one monkey to become an adult and another to split.

*You can send both monkeys at once into a baby slime's pen, so you don't have to think about it until they split.

*Do NOT enter the pen and bash the monkey, the only thing that will happen is slime will get less food.

Once they're fed enough, after a while the adult slime will split into 4 baby slimes.

===Culling===

Time to kill your darlings. Decide which baby slimes you don't want to keep.

If you are not using the console then get out your fire extinguisher and blast the slime to death. You should refill the extinguisher at a water tank after every use. You could also choose to drag the slime into the kill pen - just make sure you're wearing warm clothing!

===Grinding===

Collect the dead slimes and drop them above, or next to, the slime processor. It will automatically suck in the slimes; when it's done, activate it to grind them. It will, after a while, drop a slime core of the respective color for each slime grinded.  

*Upgrading the grinder will make it go faster and give more cores per slime.

*A Bio Bag from any biohazard locker can mass-collect slime cores and easily drop them into the fridge for easy access.

==Friendship and Slimes==

If you've been following the guide and diligently breeding and culling the slimes, you may have noticed that while the slimes very quickly attack and eat the monkeys you offer them, they have little to no interest in eating you. This is because you've become their "friend", a status that can be earned by simply being the one sending them monkeys. To check if slimes are friendly, say "Hello slimes"; all the slimes that consider you their friend will say hello.

There are some commands you can issue as a slime's friend, including "follow", "stop" and "attack". Keep in mind that these commands are exceedingly finicky, and are rarely used for a reason. Slimes will not attack other slimes or friends.

===Defending against slimes===

So either by you not feeding the slime enough, the slime being an dick, or [[Guide_to_xenobiology#Tier_3|reas]][[Guide_to_xenobiology#So_You.27re_a_Traitor|ons]], a slime has tried to kill you. If the slime is a baby, this is annoying. If the slime is an adult, you may die if you don't know what you're doing.

While this is generally more a tip for you when NOT playing Xenobiologist, in the event of a very rare slime outbreak, perhaps of sentient slimes, get an extinguisher and hide. A horde of angry slimes can multiply fast, and while slimes are normally unintelligent and docile, outbreaks of them are nearly always done on purpose by someone wanting to destroy the station, and are thus paired with usage of red extracts enraging slimes and light pink or black extracts making very deadly intelligent slimes. Pray that the AI is able to stop them, and that the xenobiologist who released the slimes doesn't follow up with [[Guide_to_xenobiology#So_You.27re_a_Traitor|something worse]].

==Slime Mutations==

There are a lot of different types of slime. You begin with two grey slimes but you can breed them to catch all the <strike>pokèmon!</strike> slimes! Each kind of slime has its own powers from its extract.

[[File:Slime_geneology2.png|400px]]

==Formulas==

All injections require one unit of reagent. Dropper is your friend. You can also dilute your plasma by, for example, filling a beaker with 40u of water and 10u of plasma; a syringe will collect exactly one unit of plasma this way (and the water doesn't react).

Luminescent effects are a result of the slime person mutation into a [[Guide_to_races#Luminescents|Luminescents]] absorbing said core.

===Tier 0===

{{anchor|Grey Slime}}

====Grey Slime [[File:slimegrey.png]]====

*Extract creates a grey slime when injected with plasma. Useful as a backup grey slime.

*Extract creates three monkey-cubes when injected with blood. Useful if you want to do your job for more than five minutes.

*Extract creates Epinephrine when injected with water.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Spawns a monkey cube into the user's hand.

:*Major: Spawns a grey baby slime.

===Tier 1===

{{anchor|Orange Slime}}

====Orange Slime [[File:slimeorange.png]]====

*Extract creates a small plasma fire when injected with plasma. Also increases the pressure of the air a fair amount.

*Extract creates capsaicin (pepper-spray) when injected with blood. Usable as a 'ghetto stun' if you can find a good way to apply it to to your <strike>victim</strike> test subject.

*Extract creates a small cloud of smoke when injected with water. It'll carry any other reagent already inside the slime extract.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Infuses you with capsaicin, heating the user.

:*Major: Spawns smoke around the user. The smoke will purge chemicals in the user's body and infuse itself with them.

{{anchor|Purple Slime}}

====Purple Slime [[File:slimepurple.png]]====

*Extract creates a bottle of slime steroid when injected with plasma. Slime steroid is a potent chemical mix that will cause a slime to produce one more extract when processed, for a maximum of five. Useful when used on dark purple slimes for that plasma or grey slimes for monkeys. The extract only works on live slimes.

*Extract creates regenerative jelly when injected with blood. Regenerative jelly is a chemical that gradually heals all types of damage.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Restores blood volume and nutrition.

:*Major: Gives some regenerative jelly, healing the user.

{{anchor|Blue Slime}}

====Blue Slime [[File:slimeblue.png]]====

*Extract creates frost oil when injected with plasma.

*Extract creates slime stabilizer when injected with blood. Reduces a slime's mutation chance by 15%, and carries through across generations.

*Extract creates foam when injected with water. It'll carry any other reagent already inside the slime extract.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Cures cellular damage, purges the dna, and reduces radiation on the user.

:*Major: Creates foam from the user, infusing itself with the chemicals in the user's body.

{{anchor|Metal Slime}}

====Metal Slime [[File:slimemetal.png]]====

*Extract creates 5 sheets of plasteel and 15 sheets of metal when injected with plasma. Expect the roboticists to want the products. Grinding plasteel will generate plasma and iron, making it a perfect substitute to dark purple slimes.

*Extract creates 5 sheets of reinforced glass and 15 sheets of glass when injected with water.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Creates 5 sheets of glass in the user's hand.

:*Major: Creates 5 sheets of metal in the user's hand.

===Tier 2===

{{anchor|Yellow Slime}}

====Yellow Slime [[File:slimeyellow.png]]====

*Extracts become 10k Charge [[Powercell]]s when injected with plasma. These cells are self-charging, and very useful for cyborgs or APCs, for example. Valuable for R&D.

*Extract creates an EMP when injected with blood. It's a quite big blast as well, useful if that AI is onto your [[traitor|tricks]].

*Extracts emit light when injected with water. They can be squeezed to increase the light emitted.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Temporarily increases the user's light range and intensity.

:*Major: Emits a short-ranged EMP.

{{anchor|Dark Purple Slime}}

====Dark Purple Slime [[File:slimedarkpurple.png]]====

*Extract creates 3 sheets of [[Plasma|Solid Plasma]] when injected with plasma. Yessir, NT can link anything to the production of plasma. Also useful for further experimenting.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Spawns a plasma bar in the user's hand.

:*Major: Spawns a cloud of plasma around the user.

{{anchor|Dark Blue Slime}}

====Dark Blue Slime [[File:slimedarkblue.png]]====

*Extract creates a large burst of cold when injected with plasma. Useful for countering those red slimes.

*Extract creates a three-use chill potion when injected with water, which fireproofs anything it's used on. Be a firebug without looking like one! Miners can make good use of this, as it will make them storm-proof.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Infuses the user with Frost Oil and Cryoxadone.

:*Major: Spawns extremely cold air around the user.

{{anchor|Silver Slime}}

====Silver Slime [[File:slimesilver.png]]====

*Extract creates a small amount of random food when injected with plasma, bork bork bork. Expect anything from a roburger to death berries.

*Extract creates a small amount of random drinks when injected with water, bork bork bork.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Spawns a random drink in the user's hand.

:*Major: Spawns a random food in the user's hand.

===Tier 2.5===

{{anchor|Bluespace Slime}}

====Bluespace Slime [[File:slimebluespace.gif]]====

*Extract will, if injected with plasma, spawn a [[Bluespace Crystal]]. They will teleport you when crushed in your hand and teleport anyone you throw it at. It also has some good research levels.

*Extract will, if injected with blood, create 25 Bluespace Floor Tiles, which speed up movement drastically.

*Extract will, if injected with water, spawn a Bluespace radio potion. Use it on a sentient animal to let them speak on the radio!

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Randomly teleports the user a few tiles away.

:*Major: Saves the user's position on the first use. On the second use, it will warp the user back on that position. The extract can change user in the meantime.

{{anchor|Sepia Slime}}

====Sepia Slime [[File:slimesepia.png]]====

*Extract stops time when injected with plasma. How? <strike>Spess</strike>Slime Magic!

*Extract creates some [[Camera|Film]] and a [[Camera]] when injected with water. Fuck this is so useless.

*Extract creates 25 Sepia Floor Tiles when injected with blood. They slow movement speed above them.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Spawns a camera in the user's hand.

:*Major: Stops time for a few seconds around the user.

{{anchor|Cerulean Slime}}

====Cerulean Slime [[File:slimecerculean.png]]====

*Extract creates a bottle of extract enhancer when injected with plasma. When used on a extract it adds one use to it. You can start laughing madly now.

*Extract creates a one-use blueprint when injected with blood. Renaming an area with it will turn the floor blue. Renaming an area to Xenobiology Lab will let the console work on that area.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Infuses the user with salbutamol, making them able to survive without air for some time.

:*Major: Spawns a large amount of breathable air around the user.

{{anchor|Pyrite Slime}}

====Pyrite Slime [[File:slimepyrite.png]]====

*Extract creates a can of paint when injected with plasma. For the love of all that is holy, <s>don't</s> give it to the clown!

*Extract creates a random crayon when injected with blood.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Spawns a crayon in the user's hand.

:*Major: Spawns a spraycan in the user's hand.

===Tier 3===

{{anchor|Red Slime}}

====Red Slime [[File:slimered.png]]====

*Extract creates a bottle of slime mutation potion when injected with plasma. Makes slimes 12% more likely to mutate, the opposite of the slime stabilizer.

*Extract makes nearby slimes rabid when injected with blood. Has some [[traitor|fun]] uses.

*Extract creates a bottle of speed potion when injected with water. The speed potion will negate slowdown from any item of clothing or vehicle it is applied to.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Infuses the user with Ephedrine, greatly increasing their speed temporarily.

:*Major: Enrages slimes around the user.

{{anchor|Green Slime}}

====Green Slime [[File:slimegreen.png]]====

*Extract creates some slime mutation toxin when injected with plasma. Having at least 4u in your system will eventually turn you into a random jellyperson. They have several pros and cons, but what is important to xenobiology is that slimes will never attack you and your blood is no longer valid for blood-based reactions, as it is replaced by slime jelly. Ingesting more slime mutation toxin when you're already a jellyperson will turn you into another random subspecies.

*Injecting the extract with radium creates some lizard mutation toxin instead, which will turn whoever is injected with it into a lizardperson.

*Injecting it with blood creates human mutation toxin, which turns whoever is injected with it into a human.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Turns the user back into a human.

:*Major: Turns the user into another slime subspecies.

{{anchor|Pink Slime}}

====Pink Slime [[File:slimepink.png]]====

*Extract creates a bottle of docility potion when injected with plasma, a potent chemical mix that will nullify a slime's hunger, causing it to become docile and tame, and will let you name it. You too can have your own pet, just like the HoP!

*Extract creates a bottle of gender changing potion when injected with blood, which changes the gender of any living, gendered thing it is used on.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Switches the user's gender.

:*Major: Temporarily pacifies creatures around the user, making them nonviolent for some time.

{{anchor|Gold Slime}}

====Gold Slime [[File:slimegold.png]]====

*Extract spawns five random dangerous [[Critters#Hostile|hostile mobs]] when injected with plasma.

*Extract spawns three random dangerous mobs when injected with blood. These mobs are not immediately hostile, but may be provoked by certain actions, proximity to other creatures (such as your slimes) or if they encounter a construct or mech.

*Extract spawns one random [[Critters#Friendly|friendly critter]] when injected with water. Now you can fill xenobiology with mobs even if you're a giant pussy!

See [[Critters|here]] for the list of summonable mobs.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Spawns a friendly mob.

:*Major: Spawns a dangerous mob. If the user is on harm intent at the moment of use, the mob will be hostile.

===Tier 4===

{{anchor|Oil Slime}}

====Oil Slime [[File:slimeoil.png]]====

*Extract creates an explosion after a moment when injected with plasma.

*Extract creates Corn Oil when injected with blood.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: User vomits slippery oil.

:*Major: User violently explodes.

{{anchor|Black Slime}}

====Black Slime [[File:slimeblack.png]]====

*Extract creates some advanced mutation toxin when injected with plasma. Turns you, or [[Traitor|others]], into a sentient grey baby slime. Beware, slimes are still not harmless. This mutation can be prevented with frost oil, if you are quick enough. Acts instantly on slimepeople.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Turns the user into a slime.

:*Major: Turns the user into a shadowperson.

{{anchor|Light Pink Slime}}

====Light Pink Slime [[File:slimelightpink.png]]====

*Extract creates a bottle of sentience potion when injected with plasma, a potent chemical mix that will bring human level intelligence to any animal, slime, monster or generally active thing you feed it to. Make [[Ian]] sentient! Create an army of gold slime minions! The possibilities are limited only by your own deviousness and the number of ghosts in the round.

*Extract will spawn a simple mob renaming potion when injected with water.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Spawns a slime docility potion.

:*Major: Spawns a sentience potion.

{{anchor|Adamantine Slime}}

====Adamantine Slime [[File:slimeadamantine.png]]====

*Extract creates an adamantine bar when injected with Plasma. It can be sold at cargo for a high amount of credits, or it can be used inhand to craft a golem shell. Golem shells can then be finished with ten sheets of any material, which will affect the golem's properties. After completion, a ghost can possess the shell to spawn as a golem. It will follow the orders of who finishes the shell above anything else, and inherit conversion antagonist status, such as cult, from their owner.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Temporarily increases the user's armor, reducing overall damage taken.

:*Major: Turns the user into an adamantine golem.

===Special Slimes===

{{anchor|Rainbow Slime}}

====Rainbow Slime [[File:Rainbow_slime.gif]]====

To attain this rare slime you must breed a slime with a 100% mutation chance!  

*Extract will spawn a random slime when injected with less than five units of plasma.

*Extract will explode into randomly-colored slime cores when injected with at least five units of plasma.

*Extract will generate a mind transference potion when injected with blood. You can use it to transfer your mind into a creature. This is not reversible and will result in your old body's instant death.

*Extract will spawn a flight potion when injected with 5u of Holy water and 5u Uranium.

:'''Luminescent Effects'''

:*Minor: Changes the user's color randomly.

:*Major: Spawns a random slime core.

==Crossbreeding==

The powerful crossbreeding that gifts you with godlike power! You need an '''adult slime''' which is the "base" and '''10 slime cores''' of the same type, which are the "effect".  

Also these special slimes are normal sized items. They fit in backpacks.

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==So You're a Traitor==

What you can get here that can't be gotten easier elsewhere is an EMP and <strike>random hostile animals which include a few very deadly ones</strike> CARPS SPACE BEARS ALIUMS SPIDERS HIVEBOTS PINE TREES OH GOD IT'S HORRIFYING. Releasing the slimes is somewhat viable, but you will likely get caught doing so, and baby slimes are rather tame (Unless you have Red Slime Essence. Then it's a party.)

Also remember the havoc with [[grenade]]s and bombs you can cause! If you can get access to chemistry as well you can make some interesting grenades. Advanced mutation toxin with sugar in one beaker, phosphorus and potassium in the other. Set a timer in the [[Medbay]] and drop it and listen to all the people turning into [[Slime]]s. This is when you laugh to yourself and realize it backfires when all the slimes attack you.

A full guide to ruining someone's day with slimes:

*Red - Makes all slimes within sight range hyper aggressive. Also makes glycerol with blood in case you want to make a stupidly large hole in the station with a bluespace beaker grenade.

*Green - Produces 1 unit of a chemical that turns people into different races including slime persons. Use it on someone and convince the AI that they're a danger to humanity. Needs at least 5 units for it to work in a smoke grenade.

*Orange - Ignites a large fire.

*Yellow - Huge EMP.

*Gold - We all know what this does.

*Sepia - Stops time in a small radius, allowing you to wreak many kinds of havoc.

*Adamantium - Makes golems that can be converted to the cult/soul shard/revved. They have to follow orders given to them by their creator so feel free to make them suicide bomb with gold slime cores.

*Light pink - Enables you to make sentient beings, including anything a gold slime extract can produce. Magicarps included.

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