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→Writing, radio and PDA's: Changed departmental radio command ("say .h hello"), trying to teach new folks a less accident-prone way.
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|[[File:Headset.png]]<font size="3">'''5. Radio:'''<font size="2"> Okay, you're an assistant, which means you can theoretically work anywhere and assist with tasks. Practice dictates otherwise, but we won't pay lazy asses round here, so try to get a job now. Try to ask someone if they need assistance. | |[[File:Headset.png]]<font size="3">'''5. Radio:'''<font size="2"> Okay, you're an assistant, which means you can theoretically work anywhere and assist with tasks. Practice dictates otherwise, but we won't pay lazy asses round here, so try to get a job now. Try to ask someone if they need assistance. | ||
:#Using the radio is simple. Instead of using '''say "Hello"''' like you would to say things to the people around you, you use '''say ";Hello"'''. Basically you add a semicolon before your message. Some departments have department radios ( | :#Using the radio is simple. Instead of using '''say "Hello"''' like you would to say things to the people around you, you use '''say ";Hello"'''. Basically you add a semicolon before your message. Some departments have department radios (e.g. security, engineering, medical). As an assistant, however, you don't belong to a department, and as such don't have a department radio, but when you do, it works by writing '''say ".h Hello"''' (or '''#h''', or ''':h''' for departmental radio, whichever suits you best). | ||
:#Be polite and professional when asking. An example of how to ask: say ";This is assistant [your name], I've just arrived on this station and am wondering if anyone needs assistance with any job." | :#Be polite and professional when asking. An example of how to ask: say ";This is assistant [your name], I've just arrived on this station and am wondering if anyone needs assistance with any job." | ||
:#Then you wait for a reply, if someone says they need you, then go to them and learn from them, you can continue these exercises at any times. If the call ends up with you dead on the floor, don't get mad, it happens all the time. | :#Then you wait for a reply, if someone says they need you, then go to them and learn from them, you can continue these exercises at any times. If the call ends up with you dead on the floor, don't get mad, it happens all the time. | ||
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You've just finished the tutorial and are now up to scratch with how basic things works. | You've just finished the tutorial and are now up to scratch with how basic things works. | ||
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=== Next recommended steps === | === Next recommended steps === | ||