Guide to Genetics: Difference between revisions

The second room is the one where you're going to spend the most of your time. This is where things get done, where people go to become hulking super-mutants and where you are going to do your job. This room has two DNA Scanners and two DNA Scanner Access Consoles, along with two diskette boxes, a few lockers and a [[Vending_machines#GeneDrobe|vending machine]]. The medicine locker has a syringe box and anti-toxin bottles, which is quite useful as any tampering with genetic code gives radiation damage.

*Unique Enzymes (UE) = '''Your name'''. Even if you mutate the UE it will have no effect on the name. What you can do however, is to transfer UE from one person to another, copying their name.

*Unique Identifiers (UI) = '''Your cosmetic details''' - eye color, skin color, hair style, hair color and gender. <br>

In the DNA scanner access console there is a tab named "Unique Identifiers". This tab can be used to copy both UE and UI between people.  

* Click "Save to Buffer" to save a person's UE + UI to the console. '''You cannot save mutations this way'''.

* Click "Occupant" to copy the genes of the buffer to whoever is inside the scanner. You can choose between UE, UI and UE+UI.

* Click "Occupant: Delayed" to copy the genes of the buffer to the next person who steps into the scanner and closes it (such as yourself).

*Click "Injector" to print a DNA injector containing the genes of the saved buffer. Injecting this into a person will transfer the UE, UI or UE+UI to that person. Unlike mutation [[#Activators_and_Injectors|injectors and activators]] however, these DNA injectors are not permanent, and will only last for a short while after injected.

*Structural Enzymes/Genetic Sequence = '''Your mutations'''. They contain data relevant to your genetic structure. This governs your race and mutations. The term "Structural Enzymes" is no longer used by the DNA scanner access console since it was replaced with "Genetic Sequence" (which is the same thing), but the term may still show up elsewhere.

In the DNA scanner access console there is a tab named "Genetic Sequencer". Here you will alter genes to find mutations. There are '''four''' types of blocks: A, T, C and G. Each pair of letters in the boxes are connected. '''A goes with T, and G goes with C.''' Order does not matter. Each pair has a correct combination of "AT, TG, CG or GC" that needs to be filled. If you see a an unmodified pair be X-T it means the right combination of that pair is A-T. When all 16 pairs have the right blocks, the mutation will activate and you will be able to store it. Monkeys can only have the "monkified" mutation unless [[#Humanizing_a_Monkey|humanized]]. Once you have found the name of a mutation, that mutation will be permanently identified in all DNA scanner access consoles. <br>

The more difficult mutations will have a lot of unknown (X-X) pairs. You cannot just randomly enter A-T, since it's predetermined what it's supposed to be. Knowing all this, you could whip out the genetic sequence scanner [[File:Gene_scanner.gif]] from your pocket. If you're looking for the correct pairs of mutation 39, scan people until you find a person with mutation 39. Then use the scanner in your hand for a menu to pop up. In the menu, select "mutation 39". This gives you a reading which will likely give you more information about which pairs you need to finish mutation 39.

Before we start splicing, you must know what possible monstrosities can be done to a human.

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! style="background-color:#3BB9FF; width:10%" |Mutation Name

! style="background-color:#3BB9FF;" |Description

! style="background-color:#3BB9FF; width:30%" |Indicators

! style="background-color:#3BB9FF; width:20%" |Message

! style="background-color:#3BB9FF; width:15%" |How/Where to Obtain

! style="background-color:#3BB9FF; width:5%" |Instability

!Space Adaptation {{anchor|Space Adaptation}}

|This makes the subject resistant to cold and lack of pressure, effectively allowing it to survive in space (they still have to wear internals, however). This will not make them immune to fire.

|Subject has a pulsating orange-blueish "aura".

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"Your body feels warm!"''

|40

!Telekinesis {{anchor|Telekinesis}}

|This power allows the subject to control things with their mind from far away. It is the most sought after power, since it allows for incredible deeds and makes a strong robuster nearly immortal. To use it, switch to the Grab intent, switch to an empty hand, and click on an object. A circle symbol will appear underneath the object and in your hand and you can now control the object. You can also use any console from a distance.

|Appears as a blue glow around the subject's head.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"You feel smarter!"''

|40

!Nervousness {{anchor|Nervousness}}

|Makes the subject stammer. Annoying at best.

|Subject stammers when they speak.

| style="color:#ff0000" |''"You feel nervous."''

|0

!Epilepsy {{anchor|Epilepsy}}

|Subject randomly falls down and keeps shaking. Horrible and with no easy cure short of fixing the block.

|Subject falls down and begins shaking.

| style="color:#ff0000" |''"You get a headache."''

!Cough {{anchor|Cough}}

|Makes the subject drop small items you're holding, like syringes. Pretty harmless, but has potential to be extremely annoying.

|Subject coughs.

| style="color:#ff0000" |''"You start coughing."''

|0

!Dwarfism {{anchor|Dwarfism}}

|Turns the subject into a manlet, making them unusually shorter than the rest of the crew. Dwarfs can pass over tables without stopping.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"Everything around you seems to grow.."''

!Gigantism {{anchor|Gigantism}}

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"Everything around you seems to shrink.."''

!Clumsiness {{anchor|Clumsiness}}

|Subject has a clown-like clumsiness. For those that have always wanted to be clowns. It makes the subject accidentally drop things they hold, unable to use tasers or handcuffs, and guns explode in their face.

|No indicators.

| style="color:#ff0000" |''"You feel lightheaded."''

|Genetic or Clowns

|0

!Tourette's Syndrome {{anchor|Tourette's Syndrome}}

|The subject swears all the time. They may also experience paralysis that takes even longer than seizures. Avoid.

|Subject curses out loudly and twitches.

| style="color:#ff0000" |''"You twitch."''

|0

!Deafness {{anchor|Deafness}}

|Makes the subject deaf. Harmless at best, annoying at worst. You just don't hear anything, not even yourself.

| style="color:#ff0000" |''"You can't seem to hear anything."''

|0

!Blindness {{anchor|Blindness}}

|Subject goes completely blind, becoming a part of a usually forgotten minority. How sad.

|Subject's eyes don't react to penlight.

| style="color:#ff0000" |''"You can't seem to see anything."''

|0

!Monkified {{anchor|Monkified}}

|Turns the subject into a monkey.

|Subject turns into a monkey.

!Near Sightedness {{anchor|Near Sightedness}}

|Makes the subject's screen go hazy at about halfway from the edge of your whole vision. Can be temporarily fixed by using prescription glasses.

!Wacky {{anchor|Wacky}}

|Forces the subject to talk in an odd manner.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"You feel an off sensation in your voicebox."''

|Genetic

|0

!Mute {{anchor|Mute}}

|Completely shuts down the speech center of the subject's brain.

| style="color:#ff0000" |''"You feel unable to express yourself at all."''

|Genetic

|0

!Smile {{anchor|Smile}}

|Causes the speech center of the subject's brain to produce large amounts of seratonin and a chemical resembling ecstacy when engaged. Bad words will be replaced with happy alternatives.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"You feel so happy. Nothing can be wrong with anything. :)"''

!Unintelligible {{anchor|Unintelligible}}

|Heavily corrupts the part of the brain responsible for forming spoken sentences, causing the subject to only be able to speak short sentences.

|No indicators.

| style="color:#ff0000" |''"You can't seem to form any coherent thoughts!"''

|0

!Swedish {{anchor|Swedish}}

|Forces the language center of the subject's brain to construct sentences in a vaguely norse manner.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"You feel Swedish, however that works."''

|0

!Chav {{anchor|Chav}}

|Forces the language center of the subject's brain to construct sentences in a more rudimentary manner.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"Ye feel like a reet prat like, innit?"''

!Radioactivity {{anchor|Radioactivity}}

|Subject radiates energy from their skin. They're just as susceptible to it as anyone else.

|Subject glows with a green aura.

| style="color:#ff0000" |''"You feel it in your bones!"''

|5

!Glowy {{anchor|Glowy}}

|Gives the subject a faint glow.

|Subject glows.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"Your skin begins to glow softly."''

|5

|-

!Anti-Glow {{anchor|Anti-Glow}}

!Telepathy {{anchor|Telepathy}}

|Subject is able to broadcast it's thoughts directly to others.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"You can hear your own voice echoing in your mind!"''

|10

!Fire Breath {{anchor|Fire Breath}}

|Subject becomes able to breathe concentrated balls of fire.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"Your throat is burning!"''

|Lizard Species

!Void Magnet {{anchor|Void Magnet}}

|You have the power to make yourself mostly invincible for a brief period at the cost of being unable to move. You will also enter this state randomly and against your will.

| style="color:#0000ff" |"You feel a heavy, dull force just beyond the walls watching you."

!Strength {{anchor|Strength}}

|Subject feels stronger. Allows you to carry people with no slowdown.

| style="color:#0000ff" |"You feel strong."

|10

!Fiery Sweat {{anchor|Fiery Sweat}}

|Subject sweats liquid fire and grows slightly more resistent to fire.

|Subject will spontaneously combust.

| style="color:#ff0000" |''"You feel hot."''

!Antenna {{anchor|Antenna}}

|The Affected person sprouts an antenna. This is known to allow them to access the engineering, science, medical, supply, and service radio channels passively.

|An antenna is visible on the user's head.

| style="color:#0000FF" |''"You feel an antenna sprout from your forehead."''

|10

!Paranoia {{anchor|Paranoia}}

|Subject is easily terrified, and may suffer from hallucinations.

|Subject screams frequently.

| style="color:#FF0000" |''"You feel screams echo through your mind..."''

!Mind Reader {{anchor|Mind Reader}}

|The affected person can look into the recent memories of others. This will reveal the true name of the target, the intent of the target, and some snippets of what the target has said in the past. Tin foil is known to block this power.

|An antenna is visible on the user's head.

| style="color:#0000FF" |''"You hear distant voices at the corners of your mind."''

|Combine Antenna and Paranoia

|40

!Insulated {{anchor|Insulated}}

|This makes you shock resistant, not unlike wearing a pair of insulated gloves.

|The subject does not conduct electricity.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"Your fingertips go numb."''

|25

!Shock Touch {{anchor|Shock Touch}}

|This gives you a power that charges your hand with electricity. Use it on somebody to give them a good shock, which will do burn damage and large amounts of jittering and confusion. Can also be used for revival surgery.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"You feel power flow through your hands."''

|Combine Insulated and Radioactive

|20

!Extended Shock Touch {{anchor|Extended Shock Touch}}

|The affected can channel excess electricity through their hands without shocking themselves, allowing them to shock others at range.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"You feel unlimited power flow through your hands."''

|Combine Shock Touch and Telekinesis

|30

!Transcendent Olfaction {{anchor|Transcendent Olfaction}}

|This power lets you track people by scent. Hold something in your hand and use the power to look for a scent on it. Use the power without holding anything and you'll track the scent you previously found.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"Smells begin to make more sense..."''

|30

!Acidic Flesh {{anchor|Acidic Flesh}}

|Subject's skin bubbles due to acid buildup. This is often fatal.

|No indicators.

| style="color:#FF0000" |''"A horrible burning sensation envelops you as your flesh turns to acid!"''

!Spatial Instability {{anchor|Spatial Instability}}

|The victim of the mutation has a very weak link to spatial reality, and may be displaced. Often causes extreme nausea.

|Subject randomly teleports a short distance away and becomes extremely disgusted as a result.

| style="color:#FF0000" |''"The space around you twists sickeningly."''

!Spastic {{anchor|Spastic}}

| style="color:#FF0000" |''"You flinch."''

!Two Left Feet {{anchor|Two Left Feet}}

|A mutation that replaces the right foot with another left foot. It makes standing up after getting knocked down very difficult.

|Subject takes longer to recover from being knocked down.

| style="color:#FF0000" |''"Your right foot feels... left."''

|0

!Geladikinesis {{anchor|Geladikinesis}}

|Allows the user to concentrate moisture and sub-zero forces into snow.

|No indicators.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"Your hand feels cold."''

|10

!Cryokinesis {{anchor|Cryokinesis}}

|Draws negative energy from the sub-zero void to freeze surrounding temperatures at subject's will.

|No indicators.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"Your hand feels cold."''

|20

!Thick Skin {{anchor|Thick Skin}}

|The user's skin acquires a leathery texture, and becomes more resilient to harm.

| style="color:#0000ff" |''"Your skin feels dry and heavy."''

|30

|-

|30

Genes are distorted and twisted by shooting them with radiation. This can be done with the DNA Scanner Access Console and the computer in your lab.

*Shove them into a '''DNA Scanner''' next to the pen.

*Check the '''console''' next to it, you'll see a bunch of option and information. Find ''Genetic Sequence''.

All mutations are randomized every round.

#Click through the mutations until you find "Monkified". Then break a random pair by changing a letter to X.

#If for any reason you got yourself some bad mutations and have no one to remove them, grab the [[Guide_to_chemistry#Mutadone|mutadone]] pill bottle in your lab. You usually have several 50u pills available. If you want to make a pill last, dissolve a pill by pouring a tiny amount of water into a beaker (by using the beaker on a sink once), then drop a pill of [[Guide_to_chemistry#Mutadone|mutadone]] into it and take a sip. It should instantly clear all your mutations, unless your mutations have [[#Chromosome_21|reinforcement chromosomes]].

Clicking the Scramble DNA tab will blast the subject with radiation, and randomize which discoverable mutations it has.

After manifesting a mutation in the Genetic Sequencer tab, hit store to save it to the "Mutations" tab. You can print activators and injectors from both the Genetic Sequencer and the Mutations tab.

#Go to the "Adv. Injectors" tab. Click "New Selection" and choose a name to create a new slot for mutations to be stored in.

#Go to the "Genetic Sequencer" tab and click on a discovered and active mutation. You can not use mutations from the "Mutations" tab.

#Click "The Adv. Injector" button near the bottom. Select the name of the slot you made in step 1. Repeat with any other mutations you wish to save to the same slot.

#Go back to the "Adv. Injectors". Click Print Advanced Injector. You will print an injector with the name you chose.

Every time you successfully use an ACTIVATOR on another person, the activator becomes filled with genetic data. Recycle/use it on your DNA console to gain a random chromosome from it. The chromosome either appears as an item on top of the DNA console, or it gets stored in its "mutations" tab. Up to 5 chromosomes can be stored in a single DNA console. Clicking on the last chromosome in the ''mutations'' tab will eject it into its physical form. Physical chromosomes can only be used by inserting them into a DNA console.

Each active mutation in a person has a single chromosome slot. You can only add chromosomes to people who are inside the connected DNA scanner. Do so by opening the ''Genetic Sequencer'' tab. Then click an active mutation, or [[#Manifesting_Mutations|find one]] if none is active yet. You should see the line ''Chromosome status:'' and a clickable "----"-button. Click that button. If that mutation is compatible with any of the currently stored chromosomes, you will get a list where you can select that chromosome. Select it, and you have now filled that mutation's chromosome slot. To delete the chromosome from that slot, you can deactivate and reactivate the mutation by turning any letter to X and then back.

After you have added a chromosome to a mutation, you can ''store'' it to the ''mutations'' tab as normal (by clicking ''store'' in the ''Genetic Sequencer'' tab). Mutations from mutators/activators printed from this stored entry will then contain that chromosome.  

*Because injectors exist, geneticists are often asked for powers by randoms. Use your best judgement to decide who gets powers and not, because nothing gets the station down like a herd of assistants with Hulk. Be ready to say "no" a lot.

*Enjoy being the peak of human evolution! Use your powers for the greater good. Remember that hulks are nonhuman to the AI and that when security can't stun someone they'll pass directly to lethals.

Depends on your objective. If it's a hard one, like stealing the AI... well, you're fucked. Keep working on those powers! As soon as you have Hulk + TK, go for it as you wish. No tips here.

If your objective is a simple one, though, like stealing the hand tele, there are more approaches to this. As the above tip, you can just break the walls with TK Hulk, but that is rather crass. There's a more roundabout, but classier way to tackle this. Take a monkey from the pen, transform it in a human. Take it's UI+UEs, make an injector, stuff it in your pocket with a label like "Clean Backup - Alexa White".<br />Now get your own UI+UEs and name it "Clean Backup - Original" or something. Avoid using your name. Now, go hide somewhere close to the item's location, stick yourself with the monkey injector, spawn emag, stick ID and PDA in your backpack. For added stealth, get a different outfit. Emag your way to the captain's room, get his jumpsuit, RUN RUN RUN. The AI might see you, so it would also be good if you spawned an agent card so you can't be tracked. If anyone sees you, they're not going to see your actual name, only the humanized monkey's name. Hide, stick yourself with your own stuff, change clothes, walk away smoothly.

FUCKING REJOICE, your work is cut out for you! Have fun eating the lifeless corpses you clone. Keep in mind that transformations and transformation stings copy UI+UE. Turn people into horribly disabled freaks, or channel a lot of hulk-TK-cold resisting supermen.