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*Ultimately, you answer to two sets of rules. [[Rules|Server Rules]] and [[Space Law]].

Being well geared up can easily make the difference between the outcome of a tight situation. The next steps will show you one way to equip yourself, but you may wear your gear however you'd like.

'''[[Space Law]] is part of Yogstation's [[Rules|rules]].''' In the case that something is not covered by space law, the [[Captain|captain]] determines what is lawful and what isn't (within reason).

 

* You are an enforcer of [[Space Law]], you're not [[Shitcurity|The Law]]. Serve & protect the crew.   

Captain, Acting Captain, Head of Security, or Warden permission is required to permanently incarcerate someone. Permanent incarceration is ''typically'' reserved for [[Space_Law#Capital_Crimes|capital offences.]] The [[Warden]] will handle this punishment, in most scenarios.

Executions or [[Cyborg|borgings]] are also an acceptable response to [[Space_Law#Capital_Crimes|capital offenses]]. However, unlike other capital offense punishments, '''executions and forced cyborgization must always be approved by the [[Captain]].'''  

 

* Regardless of who authorizes an execution, it should be fair. If someone is executed or borged in error, expect to answer to the [[Administrators|Gods.]]

* When considering whether or not to execute someone, consider their crimes. Did they murder people, or just emag doors? While you could execute both, there are alternative ways to correct the behavior. Removing a player from the round is dishonorable.

* Once you have someone stunned and cuffed, you shouldn't need lethal force. Beating a helpless criminal is dishonorable.  

So the escape shuttle has been called! Your job will be to [[Beyond the impossible|ensure that everyone proceeds on the shuttle in an orderly fashion]].

 

Prisoners in the Brig should only be released at the Warden's discretion. Prisoners from the Prison Wing should be moved to  the Security Escape Pod or to the Escape Shuttle's brig where they will be held until the shuttle docks at [[CentCom]].

As a Security Officer you are expected to fight any and every hostile force assaulting the station, from traitorous crew members to powerful reality defying Wizards to teams of "crack" syndicate assault forces. You must know how to counter any and all threats that are thrown at you, preferably with minimal force needed on your part. Remember, however, that not only is the station's peace at risk, but your very life is on the line; fail and you will die! Here is NT's staple guide on suggested courses of action against expected threats.

 

===Shitlers/Greytiders===

 

Single shitlers can be punished with a timed brig sentence like any other criminal. If they come back looking for trouble again and again, start asking about a perma sentence. A "three-strikes" rule is the generally accepted standard.

* '''Syndicate Weapons''': Suspect should be presumed to be armed and dangerous, AI should report and track perp's location. Do not approach without backup, consider asking the Warden/Head of Security to issue Riot Shields and Energy Guns. If suspect is wielding Dual Energy Swords, ranged energy weapons (including tasers) will prove ineffective. Flashbangs, stunbatons or the [[Detective|Detective's]] revolver will be suitable (just be sure the detective doesn't kill the suspect).

 

Due to their abilities, it is possible for a Changeling to kill a fellow Sec Officer and impersonate him. However, you should note that they will lack a Loyalty Implant. Be wary of Sec Officers without Implants and unless they can confirm they were killed and cloned, they should be kept under watch. While you are free to terminate a confirmed Changeling, you must be 100% certain that the suspect is a Changeling before executing. If you cannot prove they are a Changeling, ask the Warden/HoS to give them a Chem/Tracking implant to watch their future activities. So if Joe Innocent walks out of the brig with a Chem Implant displaying a Symbol above their head and later on you see Alex Antag with the same symbol, you will know that they are almost certainly Changeling.

Upon the confirmation of Nuclear Operatives, get the Warden/HoS to open the armory and distribute weapons. At the same time, confirm the location of the nuke disk, which should hopefully be on the Captain, and ensure that it stays as far away from the ops as possible. From this point you should prioritize protecting the disk at all costs. Consider asking for a bulletproof vest and helmet: since nuke ops often use bullets, and that armor blocks 80% of bullet damage to the chest and head, they can be very helpful. If the AI is still alive at this point, make sure it's called the shuttle.

When fighting nuke ops, use numbers and cover to your advantage, avoid exposing yourself and concentrate on one Operative at a time. If you can attack an isolated operative, go for it. If you down an op, attempt to strip as much of its gear as you can before the op triggers their explosive implant. Remember that so long as the disk is with you, you only need to set up positions of defense, so don't give up that advantage until you have to.

If you encounter a Mech, fall back and regroup. The only way to take down a mech is with concentrated firepower or an ion weapon (like the rifle in the [[armory]].  

The Syndicate Cyborg, like regular cyborgs, is immune to stun weaponry. Your best bet for countering one of these is to flash it with your flash or a flashbang and then go to town on it with your stun baton or another melee weapon.  

Sometimes, a few crew members will have enough and rebel against the command staff and the security force. Your job is to stop them at all costs and protect the command staff. [[Revolution|Revolutionaries]] are as deadly as a traitor with improvised weapons, however, their greatest strength are their numbers. Tasers, energy guns and stunbatons are useless against a swarm of 10 to 20 people clambering over the stunned and twitching bodies of fellow revs to get at your throat.

When you subdue a Revolutionary, you should either take them to the brig and arrange them to be loyalty-implanted, this will remove their Rev-status and guarantee their allegiance to security and the command staff and prevent them from being converted again. If you cannot get access to a loyalty implant, simply smashing their face in with your stunbaton on harm-intent will eventually deconvert them, though they will still be vulnerable to re-conversion.

 

Work with security to protect the command staff and suppress the revolution. Cargo will be a vital, but bloody, battleground fought over, as it acts both as a source of loyalty implants for security and a source of weapons for the Revolutionaries.

When you capture a Cultist, your options are limited. Unlike Revs, loyalty implants do not revert their Cult-status, only prevent non-cultists being converted. As such, you only have four viable options, each with their own disadvantages.

 

* Ask first, stun second.

* Only the (acting) Captain can authorize a permanent sentence or forced cyborgization.

* Your job isn't to be a tyrant or your suspects will be praying to the [[Administrators|Gods]] for ultimate justice.

* If an [[Administrators#Game admins|Admin]] contacts you, please explain to them what happened. Just because you're a Security Officer doesn't mean you're [[Shitcurity|wrong]] by default. Don't throw a tantrum, you'll only make things worse.