Station Engineer: Difference between revisions

|superior = [[Chief Engineer]]

|duties = Start the engine, wire the solars, repair station hull and wiring damage, do the job of the (always) incompetent [[Atmospheric Technician|atmos techs]]. Basically, do everything that has anything to do with repairs. Also, be prepared to be the hero the station deserves, because [[Security]] is lazy.

|quote = Yeah, I wired the engine right into the power net. What are you gonna do? Call Space OSHA? Just don't get shocked and you won't die, you goober.

}}

'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Fix hull breaches, fix the power grid if power goes out in an area. '''And for the love of Nar-Sie, don't just run off with the damn space suits before the engine is set up!'''

===Engineering Etiquette===

Take a look around engineering as the first thing you do, and see how many fellow engineers you have. If there's a ton, you probably don't want to snatch up everything that isn't nailed down. Don't fight over hardsuits. Don't try to break into the middle of a task someone has already begun: trying to fill plasma tanks at the same time as another person usually ends up filling engineering with plasma, and trying to turn on containment at the same time as someone is often lethal.

Be nice and courteous and you'll often be treated well, curse people out for their incompetence or how slow they are and people aren't going to rush to your retrieve your corpse when syndicates blow your head off on the solars.

===Engineering Equipment===

Engineers have to carry a lot of equipment to perform their various tasks. The job is a lot easier if you carry around what you need, so you don't constantly have to be running back to engineering for each step of a repair process.

|[[File:Engineer_box_contents.png|448px]] <br>Breath mask, epinephrine medipen, T-ray scanner, airlock electronics, power control module, cable coil, flashlight.

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Some of this you start with, some you need to collect. The items you pick up are:

*[[File:IGloves.png]] '''Insulated Gloves:''' Your most prized possession, these puppies protect you from shock. Engineers work with insane amounts of electricity, and it's easy to put yourself into crit if you tap into the main engine line without remembering to put them on. Always grab a pair of gloves. A few pairs are lying around engineering and in the electrical closet. Lock the closet when you're done unless you want the clown and mime to steal all the remaining pairs.

*[[File:Circuitboard.png]] '''Airlock electronics:''' You need this to construct an airlock. Having one on hand can save you a long trip back if you run across a broken door. Some by the metal and supplies, and one by the SMES modules.

Firesuits can no longer be carried in bags, and it's unsafe to firefight without them, so just run to the nearest firefighter closet in the advent of a fire to gear up -- There is one close to nearly everything everywhere in the station, learn their locations.  

Note that some of these are for roleplay reasons only. Roleplay too determines if you're a good engineer or not -- When talking with people face to face, pop the helmet off and carry it a bit -- hardsuits look pretty cool without the helmet on. Write down things you figure out like the door wires and photocopy them, distribute them to the other engineering staff as a memo. Engineers have some exceptional roleplay as the people that fix everything when everything else is going to hell. Take advantage of that camaraderie and the ludicrous nature of situations you will find yourself in. A robotic mute-guy-fixing-everything playing style is efficient, of course, but it isn't nearly as fun for everyone.

==Engineering Reference Maps==

[[File:BoxstationThumb.png|300px|left|thumb|

link=https://ibb.co/zHdpY8N|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> '''Yogstation a.k.a "Box Station" Map''',<br> updated 2020/05/05.]]

[[File:YogsmetaThumb.png|300px|right|thumb|link=https://wiki.yogstation.net/wiki/File:YogsmetaThumb.png|<div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> '''MetaStation Engineering Reference Map''', updated 2020/01/12. ]]

These maps highlight the crucial bits of machinery running under everything so you can fix any section that gets broken. It is also useful when the power goes out in a section to figure out where the damn clown cut a cable.

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==Doing Your Duty==

You have a few things you should do if you don't want to be [[robust]]ed, before doing what you want to do. Repairing things is what engineers do, and so is setting the station with power. Without any engineers doing a little work, the station will crumble.

===[[Singularity_Engine#How_To_Set_Up_The_Singularity|Starting the Engine]]===

This is an essential task. Luckily, it is [[Singularity Engine#How%20To%20Set%20Up%20The%20Singularity|laughably simple]]. Make sure you follow the instructions precisely; an engineer who accidentally sets the singularity free is not a popular person.

===[[Tesla Engine|Starting That Other Engine]]===

Some Chief Engineers prefer to use the tesla engine over the singularity engine. The same precautions apply.

===[[Supermatter|Starting the third Engine]]===

Sometimes there's a [[Supermatter]] instead of a Singularity/Tesla engine, it takes a few more steps to set up, and only your department will hate you if you mess it up.

===Working on the [[Solars]]===

Read the guide, make sure you have wire, internals, and a spacesuit. Best of luck.

===[[Construction|Fixing the Station]]===

Is there a hole in the wall? Are floor tiles broken? Did an idiot break a window to get into the medbay? Are people complaining about electrified doors? Are cables torn up leading to an APC? Are the APC's themselves fried? Is it more than thirty seconds into the round? The answer to two or more of these is always yes.

''Quit reading "The Lusty Xenomorph Maid" and get to work!''

===Fixing the Power===

The singularity or the solars provide more than enough energy to fully power a state-of-the-art space station -- unless something goes wrong, which it almost always will. Whether it's due to shoddy wiring, a powersink, a bomb, an assistant cutting cables, a loose singularity or pure engineer laziness, power outages are a common problem that is your, YES, YOUR, job to fix. See that Power Monitoring computer? If people complain of power outages, it should always be the first port of call -- assuming the rampaging maw of Lord Singuloth hasn't already devoured it.

See the [[guide to power]] to learn how to into power and, more importantly, how to fix everything.

==Getting the Man Out of Danger... Alive!==

It's your job to save lives when they cry out for help.

===Firefighting===

Engineers get access to maintenance hallways, which contain several [[Engineering_items#Firesuit|firesuits]] and [[Engineering_items#Fire_Extinguisher|extinguishers]]. If a fire breaks out somewhere, put it out. [[Engineering_items#Firesuit|Firesuits]] allow you to walk in almost any fire. [[Engineering_items#Fire_Extinguisher|Extinguishers]] have a limited capacity. Refill them with water tanks, which can be found all around the station.

===Physical Rescue===

If someone cries that he can't get out of somewhere and no one can get him out, then it's your job to do so. [[Hacking#Airlocks|Hacking airlocks]], [[Guide to construction#Walls%202|deconstructing walls]], basically whatever it takes to get to them. I don't need to point out that you should never put others at risk in doing so!

===Space Recovery===

A body's been spaced? Now it's your job to recover it. Ask the AI or captain to get a jetpack and space suit from EVA and go after the body. You'll most frequently find bodies either somewhere near the derelict or the AI satellite. Drag them to a teleporter and get them back to the station. The use of lockers will help greatly, as lockers do not drift like bodies, but cannot travel across Z-levels. ALWAYS have tools, glass, and metal with you when doing this! Some teleporters need to be rebuilt, and some bodies float around randomly and need [[Guide to construction#Floor|floor tiles]] to be built in their path to stop.

==Tips==

*To get maximum camera coverage, you only have to place one camera every fifteen tiles. If there's a wall between them, use an analyzer on the assembly after welding it to the wall to create an x-ray camera. Otherwise, count seven tiles from where the previous camera disappears from view and build a camera there.

** Get a color of wire you want, and a color of wire you have

** Add the color you have to the color you want to increase the amount of the color you want

==Traitorneering==

Being a [[traitor]] engineer can be both the easiest and hardest task on the station. On the one hand, you can go almost everywhere on the station and have easy access to the tools to get rid of any pesky doors (or walls) in your way. Also, many crew members don't bat an eyelid when they see an engineer wearing a jetpack, or standing in a hole in the wall. Any curious crewmen are usually deflected by saying you are doing engineering work ("I need this to repair hull damage, Captain!")