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:#Head out of the maintenance shaft through the same door you came in.

:#Go south past the arrival shuttle and then to the right.

:#There is a small office with gray and red floors there with a desk which should have a pen, a sheet of paper and a recharger.

:#Get to the desk, pick the pen and click on the sheet of paper.

:#Write "Assistant [your name] arrived on SS13 on [date here]" (Example: ''Assistant Matt Droid arrived on SS13 on 27.11.2010'') and hit OK.

:#Put the pen back on the desk, examine the note (Shift+Click it), and close the window after you're done examining.

:#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."

:#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.

:#If you don't get a reply, continue with this exercise.

:#Your PDA already holds a pen inside, which is removable by right-clicking on the PDA and selecting Remove Pen.

:#The PDA can also hold an ID card inside it. Take your ID and click the PDA with your ID in active hand to place it in. Your PDA/ID combination can be held in your ID slot to function as an ID card but this way you can also save one inventory slot.

:#Open your PDA by clicking and dragging the PDA to anywhere you can see on the screen. You can also take it in your hand and use it by clicking it again or pressing Page Down.

:#The PDA has several tools available. Different department's PDA's have more specific tools like health analyzers and power monitors. Yours is simple however and only has a few basic tools.

:#To enable the flashlight click the 'enable flashlight' link at the bottom. Note that the flashlight is very weak. You'll see the difference in dark areas such as maintenance shafts.

:#To send a message, open the Messenger from the main menu.

:#You'll see a list of detected PDA's, click one at random and send a message to them. Message's content is your choice, if you can't think of anything just say "Hi!", don't get upset if the recipient doesn't answer, they're probably dead or just very busy.

:#Close the PDA.

*'''Arrow keys, numpad keys with numlock off or WASD with [[hotkeys]]''' to move

*type '''ooc "Hello"''' to speak [[OOC|Out Of Character (OOC)]]

*type '''say "Hello"''' to speak [[IC|In-Character (IC)]]. Clicking the chat button in the lower right corner will automatically place say in the chat bar.

*type '''say ";Hello"''' to speak over the radio (in character)

*type '''say ".h Hello"''' to speak over your department radio (in character), if you have one. Examine the radio to find specific letters for your department. (Right click > Examine or Shift+Click)

*'''Left click''' items to interact with them.

*'''Right click''' items to bring up the context menu.

* Some things still seem incomprehensible? Ask away by using [[Adminhelp]] (press F1 or type Adminhelp).

* Share any in-character information in the [[OOC]]-channel or over IRC. (Be careful what you say here. It's extremely easy to spoil the round type to everyone and doing this can and will result in a ban. See [[Terminology#IC_in_OOC|IC in OOC]] for more information.)

* Play any [[Heads of Staff]] jobs until you have some experience as their subordinates. (Heads are (ideally) the most compenent person in their department and know how to control their subordinates and get things done most efficiently. Joining as one can ruin the whole department, and generally make everyone have a bad time.)

* Play [[Jobs#Law_and_order|Security roles]] until you have a very good handle on the game's mechanics. (Security staff are mostly needed where things get very hectic and robust. Being extremely non-robust is likely to make you only be in the way of the competent security staff.)

* If you get killed, don't complain in OOC. If you feel the kill was unjust, use [[Adminhelp]]. (Same reason and the first one.)

If you become an antagonist (You can tell by the big red text that appears saying you are a Traitor/Revolutionary Head/Cultist/Space Wizard/Nuclear Operative/Blob, and you didn't want to be one, but don't feel like playing an antag for the round, go to the Admin tab in the top right corner of your screen, and hit the button labeled [[Adminhelp]]. Then, in the textbox that appears, type "Hello, I am new to Space Station 13. Could you please take away my Antagonist Status and give it to someone else so that I can learn to play?". If you DO want to play an antagonist, ignore the last step,and take a read through the [[Game Modes]] page and figure out what antagonist you are, and how to play it. [[Adminhelp]] if you have any questions, however, and '''do not say you are an antagonist in the OOC Chat. This will get you banned for spoiling the roundtype.'''