Guide to robotics

Are you a Roboticist? This guide will explain the creation and maintenance of Cyborgs, bots, MODsuits, and stocky Exosuits.

Robotics and Mech Bay

Exosuit Fabricators

These are the main machines used in Robotics, with them you can create various exosuit and cyborg parts and their upgrade modules. Remember to sync these with the R&D servers frequently for new equipment designs and increased production speeds.

If one (or more) of the Exosuit Fabricators gets stuck at updating from R&D servers, use a screwdriver on it and then crowbar that fucker! Remove any metal/glass sheets and then put all the components back into the machine frame, use a screwdriver at the end to reassemble the Exosuit Fabricator.

Cyborgs

Total Part Cost: 100

Requires
1 x each Cyborg part (made with the Exosuit Fabricator) 2 x (Exosuit Fabricator) 1 x 1 x (preferably at least High-Capacity) 1 x → OR positronic brain OR B.O.R.I.S. module

The Cyborg is the Roboticist's primary creation. They are tasked with helping the station's inhabitants in their daily life and trying to kill everyone when the AI is insane. Each cyborg is required to follow the AI's laws, and may choose one of the AIs in the event that more than one exists.

Assuming you already have the necessary components:

1. Insert a charged power cell into the cyborg's chest
2. Insert a coil of wire into the cyborg's chest
3. Insert two flashes in the cyborg's head (one for each eye socket)
4. For final assembly, take each component and apply it to the cyborg endoskeleton
5. Multitools can be used to give cyborgs names. Simply apply the multitool before the brain is installed. Note that calling a borg 'PenisShitter 5000' will not net you any new friends, however.
6. Once it's complete, it's time for the brain. See here how to remove your volunteer's brain. (If the brain has been removed from the head without surgery, you will need to pour mannitol on it to fix it)
7. Now put the brain into your MMI, and then the MMI into the cyborg suit. Congratulations, your cyborg is complete. Put the brainless corpse into a body bag and deliver it to the Morgue (or throw it down the disposals because ROBOTICS!). If when you insert the MMI into the cyborg it says "This MMI does not seem to fit." it means the user is job banned from cyborg.
8. Instead of a brain, you can insert a positronic brain (controlled by a ghost) or B.O.R.I.S. module (controlled by the AI) into the cyborg as well.

Cyborg Maintenance

In the beginning of a maintenance process, you need to open the Cyborg's maintenance cover. To open it:

1. Use an ID Card, Emag it or just ask the Cyborg to unlock its panel
2. Use a Crowbar to open the cover.

After the maintenance process use the same tools in reverse order so the Cyborg doesn't run around with its cover open, like so:

1. Use a Crowbar to close the cover.
2. Use your ID Card to lock the Cyborg. Borgs can't lock their panel.

Cyborg Repairs

Cyborgs will often come to you for repairs if damaged.

For brute damage:

1. Weld them to fix the dents.

For burn damage:

1. Unlock and open the Cyborg's cover.
2. Use an Empty Hand to remove the battery.
3. Screwdriver to expose wiring.
4. Rewire the damaged circuits. You may have to do this step more than once.
5. Screwdriver to hide wiring.
6. Re-insert the old battery or insert a new one.
7. Close the cover and lock the Cyborg.

Engineering cyborgs can repair dents on themselves and on their fellow cyborgs. They cannot repair burn damage though, since they cannot remove power cells to reach the wiring.

Cyborg Batteries

You will often see at least one Cyborg come to your assembly line to ask for an upgrade.

1. Unlock and open the Cyborg's cover.
2. With an Empty Hand, remove the old battery.
3. Insert a New Battery.
4. Close the cover and lock the Cyborg.

Cyborg Radios

Cyborgs can be installed with radio encryption keys, allowing them to communicate on secure department channels.

1. Unlock and open the Cyborg's cover.
2. Insert a New Encryption Key (or Screwdriver to remove the current Key).
3. Close the cover and lock the Cyborg.

Reviving Cyborgs

A cyborg that has failed but not been turned into scrap can be repaired back to working order.

1. Create an Emergency Restart Module at the Exosuit Fabricator (under Cyborg Upgrade Modules).
2. Repair the Cyborg with a welder and/or replace wires.
3. Unlock and open the Cyborg's cover.
4. Insert the Emergency Restart Module.
5. Close the cover and lock the Cyborg.

Upgrading Cyborgs

1. Unlock and open the Cyborg's cover.
2. Insert the Upgrade Module (or emag to subvert).
3. Close the cover and lock the Cyborg.

Resetting Cyborg models

For info on how to reset a cyborg's model, check out the Guide to Hacking.

Deconstructing Cyborgs

Cyborgs can be deconstructed to remove their MMI and get their parts back.

1. Unlock and open the Cyborg's cover.
2. Use an Empty Hand to remove battery.
3. Screwdriver to open wiring.
4. Cut every wire until the lockdown light turns on.
5. Wrench to disassemble.

(Alternatively, for steps 4 and 5, you can use a Robotics console)

Upgrades

Roboticists can construct upgrade modules for cyborgs, such as one that increases your movement speed. Should you wish to change models, ask the roboticist to cut and mend your reset wire.

Name	Description	Materials to produce (unupgraded fabricator)
Cyborg Reclassification Board	Allows you to rename the borg. Use it in hand to set the name, then apply it to the cyborg.	5 Iron
Cyborg Emergency Reboot Module	Used to force a restart of a disabled-but-repaired borg, bringing it back online. An important module! This will allow you to bring a dead, but not blown, Cyborg back to life.	20 Iron, 5 Glass
Borg Expander	A cyborg resizer, it makes a cyborg huge.	200 Iron, 5 titanium
Ion Thruster Upgrade	An ion-powered thruster system that works like a jetpack for movement in no gravity.	10 Iron, 6 Glass, 5 Plasma, 6 Uranium
Cyborg Self-Repair Module	Allows the cyborg to slowly repair iteself over time, increasing power consumption.	15 Iron, 15 Glass
Illegal Equipment Module	Enables illegal modules, the same that are enabled when cyborgs are emagged. Only obtainable through admin shenanigans or through researching illegal tech. (deconstruct Syndicate Items!!)	15 Iron, 15 Glass, 10 Diamond
Circuit Manipulation Apparatus	An engineering cyborg upgrade allowing for manipulation of circuit boards.	2 Iron, 0.5 Titanium
Engineering Cyborg RPED	A rapid part exchange device for the engineering cyborg.	10 Iron, 5 Glass
Mining Cyborg Diamond Drill	Upgrades a mining cyborg's drill to be faster.	10 Iron, 6 Glass, 2 Diamond
Mining Cyborg Satchel of Holding	Upgrades a mining cyborg's satchel to hold infinite minerals.	10 Iron, 2 Gold, 1 Uranium
Mining Cyborg Lavaproof Chassis	Allows a mining cyborg to walk over lava undamaged.	10 Iron, 4 Plasma, 5 Titanium
Medical Cyborg Crew Pinpointer	A crew pinpointer module for the medical cyborg. Also permits remote access to the crew monitor.	1 Iron, 0.5 Glass
Cyborg Piercing Hypospray	Allows cyborg hyposprays to pierce through thick clothing and MODsuits.	15 Iron, 15 Glass, 5 Titanium, 3 Diamond
Medical Cyborg Defibrillator	Gives a Medical Cyborg a defibrillator. You can also insert an ordinary defibrillator instead, for the same upgrade.	8 Iron, 5 Glass, 4 Silver, 3 Gold
Beaker Storage Apparatus	A supplementary beaker storage apparatus for medical cyborgs.	2 Iron, 2 Glass
Medical Cyborg Surgical Processor	Gives a Medical Cyborg a Surgical Processor, which can be used on an operating computer to permanently learn any advanced surgeries that were synced on it. These surgeries can then be performed by the cyborg anywhere.	5 Iron, 4 Glass, 4 Silver
Medical Cyborg Expanded Hypospray	Adds new chemicals to a Medical Cyborg's hypospray.	15 Iron, 15 Glass, 8 Plasma, 8 Uranium
Rapid Disabler Cooling Module	Increases the recharge rate of security cyborg disablers.	20 Iron, 6 Glass, 2 Gold, 2 Diamond
Janitor Cyborg Trash Bag of Holding	Upgrades the janitor cyborg's trash bag to one capable of holding vast quantities of garbage.	2 Gold, 1 Uranium
Janitor Cyborg Advanced Mop	An advanced self-refiling mop replacement for the janiborg's standard mop.	2 Iron, 2 Glass
Experimental Push Broom	An experimental push broom used for efficiently pushing refuse.	4 Iron, 0.5 Glass
Plating Repair Tool	Gives janitor cyborgs a tool that can repair damaged floor tiles.	2.5 Iron, 0.75Glass
Clown Module	The borg module picker (Clown) allows you to to turn a cyborg into a clown. This is how you create a Clown cyborg.	1.5 Iron, 1.5 Glass, 0.1 Bananium

Mining Cyborgs can also have their KA upgraded with kinetic accelerator upgrades.

Surgery

To initiate most surgeries, first place drapes over the part of the body you are operating on.

Removing Brains

Procedure	Ghetto Analogues
Step 1: Scalpel: make an incision.	(65%) (45%) (75%) Any other sharp item (30%)
Step 2: Retractor: retract the skin.	(45%) (35%)
Step 3: Circular Saw: saw through bones.	(65%) (50%) (50%) (35%) (25%) (75%)
Step 4: Hemostat: clamp the bleeders.	(60%) (35%) (15%)
Step 5: Scalpel: make an incision.	(65%) (45%) (75%) Any other sharp item (30%)
Step 6: Hemostat: remove the brain.	(55%)
Step 7: Have an MMI in hand.
Step 8: Click to remove the brain.

Despite what some old-timer Roboticists may tell you, DO NOT JUST TAKE THE BONESAW AND CUT THEIR HEAD OFF WITHOUT SURGERY. Removing a brain without surgery will damage it and may result in the immediate death of the brain.

In case this happens, you will need to ask the Chemist to make some Mannitol to fix it. Once you have a beaker of it, just splash it on the brain and it should be good to go. You can always examine the brain to see if it is still damaged.

If a head is not attached to a body, you can simply use a scalpel or some other slicing/cutting item on it to cut the brain out. No need for drapes or table.

Limb Augmentation

Replace a limb with a robot part. The head, torso, arms, and legs can all be augmented. Augmenting torso makes you immune to appendicitis and xeno larva.
Robot limbs are tougher. They need welding to "heal" brute damage and wires for burn damage, and cannot be otherwise healed. EMP pulses will hurt augmented humans.

Cyborg head

Cyborg torso

Cyborg arm

We can rebuild him. We have the technology.

Target: Head, chest, legs or arms

Procedure	Ghetto Analogues
Step 0: Create the cyborg limb(s) using an Exosuit Fabricator.
Step 1: Scalpel: make an incision.	(65%) (45%) (75%) Any other sharp item (30%)
Step 2: Retractor: retract the skin.	(45%) (35%)
Step 3: Hemostat: clamp bleeders.	(60%) (35%) (15%)
Step 4: Cyborg limb: augment the limb.

Bots

As a Roboticist, you serve another important purpose: making robots. Robots can benefit the station in many ways, and are really damned easy to create. The current list of robots, and how to make them, is as follows:

Remember: All bots can be made through the crafting menu (T-like hammer hud-icon). This can save a lot of time during construction, especially if Robotics is busy!

Medibot

Performs a baby version of tend wounds. The surgery works through clothes and without the patient having to lie down. Amount healed scales with tend wounds surgeries researched. Each researched upgrade of tend wounds increases health healed. Requires a "refresh" similarly to operating computers to benefit from research.

When emagged it will inject 5u chloral hydrate and damage you based on what they would have healed (brute if you don't need treatment) per step.

What damage types the medibot can heal depends on medkit used. If they can heal multiple types the damage type healed will be random per treatment:

• Advanced first aid kit: All 4 basic damage types.
• Brute kit: 10% extra brute. (other types?)
• Burn kit: ?
• Toxin kit: ?
• Suffocation kit: ?

To manufacture:

Requires
1 x Borg Arm (left or right) 1 x (EMPTY, any color) 1 x or First aid analyzer 1 x

1. Attach the Borg Arm (left or right, doesn't matter) to an empty Med-kit. The color of the Med-kit determines what damage it will heal, as well as its future color (white and pink kits are both for brute dmg).
2. You can pick the assembly up in your hand at this point and name it something clever/funny/stupid by holding your Pen in the other hand and clicking on it, if you wish.
3. Add a Medical Analyzer.
4. Insert the Proximity Sensor and your Medibot is ready!

Cleanbot

Cleanbots are great, as they serve the exact same purpose as the Janitor. What makes it even better is that it uses Space Cleaner to mop, so no slipping on everything! When Emagged (or hacked) it will spew slippery foam and melt people with acid.

To manufacture:

Requires
1 x 1 x 1 x Borg Arm (left or right)

1. Grab a bucket from the Janitor or make with Autolathe and insert the Proximity Sensor to it
2. Use a Pen to name it if you wish.
3. Attach a Borg Arm and your Cleanbot is ready!

Floorbot

Floorbots are nice to have around when some asshole starts crowbarring up floor tiles or some traitor has blown apart a section of the station. They zoom around and repair busted floor tiles. Honestly, they're niche to the point of uselessness. But they make nice pets. Also, if emagged, they will deconstruct the floors into space.

To manufacture:

Requires
1 x Any toolbox 10 x 1 x 1 x Borg Right Arm

1. Attach a Floor tile to the Mechanical Toolbox.
2. Add the Proximity Sensor.
3. Insert a Borg Right Arm and your Floorbot is ready!

Firebot

This lil' guy will scoot around and try his best to extinguish burning people and gases around him. If emagged he will spray Chlorine Trifluoride at anyone who isn't on fire. Firebots retain full movement in space, and automatically dispense Firefighting Foam in a small radius around them in low-pressure conditions.

To manufacture:

Requires
1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x Borg Arm (left or right)

1. Attach a Borg Arm (left or right) to the Fire Extinguisher.
2. Add a Fire Helmet.
3. Add a Proximity Sensor and your Firebot is ready.

Honkbot

Annoying and useless, now with cuffing abilities. The clown might bug you to make one of these in absence of a H.O.N.K. mech. Can be of use to Security if there's no supplies for a Securitron. God forbid if a traitor emags the thing or if anyone puts a PAI into one.

To manufacture:

Requires
1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x Borg Arm (left or right)

1. Stamp a piece of cardboard with the clown stamp. (You may need a clown for this step)
2. Insert a Borg Arm
3. Add a Proximity Sensor.
4. Add a Bike Horn

Vibebot

It's just out here vibing.

To manufacture:

Requires
2 x 1 x 1 x 1 x

1. Gather up the building materials.
2. Use the crafting menu to assemble.

Hygienebot

Flying bot which showers people covered in blood, with force if necessary. Showers people in fire if Emaged

To manufacture:

Requires
2 x 1 x 1 x 1 x

1. Use metal in hand to craft an incomplete hygienebot assembly.
2. Weld a hole in the incomplete hygienebot assembly.
3. Add a Proximity Sensor.
4. Add a Fluid Duct.

Securitron

Basically, Officer Beepsky without the personality. You usually won't need to build any of these, but they can be hilariously helpful for traitors who have invested in a Cryptographic Sequencer, as they tend to run around stunning and cuffing everyone in sight. Problem is, any of these that report a Level 10 Infraction when spotting people are obviously hacked.

To manufacture:

Requires
1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x Borg Right Arm 1 x

1. Use a Remote Signaling Device on a Helmet.
2. Weld them together
3. Add a Proximity Sensor.
4. Insert a Borg Arm.
5. Toss in a Stun Baton and your Securitron is ready!

Note: Destroying a Securitron or Officer Beepsky with a melee weapon is all but impossible by yourself; striking them causes them to immediately stun and cuff you. If you work with another person you can get several hits in while it is cuffing the other person, which is often enough to destroy it outright.

General Beepsky

This is General Beepsky (or General Grieffous, your pick). A terrifying 4 esword wielding nightmare-bot created by a mad roboticist with the help of some leftover eswords, this thing is a traitor's worst nightmare. It takes down criminals by delivering deadly spin attacks, instantly downing a target with it's rapidly rotating eswords. It gets even worse when a Cryptographic Sequencer gets involved, as General Beepskey will begin to mercilessly track, kill, maim and subsequently disembowel any target he comes across.

Unlike normal Securitrons, General Beepsky can deflect projectiles with it's eswords. It's only true weakness is an EMP.

Has a toy sword version.

To manufacture:

Requires
1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x Borg Arm (left or right) 1 x Wrench 4 x

1. Use a Remote Signaling Device on a Helmet.
2. Weld them together
3. Add a Proximity Sensor.
4. Insert a Borg Arm.
5. Use a Wrench to adjust the arm slots for extra weapons.
6. Attach 4 Energy Swords and your death machine is ready to maim.

ED-209

PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPON. YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS TO COMPLY.

Beepsky's bigger brother. Has all of the abilities of a standard Securitron with the addition of a ranged attack.

To manufacture:

Requires
1 x Cyborg Endoskeleton 1 x 2 x Cyborg Leg 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 x

1. Build a Cyborg Endoskeleton from the Exosuit Fabricator.
2. Use a Metal Sheet on a Cyborg Endoskeleton to reinforce it.
3. Add two Robot Legs
4. Add a Body Armor
5. Weld everything together
6. Add in a security Helmet
7. Attach a Proximity Sensor to the assembly
8. Insert wires
9. Add a Disabler and attach it with a Screwdriver
10. Insert a Power Cell. Your own exosuit is complete!

An emagged ED-209 fires deadly lasers AND attacks anyone on sight.

Drone

A disposable little drone that runs around and repairs things. Controlled by players, and can't interact with any other beings at all (besides other drones). Usually good to make lots of these to let ghosts get back into the round.

1. Build a drone shell from the Exosuit Fabricator.

That's it! Any ghost can click on the drone shell to take control of it and start repairing the station.

Vim

Minature little mecha for sentient small animals, such as pets, to ride around in. Comes with headlights, and the ability to chime or buzz (in case you can't speak galactic common).

Non-sentient animals cannot pilot it.

To manufacture:

Requires
1 x EVA Helmet 2 x Borg Leg (left or right) 1 x Flashlight 1 x Screwdriver 1 x Voice Analyzer

1. Attach two Borg Legs to your EVA Helmet.
2. Attach a flashlight to the Vim assembly.
3. Use a screwdriver to attach the flashlight.
4. Use a Pen to name it if you wish.
5. Attach the Voice Analyzer to the assembly.

Your mini mech is now ready for Ian to take a joyride in!

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