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Guide to Xenobiology

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Mercy: Added Cerulean Slime to Slime Table and disclaimer

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Xenobiologists are in charge of the creation, care, and eventual culling and harvesting of 'Slimes', which are extremely dangerous to handle without the right equipment.

== Familiarize Yourself ==
Generally speaking, you and your slimes are located in a remote area, east-most in Soteria, referred to as Xenobiology. There is an airlock that leads into Xenobiology. Inside the airlock leads to a operating room. Inside of Xenobiology has many cells (8) to place your slimes inside of, where they cannot get out without some serious effort. Each cell has a disposals chute, used to safely give food to the slimes inside the cell without endangering yourself, as well as a button to lock down that specific cell, in case the glass breaks or you have something even more dangerous than a slime inside. Left of the cells are two additional isolation cells, but it is not advised to use this cells, as they do not have disposal chutes or a lockdown button.

==Get Equipped==
You'll need these items to do your job.
* A fire extinguisher, to efficiently kill slimes. Some slimes might also light you on fire. For best use, move the slime into a corner so all the water hits them.
* A syringe, used to inject various fluids (generally Plasma, blood, or water) into Extracts, which you obtain from sawing the corpses of dead slimes. There's a saw located in the operating room in the airlock.
* A slimebaton, which functions similarly to a stunbaton, however it is only effectively against Slimes (and Prometheans). One hit will stun the slime for a few seconds, and will discipline it. A slime baton can be used to build a slime securitron, which is very useful if you're the only Xenobiologist but there is a friendly Roboticist onboard. More slimebatons can be made in Research and Development.
* A Slime Taser, which like the above, functions similarly to a normal energy weapon, however it is only effective against slimy things like Slimes and Prometheans. The stun duration is smaller than the Baton, however it can be used at range, and across window panes. Like the baton, more can be made in Research and Development.
* Welder and welding helmet. Useful for minor self repairs that will be inevitable, if you or your co-worker is a Full Body Prosthetic or Bound Synthetic. Also useful for mending the cracks on the cell windows, as slimes tend to smash them if they see food on the other side of the window.
Optional but highly useful things to acquire to make your job easier.
* A slime securitron, from Robotics, which is optimized to fight slimes and other minor xeno-lifeforms.
* A Medibot, also from Robotics, to heal you from minor harm the slimes may do to you, as the closest medical bay might be far away or even off-world.
* A temperature gun, from RnD. It can kill slimes at a range when set to the 'cold' setting, and can replace the fire extinguisher.

==Basics of Slime Care==
When you start your shift, each cell should have a singular grey extract. One of these cells should be dedicated to growing grey slimes, so you will have a renewable source of monkey cubes. If you run out of monkey cubes, you will need to get more from Cargo, which could take awhile. In order to produce a grey slime from the starting extracts, take the plasma in the center of Xenobiology, then put the plasma into the All-in-One Grinder and process it. After that, you should be left with 20 liquid plasma. Use the aforementioned syringe(s) to take the liquid plasma and inject it into the grey slime extracts. Now you should have a grey baby slime.

When your 'grey' cell slime reproduces, you should always ensure that one grey slime is always alive inside, and kill or separate the rest into different cells. It is a good idea to keep one grey extract in reserve in case all of your greys are lost, for whatever reason, as injecting a grey extract will create a new grey slime.

Cells should never have more than one color of slime inside, as they tend to fight each other and it can be difficult to tase them due to other slimes being in the way.

Some colors are more useful than others, for instance;
* Dark Purple, obtained from going (Grey > Purple > Dark Purple) or (Grey > Orange > Dark Purple), allows for a renewable source of plasma. You start with two sheets, which gives 40u of liquid plasma when ground up, or 8 injections. Generally, the more useful reactions from extracts require plasma, so Dark Purple is a good goal to work towards early.
* Blue, which is just one step from Grey, will give you two useful things. Slime stability agents reduce the odds of mutation when a slime reproduces, which you should give to your dedicated Grey slime until the chance goes to 0%, to increase the average yield of monkey cubes as well as to prevent the rare but possible situation of all four new slimes not being Grey anymore. Blue slimes also give you Frost Oil, which isn't terribly useful on its own but can be very useful when paired with a Metal Slime, for reasons explained below.
* Metal, which like Blue, is one step from Grey. Metal slime extracts allow for most types of metal material to become renewable, which includes steel, plasteel, gold, silver, uranium, and platinum. One extract creates 20u metamorphic liquid metal, which will turn into a different type of liquid metal (e.g. liquid gold, liquid silver, etc) when it torches them in a reagent container, like a beaker. Liquid metals are not very useful on their own, but can be made into a solid sheet of material by adding 5u Frost Oil to the reagent container. The Frost Oil is consumed when this is done, and 20u of liquid metal makes one sheet. Frost Oil is obtained from Blue slimes.
* Purple, which is like Blue and Metal, one step away from Grey. The extract can make a Slime Steroid Agent, which when applied to a living slime, will increase how many extracts it will make when put in the processor.
* Cerulean, which is obtained from (Grey > Blue > Dark Blue > Cerulean) or (Grey > Purple > Dark Blue > Cerulean), will create Extract Enhancement Agent, which adds more uses to an extract. This is extremely useful, as less slimes need to be breed to produce a given number of things.
* Red, which is obtained from (Grey > Orange > Red), will make a Slime Mutation Agent, which increases the odds of mutation when slimes split. Useful for if you're targeting a specific color, as higher odds for mutation mean less generations are needed to get there.
* Yellow, obtained from (Grey > Orange > Yellow) or (Grey > Metal > Yellow), can create self recharging 10k power cells, which are very useful for Bound Synthetics, Hardsuits, Defibs, certain APCs, and potentally anything that uses power cells.
* Pink, obtained from (Grey > Blue > Pink), can be used as a source of healing, both while alive, as well as when using their extracts. The extracts can produce three different kinds of advanced medications, which Medical might want. The medications can fix organs, fix bleeding, or fix bones, depending on what is injected into the extract.
* Light Pink, which is one step from Pink (Grey > Blue > Pink > Light Pink), can be used to make a specific slime be friendly and harmless forever, which might be useful to use on a Pink slime, so you can replace a medibot.
* Sapphire, obtained from (Grey > Metal > Gold > Sapphire), is how you get Prometheans. The extract gives you a slime cube, which creates a Promethean if it can find another player who wishes to play as one.

== Xenobiology Tips ==
* Click on the glass doors in containment pens to keep them open until you close them.
* If you take your plasma, you can fill it up with 4x of a random chemical (preferably water) in order to minimize the amount of plasma you use. This means you can take 100u of liquid plasma and turn it into 400u of plasma-water mix that slimes still react to!
* The best weapon for dealing with Xenobiology outbreaks are "Ranch" core stopper guns. They instantly kill slimes and are completely harmless to anything other then slimes. Be advised, they only take small cells.

== Slime Protection ==
Slimes can kill you in many ways, dependent mostly on their color. Wearing the correct armor when handling a specific color can make survival much easier. Xenobiology has been provided with a large range of specialized clothing to wear, when the need arises.
* Bio Suits, which prevent damage from slimes trying to eat you. Note that slimes will wise up to this and instead try to glomp you to death instead. A bio suit will also stop slimes from spreading certain chemical-based attacks onto you.
* Fire Suits, as the orange slime can ignite you, and the dark purple slime can release Plasma gas if killed improperly.
* Bomb suits, as the oil slime explodes if killed improperly (hit with fire).
* Radiation suits, as the green slime is radioactive. It is also thick enough to protect from slime chemical attacks.

== Slime Life-cycle ==
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Here is a chart of all the slime reproductive color cycle.
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Slimes start their life as a small baby. Don't be fooled, it is still very dangerous and capable of killing anyone careless. Slimes require food, or else they will die. Starving slimes have been known to turn on their captors.

When fed enough, baby slimes will grow into an 'adult' form, which makes them tougher. When the slime eats enough as an adult, it will reproduce, by splitting into four new slimes. There is a small chance that one or more of the new slimes may mutate into a different color. If this happens, the mutated slime should be isolated from its siblings, as they will fight each other to the death if they are separate colors. A slime taser is useful for this, as it can shoot through the glass of the cell.

== Slime Psychology ==

=== Discipline ===
Slimes can be subjugated by force by various means, with the easiest way being the slimebaton. The slime will give a sad face, however it won't harm humanoids for a little while. If it was trying to kill something, it will stop doing so.

Successfully removing a slime from someone it's eating will also discipline it.

Beating the slime with a heavy object repeatedly will sometimes discipline it, however this is not guaranteed.

=== Obedience ===
Giving 'justified' disciplining to a slime will cause it to become more obedient, making future disciplining last longer. Sufficient amounts of obedience can make discipline last forever. Note that slimes in that state are still dangerous, as they will still defend themselves against attackers.

An act of discipline is 'justified' when it is done while the slime is trying to harm or eat someone, otherwise it is 'unjustified'.

A slime securitron will automatically engage 'guilty' slimes, but leave innocent ones alone.

=== Resentment ===
Giving 'unjustified' disciplining to a slime will cause the slime to hold resentment towards their captors. If pushed too far, the slime will enrage, and try to kill everything it can see, so try to not be like Security.

Sometimes it is possible to calm down a raging slime with enough disciplining, however it is generally easier and safer to just kill it with a slimebaton and fire extinguisher.

A slime securitron engage an enraged slime in a fight to the death, not stopping until the slime dies, or the securitron is destroyed.

=== Speech ===
Slimes appear to be capable of slow, simple speech, and will respond to various topics and requests that it hears.

If a slime likes you enough or is sufficiently obedient, it can be given certain commands, such as to '''follow''' you, to '''stop''' attacking/eating/following things, or to '''attack''' a specific target. You'll need to say the slime's 'name', or say 'slimes' to give the command to all the slimes that can hear you.

You can also say hi to them, and they will respond.

=== Tactics ===
All slimes have various means to harm things. The most common attack is a 'glomp' which will hurt whatever it hits, and will hurt more if the slime is a big one. Some slime colors will cause a substance to enter your bloodstream if it successfully hits you. Sufficiently thick clothing should stop that from happening.

A more dangerous 'attack' is that the slime may decide to attach themselves onto their victim, which is how slimes eat things. This causes severe cellular damage to the victim, and will require advanced medical treatment to fix, so you are advised to remove the slime from yourself or your co-worker <abbr>ASAP</abbr> if it latches on. A slime securitron will rush to you if this happens to you. Slimes won't try to eat inorganic entities, instead glomping them.

Slimes can also incapacitate its target in two ways. First, it can try to knock down its target by shoving them down, which stuns for a brief moment, however it is not guaranteed to work. Second, it can use stored up electricity to shock a target to stun them for a longer period of time. After downing a target, a slime generally will try to eat it if it's organic, or continue glomping it to death if not.

=== Friend or Foe ===
Slimes will never willingly harm another slime of the same color, or a Promethean. When under the effects of discipline, a slime will not try to fight or eat humanoids or robotic entities, but will still eat monkeys.

A slime pacified with a slime docility agent will never harm anyone and is incapable of doing any harm. Pacified slimes will also never enrage, even with a red slime extract.

An enraged slime will ignore the effects of discipline.

== Slimes Biology ==
Slimes come in many colors, and most of them have unique properties. Their extracts will do different things depending on the color, as well. Slimes will attack slimes of a different color, so separating them with different cells is required.

When slimes reproduce, there is a chance that one or more of the offspring will mutate into a different color. The chance is usually at around 25%, however this can be increased or deceased by giving the slime a mutation agent or stability agent, which can be obtained from a red extract and blue extract, respectively.

Each color, except for the grey slime, will have a specific trait unique to that color, and may warrant additional preparation before handling. A list of slime colors is provided below.

=== Table ===

This table is a general gist and may not even contain all slimes or accurate information. '''Use this with caution, you have been warned.'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Color !! Tier !! Blood !! Plasma !! Water
|-
| Rainbow || Special || || ||
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| Grey || 0|| Monkey Cubes || Grey Slime ||
|-
| Orange || 1 || || Plasma Fire || Smoke
|-
| Purple || 1 || || Slime Steroid ||
|-
| Blue || 1 || Slime Stability Agent || Frost Oil ||
|-
| Metal || 1 || || Metamorphic Liquid ||
|-
| Yellow || 2 || EMP || Charged Slime Core || Bio-Luminescence Core
|-
| Dark Purple || 2 || || || Liquid Plasma
|-
| Dark Blue || 2 || || Cold Snap ||
|-
| Silver || 2 || || Liquid Silver ||
|-
| Red || 2 || Enrage Slimes || Slime Mutation Bottle ||
|-
| Green || 2 || || Liquid Uranium ||
|-
| Pink || 2 || Clotting Liquid || Bone Fixing Liquid || Organ Fixing Liquid
|-
| Gold || 2 || || Liquid Gold ||
|-
| Bluespace || 3 || || Greater Slimy Crystal || Lesser Slimy Crystals
|-
| Ruby || 3 || || Nearby Buff ||
|-
| Cerulean || 3 || || Slime Extract Enhancer Agent ||
|-
| Amber || 3 || Slime Feeding Agent || Clump of Slime ||
|-
| Oil || 3 || || Explosion ||
|-
| Emerald || 3 || || Nearby Speed Buff ||
|-
| Light Pink || 3 || || Slime Friendship Agent || Slime Pacification Agent
|-
| Sapphire || 3 || || Slime Cube ||
|}

=== Special ===

==== Rainbow slime ====
'''Tier:''' N/A
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Never harms or is harmed by another slime due to seperate color
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The rainbow slime is very rare color that other slimes consider to be their color, and so they won't attack it.

Extract creates a slime unity agent, which grants the 'other slimes see this slime as their own color' ability to other slimes, and carries across generations.

=== Tier 0 ===

==== '''Grey Slime''' [[File:Greybabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 0
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' N/A
'''Recommended Preperations:''' N/A
Grey slimes are the first slimes you will have, as you start with two. It's generally recommended to always have a cell with grey slimes, as their extracts create monkey cubes, which you will need a lot of.

Extract creates a fresh grey slime when injected with plasma, which is useful as a backup in case all your specimens die or all your greys mutated.

Extract creates monkey cubes when injected with blood.

=== Tier 1 ===

==== '''Orange Slime'''[[File:Orangebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Increases flammability of targets per hit, chance to ignite per hit
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a firesuit
Orange slimes can light you on fire if you're careless, however generally this is not a big deal as you have a fire extinguisher (you did bring one right?). If you want to be extra safe, wear a fire suit.

Note that if an orange slime can trigger the dark purple or oil slime's effect.

Extract will create smoke when injected with water.

Extract will create a plasma fire if injected with plasma.

==== '''Purple Slime'''[[File:Purplebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects toxins per hit
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
Purple slimes inject a weak but long lasting toxin into their victim with each attack. A thick armor such as a biosuit or spacesuit will stop this from affecting you.

Extract will create a slime steroid agent when injected with plasma, which is a potent chemical mix that causes a slime to produce an additional extract when processed. It needs to be alive for the steroid to be applied.

==== '''Blue Slime'''[[File:Bluebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects cryo-toxin
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
Blue slimes chill their enemies with cryo-toxin, so a biosuit will keep that away from you. Don't wear a winter coat, it isn't thick enough to stop the injection and it will actually make it take longer to warm up, potentially making the cryo-toxin lethal.

Extract will create a slime stability agent when injected with blood, which reduces the odds of mutations by 15%, and carries through across generations. Useful for your grey slimes so they stay grey forever.

Extract will create frost oil when injected with plasma, which can solidify certain liquid metals like liquid iron, gold, silver, etc. Five units frost oil and twenty units of a metallic liquid will make one bar of solid metal, consuming the frost oil in the process. Some foods also call for frost oil in their recipe.

==== '''Metal Slime'''[[File:Metalbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' More durable, resistant to weak weapons
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
Metal slimes are harder to kill by virtue of being able to take more punishment before dying. They are one of the few slimes able to survive a dark blue extract cold snap. They otherwise aren't much more dangerous than a regular grey slime.

Extract creates 20 units of a metamorphic liquid when injected with plasma, which when combined with other metallic liquids (such as liquid iron, gold, silver, uranium, plasma, etc), will turn into the liquid it touches. This makes metallic liquid renewable, and metallic liquid can be converted to more useful solid metal with frost oil.

Extract creates 20 units of binding liquid, which is used to create 'alloys', without the intense heat. This is used to create liquid steel and liquid plasteel.

=== Tier 2 ===

==== '''Yellow Slime'''[[File:Yellowbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Shoots lightning, charges electricity faster
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Out-range slime with slime taser, wear insulation if possible
Yellow slimes are one of the few slimes to possess a ranged attack. Be warned, the lightning can go through the glass of its cell, so the blast doors may be required. The lightning technically has a very high range, but slimes will only fire it if they are between two to three meters from their target. Yellow slimes don't fire lightning when in melee range (their glomps actually hurt more, however).

Extract will create an object that can be used as a large powercell, with a capacity of 10k. Unlike regular power cells, these will unconditionally self recharge at a slow rate. Useful for APCs, Defibs, and Synthetics. It cannot be used as a substitute for device or weapon cells.

Extract will create an EMP when injected with blood, as strong as a regular EMP grenade. The user is not immune to the EMP blast, so be careful.

Extract will create an object which glows with yellow bio-luminescence when injected with water.

==== '''Dark Purple Slime'''[[File:Darkpurplebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects plasma per attack, creates plasma fire if killed with fire
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
Dark Purple slimes inject plasma into its target, which is extremely toxic, so a biosuit is required.

Extract will create liquid plasma when injected with water.

==== '''Dark Blue Slime'''[[File:Darkbluebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Lowers temperature of nearby entities, resistant to cold temperatures
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a winter coat
Dark Blue slimes passively lower the temperature of entities near it. It doesn't actually lower the room temperature, however. Note that other slimes can be harmed by the 'cold aura'. Dark Blue slimes are also unharmed by cold temperatures, however water will still kill them.

Extract will create a 'cold snap' when injected with plasma, after a delay, which rapidly lowers the temperature of nearby entities, and lowers the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere. It is generally capable of instantly killing most types of slimes, except for the Metal and other Dark Blue slimes, therefore it is ideal for containing a slime outbreak. It is recommended to wear cold protection, like a winter coat, when using the cold snap.

==== '''Silver Slime'''[[File:Silverbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium-High
'''Special Abilities:''' Reflects beams and energy projectiles
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Use slimebaton instead of xeno taser
Silver slimes will always deflect most energy-based weapons. This includes the slime taser. This can cause you to accidentally discipline the wrong slime, posing an enrage risk if the slime you hit didn't deserve to be tased. The slimebaton still works on them.

Extract creates 5u of liquid silver when injected with plasma.
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==== '''Red Slime'''[[File:Redbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium-High
'''Special Abilities:''' Moves faster, enrages if disciplined
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Don't discipline if possible, otherwise isolate it from everything else
Red slimes are extremely aggressive, and will never submit to your attempts to civilize them. They also move faster than other slimes.

Extract creates a bottle of slime mutation agent when injected with plasma, which makes a slime 12% more likely to mutate, and carries across generations. It's the opposite of the stability agent.

Extract causes all slimes that can see the user, and are not pacified, to become enraged, when injected with blood.

==== '''Green Slime'''[[File:Greenbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Radioactive, injects radium per hit
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a radiation suit
Green slimes will irradiate nearby entities and cause their cell to become radioactive for awhile. This can be bad or can be put to use with creative means.

The extract creates 5u of liquid uranium when injected with plasma.

==== '''Pink Slime'''[[File:Pinkbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Heals living entities nearby
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
Pink slimes heal other entities near it. Things being healed will sparkle pink for a few seconds. It won't apply the heal to things the slime is trying to kill, so you will likely need to discipline or pacify the slime before you can use it as a source of healing.

Extract will create 'Agent A', a clotting liquid which will heal bleeding, internal and external, when injected with blood.

Extract will create 'Agent B', a bone fixing liquid, when injected with plasma.

Extract will create 'Agent C', an organ fixing liquid, when injected with water.

==== '''Gold Slime'''[[File:Goldbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Immune to stuns
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The gold slime absorbs energy, and trying to stun it will actually charge it. Despite this, your slime tools will still discipline it, so this is only an issue if it enrages.

Extract creates 5u liquid gold when injected with plasma.

=== Tier: 3 ===

==== '''Bluespace Slime'''[[File:Bluespacebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Teleports to target
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Seal slime behind blast doors
The Bluespace slime can teleport out of its cell, which makes containing it difficult. The best method is to stun it with the slimebaton, then close the blast doors very fast. Running away from a Bluespace slime without the ability to stun it is generally futile.

Extract will create five 'lesser' slimy crystals when injected with water, which can teleport yourself or someone else randomly once, by crushing it in hand or throwing it at someone. The teleport will never place you in space or on an asteroid.

Extract will create one 'greater' slimy crystal when injected with plasma, which allows for a controlled teleport to a specific location.

==== Ruby Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Very High
'''Special Abilities:''' Unnatural physical strength
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Kite and use slime taser, or ask security for riot armor
The Ruby slime is very strong physically, and has the potential to crit a human in three hits. The slime has an outgoing damage multipler, reduced incoming damage, higher base health, and is stunned for less time. This ability can be yours, at least temporarily, with its extract.

Extract will grant a 'buff' to nearby entities when injected with plasma, giving the entity similar boons to the Ruby slime, for ten minutes. The entity will have red sparkles while it lasts.
'''Cerulean Slime'''[[File:Ceruleanbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Higher base stations than average
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The Cerulean slime is a 'jack of all trades, master of none' color, so it isn't much more threatening than a regular grey slime.

Extract creates a slime extract enhancer agent when injected with plasma, which adds more 'charges' to a specific extract. It's a good idea to use this agent on your second Cerulean extract, so you get a large amount of enhancer agents.

==== Amber Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Feeds other slimes passively
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Separate from other slimes to prevent runaway slime reproduction
The Amber slime feeds other slimes (it cannot feed itself, fortunately) through some unknown process, and can cause them to reproduce without being fed monkeys. This can be exploited if one is careful.

Extract creates a slime feeding agent when injected with plasma, which when applied to a specific slime, will instantly cause the slime to evolve and reproduce.

Extract creates a gooy clump of slime that is edible for humans when injected with water. It is very filling and sweet.

==== '''Oil Slime'''[[File:Oilbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Explodes if hit with fire or another explosion
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a bombsuit
Oil slimes are essentially walking welding tanks. Don't try to kill one with a welder, laser, or anything that causes burns, as it will make it explode.

If an oil slime gets enraged, it will do a suicide charge at someone and blow themselves up. This is extremely lethal if it attaches to you before exploding.

Extract creates an explosion if injected with plasma. If the extract is enhanced, the explosion is more powerful, but still only has one use.

==== Emerald Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Makes entities nearby go very fast for a few moments
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The Emerald slime goes very fast, faster than the red slimes, and can make other slimes go just as fast. It can also make you go fast, if it's not trying to eat you. This can be exploited by an enterprising Xenobiologist looking to cut down on travel time.

Extract will 'buff' entities near the extract for ten minutes, allowing them to move slightly faster. Projectiles will hit them less often, as well. The entity will have green sparkles for the duration.

==== Light Pink Slime[[File:Lightpinkbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Low
'''Special Abilities:''' Will never attack humanoids or most synthetics
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The light pink slime is essentially permanently disciplined. It will still eat monkeys, but nothing else.

Extract creates a slime pacification agent when injected with water, which makes the slime be just as safe to handle as Ian. It might also work on other things than just slimes…

Extract creates a slime friendship agent when injected with plasma, which makes the slime be your ally forever. It also might work on other things.

==== Sapphire Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Extremely High
'''Special Abilities:''' More robust combat tactics
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Outrange and outnumber, get a slime securitron
Sapphire slimes are one of the most dangerous slimes, as they are more intelligent than the others and will use more effective fighting tactics, generally stunning much more often.

If two sapphire slimes are fighting you, one will keep you stunned while the other eats or glomps you to death, so bring a buddy or a slime securitron.

Extract creates a slime cube, which is used to create a new Promethean. Use it in hand and wait for a ghost to accept the prompt, and then a new slime person will appear!

== Possibly Outdated Information ==
Below is some leftover information from the old guide. Please inform the staff where and if this information should be replaced back into.

'''Sepia Slime'''[[File:Sepiababyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Creates a camera. How? Slime Magic!
** Blood: Creates some film for a camera. How? More Slime Magic!
* Potential Children: Sepia
* Potential Parents: Sepia, Dark Purple
'''Pyrite Slime'''[[File:Pyritebabyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Creates some paint. <strike>For the love of all that is holy, don't give it to the clown!</strike> There are no clowns. Moving on.
* Potential Children: Pyrite
* Potential Parents: Silver, Pyrite
'''Black Slime'''[[File:Blackbabyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Randomly creates between 1 and 50 pieces of a random mineral. It also has a 1/1000 chance to explode, and a 1/10 chance to do nothing at all. Pay attention and keep your distance when working with black slime cores. If it begins to vibrate violently, run.
* Potential Children: Black
* Potential Parents: Black, Green
'''Adamantine Slime'''[[File:Adamantinebabyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Creates a rune that can summon an adamantine golem, a player-controlled construct that will follow its creator's orders. If no player is available for the golem, the rune will fizzle, but can be re-used.
* Potential Children: Adamantine
* Potential Parents: Adamantine, Gold

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Guide to Xenobiology

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Xenobiologists are in charge of the creation, care, and eventual culling and harvesting of 'Slimes', which are extremely dangerous to handle without the right equipment.

== Familiarize Yourself ==
Generally speaking, you and your slimes are located in a remote area, east-most in Soteria, referred to as Xenobiology. There is an airlock that leads into Xenobiology. Inside the airlock leads to a operating room. Inside of Xenobiology has many cells (8) to place your slimes inside of, where they cannot get out without some serious effort. Each cell has a disposals chute, used to safely give food to the slimes inside the cell without endangering yourself, as well as a button to lock down that specific cell, in case the glass breaks or you have something even more dangerous than a slime inside. Left of the cells are two additional isolation cells, but it is not advised to use this cells, as they do not have disposal chutes or a lockdown button.

==Get Equipped==
You'll need these items to do your job.
* A fire extinguisher, to efficiently kill slimes. Some slimes might also light you on fire. For best use, move the slime into a corner so all the water hits them.
* A syringe, used to inject various fluids (generally Plasma, blood, or water) into Extracts, which you obtain from sawing the corpses of dead slimes. There's a saw located in the operating room in the airlock.
* A slimebaton, which functions similarly to a stunbaton, however it is only effectively against Slimes (and Prometheans). One hit will stun the slime for a few seconds, and will discipline it. A slime baton can be used to build a slime securitron, which is very useful if you're the only Xenobiologist but there is a friendly Roboticist onboard. More slimebatons can be made in Research and Development.
* A Slime Taser, which like the above, functions similarly to a normal energy weapon, however it is only effective against slimy things like Slimes and Prometheans. The stun duration is smaller than the Baton, however it can be used at range, and across window panes. Like the baton, more can be made in Research and Development.
* Welder and welding helmet. Useful for minor self repairs that will be inevitable, if you or your co-worker is a Full Body Prosthetic or Bound Synthetic. Also useful for mending the cracks on the cell windows, as slimes tend to smash them if they see food on the other side of the window.
Optional but highly useful things to acquire to make your job easier.
* A slime securitron, from Robotics, which is optimized to fight slimes and other minor xeno-lifeforms.
* A Medibot, also from Robotics, to heal you from minor harm the slimes may do to you, as the closest medical bay might be far away or even off-world.
* A temperature gun, from RnD. It can kill slimes at a range when set to the 'cold' setting, and can replace the fire extinguisher.

==Basics of Slime Care==
When you start your shift, each cell should have a singular grey extract. One of these cells should be dedicated to growing grey slimes, so you will have a renewable source of monkey cubes. If you run out of monkey cubes, you will need to get more from Cargo, which could take awhile. In order to produce a grey slime from the starting extracts, take the plasma in the center of Xenobiology, then put the plasma into the All-in-One Grinder and process it. After that, you should be left with 20 liquid plasma. Use the aforementioned syringe(s) to take the liquid plasma and inject it into the grey slime extracts. Now you should have a grey baby slime.

When your 'grey' cell slime reproduces, you should always ensure that one grey slime is always alive inside, and kill or separate the rest into different cells. It is a good idea to keep one grey extract in reserve in case all of your greys are lost, for whatever reason, as injecting a grey extract will create a new grey slime.

Cells should never have more than one color of slime inside, as they tend to fight each other and it can be difficult to tase them due to other slimes being in the way.

Some colors are more useful than others, for instance;
* Dark Purple, obtained from going (Grey > Purple > Dark Purple) or (Grey > Orange > Dark Purple), allows for a renewable source of plasma. You start with two sheets, which gives 40u of liquid plasma when ground up, or 8 injections. Generally, the more useful reactions from extracts require plasma, so Dark Purple is a good goal to work towards early.
* Blue, which is just one step from Grey, will give you two useful things. Slime stability agents reduce the odds of mutation when a slime reproduces, which you should give to your dedicated Grey slime until the chance goes to 0%, to increase the average yield of monkey cubes as well as to prevent the rare but possible situation of all four new slimes not being Grey anymore. Blue slimes also give you Frost Oil, which isn't terribly useful on its own but can be very useful when paired with a Metal Slime, for reasons explained below.
* Metal, which like Blue, is one step from Grey. Metal slime extracts allow for most types of metal material to become renewable, which includes steel, plasteel, gold, silver, uranium, and platinum. One extract creates 20u metamorphic liquid metal, which will turn into a different type of liquid metal (e.g. liquid gold, liquid silver, etc) when it torches them in a reagent container, like a beaker. Liquid metals are not very useful on their own, but can be made into a solid sheet of material by adding 5u Frost Oil to the reagent container. The Frost Oil is consumed when this is done, and 20u of liquid metal makes one sheet. Frost Oil is obtained from Blue slimes.
* Purple, which is like Blue and Metal, one step away from Grey. The extract can make a Slime Steroid Agent, which when applied to a living slime, will increase how many extracts it will make when put in the processor.
* Cerulean, which is obtained from (Grey > Blue > Dark Blue > Cerulean) or (Grey > Purple > Dark Blue > Cerulean), will create Extract Enhancement Agent, which adds more uses to an extract. This is extremely useful, as less slimes need to be breed to produce a given number of things.
* Red, which is obtained from (Grey > Orange > Red), will make a Slime Mutation Agent, which increases the odds of mutation when slimes split. Useful for if you're targeting a specific color, as higher odds for mutation mean less generations are needed to get there.
* Yellow, obtained from (Grey > Orange > Yellow) or (Grey > Metal > Yellow), can create self recharging 10k power cells, which are very useful for Bound Synthetics, Hardsuits, Defibs, certain APCs, and potentally anything that uses power cells.
* Pink, obtained from (Grey > Blue > Pink), can be used as a source of healing, both while alive, as well as when using their extracts. The extracts can produce three different kinds of advanced medications, which Medical might want. The medications can fix organs, fix bleeding, or fix bones, depending on what is injected into the extract.
* Light Pink, which is one step from Pink (Grey > Blue > Pink > Light Pink), can be used to make a specific slime be friendly and harmless forever, which might be useful to use on a Pink slime, so you can replace a medibot.
* Sapphire, obtained from (Grey > Metal > Gold > Sapphire), is how you get Prometheans. The extract gives you a slime cube, which creates a Promethean if it can find another player who wishes to play as one.

== Xenobiology Tips ==
* Click on the glass doors in containment pens to keep them open until you close them.
* If you take your plasma, you can fill it up with 4x of a random chemical (preferably water) in order to minimize the amount of plasma you use. This means you can take 100u of liquid plasma and turn it into 400u of plasma-water mix that slimes still react to!
* The best weapon for dealing with Xenobiology outbreaks are "Ranch" core stopper guns. They instantly kill slimes and are completely harmless to anything other then slimes. Be advised, they only take small cells.

== Slime Protection ==
Slimes can kill you in many ways, dependent mostly on their color. Wearing the correct armor when handling a specific color can make survival much easier. Xenobiology has been provided with a large range of specialized clothing to wear, when the need arises.
* Bio Suits, which prevent damage from slimes trying to eat you. Note that slimes will wise up to this and instead try to glomp you to death instead. A bio suit will also stop slimes from spreading certain chemical-based attacks onto you.
* Fire Suits, as the orange slime can ignite you, and the dark purple slime can release Plasma gas if killed improperly.
* Bomb suits, as the oil slime explodes if killed improperly (hit with fire).
* Radiation suits, as the green slime is radioactive. It is also thick enough to protect from slime chemical attacks.

== Slime Life-cycle ==
[[File:Slime-mutations-Temp.png|thumb|
Here is a chart of all the slime reproductive color cycle.
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Slimes start their life as a small baby. Don't be fooled, it is still very dangerous and capable of killing anyone careless. Slimes require food, or else they will die. Starving slimes have been known to turn on their captors.

When fed enough, baby slimes will grow into an 'adult' form, which makes them tougher. When the slime eats enough as an adult, it will reproduce, by splitting into four new slimes. There is a small chance that one or more of the new slimes may mutate into a different color. If this happens, the mutated slime should be isolated from its siblings, as they will fight each other to the death if they are separate colors. A slime taser is useful for this, as it can shoot through the glass of the cell.

== Slime Psychology ==

=== Discipline ===
Slimes can be subjugated by force by various means, with the easiest way being the slimebaton. The slime will give a sad face, however it won't harm humanoids for a little while. If it was trying to kill something, it will stop doing so.

Successfully removing a slime from someone it's eating will also discipline it.

Beating the slime with a heavy object repeatedly will sometimes discipline it, however this is not guaranteed.

=== Obedience ===
Giving 'justified' disciplining to a slime will cause it to become more obedient, making future disciplining last longer. Sufficient amounts of obedience can make discipline last forever. Note that slimes in that state are still dangerous, as they will still defend themselves against attackers.

An act of discipline is 'justified' when it is done while the slime is trying to harm or eat someone, otherwise it is 'unjustified'.

A slime securitron will automatically engage 'guilty' slimes, but leave innocent ones alone.

=== Resentment ===
Giving 'unjustified' disciplining to a slime will cause the slime to hold resentment towards their captors. If pushed too far, the slime will enrage, and try to kill everything it can see, so try to not be like Security.

Sometimes it is possible to calm down a raging slime with enough disciplining, however it is generally easier and safer to just kill it with a slimebaton and fire extinguisher.

A slime securitron engage an enraged slime in a fight to the death, not stopping until the slime dies, or the securitron is destroyed.

=== Speech ===
Slimes appear to be capable of slow, simple speech, and will respond to various topics and requests that it hears.

If a slime likes you enough or is sufficiently obedient, it can be given certain commands, such as to '''follow''' you, to '''stop''' attacking/eating/following things, or to '''attack''' a specific target. You'll need to say the slime's 'name', or say 'slimes' to give the command to all the slimes that can hear you.

You can also say hi to them, and they will respond.

=== Tactics ===
All slimes have various means to harm things. The most common attack is a 'glomp' which will hurt whatever it hits, and will hurt more if the slime is a big one. Some slime colors will cause a substance to enter your bloodstream if it successfully hits you. Sufficiently thick clothing should stop that from happening.

A more dangerous 'attack' is that the slime may decide to attach themselves onto their victim, which is how slimes eat things. This causes severe cellular damage to the victim, and will require advanced medical treatment to fix, so you are advised to remove the slime from yourself or your co-worker <abbr>ASAP</abbr> if it latches on. A slime securitron will rush to you if this happens to you. Slimes won't try to eat inorganic entities, instead glomping them.

Slimes can also incapacitate its target in two ways. First, it can try to knock down its target by shoving them down, which stuns for a brief moment, however it is not guaranteed to work. Second, it can use stored up electricity to shock a target to stun them for a longer period of time. After downing a target, a slime generally will try to eat it if it's organic, or continue glomping it to death if not.

=== Friend or Foe ===
Slimes will never willingly harm another slime of the same color, or a Promethean. When under the effects of discipline, a slime will not try to fight or eat humanoids or robotic entities, but will still eat monkeys.

A slime pacified with a slime docility agent will never harm anyone and is incapable of doing any harm. Pacified slimes will also never enrage, even with a red slime extract.

An enraged slime will ignore the effects of discipline.

== Slimes Biology ==
Slimes come in many colors, and most of them have unique properties. Their extracts will do different things depending on the color, as well. Slimes will attack slimes of a different color, so separating them with different cells is required.

When slimes reproduce, there is a chance that one or more of the offspring will mutate into a different color. The chance is usually at around 25%, however this can be increased or deceased by giving the slime a mutation agent or stability agent, which can be obtained from a red extract and blue extract, respectively.

Each color, except for the grey slime, will have a specific trait unique to that color, and may warrant additional preparation before handling. A list of slime colors is provided below.

=== Table ===

This table is a general gist and may not even contain all slimes. '''Use this with caution, you have been warned.'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Color !! Tier !! Blood !! Plasma !! Water
|-
| Rainbow || Special || || ||
|-
| Grey || 0|| Monkey Cubes || Grey Slime ||
|-
| Orange || 1 || || Plasma Fire || Smoke
|-
| Purple || 1 || || Slime Steroid ||
|-
| Blue || 1 || Slime Stability Agent || Frost Oil ||
|-
| Metal || 1 || || Metamorphic Liquid ||
|-
| Yellow || 2 || EMP || Charged Slime Core || Bio-Luminescence Core
|-
| Dark Purple || 2 || || || Liquid Plasma
|-
| Dark Blue || 2 || || Cold Snap ||
|-
| Silver || 2 || || Liquid Silver ||
|-
| Red || 2 || Enrage Slimes || Slime Mutation Bottle ||
|-
| Green || 2 || || Liquid Uranium ||
|-
| Pink || 2 || Clotting Liquid || Bone Fixing Liquid || Organ Fixing Liquid
|-
| Gold || 2 || || Liquid Gold ||
|-
| Bluespace || 3 || || Greater Slimy Crystal || Lesser Slimy Crystals
|-
| Ruby || 3 || || Nearby Buff ||
|-
| Amber || 3 || Slime Feeding Agent || Clump of Slime ||
|-
| Oil || 3 || || Explosion ||
|-
| Emerald || 3 || || Nearby Speed Buff ||
|-
| Light Pink || 3 || || Slime Friendship Agent || Slime Pacification Agent
|-
| Sapphire || 3 || || Slime Cube ||
|}

=== Special ===

==== Rainbow slime ====
'''Tier:''' N/A
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Never harms or is harmed by another slime due to seperate color
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The rainbow slime is very rare color that other slimes consider to be their color, and so they won't attack it.

Extract creates a slime unity agent, which grants the 'other slimes see this slime as their own color' ability to other slimes, and carries across generations.

=== Tier 0 ===

==== '''Grey Slime''' [[File:Greybabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 0
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' N/A
'''Recommended Preperations:''' N/A
Grey slimes are the first slimes you will have, as you start with two. It's generally recommended to always have a cell with grey slimes, as their extracts create monkey cubes, which you will need a lot of.

Extract creates a fresh grey slime when injected with plasma, which is useful as a backup in case all your specimens die or all your greys mutated.

Extract creates monkey cubes when injected with blood.

=== Tier 1 ===

==== '''Orange Slime'''[[File:Orangebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Increases flammability of targets per hit, chance to ignite per hit
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a firesuit
Orange slimes can light you on fire if you're careless, however generally this is not a big deal as you have a fire extinguisher (you did bring one right?). If you want to be extra safe, wear a fire suit.

Note that if an orange slime can trigger the dark purple or oil slime's effect.

Extract will create smoke when injected with water.

Extract will create a plasma fire if injected with plasma.

==== '''Purple Slime'''[[File:Purplebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects toxins per hit
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
Purple slimes inject a weak but long lasting toxin into their victim with each attack. A thick armor such as a biosuit or spacesuit will stop this from affecting you.

Extract will create a slime steroid agent when injected with plasma, which is a potent chemical mix that causes a slime to produce an additional extract when processed. It needs to be alive for the steroid to be applied.

==== '''Blue Slime'''[[File:Bluebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects cryo-toxin
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
Blue slimes chill their enemies with cryo-toxin, so a biosuit will keep that away from you. Don't wear a winter coat, it isn't thick enough to stop the injection and it will actually make it take longer to warm up, potentially making the cryo-toxin lethal.

Extract will create a slime stability agent when injected with blood, which reduces the odds of mutations by 15%, and carries through across generations. Useful for your grey slimes so they stay grey forever.

Extract will create frost oil when injected with plasma, which can solidify certain liquid metals like liquid iron, gold, silver, etc. Five units frost oil and twenty units of a metallic liquid will make one bar of solid metal, consuming the frost oil in the process. Some foods also call for frost oil in their recipe.

==== '''Metal Slime'''[[File:Metalbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' More durable, resistant to weak weapons
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
Metal slimes are harder to kill by virtue of being able to take more punishment before dying. They are one of the few slimes able to survive a dark blue extract cold snap. They otherwise aren't much more dangerous than a regular grey slime.

Extract creates 20 units of a metamorphic liquid when injected with plasma, which when combined with other metallic liquids (such as liquid iron, gold, silver, uranium, plasma, etc), will turn into the liquid it touches. This makes metallic liquid renewable, and metallic liquid can be converted to more useful solid metal with frost oil.

Extract creates 20 units of binding liquid, which is used to create 'alloys', without the intense heat. This is used to create liquid steel and liquid plasteel.

=== Tier 2 ===

==== '''Yellow Slime'''[[File:Yellowbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Shoots lightning, charges electricity faster
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Out-range slime with slime taser, wear insulation if possible
Yellow slimes are one of the few slimes to possess a ranged attack. Be warned, the lightning can go through the glass of its cell, so the blast doors may be required. The lightning technically has a very high range, but slimes will only fire it if they are between two to three meters from their target. Yellow slimes don't fire lightning when in melee range (their glomps actually hurt more, however).

Extract will create an object that can be used as a large powercell, with a capacity of 10k. Unlike regular power cells, these will unconditionally self recharge at a slow rate. Useful for APCs, Defibs, and Synthetics. It cannot be used as a substitute for device or weapon cells.

Extract will create an EMP when injected with blood, as strong as a regular EMP grenade. The user is not immune to the EMP blast, so be careful.

Extract will create an object which glows with yellow bio-luminescence when injected with water.

==== '''Dark Purple Slime'''[[File:Darkpurplebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects plasma per attack, creates plasma fire if killed with fire
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
Dark Purple slimes inject plasma into its target, which is extremely toxic, so a biosuit is required.

Extract will create liquid plasma when injected with water.

==== '''Dark Blue Slime'''[[File:Darkbluebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Lowers temperature of nearby entities, resistant to cold temperatures
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a winter coat
Dark Blue slimes passively lower the temperature of entities near it. It doesn't actually lower the room temperature, however. Note that other slimes can be harmed by the 'cold aura'. Dark Blue slimes are also unharmed by cold temperatures, however water will still kill them.

Extract will create a 'cold snap' when injected with plasma, after a delay, which rapidly lowers the temperature of nearby entities, and lowers the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere. It is generally capable of instantly killing most types of slimes, except for the Metal and other Dark Blue slimes, therefore it is ideal for containing a slime outbreak. It is recommended to wear cold protection, like a winter coat, when using the cold snap.

==== '''Silver Slime'''[[File:Silverbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium-High
'''Special Abilities:''' Reflects beams and energy projectiles
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Use slimebaton instead of xeno taser
Silver slimes will always deflect most energy-based weapons. This includes the slime taser. This can cause you to accidentally discipline the wrong slime, posing an enrage risk if the slime you hit didn't deserve to be tased. The slimebaton still works on them.

Extract creates 5u of liquid silver when injected with plasma.
*

==== '''Red Slime'''[[File:Redbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium-High
'''Special Abilities:''' Moves faster, enrages if disciplined
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Don't discipline if possible, otherwise isolate it from everything else
Red slimes are extremely aggressive, and will never submit to your attempts to civilize them. They also move faster than other slimes.

Extract creates a bottle of slime mutation agent when injected with plasma, which makes a slime 12% more likely to mutate, and carries across generations. It's the opposite of the stability agent.

Extract causes all slimes that can see the user, and are not pacified, to become enraged, when injected with blood.

==== '''Green Slime'''[[File:Greenbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Radioactive, injects radium per hit
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a radiation suit
Green slimes will irradiate nearby entities and cause their cell to become radioactive for awhile. This can be bad or can be put to use with creative means.

The extract creates 5u of liquid uranium when injected with plasma.

==== '''Pink Slime'''[[File:Pinkbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Heals living entities nearby
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
Pink slimes heal other entities near it. Things being healed will sparkle pink for a few seconds. It won't apply the heal to things the slime is trying to kill, so you will likely need to discipline or pacify the slime before you can use it as a source of healing.

Extract will create 'Agent A', a clotting liquid which will heal bleeding, internal and external, when injected with blood.

Extract will create 'Agent B', a bone fixing liquid, when injected with plasma.

Extract will create 'Agent C', an organ fixing liquid, when injected with water.

==== '''Gold Slime'''[[File:Goldbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Immune to stuns
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The gold slime absorbs energy, and trying to stun it will actually charge it. Despite this, your slime tools will still discipline it, so this is only an issue if it enrages.

Extract creates 5u liquid gold when injected with plasma.

=== Tier: 3 ===

==== '''Bluespace Slime'''[[File:Bluespacebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Teleports to target
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Seal slime behind blast doors
The Bluespace slime can teleport out of its cell, which makes containing it difficult. The best method is to stun it with the slimebaton, then close the blast doors very fast. Running away from a Bluespace slime without the ability to stun it is generally futile.

Extract will create five 'lesser' slimy crystals when injected with water, which can teleport yourself or someone else randomly once, by crushing it in hand or throwing it at someone. The teleport will never place you in space or on an asteroid.

Extract will create one 'greater' slimy crystal when injected with plasma, which allows for a controlled teleport to a specific location.

==== Ruby Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Very High
'''Special Abilities:''' Unnatural physical strength
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Kite and use slime taser, or ask security for riot armor
The Ruby slime is very strong physically, and has the potential to crit a human in three hits. The slime has an outgoing damage multipler, reduced incoming damage, higher base health, and is stunned for less time. This ability can be yours, at least temporarily, with its extract.

Extract will grant a 'buff' to nearby entities when injected with plasma, giving the entity similar boons to the Ruby slime, for ten minutes. The entity will have red sparkles while it lasts.
'''Cerulean Slime'''[[File:Ceruleanbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Higher base stations than average
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The Cerulean slime is a 'jack of all trades, master of none' color, so it isn't much more threatening than a regular grey slime.

Extract creates a slime extract enhancer agent when injected with plasma, which adds more 'charges' to a specific extract. It's a good idea to use this agent on your second Cerulean extract, so you get a large amount of enhancer agents.

==== Amber Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Feeds other slimes passively
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Separate from other slimes to prevent runaway slime reproduction
The Amber slime feeds other slimes (it cannot feed itself, fortunately) through some unknown process, and can cause them to reproduce without being fed monkeys. This can be exploited if one is careful.

Extract creates a slime feeding agent when injected with plasma, which when applied to a specific slime, will instantly cause the slime to evolve and reproduce.

Extract creates a gooy clump of slime that is edible for humans when injected with water. It is very filling and sweet.

==== '''Oil Slime'''[[File:Oilbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Explodes if hit with fire or another explosion
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a bombsuit
Oil slimes are essentially walking welding tanks. Don't try to kill one with a welder, laser, or anything that causes burns, as it will make it explode.

If an oil slime gets enraged, it will do a suicide charge at someone and blow themselves up. This is extremely lethal if it attaches to you before exploding.

Extract creates an explosion if injected with plasma. If the extract is enhanced, the explosion is more powerful, but still only has one use.

==== Emerald Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Makes entities nearby go very fast for a few moments
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The Emerald slime goes very fast, faster than the red slimes, and can make other slimes go just as fast. It can also make you go fast, if it's not trying to eat you. This can be exploited by an enterprising Xenobiologist looking to cut down on travel time.

Extract will 'buff' entities near the extract for ten minutes, allowing them to move slightly faster. Projectiles will hit them less often, as well. The entity will have green sparkles for the duration.

==== Light Pink Slime[[File:Lightpinkbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Low
'''Special Abilities:''' Will never attack humanoids or most synthetics
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The light pink slime is essentially permanently disciplined. It will still eat monkeys, but nothing else.

Extract creates a slime pacification agent when injected with water, which makes the slime be just as safe to handle as Ian. It might also work on other things than just slimes…

Extract creates a slime friendship agent when injected with plasma, which makes the slime be your ally forever. It also might work on other things.

==== Sapphire Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Extremely High
'''Special Abilities:''' More robust combat tactics
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Outrange and outnumber, get a slime securitron
Sapphire slimes are one of the most dangerous slimes, as they are more intelligent than the others and will use more effective fighting tactics, generally stunning much more often.

If two sapphire slimes are fighting you, one will keep you stunned while the other eats or glomps you to death, so bring a buddy or a slime securitron.

Extract creates a slime cube, which is used to create a new Promethean. Use it in hand and wait for a ghost to accept the prompt, and then a new slime person will appear!

== Possibly Outdated Information ==
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'''Sepia Slime'''[[File:Sepiababyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Creates a camera. How? Slime Magic!
** Blood: Creates some film for a camera. How? More Slime Magic!
* Potential Children: Sepia
* Potential Parents: Sepia, Dark Purple
'''Pyrite Slime'''[[File:Pyritebabyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Creates some paint. <strike>For the love of all that is holy, don't give it to the clown!</strike> There are no clowns. Moving on.
* Potential Children: Pyrite
* Potential Parents: Silver, Pyrite
'''Black Slime'''[[File:Blackbabyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Randomly creates between 1 and 50 pieces of a random mineral. It also has a 1/1000 chance to explode, and a 1/10 chance to do nothing at all. Pay attention and keep your distance when working with black slime cores. If it begins to vibrate violently, run.
* Potential Children: Black
* Potential Parents: Black, Green
'''Adamantine Slime'''[[File:Adamantinebabyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Creates a rune that can summon an adamantine golem, a player-controlled construct that will follow its creator's orders. If no player is available for the golem, the rune will fizzle, but can be re-used.
* Potential Children: Adamantine
* Potential Parents: Adamantine, Gold

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Guide to Toxins

2021-09-06T23:48:34Z

Mercy: typo

Toxins Research is a division of the [[Research and Development]] department of the station. It is used to create bombs by mixing heated plasma with oxygen to cause an explosive reaction. These bombs can be used to destroy the [[Singularity]] if it is released, or, more commonly, to completely ruin the station when the bombs are left to traitors and idiots.

== Before you Begin ==
Before you even begin to create deadly bombs in the lab, there are a few things that are worth remembering:
# If you start a fire in the mixing chamber that is '''6,000 kelvins''' or higher, the reinforced walls of the mixing chamber '''will begin to melt'''. Once the melting process has begun, there will not be enough time for you to notice and run away. '''You will have a bad time'''.
# Ensure the mixing chamber and any pipes are completely empty before you start by using the Mixing Chamber Monitor.
# The bomb you're making needs to be, on mixing, above the '''plasma flashpoint''' of about '''100 degrees Celsius''' (or 373 kelvins). '''You do not need to have a super-heated bomb to create a large explosion!'''

Finally:
* Leave the release valves for each canister '''closed''' at all times unless you are filling up tanks. Gas will still flow from the canister into the pipes!

== Heating Gas ==
First, you'll need to leave toxins, go up the hallway and through the purple doors into Toxins Storage. You'll want to grab '''2 Plasma canisters''' and '''an Oxygen canister''' for now.

Hit "Cycle to interior" to open the interior airlock of the mixing chamber, head inside and make sure '''both pumps''' are set to their '''default setting, about 101.25 kPa'''.

Using one of the Plasma canisters, fill the mixing chamber with '''two entire canisters of Plasma '''. Wrench the canister to the '''middle port''' and turn on the 'Air Mix to Port' on the floor so that 'Air Mix to Port' flashes in different colors. Once the canister is empty, turn off the 'Air Mix to Port' and disconnect the canister with a wrench. Swap out the canister and do it again.

The speed at which gases flow into and out of the Chamber depends on what the kPa is set to on the "Desirable Output Pressure" section of the gas pumps. The higher the pressure, the quicker the gas will flow. This is particularly useful for speeding up the process of emptying the Plasma canisters, though if the Oxygen canister is left attached for too long you may put too much Oxygen in the Chamber and end up will wall-melting temperatures. You will most likely have a bad time if you hit wall-melting temperatures.

Next, grab your '''Oxygen canister'''. Your goal is to put only a very small, minuscule amount of oxygen into the mixing chamber. Turn on the 'Air Mix to Port' for the middle port (as you did with the Plasma canisters) and connect the Oxygen canister '''for only 1 or 2 seconds''' (IF you set the Output Pressure to it's maximum). Remember, if you add too little oxygen, you can always add more, but if you add too much oxygen, you could have a potential headache.

Ignite the chamber. It shouldn't burn for long if you've only added a small amount of oxygen.

While the fire is burning, grab one of the empty yellow canisters and drag it to the '''top port''' connected to the mixing chamber.

Once the fire has burned out, pump a little bit of the resulting burned mix into your empty yellow canister. '''Check the meter's temperature before going on.''' If the temperature is at or above around '''200 C''', then '''do not''' add any more oxygen. You have your hot plasma.
* If the temperature is too low, pump that mix straight back into the mixing chamber. Then, add another tiny amount of oxygen. Repeat until you have Plasma/CO2 mix that is hot enough.

Once you're all done close off the transfer valves and disconnect your canisters.

If in the event that your mixture stops flowing into the canister after only 100kPa or so, set the exit gas pump's "Desirable Output Pressure" to a higher kPa, MAX if necessary.

== Sealing the Deal: Setting Us up the Bomb ==
Now you'll want to start off by dispensing '''one or two plasma tanks''', load it into the white air scrubber in the top right of the room, and get rid of all that plasma.

Then, take the plasma tanks to the '''yellow canister''' that now has your hot plasma in it and fill the entire plasma tank with hot gas mix.

Once you have the empty tanks, go and slot them into one of your yellow canisters, again making sure that the output pressure is at '''1013 kPa''', and fill them all up with hot gas mix.

Now take these tanks of heated gas and attach each one to a tank transfer valve. Once you've done that, head back to the tank dispenser.

This time get an equal amount of '''oxygen tanks''' from the dispenser and keep them handy for a second. Take the Oxygen canister you got at the start of this section and take it to the top left of the room. Place the oxygen tank on top of the connector port next to the machine marked as '''gas cooling system''' and wrench it. Turn the temperature to 0 K, or as low as you can go, and turn on the machine until the oxygen is as cold as possible.

Get another '''EMPTY yellow canister''' and place it on the connector port south of the gas cooling system. Make sure to wrench it! Turn on the gas pump and analyze canister. It should be below -1C. Place one '''oxygen tank''' inside the yellow canister and set the release pressure to it's maximum setting, 1013 kPa. Finally, open the release valve and the oxygen tank should have very cold oxygen within it. Do the same to any other oxygen tanks you have.

Make sure the canister's release pressure is set to its maximum setting, 1013 kPa, before attempting to fill each tank. Now attach each to a transfer valve that already has a plasma tank on it and you'll have a bomb (or several).

From here on you have 3 options: '''timers''', '''proximity sensors''' and '''remote signaling devices'''. 
Each of these is a method of setting off your bomb. For your first bomb, you should probably use a remote signaling device or a timer. To attach a '''remote signaling device''' to a tank transfer valve you need to use a screwdriver on them before attaching it to the tank. In the case of '''proximity sensors''' or '''timers''', however, don't, because they come pre-ready for attachment. Grab a readied device and click on a tank transfer valve to attach it. All done! You have a bomb, ready for use.

== Remote Signaling Devices ==
Someone might click the remote signaling device while you have the bomb on assembly, so be prepared to '''quickly shove the bomb into the mass driver and detonate.'''

== Testing Your Creations ==
The toxins room has a nice built-in testing arena. If you head south, you should see a room with a console, two buttons, and a door above you. Go into the door above you and you will see a mass driver. '''Before you do anything, grab the Kinetic Energy Sensor located in the left room of the Toxin Mixing Room on the table, where you should also find the tank transfer valves, proximity sensors, and timers''' Just drop your bomb (and the Kinetic Energy Sensor) on the mass driver, make sure to set the timer if you've used one. After that, head south back into the console room and you will see the Launch-pad door-control button, which you press, and then the mass driver button, which you also press. After that, your bomb will head to the center of the toxin testing area. Then you click on the console, find the Toxin Room cameras, send the signal from another signaling device or wait for your timer, and enjoy seeing the result of your hard work in toxins.

== Notes ==
Seriously, '''don't''' go and randomly set these off on the station if you aren't a Syndicate or otherwise Antagonistic character, you'll probably get '''job-banned''' or '''permabanned'''. Even if you are a Syndicate/Antagonist, it's advised you ahelp (F1) before setting them off.

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Guide to Toxins

2021-09-06T23:48:09Z

Mercy: Fixing lots of 'Guide to Toxins' with correct information.

Toxins Research is a division of the [[Research and Development]] department of the station. It is used to create bombs by mixing heated plasma with oxygen to cause an explosive reaction. These bombs can be used to destroy the [[Singularity]] if it is released, or, more commonly, to completely ruin the station when the bombs are left to traitors and idiots.

== Before you Begin ==
Before you even begin to create deadly bombs in the lab, there are a few things that are worth remembering:
# If you start a fire in the mixing chamber that is '''6,000 kelvins''' or higher, the reinforced walls of the mixing chamber '''will begin to melt'''. Once the melting process has begun, there will not be enough time for you to notice and run away. '''You will have a bad time'''.
# Ensure the mixing chamber and any pipes are completely empty before you start by using the Mixing Chamber Monitor.
# The bomb you're making needs to be, on mixing, above the '''plasma flashpoint''' of about '''100 degrees Celsius''' (or 373 kelvins). '''You do not need to have a super-heated bomb to create a large explosion!'''

Finally:
* Leave the release valves for each canister '''closed''' at all times unless you are filling up tanks. Gas will still flow from the canister into the pipes!

== Heating Gas ==
First, you'll need to leave toxins, go up the hallway and through the purple doors into Toxins Storage. You'll want to grab '''2 Plasma canisters''' and '''an Oxygen canister''' for now.

Hit "Cycle to interior" to open the interior airlock of the mixing chamber, head inside and make sure '''both pumps''' are set to their '''default setting, about 101.25 kPa'''.

Using one of the Plasma canisters, fill the mixing chamber with '''two entire canisters of Plasma '''. Wrench the canister to the '''middle port''' and turn on the 'Air Mix to Port' on the floor so that 'Air Mix to Port' flashes in different colors. Once the canister is empty, turn off the 'Air Mix to Port' and disconnect the canister with a wrench. Swap out the canister and do it again.

The speed at which gases flow into and out of the Chamber depends on what the kPa is set to on the "Desirable Output Pressure" section of the gas pumps. The higher the pressure, the quicker the gas will flow. This is particularly useful for speeding up the process of emptying the Plasma canisters, though if the Oxygen canister is left attached for too long you may put too much Oxygen in the Chamber and end up will wall-melting temperatures. You will most likely have a bad time if you hit wall-melting temperatures.

Next, grab your '''Oxygen canister'''. Your goal is to put only a very small, minuscule amount of oxygen into the mixing chamber. Turn on the 'Air Mix to Port' for the middle port (as you did with the Plasma canisters) and connect the Oxygen canister '''for only 1 or 2 seconds''' (IF you set the Output Pressure to it's maximum). Remember, if you add too little oxygen, you can always add more, but if you add too much oxygen, you could have a potential headache.

Ignite the chamber. It shouldn't burn for long if you've only added a small amount of oxygen.

While the fire is burning, grab one of the empty yellow canisters and drag it to the '''top port''' connected to the mixing chamber.

Once the fire has burned out, pump a little bit of the resulting burned mix into your empty yellow canister. '''Check the meter's temperature before going on.''' If the temperature is at or above around '''200 C''', then '''do not''' add any more oxygen. You have your hot plasma.
* If the temperature is too low, pump that mix straight back into the mixing chamber. Then, add another tiny amount of oxygen. Repeat until you have Plasma/CO2 mix that is hot enough.

Once you're all done close off the transfer valves and disconnect your canisters.

If in the event that your mixture stops flowing into the canister after only 100kPa or so, set the exit gas pump's "Desirable Output Pressure" to a higher kPa, MAX if necessary.

== Sealing the Deal: Setting Us up the Bomb ==
Now you'll want to start off by dispensing '''one or two plasma tanks''', load it into the white air scrubber in the top right of the room, and get rid of all that plasma.

Then, take the plasma tanks to the '''yellow canister''' that now has your hot plasma in it and fill the entire plasma tank with hot gas mix.

Once you have the empty tanks, go and slot them into one of your yellow canisters, again making sure that the output pressure is at '''1013 kPa''', and fill them all up with hot gas mix.

Now take these tanks of heated gas and attach each one to a tank transfer valve. Once you've done that, head back to the tank dispenser.

This time get an equal amount of '''oxygen tanks''' from the dispenser and keep them handy for a second. Take the Oxygen canister you got at the start of this section and take it to the top left of the room. Place the oxygen tank on top of the connector port next to the machine marked as '''gas cooling system''' and wrench it. Turn the temperature to 0 K, or as low as you can go, and turn on the machine until the oxygen is as cold as possible.

Get another '''EMPTY yellow canister''' and place it on the connector port south of the gas cooling system. Make sure to wrench it! Turn on the gas pump and analyze canister. It should be below -1C. Place one '''oxygen tank''' inside the yellow canister and set the release pressure to it's maximum setting, 1013 kPa. Finally, open the release valve and the oxygen tank should have very cold oxygen within it. Do the same to any other oxygen tanks you have.

Make sure the canister's release pressure is set to its maximum setting, 1013 kPa, before attempting to fill each tank. Now attach each to a transfer valve that already has a plasma tank on it and you'll have a bomb (or several).

From here on you have 3 options: '''timers''', '''proximity sensors''' and '''remote signaling devices'''. 
Each of these is a method of setting off your bomb. For your first bomb, you should probably use a remote signaling device or a timer. To attach a '''remote signaling device''' to a tank transfer valve you need to use a screwdriver on them before attaching it to the tank. In the case of '''proximity sensors''' or '''timers''', however, don't, because they come pre-ready for attachment. Grab a readied device and click on a tank transfer valve to attach it. All done! You have a bomb, ready for use.

== Remote Signaling Devices ==
Someone might click the remote signaling device while you have the bomb on assembly, so be prepared to '''quickly shove the bomb into the mass driver and detonate.'''

== Testing Your Creations ==
The toxins room has a nice built-in testing arena. If you head south, you should see a room with a console, two buttons, and a door above you. Go into the door above you and you will see a mass driver. '''Before you do anything, grab the Kinetic Energy Sensor located in the left room of the Toxin Mixing Room on the table, where you should also find the tank transfer valves, proximity sensors, and timers``` Just drop your bomb (and the Kinetic Energy Sensor) on the mass driver, make sure to set the timer if you've used one. After that, head south back into the console room and you will see the Launch-pad door-control button, which you press, and then the mass driver button, which you also press. After that, your bomb will head to the center of the toxin testing area. Then you click on the console, find the Toxin Room cameras, send the signal from another signaling device or wait for your timer, and enjoy seeing the result of your hard work in toxins.

== Notes ==
Seriously, '''don't''' go and randomly set these off on the station if you aren't a Syndicate or otherwise Antagonistic character, you'll probably get '''job-banned''' or '''permabanned'''. Even if you are a Syndicate/Antagonist, it's advised you ahelp (F1) before setting them off.

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Guide to Xenobiology

2021-09-06T23:00:25Z

Mercy: Fixing lots of the Xenobiology document with actually correct information.

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Xenobiologists are in charge of the creation, care, and eventual culling and harvesting of 'Slimes', which are extremely dangerous to handle without the right equipment.

== Familiarize Yourself ==
Generally speaking, you and your slimes are located in a remote area, east-most in Soteria, referred to as Xenobiology. There is an airlock that leads into Xenobiology. Inside the airlock leads to a operating room. Inside of Xenobiology has many cells (8) to place your slimes inside of, where they cannot get out without some serious effort. Each cell has a disposals chute, used to safely give food to the slimes inside the cell without endangering yourself, as well as a button to lock down that specific cell, in case the glass breaks or you have something even more dangerous than a slime inside. Left of the cells are two additional isolation cells, but it is not advised to use this cells, as they do not have disposal chutes or a lockdown button.

==Get Equipped==
You'll need these items to do your job.
* A fire extinguisher, to efficiently kill slimes. Some slimes might also light you on fire. For best use, move the slime into a corner so all the water hits them.
* A syringe, used to inject various fluids (generally Plasma, blood, or water) into Extracts, which you obtain from sawing the corpses of dead slimes. There's a saw located in the operating room in the airlock.
* A slimebaton, which functions similarly to a stunbaton, however it is only effectively against Slimes (and Prometheans). One hit will stun the slime for a few seconds, and will discipline it. A slime baton can be used to build a slime securitron, which is very useful if you're the only Xenobiologist but there is a friendly Roboticist onboard. More slimebatons can be made in Research and Development.
* A Slime Taser, which like the above, functions similarly to a normal energy weapon, however it is only effective against slimy things like Slimes and Prometheans. The stun duration is smaller than the Baton, however it can be used at range, and across window panes. Like the baton, more can be made in Research and Development.
* Welder and welding helmet. Useful for minor self repairs that will be inevitable, if you or your co-worker is a Full Body Prosthetic or Bound Synthetic. Also useful for mending the cracks on the cell windows, as slimes tend to smash them if they see food on the other side of the window.
Optional but highly useful things to acquire to make your job easier.
* A slime securitron, from Robotics, which is optimized to fight slimes and other minor xeno-lifeforms.
* A Medibot, also from Robotics, to heal you from minor harm the slimes may do to you, as the closest medical bay might be far away or even off-world.
* A temperature gun, from RnD. It can kill slimes at a range when set to the 'cold' setting, and can replace the fire extinguisher.

==Basics of Slime Care==
When you start your shift, each cell should have a singular grey extract. One of these cells should be dedicated to growing grey slimes, so you will have a renewable source of monkey cubes. If you run out of monkey cubes, you will need to get more from Cargo, which could take awhile. In order to produce a grey slime from the starting extracts, take the plasma in the center of Xenobiology, then put the plasma into the All-in-One Grinder and process it. After that, you should be left with 20 liquid plasma. Use the aforementioned syringe(s) to take the liquid plasma and inject it into the grey slime extracts. Now you should have a grey baby slime.

When your 'grey' cell slime reproduces, you should always ensure that one grey slime is always alive inside, and kill or separate the rest into different cells. It is a good idea to keep one grey extract in reserve in case all of your greys are lost, for whatever reason, as injecting a grey extract will create a new grey slime.

Cells should never have more than one color of slime inside, as they tend to fight each other and it can be difficult to tase them due to other slimes being in the way.

Some colors are more useful than others, for instance;
* Dark Purple, obtained from going (Grey > Purple > Dark Purple) or (Grey > Orange > Dark Purple), allows for a renewable source of plasma. You start with two sheets, which gives 40u of liquid plasma when ground up, or 8 injections. Generally, the more useful reactions from extracts require plasma, so Dark Purple is a good goal to work towards early.
* Blue, which is just one step from Grey, will give you two useful things. Slime stability agents reduce the odds of mutation when a slime reproduces, which you should give to your dedicated Grey slime until the chance goes to 0%, to increase the average yield of monkey cubes as well as to prevent the rare but possible situation of all four new slimes not being Grey anymore. Blue slimes also give you Frost Oil, which isn't terribly useful on its own but can be very useful when paired with a Metal Slime, for reasons explained below.
* Metal, which like Blue, is one step from Grey. Metal slime extracts allow for most types of metal material to become renewable, which includes steel, plasteel, gold, silver, uranium, and platinum. One extract creates 20u metamorphic liquid metal, which will turn into a different type of liquid metal (e.g. liquid gold, liquid silver, etc) when it torches them in a reagent container, like a beaker. Liquid metals are not very useful on their own, but can be made into a solid sheet of material by adding 5u Frost Oil to the reagent container. The Frost Oil is consumed when this is done, and 20u of liquid metal makes one sheet. Frost Oil is obtained from Blue slimes.
* Purple, which is like Blue and Metal, one step away from Grey. The extract can make a Slime Steroid Agent, which when applied to a living slime, will increase how many extracts it will make when put in the processor.
* Cerulean, which is obtained from (Grey > Blue > Dark Blue > Cerulean) or (Grey > Purple > Dark Blue > Cerulean), will create Extract Enhancement Agent, which adds more uses to an extract. This is extremely useful, as less slimes need to be breed to produce a given number of things.
* Red, which is obtained from (Grey > Orange > Red), will make a Slime Mutation Agent, which increases the odds of mutation when slimes split. Useful for if you're targeting a specific color, as higher odds for mutation mean less generations are needed to get there.
* Yellow, obtained from (Grey > Orange > Yellow) or (Grey > Metal > Yellow), can create self recharging 10k power cells, which are very useful for Bound Synthetics, Hardsuits, Defibs, certain APCs, and potentally anything that uses power cells.
* Pink, obtained from (Grey > Blue > Pink), can be used as a source of healing, both while alive, as well as when using their extracts. The extracts can produce three different kinds of advanced medications, which Medical might want. The medications can fix organs, fix bleeding, or fix bones, depending on what is injected into the extract.
* Light Pink, which is one step from Pink (Grey > Blue > Pink > Light Pink), can be used to make a specific slime be friendly and harmless forever, which might be useful to use on a Pink slime, so you can replace a medibot.
* Sapphire, obtained from (Grey > Metal > Gold > Sapphire), is how you get Prometheans. The extract gives you a slime cube, which creates a Promethean if it can find another player who wishes to play as one.

== Xenobiology Tips ==
* Click on the glass doors in containment pens to keep them open until you close them.
* If you take your plasma, you can fill it up with 4x of a random chemical (preferably water) in order to minimize the amount of plasma you use. This means you can take 100u of liquid plasma and turn it into 400u of plasma-water mix that slimes still react to!
* The best weapon for dealing with Xenobiology outbreaks are "Ranch" core stopper guns. They instantly kill slimes and are completely harmless to anything other then slimes. Be advised, they only take small cells.

== Slime Protection ==
Slimes can kill you in many ways, dependent mostly on their color. Wearing the correct armor when handling a specific color can make survival much easier. Xenobiology has been provided with a large range of specialized clothing to wear, when the need arises.
* Bio Suits, which prevent damage from slimes trying to eat you. Note that slimes will wise up to this and instead try to glomp you to death instead. A bio suit will also stop slimes from spreading certain chemical-based attacks onto you.
* Fire Suits, as the orange slime can ignite you, and the dark purple slime can release Plasma gas if killed improperly.
* Bomb suits, as the oil slime explodes if killed improperly (hit with fire).
* Radiation suits, as the green slime is radioactive. It is also thick enough to protect from slime chemical attacks.

== Slime Life-cycle ==
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Slimes start their life as a small baby. Don't be fooled, it is still very dangerous and capable of killing anyone careless. Slimes require food, or else they will die. Starving slimes have been known to turn on their captors.

When fed enough, baby slimes will grow into an 'adult' form, which makes them tougher. When the slime eats enough as an adult, it will reproduce, by splitting into four new slimes. There is a small chance that one or more of the new slimes may mutate into a different color. If this happens, the mutated slime should be isolated from its siblings, as they will fight each other to the death if they are separate colors. A slime taser is useful for this, as it can shoot through the glass of the cell.

== Slime Psychology ==

=== Discipline ===
Slimes can be subjugated by force by various means, with the easiest way being the slimebaton. The slime will give a sad face, however it won't harm humanoids for a little while. If it was trying to kill something, it will stop doing so.

Successfully removing a slime from someone it's eating will also discipline it.

Beating the slime with a heavy object repeatedly will sometimes discipline it, however this is not guaranteed.

=== Obedience ===
Giving 'justified' disciplining to a slime will cause it to become more obedient, making future disciplining last longer. Sufficient amounts of obedience can make discipline last forever. Note that slimes in that state are still dangerous, as they will still defend themselves against attackers.

An act of discipline is 'justified' when it is done while the slime is trying to harm or eat someone, otherwise it is 'unjustified'.

A slime securitron will automatically engage 'guilty' slimes, but leave innocent ones alone.

=== Resentment ===
Giving 'unjustified' disciplining to a slime will cause the slime to hold resentment towards their captors. If pushed too far, the slime will enrage, and try to kill everything it can see, so try to not be like Security.

Sometimes it is possible to calm down a raging slime with enough disciplining, however it is generally easier and safer to just kill it with a slimebaton and fire extinguisher.

A slime securitron engage an enraged slime in a fight to the death, not stopping until the slime dies, or the securitron is destroyed.

=== Speech ===
Slimes appear to be capable of slow, simple speech, and will respond to various topics and requests that it hears.

If a slime likes you enough or is sufficiently obedient, it can be given certain commands, such as to '''follow''' you, to '''stop''' attacking/eating/following things, or to '''attack''' a specific target. You'll need to say the slime's 'name', or say 'slimes' to give the command to all the slimes that can hear you.

You can also say hi to them, and they will respond.

=== Tactics ===
All slimes have various means to harm things. The most common attack is a 'glomp' which will hurt whatever it hits, and will hurt more if the slime is a big one. Some slime colors will cause a substance to enter your bloodstream if it successfully hits you. Sufficiently thick clothing should stop that from happening.

A more dangerous 'attack' is that the slime may decide to attach themselves onto their victim, which is how slimes eat things. This causes severe cellular damage to the victim, and will require advanced medical treatment to fix, so you are advised to remove the slime from yourself or your co-worker <abbr>ASAP</abbr> if it latches on. A slime securitron will rush to you if this happens to you. Slimes won't try to eat inorganic entities, instead glomping them.

Slimes can also incapacitate its target in two ways. First, it can try to knock down its target by shoving them down, which stuns for a brief moment, however it is not guaranteed to work. Second, it can use stored up electricity to shock a target to stun them for a longer period of time. After downing a target, a slime generally will try to eat it if it's organic, or continue glomping it to death if not.

=== Friend or Foe ===
Slimes will never willingly harm another slime of the same color, or a Promethean. When under the effects of discipline, a slime will not try to fight or eat humanoids or robotic entities, but will still eat monkeys.

A slime pacified with a slime docility agent will never harm anyone and is incapable of doing any harm. Pacified slimes will also never enrage, even with a red slime extract.

An enraged slime will ignore the effects of discipline.

== Slimes Biology ==
Slimes come in many colors, and most of them have unique properties. Their extracts will do different things depending on the color, as well. Slimes will attack slimes of a different color, so separating them with different cells is required.

When slimes reproduce, there is a chance that one or more of the offspring will mutate into a different color. The chance is usually at around 25%, however this can be increased or deceased by giving the slime a mutation agent or stability agent, which can be obtained from a red extract and blue extract, respectively.

Each color, except for the grey slime, will have a specific trait unique to that color, and may warrant additional preparation before handling. A list of slime colors is provided below.

=== Special: ===

==== Rainbow slime ====
'''Tier:''' N/A
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Never harms or is harmed by another slime due to seperate color
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The rainbow slime is very rare color that other slimes consider to be their color, and so they won't attack it.

Extract creates a slime unity agent, which grants the 'other slimes see this slime as their own color' ability to other slimes, and carries across generations.

=== Tier 0 ===

==== '''Grey Slime''' [[File:Greybabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 0
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' N/A
'''Recommended Preperations:''' N/A
Grey slimes are the first slimes you will have, as you start with two. It's generally recommended to always have a cell with grey slimes, as their extracts create monkey cubes, which you will need a lot of.

Extract creates a fresh grey slime when injected with plasma, which is useful as a backup in case all your specimens die or all your greys mutated.

Extract creates monkey cubes when injected with blood.

=== Tier 1 ===

==== '''Orange Slime'''[[File:Orangebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Increases flammability of targets per hit, chance to ignite per hit
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a firesuit
Orange slimes can light you on fire if you're careless, however generally this is not a big deal as you have a fire extinguisher (you did bring one right?). If you want to be extra safe, wear a fire suit.

Note that if an orange slime can trigger the dark purple or oil slime's effect.

Extract will create smoke when injected with water.

Extract will create a plasma fire if injected with plasma.

==== '''Purple Slime'''[[File:Purplebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects toxins per hit
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
Purple slimes inject a weak but long lasting toxin into their victim with each attack. A thick armor such as a biosuit or spacesuit will stop this from affecting you.

Extract will create a slime steroid agent when injected with plasma, which is a potent chemical mix that causes a slime to produce an additional extract when processed. It needs to be alive for the steroid to be applied.

==== '''Blue Slime'''[[File:Bluebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects cryo-toxin
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
Blue slimes chill their enemies with cryo-toxin, so a biosuit will keep that away from you. Don't wear a winter coat, it isn't thick enough to stop the injection and it will actually make it take longer to warm up, potentially making the cryo-toxin lethal.

Extract will create a slime stability agent when injected with blood, which reduces the odds of mutations by 15%, and carries through across generations. Useful for your grey slimes so they stay grey forever.

Extract will create frost oil when injected with plasma, which can solidify certain liquid metals like liquid iron, gold, silver, etc. Five units frost oil and twenty units of a metallic liquid will make one bar of solid metal, consuming the frost oil in the process. Some foods also call for frost oil in their recipe.

==== '''Metal Slime'''[[File:Metalbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 1
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' More durable, resistant to weak weapons
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
Metal slimes are harder to kill by virtue of being able to take more punishment before dying. They are one of the few slimes able to survive a dark blue extract cold snap. They otherwise aren't much more dangerous than a regular grey slime.

Extract creates 20 units of a metamorphic liquid when injected with plasma, which when combined with other metallic liquids (such as liquid iron, gold, silver, uranium, plasma, etc), will turn into the liquid it touches. This makes metallic liquid renewable, and metallic liquid can be converted to more useful solid metal with frost oil.

Extract creates 20 units of binding liquid, which is used to create 'alloys', without the intense heat. This is used to create liquid steel and liquid plasteel.

=== Tier 2 ===

==== '''Yellow Slime'''[[File:Yellowbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Shoots lightning, charges electricity faster
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Out-range slime with slime taser, wear insulation if possible
Yellow slimes are one of the few slimes to possess a ranged attack. Be warned, the lightning can go through the glass of its cell, so the blast doors may be required. The lightning technically has a very high range, but slimes will only fire it if they are between two to three meters from their target. Yellow slimes don't fire lightning when in melee range (their glomps actually hurt more, however).

Extract will create an object that can be used as a large powercell, with a capacity of 10k. Unlike regular power cells, these will unconditionally self recharge at a slow rate. Useful for APCs, Defibs, and Synthetics. It cannot be used as a substitute for device or weapon cells.

Extract will create an EMP when injected with blood, as strong as a regular EMP grenade. The user is not immune to the EMP blast, so be careful.

Extract will create an object which glows with yellow bio-luminescence when injected with water.

==== '''Dark Purple Slime'''[[File:Darkpurplebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects plasma per attack, creates plasma fire if killed with fire
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
Dark Purple slimes inject plasma into its target, which is extremely toxic, so a biosuit is required.

Extract will create liquid plasma when injected with water.

==== '''Dark Blue Slime'''[[File:Darkbluebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Lowers temperature of nearby entities, resistant to cold temperatures
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a winter coat
Dark Blue slimes passively lower the temperature of entities near it. It doesn't actually lower the room temperature, however. Note that other slimes can be harmed by the 'cold aura'. Dark Blue slimes are also unharmed by cold temperatures, however water will still kill them.

Extract will create a 'cold snap' when injected with plasma, after a delay, which rapidly lowers the temperature of nearby entities, and lowers the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere. It is generally capable of instantly killing most types of slimes, except for the Metal and other Dark Blue slimes, therefore it is ideal for containing a slime outbreak. It is recommended to wear cold protection, like a winter coat, when using the cold snap.

==== '''Silver Slime'''[[File:Silverbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium-High
'''Special Abilities:''' Reflects beams and energy projectiles
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Use slimebaton instead of xeno taser
Silver slimes will always deflect most energy-based weapons. This includes the slime taser. This can cause you to accidentally discipline the wrong slime, posing an enrage risk if the slime you hit didn't deserve to be tased. The slimebaton still works on them.

Extract creates 5u of liquid silver when injected with plasma.
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==== '''Red Slime'''[[File:Redbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium-High
'''Special Abilities:''' Moves faster, enrages if disciplined
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Don't discipline if possible, otherwise isolate it from everything else
Red slimes are extremely aggressive, and will never submit to your attempts to civilize them. They also move faster than other slimes.

Extract creates a bottle of slime mutation agent when injected with plasma, which makes a slime 12% more likely to mutate, and carries across generations. It's the opposite of the stability agent.

Extract causes all slimes that can see the user, and are not pacified, to become enraged, when injected with blood.

==== '''Green Slime'''[[File:Greenbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Radioactive, injects radium per hit
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a radiation suit
Green slimes will irradiate nearby entities and cause their cell to become radioactive for awhile. This can be bad or can be put to use with creative means.

The extract creates 5u of liquid uranium when injected with plasma.

==== '''Pink Slime'''[[File:Pinkbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Heals living entities nearby
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
Pink slimes heal other entities near it. Things being healed will sparkle pink for a few seconds. It won't apply the heal to things the slime is trying to kill, so you will likely need to discipline or pacify the slime before you can use it as a source of healing.

Extract will create 'Agent A', a clotting liquid which will heal bleeding, internal and external, when injected with blood.

Extract will create 'Agent B', a bone fixing liquid, when injected with plasma.

Extract will create 'Agent C', an organ fixing liquid, when injected with water.

==== '''Gold Slime'''[[File:Goldbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 2
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Immune to stuns
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The gold slime absorbs energy, and trying to stun it will actually charge it. Despite this, your slime tools will still discipline it, so this is only an issue if it enrages.

Extract creates 5u liquid gold when injected with plasma.

=== Tier: 3 ===

==== '''Bluespace Slime'''[[File:Bluespacebabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Teleports to target
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Seal slime behind blast doors
The Bluespace slime can teleport out of its cell, which makes containing it difficult. The best method is to stun it with the slimebaton, then close the blast doors very fast. Running away from a Bluespace slime without the ability to stun it is generally futile.

Extract will create five 'lesser' slimy crystals when injected with water, which can teleport yourself or someone else randomly once, by crushing it in hand or throwing it at someone. The teleport will never place you in space or on an asteroid.

Extract will create one 'greater' slimy crystal when injected with plasma, which allows for a controlled teleport to a specific location.

==== Ruby Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Very High
'''Special Abilities:''' Unnatural physical strength
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Kite and use slime taser, or ask security for riot armor
The Ruby slime is very strong physically, and has the potential to crit a human in three hits. The slime has an outgoing damage multipler, reduced incoming damage, higher base health, and is stunned for less time. This ability can be yours, at least temporarily, with its extract.

Extract will grant a 'buff' to nearby entities when injected with plasma, giving the entity similar boons to the Ruby slime, for ten minutes. The entity will have red sparkles while it lasts.
'''Cerulean Slime'''[[File:Ceruleanbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Higher base stations than average
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The Cerulean slime is a 'jack of all trades, master of none' color, so it isn't much more threatening than a regular grey slime.

Extract creates a slime extract enhancer agent when injected with plasma, which adds more 'charges' to a specific extract. It's a good idea to use this agent on your second Cerulean extract, so you get a large amount of enhancer agents.

==== Amber Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Feeds other slimes passively
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Separate from other slimes to prevent runaway slime reproduction
The Amber slime feeds other slimes (it cannot feed itself, fortunately) through some unknown process, and can cause them to reproduce without being fed monkeys. This can be exploited if one is careful.

Extract creates a slime feeding agent when injected with plasma, which when applied to a specific slime, will instantly cause the slime to evolve and reproduce.

Extract creates a gooy clump of slime that is edible for humans when injected with water. It is very filling and sweet.

==== '''Oil Slime'''[[File:Oilbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Explodes if hit with fire or another explosion
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a bombsuit
Oil slimes are essentially walking welding tanks. Don't try to kill one with a welder, laser, or anything that causes burns, as it will make it explode.

If an oil slime gets enraged, it will do a suicide charge at someone and blow themselves up. This is extremely lethal if it attaches to you before exploding.

Extract creates an explosion if injected with plasma. If the extract is enhanced, the explosion is more powerful, but still only has one use.

==== Emerald Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' High
'''Special Abilities:''' Makes entities nearby go very fast for a few moments
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The Emerald slime goes very fast, faster than the red slimes, and can make other slimes go just as fast. It can also make you go fast, if it's not trying to eat you. This can be exploited by an enterprising Xenobiologist looking to cut down on travel time.

Extract will 'buff' entities near the extract for ten minutes, allowing them to move slightly faster. Projectiles will hit them less often, as well. The entity will have green sparkles for the duration.

==== Light Pink Slime[[File:Lightpinkbabyslime.gif|32px]] ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Low
'''Special Abilities:''' Will never attack humanoids or most synthetics
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The light pink slime is essentially permanently disciplined. It will still eat monkeys, but nothing else.

Extract creates a slime pacification agent when injected with water, which makes the slime be just as safe to handle as Ian. It might also work on other things than just slimes…

Extract creates a slime friendship agent when injected with plasma, which makes the slime be your ally forever. It also might work on other things.

==== Sapphire Slime ====
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Extremely High
'''Special Abilities:''' More robust combat tactics
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Outrange and outnumber, get a slime securitron
Sapphire slimes are one of the most dangerous slimes, as they are more intelligent than the others and will use more effective fighting tactics, generally stunning much more often.

If two sapphire slimes are fighting you, one will keep you stunned while the other eats or glomps you to death, so bring a buddy or a slime securitron.

Extract creates a slime cube, which is used to create a new Promethean. Use it in hand and wait for a ghost to accept the prompt, and then a new slime person will appear!

== Possibly Outdated Information ==
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'''Sepia Slime'''[[File:Sepiababyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Creates a camera. How? Slime Magic!
** Blood: Creates some film for a camera. How? More Slime Magic!
* Potential Children: Sepia
* Potential Parents: Sepia, Dark Purple
'''Pyrite Slime'''[[File:Pyritebabyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Creates some paint. <strike>For the love of all that is holy, don't give it to the clown!</strike> There are no clowns. Moving on.
* Potential Children: Pyrite
* Potential Parents: Silver, Pyrite
'''Black Slime'''[[File:Blackbabyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Randomly creates between 1 and 50 pieces of a random mineral. It also has a 1/1000 chance to explode, and a 1/10 chance to do nothing at all. Pay attention and keep your distance when working with black slime cores. If it begins to vibrate violently, run.
* Potential Children: Black
* Potential Parents: Black, Green
'''Adamantine Slime'''[[File:Adamantinebabyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Plasma: Creates a rune that can summon an adamantine golem, a player-controlled construct that will follow its creator's orders. If no player is available for the golem, the rune will fizzle, but can be re-used.
* Potential Children: Adamantine
* Potential Parents: Adamantine, Gold

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Roboticist

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Primarily, the '''Roboticist''''s job is to make [[Cyborg|cyborg bodies]], and generally maintain activated cyborgs. Secondarily, Roboticists created helpful robots like Medibots and Floorbots. A skilled set of Roboticists can even build a powerful set of mechanized exosuits.

==Robotics==
The Assembly Line is your home as a Roboticist. It contains exosuit fabricators for the creation of any robotic component you require, four cyborg recharge stations, four mech suit recharge stations, multiple sheets of metal, twenty sheets of steel, power cells, and a coil of wire, and scattered tables with a multitool, tool boxes, a few flashes, a crowbar, a proximity sensor, more scattered power cells, and a cell charger.

==Before We Get Started==
There are a few things you should do once you spawn in your nice and clean Robotics office.

First, keep your metal organized, and understand how much each machine will take (and you will always need more metal). Second, glass and flashes are important for your robotics work, as are various devices, security equipment and rare minerals. Third, have a plan before you start building anything huge, like a mech suit (without the circuitry, they are useless). Fourth, make sure to perform maintenance on cyborgs that come in; they usually don't load in with anything but the minimum required power cells. Finally, ensure you have proper eye protection when you weld, or you'll become blind quickly.

== Cyborgs ==
Creating, repairing, and maintaining [[Cyborg|cyborgs]] is the main reason you're around. See the [[Guide to Robotics]] for more info.

==Mechs==
Another thing you can do as a Roboticist is make a Mech suit. These can be tremendously helpful or tremendously annoying depending on who uses it. They take more work to make than robots and require special circuits, which are obtained through the [[Quartermaster]] or the Research and Development console.

Please note that walking around the station in a mech when not transporting it or using it for its intended purpose is frowned upon! They're industrial tools, not personal carriages.

See more about Mechs and their equipment on the [[Mechs]] page.

==Do's and Don'ts==

'''Do:'''
*Make cyborg bodies and install MMI's in them.
*Try to borg antagonists instead of the death penalty. They still fail, but are no longer a danger.
*Cut AI control when the AI is rogue.
*Make useful bots and leave them around the station.
*Make a Ripley before combat mechs, mining usually likes this (and hopefully will like you).
*Put beacons in all mechs lest they get stolen.
*Make a Cyborg and Exosuit Control Console.
*Try to make your own boards by getting acid from chemistry and getting R&D to sync the servers.
*Recognise that the CEO might be more inclined to get you some metal/robot assemblies if you don't eat up all of their points with Ripley boards.
'''Don't:'''
*Put an MMI in a borg without making sure it's still there (they can speak you know).
*Blow all the borgs because one was emagged.
*Immediately blow all borgs in malf.
*Try to make a mech you don't have materials for, nothing is more useless than a pile Durand limbs while you beg for metal and silver.
*Go on mech rampages 'because you can'.

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