DrHobo

Thanks! What do ya think of them? I just realized after re-reading that I've forgot about blue slimes as a source of frost oil. Getting dates and qualifications right has been a fair job, gotta actually just gotta sit down with a big bit of paper plan out Joe's timeline of publications or something.

Dr Joe Anders has become a prolific writer for the scientific community, here is an attempt to collect his writings for future posterity. Advanced Combinatorial Explosives Manual A Laboratory Manual ((excerpt til I find the full text, notice the bay influence)) A Primer on Medicinal Chemistry A Primer on Medicinal Chemistry (Alternate wordier version)

+1; I do think there needs to be a clearer division of code/game suggestions and as you say, policy discussion. If all the old/current policies could be moved there, would be easier to refer to (as searching policy will drag up any mention anywhere)

This would just be a small change without the need for new objects, machines or mapping changes that allows slime cores to be injected at a range, anywhere. They already need syringes so only difference would be allowing the syringe gun cartridge to inject them as well if attacked by the syringe gun. It's like a compromise while an overhaul of xenobiology is in the works. :3

Orange, Yellow, Oil and most importantly Gold slimes could be safer to use. I have tested using a syringe gun on them but it doesn't work, ended up with a broken arm, leg and ribs after having to inject next to it. The containment doors could be lowered after shooting a gold core at the back of the cell without having to actually be right next to it. Not really much else I can say, it's a little thing with a big effect.

Omg I can't believe I forgot Summers from the list of great RDs (from Summers to Winters, you've all been amazing to work for, except you ResearchMate 2459 but I still love hating on you as an IPC RD as my character so don't get me wrong, love you as well as you helped shape Joe's character). Thanks for all your support to help promote Joe, y'all really made my days with your wonderful comments. I was worried that Joe was a bit out there and funny talking but god damn, y'all have been an absolute pleasure playing with. I did used to play RD and CMO on yog but it was far more anti-social and just frustratingly ridiculous trying to wrangle a load of manchildren with dangerous weapons, even as a head it's rare there if people took you seriously or didn't try and outright gank you. I wouldn't want to let y'all down and been studying rules precedent, regulations and all the wonderful paperwork!

Well what can I say, I've gotten to know Kali recently and they are absolutely wonderful! You couldn't ask for a better assistant to have walked into the lab so I can only imagine how Moros is as a bridge assistant (I am very rarely in command). I didn't even notice Kali was an IPC (or that they were Conspiir) for a while and they could have totally flipped out at some of Joe's ranting about toasters but they have proved him wrong (and didn't just file for some racism charge or try and get me arrested as some IPCs have). They are absolutely great to have around and have had me actually flip out with worry that they may have been drugged and kidnapped which turned out to be an over-reaction. KiiKee is a wonderful pair. They are totally adorable and as an akaix I'd feel bad about abusing them or sending them outright into danger as I've been told other unbound have. Witcher has saved my life many a time and is good to see in medical (also another good IPC) and it's always good to see those damn sunflowers about reception (even though, yes, I have eaten them before), if only we could have Kii, Witcher and Kali, all at the same time, that would be great even though somewhat impossible. I would definitely say you could very well be a 9.1(oddly specific with the .1 but 10 is almost impossible but you may very well be above 9, just as in science nothing is 100%) in roleplaying (glad to see you never just stuck down 7 or something), you are an incredibly nice and friendly person that maintains your cool in all manner of situation so absolutely have to give you a +1. Hopefully see Moros as HoP soon and even Witcher as CMO (still totally against IPC's as RDs tho but that's just a character flaw, maybe after Kali eventually outlasts Joe and he passes into the void he came from or retires with the insane amount of gold and lab supplies he's embezzled over the years as he ain't getting younger, I'd hope that Kali would consider Joe a good teacher at the time and probably even a good friend). ((I'm off to see Insane Clown Posse soon so thought I'd do this before I get juggalo'd up and leave despite having to get ready for the bus, so sorry if this is just a mess of "omgtheyregreatgivethemwhitelist+1" but omgtheyregreatgivethemwhitelist+1))

Shit sorry man, was gonna do this but fell asleep and forgot I hadn't! Now Darion Muck is a great grumpy old man, the kind that you can feel like your walking on egg shells with and not an outright antagonizing asshole! I would consider our relationship a bit like Farnsworth and Wernstrom from Futurama. I'd enjoy a bit more of the occassional fist shaking and bah-humbugging at each other like old foggies so we can form a bit more of a beautiful and professional nemesis-type relationship (not out-right war or total hostility, just friendly banter) but I understand it can be few and far between we're both on and about in science. Though it's good to have you in security as well, I feel safer with Cherish about. Cherish I've seen about but haven't got to know that well since they became a ISD IPC (they were a borg before yeah?), they do their job though and are competent as far as I've seen. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting Garry Lent as far as I'm aware so will have to enjoy a round with them soon! I love the concept of donut-munching lard ass which is a classic that's all too often missing from the flawless heroes that a lot of sec officers try to be. Be lazy, shake a vending machine, order takeaway delivered from the kitchen, never forget that you're a fat bastard. At the same time, become an encyclopedia for the regulations and bureaucracy, that's how someone like that rises in authority. ICly I imagine, Centcom just see's those forms afterall and when your name's appeared often (perhaps a few extra times when some other officer's leave Garry to do the paperwork and it get's filed as Garry being the hero) then other bureaucrats will take notice and will end up recommending promotion. Pepperspray, the taser, donuts and the hailer are your best friends, don't let others get you down if that's your character. Flashes are generally overused and abused while pepperspray has a range to it rather than quickly waddling that few feet to get face-to-face. Don't pursue a perp over long distances and instead revert to breathless, panting over the radio, don't carry on some habits from Cherish as they are a machine and it doesn't sound like the direction you want to go with Lent. If you had the HoS's office, then make sure you've got your own cameras and a backup radio then work from that office, the briefing room and the good ol' PDA. You'd be able to call people there and the less walking and running you do, maintains that chubbiness for your character. Emote the sucking of frosting off your fat fingers, and brushing sugar off your belly, don't be afraid to belch or lean to pass some gas even on your own, well especially if your on your own as it helps the character be less shallow (never know who's actually watching you but I'm sure they'll have a laugh if you're scratching your ass and adjusting your chair in your office). I dunno I'm just shooting the breeze but I hope you find atleast some of this as useful advice. I've heard there were issues when you've been antag'ing or something though that seems like a fair while ago, but as you've acknowledged that you can lose character and be a bit braver which I totally understand, that panic OOC can really get the heart going even for a 2D text-heavy spess game! I think it's ok to bitch in ghost chat about what happened (so long as it's not used for metagaming and just forgotten about) whether you died in an interesting way or feel hard done by but don't let it get to you unless it was extremely and needlessly awful, harder said that done but I do think OOC you might very well be a decent guy. Overall I'm heavy leaning on the plus, but want to atleast see you better in action in security.

Is being disposal'd absolutely lethal? I've survived it before, though that wasn't my choice to go down at the time. When backed into a corner in a situation like that or similar, hopping down the garbage chute seems like it could be the lesser of 2 evils, like Han & Luke escaping the Stormtroopers which also had a trash compactor at the end but if you're lucky (and radio) I'm sure you can escape it. This is an interesting case for setting my future precedent on disposal safety. Did you survive?

You want to look this pug in the tiny squashed face, right in it's beady eyes, and say it's dumb? owo Drones and nymphs can put on hats and that's great, helps tell them apart atleast. Also would help with armour testing and the like.

Ok sorry but guess I got something to say on this. Vicks can really push the asshole concept, he is incredibly confrontational to the point of hostile, now whether he was an antag during all these complaints is unlikely but I would count him as antagonizing having witnessed in passing or right in front of me, overhearing random LOOC (which can be heard through walls incase you didn't know) and actually been a somewhat victim. So I guess I gotta testify to some of these complaints in favor against him. A recent IC issue (really early this morning) I dealt with was as a vaurca, I guess this is an example of one of these small incidents. Now there was 2 of us vaurcae just chilling like some of the nicest bugs at the kitchen when I was just standing next to the kitchen fridge, at the counter as I had been most of the round to talk with the other bug, dropping off plants. He then threw Mitra up the hall as far as he could of which is then SKREEE'd upon, as it would be seeing as how we'd developed the utmost respect and love for the "tiny robutt monkey puter" having thought they may have damaged the poor and ICly fragile pAI. After this he proceeded to push my bug and tells them to "get out my face" from where he'd been standing previously, and so I messaged Alan Grimes the detective (having thought ICly that it was the "ovher Alon", since all humans look the same especially in similar trenchcoats and having a hilariously confused interaction previously with Alan during the same round) to say they had thrown Mitra and pushed them a bunch. This turned into a rather hilarious interview in security with Alan over what had happened. Though I've gotta think plenty of people could have got violent after being pushed repeatedly and having a respected entity disrespectively thrown by a random stranger. Vicks could have moved away along the counter (Ziim had been standing there the whole time adjacent to the fridge on the counter, so you did instigate the pushing which was not acted against, I originally actually thought my key had stuck or something until he said) but instead tried to antagonize another staff member who was understandably shocked by their actions to the adorable tiny robot. Another example from a while ago now (maybe a few days ago or last week) I was a ghost as I had been got by ling in misc lab and stuffed into a locker (that was all totally well and cool, definitely a curse-your-sudden-but-inevitable-betrayal kinda situation that was quite funny), it took a while before I was found by a new arrival and both Noir and Vick showed up to the scene. Overall I'd say Vick definitely did a pretty shit job of investigating despite repeatedly saying he knew what he was doing, and when Noir had asked for a swab and then took one, Vick flipped out, pushed and disarmed him all for taking a swab. Vick then took my body to be morgued (I did say "cloning" over LOOC when I saw just to let them know I've been online the whole time which he said no to) but that glorious humanbeing Ward Sagan appeared, as that holy angel does, and wrestled from Vicks (Who wasn't really up for just handing my body over) from what would have been the end of me that round. Cloning worked fine without any problems. Noir pressed charges against Vicks for the assault in misc lab of which Vicks was resigned of duty, this did not go down well to him and he had what I could only call a bitch fit over radio during the time Ward was getting me out of sec while I was still a ghost to a while after I was cloned. Now as for being a former jarhead, if there's anything you were taught as a teen is respect for your comrades and so fellow staff, it isn't to be an asshole to other people unless you dropped out early and never formed any bonds with anyone during your time there, just left an angry drop out. To go from killing fellow humans (if they did actually get past early bootcamp) to investigating crime scenes, you'd expect to have a lot more respect for life in general or otherwise may very well be a psychopath and get off on the death, not somebody I'd trust in a morgue or handling dead bodies. In the case of self-harming to get out of prison, which is definitely not common among "world prisoners" who actually just get on with it and serve their time, you'd definitely be sedated and transfered to a secure psychiatric unit. The kinda PTSD you're hoping to base your character on is not really employable and comes across more as ASPD while there are plenty of former jarheads who won't be as bad, there would be no shortage of them that Nanotrassen could replace him with. This complaint system is somewhat lore based on the corporate structure, and is as such IC but handled through the likes of IA and HR. You should also have a canonical employment record with history and qualifications before playing just about any role other than miner, cargo tech, janitor, etc, and this for a forensic technician is "At least 25 years of age, applicable Criminal Forensics degree or 7 years experience in Criminal Forensics/Investigation". So you'd generally have to have studied forensics at a university on top of any supposed military career, even that 7 years experience in forensics would still have a diploma or certification. The HoP can check your employment record and this can be passed on to an IAA which can effectively end your career and character's employment from NT in some cases. So calling them a bitch repeatedly over the radio isn't doing yourself any favors. Don't get me wrong there's nothing better than a well-played asshole and there are a few that are very well played and make some wonderful professional nemini(? plural of nemisis? who are not really antagonizing) but rule 1 is don't be a dick and I'm sure it follows not to antagonize when not an antagonist. IRL pushing a coworker can get you fired, let alone some of these allegations and I'd say I've seen better characters get permabanned, hell I've seen job bans just for not meeting minimum age and qualifications from folks who were friendly and good at their job. Everyone hears you when you shout and scream over common and it really doesn't help your case as a respectable or even stable character.

I thought it just says it can't stick because of fur or something? Now I'm thinking about it could label an electropack or collar and stick that on 'em. Will have to test and find out! :3

This is totally the same vision I have. If we could also name animals, with a handlabeller or something that would be great.

So all I really want at the end of the day is a beret wearing, cigarette smoking pug with shades on, and well also some monkeys in labcoats that I can pretend are actual staff and go on a smoke break with. It would be totally adorable.

I came into that round a bit late and have had conflicting statements whether it was an event or a rev round afterwards, so rev event it seems but was the invasion canon? Now I got PDAM forwarded a big spiel about the hiveships invading and devastating cities across known space by the time I got from cryo to the elevators, now I forwarded this to other staff and new arrivals and we all understood the situation was dangerous. War isn't safe and we know the Lii'dra are treacherous, now we were all paranoid about all the vaurcae after realizing they were all on the same hivenet and had armed themselves, so we armed ourselves incase things went south (a couple old men, a dionea, and some trusted non-vaurcan assistants; push came to shove, we'd have got slaughtered as you'd expect from our ragtag team against specialized Lii'dra warrior operatives). Folk were conscripted and it was red alert, they most definitely didn't come to chat after all out bombing cities without warning or provocation. A security borg and some armed officers are combatants in war, sure any other situation it would defo be a gank but there was plenty heads up that they weren't taking prisoners and weren't going to be a friendly bunch. This would be more the context of war, people die and it ain't pleasant. To have a dialogue with the invaders outside hivenet just seems a bit far-fetched, considering how tense things were after the news. Schev, I mean Aj hoping to parlay with the invaders with an armed posse. Now if the HoS managed to take on 3 with a telebaton then that's also fair game, if there's anyone on the station that I'd believe could do it, it would be the HoS or even Captain. They shouldn't get blasted for that. After the invaders were dealt with then I'm sure the other vaurcae could ended up getting hauled in and interrogated as well as any invader (un)lucky enough to get captured. There'd still be the paranoia of if there were more attackers or any spies and infiltrators among the crew, returning to the whole rev situation after the mini-event invasion.

Well I gotta say I haven't read much IPC apps but I absolutely loved the story of a tabula rasa android activated as one of many for the construction of a gargantuan bluespace gate, from the coloured boot-up to the debt extension and cryo transport to the station. Having studied robotics IRL and giving a good explanation of interspecies lore as to how everyone see's them, I'd trust you'd do a good job. I'm sure I've seen your unathi about being some decent ligs and I'm sure I've seen and heard GearOST going about. Now I would think that IPCs will still avoid harm as part of a self-preservation/threat detection directive so they don't just jump into the fray like a hero, self-diagnostics help guide the IPCs choices as any bot or borg and pain will be used to rationally determine (as opposed to emotionally) a further course of action. Pain isn't just ignored unless extreme circumstances where it's the probabilistic lesser of 2 pains! Still most definitely a +1, the more character's I can call toasters and complain how they're taking oor jerbs or gonna go terminator on us all, the better! I imagine W-74 would also make a good revhead. Also Yes isn't a colour

Well I am all for a trait system but your disability system is awesome, +1! Aye and I agree with Coalf, if it were more than a character developing annoyance it would become a burden on the medical system and could be potentially lethal to SSDs (vaurcae running out of phoron is bad enough). A few disabilities I could think of are: - Both kinds of epilepsy (the seizure and the staring kind, both with flavour text like if they were on drugs so folk can tell the difference between SSD). - Clumsiness (like the clown, dropping stuff, falling over, etc). - Illiteracy (if they try reading paper then they can't and some flavour text says all they see is incomprehensible scribbles). - Obese & Wasting (Start full or hungry, burn nutrients slower or faster). - Smoker (Need to smoke none of this part-timer shit, otherwise progressively annoying flavour texts, "Smoke.", "SMOKE!", "ARE YOU SMOKING YET?!"). - Alcoholic (Same as Smoker) - Indigestion & Acid Reflux (more annoying character-building flavour text that occassionally flairs up). - Eczyma (visible when examined if exposed, itchy flavour text that could be ignored but a good character would emote a scratch). - Flatulent (randomly pass gas either burps or farts or both, this isn't goon and farting here can really put people off - see Jim Fresco, the greasy disgusting cargo-chef bastard ). I'm not for speech filters generally as that should be something written (it's awful on goon and pretty offensive really), as Dr Powers I'm sure you'd agree. Also it's just lazy, as an old scottish gadgee and especially a vaurca, it's definitely something you adapt to quickly and should vary per individual. Sneezing is totally an allergic reaction, cat and dog hair both have my nose running for a fair while as my sinuses make an ungodly amount of mucus. An anti-histamine could be a new medicine that could just stop the minor annoyances as they flair up, maybe another dylovene-based med?

So I'm all for a xenbio overhaul; Firstly, I think genetics should be moved down there and stuck in a corner, this will help down the line for the advent of Xenogenetics soon. One of the biggest fields of biology is genetics after all! Now I've been doing an IC study on the reagent content of meat from any creature I can butcher and grind, which is taking ages to acquire all the different samples even though I could just go through the code and finish it in a fraction of the time but where's the fun in that. So what about adding some new reagents for their respective DNA samples? Like "chicken DNA", "corgi DNA", "diyaab DNA", "cavern dweller" etc. Then could inject them into a new "phylogenetic analyzer" machine or something similar to the xenobotany DNA machines, instead of the protolathe which will then compile a database of all the acquired samples. As for what you can do with these samples, maybe print off domestication injectors (like DNA injectors) which could work like Bygone's Doclier gun instead of slime cores? So that it becomes a specialized syringe gun that just accepts the new injectors? Slimes themselves could then be easily domesticated with "grey slime DNA" or "purple slime DNA", etc. Also I'd be in favour of making gold slimes just produce 1 random mob so they'd be easier to work with, could use a syringe gun of water to activate them from a distance (I keep meaning to test if that works). So that way folks would be able to get random creatures to study, and also more DNA samples for domesticating them? Could then farm gold slimes to farm other creatures? Maybe have the domestication require the DNA and a blood sample or even just an ID from the xenobiologist so they're just friendly to them? It'll be dangerous but slimes have always been a bit risky if you don't know how to handle them properly. Instead of butchering the creatures with kitchen knives (totally not scientific) could allow any creature to be dissected like a slime on the table, with some nice flavor text. It'll still end up with the meat being produced at the moment and even specialized organs down the line.

I'm glad to see Sean as a rising star to HoS and now Captain, he's a wonderful character! There was a round where he was the HoS and some vaurca came asking for weapons from science, now this was after the whole vaurcan invasion (was it even canon or just a rev round?) and Joe messaged him asking if he should just hand them over. Now he said no but because a sec cadet was with them he changed his mind, now I still have no idea what all went down but I'm sure Richter had it handled. Though I did expect a bit more racism since he's ATLAS and we were both human and all the vaurcae were on the same Hivenet, how can they really be trusted if the Lii'aix(?) are known to be masters of infiltration? Now I totally understand you've gotta watch the racism but when the bugs, cats and ligs are away... well subtly help humans realize the dangers of the Xeno Menace, fear helps boost ATLAS membership I'm sure.

Summers and Shen are absolutely great characters, though Summers can be a bit detached from her team and keep us all out the loop. We're your underlings and got your back. There's been a fair few times we've been chatting in the labs as shit happens and all goes quiet, and we get worried when it seems like you've dropped off the face of the map only to appear ages later totally fine with no word. Now I'm not saying letting us in on command level stuff but when we can get quite paranoid so don't abandon us! Totally understand that you don't have to tell us anything but it's good for keeping us all connected. I'd also say maybe try hosting some briefings, meetings or get reports more often. Don't be afraid to really crack the whip, yer the chief! <3

Well once mistook Kalren when he was the HoS for a woman while I was Jack Chaplin, still feel like a tit for that! Kalren is a very classy guy, and very knowledgeable, I was ghosting and ended up hearing him talk about the armament of Mars or something and it was shit hot, almost didn't want to get cloned. To be honest I was worried (usually playing a xeno-sympathizer) that they'd be an ATLAS neo-fascist xenophobe (which would still be cool, don't get me wrong) but really, they're a real stand up guy. I look forward to getting to know them better!

BYOND Key: DrHobo2k15 Character name: Joe Anders Item name: Omni-Optical Protection System Why is your character carrying said item to work? Joe lovingly developed these customized science goggles during random moments of freedom to tinker while at work to protect his eyes, look stylish (well as stylish as a mad scientist can be) and also to support his diminishing vision from the years of exposure to some pretty nasty chemicals and general ageing. Item function(s): They provide eye protection and aid eye sight just as Prescription Science Goggles. They are linked to his PDA (when his PDA is on his person, so no real function there) and provide an RP for interacting with it; such as checking crew manifest, using signaller cartridges and messaging, etc. Item description: This pair of goggles has dials, buttons and small blinking lights haphazardly positioned around the sides of the strange colored lenses. The side also seems to be engraved with "JOE's O.O.P.S.", most likely by hand with a laser. Item appearance: They just use the sprite for 3-D Glasses. How will you use this to better interact with crew and/or stimulate RP? Well I guess Joe has become known for his outfit which usually includes a pair of 3D glasses picked up after leaving cryo, This would allow him to twiddle and adjust them when appropriate or wave his hands around like an idiot as he interacts with his own augmented reality. Additional comments: No mad scientist is complete without a good auld pair of mad science goggles. <3

Splitters! Ye sick of dealing with us science bams? Misc and Mat labs are cosey though would totally love all the extra space in science if we took over robotics and have a dedicated genetics lab or well more labs in general. You'd still need nanopaste and upgrades, y'all are pretty much the inbetween of science and engineering (and even security for when they need a mech), definitely, but it would be a mess breakup that would make us all sad. ;-;

Wait a minute... this isn't Skull's secret ERP logs!! *shakes fist* Anyway, I'm conflicted over this but yeah probably better to order them in with the new cargo system. Maybe have the Warden have to order in the whole or most of the armoury at round start, and start with only a few random things? Would give the Warden something else to do and more freedom to "set up" the sec regime's approach that shift, while it gives antags more time before getting inevitably facegibbed.

Yeah I wrote a bit that surprisingly ended up canonized (praise Nar'sie, Jackboot & Muncorn) and some in-game books on the Origins of Slime that cover the mutation toxins. The green slime core toxin, while it produces the slimepeople, is actually just the internal cell spores of a slime unable to make a proper blobular membrane and eventually leads to the subject being digested and all out gibbing as the epidermis dissolves and they lack the structural integrity to stay clumped, so it is absolutely terminal (even if it may take longer than the actual shift, either way no survivors) and they'd have to reboot ya from the clone record at Odin. While the advanced black mutation toxin can produce a membrane and turns you into a fully fledged slime, which should not be all that intelligent or have full memory of being alive. Folks who maintain full intelligence as either a slimeperson or slime are just roleplaying their situation wrong, hardly surprising as no good xenobiologist would just slime themselves just as no good chemist would just OD themselves on mercuric lithium monosucrate or really touch the stuff (unless getting krunkenly rekt at a station party). If they do, then they should know that as Synnono says perfectly higher cognitive functions are lost and as they argue that they're fine, just tell them that's their CNS breaking down so they aren't feeling it and get 'em chucked in a containment cell, as the noob gets pissed and resists (as they do) just tell 'em that's the slime taking over. Slimes are primordial ancestors to life and just want to glomp, replicate and evolve like the giant protozoa they are. I am still working on Xenogenetics which is a solution to the irreversibly by having a Ribosome DNA block for lesser or advanced (monkey->human, slime->slimepeople, etc) and Polymerase blocks for all the species, with no active polymerase being the slime species. It's taking a while to develop cause handling multiple active polymerases and the possibilities of tran-species, cross-species and genetic abominations of which I'm no spriter, as well as writing up a guide with fancy pictures for it all takes time but is coming along. Until then, don't slime yerself! EDIT - And I just noticed I'm necroposting. Still valid tho.