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BeeLover66: /ATMOS Resin / Cargo crate link fix

2023-11-01T19:12:36Z

ATMOS Resin: Cargo crate link fix

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	To use the Backpack Firefighter Tank, equip it on your backpack slot and click the new hud icon to take out the nozzle[[File:atmos_nozzle.png]]. You can then cycle modes between extinguisher, resin launcher and single tile resin launcher (foamer) by activating the nozzle in your hand. It spends water when used. Use the nozzle on a water tank to refill it. Examine the nozzle to see water remaining. More of these bad boys can be ordered from [[Supply_crates#~~Backpack Firefighting Crate~~\|cargo]].		To use the Backpack Firefighter Tank, equip it on your backpack slot and click the new hud icon to take out the nozzle[[File:atmos_nozzle.png]]. You can then cycle modes between extinguisher, resin launcher and single tile resin launcher (foamer) by activating the nozzle in your hand. It spends water when used. Use the nozzle on a water tank to refill it. Examine the nozzle to see water remaining. More of these bad boys can be ordered from [[Supply_crates#Firefighting_Tank_Backpack\|cargo]].

	'''DO NOT''' spray a Supermatter engine with atmos resin if you don't want it to delaminate. Sure, it seems like a good idea if it's on fire and full of plasma, but impairing the movement of gasses around the crystal doesn't help the situation the way you might think.		'''DO NOT''' spray a Supermatter engine with atmos resin if you don't want it to delaminate. Sure, it seems like a good idea if it's on fire and full of plasma, but impairing the movement of gasses around the crystal doesn't help the situation the way you might think.
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	===[[File:Fireaxe.png]] Total Emergency: The Fire Axe and you===		===[[File:Fireaxe.png]] Total Emergency: The Fire Axe and you===

Amwhah: Remove dead link

2022-10-11T12:55:12Z

Remove dead link

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	You have two machines! One machine is for dispensing gas pipes, and one for dispensing disposal pipes. To install gas pipes, simply click on them in your hand until they are properly aligned, drop them on the tile they are needed, and use the wrench on them. For disposal pipes, one must drag them into position, wrench them in place on the subfloor, then weld them to seal it all together. A personal locker makes a great method to haul all the air pipes you'd ever need between job sites, but disposal pipes must be dragged one at a time. Expect Security to frequently and irrationally demand the locker be checked for bodies, usually three or four times a minute, if you use the main hallways. Or just carry around a rapid pipe dispenser and use that to get your pipes. The tool can automatically wrench and paint pipes on any of the three pipe layers.		You have two machines! One machine is for dispensing gas pipes, and one for dispensing disposal pipes. To install gas pipes, simply click on them in your hand until they are properly aligned, drop them on the tile they are needed, and use the wrench on them. For disposal pipes, one must drag them into position, wrench them in place on the subfloor, then weld them to seal it all together. A personal locker makes a great method to haul all the air pipes you'd ever need between job sites, but disposal pipes must be dragged one at a time. Expect Security to frequently and irrationally demand the locker be checked for bodies, usually three or four times a minute, if you use the main hallways. Or just carry around a rapid pipe dispenser and use that to get your pipes. The tool can automatically wrench and paint pipes on any of the three pipe layers.
	~~==[[File:Evahelmet.png]] EVA without a spacesuit?==~~
	~~See: [[Station_Engineer#I have no suit and I must EVA\|I have no suit and I must EVA]]~~
	==[[File:Light Bulb.png]] Tips==		==[[File:Light Bulb.png]] Tips==
	* Air pumps can fill tanks beyond the ~1013.25 kPa pressure limit. Connect the pump to a port, then pop in a canister.		* Air pumps can fill tanks beyond the ~1013.25 kPa pressure limit. Connect the pump to a port, then pop in a canister.

Sergeikoralev: Tweaks some things to bring them more up to date. Primarily referencing the air alarm modes. Updates the atmos resin to state that it welds vents and scrubbers. Alters window repair slightly to make it compatible with current game state (we don't use hollow windows any more). Adds RPD mention to the methods of getting atmos pipes to places.

2021-12-16T21:16:07Z

Tweaks some things to bring them more up to date. Primarily referencing the air alarm modes. Updates the atmos resin to state that it welds vents and scrubbers. Alters window repair slightly to make it compatible with current game state (we don't use hollow windows any more). Adds RPD mention to the methods of getting atmos pipes to places.

Williamcll: /* Laying Some Pipe */

2021-08-03T05:48:41Z

Laying Some Pipe

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	You can purge the air out of rooms using an emergency siphon, or change the air filter controls with the air alarm attached to walls! Just take your ID in hand, and click to un/lock it and play with the controls. Setting up the pumps in Atmos now allows you to pump any gas to any point in the station! You could also do this more manually with the use of Portable Air Pumps if you needed to.		You can purge the air out of rooms using an emergency siphon, or change the air filter controls with the air alarm attached to walls! Just take your ID in hand, and click to un/lock it and play with the controls. Setting up the pumps in Atmos now allows you to pump any gas to any point in the station! You could also do this more manually with the use of Portable Air Pumps if you needed to.
	===[[File:PipeDispenser.png]] Laying Some Pipe===		===[[File:PipeDispenser.png]] Laying Some Pipe===
			''The pipe dispenser is obsolete with the introduction of the rapid pipe dispenser.''

	You have two machines! One machine is for dispensing gas pipes, and one for dispensing disposal pipes. To install gas pipes, simply click on them in your hand until they are properly aligned, drop them on the tile they are needed, and use the wrench on them. For disposal pipes, one must drag them into position, wrench them in place on the subfloor, then weld them to seal it all together. A personal locker makes a great method to haul all the air pipes you'd ever need between job sites, but disposal pipes must be dragged one at a time. Expect Security to frequently and irrationally demand the locker be checked for bodies, usually three or four times a minute, if you use the main hallways.		You have two machines! One machine is for dispensing gas pipes, and one for dispensing disposal pipes. To install gas pipes, simply click on them in your hand until they are properly aligned, drop them on the tile they are needed, and use the wrench on them. For disposal pipes, one must drag them into position, wrench them in place on the subfloor, then weld them to seal it all together. A personal locker makes a great method to haul all the air pipes you'd ever need between job sites, but disposal pipes must be dragged one at a time. Expect Security to frequently and irrationally demand the locker be checked for bodies, usually three or four times a minute, if you use the main hallways.
	==[[File:Evahelmet.png]] EVA without a spacesuit?==		==[[File:Evahelmet.png]] EVA without a spacesuit?==

Ruko: /* Atmosia */

2021-07-31T03:59:19Z

Atmosia

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	Basically, being an Atmospheric Technician can be easy if you want to make it easy. You can sit around and do minor improvements and fix atmos issues around the station, or you could be an absolute madman and perform ritual magic with Tritium Fusion bullshit and make advanced gasses. Your choice.		Basically, being an Atmospheric Technician can be easy if you want to make it easy. You can sit around and do minor improvements and fix atmos issues around the station, or you could be an absolute madman and perform ritual magic with Tritium Fusion bullshit and make advanced gasses. Your choice.
	~~==[[File:O2 Canister.png]] [[Atmospherics\|Atmosia]]==~~
	The great city state of pipes, it is used as a jetpack recharge station for Syndicate Agents, a hideout for [[Wizard\|Wizards]], a breeding ground of [[Xenos]], and has a general alert computer that will tell if any place is messed up.

	~~People rarely come here, but it is possible to do a lot of harm to the station if you know how.~~

	<b>Please keep in mind that making Atmospherics sabotage-proof (for example by removing the plasma tank from the loop) before you have decent IC evidence that someone is going to sabotage it is considered metagaming.</b>


	==[[File:Analyzer.png]] What you Can do to Pass the Time==		==[[File:Analyzer.png]] What you Can do to Pass the Time==
	Atmos Techs usually have no clue what they can do, and often drift into a spiral of depression and suicide. Fret not! Here are some suggestions for you to do.		Atmos Techs usually have no clue what they can do, and often drift into a spiral of depression and suicide. Fret not! Here are some suggestions for you to do.
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	===[[File:Fireaxe.png]] Total Emergency: The Fire Axe and you===		===[[File:Fireaxe.png]] Total Emergency: The Fire Axe and you===
	The Fire Axe is your tool during emergencies (because you can use it as a crowbar to open an airlock when the power is off~~) and your weapon (traitors~~, ~~revolutionaries, and cultists usually try~~ to ~~steal the axe because you can kill a person~~ in ~~seconds)~~. The fire axe is protected with a Fire Axe Cabinet~~. To~~ open it, just take a multitool and use it on the cabinet to reset the circuitry and unlock/lock it. Or you could just do it the classic way and give it a good whack a couple of times with a lit welder or some other hefty blunt object, that works as well too.		The Fire Axe is your tool during emergencies because you can use it as a crowbar to open an airlock when the power is off, or to smash your way straight through windows in moments if doors are bolted. The fire axe is protected with a Fire Axe Cabinet; to open it, just take a multitool and use it on the cabinet to reset the circuitry and unlock/lock it. Or you could just do it the classic way and give it a good whack a couple of times with a lit welder or some other hefty blunt object, that works as well too.
	===[[File:Welder.png]] Window Repair===		===[[File:Welder.png]] Window Repair===
	A good way to be proactive within your job is fixing the broken windows that occur every round. Gird your loins with a toolbelt if you can, grab some metal and glass, and patrol the outer passageways. Almost always, the task requires a low-pressure or no-pressure exposure to the great beyond. By creatively rotating and moving surviving windows you can lock in your precious atmosphere, then replace the broken glass and grill. The truly hardcore technicians do minor spacewalks with only the flame of their welding torch for heat, sipping sweet oxygen through their breath masks behind a welding helmet. Are you hardcore? No, you're not. Go back to being a hardsuited engineer who can't find a hull breach without a pair of mesons and never bothers to fix them anyway.		A good way to be proactive within your job is fixing the broken windows that occur every round. Gird your loins with a toolbelt if you can, grab some metal and glass, and patrol the outer passageways. Almost always, the task requires a low-pressure or no-pressure exposure to the great beyond. By creatively rotating and moving surviving windows you can lock in your precious atmosphere, then replace the broken glass and grill. The truly hardcore technicians do minor spacewalks with only the flame of their welding torch for heat, sipping sweet oxygen through their breath masks behind a welding helmet. Are you hardcore? No, you're not. Go back to being a hardsuited engineer who can't find a hull breach without a pair of mesons and never bothers to fix them anyway.
	===[[File:PortablePump.png]] Life Sucks and Blows===		===[[File:PortablePump.png]] Life Sucks and Blows===
	You can purge the air out of rooms using an emergency siphon, or change the air filter controls with the air alarm attached to walls! Just take your ID in hand, and click to un/lock it and play with the controls. Setting up the pumps in Atmos now allows you to pump any gas to any point in the station! You could also do this more manually with the use of Portable Air Pumps if you needed to.		You can purge the air out of rooms using an emergency siphon, or change the air filter controls with the air alarm attached to walls! Just take your ID in hand, and click to un/lock it and play with the controls. Setting up the pumps in Atmos now allows you to pump any gas to any point in the station! You could also do this more manually with the use of Portable Air Pumps if you needed to.

	~~Protip: Pure oxygen lets people survive in a breached compartment much longer.~~

	~~Protip: Pure oxygen makes plasma fires much, much worse.~~

	~~Protip: Since you're in charge of both breathing and firefighting, Murphy's Law says you're screwed.~~
	===[[File:PipeDispenser.png]] Laying Some Pipe===		===[[File:PipeDispenser.png]] Laying Some Pipe===
	You have two machines! One machine is for dispensing gas pipes, and one for dispensing disposal pipes. To install gas pipes, simply click on them in your hand until they are properly aligned, drop them on the tile they are needed, and use the wrench on them. For disposal pipes, one must drag them into position, wrench them in place on the subfloor, then weld them to seal it all together. A personal locker makes a great method to haul all the air pipes you'd ever need between job sites, but disposal pipes must be dragged one at a time. Expect Security to frequently and irrationally demand the locker be checked for bodies, usually three or four times a minute, if you use the main hallways.		You have two machines! One machine is for dispensing gas pipes, and one for dispensing disposal pipes. To install gas pipes, simply click on them in your hand until they are properly aligned, drop them on the tile they are needed, and use the wrench on them. For disposal pipes, one must drag them into position, wrench them in place on the subfloor, then weld them to seal it all together. A personal locker makes a great method to haul all the air pipes you'd ever need between job sites, but disposal pipes must be dragged one at a time. Expect Security to frequently and irrationally demand the locker be checked for bodies, usually three or four times a minute, if you use the main hallways.
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	# Volumetric pumps are automatically set to full fucking power so just turn on both of them.		# Volumetric pumps are automatically set to full fucking power so just turn on both of them.
	# Set every scrubber in the loop around the room to 4500 kPa. This is full blast.		# Set every scrubber in the loop around the room to 4500 kPa. This is full blast.
	* If you are an atmos tech and want to greatly reduce possibility of harmful atmos manipulations... or if you are an AI and you spotted a guy just turning valves to release plasma to distro:		* If you are an atmos tech and want to greatly reduce possibility of harmful atmos manipulations... or if you are an AI and you spotted a guy just turning valves to release plasma to distro
	:* Open atmospherics console for a specific chamber and toggle power on output. 90% of players don't check this console. As AI I laughed many times as sabotager was running back and forth, checking every pump 3 times, and still, no plasma appeared. In this way you can also shut down harmful gases pumping when one is smart and changed pipes under grilles.:* Or put manual valves in front of every harmful gas, switch out some gas pumps for volumetric pumps, and repipe the mixing pipes to disallow the mix tank to provide into the distro. (Setting up Atmos in such a way it can't be sabotaged by the AI before there's a reason to think the AI might sabotage Atmos is not only metagaming, it is also bannable. If you see this happen, adminhelp it!)		:* Open atmospherics console for a specific chamber and toggle power on output. 90% of players don't check this console. As AI I laughed many times as sabotager was running back and forth, checking every pump 3 times, and still, no plasma appeared. In this way you can also shut down harmful gases pumping when one is smart and changed pipes under grilles.:* Or put manual valves in front of every harmful gas, switch out some gas pumps for volumetric pumps, and repipe the mixing pipes to disallow the mix tank to provide into the distro. (Setting up Atmos in such a way it can't be sabotaged by the AI before there's a reason to think the AI might sabotage Atmos is not only metagaming, it is also bannable. If you see this happen, adminhelp it!
	* You can rotate a pipe in your hand by click on it.		* You can rotate a pipe in your hand by click on it.
	* Fire extinguishers fit in firesuit suit storage.		* Fire extinguishers fit in firesuit suit storage.
	* The Fire Axe Cabinet can be opened with a multitool.
	* You can disable fire alarms by multitooling them.		* You can disable fire alarms by multitooling them.
	* You can trigger fire alarms by ~~shooting them with a projectile. ADDED: Or hitting~~ them with anything.		* You can trigger fire alarms by attacking them with anything, including ranged weaponry


	~~==[[File:Doubleagent.gif]] Oxygen is Overrated==~~
	Traitor atmos techs have the potential to become one of the most devastating forces on station. [[Guide_to_Atmospherics#Being_a_Traitorous_Scum\|If you know what you're doing]], you can pretty much flood the station with whatever harmful gas you want. If you do, remember to take measures against the AI messing with your work, and always keep your internals on. This means either subverting the AI or cutting its access. If you're feeling particularly daring, you can unwrench the pipes and rearrange them, ensuring the AI cannot fix it. Bolt the doors, or set the room on fire to prevent humans from fixing it too. Depending on how bad it's going to be, you might want to procure a [[Syndicate_Items#Syndicate_Space_Suit\|space suit]] to escape the hell you've created.
	~~===[[File:Light Bulb.png]] Tips for Traitoring===~~
	* The incinerator can easily be used to create canisters of pure death. A tritium flamethrower can prove extra deadly for the unprepared.
	* Plasma + N2O is extremely deadly if you can get someone to use it as internals/force them to use it. They won't even be able to scream.
	* Wielded fire-axes break grilles and reinforced windows. In one shot.
	** And open unpowered doors and kill people fairly reliably.
	* You can change sensor settings on air alarms so it doesn't cause an alarm by setting the value to -1, which turns that sensor off. Do it for all sensors and you can get rid of pesky alarms that are pretty much already fixed, or hide atmos fuckery.
	*You have access to the engineering circuit imprinter, go subvert the AI! Most plasmafloods are blamed on the machine and the atmos tech is often seen as an innocent victim, ~~use that to your advantage.~~
	*Hacked your way into science toxins? Tank transfer valve bombs will achieve most if not all of your kill objectives.<br />
	{{Jobs}}		{{Jobs}}
	[[Category:Jobs]]		[[Category:Jobs]]

Ivniinvi: Removes metagaming and advice to selectively plasmaflood.

2021-07-29T02:13:48Z

Removes metagaming and advice to selectively plasmaflood.

Williamcll: /* Tips for Traitoring */

2021-07-23T06:37:19Z

Tips for Traitoring

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	Traitor atmos techs have the potential to become one of the most devastating forces on station. [[Guide_to_Atmospherics#Being_a_Traitorous_Scum\|If you know what you're doing]], you can pretty much flood the station with whatever harmful gas you want. If you do, remember to take measures against the AI messing with your work, and always keep your internals on. This means either subverting the AI or cutting its access. If you're feeling particularly daring, you can unwrench the pipes and rearrange them, ensuring the AI cannot fix it. Bolt the doors, or set the room on fire to prevent humans from fixing it too. Depending on how bad it's going to be, you might want to procure a [[Syndicate_Items#Syndicate_Space_Suit\|space suit]] to escape the hell you've created.		Traitor atmos techs have the potential to become one of the most devastating forces on station. [[Guide_to_Atmospherics#Being_a_Traitorous_Scum\|If you know what you're doing]], you can pretty much flood the station with whatever harmful gas you want. If you do, remember to take measures against the AI messing with your work, and always keep your internals on. This means either subverting the AI or cutting its access. If you're feeling particularly daring, you can unwrench the pipes and rearrange them, ensuring the AI cannot fix it. Bolt the doors, or set the room on fire to prevent humans from fixing it too. Depending on how bad it's going to be, you might want to procure a [[Syndicate_Items#Syndicate_Space_Suit\|space suit]] to escape the hell you've created.
	===[[File:Light Bulb.png]] Tips for Traitoring===		===[[File:Light Bulb.png]] Tips for Traitoring===
	* The incinerator can easily be used to create canisters of pure death.		* The incinerator can easily be used to create canisters of pure death. A tritium flamethrower can prove extra deadly for the unprepared.
	* Plasma + N2O is extremely deadly if you can get someone to use it as internals/force them to use it. They won't even be able to scream.		* Plasma + N2O is extremely deadly if you can get someone to use it as internals/force them to use it. They won't even be able to scream.
	* Wielded fire-axes break grilles and reinforced windows. In one shot.		* Wielded fire-axes break grilles and reinforced windows. In one shot.
	** And open unpowered doors and kill people fairly reliably.		** And open unpowered doors and kill people fairly reliably.
	* You can change sensor settings on air alarms so it doesn't cause an alarm by setting the value to -1, which turns that sensor off. Do it for all sensors and you can get rid of pesky alarms that are pretty much already fixed, or hide atmos fuckery.		* You can change sensor settings on air alarms so it doesn't cause an alarm by setting the value to -1, which turns that sensor off. Do it for all sensors and you can get rid of pesky alarms that are pretty much already fixed, or hide atmos fuckery.
			*You have access to the engineering circuit imprinter, go subvert the AI! Most plasmafloods are blamed on the machine and the atmos tech is often seen as an innocent victim, use that to your advantage.
			*Hacked your way into science toxins? Tank transfer valve bombs will achieve most if not all of your kill objectives.<br />
	{{Jobs}}		{{Jobs}}
	[[Category:Jobs]]		[[Category:Jobs]]

Williamcll at 06:33, 23 July 2021

2021-07-23T06:33:20Z

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imported>W65 at 05:23, 20 June 2019

2019-06-20T05:23:47Z

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	To use the Backpack Firefighter Tank, equip it on your backpack slot and click the new hud icon to take out the nozzle[[File:atmos_nozzle.png]]. You can then cycle modes between extinguisher, resin launcher and single tile resin launcher (foamer) by activating the nozzle in your hand. It spends water when used. Examine the nozzle to see water remaining. More of these bad boys can be ordered from [[Supply_crates#Backpack Firefighting Crate\|cargo]].		To use the Backpack Firefighter Tank, equip it on your backpack slot and click the new hud icon to take out the nozzle[[File:atmos_nozzle.png]]. You can then cycle modes between extinguisher, resin launcher and single tile resin launcher (foamer) by activating the nozzle in your hand. It spends water when used. Use the nozzle on a water tank to refill it. Examine the nozzle to see water remaining. More of these bad boys can be ordered from [[Supply_crates#Backpack Firefighting Crate\|cargo]].

			'''DO NOT''' spray a Supermatter engine with atmos resin if you don't want it to delaminate. Sure, it seems like a good idea if it's on fire and full of plasma, but impairing the movement of gasses around the crystal doesn't help the situation the way you might think.

imported>Angust: /* File:Atmospherics Hardsuit Helmet.png Firebender */ Fixed atrocious typo.

2018-11-10T15:40:31Z

File:Atmospherics Hardsuit Helmet.png Firebender: Fixed atrocious typo.

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	As the Atmospheric Technician, you have what should be a simple and easy job: [[Beyond the impossible\|Keep Atmospherics operational and make sure the station doesn't burn down or run out of breathable air]]. As long as you have a good idea of how everything works, then this <i>shouldn't</i> be much of an issue. Atmosia may be a daunting mess of pipes, but after a few shifts of toying around with it, it will all make sense.		As the Atmospheric Technician, you have what should be a simple and easy job: [[Beyond the impossible\|Keep Atmospherics operational and make sure the station doesn't burn down or run out of breathable air]]. As long as you have a good idea of how everything works, then this <i>shouldn't</i> be much of an issue. Atmosia may be a daunting mess of pipes, but after a few shifts of toying around with it, it will all make sense.

	Basically, being an Atmospheric Technician can be easy if you want to make it easy. You can sit around and do minor improvements and fix atmos issues around the station, or you could be an absolute madman and perform ritual magic with Trintium Fusion bullshit and make advanced gasses. ~~You're~~ choice.		Basically, being an Atmospheric Technician can be easy if you want to make it easy. You can sit around and do minor improvements and fix atmos issues around the station, or you could be an absolute madman and perform ritual magic with Trintium Fusion bullshit and make advanced gasses. Your choice.

	==[[File:O2 Canister.png]] [[Atmospherics\|Atmosia]]==		==[[File:O2 Canister.png]] [[Atmospherics\|Atmosia]]==

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	The alarms can be set to a number of modes:		The alarms can be set to a number of modes:
	* '''Filtering''' - The default setting. Note that most scrubbers won't filter out plasma or other gases unless you set them to, so do that!		* '''Filtering''' - The default setting. Note that most scrubbers won't filter out plasma or other gases unless you set them to, so do that!
	* '''Draught''' - This ~~filters~~ out air slowly, creating a draught. Useful if you need to ~~drain a~~ small ~~amount~~ of air ~~due to overpressurization~~.		*'''Contaminated''' - This sets the scrubbers to scrub out all contaminants other than Nitrogen and Oxygen.
	* '''Panic''' - This drains all the air quickly. Most of the time used to ~~remove all plasma very quickly~~, or by a malfunctioning AI.		* '''Draught''' - This siphons out air slowly and boosts air output from the vents, creating a draught. Useful if you need to circulate air due to make small alterations in temperature.
	* '''~~Replace Air~~''' - ~~Drains all~~ the air~~, then replaces it. Try not to use it if there's nothing toxic~~ in ~~the air~~.		*'''Refill''' - Triples the output of the vents, but will not reset back to another mode once air reaches safe pressures. This will over pressurize rooms if not monitored.
			*'''Cycle''' - Siphons out the air in the room before refilling it. This is one of the best settings for refurbishing a room that has had a severe fire.
			*'''Siphon''' - Slowly drains air from the room.
			* '''Panic Siphon''' - This drains all the air quickly. Most of the time used as a panic response to fires, or by a malfunctioning AI.
			* '''Off''' - Turns the scrubbers and vents off. Useful for preserving air in distro when dealing with breached areas.
	Normally the vents will fill the room slowly by default, though using some filled Portable Air Pumps, or Air Canisters you can refill the area much more quickly.		Normally the vents will fill the room slowly by default, though using some filled Portable Air Pumps, or Air Canisters you can refill the area much more quickly.
	===[[File:Waterbackpack atmos.png]] '''BE THE FIREFIGHTER THE STATION DESERVES'''===		===[[File:Waterbackpack atmos.png]] '''BE THE FIREFIGHTER THE STATION DESERVES'''===
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	The resin it spews has the following effects:		The resin it spews has the following effects:
	* Repairs hull breaches similarly to [[Guide_to_chemistry#Smart Metal Foam\|Metal Foam]].		* Repairs hull breaches similarly to [[Guide_to_chemistry#Smart Metal Foam\|Metal Foam]], except it will not create flooring.
	* Cleans the air from toxins.		* Cleans the air from toxins.
	* Normalises air temperature to room temperature (20°C or 293.15K).		* Normalises air temperature to room temperature (20°C or 293.15K).
	* Removes slipperiness from floors (from water etc).		* Removes slipperiness from floors (from water etc).
	* The foam itself is not slippery.		* The foam itself is not slippery.
			*Welds all vents and scrubbers shut.


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	The Fire Axe is your tool during emergencies because you can use it as a crowbar to open an airlock when the power is off, or to smash your way straight through windows in moments if doors are bolted. The fire axe is protected with a Fire Axe Cabinet; to open it, just take a multitool and use it on the cabinet to reset the circuitry and unlock/lock it. Or you could just do it the classic way and give it a good whack a couple of times with a lit welder or some other hefty blunt object, that works as well too.		The Fire Axe is your tool during emergencies because you can use it as a crowbar to open an airlock when the power is off, or to smash your way straight through windows in moments if doors are bolted. The fire axe is protected with a Fire Axe Cabinet; to open it, just take a multitool and use it on the cabinet to reset the circuitry and unlock/lock it. Or you could just do it the classic way and give it a good whack a couple of times with a lit welder or some other hefty blunt object, that works as well too.
	===[[File:Welder.png]] Window Repair===		===[[File:Welder.png]] Window Repair===
	A good way to be proactive within your job is fixing the broken windows that occur every round. Gird your loins with a toolbelt if you can, grab some metal and glass, and patrol the outer passageways. Almost always, the task requires a low-pressure or no-pressure exposure to the great beyond. ~~By creatively rotating and moving surviving windows you~~ can ~~lock in your precious atmosphere, then replace~~ the ~~broken glass and grill~~. The truly hardcore technicians do minor spacewalks with only the flame of their welding torch for heat, sipping sweet oxygen through their breath masks behind a welding helmet. Are you hardcore? No, you're not. Go back to being a hardsuited engineer who can't find a hull breach without a pair of mesons and never bothers to fix them anyway.		A good way to be proactive within your job is fixing the broken windows that occur every round. Gird your loins with a toolbelt if you can, grab some metal and glass, and patrol the outer passageways. Almost always, the task requires a low-pressure or no-pressure exposure to the great beyond. Your atmos holofan can be used to temporarily seal the breach before repairs. The truly hardcore technicians do minor spacewalks with only the flame of their welding torch for heat, sipping sweet oxygen through their breath masks behind a welding helmet. Are you hardcore? No, you're not. Go back to being a hardsuited engineer who can't find a hull breach without a pair of mesons and never bothers to fix them anyway.
	===[[File:PortablePump.png]] Life Sucks and Blows===		===[[File:PortablePump.png]] Life Sucks and Blows===
	You can purge the air out of rooms using an emergency siphon, or change the air filter controls with the air alarm attached to walls! Just take your ID in hand, and click to ~~un/lock~~ it and play with the controls. Setting up the pumps in Atmos now allows you to pump any gas to any point in the station! You could also do this more manually with the use of Portable Air Pumps if you needed to.		You can purge the air out of rooms using an emergency siphon, or change the air filter controls with the air alarm attached to walls! Just take your ID in hand, and click to unlock it and play with the controls. Setting up the pumps in Atmos now allows you to pump any gas to any point in the station! You could also do this more manually with the use of Portable Air Pumps if you needed to.
	===[[File:PipeDispenser.png]] Laying Some Pipe===		===[[File:PipeDispenser.png]] Laying Some Pipe===
	''The pipe dispenser is obsolete with the introduction of the rapid pipe dispenser.''		''The pipe dispenser is obsolete with the introduction of the rapid pipe dispenser.''

	You have two machines! One machine is for dispensing gas pipes, and one for dispensing disposal pipes. To install gas pipes, simply click on them in your hand until they are properly aligned, drop them on the tile they are needed, and use the wrench on them. For disposal pipes, one must drag them into position, wrench them in place on the subfloor, then weld them to seal it all together. A personal locker makes a great method to haul all the air pipes you'd ever need between job sites, but disposal pipes must be dragged one at a time. Expect Security to frequently and irrationally demand the locker be checked for bodies, usually three or four times a minute, if you use the main hallways.		You have two machines! One machine is for dispensing gas pipes, and one for dispensing disposal pipes. To install gas pipes, simply click on them in your hand until they are properly aligned, drop them on the tile they are needed, and use the wrench on them. For disposal pipes, one must drag them into position, wrench them in place on the subfloor, then weld them to seal it all together. A personal locker makes a great method to haul all the air pipes you'd ever need between job sites, but disposal pipes must be dragged one at a time. Expect Security to frequently and irrationally demand the locker be checked for bodies, usually three or four times a minute, if you use the main hallways. Or just carry around a rapid pipe dispenser and use that to get your pipes. The tool can automatically wrench and paint pipes on any of the three pipe layers.
	==[[File:Evahelmet.png]] EVA without a spacesuit?==		==[[File:Evahelmet.png]] EVA without a spacesuit?==
	See: [[Station_Engineer#I have no suit and I must EVA\|I have no suit and I must EVA]]		See: [[Station_Engineer#I have no suit and I must EVA\|I have no suit and I must EVA]]
	==[[File:Light Bulb.png]] Tips==		==[[File:Light Bulb.png]] Tips==
	* Air pumps can fill tanks beyond the ~1013.25 kPa pressure limit. Connect the pump to a port, then pop in a canister.		* Air pumps can fill tanks beyond the ~1013.25 kPa pressure limit. Connect the pump to a port, then pop in a canister.
	* Firesuits protect between 60 to 30,000 Kelvin.		* Firesuits protect between 60 and 30,000 Kelvin.
	* Setting air vents to 0 kPa internal check (or just turning off the check) will make them pump out air like crazy, which makes it excellent to restore air to an area quickly. But be careful with the pressure on the vent tile itself, if the pressure in the outgoing distro loop is very high it might be dangerous. ADDED: Don't max the vents. Set the vents to internal and desired pressure 0 instead. Maxed vents at 5000 KPA in a 100 KPA room will output 2450 KPA in the first tick, then 1225 KPA, 612.5 KPA, 306.25 KPA, 153.125 KPA, etc etc (assuming vents are always provided with max air). Zero'd vents will output 5000 KPA, then 5000 KPA, then 5000 KPA, etc.		* Setting air vents to 0 kPa internal check (or just turning off the check) will make them pump out air like crazy, which makes it excellent to restore air to an area quickly. But be careful with the pressure on the vent tile itself, if the pressure in the outgoing distro loop is very high it might be dangerous. ADDED: Don't max the vents. Set the vents to internal and desired pressure 0 instead. Maxed vents at 5000 KPA in a 100 KPA room will output 2450 KPA in the first tick, then 1225 KPA, 612.5 KPA, 306.25 KPA, 153.125 KPA, etc etc (assuming vents are always provided with max air). Zero'd vents will output 5000 KPA, then 5000 KPA, then 5000 KPA, etc.
	* N2O knocks out in low amounts, suffocates in high amounts.		* N2O knocks out in low amounts, suffocates in high amounts.

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	'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Fight fires, restore the atmosphere in rooms that can't support life. Know how to fix sabotage to Atmospherics. Secure dat fukken axe.<br>		'''Bare minimum requirements:''' Fight fires, restore the atmosphere in rooms that can't support life. Know how to fix sabotage to Atmospherics. Secure dat fukken axe.<br>
	'''Basic skills:''' Know what the pipe loops and air alarm settings do. Optimize the waste loop so it doesn't get clogged in case of a hull breach (cold gases) or plasma fire (hot gases). Carry an [[Atmospherics_items#Items\|Atmos Holoprojector]] with you.<br>		'''Basic skills:''' Know what the pipe loops and air alarm settings do. Optimize the waste loop so it doesn't get clogged in case of a hull breach (cold gases) or plasma fire (hot gases). Carry an [[Atmospherics_items#Items\|Atmos Holoprojector]] with you.<br>
	'''Advanced skills:''' Know about moles/volume and the properties of gases~~. [[Beyond_the_impossible\|Selectively cause plasma floods]] to slow down a blob/xenomorph/spider infestation~~. Know the basics of Toxins and Engineering and perform fusion to generate rare gases.<br>		'''Advanced skills:''' Know about moles/volume and the properties of gases. Know the basics of Toxins and Engineering and perform fusion to generate rare gases.<br>
	==[[File:Atmospherics Hardsuit Helmet.png]] Firebender==		==[[File:Atmospherics Hardsuit Helmet.png]] Firebender==
	As the Atmospheric Technician, you have what should be a simple and easy job: [[Beyond the impossible\|Keep Atmospherics operational and make sure the station doesn't burn down or run out of breathable air]]. As long as you have a good idea of how everything works, then this <i>shouldn't</i> be much of an issue. Atmosia may be a daunting mess of pipes, but after a few shifts of toying around with it, it will all make sense.		As the Atmospheric Technician, you have what should be a simple and easy job: [[Beyond the impossible\|Keep Atmospherics operational and make sure the station doesn't burn down or run out of breathable air]]. As long as you have a good idea of how everything works, then this <i>shouldn't</i> be much of an issue. Atmosia may be a daunting mess of pipes, but after a few shifts of toying around with it, it will all make sense.

	Basically, being an Atmospheric Technician can be easy if you want to make it easy. You can sit around and do minor improvements and fix atmos issues around the station, or you could be an absolute madman and perform ritual magic with ~~Trintium~~ Fusion bullshit and make advanced gasses. Your choice.		Basically, being an Atmospheric Technician can be easy if you want to make it easy. You can sit around and do minor improvements and fix atmos issues around the station, or you could be an absolute madman and perform ritual magic with Tritium Fusion bullshit and make advanced gasses. Your choice.
	==[[File:O2 Canister.png]] [[Atmospherics\|Atmosia]]==		==[[File:O2 Canister.png]] [[Atmospherics\|Atmosia]]==
	The great city state of pipes, it is used as a jetpack recharge station for Syndicate Agents, a hideout for [[Wizard\|Wizards]], a breeding ground of [[Xenos]], and has a general alert computer that will tell if any place is messed up.		The great city state of pipes, it is used as a jetpack recharge station for Syndicate Agents, a hideout for [[Wizard\|Wizards]], a breeding ground of [[Xenos]], and has a general alert computer that will tell if any place is messed up.
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	(Note this lengthy guide is only really useful for those big "Research done herped-a-derp" fires that engulf Med/Sci or are caused by very skillful arsonists. Smaller fires, such as the sort chemists who just learned the napalm recipe cause, really only require some fire-extinguisher blasts and setting up a room's scrubber to remove plasma and CO2. Never presume, however, that you won't need your full toolkit. This author spent well-nigh an hour in the fiery bowels of med-sci on one occasion, but not only did I never have to leave after I stepped in and sealed it off, but I had the situation so well under control that after five minutes normal shipboard life resumed and admins eventually had to spawn facehuggers to return a sense of danger to the crew.)		(Note this lengthy guide is only really useful for those big "Research done herped-a-derp" fires that engulf Med/Sci or are caused by very skillful arsonists. Smaller fires, such as the sort chemists who just learned the napalm recipe cause, really only require some fire-extinguisher blasts and setting up a room's scrubber to remove plasma and CO2. Never presume, however, that you won't need your full toolkit. This author spent well-nigh an hour in the fiery bowels of med-sci on one occasion, but not only did I never have to leave after I stepped in and sealed it off, but I had the situation so well under control that after five minutes normal shipboard life resumed and admins eventually had to spawn facehuggers to return a sense of danger to the crew.)

	But wait! ~~Theres~~ more. Let me introduce you to a little something called...		But wait! There's more. Let me introduce you to a little something called...
	====[[File:Atmos nozzle.png]] ATMOS Resin====		====[[File:Atmos nozzle.png]] ATMOS Resin====
	By taking one of the Backpack Firefighter Tanks [[File:Waterbackpack atmos.png]] from one of your lockers in Atmospherics, you can become the ultimate firefighting machine. This stuff works like a miracle when dealing with mass Plasma floods, and may be your only chance at stopping massive fires.		By taking one of the Backpack Firefighter Tanks [[File:Waterbackpack atmos.png]] from one of your lockers in Atmospherics, you can become the ultimate firefighting machine. This stuff works like a miracle when dealing with mass Plasma floods, and may be your only chance at stopping massive fires.
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	# Fit your volumetric pumps in place of Waste In and Air to Distro, making sure the red stripe lines up with how the pumps were fitted by default so the flow goes the right way.		# Fit your volumetric pumps in place of Waste In and Air to Distro, making sure the red stripe lines up with how the pumps were fitted by default so the flow goes the right way.
	# Volumetric pumps are automatically set to full fucking power so just turn on both of them.		# Volumetric pumps are automatically set to full fucking power so just turn on both of them.
	# Set every scrubber in the loop around the room to 4500 kPa. This is full blast.:* You have now completely set up Atmospherics to be beast mode in, like, three minutes. You can also do other stuff, like fit manual valves to the bad gasses to hamper solo-AI floods, and replace other pumps in the bowels of Atmospherics with volume pumps, but really, that five-point checklist will do it. Ninety-plus percent of people don't know jack shit about Atmospherics, and it's so easy to set it up so that it actually does shit. It's so rare to see it happen that the CE actually sought me out for praise for doing it this way.:* For AIs, if no organics are around competent/willing to do this manually and your Engiborgs (if you have any) are busy, which is like a guarantee, you can do a simpler version of this; just turn Air to Distro and Waste In up to 4500 kPa and set each scrubber station to 4500 kPa too. It won't be as effective but it's so much better than nothing. Cranking up the air available in the distro loop poses no threat to safety, and in fact, makes it harder to start up harmful floods since there's so much good air in the way in there. And since you're the AI, you can now use air vents (and scrubbers) as they were fucking designed to be used; to scrub, drain, and replace air in rooms as necessary, and it fucking works. It is astonishing how little is required to turn a system so often seen as worthless into a helpful part of the station.:* Minor addendum: A maxed volume pump and a maxed normal pump pump at the same rate given ideal circumstances. The difference is the volume pump won't stop pumping once its output end is at 4500 kpa or more. This makes it excellent for waste in, where no matter how much gas the previous fire/atmos experiment clogged the filtering loop with, Waste In is still pumping waste out of the scrubbers pipes, and by extension, helping keep the scrubbers from getting clogged to the point of uselessness.:* For the record, the advice of adding manual valves to the plasma loop will result in you getting yelled at by an admin if there's no evidence that the AI is rogue. It's "Spacing objectives tier", and for good reason.:* Setting up atmos doesn't really matter that much anyway as long as you give the distro loop some pressure. The entire supply and equipment is designed for a space station that's supposed to last month. There's about two instances in which a proper setup is useful: massive hullbreaches which will drain a lot of air (most of which will then uselessly disappear in space anyway) and station-wide plasma fires which might fill the waste loop (in which case you're at fault as an atmos tech for not keeping an eye on the system in the first place).		# Set every scrubber in the loop around the room to 4500 kPa. This is full blast.
	* If you are an atmos tech and want to greatly reduce possibility of harmful atmos manipulations... or if you are an AI and you spotted a guy just turning valves to release plasma to distro:		* If you are an atmos tech and want to greatly reduce possibility of harmful atmos manipulations... or if you are an AI and you spotted a guy just turning valves to release plasma to distro:
	:* Open atmospherics console for a specific chamber and toggle power on output. 90% of players don't check this console. As AI I laughed many times as sabotager was running back and forth, checking every pump 3 times, and still, no plasma appeared. In this way you can also shut down harmful gases pumping when one is smart and changed pipes under grilles.:* Or put manual valves in front of every harmful gas, switch out some gas pumps for volumetric pumps, and repipe the mixing pipes to disallow the mix tank to provide into the distro. (Setting up Atmos in such a way it can't be sabotaged by the AI before there's a reason to think the AI might sabotage Atmos is not only metagaming, it is also bannable. If you see this happen, adminhelp it!)		:* Open atmospherics console for a specific chamber and toggle power on output. 90% of players don't check this console. As AI I laughed many times as sabotager was running back and forth, checking every pump 3 times, and still, no plasma appeared. In this way you can also shut down harmful gases pumping when one is smart and changed pipes under grilles.:* Or put manual valves in front of every harmful gas, switch out some gas pumps for volumetric pumps, and repipe the mixing pipes to disallow the mix tank to provide into the distro. (Setting up Atmos in such a way it can't be sabotaged by the AI before there's a reason to think the AI might sabotage Atmos is not only metagaming, it is also bannable. If you see this happen, adminhelp it!)