Research items

Stock Parts

Capacitor Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A basic capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

Advanced Capacitor Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description An advanced capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

Super Capacitor Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A super-high capacity capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

Quadratic Capacitor Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description An extremely high capacity capacitor used in the construction of a variety of devices.

Scanning Module Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A compact scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

Advanced Scanning Module Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A compact, high resolution scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

Phasic Scanning Module Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A compact, high resolution phasic scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

Triphasic Scanning Module Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A compact, high resolution triphasic scanning module used in the construction of certain devices.

Micro Manipulator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A tiny manipulator used in the construction of certain devices. A better manipulator inside of a machine increases its speed.

Nano Manipulator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A tiny, advanced manipulator used in the construction of certain devices. A better manipulator inside of a machine increases its speed.

Pico Manipulator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A tiny, very precise manipulator used in the construction of certain devices. A better manipulator inside of a machine increases its speed.

Femto Manipulator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A tiny, extremely precise manipulator used in the construction of certain devices. A better manipulator inside of a machine increases its speed.

Micro-Laser Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A tiny laser used in certain devices. A better laser inside a machine increases its efficiency.

High-Power Micro-Laser Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A tiny, high power laser used in certain devices. A better laser inside a machine increases its efficiency.

Ultra-High-Power Micro-Laser Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A tiny, ultra-high-power laser used in certain devices. A better laser inside a machine increases its efficiency.

Quad-Ultra Micro-Laser Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A tiny, quad-ultra-high-power laser used in certain devices. A better laser inside a machine increases its efficiency.

Matter Bin Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A container for holding compressed matter used for production. A better matter bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

Advanced Matter Bin Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A large container for holding compressed matter used for production. A better matter bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

Super Matter Bin Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A very large container for holding compressed matter used for production. A better matter bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

Bluespace Matter Bin Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build or upgrade certain machines. Description A bluespace container for holding compressed matter used for production. A better matter bin in a machine increases its material storage space.

Subspace Treatment Disk Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build telecommunications machines. Description A compact micro-machine capable of stretching out hyper-compressed radio waves.

Subspace Ansible Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build telecommunications machines. Description A compact module capable of sensing extradimensional activity.

Hyperwave Filter Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build telecommunications machines. Description A tiny device capable of filtering and converting super-intense radio waves.

Subspace Amplifier Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build telecommunications machines. Description A compact micro-machine capable of amplifying weak subspace transmissions.

Subspace Wavelength Analyzer Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build telecommunications machines. Description A sophisticated analyzer capable of analyzing cryptic subspace wavelengths.

Ansible Crystal Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build telecommunications machines. Description A crystal made from pure glass used to transmit laser databursts to subspace.

Subspace Transmitter Found in: Protolathe Used for: Machine construction Strategy: Use it to build telecommunications machines. Description A large piece of equipment used to open a window into the subspace dimension.

Mining

Upgraded Resonator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining Strategy: Use it to mine. Description Like a normal resonator, it will create fields that will blow up after a bit, destroying rock under it; this version can hold 5 fields at a time instead of 3.

Sonic Jackhammer Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining Strategy: Use it to mine, or to break into any secure area. Description Cracks rocks with sonic blasts, perfect for killing cave lizards. Can knock down walls instantly, and reinforced walls with a delay.

Mining Drill Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining Strategy: Use it to mine or dig sand. Description My drill is.. My soul!

Diamond Mining Drill Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining Strategy: Use it to mine or dig sand. Description Your drill is the drill that will pierce the Heavens!

Plasma Cutter Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, unwelding walls. Strategy: Use it to mine. Also works in place of a welder for cutting open walls, and doesn't require eye protection! Description A rock cutter that uses bursts of hot plasma. You could use it to cut limbs off of xenos! Or, you know, mine stuff. Charge it with plasma, either in ore or in smelted form.

Advanced Plasma Cutter Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, unwelding walls. Strategy: Use it to mine really fast. Also works in place of a welder for cutting open walls, and doesn't require eye protection! Description Basically, the plasma cutter, but with longer range, higher charge and a better look! Charge it with plasma, either in ore or in smelted form.

Super-Kinetic Accelerator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, combat in lavaland. Strategy: Use it to mine and to fight off the lavaland horrors. Description This is an upgraded version of the miner's Kinetic Accelerator; it has more range and slightly more damage.

Hyper-Kinetic Accelerator Found in: Protolathe Used for: Mining, combat in lavaland. Strategy: Use it to mine and to fight off the lavaland horrors. Description This is an even upgraded version of the miner's Kinetic Accelerator; it has more range and slightly more damage, plus it hits a 3x3 area around the target, for extremely fast mining.

Modification Kit Found in: Protolathe Used for: Upgrading Kinetic Accelerators Strategy: Use it on any Kinetic Accelerator Description Upgrading a Kinetic Accelerator with this will make it charge indepently from other KAs, allowing dual wielding. Also makes it usable by races that can't normally use guns, like golems.

Medical Designs

Man-Machine Interface Found in: Protolathe, Robotics Lab Used for: Creating cyborgs or talking with the bodyless Strategy: Guide to robotics Description This device is used to give cyborgs life. The roboticist starts with a few empty ones, and its low research requirements mean more can easily be built in the protolathe. As a brain in an MMI has no limbs, it is, of course, not capable of interacting with anything; but at least it can talk. They can also talk over the common radio channel. Man-Machine Interface with a brain in it:

Positronic Brain Found in: Protolathe, Exosuit Fabricator Used for: Creating a brain for cyborgs, mechs and AIs. Strategy: Wait for it to activate, then put it wherever you would put an MMI. Description This artificial brain can be possessed by the dead, making it an alternative to getting someone's brain to operate cyborg shells, mechs or AI cores.

Mass Spectrometer Found in: Protolathe Used for: Analyzing reagents in blood samples. Strategy: Put a syringe of blood in it. Description This device will read blood samples and inform you of which reagents are contained inside. Usually outclassed by the health analyzer, since it can scan reagents without requiring lengthy injections.

Advanced Mass Spectrometer Found in: Protolathe Used for: Analyzing reagents in blood samples. Strategy: Put a syringe of blood in it. Description This device will read blood samples and inform you of which reagents are contained inside, plus their amount. Usually outclassed by the health analyzer, since it can scan reagents without requiring lengthy injections.

Bluespace Beaker Found in: Protolathe Used for: Containing reagents Strategy: Use it to contain large quantities of reagents; useful for grenades. Description A bluespace-enhanced beaker which can store 300u of any reagent.

Cryostasis Beaker Found in: Protolathe Used for: Preventing reagents from reacting when in contact with eachother. Strategy: Useful for preventing unwanted reactions when working with dangerous chemicals. Description A cryostasis beaker that allows for chemical storage without causing reactions. Can hold up to 50 units.

Bluespace Syringe Found in: Protolathe Used for: Injecting large quantities of chemicals. Strategy: Put it on a syringe gun. Description A bluespace-enhanced syringe that can hold 60u of chemicals, and injects 20u at a time.

Cryo Syringe Found in: Protolathe Used for: Injecting reactive chemicals. Strategy: Put it on a syringe gun. Description A modified syringe, whose contents will not react until injected. Holds 20u of chemicals.

Piercing Syringe Found in: Protolathe Used for: Syringe guns. Strategy: Put it on a syringe gun, shoot it at armored victims. Description A diamond-tipped syringe that will pierce through anything that would stop a normal syringe when shot by a syringe guns. It only holds 10 units.

Bluespace Bodybag Found in: Protolathe Used for: Holding bodies. Strategy: Load tons of corpses in it. Description Works like a normal bodybag, but can hold up to 15 bodies instead of the usual 2.

Plasmaman Jumpsuit Refill Found in: Protolathe Used for: Refilling plasmaman jumpsuits. Strategy: Use it on a plasmaman jumpsuit. Description Refills the plasmaman jumpsuit's autoextinguisher.

Welding Shield Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Protecting eyes from welders and flashes. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the eyes. Description This implant will protect the user from flashes and prevents welding blindness.

Breathing Tube Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Allowing use of internals. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the mouth. Description This implant will allow the user to use gas tanks for internals, even if he is not wearing a mask.

Toolset Arm Implant Toolset Arm Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Having tools always at hand. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on an arm. Description This implant will allow the user to extend and retract any tool from its hand. When emagged it also adds a knife to the available tools.

Medical HUD Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Having the Medical HUD. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the eyes. Description This implant will show healthbars above living creatures, informing the user of their health status.

Security HUD Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Having the Security HUD. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the eyes. Description This implant will show job icons and mindshield implants above crewmembers.

X-Ray Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Seeing over walls. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the eyes. Description This implant will give the user full x-ray vision, ignoring line of sight restrictions. It will also give night vision.

Thermals Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Seeing living beings over walls. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the eyes. Description This implant will give the user thermal vision, showing living beings even when not in line of sight. It will also give night vision, but increases vulnerability to bright lights.

Anti-Drop Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Not dropping items. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the head. Description This implant will allow the user to tighten their grip on command, basically making any item they're holding in their active hand unremovable by any means but amputation. It can be deactivated at will.

CNS Rebooter Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Limiting stuns. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the head. Description This implant will reboot the Central Nervous System of the user in case of stuns, reducing the duration of stuns to a maximum of two seconds.

Nutriment Pump Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Preventing starvation. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the chest. Description This implant will give enough nutrition to the user to prevent falling below the starving level.

Nutriment Pump Implant PLUS Found in: Protolathe Used for: Staying well fed. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the chest. Description This implant will give enough nutrition to the user to prevent hunger and keep a good metabolism.

Reviver Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Staying alive. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the chest. Description This implant will heal you whenever you fall into critical health status; it will go on cooldown after each revival.

Thrusters Set Implant Found in: Protolathe Used for: Moving in zero gravity. Strategy: Implant it via surgery, on the chest. Description This implant will work like a normal jetpack, but it will take air from the environiment if there is any, and cannot stabilize.

Implanter Found in: Protolathe Used for: Injecting implants. Strategy: Use it on an implant case, then on the person you want to implant. Description This can load any implant that is stored on an implant case, such as mindshield implants, tracking implants, traitor implants, and so on.

Implant Case Implant Case Found in: Protolathe Used for: Storing implants. Strategy: Put an implant in it. Description This case can store injectable implants from loaded implanters.

Adrenal Implant Case Found in: Protolathe Used for: Canceling stuns. Strategy: Implant it with an implanter, use it when stunned. Description This implant is a copy of the one in the traitor uplink; on use, it will wake the user up from any stun, and reduce further stuns while slightly healing the user over time. Has 3 uses.

Freedom Implant Case Found in: Protolathe Used for: Breaking free of cuffs. Strategy: Implant it with an implanter, use it when cuffed. Description This implant is a copy of the one in the traitor uplink; on use, it will destroy any restraint that is blocking the user. Has 4 uses.

Electronics

Component Design Disk Found in: Protolathe Used for: Research Strategy: Save designs on this disk for use with an unsynced protolathe or autolathe. Description A disk for storing device design data for construction in lathes.

Technology Disk Found in: Protolathe Used for: Research Strategy: Store research levels on the disk for safe keeping or to set up a new research server. Or give it to cargo to sell. Description A disk for storing technology data for further research.

Plant Data Disk Found in: Protolathe Used for: Botany. Strategy: Store plant traits on it with the Plant DNA Manipulator. Description A disk for storing plant data, that can be applied to othe plants.

IntelliCard Found in: Bridge, Tech Storage, Research Director's Office Used for: Stealing Restoring or transporting the AI Strategy: Use it on the AI's core to download it onto the IntelliCard. Description Also known as an IntelliCard AI Transportation System. A functional AI is a possible Traitor objective.

Personal AI Device Found in: Dormitory, Research Director's Office, Derelict Shuttle Used for: Downloading your new best friend! Strategy: Use it in your hand to open the interface, load personalities and wait for a pAI personality to become available. Description This is a personal AI device. You can download a personal AI from an online pAI server, if someone has decided to play one. pAI's are chosen from dead players.

Bluespace Designs

Bag of Holding Found in: Protolathe Used for: Holding items usually too large to fit in backpacks, such as backpacks. Strategy: This item holds bulkier items, including normal backpacks. WARNING: The fabric of Bluespace is fragile. Attempting to put a Bag of Holding inside another Bag of Holding will make fun things happen. Description A backpack that opens into a localized pocket of bluespace.

Mining Satchel of Holding Found in: Protolathe Used for: Holding large quantities of raw ore. Strategy: Use it to bypass the need for ore boxes. Description Works like a normal mining satchel, but it has no ore limit.

Tracking Beacon Found in: Protolathe, key locations around the station Used for: Teleportation Strategy: Place it somewhere and use the teleporter hub to teleport to it. Description A beacon used by the Teleporter. They can be moved around, meaning you can change the location of where the teleporter goes! This can have several sneaky applications.

Global Positioning System Found in: Protolathe, Mining Used for: Finding out where in space you are. Strategy: Guide to telescience Description Transmits the universal coordinates to other GPS devices. The name incorrectly suggests that it tracks position on a planet, when in reality, it does not.

Bluespace Crystal Found in: Xenobiology, Research and Development Lab Used for: Research, upgrading the Telepad Strategy: Guide to telescience Description A bluespace crystal with mystical properties. When crushed in your hand it will teleport you a short distance. When thrown at someone it will make them teleport as well. Can be placed into the Telepad Control Console to upgrade the power of the Telepad. You can create bluespace crystals through Bluespace Slimes, or you can create synthetic ones through research. They are also found on lavaland.

Equipment

Welding Gas Mask Found in: Protolathe Used for: Shielding your eyes from bright lights while still functioning as a gas mask Strategy: Wearing it allows you to use internals and a welding mask without having to change your hat. You can drink and eat with this on, without interrupting internals. Description A gas mask with built in welding goggles and face shield. Looks like a skull, clearly designed by a nerd.

Health Scanner HUD Found in: Protolathe Used for: Seeing the health status of creatures. Strategy: Wearing it shows you healthbars for any living being in sight. Description These glasses show a summary reading of the health status of surrounding living beings. It will also show if they are infected with viruses or parasites.

Security HUD Found in: Protolathe Used for: Seeing the job of crewmembers. Strategy: Wearing it shows you job icons, wanted status and eventual implants of crewmembers in sight. Description These glasses link to crewmembers id cards and show their job, will check security records to see if they are wanted, and will show if they have a mindshield implant.

Diagnostic HUD Found in: Protolathe Used for: Seeing the status of silicons. Strategy: Wearing it shows you the health and power of silicons in sight. Description These glasses can give a detailed reading of integrity and power of nearby robotic entities.

Night Vision Health Scanner HUD Found in: Protolathe Used for: Seeing the health status of creatures, in the darkness. Strategy: Wearing it shows you healthbars for any living being in sight, and will see in the dark. Description These glasses show a summary reading of the health status of surrounding living beings. It will also show if they are infected with viruses or parasites. It can also see through darkness.

Night Vision Security HUD Found in: Protolathe Used for: Seeing the job of crewmembers, in the darkness. Strategy: Wearing it shows you job icons, wanted status and eventual implants of crewmembers in sight, and will see in the dark. Description These glasses link to crewmembers id cards and show their job, will check security records to see if they are wanted, and will show if they have a mindshield implant. It can also see through darkness.

Night Vision Diagnostic HUD Found in: Protolathe Used for: Seeing the status of silicons, in the darkness. Strategy: Wearing it shows you the health and power of silicons in sight, and will see in the dark. Description These glasses can give a detailed reading of integrity and power of nearby robotic entities. It can also see through darkness.

Other

Slime Extract Found in: Xenobiology Used for: Special applications when mixed with certain reagents Strategy: Use a Syringe to inject Plasma, blood or water into it. Description Also known as a Slime Core. Each kind of Slime has different effect that can be found here: Guide to Xenobiology The Formulas. Unused Slime Extract is a possible Traitor objective. They can also be used in large Grenades for interesting effects.

Monkey Cube Found in: Xenobiology, Getmore Chocolate Corp Vending Machine, Monkey Cube Box Used for: Making Monkeys! Strategy: Splash water on it using a Beaker or a Fire Extinguisher. Make sure you unwrap it first. Description A Monkey Cube Box can hold up to 8 Monkey Cubes. Monkey Cube Box:

Large Grenade Casing Found in: Protolathe Used for: Grenade construction Strategy: Insert a Silver Slime Core and some Plasma and you have a instant party grenade! Description Makes it possible to use Slime Cores in grenades.

Tank Transfer Valve Found in: Toxins Lab Used for: Making bombs Strategy: Guide to toxins Description Should not be confused with manual valves, even though they look (almost) totally the same. A finished bomb:

Weapons

Floral Somatoray Found in: Protolathe Used for: Botany Strategy: Mutate plant genes or yield rate easily. Description A tool that discharges controlled radiation which induces mutation in plant cells. Note that the somatoray cannot mutate plant species.

Advanced Energy Gun

Stun Revolver

Laser Cannon

Rapid Syringe Gun

Temperature Gun

Submachine Gun

Ammunition Box (9mm)

Stun Shell

X-Ray Laser Gun

Equipment

Slime Processor Found in: Xenobiology Used for: Creating Slime Extract from dead baby Slimes Strategy: Guide to xenobiology Description Using the reagent from a Purple Slime Extract on a Slime before killing it and processing it will produce more Slime Extract.

Monkey Recycling Machine Found in: Xenobiology Used for: Recycling of dead Monkeys, will produce a Monkey Cube when full Strategy: Guide to xenobiology Description Recycles monkeys through horrible means. Don't use living monkeys unless you want animal rights groups to stomp down your door. It takes 4 dead monkeys to make one live one.

Telepad Found in: Telescience Lab Used for: Teleporting victims stuff around the station Strategy: Guide to telescience Description Controlled by the Telepad Control Console. Can be used to teleport anything that isn't bolted to the floor to or from the destination defined by the Telepad Control Console. Guide to building a Telepad.

Protolathe Found in: R&D Lab Used for: Manufacturing items from materials Strategy: Load it with materials and pick the item you want to make. Description Similar to an Autolathe, you load raw materials such as glass and metal sheets into it to create things. The protolathe is operated via the R&D console. Manufacturing list can be found here. Guide to building a Protolathe.

Circuit Imprinter Found in: R&D Lab Used for: Manufacturing circuit boards Strategy: Fill it with Sulphuric Acid and select the circuit board you want to print. Description Prints out all kinds of different circuit boards, depending on your research levels. Uses of these boards include building mechs, building machines or computers, and changing the AI's laws. Manufacturing list can be found here. Guide to building a Circuit Imprinter.

Exosuit Fabricator Found in: Robotics Used for: Manufacturing parts for use in roboticism Strategy: Load it with materials and pick the items you want to make. Use the "add to queue" function to build multiple things in a row. Description Creates cyborg or mech parts from materials. Can be synchronized with the R&D research levels for new cyborg/mech components. They cannot be hacked and require robotics access to operate. If upgraded with better components, the Exosuit Fabricator will construct parts more quickly and efficiently. Manufacturing list can be found here. Guide to building an Exosuit Fabricator.