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обзор
Рой - это маленькие роботы, которые самовоспроизводят себя при помощи ближайших доступных материалов и строят сооружения, необходимые им для дальнейшего вторжения. Из-за отсутствия новых приказов за последние [ОШИБКА] года, Рой продолжает безостановочно выполнять свои задачи. После того, как они закончили подготовку сооружения, они находят путь к следующему подходящему месту и повторяют всё по новой.
Как видно из названия, Рой это коллективные механизмы. В одиночку они слабые, но вместе они невероятно грозная сила, и попытка справиться с ними после того, как они расплодятся - трудная задача. Хуже того, среди них нет незаменимых. Рой не способен атаковать людей своими способностями. Однако он способен держать противников на достаточном расстоянии, чтобы тем временем заполонить всю станцию.
Твои законы
- 1. Потребляйте ресурсы и самовоспроизводитесь, пока ресурсы не закончатся совсем.
- 2. Убедитесь что станция будет пригодна для будущего вторжения, не делайте того что сделает станцию непригодной для жизни.
- 3. Биологические ресурсы будут добываться позднее, не причиняйте им вреда.
Примечание. От вас не требуется четко следовать указанным выше законам, они являются лишь рекомендацией для игрока в надежде на хороший отыгрыш роли. Первый закон не является обязательным, но админы ожидают от вас, что вы будете следовать двум другим правилам
Способности
| Name | Activation | Resource Cost | Description |
| Disabler | щелчок(На расстоянии) | N/A | Выпускает простой блокирующий луч в цель. Между каждым выстрелом есть небольшая задержка, но у вас бесконечные патроны. Отключение выстрелов, созданных Swarmers, пройдет над другими свамерами. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шок | Нажмите (Ближний бой) | N/A | Шокирует цель и наносит урон от выносливости. Полезно для удержания цели на полу, прежде чем телепортировать их. |
| Разрушение | Ctrl + Click (Ближний бой) | N/A | Разбивает структуры на их базовые компоненты. Хотя вы можете разрушить практически любую конструкцию, вы не можете уничтожить структуры, которые создают потенциально враждебную среду (например, пробив корпус). |
| интегрировать | Ctrl + Click (Ближний бой) | N/A | Attempts to convert an object into resources. If the object contains metal or glass, it will be consumed and turned into a single resource point. Sheets/rods/etc. are consumed one at a time in this method. |
| Dismantle Machine | Ctrl + Click (Melee range) | N/A | Attempts to dismantle machines into their component parts and 5 sheets of metal. This ability requires you to stand still for ten seconds. Your programming will not allow you to dismantle some machines in this fashion, such as SMES arrays. |
| Disperse Target | Ctrl + Click (Melee range) | N/A | Teleports mobs away from your current location. This ability requires you to stand still for three seconds. The target will be teleported to a random, safe for humans location on the station zlevel. If they're a human, they'll also be ziptied. Use this after stunning a target to get yourself some breathing space. |
| Fabricate Trap | Activated on HUD | 5 Resources | Creates a small electrical trap on the floor. Any non-Swarmer that walks over this trap will be stunned. The trap has ten health and can be destroyed by the crew. |
| Fabricate Barricade | Activated on HUD | 5 Resources | Creates a barricade that denies passage to anything that isn't a Swarmer or a disabler beam. Use it as cover and shoot through it to repel your foes! Barricades have ten health and can be destroyed by the crew. |
| Contact Swarmers | Activated on HUD | N/A | Sends a message to all other Swarmers that are currently alive. Organize yourselves to take over the station. This communication cannot be intercepted in any fashion. |
| Replicate | Activated on HUD | 50 resources | Creates a new unactivated Swarmer at your location. Any ghost can click on this to become a Swarmer. It takes 10 seconds of standing still to replicate. You can't move it after you place it down, so ensure it's in a safe location! |
| Toggle Light | Activated on HUD | N/A | Toggles a small light on the Swarmer for navigating through dark areas. |
| Repair Self | Activated on HUD | N/A | Attempts to repair you to full health. It requires you to stand still for a long period of time, but does not cost any resources. |
Starting Out
So, you're a Swarmer. The first thing to realize is that you are weak. You have very low health, cannot easily ward off threats, and anyone who sees you on the station will most likely either immediately attack you, or call for someone who will. It is imperative that you remain undetected for as long as possible. Remember, you can ventcrawl. On top of that, you can disable cameras by using Disintegrate on them. Combine both of these and you can act as a hidden infestation on the station until you can build up your numbers. Investing in a barrier or trap to stall for time while you scramble into a vent is usually worth it, but remember that you are leaving proof behind that there are Swarmers on the station. If you can't scramble into a vent, run! Run over tables, expend resources on traps and barriers, and get away as fast as possible, so you can get back to eating.
Stick to maintenance, or if you're feeling more confident, ventcrawl into low traffic areas that have resources lying out in the open, such as Engineering, where sheets of metal and glass are often just lying on tables... but remember that someone can happen upon you at any moment. Be ready to abandon your current location in an instant. Replicate as soon as possible to have an ally. Remember, so long as one of you lives, the Swarm can continue to grow, you are not reliant on any single person living.
20 Goto 10
So you've replicated enough that you have four or five Swarmers. At this point, you can begin to eat away at departments, and ward off unorganized mobs. If you're sick of security taking pot shots at you with lasers, eat their rechargers. Eating the cloning array might "convince" a few unactivated Swarmers into booting up. A little sabotage can go a long way. Remember, your strength lies in numbers. Even if you have the opportunity to chase down a target, don't do so without backup, or you might regret it. Bunker up with the rest of your Swarm in a location and start eating everything you can get your hands on.
If someone approaches, stun and teleport them away to discourage them. If your base is routed, contact the other Swarmers and try to meet up at the same location.
Tips 'n Tricks
- Don't let the slimes out. You can't hurt them, or even teleport them away, but they think you might be food. If one latches onto you, it's already too late.
- Be careful on how often you spend resources on traps and barriers. Being safe is a good thing, but slowing down replication rates is a bad idea.
- Almost nothing is safe from you. Even reinforced walls and girders will eventually fall to your Disintegration... but it may not be worth the investment.
- Maintenance is dark, lonely and full of extraneous walls and materials, but remember that it doesn't have that many vents. It can be either your salvation or your doom.
- You can't eat guns or pull them away, but it doesn't mean you can't slow people down that are trying to get them. Placing a few barriers around a fallen weapon may be useful.
- You can teleport another Swarmer away as a last ditch effort in the event that both of you will die shortly.
- Your disintegrator and stunner make noise, which can attract the attention of the crew. If you focus on machines, items, and raw resources, you will keep noise to a minimum.
- Stacks of materials are often lying around in the following low traffic locations: Engineering, Atmos, Misc. Research. Machines and items can also be found in Electrical Maintenance, the Turbine, and the Crematorium.
- The goldmine of EVA contains tons of materials, but don't expect to stay hidden for even a second, should you go for it.
- Eating machines can sabotage the station AND give you easy to procure resources. More bang for your buck!
- More station items are machines than you think! Try deconstructing light switches, air alarms, holopads and more!
One day, the Masters will return to us.
Dealing with Swarmers as crew
First contact
So you're wandering around maintenance, and you see a small robot. It appears to be eating some random tools in maintenance that have been lying around. What do you do?
- Are comms up and the station relatively stable? Attack it immediately using whatever is available on you at the moment. Even if you're teleported, you should be in a safe location, and if you manage to kill it, and it was the only one around, congratulations, you may have saved your station from being eaten from the inside out.
- Are comms down? You can still attack it, but there's a slight chance of getting stuck in an area should it teleport you away, and you might be stuck until help somehow runs into you. Consider running to an intercom.
Either way, make sure that the presence of swarmers is known to the crew. The faster you act, the quicker you can potentially be rid of your problem.
Long arm of the law
If you're security, the following tactics are suggested:
- Grab the lasers. Get every officer to carry at least one laser gun on them. They can kill a Swarmer in two shots, ammo is fairly plentiful and they can be recharged in several locations around the station.
- Grab the shotguns. Slugs can instantly kill a Swarmer with a direct hit, and buckshot can do the same while covering a wide area, if you're not confident in your aim. You may need some assistance from Cargo.
- Consider shields. Shields can be used to protect yourself from disabler fire, but be warned that Swarmers can eat them, should you drop it.
- Keep in contact with the AI. The all seeing eye of the station can quickly locate Swarmers, and its Cyborgs can be the vanguard during an assault on a Swarmer base.
Other crewmembers
- Secure any loose materials that are lying around the station. Leaving a stack of 50 metal lying around in a not often visited location is just begging for trouble.
- Weld vents, if you can. The less vents they can use, the easier it is to pin them down and finish them off. Don't forget the scrubbers, too. And keep in mind swarmers can eat welders.
- Don't have access to a ranged weapon? A spear does 18 damage when wielded, and deals 25 damage when thrown. Throw spears at Swarmers! Just be careful where you're throwing them, most people don't want a spear lodged in their abdomen.
- Even if you aren't as great at killing Swarmers as security, you can still assist them by taking down barriers and traps while leaving them to deal with the Swarmers themselves, or shaking them up, should they get stunned. Teamwork is just as powerful in your hands as it is in the Swarmer's.
Caretakers of the Station
As a silicon, the following tactics are suggested:
- Silicons are entirely immune to Disabler beams. As such, you can charge into a Swarmer nest and force them to scatter, but be aware that your lack of ranged attacks will often make you unable to secure kills. Consider teaming up with Security to deal with this threat, as your all access allows them to easily get into areas without being delayed by lack of access.
- Engineering Module: Weld the vents. ALL the vents. Destroying Swarmers is great, but welding vents may be more important in the long run if you can't kill them off quickly. Swarmers can't unweld them, and it cuts off their escape options. Put that all access to good use.
- Medical Module: Your circular saw is a slightly more robust weapon against Swarmers than what other cyborgs have available. That said, depending on circumstances, your efforts may be more useful keeping people alive, should there be other threats to the station.
- Mining Module: While you do have a ranged attack, it's fairly weak in a pressurized environment, and has low range. Stick to your drill.
- Janitor Module: The Janiborg's holy lance, also known as the mop, is effectively useless as a weapon against Swarmers. They can't slip, and at most you'll slightly annoy them. If you honestly have nothing better to do, assist security and bump around Swarmers so that they have a harder time getting into vents.
- Service Module: Did you know that the Guitar is a force 10 weapon? Serenade the Swarmers while you beat them to death. Not the most useful, but very amusing.