Malfunction

Note: Please ensure you've read the server rules regarding being an antagonist.

Welcome to being the robotic bad guy! You're a malfunctioning AI. This role will look a bit daunting with all the new tabs and verbs you have, but don't worry, we'll walk you through it. Remember that you are still an antagonist and are subject to the same rules! You have a lot of freedom in what your goal can be, so experiment and make a fun round.

Your goal is to take over the station's systems. To do this, you need to right click an APC and choose Basic Encryption Hack. Keep in mind that hacked APCs will have a distinctive blue screen, so be sure to hack more hidden APCs first, perhaps the medical sublevel's APCs and so on.

Your Hardware
As a malfunctioning AI, you can choose one piece of Hardware top help you out. This is a one time choice, so make sure you choose carefully! You can select your hardware using the Select Hardware button in the Hardware tab.


 * APU Generator: This allows you to operate without external power. However, this will stop your CPU generation and temporarily stop most of your abilities. The APU is also vulnerable to physical damage and will stop working if your integrity falls under 50%.
 * Turret Focus Enhancer: This removes the safeties on your turrets, boosting their rate of fire, health and allows them to regenerate their health with nanomachines. However, this will considerably increase your power usage, especially when regenerating damage.
 * Secondary Processing Unit: This upgrade will increase your CPU time generation by 50%. Useful if you want to speed up your research.
 * Secondary Memory Bank: This upgrade will double the amount of maximum CPU time you can store. Useful if you want to use a lot of abilities in a short amount of time.
 * Self-Destruct Explosives: This upgrade attaches some blocks of C4 to your core, allowing you to blow yourself up after a fifteen second timer. It can be activated by a special button in the Hardware tab. The timer will keep timing even after your death. Of course, it'll destroy you and anyone near you.

Your Software
You can research abilities via the research menu in the Hardware tab. The abilities that you unlock will pop up in the Software tab and will follow a tiering system depending on their strength; tier one being the weakest and tier four or tier five being the strongest. To research higher tiers you'll also need to research the lower tiers. If your abilities do not appear after you research them, type ai-core into the command bar or relog. Currently there are four research trees.