Salvager

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What could be worse than a Nuclear Operative or a Spy Thief? Why both at the same time, of course! Introducing the Salvager: a third party, rough and tumble space scavenger looking to steal the sweet sweet copper wire from the station's APCs to make a quick penny. Like a Nuclear Operative, salvagers appear in teams and have their own ship (in this case, the Magpie), but unlike Nuclear Operatives, they make regular returns to their nest, so to speak. Like Spy Thieves, they get (optional) bounties to procure specific items, but unlike Spy Thieves, they're far less picky. They will happily steal your computer and sell the boards for scrap, and they'll take Mining's cache of minerals with them on the way out.

Salvagers are an indev antagonist, currently being worked on by Azrun.

That's great and all but what is this place?

This page is under construction. The following information may be incomplete. Once we get enough information, we will make a separate location page on the magpie. For now this is it's home.

Welcome, to your totally not junkyard spaceship, the magpie! The magpie has a Podbay, Armory, and of course, the trader.

Your new home! Could use some stolen furniture!

The Podbay has a few premade pods, as well as a special salvager Pod fabricator, which makes pods at absolutely no cost! Which is incredibly useful if you happen to lose your Pod. Below the room is also a few spare welding tools, in case you need to repair any pods. There is also a O2 canister inside the podbay.

The Armory has a few Slam Guns and Zip guns, as well as Pipeshot, .22 LR, and 9 MM ammunition. Better guns and ammunition can be bought via the trader.

To the upper left of the magpie, there is an O2 canister as well as a gas extractor fabricator.

To the upper right of the magpie, is the teleporter, where you come teleported in if you used the handheld makeshift teleporter.

Your gear

As a salvager, you don't exactly get to play with the big boy toys. In fact, you're about as heavily armed as the average staff assistant. Probably less, actually. Don't let that discourage you though, as you still have some makeshift garbage fancy salvager gear that will be useful to your salvaging operations.

When you spawn in, you spawn with a omnitool, salvager rucksack, a makeshift teleporter, and a Salvage Reclaimer, which are all discussed below. You also get a welder and a deconstruction device, covering tool modes your omnitool lacks.

The Omnitool

Your omnitool has five tools in it, Wirecutters, Multitool, Screwdriver, Wrench, and a Crowbar. Don't underestimate the fact that it's not a Syndicate Omnitool, as your omnitool is very useful. Unlike other omnitools, if used in conjunction with your deconstruction device, the omnitool will automatically switch to the tool needed to deconstruct whatever you are deconstructing, allowing you to rapidly deconstruct machinery.

The Rucksack

Your rucksack is similar to the one the syndicate uses, though now, you have a fancy place to store the frames you stole borrowed from the station. In there, you can store up to eight frames before it becoming full. The frame storage also cannot be removed from the rucksack, because salvager magic.

The Makeshift Teleporter

Normally, you return to the Magpie by using the Return to Magpie option on your salvager pods, but if you can't do that for whatever reason, this makeshift teleporter is there as a backup. Unlike other teleporters, it takes a very long time to successfully use, so make sure you're in a safe place before using it. Upon a successful use, it teleports you back to the Magpie, expending a charge. To get more charges, you need to insert telecrystals, which the Magpie trader sells. It also rolls a chance to disintegrate completely, forcing you to buy another from the trader. This chance is increased when you only have one charge left.

The Salvage Reclaimer

Lastly, you have another tool made from garbage the very fancy salvage reclaimer. With this tool, you can deconstruct just about anything that is not protected on the station for scrap metal or glass shards, depending on what you reclaim for salvage. The time it takes to reclaim something also varies by what you're trying to reclaim. For instance, reclaiming a door would take longer than a normal ordinary floor tile. The charge relies on a hand cranked system, which recharges 10% per full crank.

The trader

In the Magpie is the heart of the salvage operation, the M4GP13 Salvage and Barter System. Here, you can sell items for Salvage Points and buy items with them. You start out with a couple thousand points; the later it is in the round, the more points you get.

If you have plundered some trash salvage from the station, you can hold it out and click on the trader. The trader will then scan that item and tell you its market value. To sell something, the trader functions like any other normal trader and can be sold how you would normally sell things to a trader. Each salvager has their own account; they do not share points.

In addition to selling, you can also buy from the trader. You can buy upgrades to your gear, such as

Items the M4GP13 Salvage and Barter System sells

Item	Image	Price	Description
Handheld teleporter to Magpie		400	Recovered and repurposed teleportation technoledgy. It works most of the time.
Combat Helmet		250	The Salvager juggernaut combat helmet is like the industrial space helmet, except it does not slow you down indoors, cannot be melted by acids, and has more melee resistance (7 instead of 4, meaning melee attacks to the head are lowered by 7). In terms of melee resistance alone, this is better than sec helmets but worse than Armory gear, like blast helmets. Still, this basically makes toolboxes and other items with similar damage almost a non-issue. This helmet also has a thermal vision mode, toggled by the Toggle Helmet Visor ability in the top left. When activated, it greatly enhances how far you can see in the dark and lets you see people behind walls and using invisibility cloaks. However, it also makes flashes and similar bright lights hurt you more, so don't weld with the visor on.
Combat Armor		500	A suit of Salvager juggernaut combat armor, which is basically Mining's industrial space armor but better. It shares many of the same stats (e.g. explosion resistance, radiation protection) but has better melee protection (6 rather than 5, so it reduces damage of melee attacks to chest by 6) and ranged resistance (2 instead of 1, so damage from projectiles is reduced by 66%). On top of this, it does not slow you down, cannot be melted by acids, and provides an extra 25% Body Insulation (Disorient Resistance), reducing disorientation caused by certain stuns. Overall, surprisingly protective, given it's a "heavily modified combination of industrial and military combat gear".
Salvage Reclaimer		100	Replacement salvage reclaimer. Sometimes you lose things and sometimes people take things...
Radio Channel Upgrade		10	Key to retrofit an existing headset to support Salvager frequencies.
Salvager Goggles		50	Salvager Appraisal Visualizer. Provides a rough estimate of the value of things nearby.
Sledgehammer		500	A classic means of manual demolition.
Arc Welder		500	Basically a souped-up version of the welder, with some key differences. First, instead of fuel, the arc welder runs off a self-charging battery; it takes about a minute and half for it to run out when running idle and needs about a minute to recharge from empty to full. Second, because it's electric, its special attack releases sparks, exactly like the stun baton, rather than flames. Lastly, when on, it does 25 BURN, higher than the 15 BURN of the regular version.
Customized Zip gun		350	Similar to the zip gun, but with two mechanical improvements. First, the "zip gun" can fit 3 shots, instead of just 2. Second, if it jams (signified by either a loud clang with a randomly-generated gun failure message or a quiet snap with no chat message), you can click on it in-hand (Hotkey: C for Goon WASD, Z for /tg/-style WASD) to attempt to clear it. You have a flat chance to fail, so if it doesn't work, just try again. Only Salvagers and people with Engineering Training can do this, i.e. if someone who isn't an Engineer/the CE steals it, they're stuck with a useless gun if it jams. Starts with staple "ammo".
Pump action shotgun		1200	An actual shotgun, not just two pipes shoved together. Like the slam gun, this "reclaimed shotgun" is two-handed (so no makeshift riot shield for you). Unlike the slam gun, it has an actual magazine capacity (4 shells, compared to the slam gun's 1, though inferior to the riot shotgun's 8), and to ready another shot, you simply click on its sprite while wielding the gun (Hotkey: C for Goon WASD, Z for /tg/style hotkeys), instead of manually disassembling, reloading, and reassembling the gun. This starts off empty! You'll need to obtain shotgun shells yourself, e.g. using rubber slugs from the Magpie's armory, making pipeshot, buying flare shells from the vendor.
Survival Rifle		1000	Two-handed rifle with swappable barrel. The Efnysien survival rifle comes preloaded with 10 standard .22 rounds (the ones that do 22 BRUTE) and starts off with an .22 LR rifle barrel, meaning it has a magazine capacity of 10 and can fire any round in the "Pistol, .22" category. You can buy 9mm and 5.56mm conversion kits that increase magazine capacity and switch the gun to other ammo types, unlocking greater firepower. To use a kit, simply click on the kit with the gun (or vice versa). This takes about 5 seconds, unloads the gun (i.e. no ammo lost), and gives you the old barrel back, so you don't have to rebuy kits. Can be worn on your back.
Makeshift Laser Rifle		700	Cheaper, energy-based alternative to survival rifle with easier-to-obtain ammo sources but less damage and limits on fire rate. Before you can use this makeshift laser rifle, you first need to click on it with a large power cell and a light tube (doing it the other way around doesn't work); the light tube just affects the color of the laser, while a higher capacity power cell lets you fire more shots. If the cell and/or light tube is rigged, the gun explodes upon use, and your 700-point purchase goes up in smoke. You can remove the light tube with wirecutters and the cell with a wrench (or equivalents for these tools). This makeshift laser rifle fires 20 BURN lasers with 10 degrees of spread, drawing 1250 PU from the cell each time. It's two-handed, so you need both hands free to fire it, and it fits on your back. Using the gun in-hand (Hotkey: C for Goon WASD, Z for /tg/style hotkeys) lets you set the fire rate/minimum wait-time between shots, which goes from 0.2 seconds to 1 second. (UI uses deciseconds, e.g. setting it to 3 means 0.3 seconds.) Lower fire rate means you get to pew-pew more often, but if you fire it too quickly (or if the gun gets EMPed), the gun overheats and bursts into flames, setting you on fire for 5 seconds. You'll need to repair it before you can fire it again; instructions are here.
Makeshift Riot Shield		700	A giant sheet of steel with a strap. Not quite the acme of defense but it should do.
.22 magazine		200	This .22 magazine contains 10 bullets that do 22 BRUTE. Suitable for your starting zip gun, a customized zip gun, and a survival rifle with .22 LR barrel. If 200 Salvage Points seems like too much, you can also make .22 magazines at general manufacturers, if you've hacked them.
.22 Hollow Point Magazine		500	A .22 HP magazine, loaded with 10 bullets that do 35 BRUTE each. Despite the description, these actually have the same penetration power as regular .22 bullets, making these more a direct damage upgrade. You can use these in your zip gun, customized zip gun, or survival rifle (if it has a .22 LR barrel).
Rifle 9mm conversion		500	Expands the survival rifle's magazine size to 15 and gives it a 9x19mm Parabellum rifle barrel, so it now only accepts ammo from the "Pistol, 9mm" and "Pistol, 9x18mm" categories. This basically means it can use 9mm magazines from the vendor. This also means you can use frangible ammo from the AmmoTech, and if you happen upon a Makarov, it'll be able to use ammo from that too. To use this, simply click on the kit while holding the gun (or vice versa).
9mm magazine		399	This 9mm magazine contains 15 rounds that do 30 BRUTE each. Load this into your zip gun (regular or customized) or survival rifle (if you've converted it to accept 9mm) and now you basically have a pseudo-Branwen.
Rifle 5.56x45 Conversion		969	Expands the survival rifle's magazine size to 20 and gives it a 5.56x45mm NATO rifle barrel, making it so it only fires rounds from the "Automatic, 5.56" ammo category. The rifle magazines from the salvage vendor are basically your only source of Automatic, 5.56 ammo as a salvager, so this basically makes your gun into a Sirius assault rifle with only single fire. To use, click on the conversion kit while holding the survival rifle (or click on the rifle while holding the kit). Not available on the Roleplay servers, i.e. only available on Classic.
Rifle magazine		699	A 5.56 STENAG magazine with 20 bullets that do 45 BRUTE each, a sizable amount of firepower. These are regular full-metal jacket rounds; they do not pierce armor. While the vendor calls this a rifle magazine (so you can use it in a survival rifle, if it's been converted to 5.56), you can also use it in zip guns (including both the regular craftable ones and the upgraded ones from the vendor).
Grenade Pouch		350	A pouch with two flashbangs and three smoke grenades, both great tools for distracting pursuers. Like all pouches, it can fit inside pockets, and this particular one has six slots, designed for holding grenades (and only grenades).
Ballistic system		3000	A pod-mounted kinetic weapon system. Not available on ocean maps, i.e. Oshan Laboratory and Nadir.
40mm Assault Platform		5000	A pair of pod-mounted ballistic launchers that fire explosive 40mm shells. Holds 6 shells. You can only buy 5. Not available on ocean maps, i.e. Oshan Laboratory and Nadir.
40mm HE Ammunition		1000	Two high explosive shells for the 40mm artillery assault platform. They're too big for your zip guns and slam guns, but they can fit inside Security's riot launcher, if you've made off with that. Unlike with CARL, the M4GP13's prices are reasonable enough that if you want more assault platform ammo, buying these is more economical than getting a new assault platform. Not available on ocean maps, i.e. Oshan Laboratory and Nadir.
12ga Flare Shells		250	8 military-grade flare shells that cause 20 BRUTE on impact and set people on fire. How do you use flare shells without a flare gun, you may ask? Simple: put them in your slam gun or reclaimed shotgun (zip guns don't accept these); it's categorized as "Shotgun, Low" ammo, which both guns accept.
Radio Jammer		2000	The vendor description mentions that this was "recovered from a syndicate vessel", a clue that this is the same signal jammer available to Traitors and their ilk. It fits in your pocket and blocks radio transmissions (including alerts sent by PDAs and health implants) around it, preventing people from screaming over the radio that you're killing them and/or taking their stuff. However, it also blocks your own radio, so keep it turned off when not in use. More details here.
Door Hacker Assistant		100	A device that when connected to a door panel will determine the function of each wire.
Power Sink and Storage		1000	A device that can be used to drain power and sell it back to the M4GP13.
Crank		50	A cheap and dirty stimulant drug.
Meth		350	A highly effective and dangerous stimulant drug.
Telecrystal		225	Rare space-warping are highly valued and needed for continued salvaging operations.

Items the M4GP13 Salvage and Barter System buys

Item	Image	Price	Description
Processed Material Bar		10	This forms the backbone of the salvage economy. We need it today and others will need it tomorrow.
Material Sheets		1	Metal to glass these are common building blocks of many salvaged goods.
Disassembled Frame		100	Machinery and electronics are highly valued and will fetch a decent price. Price subject to source and quality of product.
Robot Parts		25	There are always a number of groups in need of some robot parts.
Telecrystal		200	There are several buyers interested in acquiring this item.
Gemstone		150	There are several buyers interested in acquiring this item.
Trinkets	N/A	Varies	The M4GP13 Salvage and Barter System may also ask for items that are found around the station.

Salvage Station 13 - Playing as a Salvager

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Aside from a hard mode traitor, you are one of the weakest antagonists when you spawn in, as you only have the tools to collect salvage, some zipguns or slamguns, and a fairly weak spacesuit. Over time however, with the more salvage points you collect and save, you can become a force to be reckoned with, with power comparable to a weaker Nuclear Operative. It's important to remember kills aren't the game, salvage is. As the amount of salvage you have directly affects how powerful you are, depending how you spend that salvage.

Sneaky Salvage

It's important to remember that people won't know your presence immediately. In fact, if you stay out of sight and in a dark place, then people may think it's a Spief running around instead of a salvage team. However, there are a few things that could give away your presence.

• You wear orange. Nobody else wears orange. Any robust player that sees orange will automatically assume that you're a salvager.
  • Your pod is orange too, giving away your presence entirely.
• You have tools that cannot be acquired by normal means, save for supernatural means. Your rucksack, makeshift teleporter, omnitool, and salvage reclaimer cannot be obtained anywhere else.

Your zipgun is relatively quieter than most guns, and it can save you in a pinch or perform quiet takedowns on weaker opponents. The starting .22 ammo is weak, though, and you'll probably not be able to stand up to crew with armor (e.g. Security Officer, Captain, Head of Security, Nanotrasen Security Consultant)

Sometimes though, your early game may just not go your way. Fortunately, you have a decent shotgun for defense: the slamgun!

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