Murder

Murder can be messy!

Golly! it looks like you're trying to find out more about SS13's oldest past time! Suffice to say, you shouldn't really be looking at this or using any of these methods unless you're an antagonist!

Murder most FOUL

It's fair to say that as a Bad Guy, you're going to have to kill a few people. You might even have an objective to kill someone! There are many ways to commit the foul act, and the choice is yours.

Murderous Methods

There's more than one way to skin a cat, and there's FAR more than one way to kill a man, especially in SS13. Below are some of the basic ways, feel free to mix, match, and create your own ways to butcher your fellow man.

Fists

A good, old-fashioned beating is a half-decent way to take down an unarmored opponent. Set your intent to harm, aim for the head, and whack away. Actually punching someone to death takes a long time, but a punch to the face can stun your opponent long enough to allow you to use another method of finishing them off, such as strangulation or spacing. Punches to the face have a good chance of knocking someone out or down, giving you plenty of time to finish them off. Punches to the stomach have a decent chance of winding your opponent, which doesn't last long but gives you a little time to work with. Your fists are only good weapons against opponents who are not wearing headgear. An opponent with any sort of headgear is highly resistant to the stunning effects of your punches - even the knitted stocking caps in clothing lockers provide occasional protection from a fist. Best look for a weapon before taking on someone with gear. If you are going to take this approach, being under the influence of alcohol can help you resist punches yourself and deal much more damage.

Blunt Objects

Ah, a good old fashioned toolboxing it is! Incapacitating someone with a blunt object can be easy enough, killing them with one can be a bit more tricky, however.

You will generally want to knock your target unconscious first, unless you enjoy Jimmy McVictim running round the station bleating about what a bad person you are as you chase after him and try to beat him senseless. If your target is incapacitated, it's a good idea to drag him off somewhere secluded while you finish the job. Beating someone to death takes a fairly long time, even using something hefty. Aim for the head, and use a fire extinguisher, metal bars, or an oxygen tank - something with some good weight behind it!

Some traitor weapons, such as the cyalume saber, red chainsaw and butcher's knife, are able to kill people very quickly!

Strangulation

If you manage to get a stranglehold on someone, you can double click the grab icon to start squeezing the life out of them. Being strangled keeps them unconscious as long as you maintain your grip, so they've got absolutely no way of fighting back. You're guaranteed to kill them as long as you don't stop strangling. Unfortunately, strangulation is one of the slowest ways to directly kill someone, and as soon as you drop them, they will usually start healing the oxygen deprivation damage. Another interesting application is to suplex your victim, which requires an aggressive (or better) grab. Once acquired, use the *flip emote to deal a good amount of brute damage in addition to the strangulation!

As with other methods, the main difficulty lies in getting the necessary stranglehold on someone in the first place. Since you need to upgrade your grab three times and moving away from you will let them break free, you'll need to stun them or knock them unconscious before you get to work. Any helmets or headgear they're wearing will need to be removed beforehand as well. As such, strangulation is more a finishing move on someone who's already stunned than an actual way to win a fight.

Spacing

It's very difficult to space an enemy who is up and fighting, but trivial to space someone who's stunned. Drag them to the nearest airlock, open it, grab them, and throw them out. The combination of oxygen deprivation and cold damage (you did take their internals off, right?) will kill a person very quickly indeed. Even if they have a radio, they won't be able to yell for help since there is no air!

If your target is wearing a spacesuit, take it off them, then space them. Spacing is a surefire way to kill someone and only on very rare occasions will their body ever be found. In fact, even if you've already killed your enemy, it's a good idea to space their corpse to ensure they never come back, since even if their body is found most of the time the person will just loot it and move on. Dragging it all the way back to the station for revival is a chore, after all.

Gibbing

Much like spacing, gibbing a person is very difficult unless you've incapacitated them first. There are plenty of ways to gib your victims on the station, and many are job specific. The aptly-named gibber in the freezer room behind the kitchen is the chef's preferred body removal device. The chaplain has access to a crematorium. The geneticist has a biomass reclamation thing that will eagerly pulp bodies. Engineering and mining have furnaces that will consume anything put in them. Finally, everyone has access to the rather descriptive crusher located in waste disposal. All these devices will require your target to be immobilized before hand, and the inherent danger of fighting so close to them can have...unfortunate results.

A gibbed target can NEVER be revived, short of a full respawn!

Guns

Keep your intent on anything other than help to fire your gun point-blank. However, only dedicated stun weaponry (such as the taser or amplified vuvuzela) will knock the target down instantly when used this way. Do not fire the rocket launcher and other explosive ammo point-blank, dumbass.

Kinetic firearms can be reloaded at will, you don't have to empty your gun into a wall to use a different type of ammunition. With few exceptions (40mm grenades, RPG rockets), spare ammo boxes/magazines are tiny items and may be carried in jumpsuit pockets. Don't try to beat anyone with your gun if you run out of ammo, the damage is laughable.

Projectiles can be linked to a certain gun with ballistic fingerprinting and leave gunshot residue on the shooter as well, a fact you should take notice of. If stealth is top priority, consider energy weapons as a 'clean' alternative.

Sidearms (kinetic)

Item	Image	Caliber	Capacity	Default ammo/ Ammo type	Pocketable?	Description
.22 Pistol		.22 LR	10	FMJ	✓	Low stopping power, but there aren't any conspicuous text messages when you fire it. Just remember that shooting somebody leaves physical evidence embedded in their body (namely bullets), which may not be desirable in certain circumstances.
		.22 LR	10	FMJ		Easily stopped by body armour.
.38 Revolver		.38 Spc	7	Stun	✓	Technically the detective's sidearm. Still, the .38 can be borrowed and fired by everybody. Spare ammunition can be obtained from his office or the vending machines in security.
		.38 Spc	7	FMJ		Not overly powerful, but any unprotected target will bleed heavily and take additional damage over time until the bullet is removed.
		.38 Spc	7	Stun		Turns the .38 into a seven-shot taser. Stun rounds do not cause bleeding.
	File:357APSpeedloader.png	.38 Spc	7	AP		AP ammo, as provided by the Syndicate, is very effective against unprotected and armoured targets alike. The damage is comparable to .357 Magnum AP.
.357 Revolver		.357 Mag	7	FMJ	✗	A well-priced gun for defensive and offensive purposes. Two to three shots are generally enough to incapacitate somebody, or at least slow them to a crawl. The choice of ammo is important, remember to load AP rounds when you're about to engage the captain, security guards and other high-risk targets!
		.357 Mag	7	FMJ		Good against most people, light cyborgs and annoying robots. Significantly less effective against ballistic vests, but not entirely useless.
	File:357APSpeedloader.png	.357 Mag	7	AP		Armour-piercing ammunition for the .357 revolver. It does a bit less damage than normal rounds, but it rips and tears through armor like it's nothing.
Derringer		.41 RF	2	AP	✓	The derringer does a lot of damage point blank, causes the victim to bleed and stuns them just long enough for you to strip/strangle them. It can be concealed in any piece of clothing and drawn straight to your active hand by using the *wink emote. Good last-resort weapon to use when you are about to be arrested.
		.41 RF	2	AP		Conveniently, the derringer comes loaded with AP rounds by default. Spare boxes of ammunition are however not available for purchase.
Flare pistol		12 ga	1	Flare	✗	Each flare doesn't cause a lot of direct damage, but it sets people alight - with interesting tactical implications! The pistol can also be reloaded with shotgun shells.
		12 ga	8	Flare		A box of flares. And it does work the other way around, so you can jam them in a 12 ga shotgun too!
Zip gun		Multi	2	N/A	✗	Zip guns, which can be crafted by everybody, have one significant advantage: the ability to fire almost any type of ammunition. From tiny .22 LR rounds up to and including 40mm grenades, and all of them in the same pistol! However that works. That makes them a natural choice for the seasoned scavenger, but no improvised firearm is without a catch. They tend to blow up and disarm (get it?) the user in the process.
Syringe gun		Other	6	N/A	✗	As the name implies, this weapon fires syringes at people, the contents of which are drawn from an internal reservoir. Ideally, said reservoir should contain less-than-beneficial medicine or other poisons.

Sidearms (energy)

Most of the listed weapons can be recharged, which few exceptions: crossbow and artifacts (regardless of cell type), as well as guns equipped with a self-charging power cell. Examine the pistol to view the PU usage of the current firing mode.

Item	Cell (default)	Capacity (default)	Default setting	Lethal?	Description
Taser	100	6	Stun	✗	Security's standard-issue sidearm, which is decent for stunning people before murdering them. The duration of the stun decreases significantly with range, so try to close in on your target first. A burst-fire mode is available as well and can be useful if you manage to corner somebody, because the taser generally requires two hits in a row (point-blank excluded) to stun completely.
Wave gun	200	Depends	Stun	✗	Good alternative to the taser, if your ID can open experimental weapons crates. The wave gun has three firing modes: stun, burst-fire and paralysis (drains more stamina). It has sufficient battery capacity for 8 stun or 4 paralysis projectiles.
Amplified vuvuzela	200	8	Stun	✗	The devious version of the taser, sort of. The vuvuzela has a larger battery and doesn't suffer from range penalties. It's also incredibly loud - what did you expect?
Telegun	200	4	Other	✗	Teleguns are slightly complicated to use, but an amusing way to get rid of people. Once you set the teleporter to a valid destination, the gun will magically move them there. "There" should be somewhere unpleasant, of course.
Energy gun	200	Depends	Stun	✓	One of the best lethal weapons on the station. They can be toggled between stun and lethal, for a total of 13 taser bolts or 8 lasers. It's almost trivial to kill someone by stunning them and then following it up with a few lasers while they can't fight back easily. The captain and HoS start with one each.
Phaser	200	8	Kill	✓	The phaser is fairly common, because they can be ordered at QM. To unlock the crate, you'll need an ID with security clearance or an EMAG. A couple of shots are usually enough to deal with any threat in a boring, but practical way.
Laser gun	200	8	Kill	✓	An energy gun without the stun setting. Damage-wise, it is clearly preferable to the phaser.
Laser rifle	Fusion	8	Kill	✓	The laser rifle is effectively a laser gun that recharges on its own. It doesn't deal as much damage, though.
Crossbow	Atomic (slow)	1	Kill	✓	A pocketable stealth weapon. There's no indication when it is fired, but it does have a very obvious sprite. Anyone hit by the bolt will take heavy toxin and radiation damage over time, collapsing occasionally until they die. It fires a single shot, which recharges over time. Underestimated.
Artifact gun	Artifact	Depends	Depends	Depends	Artifact guns are completely randomized in every respect: type of projectile, damage type, capacity, burst-fire capability etc. Experiment to find out more about a particular relic!

Power cells

Power cells can be swapped at will at a workbench. The recharger on the other hand does not recharge self-charging cells (separate or in a gun) at all, period. Keep this limitation in mind when upgrading your sidearm.

Item	Capacity	Self- charging?	Charge rate	Description
PC - 100	100 PU	✗	N/A	Entry-level power cell.
PC - 200	200 PU	✗	N/A	Medium-sized cell used by the majority of energy guns.
PC - 300	300 PU	✗	N/A	Almost never seen in the wild, since the BFG 9000 (admin gimmick) is the only gun to contain this top-of-the-line model.
Custom PC	Depends	✗	N/A	Crafted at the workbench. Maximum capacity depends on the type of raw material (e.g. cerenkite) used, however self-charging cells currently can't be created this way.
PC - Atomic	40 PU	✓	5 PU	Basic self-charging power cell. Low maximum capacity severely limits its usefulness, as the primary firing mode of most guns drains 25 PU per shot.
PC - Atomic slowcharge	40 PU	✓	2.5 PU	The crossbow comes with this variant.
PC - Disruptor charge	100 PU	✓	5 PU	The disruptor's default power source. At the time of writing, neither are available without admin intervention.
PC - Fusion	400 PU	✓	40 PU	An advanced cell with a very high charge rate.
Artifact PC	Depends	✓	Depends	Artifact cells are randomized and always self-charging. Some are of little value (50 PU capacity and the like), though 1000 PU super-cells with a 60 PU charge rate are also a possibility. Consider yourself very fortunate if you managed to find one!

Longarms

Item	Caliber	Capacity	Default ammo/ Ammo type	Description
AK-744	.308 Win	30	FMJ	The AK features the highest magazine capacity of all small arms in the game. Even better: it's the only kinetic gun that can be fired in bursts! Devastating, if you somehow manage to acquire one.
	.308 Win	30	FMJ	Because you have to reload eventually.
Tranquilizer rifle	.308 Win	4	Haloperidol	More useful for sedation than anything else, and even then there's a considerable delay before your target finally falls asleep. A poor choice for outright murder.
	.308 Win	4	Haloperidol	Good for stopping drug-fueled rampages, but that's probably not what you have in mind. Two doses will slow people down and generally inconvenience them (collapsing occasionally, blurred vision), so it can be useful in a pinch.
	.308 Win	4	Mutadone	Though entirely ineffective against ordinary crewmen, mutadone darts can be your saving grace if you find yourself having to dispatch Superman knockoffs in genetics. One magazine can be found in the Medical Director's locker and another one in the armory.
	.308 Win	4	Sodium thiopental	Basically tiny sleepy pens fired out of rifle. Part of the MD's safari kit, which contains a boomerang and fancy outfit as well.
Hunting rifle	.308 Win	4	AP	The hunting rifle is, at least point-blank, more than powerful enough to instantly put anybody into critical condition and wreck light cyborgs. Because spare ammo is so scarce, generally your only option is to fall back on haloperidol darts once the magazine runs dry.
	.308 Win	4	AP	Good luck finding one of these.
Riot shotgun	12 ga	8	Rubber slug	Shells fired from riot shotguns, which are available from the armory and the barman, will both stun, slightly damage and heavily knock back anyone they hit. They serve the same purpose as tasers (less-lethal takedowns), but come with ammo boxes for in-the-field reloads.
Spacker-12	12 ga	8	Buckshot	Exactly the same with the exception of the default load, i.e. deadly buckshot. Where a revolver could be confused with an annoying brobot or a drunk detective testing out his .38, the Spacker-12's distinct noise will draw a lot of attention. A shotgun is not a stealth weapon.
	12 ga	8	Rubber slug	These slugs, though approved for police work, actually aren't harmless. They are less-than-lethal in application, comparable to their real life equivalent.
	12 ga	8	Buckshot	Make no mistake, buckshot will rip unarmoured foes apart.
	12 ga	8	Frag-12 (HE)	These things hurt a lot. They explode on impact, knocking the target (and anyone next to him) down and usually relieving them of a few limbs as well. They also do explosive damage to the environment. Pretty vicious, but not seen very often as getting your hands on them requires significant effort.
Grenade launcher	40mm	1	Smoke	The GL can be a surprisingly valuable addition to your arsenal, if you know how to use it properly. For example, you could open up on your (possibly armed) opponents with a smoke shell, causing them to cough a lot and drop their weapons, and then switch to your primary weapon and shoot into the cloud. They won't even know where you are!
	40mm	5	Smoke	Standard issue. Two boxes spawn in the security office.
	40mm	5	HE	Fragmentation grenades, as used by real life military forces. Dents the hull quite well. Interestingly enough, they're also being fired by the fearsome artillery weapon system.
MPRT-7	Other	1	HE	The RPG is the be-all, end-all of firearms. Nuclear operatives start with a couple on their shuttle. They're essentially Syndicate pipebombs fired out of a bazooka. Too large to fit in a backpack.
	Other	1	HE	It's a rocket for the RPG, obviously.
Flamethrower	Other	8	N/A	Technically not a gun, but it can be used for the same purpose. Welding fuel isn't too shabby and a nice option for setting people on fire from a distance (sort of like the flare pistol). For advanced mixtures, consult a knowledgeable chemist. Like the RPG, it's a bulky item and thus can't go in your backpack.

Grenades

Different grenades will have different effects, but they all work the same. Active the timer, throw or drop them and then run like hell. However, only chemical grenades are compatible with certain craftable items.

Item	Type	Timer (sec)	Description
Chem (kit)	Chemical	3	See the next paragraph.
Metal foam	Chemical	3	Spreads a huge mass of metal foam, which solidifies into brittle floors and walls. You'll ideally want to use these at the center of a hull breach, or in the middle of a hallway to create temporary obstacles. The walls and floors break easily from being struck, though.
Fire fighting	Chemical	3	Sprays fire-fighting foam upon detonation. No other effects.
Cleaner	Chemical	3	Releases harmless space cleaner and water foam, cleaning the floor and making it all slippery at the same time. For malicious purposes, cleaner grenades work best in combination with galoshes.
Fake cleaner	Chemical	3	Covers a large area in fluorosulfuric acid and space lube foam, and can cause a significant amount of property damage and injuries when used correctly.
Flashbang	Chemical	3	Stuns everyone within a small radius. Standard issue for security, Syndicate operatives and an option for traitors.
Cryo	Chemical	3	These grenades contain cryostylane, which traps people in large ice cubes and temporarily forms a layer of very slippery ice on the floor. A solid area denial weapon. They are available from experimental weapons crates.
Shock	Chemical	3	Excellent for crowd control. Briefly incapacitates nearby people with electricity, dealing some burn damage in the process. Can be found in experimental weapons crates as well.
Crowd dispersal	Chemical	3	Similar purpose, inferior execution.
Incendiary	Chemical	3	Creates a CLF3 fireball, burning through floor tiles and igniting items that wouldn't otherwise burn. Quite destructive! Available in grenade boxes and experimental weapons crates.
Sarin gas	Chemical	3	Coats everybody in the vicinity with sarin, a very deadly and effective poison.
Banana	Other	3	A small cluster of banana peels can be most dangerous...occasionally.
Moustache	Other	10	More of a gimmick item, but they do prevent the use of internals.
Smoke	Other	2 (6)	Releases a large amount of smoke upon detonation, which cannot be seen through. You may adjust the timer with a screwdriver.
Sonic	Other	3	Another good choice for crowd control, jut remember to wear the earplugs!
EMP	Other	5	Has various effects on machinery and robots, but is otherwise harmless to humans.
Gravaton	Other	10	Creates a gravity distortion field, shifting the location of everything in its radius - and everything includes otherwise immovable objects like doors, computers, firelocks, windows, etc. More of a troublemaker than legitimately destructive.

Bombs

When it comes to bombing, the bigger the better. Except when it isn't! Sometimes, the situation calls for smaller, precise strikes. Maybe you don't want to wreck rooms and equipment you're going to need later, or perhaps mass bombings just aren't your style. Whatever the case, there are tons of different explosives to chose from to cater for every need. And remember that this list isn't complete, in other words even more ways to blow people to smithereens exist!

Item	Type	Damage (average)	Trigger	Description	Notes
Detomatrix	Other	Minor	Signal	PDA explosions are small with a decent chance of limb removal. Used to soften up a target, if they haven't thrown away their PDA or turned messaging off.	Discarded PDAs are easy to find - consider using them for precision strikes.
Trick cigarettes	Other	Minor	Timer	Whether it's critical equipment or corpses, a 1x1 boom gets rid of a lot of things. And a packet contains eight of them! Excellent value for money.	Cigarettes don't need to be in your hand for you to light them, almost anything that puts off heat or sparks will do the trick.
Rigged equipment	Chemical	Minor	Electricity	Easy to make if you have access to tool storage and a chem dispenser, yet it requires a bit of planning and creativity to employ them to good effect. Quite situational overall.	Think of other pieces of machinery which are powered by those batteries. It's not just APCs.
Microbomb	Other	Medium	Life signs	Microbombs cause a fair amount of direct damage, reliably blow off limbs and are very affordable. Ideal to take revenge on your killer. They stack, so you can inject yourself with several of them to increase their effectiveness. A macrobomb implant is the functional equivalent of 10 microbombs.	Try not to use the Suicide command, or they might not detonate.
Hacked mining charge	Other	Medium	Timer	Charges damage equipment over a wide area, cause limb loss and stun people for a long time. Terrorize the station without ever setting foot on it!	Mass-producing charges is trivial for a miner, use that to your advantage.
Chameleon bomb	Other	Medium	Interaction	Can be disguised as any hand-held item, critter or robot. Once armed, it will explode in the face of the next person trying to pick it up. Good for (deadly) pranks and comical assassinations, if you can pull it off.	About as powerful as the Syndicate pipe bomb.
Single tank bomb	Gas	Medium	Timer, prox, remote	These assemblies can be makeshift incendiary devices, localized 1x1 explosives or medium-sized bombs. Versatile, but not as powerful as the bigger brother.	They usually don't kill outright, but can have a significant range capable of tearing off limbs and wall plating if there's nothing to impede it.
Transfer valve bomb	Gas	Major	Timer, prox, remote	While less powerful mixtures exist, these bombs are usually of the 12x12 variety. Needless to say, a couple of them detonated close to key areas are sufficient to cripple the station.	Transfer valves are too large to fit in a backpack, so you'll be forced to carry them around in your hands or a crate/closet.
Canister bomb	Gas	Extreme	Timer	An elaborate sight that is mostly for show, these explosives pack multiple times the maximum radius of a transfer valve bomb, but maximizing their power requires lot of practice and setting them off requires time, during which it might be defused.	More detonator attachments means more wires to cut, which is good because canister bombs are very obvious and have a countdown of at least 1:30 min.
Chem grenade	Chemical	Depends	Timer	Similar to beaker assemblies, which are freely available, but with the advantage of using two beakers instead of one. These grenades instantly mix the contents of both beakers upon detonation, allowing for obscenely deadly reactions without you having to be in the middle of them. Coming up with suitable mixtures requires a skilled chemist (or the help of one), but they can easily rival most bombs in terms of destructive power.	A starter kit is well-hidden somewhere in space, but otherwise your only source of these will be a traitor scientist.
Chem grenade bomb	Chemical	Depends	Timer, prox, remote	While the perks and limitations of chem grenades still apply, alternative detonators do add a welcome degree of flexibility.	Essentially a direct upgrade over the beaker bomb.
Pipe bomb	Chemical	Depends	Timer	There are several different flavours, most of which are craftable. Welding fuel pipe bombs are great to rip off limbs, but unlikely to actually kill anyone on their own. For a bigger boom, fill them with black powder or another volatile compound (see Construction for the full list).	In a hurry? Ready-to-use 4x4 pipe bombs are available from your employer!
Mousetrap bomb	Chemical	Depends	Pressure	Ideal for leaving booby traps or land mines for unsuspecting victims! Pipe bombs (all types) and most grenades can be attached.	Hide them in places where they aren't readily seen, yet are still likely to be walked over, like under a metal sheet.
Mousetrap car	Chemical	Depends	Impact	A fun and creative method to deliver chem grenades. Mousetraps rigged with a pipe bomb are unfortunately incompatible at the moment, so the cart is less useful than it could be.
Beaker bomb	Chemical	Depends	Timer, prox, remote	Free and practically standard equipment for the research department. This is a good option if you want to spread your hellsmoke without spending a penny, or in case the grenade kit isn't something you have access to.	Less versatile than grenades (you can't make foam with these due to the mechanics involved, for example), but still plenty potent if you know what you're doing.
Suicide bomb vest	Chemical	Depends	Life signs	The poor man's microbomb. The payload may either be a chem grenade or beaker, so you won't get very far without a basic knowledge of chemistry.	Try not to use the Suicide command, or they might not detonate.

Tips!

Get creative. There are many ways to kill someone not listed here. Use the environment to your advantage. Surprise people in dark, tight spaces. Teleport someone into the Toxins mixing chamber. Poison food. Sabotage equipment.