Traitor Objectives

The shadowy Syndicate needs you to get its dirty work done. Are you up to the task?

Elimination

Assassination

You are given a name or list of names of crewmembers to murder. SS13 is a leaky deathtrap with no shortage of harmful things, in addition to the dazzling array of gear at your fingertips. Get creative. If you really need help, check out the guide to murder. If a round is chaotic, as most are, you often have a chance at lucking out and having your target die from a completely unrelated matter. Just remember to ensure the corpse of your victims won't be revived.

Note that borging the target or turning them into an AI still counts as assassinating them; after all, if whatever killed them hadn't done the job, extracting the brain would have. Depending on how the AI has been subverted, this can either result in some rudimentary, if limited, mindslaves or hilariously and spectacularly backfire.

Antagonist Supremacy

You must kill off other antagonists. Traitors, changelings, blobs, wraiths, you name it, you must eliminate it.

Kill Monsieur Stirstir

You must kill the monkey named Monsieur Stirstir, easily recognizable by his orange beret. He is almost always locked up in the Brig and for good reason. Normal monkeys are already quite vicious, but Monsieur Stirstir is especially so, truly putting the "bust" in "robust".

Luckily, being an NPC, Stirstir isn't too smart. For example, he doesn't try to escape if you detonate a bomb next to him or put in him in an airless room. Nor does he try to run away if you set him on fire with a flamethrower. More entertainingly, if you hand him a (loaded) Russian revolver, attack him, and run away, he'll try to shoot you with it and inevitably shoot himself.

Stealing Multiple Items

Tasers

Steal [2 to 5] tasers.

A taser is a basically a stun gun that's offered by the Standard loadout from the Security Weapons Vendor, which offers items for requisition tokens. The Head of Security also spawns with one. The game doesn't care about whether they're fully charged or not, so don't be afraid to use them yourself. The other taser-like weapons, the taser shotgun and taser SMG, don't count for this.

"Steal" does imply you ought to take them from Security Officers who took that Standard loadout. You might, for example, trick an officer into pulling out their weapon and then slip them; if you're extra mean, you might also have a stealth storage take on the appearance of the stolen taser and pretend to give it back to them. It is also possible to complete this without committing any theft (or at least a minimal amount of it) by making copies of the taser through mechanics' ruckinengur system. If you're going that route, you might as well sow some additional chaos by also handing extra tasers out to crew.

Besides going after the tasers themselves, you can also try obtaining requisition tokens to exchange them at the Security Weapons Vendor for the loadout that comes with a taser. Requisition tokens spawn in special equipment lockers from the Armory and Weapons Crate - Security Equipment crates from cargo. These are both access-locked. If you can obtain an EMAG, you just need to swipe it on the containers to bypass the lock, but if you don't, you need to break open the crates, either with explosives or packet-hacking. Or just nab an ID from someone with the right access.

Riot Shotguns

Steal [2 to 3] riot shotguns

Riot shotguns are pump-action guns with powerful knockback. The Bartender spawns with one, and three of them appear on the shotgun rack in the Armory. Like other weapons-related objectives, the game doesn't care if they're fully loaded or completely empty, so use them if you'd like.

Unlike the other objectives to steal weapons, you can't use the ruckingeur kit for this one. A riot shotgun cannot be replicated that way; it has no electronics to scan and copy, so even a syndie analyzer can't help you. Luckily, that Armory shotgun rack has enough shotguns to complete this objective. There are two main obstacles, however.

First, that shotgun rack is access-locked to Security access. To get around that, you could steal from an ID with Security access (e.g. Security Officer, Detective) or mindslave someone to either give theirs to you or take the shotguns off the rack for you. It is also possible to disable that access requirement through hacking (wiring is same as a vending machine).

Second, you need to somehow get into the Armory in the first place. The doors work same as every other door on the station, so getting in via mechanical hacking, packet-hacking, or door smashing is same as always, but if you try entering the place through other approaches the game throws some curveballs at you:

• Going through the walls? They're reinforced walls, so it is a good idea to use thermite or a RCD if you don't want to deal with the long manual deconstruction process. Some maps also add electrified wires and IR-detectors too, so you might also need to deal with that.
• Acquiring the access required? Only the Head of Security has access the Armory by default, and they can't give it to another ID. You'll probably have to steal it from them. It is possible for the Armory to only require Security access, if enough people with Security Equipment access give their approval at the armory authorization computer. But the machine makes a huge announcement when the armory gets opened, and the authorization computer also checks for both fingerprint AND access, so you can't simply make three IDs with Security Equipment access.
• Mindslave-implanting the Head of Security so they can give you their shotguns (and maybe the other goodies in the Armory too)? They have a mind protection health implant that blocks mindslaving, so you need to remove that first before you can use the implant. (Worth noting the mindslave cloning module can bypass that.)

Once you finally get in, there is usually a riot turret guarding its contents too, and the sounds of it firing will typically attract nearby Security personnel, so beware of that if the map's version of the Armory has them. The AI and anybody watching security cams often check on the Armory periodically, so you will probably be spotted at some point too.

In short, this is likely going to be a tough one. Why not make it a heist? Mindslave-implant people for minions, or, if you're lucky, find a fellow Traitor or other antagonist? You could go guns blazing and smash your way through Sec and into the Armory or try to sneak your way in and quietly hack open the doors. You could also pretend to be inspectors and confiscate them under pretense of them being defective or take hostages and demand the guns and other valuables in return for their safety. You could even concoct a elaborate crisis to force Sec to open the armory and then snag the shotguns when they least expect it. There are lots of ways to pull off your heist!

Stealing a Unique Item

Head Valuable

You have to steal some sort of valuable or personal item belonging to a Head of Staff. It's always located in their respective office in some sort of frame and serves no other purpose other than to look nice and be stolen. The most common variant is to steal the Head of Security's war medal, as it appears on all maps. On Manta, however, you can also be tasked with stealing the Research Director's diploma, the Medical Director's medical license, and/or the Head of Personnel's first bill.

Either way, once you actually access their office, extracting it is very easy. Just click on it to remove the glass cover, then click on it again to remove the item.

Yellowcake

No, you aren't stealing processed uranium ore or anything. You need to obtain yellow cake (notice the space separating the two words), a slice of cake with yellow frosting that appears to be glowing with uranium. This spawns on a table in the office of the Research Director, so if you want to steal it, you just have to get in there somehow. That's probably the hardest part, since by default, only the Research Director and Captain have access.

Golden crayon

This is a unique crayon that spawns in the Head of Personnel's Office. This usually appears out in the open on a table, rather than in some place secure like a locker, so if you get into that room somehow, you can usually take it, and then you're good. If you're not into theft, perhaps you could offer a trade to the Head of Personnel. Give them something equally ostentatious.

Destroy the Captain's prized bonsai tree

What it says on the tin. Break into the Captain's Quarters and ruin his beloved potted plant by attacking it with a blunt object or wirecutters. Simple, huh? Just don't get caught!

When the tree's destruction, the captain will get a message about "feeling empty". Should they then scan the tree's remains with a forensic scanner, the energy signatures will reveal that the DNA of the plant has strings of "fuck [name of person who destroyed the tree]" in it.

Rescue Monsieur Stirstir

Rescue Monsieur Stirstir from the brig and ensure his safety all the way to Centcom.

See that monkey in the Brig with the orange beret and jumpsuit? You have to make sure he lives to board the shuttle and make it to Central Command.

Getting into the Brig is easy enough. Usually, you can just ask Security to hand him over to you, no questions asked. Failing that, you can always hack or Emag your way in. Of course, why not go beyond that? This is the perfect opportunity to re-enact your favorite Hollywood-heist film. For example, you could "recruit" some accomplices, blast your way into the Brig guns blazing, and steal Stirstir before anyone can even realize what's going on, Maintenance Doggs-style.

Once you find Stirstir, actually getting him to the shuttle is a bit tricky. Luckily, you have a plethora of options. You can always just pull him to Escape, if you're fine with him occasionally breaking your pull and escaping your grasp. Smart players often shove Stirstir into a locker, lock/weld him in so he can't escape, and slowly, but surely pull/push it to the shuttle. Smarter ones put him in a Port-A-Brig or weld him into a Port-A-Sci, so they can just teleport him. If you have a hand tele, you can also just throw him into a portal to a beacon in the Escape Arm.

Gimmick

Some times, you will receive a "gimmick" objective, such as "Start a weapons trade", or "Steal back any Syndicate Items confiscated by Security". These objectives will (Or should, thanks to A+ coding) always succeed, no matter if you actuality even tried to do them or not, so you can just view these objectives as "freebies".

Escaping

Escape on the Shuttle Alive

Simply be on the escape shuttle, alive, at the moment it arrives at Centcom. Playing it safe by grabbing a space suit and lingering outside the shuttle during its departure countdown and jumping on board at the last moment can avoid some unnecessary frustration, but it's not going to protect you during the 2 min the shuttle spends in transit. Try not to get thrown from the shuttle or pushed out the airlock. Given the crew's violent tendencies, you'd be well-advised to pack a gun or similar self-defense gear to increase your chances of survival.

Stay Alive

Simply be alive, anywhere, when the round ends. Given the general chaos of the Escape Shuttle and the propensity for the Escape Arm to be bombed, you may be safer trying to stay on the station.

Die a Glorious Death

Be dead when the round ends. Go nuts!

Hijack the Emergency Shuttle by Escaping Alone

Likely the hardest objective any traitor can face. When the shuttle arrives at Centcom, you must be the only person on it who is alive. (If there're Ghost Critters, they're okay--you don't have to kill them). Typically accomplished through a horrific rampage that simply kills everyone on board, stockpiling on lasers and a spacesuit and murdering anyone who approaches the escape arm, a subverted AI and an army of killbots, or some combination of all three. The escape arm's access can be thoroughly sabotaged but watch out for miners and pods that typically show up a few minutes before the shuttle departs. An emag will be very helpful as it lowers the shuttle's departure countdown and the duration of the flight itself to 10 seconds each - use the emag again once the shuttle has undocked from the station.

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