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[[Image:GangLeader64.png|right|64px]] Multiple rival gangs are battling for control of the station, tagging and claiming territories, stockpiling drugs, guns, and cash, busting up opposing gang members, kidnapping people for bounties, and parading around in silly outfits trying to be menacing.
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Multiple rival gangs are battling for control of the station, tagging and claiming territory, stockpiling drugs, guns, and cash, busting up opposing gang members, and parading around in silly outfits trying to be menacing.
 
The game automatically calls the shuttle at the 55 minute mark, which is accompanied by a unique message: "Centcom is very disappointed in you all for this 'gang' silliness. The shuttle has been called." On the Roleplay servers, this autocall is disabled.


==RULES==
==RULES==
{{Warning|Notes=The game mode "Gang War" has some special rules. Make sure to follow the regular [[Rules|rules]] as well!}}
===Gangs===
===Gangs===
* Gang members may freely kill anyone dressed in another gang's clothing (or part of their clothing). Keep in mind that "It is no longer compulsory to wear a gang uniform."
* Gang members may freely kill anyone dressed in another gang's clothing (or part of their clothing).
* Can harm and kill civilians unprovoked, though it's usually better to recruit them if possible. Any civilians interfering in gang business should be severely beaten.
* Are not required to wear their uniform.
* They may stun or harm security, but if they do security is allowed to <s>fight back</s> systematically kill every member of the offending gang. Violence against security is a very bad idea!
* Are considered [[antagonist|antagonists]].
* May use bombs if there is a very good reason to do so and a general consensus is reached in the gang that it's a good idea.
* Can harm and kill civilians unprovoked.
* Lockers can be destroyed with brute weapons or bombs to break them open and steal their loot. Lockers can be fixed with [[Engineering Objects#Welder|welders]].
* They may stun or harm security, but if they do security is allowed to systematically kill every member of the offending gang.
* Gang recruitment is now done via flyers rather than the locker itself. The gang leader can get flyers from the locker.
* May use bombs or other measures that harm the station if there is a very good reason to do so and a general consensus is reached in the gang that it's a good idea.


===Security===
===Security===
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===Civilians===
===Civilians===
* All civilians are free to join a gang if they want to get involved.
<!--* All civilians are free to join a gang if they want to get involved.-->
* Are allowed to clean away gang tags, with the understanding that doing so risks retaliation from the gang members
* Can attack and kill gang members at will. ("Gang members are now considered antagonists and can kill or be killed by the crew.")
* Can attack and kill gang members at will. ("Gang members are now considered antagonists and can kill or be killed by the crew.")
* Can use bombs in dire situations. For example, if a gang has defeated security and is roaming the station heavily armed, murdering people, it may be OK to bomb them as long as collateral damage is kept to a minimum.
* Can use bombs in dire situations. For example, if a gang has defeated security and is roaming the station heavily armed, murdering people, it may be OK to bomb them as long as collateral damage is kept to a minimum.


==The Gang Leader==
==The Gang Leader==
===Who can spawn as a gang leader?===
If you have "Gang Leader" checked in your preferences, you're eligible to spawn as a gang leader when the [[game mode]] is gang. [[Security Officer]]s, [[Security Assistant]]s, the [[Detective]], and the [[Heads of Staff]] (including the [[Head of Security]]) normally cannot spawn as gang leaders.
===How do I know if I'm a gang leader?===
===How do I know if I'm a gang leader?===
It's pretty damn obvious. On round start, you are clearly informed that you're a gang leader by both a big chat message and a pop-up informing you of the basics of the game mode. Also, you have a blue G over your head. You get to choose a gang name from a randomly-generated set. You asl ogain access to the Set Gang Base ability which can, well, set your base, as well as pick your gang uniform. Gang tag is picked at random.  
It's pretty damn obvious. On round start, you are clearly informed that you're a gang leader by both a big chat message and a pop-up informing you of the basics of the game mode. Also, you have a capital G over your head. You get to choose a gang name from a randomly-generated set. You also gain access to the Set Gang Base ability which can, well, set your base, as well as pick your gang uniform. Gang tag is picked at random.


===Set Gang Base===
===Set Gang Base===
Use the ''Set Gang Base'' ability in your top left to set where your gang's gang locker will be; the gang locker is where you get gear and stash stuff for gang points. Using the ability will also let you set the gang uniform. You can't change locker location or gang uniform once it's set, so pick wisely!
Use the ''Set Gang Base'' ability in your top left to set where your gang's gang locker will be; the gang locker is where you get gear and stash stuff for gang points. Using the ability will also let you set the gang uniform. You can't change locker location or gang uniform once it's set, so pick wisely!


A good location is important and should reflect on how you want to run your gang, while simultaneously keeping the gang locker safe and secure. The more public your locker, the easier it'll be for you to get flyers to recruit people, for new recruits to get gang gear, and for all gang members to stuff it with drugs, guns, and cash. However, rival gang members can bust open a public gang locker with bombs and brute force, so your chosen location must strike a balance between accessibility and security. Furthermore, gang members wearing their full uniform while in an area they own get passive healing and stun-reduction effects that drop off the farther they are from their gang locker, so there's survivability aspect too.
A good location is important and should reflect on how you want to run your gang, while simultaneously keeping the gang locker safe and secure. The more public your locker, the easier it'll be for all gang members to stuff it with drugs, and cash. However, rival gang members can beat cash out of your locker and steal your loot, so your chosen location must strike a balance between accessibility and security. Furthermore, gang members wearing their full uniform while in an area they own get passive healing and stun-reduction effects that drop off the farther they are from their gang locker, so there's survivability aspect too.
 
[[Staff Assistant|Huge gangs]] require an easily accessible and public locker. If you want to control a job specific area of the station, you might set it up in a place like the [[Research Wing]] and convince the workers there to join. If you want to do selective recruiting from the civilians, you hide it and bring applicants there.
 
Note that the room your locker is in will permanently belong to your gang.


Placing your locker will claim an area around it and allow you to start claiming territory with spray cans.
===Your Job as a Gang Leader===
===Your Job as a Gang Leader===
You are told, very clearly upon round start, that you must capture territory for your gang and eliminate other gang leaders. The winning gang is the one with the most kidnappings completed/prevented and most turf, drugs, cash, and/or guns owned.
Your goal is to lead your gang to victory by gaining the most points in the round. As a gang leader you also have access to street cred, a unique currency earned alongside regular points that can be used to purchase [[JankTank II]] revive syringes and to recruit replacement gang members.


==The Gang Member==
==The Gang Member==
===Joining a Gang===
<!--===Joining a Gang===
[[Image:Spray Can for Gangs.png|right]]
[[File:GangMemberV2-64x66.png|128px]]
You are unable to join a gang if you are a [[Security Officer]], [[Detective]], [[Vice Officer]], or [[Head of Staff]]. These roles should be aiming to get the station under control and imprison, or if necessary, execute the gang leaders. In addition, there can only be a maximum of five members per gang, not including the gang leader.
 
You are unable to join a gang if you are a [[Security Officer]], [[Detective]], [[Security Assistant]], or [[Head of Staff]]. These roles should be aiming to get the station under control and imprison, or if necessary, execute the gang leaders. In addition, there can only be a maximum of five members per gang, not including the gang leader.


You join a gang by using a flyer ([[Image:GangPoster.png]]). No doubt you've seen some around. All the smart gangs leave them all over the dang place, especially in high-traffic areas like the [[Bar]] and [[Medbay]]. If you somehow haven't seen one, it probably means Security is ripping them up and shoving them down [[Disposals]]. Check there. You can also simply ask gang members to give you a poster. In fact, gang members can hit you with a poster to formally request you join their gang, giving a prompt similar to the *give command.  
You join a gang by picking up a flyer ([[Image:GangPoster.png]]) and clicking on it while it's in your hand. No doubt you've seen some around. All the smart gangs leave them all over the dang place, especially in high-traffic areas like the [[Bar]] and [[Medbay]]. If you somehow haven't seen one, it probably means Security is ripping them up and shoving them down [[Disposals]]. Check there. You can also simply ask gang members to give you a poster.  
   
   
Choose wisely; once you join a gang, you can't leave it without [[Admin]] intervention (much like in those Scorsese films, depending on perspective). If you try to use a gang's recruitment poster while a member of a different gang, it won't work!  
Choose wisely; once you join a gang, you can't leave it without [[Admin]] intervention (much like in those Scorsese films, depending on perspective). If you try to use a gang's recruitment poster while a member of a different gang, it won't work!-->


===Initiation===
===Initiation===
Once you've joined the gang, your headset automatically gains access to the gang radio channel, which uses the prefix ''':g''', like so.  
<!--Once you've joined the gang,-->When you spawn as a gang, your headset automatically gains access to the gang radio channel, which uses the prefix ''':g''', like so.  


  say :g Got loads of meth and guns ready. Let's bust some bustas!
  say :g Got loads of meth and guns ready. Let's bust some bustas!


Now, go over to your gang's gang locker; you can check its location with the ''Notes'' command. Don't be afraid to ask for directions over the gang channel. Once there, click on the gang locker to claim your spray can and gang uniform set. The former is essential for claiming turfs for the gang. The latter is technically optional, but it offers some excellent buffs.
Now, go over to your gang's gang locker; you can check its location with the ''Notes'' command. Don't be afraid to ask for directions over the gang channel. Once there, click on the gang locker to claim your spray cans and gang uniform set. The former are essential for claiming turfs for the gang. The latter is technically optional, but it offers some excellent buffs.
 
== The Gangster Life ==
Whether you're a gang leader or a regular member, your main goal is to earn points for your gang by claiming turf, stockpiling your gang locker with drugs, guns, and cash, and, occasionally, preventing or conducting kidnappings. You can find out your total score so far simply by Examining your gang locker. You can use these points to buy [[Gang#Gang Items|special items]] that'll help you take on rival gang members and other foes.
 
Also, you can pull members of your own gang who are down on the ground without getting slowed down. Normally, pulling a person on the ground has a penalty to movement speed, but this doesn't apply if they're in the same gang as you. This doesn't apply to grabs, rival gang members, and people not in a gang at all, but it's still quite handy for getting fellow gangsters out of a bad situation.


===Gang Uniforms===
===Gang Uniforms===
Gang uniforms can include a variety of silly hats/masks and jumpsuits, from horse masks to purple butts, from rainbow jumpsuits to ''Fallout'' Vault uniforms. You can claim yours at your gang locker!
Gang uniforms can include a variety of silly hats/masks and jumpsuits, from horse masks to purple butts, from rainbow jumpsuits to ''Fallout'' Vault uniforms. You can claim yours at your gang locker!


Wearing the whole gang uniform is usually a good idea because the full set offers many benefits. For one, it greatly reduces the time required to claim a turf. Secondly, wearing the full set also grants +5 stamina regeneration, +60 max stamina, and +30 max health. Furthermore, if you're in an area you control (i.e. it has your gang tag), you also sometimes heal {{BURN}} and {{BRUTE}} and you shrug off certain stuns faster. The maximum range of this buff is 50 tiles, and the closer you are to your locker, the greater the health regeneration and stun reduction. . In practical terms, this means you can tank a few more [[Security Objects#Taser|taser]] shots than normal, and it'll take three [[Security Objects#Stun Baton|stun baton]] hits to down you rather than two, greatly boosting your endurance in combat.  
Wearing the whole gang uniform is usually a good idea because the full set offers many benefits. For one, it greatly reduces the time required to claim a turf. Secondly, wearing the full set in your territory also grants +5 stamina regeneration, +40 max stamina, and +30 max health. <b>Wearing any exosuit besides the gang-specific [[Gang#Light_Armor_Vest|light vest]] will forfeit this bonus</b>, so no trying to hide it!
 
Furthermore, if you're in your territory, you also sometimes heal {{BURN}} and {{BRUTE}}. If you're close to your locker, this also heals TOX. In practical terms, this means you can tank a few more [[Security Objects#Taser|taser]] shots than normal, greatly boosting your endurance in combat.


The main drawback is that the uniform clearly marks you as a gang member, so anybody, especially rival gang members, could attack and kill you at any time, hence all the combat bonuses. But let's be honest, why ''wouldn't'' you wear it? Just look at the man in the page image. How could you ''not'' want to emulate a man of such high fashion?
The main drawback is that the uniform clearly marks you as a gang member, so anybody, especially rival gang members, could attack and kill you at any time, hence all the combat bonuses. But let's be honest, why ''wouldn't'' you wear it? Just look at the man in the page image. How could you ''not'' want to emulate a man of such high fashion?
===Other benefits===
*Alongside the uniform benefits, gang members also gain a unique ability to pull members of their own gang who are on the ground without being slowed down, allowing a hasty retreat if things are going south. Though, this does not apply to grabs.
==Rollin' in the dou- erm, points==
Whether you're a gang leader or a regular member, your main goal is to earn points for your gang by claiming turf, stockpiling your gang locker with drugs, guns, and cash, and, occasionally, preventing or conducting kidnappings. You can find out your total score so far simply by Examining your gang locker. You can use these points to buy [[Gang#Gang Items|special items]] that'll help you take on rival gang members and other foes.


===Taggin' up turf===
===Taggin' up turf===
Use your spray can from your gang locker on any wall or floor in just about any area to take control, but be aware that rival gangs may spray over your tagging job to claim the area for themselves. The whole process will also take about 15 seconds, but it's reduced by 3 seconds for each piece of the gang uniform you wear. Having a [[#JankTank Implant|JankTank implant]] active reduces it further.
[[Image:Spray Can for Gangs.png|right]]
Use your spray cans from your gang locker on any wall or floor bordering your territory to expand your influence, but be aware that rival gangs may spray over your tagging job to claim the area for themselves. The whole process will also take about 15 seconds, but it's reduced by 3 seconds for each piece of the gang uniform you wear.  


Each turf owned generates about 15 points every minute or so.
Tags provide a regular income of points based upon how busy the area they 'see' is - if your tag sits in an empty maintenance hall, it won't provide many points! You want your influence over areas with high footfall like the main hallways, or a lot of people sat still, like Genetics.


You should, obviously, tag as many areas as you can, especially the high-priority areas that get announced on the gang radio channel every ten minutes by [vague but ominous organization name]. If your gang controls these turfs 5 minutes after the announcement, you'll get a cool 1000 gang points. The bonus is permanent, to boot; no need to worry about other gangs stealing your metaphysical loot.
If you want to tag an area, but don't have access to it, either try using a QuickHack from your locker, or try tagging it from the [[maintenance]] area around it. Remember, you want as many people to see your tag as possible!


If you want to tag an area, but don't have access to it, try tagging it from the [[maintenance]] area around it. In fact, tagging from [[maintenance]] is a great way to claim a lot of areas quickly and ''usually'' quietly. Be on the lookout for rival gang members who try to do the same!
[[Image:Gang Sight Cropped.png|center|frame|Sight (left) and Claimable Tiles (right).]]


===Money and guns and drugs oh my!===
===Money and guns and drugs oh my!===
The other main way of earning points is by stashing money, drugs and/or guns in your gang locker. You can load items individually by clicking on the locker with the item in your hand and stuff multiple items at a time by click-dragging the sprite of one of them onto the locker sprite, as if stuffing a crate or satchel. But, beware of saboteurs, who may bust open your locker with blunt weapons or blow it up with bombs to loot the spoils inside! If this occurs, repair it by using a lit [[Engineering Objects#Welder|welder]] on it, as previously mentioned.
The other main way of earning points is by stashing money, drugs and/or guns in your gang locker. You can load items individually by clicking on the locker with the item in your hand and stuff multiple items at a time by click-dragging the sprite of one of them onto the locker sprite, as if stuffing a crate or satchel.
 
Drugs make a lot of points initially, but too much of one drug saturates your gang's market! You can view the current going prices for drugs in the locker.


====Score Table====
====Score Table====
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! How to obtain
! How to obtain
! Notes
! Notes
|-
| [[Science_Objects#Tank_Transfer_Valve|Tank Transfer valves]]
| 600 for the first, 300/valve after.
| Steal them from [[Toxins]]
| A surprisingly simple early target, if you're looking to get ahead.
|-
| [[Murder#Guns|Guns]]
| 300/Piece, 100/Piece for Slamguns
| Easiest way is through [[Construction#Zip_gun|Construction]]
| You may want to use some of these yourself.
|-
|-
| Bath Salts
| Bath Salts
| 1/unit
| 15/unit
| [[Chemicals#Bath Salts|Chemistry]]
| [[Chemicals#Bath Salts|Chemistry]]
| Can be made with some Discount Dan's and a sufficiently large container.
| Can be made with some Discount Dan's and a sufficiently large container.
|-
|-
| Cash
| Krokodil
| 0.005/$1 (Amount/200)
| 15/unit
| ATMs, Bank terminal, Other crew
| [[Chemicals#Krokodil|Chemistry]]
| You spawn with some in your pocket, put in the locker for a quick point boost. Can only be deposited in $500 or lower increments.
| Also occasionally found in [[Maintenance|particularly shady areas]].
|-
| LSBee
| 10/unit
| [[Chemicals#LSBee|Psychedelic Bees]]
| Hard to source. But if you find any...
|-
| Methamphetamine
| 7.5/unit
| [[Chemicals#Methamphetamine|Chemistry]], [[Guide_to_Botany#Robust_Asomna|Hydroponics]]
| Much safer to make than crank and also quite robust.
|-
|-
| Cat Drugs
| Cat Drugs
| 1/unit
| 5/unit  
| [[Guide_to_Botany#Catnip|Hydroponics]]
| [[Guide_to_Botany#Catnip|Hydroponics]]
| Refined from catnip via still or [[Chemicals#Cat_Drugs|chemistry]]
| Refined from catnip via still or [[Chemicals#Cat_Drugs|chemistry]]
|-
| Morphine
| 5/unit
|  [[Guide_to_Botany#Poppies|Hydroponics]], Steal from [[Medbay]]
| Medbay starts with enough with enough to saturate out a gang's market.
|-
|-
| Crank
| Crank
| 1.5/unit
| 5/unit
| [[Chemicals#Crank|Chemistry]]
| [[Chemicals#Crank|Chemistry]]
| Creates an explosion on mixing.
| Creates an explosion on mixing.
|-
| [[Murder#Guns|Guns]]
| 300/Piece
| Easiest way is through [[Construction#Zip_gun|Construction]]
| You may want to use some of these yourself.
|-
| Jenkem
| 0.5/unit (1/2)
| [[Chemicals#Jenkem|Chemistry]]
| Can be made by just about anyone assuming they can get compost.
|-
| Krokodil
| 1/unit
| [[Chemicals#Krokodil|Chemistry]]
| Also occasionally found in [[Maintenance|particularly shady areas]].
|-
|-
| LSD
| LSD
| 0.5/unit (1/2)
| 2.5/unit
| [[Chemicals#Lysergic Acid Diethylamide|Chemistry]]
| [[Chemicals#Lysergic Acid Diethylamide|Chemistry]]
| Needs space fungus that can be scraped from maintenance walls or grown in hydroponics.
| Needs space fungus that can be scraped from maintenance walls or grown in hydroponics.
|-
| Methamphetamine
| 1.5/unit
| [[Chemicals#Methamphetamine|Chemistry]], [[Guide_to_Botany#Robust_Asomna|Hydroponics]]
| Much safer to make than crank and also quite robust.
|-
|-
| Psilocybin
| Psilocybin
| 0.5/unit (1/2)
| 2.5/unit  
| [[Guide_to_Botany#Magic_Mushroom|Hydroponics]]
| [[Guide_to_Botany#Magic_Mushroom|Hydroponics]]
| Needed for making cat drugs without a still, though if you have it you probably also have a still.
| Needed for making cat drugs without a still, though if you have it you probably also have a still.
|-
| Space Drugs
| 0.25/unit (1/4)
| [[Chemicals#Space Drugs|Chemistry]]
| Easy to mass produce, though storing it might be hard.
|-
|-
| THC
| THC
| 0.125/unit (1/8)
| 1.25/unit
| Use a reagent extractor or still with cannabis.
| Use a reagent extractor or still with cannabis.
| [[Guide to Botany#Cannabis|Cannabis]] is trivial to mass grow, though there might be issues extracting and storing all the THC from so much weed.  
| [[Guide to Botany#Cannabis|Cannabis]] is trivial to mass grow, though there might be issues extracting and storing all the THC from so much weed.  
|-
| Space Drugs
| 0.5/unit
| [[Chemicals#Space Drugs|Chemistry]]
| Incredibly easy to mass produce.
|}
|}


===Kidnappin'===
===Crate Wars===
Sometimes, the mysterious gang announcer may also request that the gang with the highest score capture a randomly-chosen crew member who is not in a gang. Every other gang must try to prevent them from doing so. If the chosen gang successfully kidnaps the target within 8 minutes, they get a whopping 20 000 points. If the other gangs prevent it by protecting the target and keeping them alive, the OTHER gangs EACH get 20 000 points. If the target dies before being kidnapped, NOBODY gets points. The person is notified if they become a kidnapping target.
Twice a shift, a crate will be dropped into a room on the station, where it'll be locked into place for 5 minutes! If you can hold onto the crate without being turned into swiss cheese, the crate will unbolt itself from the floor. Once a robust, enterprising gang member has dragged it to their locker, they can interact with it to unlock it and gain a fat points bonus for doing so!


Kidnappings can be messy, but once you've secured your target and have them close to your locker, the process of actually claiming your kidnapping bounty is pretty straightforward. You must have them in a strong grab (click on the person with {{Grab}} intent, click on the grab to upgrade it) and then click on the locker to shove them into it. This kills them, but this counts as a successful kidnapping rather than a target dying before successful kidnapping, so you still get your points.
Why all the security? This particular crate is huge, and by being so large, it grants a much higher chance to roll bigger guns. Even the [[Murder#American-180|REALLY]] [[Murder#M16_Assault_Rifle|big ones]]. Even if you get unlucky, the remaining space will still be crammed with ammo, equipment, cash and drugs!


By its nature, preventing a kidnapping is a great way for gangs that have fallen behind to catch up. For struggling gangs, it's often to good idea to ally with rival gangs or even Security, at least temporarily, for that sweet, sweet twenty-thousand bounty.
===Contraband Smuggling===
Every 15 minutes or so, each gang's mysterious gang announcer will have a few Duffle Bags hidden away; Not wanting to snitch your identities via your PDA, they've kindly had the information forwarded the information to the PDA of an innocent civilian on board.  


===Violence===
The civilians' identities and jobs will be forwarded to you via the Gang Radio. It's often better to co-operate with them for mutually beneficial terms - They know where your loot is, and while civilian crewmates are sane enough not to open it themselves, they can just as easily destroy it.
You may want to read up on [[Murder]] and check out [[Guide to Being Robust]] to better know what to do when dealing with rival gangs.
 
Each of these duffle bags can be opened by a gang member to spill their contents everywhere. However, it's best to do this near your locker! Each bag will definitely contain a firearm or rare melee weapon, alongside ammunition, grenades, drugs, points and cash.
 
===Money Laundering===
By hitting your locker with a wad of credits, you can have the cash used to fund off-station crime. The credits will be slowly laundered over time to turn the cash into score + points.
However, while laundering this cash, your locker will be open to being attacked and raided! Do your best to make sure someone's guarding your illegal laundering operation.


==Gang Items==
==Gang Items==
By clicking on your gang locker, you spend your Gang Points on variety of weapons and other items for fighting rival gangers and other opponents with. Gang Points are shared across all gang members, so purchase wisely.
===Locker Purchases===
 
By clicking on your gang locker, you spend your Gang Points on variety of weapons and other items for fighting rival gangers and other opponents with. Gang Points are separate for gang member, so spend away!
You've probably also noticed that each item has a category like "Space Gang" or "Ninja" and a sub-category like "Misc" or "Weapon". These currently mean nothing, for all gangs can buy all of the gang items listed, but they are part of a plan to implement themed gangs with unique items in the future. 


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! Cost
! Cost
! class="unsortable" | Description
! class="unsortable" | Description
|- id="Medkit"
! Medkit
| <center>[[Image:MedkitStandard.gif]]</center>
| 1200
| A basic [[Medical_Objects#Medkit|medkit]], comes with epinephrine and {{BRUTE}}/{{BURN}} patches.
|- id="Omnizine injector"
! Emergency auto-injector (omnizine)
| <center>[[Image:Autoinjector-White.png]]</center>
| 1800
| A single-use auto-injector filled with 5u of [[Omnizine]].
|- id="Light Armor Vest"
! Light Armor Vest
| <center>[[Image:Gang-Vest.png]]</center>
| 7500
| A lighter armor vest than security's version, offering slightly less protection but still letting your cool gang uniform show through.
|- id="Tipoff"
! Tip off
| <center>[[Image:Gang-Dufflebag.png]]</center>
| 8000
| Schedules an early [[duffle bag]] drop full of goodies. A random civilian will be informed of the drop location.
|- id="Quickhack"
! Quickhack
| <center>[[Image:Quickhack.png]]</center>
| 1000
| An illegal, home-made tool able to fake up to 5 AI 'open' signals to unbolted doors.


|- id="Rat Stick"
|- id="Rat Stick"
! Rat Stick
! Rat Stick
| <center>[[Image:RatStick.png]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:RatStick.png]]</center>
| 900
| 1400
| A basic melee weapon that does as much brute damage and almost as much stamina drain as an [[General Objects#Fire Extinguisher|fire extinguisher]], while also causing a fair bit of bleeding.  
| A basic melee weapon that does as much brute damage and almost as much stamina drain as an [[General Objects#Fire Extinguisher|fire extinguisher]], while also causing a fair bit of bleeding.  
|- id="Switchblade"
! Switchblade
| <center>[[Image:Switchblade.png]]</center>
| 2000
| A stylish knife you can hide in your clothes. Special attacks are exceptional at causing heavy bleeding.
|- id="Nunchucks"
! Nunchucks
| <center>[[Image:Nunchucks.png]]</center>
| 1200
| A pair of nunchucks, trading some raw lethality for pain compliance.


|- id="Throwing Knife"
|- id="Throwing Knife"
! Throwing Knife
! Throwing Knife
| <center>[[Image:CheapThrowingKnife.png]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:CheapThrowingKnife.png]]</center>
| 3000
| 2000
| A cheap throwing knife specifically. When thrown, does almost [[General Objects#Fire Extinguisher|fire extinguisher]] levels of brute damage, drains a fair bit of stamina, and causes a bit of bleeding on whoever's unfortunate enough to get hit.  
| A cheap throwing knife specifically. When thrown, does almost [[General Objects#Fire Extinguisher|fire extinguisher]] levels of brute damage, drains a fair bit of stamina, and causes a bit of bleeding on whoever's unfortunate enough to get hit.  


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| <center>[[Image:AmmoPouchGreen.png]] [[Image:Shuriken.png]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:AmmoPouchGreen.png]] [[Image:Shuriken.png]]</center>
| 1200
| 1200
| A reskinned box (it's not a real pouch, it doesn't fit in pockets) of four shuriken, or throwing stars. When a shuriken is thrown, it does up to 11 {{BRUTE}}, inflicts Weakened for 2 seconds, and causes some bleeding. It also embeds in the victim, causing it to sometimes inflict a little {{BRUTE}} and briefly stun them; embedded shuriken are removed through the [[Doctoring#Bullets, shrapnel|same procedure as shrapnel and bullets]].
| A pouch (i.e. its fits in pockets) of four shuriken, or throwing stars. When a shuriken is thrown, it does up to 11 {{BRUTE}}, inflicts Knocked-down for 2 seconds, and causes some bleeding. It also embeds in the victim, causing it to sometimes inflict a little {{BRUTE}} and briefly stun them; embedded shuriken are removed through the [[Doctoring#Bullets, shrapnel|same procedure as shrapnel and bullets]].
 
|- id="Sneaking Suit"
! Sneaking Suit
| <center>[[Image:SneakingSuit.png]]</center>
| 3000
| A stylish [[Clothing#(Exo)Suit|exosuit]] inspired by ''Metal Gear''. Does not make you invisible, but it does provide the same amount of melee damage reduction and ranged protection as one of [[Security Objects#Body Armor|Sec's armor vests]].
 
|- id="Phaser"
! Phaser
| <center>[[Image:Phaser.png]]</center>
| 1300
| Your run of the mill [[Security Objects#Phaser|phaser]], an energy pistol that does rather weak damage.
 
|- id="Laser Gun"
! Laser Gun
| <center>[[Image:Lasergun.png]]</center>
| 20000
| An energy weapon that, well, shoots lasers that do a fair bit of damage and can ignite certain objects (but not people).
 
|- id="Colt Single Action Army"
! Colt Single Action Army
| <center>[[File:ColtSingleActionRevolverV2-32x32.png]]</center>
| 7000
| A 7-shot revolver that can send unarmored targets into crit with three or four shots. Between shots, it must be activated/clicked on in-hand to recock the hammer so it can fire again.
 
|- id="Colt .45 Speedloader "
! Colt .45 Speedloader
| <center>[[Image:38SpcSpeedloader.png]]</center>
| 700
| 7 extra rounds for the [[Gang#Colt Single Action Army|Colt SAA]]. Obviously, you can reload the [[Gang#Colt Single Action Army|SAA]] with it, but you can also shove it into a [[Murder#ZipGun|zip gun]].


|- id="Faux C-Saber"
|- id="Faux C-Saber"
! Faux C-Saber
! Faux C-Saber
| <center>[[Image:DSaber.png]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:DSaber.png]]</center>
| 8000
| 9000
| A d-saber, a melee weapon that creates a hot blade when activated in-hand. The blade does 18 raw {{BURN}}, which translates into 5-6 hits to send people below 0 health. However, with each hit, there is a 30% chance for the saber to short out and turn off. This isn't too bad, for unlike the [[Syndicate Items#Cyalume Saber|c-version]], it still does decent damage (8 {{BRUTE}}) when inactive. In addition, the d-saber cannot fit into pockets and does not stun on hit. Wielding a d-saber also allows you to "parry" hits from other d-sabers and c-sabers, reducing the attack to just a fair chunk stamina damage; this goes both ways! You can also open the dsaber with a [[screwdriver]] and pop in a [[General Objects#Emergency Glowstick|glowstick]].  
| A d-saber, a melee weapon that creates a hot blade when activated in-hand. The blade does 18 raw {{BURN}}, which translates into 5-6 hits to send people below 0 health. Inactive, it causes 8 {{BRUTE}}. Generally inferior to the [[Syndicate Items#Cyalume Saber|c-version]]; the d-saber cannot fit into pockets, does not stun on hit, and does not provide special abilities when blocking. You can still wielding a d-saber to "parry" hits from other d-sabers and c-sabers, reducing the attack to just a fair chunk stamina damage; this goes both ways! You can also open the dsaber with a [[screwdriver]] and pop in a [[General Objects#Emergency Glowstick|glowstick]].  


|- id="Discount Katana"
|- id="Discount Katana"
! Discount Katana
! Discount Katana
| <center>[[Image:ReverseKatana.png]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:ReversekatanaNEW.png]]</center>
| 7000
| 7000
| Specifically a reverse katana. Actually does more {{BRUTE}} damage than the [[Syndicate Items#Katana|Syndicate version]] (18 vs 15), but it can't cause bleeding, and it only has a very rare (1%) chance to delimb when targeting a specific body part. Its [[Murder#Special attacks|special attack]] makes you charge a few tiles...reverse of the direction you clicked in; good for getting into melee range...or nope-ing out after you've bitten more than you can chew. Also, if you're wielding a reverse katana in your hand and get attacked by someone with a regular katana or another reverse katana, you'll "parry" their attacks, deflecting them at the cost of a fair chunk of stamina. This goes both ways.   
| Specifically a reverse katana. Actually does more {{BRUTE}} damage than the [[Syndicate Items#Katana|Syndicate version]] (18 vs 15), but it can't cause bleeding, and it only has a very rare (1%) chance to delimb when targeting a specific body part. Its [[Murder#Special attacks|special attack]] makes you charge a few tiles...reverse of the direction you clicked in; good for getting into melee range...or nope-ing out after you've bitten more than you can chew. Also, if you're wielding a reverse katana in your hand and get attacked by someone with a regular katana or another reverse katana, you'll "parry" their attacks, deflecting them at the cost of a fair chunk of stamina. This goes both ways.   
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| A [[Space Pod#Security Patrol Car|security patrol car]] for on- and off-station travel, complete with a [[Game FAQ#Minisub controls|control scheme]] you might not be used to. Equipped with a [[Space Pod#Linked Taser Array|pod taser system]] that never runs out of charge. Could work as a getaway car--if you've a good driver.
| A [[Space Pod#Security Patrol Car|security patrol car]] for on- and off-station travel, complete with a [[Game FAQ#Minisub controls|control scheme]] you might not be used to. Equipped with a [[Space Pod#Linked Taser Array|pod taser system]] that never runs out of charge. Could work as a getaway car--if you've a good driver.


|- id="JankTank Implant"
|}
! JankTank Implant
 
| <center>[[Image:Implanter2.png]]</center>
===Street Cred Purchases===
| 300, rises.  
Gang leaders have additional purchases to keep their gang fighting.
| Offers healing, spraying, and combat bonuses but has crazy withdrawal effects. Click on yourself with the resulting [[Medical Objects#Implanter|implanter]] to give yourself or, with a delay, someone else the implant inside. Starts at 300, but price increases to current price * 1.1, rounded to the integer, with each purchase (i.e. 300->330->363->399, etc.) Price increases for every gang.<br><br>When the implant is active, it cuts down spraying speed by a few seconds, lessens some of the slowdown from being injured, and reduces the duration of incoming Stunned, Weakened, and Paralysis debuffs by 40%. Every few seconds, it also reduces bleeding and misstep, occasionally (10% chance) makes you jittery, and heals 2 {{BRUTE}} & 1 {{OXY}}, with a good chance (60%) to also heal 1 {{TOX}}, 1 {{BRUTE}}, and 1 {{OXY}}. It lasts about 6 minutes and can be extended to 18 minutes by giving yourself more of them. When the implant runs out, you enter withdrawal for about 10 minutes, and you sometimes (20%) visibly and violently twitch and become more jittery, semi-rarely (15%) gain 1 {{TOX}} damage, and occasionally (10%) suffer 2 seconds of Stunned. Lore-wise, the drugs are going straight into your synapses, which mechanics-wise means there's no chems to extract from your bloodstream.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item
! class="unsortable"  | Image
! Cost
! class="unsortable" | Description
 
|- id="Janktank"
! JankTank II
| <center>[[Image:JanktankII.png]]</center>
| 750, increasing by 1.5x for each syringe purchased.
| A nasty looking cocktail of drugs and spices, able to bring a dead (non-rotten) gang member back to life. Will not work on non-gangsters.<br><br><b>Gang members can use this on you, too!</b> Given only you, the leader, can buy them, it's prudent to ensure they have one, or know where to get one.
 
|- id="Recruitment"
! Recruitment
| <center>[[Image:GangLeaderV2-64x68.png]]</center>
| 500, increasing by 2.5x for each new member recruited.
| Recruits a new gang member from the pool of eligible ghosts. Will fail and refund your points if your gang is full or no ghosts are available.
 
|}
 
===GUNS===
Available from duffel bags and crate drops, each gun will come with a limited supply of ammo.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Item
! class="unsortable"  | Image
! Ammo
! class="unsortable" | Description
 
|- id="Webley Revolver"
! Webley Revolver
| <center>[[Image:Webley.png]]</center>
| .455 speedloaders.
| A cut down Webley break-action revolver. Has to be manually broken open in order to be reloaded and can "fan the hammer" if drawn from a pocket with both hands free, gaining a massive temporary fire-rate boost.
 
|- id="9mm Lo-Point"
! [[Murder#Lo-Point|9mm Lo-Point]]
| <center>[[Image:Lo-Point.png]]</center>
| Standard 9mm ammunition.
| A very cheap and disposable 9mm handgun. So disposable in fact that throwing an empty Lo-Point at someone will smash it to pieces and stun them for a short duration.


|- id="Stimulants"
|- id="Hafgan laser pistol"
! Stimulants
! [[Murder#Hafgan Mod.93R Repeating Laser|Hafgan Mod. 93R Repeating Laser]]
| <center>[[File:StimulantsV2.png]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Hafgan93R.png]]</center>
| 15000
| Single use Mod. 93R Repeating Laser Cells
| A needle full of [[Chemicals#Stimulants|stimulants]] that heal injuries and significantly boost stamina, granting you a significant edge in fights.
| A powerful burst laser pistol prone to overheating, requiring single-use disposable coolant cells.
 
|- id="MOR-30 Submachine Gun"
! [[Murder#MOR-30 Submachine Gun|MOR-30 Submachine Gun]]
| <center>[[File:MOR30.png]]</center>
| Custom 9mm magazines.
| A high fire-rate, no-frills, all damage 9mm automatic with custom ammunition.
 
|- id="Grease Gun"
! Grease Gun
| <center>[[Image:GreaseGun.png]]</center>
| 9mm Grease Gun magazines.
| A cheap and old-fashioned SMG, known for having extremely inconsistent fire rate unless kept lubricated with some kind of grease. [[Space Lube]], [[Oil]], and [[Chemicals#Space-Soybean_Oil|Space-soybean oil]] all work well but whatever you do don't pour [[Glue]] into this thing.
 
|- id="Draco Machine Pistol"
! [[Murder#Draco Machine Pistol|Draco Machine Pistol]]
| <center>[[File:Draco.png]]</center>
| 7.62x39mm Draco magazines.
| A bizarre, incredibly high recoil 7.62 'Pistol'. Currently disabled pending the merging of actual recoil mechanics.
 
|- id="Striker-7"
! [[Murder#Striker-7|Striker-7]]
| <center>[[File:Striker7.png]]</center>
| All shotgun ammo, comes loaded with birdshot.
| A 7-shot drum fed shotgun, that can only be reloaded 1 shell at a time due to its awkward drum mechanism.
 
|- id="American-180"
! [[Murder#American-180|American-180]]
| <center>[[File:American 180.png]]</center>
| Cannot be reloaded, comes with 177 rounds of .22 ammunition.
| Obscene fire rate, abysmal accuracy and damage, this thing is a bullet hose in every way.


|}
|}
==It's gang '''WAR''' for a reason==
When you're ready to bust up some bustas, you need to be ready to take on those unrobust rival gangs. Cause sooner or later, war will inevitably break out between gangs, and it's your job to come out on top.
===Violence===
You may want to read up on [[Murder]] and check out [[Guide to Being Robust]] to better know what to do on fighting other people.
Violence is your best option for dealing with those who stand in your way, as flowers rarely work against someone with a mean looking bat.
===='''<strike>Shit</strike>''' ''Sec''urity====
Early on, [[Security_Officer|security]] is going to be your biggest threat to your gang, as at round start they have access to [[Security_Objects#Non-Lethal|stun weapons and other gear]], while you only have toolboxes. Though, security probably won't hurt you or your gang unless they have a good reason to. You should try to avoid attacking security until you have weapons or manpower to take them on. [[Security_Officer|Security]] are usually seen trying to keep the peace in the hallways, attacking a civilian or rival gang member would probably get you thrown in the [[Brig|brig]] in accordance with [[Space_Law|space law]]. Remember that you are an antagonist however, so security could arrest and kill you unprovoked if a member of your own gang has been involved with the murder of a security officer, so it is best to stay out of hot water early on.
If you wish to take down security, your one strategy you could use is outnumbering them. By rushing them with either gang weaponry or [[Construction#Weapons|improvised weaponry]], they may become overwhelmed and succumb due to the amount of hits they are taking, though this strategy only works if the weaponry used does considerable stamina damage, such as the toolbox. Another strategy you can use is if you have already taken an officer, you can easily use their  [[Security_Objects#Taser|own]] [[Security_Objects#Stun_Baton|weapons]] against their fellow officers, and loot their gear until you have taken down every officer.
If you successfully manage to take down security, you get access to almost [[Security_Objects|all their gear]], as well as [[Armory|armory]] gear if you can [[Hacking#Doors|break]] [[Head_of_Security|inside]]. This gives you a significant edge over other gangs, and by knocking down a third party, you can focus more on the protection of your own gang as well as the war against the rival gangs.
====Civil Civilians====
Normally, you shouldn't be going after the crew, lest you may provoke security's wraith if you have not taken them out early. <!--In fact, you should focus on recruiting them more.--> You should only kill civilians if necessary, such as for the kidnapping objective by shoving them in your locker or if they are getting in the way of your gang flow. Most crew members would turn a blind eye if you're bustin' up a rival gang member, so you shouldn't worry about them too much. Going on a full genocide on the crew is generally frowned upon by the community, and is one of the reasons why gang does not have the best reputation in the community, so don't be apart of that problem!
However, the crew does still have beneficial items or access that could help your gang.
*[[Medical_Doctor|Medical Doctors]] usually have a belt full of healing goodies, which could be used to heal you or your fellow gang members during or after a battle.
*[[Scientist|Scientists]] and [[Bartender|the bartender]] both have access to a [[Science_Objects#Chem_Dispenser|Chemical Dispenser]] which is useful for making [[Chemicals#Drugs|drugs]] and [[Chemicals#Pyrotechnic_Chems|meaner]] [[Chemicals#Poisons_and_Toxic_Shit|stuff]]
**The [[Botanist|Botanist]] also has access to [[Guide_to_Botany#Cannabis|weed]]
*The [[Quartermaster]] has access to [[Computers#Quartermaster.27s_Console|the QM console]] which can order useful items.
Civilians are usually easy kills, provided they do not have any stolen, improvised, or just straight up weaponry. It's a good idea to try to kill when there is the minimal amount of people around the person you are trying to kill, lest you risk a random [[Staff_Assistant|staff assistant]] interfering with your gangsta style. As stated before, they are best to be left alone unless they need some gangsta beat into them for messin' up a fellow gangster's style or are a kidnapping target.
====Rival Gangsters====
Rival gang members are going to be what you are inevitably going to be fighting, whether it would be over territory disputes, revenge murder, or locker defense. It is good to be prepared for the fight, as you will not be given nor obtain [[Syndicate_Items|anything too overpowered]]. Instead, you will be seeing gangster gear. Gangster gear is gear that is moderately powerful, nothing syndicate gear powerful, but better than the average improvised weapon. It's important to know how to deal with bringing a melee to a gun fight or even a basic fist fight, rival gangsters will '''not''' hesitate to kill you.
You can loot valuable gang loot if you do manage to kill a gangster, as well as have one less person rivaling your gang, make sure they don't get [[Medical_Doctor#The_Cloner|cloned]] however. You can also access a rival's gang's communications by using their headset, which is automatically tuned to their respective gang channel. Hilariously, you can probably trick them by calling for help on the other side of the station, while you bash a lone gang member's head in.
Killing a rival gangster can get tricky, they can call for help over the radio, forcing an unfair fight. They also have access to the weapons you do, thus making you have less of an advantage over other gangsters. Though, if you are making the most points out of any gang, you probably will have the better weapons. You should try to kill the rival gangster as quickly as possible, utilizing stun weapons or weapons that have high stamina damage to quickly knock out the rival gangster. When knocked out, you can switch to a gang weapon that has mean amounts of {{BRUTE}} or {{BURN}} to quickly get the gangster into critical, usually debilitating them in the process. Once the gangster is finished off, you can loot and dispose of the corpse.
===Usin' the gangsta' style with the gangsta' weapons===
====The Rat Stick====
[[File:RatStick.png|32px]]
*The basic bread and butter of every gang. Early on, you'll often find that almost every rival gang member carries this weapon. Occasionally, you might even see civilians wielding this, whether because they stole it off a gang member or a gang has bought so many there're rat sticks just lying around. You can save points by stealing another rat stick instead of buying a new one, provided you can fend off whoever you stole the weapon from.
*The toolbox actually does superior stamina damage compared to this weapon, so if you want to knock someone out, it is better to use a toolbox instead, which also saves points.
*If you hit someone with a rat stick, they bleed. If they bleed out a bunch, they move slower and may randomly keel over, making it easier to hit them,  causing them to bleed even more, they move even slower and have a higher chance to pass out...so on and so forth.
====The Throwing Knife====
[[Image:CheapThrowingKnife.png|32px]]
*This throwing knife does not instantly knock down on hit if the target is at full stamina, make sure you know your target has used a bit of their stamina before throwing to knife to get that sweet knockdown!
====The Shuriken====
[[Image:Shuriken.png|32px]]
*Very useful if you need someone knocked down to steal the weapon they are currently holding.
*Since the shuriken embeds itself into the victim, they are good for debilitating those who are attempting to run away.
*Yes, the pouch that holds the shurikens can fit in your pocket.
*One shuriken is slightly higher {{BRUTE}} than one shrapnel shot from a [[Construction#Slam_gun|slam gun]], so it may be better to use a slam gun instead if you have the time to make one.
**Though, the slam gun has a slower firerate and worse range, so it ultimately comes down to preference and choice.
====The Armor Vest====
[[Image:Lightvest.png|32px]]
*Provides moderate protection from bullets and melee weapons.
*This should be an early go-to if you want to survive all the lead flying everywhere.
*Notably, it's small enough to not count as covering up your gang outfit, allowing you some resistance alongside your gang representation bonus.
====The Webley====
[[File:Webley.png|32px]]
*An incredible backup weapon, this can fit in your pocket.
*However, it doesn't come with a lot of ammunition, so it's best to think ahead on how you're going to use it.
*Fanning the hammer is an excellent panic button, but it carries a hefty damage and accuracy penalty.
====The Lo-Point====
[[File:Lo-Point.png|32px]]
*While it's not terribly interesting, it comes with 12 rounds of full-power 9mm.
*It's a throwaway gun! Once you're completely out of bullets you may as well throw it at someone's head.
====The Hafgan Burst laser====
[[File:Hafgan93R.png|32px]]
*Great for spraying down a hallway - it has 8 bursts (24 shots) per magazine. They can also be dual-wielded.
*Just keep in mind - It can't accept other energy weapon cells.
====The MOR-30====
[[File:MOR30.png|32px]]
*While significantly less cooler, burst mode has better accuracy than full auto.
*Thirty rounds per magazine can disappear faster than you'd expect - Watch for friendly fire, too!
====The Grease Gun====
[[File:GreaseGun.png]]
*A rare find, compared to the similar MOR-30
*Keeping the stock unfolded will help keep this gun pointed in the right direction.
*It's awful grimy. Either accept the jank, or if you must, regularly lube it for improved results! Lube and oil aren't the only things that can grease this gun.
====The Striker-7====
[[File:Striker7.png]]
*The birdshot loaded in this stacks up a lot of bleed, even around enemy armor!
*Take care with your shot placement. The striker is notably slow & awkward to reload.
*It also accepts regular shotgun loads, which is a rare blessing.
====The Faux C-Saber====
[[Image:DSaber.png|32px]]
*This is the most powerful weapon you can get out of a gang locker, featuring great burn damage that could send someone into critical condition.
*Like with any melee, mind your stamina. People '''will''' try to shove this weapon out of your hands. Be ready to quickly pick your weapon back up in case there is a successful shove.
**You can always carry a backup weapon in case things go south.
*You can use {{key|C}} to quickly activate and deactivate the saber.
====The Discount Katana====
[[Image:ReversekatanaNEW.png|32px]]
*On the off chance you face against someone who is also using this weapon, you'll parry their attacks, costing a bit of stamina. It's best to bring a weapon of equal power if you do not wish to risk having your weapon parried off your hands.
*This weapon is one of the few weapons that has a chance to delimb on hit. Make sure you're aiming for a limb.
====The Stolen Cop Car====
[[Image:CopCar.png|32px]]
*This car comes equipped with a [[Space_Pod#Linked_Taser_Array|taser]], which is actually more powerful than the [[Security_Objects#Taser|handheld]] version, with more range and bullet speed. Use this to your advantage!
**You can use the car to chase and fire upon those running away.
**You can also ram into people with the car, dealing a minor amount of {{BRUTE}}.
*The car only has 110 health, slightly over a basic minisub health and slightly less than a pod with light miniputt armor.
*Remember you can repair the engine with a welder, and the car is not a total loss if the engine does blow up, rather it requiring a new engine.
*Of course, it is vital you sound the sirens whenever possible for style points.


==Supplementary Video==
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Multiple rival gangs are battling for control of the station, tagging and claiming territory, stockpiling drugs, guns, and cash, busting up opposing gang members, and parading around in silly outfits trying to be menacing.

The game automatically calls the shuttle at the 55 minute mark, which is accompanied by a unique message: "Centcom is very disappointed in you all for this 'gang' silliness. The shuttle has been called." On the Roleplay servers, this autocall is disabled.

RULES

HeadOfSecurityHatless-64x64.png Warning!
The game mode "Gang War" has some special rules. Make sure to follow the regular rules as well!

Gangs

  • Gang members may freely kill anyone dressed in another gang's clothing (or part of their clothing).
  • Are not required to wear their uniform.
  • Are considered antagonists.
  • Can harm and kill civilians unprovoked.
  • They may stun or harm security, but if they do security is allowed to systematically kill every member of the offending gang.
  • May use bombs or other measures that harm the station if there is a very good reason to do so and a general consensus is reached in the gang that it's a good idea.

Security

  • Security should treat gang members like normal antagonists.
  • If a particular gang is responsible for stunning or murdering an officer, security may freely arrest or kill members of that gang.
  • Security's main role in gang mode is to keep the peace, not 'win' against the gangs!

Civilians

  • Can attack and kill gang members at will. ("Gang members are now considered antagonists and can kill or be killed by the crew.")
  • Can use bombs in dire situations. For example, if a gang has defeated security and is roaming the station heavily armed, murdering people, it may be OK to bomb them as long as collateral damage is kept to a minimum.

The Gang Leader

Who can spawn as a gang leader?

If you have "Gang Leader" checked in your preferences, you're eligible to spawn as a gang leader when the game mode is gang. Security Officers, Security Assistants, the Detective, and the Heads of Staff (including the Head of Security) normally cannot spawn as gang leaders.

How do I know if I'm a gang leader?

It's pretty damn obvious. On round start, you are clearly informed that you're a gang leader by both a big chat message and a pop-up informing you of the basics of the game mode. Also, you have a capital G over your head. You get to choose a gang name from a randomly-generated set. You also gain access to the Set Gang Base ability which can, well, set your base, as well as pick your gang uniform. Gang tag is picked at random.

Set Gang Base

Use the Set Gang Base ability in your top left to set where your gang's gang locker will be; the gang locker is where you get gear and stash stuff for gang points. Using the ability will also let you set the gang uniform. You can't change locker location or gang uniform once it's set, so pick wisely!

A good location is important and should reflect on how you want to run your gang, while simultaneously keeping the gang locker safe and secure. The more public your locker, the easier it'll be for all gang members to stuff it with drugs, and cash. However, rival gang members can beat cash out of your locker and steal your loot, so your chosen location must strike a balance between accessibility and security. Furthermore, gang members wearing their full uniform while in an area they own get passive healing and stun-reduction effects that drop off the farther they are from their gang locker, so there's survivability aspect too.

Placing your locker will claim an area around it and allow you to start claiming territory with spray cans.

Your Job as a Gang Leader

Your goal is to lead your gang to victory by gaining the most points in the round. As a gang leader you also have access to street cred, a unique currency earned alongside regular points that can be used to purchase JankTank II revive syringes and to recruit replacement gang members.

The Gang Member

Initiation

When you spawn as a gang, your headset automatically gains access to the gang radio channel, which uses the prefix :g, like so.

say :g Got loads of meth and guns ready. Let's bust some bustas!

Now, go over to your gang's gang locker; you can check its location with the Notes command. Don't be afraid to ask for directions over the gang channel. Once there, click on the gang locker to claim your spray cans and gang uniform set. The former are essential for claiming turfs for the gang. The latter is technically optional, but it offers some excellent buffs.

Gang Uniforms

Gang uniforms can include a variety of silly hats/masks and jumpsuits, from horse masks to purple butts, from rainbow jumpsuits to Fallout Vault uniforms. You can claim yours at your gang locker!

Wearing the whole gang uniform is usually a good idea because the full set offers many benefits. For one, it greatly reduces the time required to claim a turf. Secondly, wearing the full set in your territory also grants +5 stamina regeneration, +40 max stamina, and +30 max health. Wearing any exosuit besides the gang-specific light vest will forfeit this bonus, so no trying to hide it!

Furthermore, if you're in your territory, you also sometimes heal BURN and BRUTE. If you're close to your locker, this also heals TOX. In practical terms, this means you can tank a few more taser shots than normal, greatly boosting your endurance in combat.

The main drawback is that the uniform clearly marks you as a gang member, so anybody, especially rival gang members, could attack and kill you at any time, hence all the combat bonuses. But let's be honest, why wouldn't you wear it? Just look at the man in the page image. How could you not want to emulate a man of such high fashion?

Other benefits

  • Alongside the uniform benefits, gang members also gain a unique ability to pull members of their own gang who are on the ground without being slowed down, allowing a hasty retreat if things are going south. Though, this does not apply to grabs.

Rollin' in the dou- erm, points

Whether you're a gang leader or a regular member, your main goal is to earn points for your gang by claiming turf, stockpiling your gang locker with drugs, guns, and cash, and, occasionally, preventing or conducting kidnappings. You can find out your total score so far simply by Examining your gang locker. You can use these points to buy special items that'll help you take on rival gang members and other foes.

Taggin' up turf

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Use your spray cans from your gang locker on any wall or floor bordering your territory to expand your influence, but be aware that rival gangs may spray over your tagging job to claim the area for themselves. The whole process will also take about 15 seconds, but it's reduced by 3 seconds for each piece of the gang uniform you wear.

Tags provide a regular income of points based upon how busy the area they 'see' is - if your tag sits in an empty maintenance hall, it won't provide many points! You want your influence over areas with high footfall like the main hallways, or a lot of people sat still, like Genetics.

If you want to tag an area, but don't have access to it, either try using a QuickHack from your locker, or try tagging it from the maintenance area around it. Remember, you want as many people to see your tag as possible!

Sight (left) and Claimable Tiles (right).

Money and guns and drugs oh my!

The other main way of earning points is by stashing money, drugs and/or guns in your gang locker. You can load items individually by clicking on the locker with the item in your hand and stuff multiple items at a time by click-dragging the sprite of one of them onto the locker sprite, as if stuffing a crate or satchel.

Drugs make a lot of points initially, but too much of one drug saturates your gang's market! You can view the current going prices for drugs in the locker.

Score Table

Name Score How to obtain Notes
Tank Transfer valves 600 for the first, 300/valve after. Steal them from Toxins A surprisingly simple early target, if you're looking to get ahead.
Guns 300/Piece, 100/Piece for Slamguns Easiest way is through Construction You may want to use some of these yourself.
Bath Salts 15/unit Chemistry Can be made with some Discount Dan's and a sufficiently large container.
Krokodil 15/unit Chemistry Also occasionally found in particularly shady areas.
LSBee 10/unit Psychedelic Bees Hard to source. But if you find any...
Methamphetamine 7.5/unit Chemistry, Hydroponics Much safer to make than crank and also quite robust.
Cat Drugs 5/unit Hydroponics Refined from catnip via still or chemistry
Morphine 5/unit Hydroponics, Steal from Medbay Medbay starts with enough with enough to saturate out a gang's market.
Crank 5/unit Chemistry Creates an explosion on mixing.
LSD 2.5/unit Chemistry Needs space fungus that can be scraped from maintenance walls or grown in hydroponics.
Psilocybin 2.5/unit Hydroponics Needed for making cat drugs without a still, though if you have it you probably also have a still.
THC 1.25/unit Use a reagent extractor or still with cannabis. Cannabis is trivial to mass grow, though there might be issues extracting and storing all the THC from so much weed.
Space Drugs 0.5/unit Chemistry Incredibly easy to mass produce.

Crate Wars

Twice a shift, a crate will be dropped into a room on the station, where it'll be locked into place for 5 minutes! If you can hold onto the crate without being turned into swiss cheese, the crate will unbolt itself from the floor. Once a robust, enterprising gang member has dragged it to their locker, they can interact with it to unlock it and gain a fat points bonus for doing so!

Why all the security? This particular crate is huge, and by being so large, it grants a much higher chance to roll bigger guns. Even the REALLY big ones. Even if you get unlucky, the remaining space will still be crammed with ammo, equipment, cash and drugs!

Contraband Smuggling

Every 15 minutes or so, each gang's mysterious gang announcer will have a few Duffle Bags hidden away; Not wanting to snitch your identities via your PDA, they've kindly had the information forwarded the information to the PDA of an innocent civilian on board.

The civilians' identities and jobs will be forwarded to you via the Gang Radio. It's often better to co-operate with them for mutually beneficial terms - They know where your loot is, and while civilian crewmates are sane enough not to open it themselves, they can just as easily destroy it.

Each of these duffle bags can be opened by a gang member to spill their contents everywhere. However, it's best to do this near your locker! Each bag will definitely contain a firearm or rare melee weapon, alongside ammunition, grenades, drugs, points and cash.

Money Laundering

By hitting your locker with a wad of credits, you can have the cash used to fund off-station crime. The credits will be slowly laundered over time to turn the cash into score + points. However, while laundering this cash, your locker will be open to being attacked and raided! Do your best to make sure someone's guarding your illegal laundering operation.

Gang Items

Locker Purchases

By clicking on your gang locker, you spend your Gang Points on variety of weapons and other items for fighting rival gangers and other opponents with. Gang Points are separate for gang member, so spend away!

Item Image Cost Description
Medkit
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1200 A basic medkit, comes with epinephrine and BRUTE/BURN patches.
Emergency auto-injector (omnizine)
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1800 A single-use auto-injector filled with 5u of Omnizine.
Light Armor Vest
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7500 A lighter armor vest than security's version, offering slightly less protection but still letting your cool gang uniform show through.
Tip off
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8000 Schedules an early duffle bag drop full of goodies. A random civilian will be informed of the drop location.
Quickhack
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1000 An illegal, home-made tool able to fake up to 5 AI 'open' signals to unbolted doors.
Rat Stick
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1400 A basic melee weapon that does as much brute damage and almost as much stamina drain as an fire extinguisher, while also causing a fair bit of bleeding.
Switchblade
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2000 A stylish knife you can hide in your clothes. Special attacks are exceptional at causing heavy bleeding.
Nunchucks
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1200 A pair of nunchucks, trading some raw lethality for pain compliance.
Throwing Knife
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2000 A cheap throwing knife specifically. When thrown, does almost fire extinguisher levels of brute damage, drains a fair bit of stamina, and causes a bit of bleeding on whoever's unfortunate enough to get hit.
Shuriken
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1200 A pouch (i.e. its fits in pockets) of four shuriken, or throwing stars. When a shuriken is thrown, it does up to 11 BRUTE, inflicts Knocked-down for 2 seconds, and causes some bleeding. It also embeds in the victim, causing it to sometimes inflict a little BRUTE and briefly stun them; embedded shuriken are removed through the same procedure as shrapnel and bullets.
Faux C-Saber
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9000 A d-saber, a melee weapon that creates a hot blade when activated in-hand. The blade does 18 raw BURN, which translates into 5-6 hits to send people below 0 health. Inactive, it causes 8 BRUTE. Generally inferior to the c-version; the d-saber cannot fit into pockets, does not stun on hit, and does not provide special abilities when blocking. You can still wielding a d-saber to "parry" hits from other d-sabers and c-sabers, reducing the attack to just a fair chunk stamina damage; this goes both ways! You can also open the dsaber with a screwdriver and pop in a glowstick.
Discount Katana
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7000 Specifically a reverse katana. Actually does more BRUTE damage than the Syndicate version (18 vs 15), but it can't cause bleeding, and it only has a very rare (1%) chance to delimb when targeting a specific body part. Its special attack makes you charge a few tiles...reverse of the direction you clicked in; good for getting into melee range...or nope-ing out after you've bitten more than you can chew. Also, if you're wielding a reverse katana in your hand and get attacked by someone with a regular katana or another reverse katana, you'll "parry" their attacks, deflecting them at the cost of a fair chunk of stamina. This goes both ways.
Stolen Cop Car
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20000 A security patrol car for on- and off-station travel, complete with a control scheme you might not be used to. Equipped with a pod taser system that never runs out of charge. Could work as a getaway car--if you've a good driver.

Street Cred Purchases

Gang leaders have additional purchases to keep their gang fighting.

Item Image Cost Description
JankTank II
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750, increasing by 1.5x for each syringe purchased. A nasty looking cocktail of drugs and spices, able to bring a dead (non-rotten) gang member back to life. Will not work on non-gangsters.

Gang members can use this on you, too! Given only you, the leader, can buy them, it's prudent to ensure they have one, or know where to get one.
Recruitment
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500, increasing by 2.5x for each new member recruited. Recruits a new gang member from the pool of eligible ghosts. Will fail and refund your points if your gang is full or no ghosts are available.

GUNS

Available from duffel bags and crate drops, each gun will come with a limited supply of ammo.

Item Image Ammo Description
Webley Revolver
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.455 speedloaders. A cut down Webley break-action revolver. Has to be manually broken open in order to be reloaded and can "fan the hammer" if drawn from a pocket with both hands free, gaining a massive temporary fire-rate boost.
9mm Lo-Point
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Standard 9mm ammunition. A very cheap and disposable 9mm handgun. So disposable in fact that throwing an empty Lo-Point at someone will smash it to pieces and stun them for a short duration.
Hafgan Mod. 93R Repeating Laser
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Single use Mod. 93R Repeating Laser Cells A powerful burst laser pistol prone to overheating, requiring single-use disposable coolant cells.
MOR-30 Submachine Gun
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Custom 9mm magazines. A high fire-rate, no-frills, all damage 9mm automatic with custom ammunition.
Grease Gun
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9mm Grease Gun magazines. A cheap and old-fashioned SMG, known for having extremely inconsistent fire rate unless kept lubricated with some kind of grease. Space Lube, Oil, and Space-soybean oil all work well but whatever you do don't pour Glue into this thing.
Draco Machine Pistol
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7.62x39mm Draco magazines. A bizarre, incredibly high recoil 7.62 'Pistol'. Currently disabled pending the merging of actual recoil mechanics.
Striker-7
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All shotgun ammo, comes loaded with birdshot. A 7-shot drum fed shotgun, that can only be reloaded 1 shell at a time due to its awkward drum mechanism.
American-180
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Cannot be reloaded, comes with 177 rounds of .22 ammunition. Obscene fire rate, abysmal accuracy and damage, this thing is a bullet hose in every way.

It's gang WAR for a reason

When you're ready to bust up some bustas, you need to be ready to take on those unrobust rival gangs. Cause sooner or later, war will inevitably break out between gangs, and it's your job to come out on top.

Violence

You may want to read up on Murder and check out Guide to Being Robust to better know what to do on fighting other people.

Violence is your best option for dealing with those who stand in your way, as flowers rarely work against someone with a mean looking bat.

Shit Security

Early on, security is going to be your biggest threat to your gang, as at round start they have access to stun weapons and other gear, while you only have toolboxes. Though, security probably won't hurt you or your gang unless they have a good reason to. You should try to avoid attacking security until you have weapons or manpower to take them on. Security are usually seen trying to keep the peace in the hallways, attacking a civilian or rival gang member would probably get you thrown in the brig in accordance with space law. Remember that you are an antagonist however, so security could arrest and kill you unprovoked if a member of your own gang has been involved with the murder of a security officer, so it is best to stay out of hot water early on.

If you wish to take down security, your one strategy you could use is outnumbering them. By rushing them with either gang weaponry or improvised weaponry, they may become overwhelmed and succumb due to the amount of hits they are taking, though this strategy only works if the weaponry used does considerable stamina damage, such as the toolbox. Another strategy you can use is if you have already taken an officer, you can easily use their own weapons against their fellow officers, and loot their gear until you have taken down every officer.

If you successfully manage to take down security, you get access to almost all their gear, as well as armory gear if you can break inside. This gives you a significant edge over other gangs, and by knocking down a third party, you can focus more on the protection of your own gang as well as the war against the rival gangs.

Civil Civilians

Normally, you shouldn't be going after the crew, lest you may provoke security's wraith if you have not taken them out early. You should only kill civilians if necessary, such as for the kidnapping objective by shoving them in your locker or if they are getting in the way of your gang flow. Most crew members would turn a blind eye if you're bustin' up a rival gang member, so you shouldn't worry about them too much. Going on a full genocide on the crew is generally frowned upon by the community, and is one of the reasons why gang does not have the best reputation in the community, so don't be apart of that problem!

However, the crew does still have beneficial items or access that could help your gang.

Civilians are usually easy kills, provided they do not have any stolen, improvised, or just straight up weaponry. It's a good idea to try to kill when there is the minimal amount of people around the person you are trying to kill, lest you risk a random staff assistant interfering with your gangsta style. As stated before, they are best to be left alone unless they need some gangsta beat into them for messin' up a fellow gangster's style or are a kidnapping target.

Rival Gangsters

Rival gang members are going to be what you are inevitably going to be fighting, whether it would be over territory disputes, revenge murder, or locker defense. It is good to be prepared for the fight, as you will not be given nor obtain anything too overpowered. Instead, you will be seeing gangster gear. Gangster gear is gear that is moderately powerful, nothing syndicate gear powerful, but better than the average improvised weapon. It's important to know how to deal with bringing a melee to a gun fight or even a basic fist fight, rival gangsters will not hesitate to kill you.

You can loot valuable gang loot if you do manage to kill a gangster, as well as have one less person rivaling your gang, make sure they don't get cloned however. You can also access a rival's gang's communications by using their headset, which is automatically tuned to their respective gang channel. Hilariously, you can probably trick them by calling for help on the other side of the station, while you bash a lone gang member's head in.

Killing a rival gangster can get tricky, they can call for help over the radio, forcing an unfair fight. They also have access to the weapons you do, thus making you have less of an advantage over other gangsters. Though, if you are making the most points out of any gang, you probably will have the better weapons. You should try to kill the rival gangster as quickly as possible, utilizing stun weapons or weapons that have high stamina damage to quickly knock out the rival gangster. When knocked out, you can switch to a gang weapon that has mean amounts of BRUTE or BURN to quickly get the gangster into critical, usually debilitating them in the process. Once the gangster is finished off, you can loot and dispose of the corpse.

Usin' the gangsta' style with the gangsta' weapons

The Rat Stick

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  • The basic bread and butter of every gang. Early on, you'll often find that almost every rival gang member carries this weapon. Occasionally, you might even see civilians wielding this, whether because they stole it off a gang member or a gang has bought so many there're rat sticks just lying around. You can save points by stealing another rat stick instead of buying a new one, provided you can fend off whoever you stole the weapon from.
  • The toolbox actually does superior stamina damage compared to this weapon, so if you want to knock someone out, it is better to use a toolbox instead, which also saves points.
  • If you hit someone with a rat stick, they bleed. If they bleed out a bunch, they move slower and may randomly keel over, making it easier to hit them, causing them to bleed even more, they move even slower and have a higher chance to pass out...so on and so forth.

The Throwing Knife

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  • This throwing knife does not instantly knock down on hit if the target is at full stamina, make sure you know your target has used a bit of their stamina before throwing to knife to get that sweet knockdown!

The Shuriken

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  • Very useful if you need someone knocked down to steal the weapon they are currently holding.
  • Since the shuriken embeds itself into the victim, they are good for debilitating those who are attempting to run away.
  • Yes, the pouch that holds the shurikens can fit in your pocket.
  • One shuriken is slightly higher BRUTE than one shrapnel shot from a slam gun, so it may be better to use a slam gun instead if you have the time to make one.
    • Though, the slam gun has a slower firerate and worse range, so it ultimately comes down to preference and choice.

The Armor Vest

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  • Provides moderate protection from bullets and melee weapons.
  • This should be an early go-to if you want to survive all the lead flying everywhere.
  • Notably, it's small enough to not count as covering up your gang outfit, allowing you some resistance alongside your gang representation bonus.

The Webley

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  • An incredible backup weapon, this can fit in your pocket.
  • However, it doesn't come with a lot of ammunition, so it's best to think ahead on how you're going to use it.
  • Fanning the hammer is an excellent panic button, but it carries a hefty damage and accuracy penalty.

The Lo-Point

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  • While it's not terribly interesting, it comes with 12 rounds of full-power 9mm.
  • It's a throwaway gun! Once you're completely out of bullets you may as well throw it at someone's head.

The Hafgan Burst laser

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  • Great for spraying down a hallway - it has 8 bursts (24 shots) per magazine. They can also be dual-wielded.
  • Just keep in mind - It can't accept other energy weapon cells.

The MOR-30

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  • While significantly less cooler, burst mode has better accuracy than full auto.
  • Thirty rounds per magazine can disappear faster than you'd expect - Watch for friendly fire, too!

The Grease Gun

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  • A rare find, compared to the similar MOR-30
  • Keeping the stock unfolded will help keep this gun pointed in the right direction.
  • It's awful grimy. Either accept the jank, or if you must, regularly lube it for improved results! Lube and oil aren't the only things that can grease this gun.

The Striker-7

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  • The birdshot loaded in this stacks up a lot of bleed, even around enemy armor!
  • Take care with your shot placement. The striker is notably slow & awkward to reload.
  • It also accepts regular shotgun loads, which is a rare blessing.

The Faux C-Saber

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  • This is the most powerful weapon you can get out of a gang locker, featuring great burn damage that could send someone into critical condition.
  • Like with any melee, mind your stamina. People will try to shove this weapon out of your hands. Be ready to quickly pick your weapon back up in case there is a successful shove.
    • You can always carry a backup weapon in case things go south.
  • You can use C to quickly activate and deactivate the saber.

The Discount Katana

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  • On the off chance you face against someone who is also using this weapon, you'll parry their attacks, costing a bit of stamina. It's best to bring a weapon of equal power if you do not wish to risk having your weapon parried off your hands.
  • This weapon is one of the few weapons that has a chance to delimb on hit. Make sure you're aiming for a limb.

The Stolen Cop Car

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  • This car comes equipped with a taser, which is actually more powerful than the handheld version, with more range and bullet speed. Use this to your advantage!
    • You can use the car to chase and fire upon those running away.
    • You can also ram into people with the car, dealing a minor amount of BRUTE.
  • The car only has 110 health, slightly over a basic minisub health and slightly less than a pod with light miniputt armor.
  • Remember you can repair the engine with a welder, and the car is not a total loss if the engine does blow up, rather it requiring a new engine.
  • Of course, it is vital you sound the sirens whenever possible for style points.

Supplementary Video

Gallery

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