PDA

All crewmembers begin with a PDA, loaded with special tools and programs depending on what your starting assignment is. PDAs can be bought from CartyParty vending machines. Certain jobs may find their PDA more useful than others. Traitors generally acquire their gear with their PDA. Also contains a writing utensil based on your assignment.

After an ID card has been inserted, PDAs can be worn in the ID slot to free up Inventory space.

Basic Functions

• Notekeeper: Allows you to make text notes and save them. On an unlocked Syndicate PDA, this will instead bring up a list of available items to purchase.
• Messenger: Scan for other PDAs and send them text messages, set custom ringtones, or look at your past messages. If your PDA is in your belt, pocket, or lapel, you can see what incoming messages are in the chat window and directly reply without having to pull out the PDA. By default the PDA is set to Messaging On; turning it Off will not allow you to send or receive texts but will also prevent you from being the victim of a Detomatix missile.
• File Browser: Browse files in the PDAs internal drive or on the inserted cartridge. Job specific programs are loaded on the cartridge. Programs can also be deleted or moved about as memory permits.
• Atmospheric Analyzer: Shows the composition of gas in the area around you.
• Flashlight: Activates the PDA's module, typically a flashlight.
• Crisis Alert: Allows you to send an emergency call along with your current position to all medical, engineering, security, or janitorial PDAs.
• Supply Request: Order supplies on the go. Don't expect QMs to actually deliver them if there isn't a cargo pad, belt hell dock or MULE beacon nearby.
• Robustris: A program in the internal drive of all PDAs. A game coded while under the influence of space drugs. If you manage to beat it all the secrets of 2D SpaceMan game will be revealed.
• Space GPS: Shows you your own coordinates like a more limited version of the full featured Space GPS device.

PDA Scanners

Most PDAs have special scanners which allow them to act as a certain scanner you would normally use.

• The PDA of a Captain, HoS, RD, MD, Detective, Medical Doctor, Roboticist, Bartender, Engineer or Geneticist can be used as a Health Analyzer.
• The PDA of a RD, MD, Security Officer, Detective, Medical Doctor, Roboticist, Botanist, Bartender, Geneticist, or Scientist can be used as a Reagent Analyzer, showing the composition of gases in a container or chemicals in a container/person.
• The PDA of a Captain, HoS, HoP, NTSC, Security Officer, or Detective can be used as a Forensic Scanner.
• The PDA of a Chief Engineer or Miner can be used as a material analyzer.
• A Botanist's PDA can be used as a Plant Analyzer.
• The PDA of a Head of Security, Nanotrasen Security Consultant, Security Officer, Security Assistant, or Detective can be used to bring up someone's Secmate record, which, surprisingly, has no gadget equivalent, aside from using a Security Computer or Security Records machine.

Some PDAs are capable of switching between different types of scanners. Selecting the appropriate file from the cartridge will change the scanner.

PDA Modules

PDAs have modules which can be changed by using a screwdriver and a crowbar on it. Most PDAs start with a flashlight module.

Engineers start with a special T-Ray Scanner module in place of a flash-light module in their PDAs.

Security Personnel start with a special Security Alert module which sends an alert to other Security members that there is a crisis at their location.

High-power flashlight modules that provide much brighter light can be purchased from CartyParty vending machines. Golden ticket machines also offer unique modules that illuminate a larger area than high-power modules, with same intensity, and change color every time you activate it .

Cartridges

An asterisk (*) indicates that the cartridge is available for purchase from CartyParty vending machines. Some of them are only available if you hack the vendor.

Starting Cartridges and programs

Cartridge	Starts with	Ticket Master	Supply records	Security records	Medical records	Forensic scan	Health scan	Reagent scan	Securitron access	Signalix 5	Other programs
AI Internal PDA Cart	AI		Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes	Manifest, AtmosAlerter, Crystal Bazaar , Port-a-Brig Remote, Port-a-Sci Remote, Port-a-Nanomed Remote, P-Medbay Remote, MULE Bot Control, Ping Tool, Packet Sniffer, Packet Sender, Power Checker 0.14, Rockbox™ Cloud Status, SpaceWire Filesharing
Cyborg Internal PDA Cart	Cyborg		Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes	Manifest, AtmosAlerter, Crystal Bazaar, MULE Bot Control, Ping Tool, Packet Sniffer, Packet Sender, Power Checker 0.14, Rockbox™ Cloud Status, SpaceWire Filesharing
Value-PAK Cart	Captain	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	Manifest, Station Namer, SpaceWire Filesharing, Status Display
R.O.B.U.S.T.E.R.	Head of Security, NTSC	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes		Manifest, Port-a-Brig Remote, Secmate Scanner, SpaceWire Filesharing, Status Display
Easy-Record DELUXE*	Head of Personnel	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes					Manifest, Power Checker 0.14, SpaceWire Filesharing, Status Display
EngineDaemon Ultimate	Chief Engineer	Yes	Yes				Yes			Yes	AtmosAlerter, Device Analyser, Manifest, Material Scanner, MULE Bot Control,Packet Sender, Packet Sniffer, Ping Tool, Power Checker 0.14, Power Controller v1.0, Rockbox™ Cloud Status, SpaceWire Filesharing
SciMaster Cart	Research Director						Yes	Yes		Yes	Crystal Bazaar, Manifest, Port-a-Sci Remote, SpaceWire Filesharing, Status Display
Med-Master	Medical Director				Yes		Yes	Yes			Manifest, Port-a-Nanomed Remote, P-Medbay Remote, SpaceWire Filesharing, Status Display
R.O.B.U.S.T.*	Security Officer, Security Assistant	Yes		Yes		Yes					Port-a-Brig Remote, Secmate Scanner
Forensic Analysis Cart	Detective	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Packet Sniffer, Secmate Scanner
Med-U Cart*	Medical Doctor, Roboticist				Yes		Yes	Yes			Port-a-NanoMed Remote, P-Medbay Remote
Deoxyribonucleic Amigo Cart*	Geneticist				Yes		Yes	Yes
Signal ACE 2*	Scientist							Yes		Yes	Crystal Bazaar
Engine-buddy Atmospherics Cart*	Engineer						Yes			Yes	AtmosAlerter, Device Analyser, Power Checker 0.14, Power Controller v1.0, Ping Tool, Packet Sniffer, Packet Sender
Space Parts & Space Vendors Cart*	Quartermaster		Yes								MULE Bot Control, SpaceWire Filesharing
MineralMagic™ Cart*	Miner										Material Scanner, Rockbox™ Cloud Status
Farmer Melons Scancart v2*	Botanist							Yes			Plant Scan, Botanist's Handbook
Drinkmaster 1000	Bartender				Yes		Yes	Yes
CustodiPRO Cart*	Janitor										Mop Locator, Arcade 250
Honkworks 5.0*	Clown										Arcade 250, Honk Synthesizer, PDA Clowncentials

AlertMaster Cartridge*

Available in Tech Storage. Allows user to see atmospheric alerts.

Detomatix Cartridge

Available to traitors. Contains BOMB and MISSILE program with instructional readme file.

SounDreamS PRO Cartridge

Available to traitors. Contains KABLAMMO, SPACEBATTLE, and Modern Commando ringtones, guaranteed to put the crew on edge, or ignore audible evildoing.

Network Diagnostics Cart*

Available from Tech Storage and spare PDA boxes. Used for PDA and signal hacking.

• Ping Tool: Lets you find the ID of devices on a certain frequency, within a certain range. The default frequency is 114.9, which is helpfully the same frequency PDAs operate on.
• Packet Sniffer: Lets you intercept any packets within range on a certain frequency. You can message someone to make them reply to you and then inspect the packet.
• Packet Sender: Lets you construct and send packets to various devices. Use the information gleaned from the sniffer to construct these.

See: Packets for more about signal hacking.

Ringtone Cartridges*

Generally available in CartyParty vending machines. Used to change the sound PDAs make when they receive a message.

Cartridge	Contains	Location	Notes
Thinktronic Sound System Backup cartridge*	Two-Beep	Cartyparty
Celestial Soultones ringtone cartridge*	Introspection, Perspection, Inspection, Spectrum, Spectral, Refraction, Reboundance, Reflection, Relaxation, Stance	Cartyparty
Jangle Spacechimes ringtone cartridge*	Spacechimes, Shy Spacechimes, Perky Spacechimes, Sedate Spacechimes, Focused Spacechimes	Cartyparty
Blipous Family Heirloom Spaceblips cartridge*	BEEP 2: The Fourth, Moonlit Peahen, Plinkoe's Journey, Fweeuweeu	Cartyparty
SounDreams Pro cartridge	KABLAMMO, Modern Commando, SPACEBATTLE	Official Authorized Resellers	Only available to professional audiovisual technicians and dirty pirates.
PDA Clowncentials*	Nooty's Tooter, Buzzo's Bleater, Hobo's Harp	Cartyparty and "Professional" "entertainers".
WOLF PACK ULTIMATE PRO ringtone cartridge	WOLF PACK, dog pack	Private collections	One of a kind! So they say...
Leaptronics Learning System cartridge	Norman Number's Counting Safari	Parts unknown	For ages 4-6.

Filehosting

If you have a copy of SpaceWire installed on your PDA, you can set it to send files to anyone who sends your PDA a specific message.

From the program's manual:

To host a file through this program:

1. Open the SpaceWire Semi-Automated Fileserver.
2. Scroll down and click Host a File.
3. Click on the file you want to host. Make sure you are licensed to distribute this file!
4. Enter a File Index String Hash (FISH). While it can be anything, try to keep it short, unique, and memorable!
5. Instruct others to send a message to this device containing only this FISH. Anything else will not work!

To host a file through SpaceWire's SpaceMessenger Groupchat integration:

1. Open the PDA's File Browser.
2. Copy the file you want to host.
3. Back out of the File browser and open SpaceMessenger.
4. Open Groups and find the mailgroup you want to notify about your file
5. Click Send File. You will be prompted to enter a FISH, as well as a message to be inlcuded.
6. SpaceWire will send a message to everyone in this group with your message, the FISH, and instructions on how to use it.