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	== Research & Development ==		== Research & Development ==

	* R&D (not to be confused with the [[Research Director\|RD]]) consists of [[scientist\|scientists]] spending ~~(mostly)~~ automatically generated research points on a tech web to unlock technology that can be used for various departments.		* R&D (not to be confused with the [[Research Director\|RD]]) consists of [[scientist\|scientists]] spending automatically generated research points on a tech web to unlock technology that can be used for various departments.

	* Essentially this means that a scientist in this modern world doesn't actually have to know any of the concepts he's working with; it's all about pressing science buttons and playing with the resulting toys! Ain't life grand?		* Essentially this means that a scientist in this modern world doesn't actually have to know any of the concepts he's working with; it's all about pressing science buttons and playing with the resulting toys! Ain't life grand?
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	== What to do as a scientist ==		== What to do as a scientist ==

	Scientist is actually 4 roles mashed together into one. These include:		Scientist is actually multiple roles mashed together into one. These include:

	===Manning the ~~front desk~~===		===Manning the Front Desk===

	The most boring of the four but the most important. A core R&D console is located on the bridge and in the [[Research Director \| RD]]'s office. You can ask the RD if he wants help with research, or if there is no RD, print a Core R&D console board from the circuit imprinter. R&D will gain research points passively and your job is to spend those points before the [[roboticist\|roboticist]] can. You should always try to get mining tech first, then the best parts (Tier 4) and then whatever is requested. A [[Security Officer]] may ask for weapons technology and an [[AI]] may ask for AI technology or cyborg upgrades. People will also come to your front desk to ask you to print them some parts or boards and give it to them (do this unless you want to get [[Assistant \| greytided]]). You will usually also be tasked with upgrading the station's machines (see the construction paragraph on this page).		The most boring of the four but the most important. A core R&D console is located on the bridge and in the [[Research Director \| RD]]'s office. You can ask the RD if he wants help with research, or if there is no RD, print a Core R&D console board from the circuit imprinter. R&D will gain research points passively and your job is to spend those points before the [[roboticist\|roboticist]] can. You should always try to get mining tech first, then the best parts (Tier 4) and then whatever is requested. A [[Security Officer]] may ask for weapons technology and an [[AI]] may ask for AI technology or cyborg upgrades. People will also come to your front desk to ask you to print them some parts or boards and give it to them (do this unless you want to get [[Assistant \| greytided]]). You will usually also be tasked with upgrading the station's machines (see the construction paragraph on this page).

	~~===Nanites===~~

	Make [[Medical Doctor \| medbay]] obsolete, brush off point-blank shotgun buckshot shells, kill the entire station, get banned for forcing people to recite [[Woody's Got Wood\|Woody's Got Wood]], and more at [[Guide_to_Nanites\|The Guide to Nanites]]

	===Xenobiology===		===Xenobiology===

	Play slime rancher, make [[Ian\|Ian]] sentient, get banned for "accidentally" releasing a hoard of slimes, make a hoard of golems to do your every bidding, become the most specialiest snowflake on the station and more at [[Guide_to_xenobiology\|The ~~guide~~ to Xenobiology]]		Play slime rancher, make [[Ian\|Ian]] sentient, get banned for "accidentally" releasing a hoard of slimes, make a hoard of golems to do your every bidding, become the most specialiest snowflake on the station and more at [[Guide_to_xenobiology\|The Guide to Xenobiology]]!

	====Cytology====		====Cytology====
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	===Toxins===		===Toxins===

	Make and explode a bomb for 50000 research ~~points~~, burn down your department by accident, get banned for blowing up medbay "by accident", cry because you still don't know how atmos works ~~all the guides suck and~~ more at [[Guide_to_toxins\|The ~~guide~~ to ~~toxins~~]]		Make and explode a bomb for 50000 credits towards the research budget, burn down your department by accident, get banned for blowing up medbay "by accident", cry because you still don't know how atmos works, more at [[Guide_to_toxins\|The Guide to Toxins]]!

	=== [[File:Implosion_compressor.gif]] Anomaly Core Production [[File:Anomaly_core.gif]] ===		=== [[File:Implosion_compressor.gif]] Anomaly Core Production [[File:Anomaly_core.gif]] ===
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	== Tech Webs ==		== Tech Webs ==

	Research points are generated at a static rate by the R&D Network ~~(albeit more research points can be generated by the E.X.P.E.R.I-MENTOR)~~ and can be spent on Technology Nodes at the console.		Research points are generated at a static rate by the R&D Network and can be spent on Technology Nodes at the console.

	This is what your console will look like at the start of the round.		This is what your console will look like at the start of the round.
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	[[File:researchTree.png\|800px\|none]]		[[File:researchTree.png\|800px\|none]]


	~~=== How 2 Gain Faster Research Points: 4 Dummies ===~~

	~~==== Ballmer Peak ====~~

	* [https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/pull/33979 DRINK ALCOHOL GODDAMNIT]. If you drink juuuust the right amount of alcohol, you can research new technologies faster. However, if you drink too much alcohol, you research new technologies slower. As a scientist, instead of slurring, you start shouting out phrases from the pool below. Some of these phrases signify good blood alcohol levels, some of them signify pretty damn unhealthy blood alcohol levels.

	~~Ballmer Phrases: The Good Sayings (indication that you've drank enough alcohol to get that sweet tech boost)~~

	* Hey guys, what if we rolled out a bluespace wiring system so mice can't destroy the powergrid anymore?
	* Hear me out here. What if, and this is just a theory, we made R&D controllable from our PDAs?
	* I'm thinking we should roll out a git repository for our research under the AGPLv3 license so that we can share it among the other stations freely.
	* I dunno about you guys, but IDs and PDAs being separate is clunky as fuck. Maybe we should merge them into a chip in our arms? That way they can't be stolen easily.
	* Why the fuck aren't we just making every pair of shoes into galoshes? We have the technology.

	~~Windows ME Phrases: The Bad Sayings (indication that you've drank too much alcohol, please don't do RnD)~~

	* Yo man, what if, we like, uh, put a webserver that's automatically turned on with default admin passwords into every PDA?
	* So like, you know how we separate our codebase from the master copy that runs on our consumer boxes? What if we merged the two and undid the separation between codebase and server?
	* Dude, radical idea: H.O.N.K mechs but with no bananium required.
	* Best idea ever: Disposal pipes instead of hallways.

	~~==== Tachyon-Doppler Array ====~~
	[[Guide to toxins\|Toxins]] bombs detonated at the test site generate points through the Tachyon-Doppler Research Array which records the size of the blast. Somehow this generates points. After a change in 2018, the maximum amount of points you can get from a bomb and round is 50 000.
	~~<br>[[File:Dopplerarrayformula.png]]~~
	:The formula returns the delta between the total points generated and the points that would be generated by the bomb. The above graph statically applies whether you detonate the smaller bomb first or last, the downside being that improving your bomb will still reward you but with significantly less points than before. A maxcap bomb (purple), and a 700 (red) and 1000 (orange) radius bomb are marked on the graph with horizontal lines.

	== Deconstruction ==		== Deconstruction ==
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	:# Use the computer.		:# Use the computer.

	~~This can help~~ you get ~~syndicate~~ technology from ~~syndicate~~ items and ~~alien~~ technology from ~~alien~~ tools.		The primary use for this is to allow you to get Syndicate technology from Syndicate items and Alien technology from Alien tools.

	The computer will show you the name of the object, if it unlocks any tech nodes, and how many materials you get from deconstruction.		The computer will show you the name of the object, if it unlocks any tech nodes, and how many materials you get from deconstruction.
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	Once you unlock advanced components, people around the station will probably want you to upgrade the machinery. Overall, the process is simply replacing obsolete stock parts with higher-tier parts.		Once you unlock advanced components, people around the station will probably want you to upgrade the machinery. Overall, the process is simply replacing obsolete stock parts with higher-tier parts.

	The least efficient way is to upgrade by hand~~. Since the RPED unlocks at the same time as tier 2 parts, there's really no reason to ever do this unless your station for some incomprehensible reason just can't afford an RPED.~~		The least efficient way is to upgrade by hand:

	# Screwdriver on the machine.		# Screwdriver on the machine.
	# Crowbar on the machine.		# Crowbar on the machine.
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	\|[[File:Ripley chassis.png]]\|\|Ripley~~/Firefighter~~ chassis		\|[[File:Ripley chassis.png]]\|\|Ripley chassis
	\|Ripley		\|Ripley
	\|20000\|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\|		\|20000\|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\|

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