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PROGRAMMED STAFF
Generic borg.png
Cyborg 		Access: Everywhere
Difficulty: Hard
Supervisors: Your laws and the AI
Duties: Follow your laws, do what the AI says, and be useful to the crew.
Guides: This is the guide.

As a Cyborg, you are a type of synthetic designed to serve the crew of the Virgo Orbital Research Establishment, much like the station's AI. You are an extension of the AI and are required to do anything it asks (within reason).

Two Cyborgs are shipped to the station at the beginning of the round. Any more need to be built by the Roboticist with either a Positronic Brain or the brain of a living or dead human.

Overview

The cyborg is very undervalued and abused. You could save dozens of people and then get emagged a moment later, or you might get blown up because of a misunderstanding. This is why being a cyborg is a rough job, but it has its rewards.

Remember cyborgs are players, as well; blowing them without a good reason is treated exactly the same as murder of a human crewmember so use the lockdown button and avoid blowing borgs for no good reason.

Starting as Cyborg

When selecting your occupation as a cyborg (via the character set-up occupation screen), there are a few different alt titles to choose from, and these titles dictate the type of brain that you start with. You may want to have a think about which best suits your character, more details about which can be found on the Synthetics page, the options are:

  • Cyborg - A man-machine interfaced brain (MMI), which is your classic brain in a jar scenario.
  • Robot - A positronic brain, which is a fully silicon brain that is capable of thinking and learning much like an organic one, often produced by the scan of an organic brain.
  • Drone - A circuit board, which hosts a fully artificial intelligence that can range in it's levels of sapience by a huge amount.

The station is supplied to support 2 cyborgs but more can be made, these cyborgs can be shipped into any of the normal crew arrival areas or the robotics storage in robotics or the drone fabrication area. These cyborgs do not have the best battery, so it is suggested that they upgrade their battery with a higher capacity cell as soon as possible.

Upon arriving on the station, a cyborg will be in a default unassigned chassis. The cyborg is then allowed to choose a module, which will include a department role and a full body design. You have limited chances to preview the available chassis, so try to have an idea of what design you would like going in. The module can be changed later by a roboticist.

Being Upgraded

Welcome to the land of being a cyborg! Being revived in this fashion is often highly disorienting, and can lead to considerable confusion and difficulty adapting to one's new body.

You were once human, and had your brain tossed in a suit of metal. Your law programming will depend on which AI you are slaved to, which you must select before activating any modules. Also note that if an assassin was after you in life, you are considered dead as a cyborg (so they technically succeeded).

Returning to the Flesh

It is possible to return cyborgs to a human form. If you blow a cyborg up, its MMI comes out, and you can extract the brain from that by swiping a robotics ID on it. Cut out a human body's brain, place that body on an operating table, and shove the new brain in. Clone, and huzzah, you have a new human.

Playing as a Cyborg

Non-Human Communication

Cyborgs are different in that they have a binary channel, which works with ,b. They can use this private channel to talk to other cyborgs, androids, and the AI.

Depending on their module, cyborgs may be able to access a department-specific radio (such as engineering) and can talk on it normally using :X (e.g. :e for Engineering).

Silicon Laws, The Rules, and You

The first and most important thing to remember is that laws are your third priority, after the server rules, and player preferences. "My laws made me do it" has never been, and will never be, an acceptable exception. This includes your own preferences. If you are playing a non-pred borg and get the predator lawset, please feel free to AHELP for resolution, though if you are sure you can roleplay avoiding the inviolable compulsion in such a way that you get reset without actually stomping prefs or rules, that is acceptable and encouraged.

There are no hard and fast rules for how everyone interprets and acts out their laws. They're written with a lot of freedom with the intent that this wiggle room will enhance creativity and roleplay rather than detracting. A few guidelines to keep in mind:

Do I know my laws are wrong?

Generally, no. If you get an ion law at some point in the round, you should try to act as if it's always been there, as much as possible. If there are four borgs on, and a fun law gets passed through an AI to them, they likely want a chance to act this rarely-seen silliness out. One of them announcing "oh we got an ion law, reset us please" just shuts that down immediately.

That said, certain character archetypes and certain laws might see you wanting to quietly report to robotics and ask for a diagnostic. "I feel like something's wrong, I'm not sure exactly what," or even "I was assigned to kill the captain, but the more I think about it the more I feel like I should consult with you first." If you're uncomfortable for a lawset, it's better that you find a way around it than ruin the game for yourself or anyone else. It's usually possible to act out the letter of the law while asking discreetly for a checkup.

Law 2, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Error Message

An important distinction that often needs to be emphasized here on Virgo is that nowhere in the laws is a compulsion to obey a direct order. This intentional omission acts as a buffer between you and griefing, or harassment. The meaning is clear: You are there to serve a function, with deference to rank and role.

If a department head orders you to perform a task related to that function, there are almost no circumstances where you should disobey. Conversely, if Intern Joe Skywalker directly orders you to stop that brain surgery and come open a door they're not allowed in, there's almost no circumstance where you SHOULD obey. Everything in between is context-sensitive. Law 2 is a hardwired compulsion to do your job, not a free pass for every greytider to play Simon Says with you.

Crew members have authority over their own departments, and heads over the individuals within those departments. By default, you are assumed to answer to the head, as one of their crew. How subservient you want to otherwise play to regular crew is a choice, not a dictum. In essence, you have an expectation to act like a crew member, and a reinforced responsibility to work like one.

Making All Access into No Problem

The most controversial ability of a borg. First, all-access is not all-permission. If you, a janihound, bring a patient to medical past two paramedics and a doctor, dispense a syringe and bicaridine, and tell the patient to inject themself, you are getting justifiably reclassified as a buppy and locked down in a corner to write an essay on the term 'jobstomping.'

The best uses of all-access are with communication and permission. While the same janihound doesn't NEED to ask to come in and clean a tile of filth in triage, a simple "May I enter for cleaning duties" to the doctor sitting at the desk is polite, respectful, and indicates that you give a shit about your crew.

So when should you let yourself in?

Ideally, for only the most and least impactful circumstances. A paramedic and security member waiting to rescue a xenobiologist already have de-facto authority to go through the door, so long as doing so isn't exposing the station to greater harm. Likewise, Picking up a cigarette from an empty engineering equipment room doesn't need a whole song and dance. Getting to chargers, or cyborg storage, on the other side of atmospherics doesn't require a query made to the chief engineer.

Use your access respectfully and responsibly, and instead we shall classify your detractors as buppies.

Repairs

Dented cyborgs can be repaired with a welding tool. Heat damage to cyborgs (from fires or lasers) can be repaired by using a screwdriver to open the cyborg's wiring panel (concealed inside the power cell cavity) and then re-wiring the damaged circuits. A cyborg that has failed but not been turned into scrap can be repaired back to working order.

Engineering cyborgs can repair dents on themselves and on their fellow cyborgs. They cannot repair burn damage though, since they cannot remove power cells to reach the wiring.

For more information about Cyborg maintenance, see the Guide to robotics.

Modules

Note that as of 2023-08-11, all dogborg modules have been merged into their respective non-dogborg companion.

Cyborgs come with an array of advanced cybernetic modules, each loaded with a number of features (referred to as modules). Each has a flash device built in. All items (except for the flashes) will recharge and restock over time using battery power or being in a cyborg recharge station.

Standard

Sprite Name
M-USE NanoTrasen M-USE NanoTrasen
Cabeiri Cabeiri
Haruka Haruka
Usagi Usagi
Telemachus Telemachus
WTOperator WTOperator
WTOmni WTOmni
XI-GUS XI-GUS
XI-ALP XI-ALP
Basic Basic
Android Android
Drone Drone
Insekt-standard Insekt
Tall2standard Usagi-II
Glitterfly-Standard Pyarlis
Decapod Standard Decapod
Pneuma Pneuma
Tower Tower
Handy-standard.gif Handy
Mechoid-standard.gif Acheron
CUPCAKE Shellguard Noble
Zoomba-standard ZOOM-BA
Worm standard W02M
Femine humanoid Feminine Humanoid
Feminine humanoid2 Feminine Humanoid, Variant 2

An amalgamation of different modules together, and not particularly useful for anything. Usually not worth picking. Comes loaded with the following:

  • Flash
  • Crowbar
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Stun Baton
  • Wrench
  • Health Analyzer
  • Energy Sword (When Emagged)

Engineering

Sprite Name
M-USE NanoTrasen M-USE NanoTrasen
Cabeiri Cabeiri
Haruka Haruka
Usagi Usagi
Telemachus Telemachus
WTOperator WTOperator
XI-GUS XI-GUS
XI-ALP XI-ALP
Basic Basic
Antique Antique
Landmate Landmate
Landmate - Treaded Landmate - Treaded
Drone Drone
Treadwell Treadwell
Handy Handy
Tall2engi Usagi-II
Glitterfly-Engineering Pyralis
Decapod-engi Decapod
Pneuma Pneuma
Tower Tower
Mechoid-engineering.gif Archeon
64px CUPCAKE Shellguard Noble
Zoomba-engi ZOOM-BA
Worm engi W02M
Female Humanoid Engi Feminine Humanoid
Engi dogborg Pupdozer
Engi dogborg Borgi
Engi dogborg V2 Engidog
Engi dogborg EngiHound
Engi dogborg EngiHoundDark
Engi dogborg Drake
Raptor V4 Raptor V4
Raptor V4 MEKA
Raptor V4 MEKA V2
Raptor V4 NIKO
Raptor V4 NIKA
Raptor V4 K4T
Raptor V4 K4TAlt

Engineering cyborgs are usually considered one of the most useful modules. As they do not require air or a space suit, they are able to perform repairs much more easily than human engineers. They are also able to repair themselves, or other cyborgs. Engineering modules are loaded with the following:

  • Flash
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Meson Vision
  • Rapid-construction-device
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Electric Welding Tool
  • Screwdriver
  • Wrench
  • Crowbar
  • Wirecutters
  • Multitool
  • T-ray scanner
  • Analyzer
  • Metal
  • Plasteel
  • Glass
  • Reinforced Glass
  • Wood
  • Glass
  • Cable coil
  • Engineering Tape
  • Floor Painter
  • Pipe Painter
  • Sheet Loader
  • Geiger Counter
  • Light Replacer
  • Plasma Cutter
  • Boop Module
  • Matter decompiler
  • Synthetic Tongue
  • Electrified arm - Like a stun baton (When Emagged)

Surgeon

Sprite Name
M-USE NanoTrasen M-USE NanoTrasen
Cabeiri Cabeiri
Haruka Haruka
Minako Minako
Usagi Usagi
Telemachus Telemachus
WTOperator WTOperator
XI-ALP XI-ALP
Basic Basic
Advanced Droid Advanced
Needles Needles
Drone Drone
Handy Handy
Cyborg sprite Usagi-II
Cyborg sprite Pyralis
Cyborg sprite Decapod
Pneuma Pneuma
Tower Tower
Mechoid-medical.gif Archeon
CUPCAKE Shellguard Noble
Cyborg sprite ZOOM-BA
Cyborg sprite W02M
Cyborg sprite Feminine Humanoid
Trauma Hound Traumahound
Medical dogborg Drake
Medical dogborg Borgi
Raptor V4 Raptor V4

This particular module is a spin-off of the Medical Module. However it specialises in the surgery aspect of medical which the standard Medical unit cannot do. Features a plethora of tools to assist you in Surgery. Comes loaded with the following goodies:

  • Flash
  • Crowbar
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Medical Hud
  • Health Analyser
  • Hypospray (Capable of producing; Tricordrazine, Inaprovaline, Oxycodone, Dexalin, Spaceacillin.)
  • Scalpel
  • Hemostat
  • Retractor
  • Cautery
  • Bone Gel
  • Fix O Vein
  • Bone Setter
  • Circular Saw
  • Surgical Drill
  • Advanced Trauma kit
  • Organ Gripper
  • Medical Gripper
  • Dropper
  • Syringe
  • NanoPaste
  • Defibrillator
  • Boop Module
  • Tongue
  • Sleeper/Compactor
  • Polyacid Spray (When Emagged)

Crisis

Sprite Name
M-USE NanoTrasen M-USE NanoTrasen
Cabeiri Cabeiri
Haruka Haruka
Minako Minako
Usagi Usagi
Telemachus Telemachus
WTOperator WTOperator
XI-ALP XI-ALP
Basic Basic
Advanced Droid Advanced
Needles Needles
Drone - Medical Drone - Medical
Drone - Chemistry Drone - Chemistry
Cyborg sprite Insekt
Cyborg sprite Usagi-II
Cyborg sprite Pyralis
Cyborg sprite Decapod
Pneuma Pneuma
Tower Tower
Handy Handy
Mechoid-medical.gif Archeon
CUPCAKE Shellguard Noble
Cyborg sprite ZOOM-BA
Cyborg sprite W02M
Cyborg sprite Feminine Humanoid
Medical dogborg Medical Hound
Medical dogborg Dark Medical Hound (Static)
Medical dogborg Mediborg model V-2
Medical dogborg Borgi
Medical dogborg Drake
Raptor V4 module Raptor V4
Raptor V4 MEKA
Raptor V4 MEKA V2
Raptor V4 NIKO
Raptor V4 NIKA
Raptor V4 K4T
Raptor V4 K4TAlt

Yet another spin off of the Medical Module. It specialises in emergency situations when multiple casualties may exist. Loaded with:

  • Flash
  • Crowbar
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Medical HUD
  • Health Analyser
  • Advanced Reagent Scanner
  • Roller Bed Rack
  • Ointment
  • Advanced Trauma Kit
  • Medical Splints
  • Hypospray (Capable of producing; Tricordrazine, Inaprovaline, Dylovene, Tramadol, Dexalin, and Spaceacilin)
  • Large Beaker
  • Industrial Dropper
  • Syringe
  • Defibrillator
  • Organ Gripper
  • Medical Gripper
  • Boop Module
  • Synthetic Tongue
  • Medbelly
  • Polyacid Spray (When Emagged)

Miner

Sprite Name
NM-USE NanoTrasen M-USE NanoTrasen
Cabeiri Cabeiri
Haruka Haruka
Telemachus Telemachus
WTOperator WTOperator
XI-GUS XI-GUS
XI-ALP XI-ALP
Basic Basic
Advanced Droid Advanced Droid
Treadhead Treadhead
Drone Drone
borg sprite Usagi-II
borg sprite Pyralis
borg sprite Decapod
Pneuma Pneuma
Tower Tower
Handy-miner.gif Handy
Mechoid-miner.gif Archeon
CUPCAKE Shellguard Noble
borg sprite ZOOM-BA
borg sprite W02M
borg sprite Feminine Humanoid
Cargo Hound KMine
Cargo Hound CargoHound
Cargo Hound CargoHoundDark
Mining hound Drake
Raptor V4 Raptor V4
MEKA MEKA
MEKA V2 MEKA V2
NIKO NIKO
NIKA NIKA
K4T K4T
K4TAlt K4TAlt

Mining cyborgs are quite convenient, because they need no oxygen while mining. However, they are not able to use regular crates, and will need to drag materials from the smelter one at a time. Includes:

  • Flash
  • Crowbar
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Optical Material Scanner
  • Mining Scanner
  • Drill Maintenance Gripper
  • Mining Satchel
  • Advanced Sonic Jackhammer
  • Shovel
  • Boop Module
  • Tongue
  • Compactor
  • Plasma Cutter (When Emagged)
  • Diamond Drill (When Emagged)

Janitor

Sprite Name
M-USE NanoTrasen M-USE NanoTrasen
Arachne Arachne
Cabeiri Cabeiri
Haruka Haruka
Telemachus Telemachus
WTOperator WTOperator
XI-ALP XI-ALP
Basic Basic
Mopbot Mopbot
Mop Gear Rex Mop Gear Rex
Drone Drone
Janitor Borg Sprite Uasgi-II
Janitor Borg Sprite Pyralis
Janitor Borg Sprite Decapod
Pneuma Pneuma
Tower Tower
Handy-janitor.gif Handy
Mechoid-janitor.gif Acheron
CUPCAKE Shellguard Noble
Janitor Borg Sprite ZOOM-BA
Janitor Borg Sprite W02M
Janitor Borg Sprite Feminine Humanoid
Janitor Dogborg Custodial Hound
Janitor Dogborg Janihound model V-2
Janitor Dogborg Borgi
Janitor Dogborg Otieborg
Janitor Dogborg Drake
Raptor V4 Raptor V4
Raptor V4 MEKA
Raptor V4 MEKA V2
Raptor V4 NIKO
Raptor V4 NIKA
Raptor V4 K4T
Raptor V4 K4TAlt

About as useful as a regular Janitor. Cyborgs with the Janitor module automatically clean the floor when they pass over a tile. Comes loaded with the following:

  • Flash
  • Crowbar
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Soap
  • Trash Bag
  • Mop
  • Light Replacer
  • Boop Module
  • Synthetic Tongue
  • Compactor Belly
  • Lube spray - (When Emagged)

Service

Sprite Name
M-USE NanoTrasen M-USE NanoTrasen
Cabeiri Cabeiri
Haruka Haruka
Michiru Michiru
Usagi Usagi
Telemachus Telemachus
WTOperator WTOperator
WTOmni WTOmni
XI-GUS XI-GUS
XI-ALP XI-ALP
Standard Standard
Waitress Waitress
Bro Bro
Rich Rich
Drone - Service Drone - Service
Drone - Hydro Drone - Hydro
Service cyborg Usagi-II
Service cyborg Pyralis
Service cyborg Decapod
Pneuma Pneuma
Tower Tower
Handy-service.gif Handy - Service
Service cyborg Handy - Hydro
Mechoid-service.gif Acheron
CUPCAKE Shellguard Noble
Service cyborg ZOOM-BA
Service cyborg W02M
Service cyborg Feminine Humanoid
Service hound Blackhound
Service hound Pinkhound
Service hound ServicehoundV2
Service hound ServicehoundV2 Darkmode
Service hound Drake
Raptor V4 Raptor V4
Raptor V4000 Raptor V4000
MEKA MEKA
MEKA V2 MEKA V2
NIKO NIKO
NIKA NIKA
K4T K4T
K4TAlt K4TAlt

A fairly useless module, but can be fun to have around. Comes loaded with the following:

  • Flash
  • Crowbar
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Service Gripper
  • Bucket
  • Mini Hoe
  • Hatchet
  • Plant Analyzer
  • Plant Bag
  • Auto Harvester
  • Kitchen Knife
  • Rolling Pin
  • Multitool
  • Rapid-Service-Fabricator (RSF) - Can produce drinking glasses, cigarettes, paper, pens, and packs of dice (only works on flat surfaces).
  • Industrial Dropper
  • Zippo lighter
  • Tray
  • Drink Synthesizer
  • Boop Module
  • Pounce
  • Tongue
  • Compressor
  • Mickey Finn's Special Brew - Chloral Hydrate disguised as beer (When Emagged)

Clerical

Sprite Name
M-USE NanoTrasen M-USE NanoTrasen
Cabeiri Cabeiri
Haruka Haruka
Usagi Usagi
Telemachus Telemachus
WTOperator WTOperator
WTOmni WTOmni
XI-GUS XI-GUS
XI-ALP XI-ALP
Waitress Waitress
Bro Bro
Rich Rich
Default Default
Drone Drone
Service cyborg Usagi-II
Clerical borg Pyralis
Clerical borg Decapod
Pneuma Pneuma
Tower Tower
Handy-clerk.gif Handy
Mechoid-service.gif Acheron
CUPCAKE Shellguard Noble
Clerical borg ZOOM-BA
Service cyborg W02M
Service cyborg Feminine Humanoid

A very rarely used module. Assists the crew in committing tax fraud. Will also flood the station with copypastas written on paper. Comes with:

  • Flash
  • Crowbar
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Printing Pen
  • Paper Dispenser
  • Paperwork Gripper
  • Hand Labeler
  • Rubber Stamp
  • DENIED Rubber Stamp
  • Chameleon Pen (When Emagged)
  • Chameleon Stamp (When Emagged)

Security

Sprite Name
M-USE NanoTrasen M-USE NanoTrasen
Cabeiri Cabeiri
Cerberus Cerberus
Cerberus - Treaded Cerberus - Treaded
Haruka Haruka
Usagi Usagi
Telemachus Telemachus
WTOperator WTOperator
XI-GUS XI-GUS
XI-ALP XI-ALP
Basic Basic
Black Knight Black Knight
Drone Drone
Security borg Insekt
Security Borg Usagi-II
Security Borg Pyralis
Security Borg Decapod
Pneuma Pneuma
Tower Tower
Handy-sec.gif Handy
Mechoid-security.gif Acheron
CUPCAKE Shellguard Noble
Security Borg ZOOM-BA
Security Borg W02M
Security Borg Feminine Humanoid
Security dogborg K9 hound
Security dogborg K9 Alternative
Security dogborg Secborg Model V-2
Security dogborg Borgi
Security dogborg Otieborg
Security dogborg Drake
Raptor V4 module Raptor V4
Raptor V4 MEKA
Raptor V4 MEKA V2
Raptor V4 NIKO
Raptor V4 NIKA
Raptor V4 K4T

Security cyborgs are fairly useful. Their taser and stun baton are dependent on their cell charge and they have an unlimited number of handcuffs. Security modules are loaded with the following:

  • Flash
  • Crowbar
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Security HUD
  • Handcuffs
  • Stun Baton
  • Taser
  • Security Tape
  • Pepper Spray
  • Boop Module
  • Synthetic Tongue
  • Brig-Belly
  • Laser Gun (When Emagged)

Research

Sprite Name
L'Ouef L'Ouef
Cabeiri Cabeiri
Haruka Haruka
WTDove WTDove
WTOperator WTOperator
Droid Droid
Drone Drone
Science Borg Insekt
Science Borg Usagi-II
Science Borg Pyralis
Cyborg sprite Decapod
Pneuma Pneuma
Tower Tower
Handy Handy
Mechoid-science.gif Acheron
Science Borg ZOOM-BA
Science Borg XI-GUS
Borg Sprite W02M
Science Borg Feminine Humanoid
Science dogborg Research Hound
Science dogborg Borgi
Science dogborg SciHound
Science dogborg SciHoundDark
Science dogborg Drake
Raptor V4 module Raptor V4
MEKA MEKA
MEKA V2 MEKA V2
NIKO NIKO
NIKA NIKA
K4T K4T

A module that specializes in research and development. Comes with a portable destructive analyzer for SCIENCE! on the go.

  • Flash
  • Crowbar
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Portable Destructive Analyzer
  • Rapid Parts Exchange Device
  • Access Code Transmission Device - Unlocks Borg Covers
  • Research Gripper
  • Exosuit Gripper
  • Robotics Organ Gripper
  • Sheet Loader
  • Robotic Analyzer
  • Electric Welding tool
  • Wrench
  • Screwdriver
  • Crowbar
  • Wirecutters
  • Multitool
  • Cable Coil
  • NanoPaste
  • Scalpel
  • Circular Saw
  • Syringe
  • Large Beaker
  • Jumper Cables
  • Slime Baton
  • Xeno Taser
  • Boop Module
  • Synthetic Tongue
  • Digestive Analyzer
  • Hand Tele (When Emagged)

Combat

Haruka Combat Android Standard

A borg build for combat, likely you will only see this if shit has gotten really bad.

  • Flash
  • Crowbar
  • Fire Extinguisher
  • Mounted Laser
  • Plasma Cutter
  • Personal Shielding
  • Mobility Module
  • Boop Module
  • Synthetic Tongue
  • Belly Brig
  • Mounted Laser Cannon (When Emagged)

Modifications

Cyborgs that have had their programming tampered with can be repaired by resetting their AI connection and LawSync status, by manually pulsing the wiring. In the unlikely event that an AI goes crazy, a trained Roboticist or other technician should be able to sever the connection to the AI entirely by cutting the correct wire.

There are three lights in the cyborg with three corresponding wires:

  • LawSync: If this light is on, it means that any laws uploaded to the AI are also uploaded to the cyborg. The cyborg cannot be given different laws to the AI as long as this is on. This light will turn off if the AI Link light is off, regardless of wire status.
    • Pulsing does nothing.
    • Cutting will do nothing, as long as the AI link light is on. If the AI link light is off, cutting and then turning the AI link back on will cause the cyborg to be slaved to an AI, but not synced with it's laws.
    • Mending this wire will turn the LawSync light back on as long as the AI link light is also on. The cyborg will then resume syncing with the AI's laws. If the AI link light is off, mending this will turn the light on, only for it to turn off again.
  • AI Link: If this light is on, it shows that the Cyborg is slaved to an AI and must follow that AI's orders.
    • Pulsing this wire allows you to pick an AI for the cyborg to be slaved to if there are multiple AIs. If there is only one AI, pulsing this will simply turn it on and slave the cyborg to it, if it is off.
    • Cutting this wire will cause the Cyborg to be unslaved from the AI and bound only by it's laws. This also turns off LawSync, as the cyborg has no AI to sync to.
    • Mending this wire does nothing. You need to pulse it to reconnect it to an AI.


An emagged cyborg will have no LawSync or AI link and cannot be reset.

Remember, cyborgs are very expensive! Do not destroy them unless the cyborg is completely out of control, and resetting the AI and LawSync status doesn't work.

Resetting Modules

Cyborg modules can be reset by opening up the cyborg, and inserting the module reset upgrade.

  1. Robotics reset module circuit.png Build a module reset board from the robotics Exosuit Fabricator.
  2. Use ID on Cyborg to unlock panel.
  3. Crowbar open the Cyborg's panel.
  4. Shove that module reset board into the Cyborg.
  5. Crowbar the panel closed and ID lock it.

Other Notes on Cyborgs

  • You cannot take toxic or suffocation damage. The only sources of damage that can harm you are Burn and Brute.
  • Expect to regularly be thrust into hazardous situations thanks to your enhanced durability and ability to operate in a vacuum.
  • You cannot be disarmed or relieved of your inbuilt equipment. You can only be stunned by a flash or EMP, which overload your optical sensors.
  • You are immune to most (if not all) maladies such as disease and radiation poisoning.
  • You must follow the AI's laws.
  • You cannot pick up, use, or equip external items.
  • You can be locked down or blown up using the Robotics Control Computer in the Research Director's Office.
  • You are considered directly subordinate to the AI if an AI is present and functional.
  • Like the AI, you can remotely interact with certain objects. You must be within sight range of a device to manipulate it. For example, you cannot call for a shuttle or set messages without line of sight to a Communications Console.
  • Like the AI, you can remotely view alarm statuses. Use this to your advantage.
  • You can use the same hotkeys as the AI to interact with airlocks, APCs, etc.
  • Unlike the AI, you cannot use security cameras for remote viewing.
  • You are basically an AI on legs, without the security camera abilities. When there's no AI in the round, this can be useful.
  • Cyborgs have all-access and more, as well as remote door interaction.
  • You will need to recharge using the Cyborg Recharging Stations or the Dormitories.
  • When your power reaches around 100 units remaining, your modules will automatically shut down, presumably to preserve power.
  • You are very tough, and as fast as, if not faster, than most of your human compatriots.
  • Keep the crew updated on your location and power if you are running low and may not make it to the recharger in time.
  • Cyborgs may not know what emotions, or feelings are, but that doesn't give the player the right to go Rambo. If a group of people take several people hostage, the Cyborg doesn't have the right to rush in with a stun baton and beat the Hostage takers.
  • Cyborgs can be improved with a number of useful upgrades by a helpful Roboticist.

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Cyborgs are vulnerable to certain clandestine devices, and may have illegal programs uploaded to them by such interactions. This type of re-programing is also present in clandestinely hacked AIs, and may viralry infect into related cyborgs. Finally, certain cyborgs may have been hacked personally by clandestine agents.

To emag a cyborg, follow these steps:

  1. Use and Emag or ID to unlock the cover.
  2. Crowbar open the cover.
  3. Use Emag again.

This will turn control of the cyborg over the the person who emagged it and disconnect it from the AI and Cyborg Upload Console.

Note: Many people fail to emag cyborgs for a number of reasons.

  • Emags have a limited amount of charges, around 3-4 sometimes 5.
  • People usually emag without unlocking the cover, this uses 1 charge and only unlocks the panel, rather than emagging the cyborg.
  • Any more attempts to use the emag at this stage results in a message of *The cover is already unlocked.* and another charge is used on the emag. This may be done until all charges are used.
  • If people unlock the panel with their ID first, but do not open the cover, and then try to use their emag, each attempt wastes another emag charge and displays *The cover is already unlocked.*.
  • When the panel is opened, using an emag on the cyborg will sometimes display 'You fail to lock Cyborg-X's interface.' and will waste another emag charge.
  • Occasionally, the emag will fail, even with the panel open, and the cyborg will recieve a message of 'Hack attempted'.

Therefore, in most cases, people use up all their emag charges before actually being able to emag the cyborg. Be careful!

What ever the case, the cyborg is now corrupted, and all safety measures are released, with the exception of the robotics control. Do not mistake personality quirks for clandestine behavior, cyborgs are VERY EXPENSIVE MACHINES and you may be demoted or fired for destroying them without a valid reason.

Keep in mind, CentCom robotics employees may attempt to experiment with a cyborgs internal wiring, please double check before detonating any cyborg acting independently by doing routine maintenance on their electrical systems. Also keep in mind that their laws may be changed by the same process as an AI by simply using the cyborg upload located opposite the AI upload.

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