History VideoGame / Spacestation13

* MiniMecha: a newly implemented feature of the /tg/station server. Of the various mechs, there is a [[{{Aliens}} Power loader]] ( With [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann a drill that cannot be stopped]]), a Clown mecha, and an [[GameBreaker adminspawn-only]] [[BattleTech Marauder]].

** /tg/station ''loves'' them some shout-outs. The Head of Security is [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} A Commissar and one of the former optional cyborg skins was a techpriest]], Engineering has [[Franchise/DeadSpace RIG Suits]], The telecomms satellite has a pair of semi-unique spacesuits identical to those worn in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Xenobiology has [[{{Metroid}} baby metroids]], the Research Director has a pet debeaked [[{{Alien}} Facehugger]] named [[HalfLife Lamarr]], Robotics can build [[RoboCop Robocop Cyborgs and ED-209's]], chemistry can make [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Tricordrazine and Polytrinic acid]], The Head of Personnel has [[Anime/CowboyBebop a pet corgi named Ian]], Wizards have an optional [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Marisa]] costume, for a time the monkeys in Virology were named [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} John, Jade, Rose, and Dave]], and of the various Mecha you can build, there is a [[{{Alien}} "Ripley"-class Power Loader]] and one named the [[DungeonsAndDragons Gygax]]. While the Energy Sword is a traitor item on most servers, /tg/ were the first to implement the actual [[StarWars Lightsaber sounds]] for it.

A number of attempts have been made to remake [=SS13=] on a more suitable platform. A number of ex-developers from the Something Awful version are working on a [[http://spacestation13.com full 2D remake of the game]] on a new engine. Baystation is attempting one known as Complexion. Additionally, a 3D First-Person SpiritualSuccessor known as [[www.centration.co Centration]] is being worked on.

A number of attempts have been made to remake [=SS13=] on a more suitable platform. A number of ex-developers from the Something Awful version are working on a [[http://spacestation13.com full 2D remake of the game]] on a new engine. Baystation is attempting one known as Complexion. Additionally, a 3D First-Person SpiritualSuccessor known as ''Centration'' is being worked on.

* PollyWantsAMicrophone: One of the available pets in the /tg/ code, Poly, is the Chief Engineer's parrot. Along with spouting various engineering-related quips over the engineering channel ("OH GOD IT'S FREE CALL THE SHUTTLE"), he has a tendency to repeat whatever's said around him...

* ButtHurt: Errorage is a coder on the /tg/ branch who is blamed for absolutely anything and everything that is ill received by any community which uses the /tg/ source - most notably /vg/. Similarly, coders Poly, Darem and Noize are usually blamed whenever some code breaks out of nowhere.

*** Now even more possible, regardless of corpse, as the Alien gamemode on the Goonstation servers randomly picks a dead player to control an Alien larvae that busts out of an infected (and usually unconscious) player

* BrainInAJar: The Man-Machine Interface (MMI) on TGstation(and Bay12) essentially functions as this, you just stick a brain in one and suddenly it can talk and be inserted into an assortment of different mechanical bodies. Seeing as how AI's on TGstation are constructed with real human brains at their core, they are essentially just glorified brains in jars which serve as {{Wetware CPU}}.

*** Additionally on /tg/station the janitor now gets a cart, which to activate he needs a key, complete with [[KillBill a "Pussy Wagon" keychain]], and the station can have up to [[PheonixWright two lawyers, one with a blue suit and one with a purple one]],

Despite popular opinion and a general disregard for RP and game fluff, Space Station 13 actually has a backstory. Depending on which version you play, it is viewable on [[http://ss13.donglabs.com/index.php?title=Storyline the Goonstation wiki]], on [[http://nanotrasen.com/wiki/index.php/Backstory the /tg/Station wiki]],or on [[http://baystation12.net/wiki/index.php/NTStory1.file Bay12's wiki]].

* ReliablyUnreliableWeapons: The oxygen tank and fire extinguisher are two of the most prized items on station, because of their reliable head-breaking abilities, and their actual intended uses. Every other item that can be used as a weapon, will either knock someone unconscious in one whack, or take thirty hits to down someone.

* ShoutOut: Loads. Changeling is a not-so-subtle reference to ''Film/TheThing'', and there's an experimental (now functioning!) {{Alien}} mode which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

** In Hydroponics you might encounter [[LittleShopOfHorrors suspiciously familiar man-eating plants]], or [[AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes Killer Tomatoes]].

* {{Recycled IN SPACE}}: Space Station 13 is commonly considered to be a lot like {{Sealab 2021}} IN SPACE! [[WordOfGod The original plan for SS13 was actually an underwater research base.]]

** /tg/station ''loves'' them some shout-outs. The Head of Security is [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} A Commissar and one of the former optional cyborg skins was a techpriest]], Engineering has [[Franchise/DeadSpace RIG Suits]], The telecomms satellite has a pair of semi-unique spacesuits identical to those worn in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Xenobiology has [[{{Metroid}} baby metroids]], the Research Director has a pet debeaked [[{{Alien}} Facehugger]] named [[HalfLife Lamarr]], Robotics can build [[RoboCop Robocop Cyborgs and ED-209's]], chemistry can make [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Tricordrazine and Polytrinic acid]], The Head of Personnel has [[Anime/CowboyBebop a pet corgi named Ian]], Wizards have an optional [[{{Touhou}} Marisa]] costume, for a time the monkeys in Virology were named [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} John, Jade, Rose, and Dave]], and of the various Mecha you can build, there is a [[{{Alien}} "Ripley"-class Power Loader]] and one named the [[DungeonsAndDragons Gygax]]. While the Energy Sword is a traitor item on most servers, /tg/ were the first to implement the actual [[StarWars Lightsaber sounds]] for it.

->''"It's like playing an episode of {{Sealab|2021}} [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on acid.]]"''\\
--Angry Diplomat, on the Website/SomethingAwful version

** [[SegaRally GAME OVER YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH]]

A number of attempts have been made to remake [=SS13=] on a more suitable platform. A number of ex-developers from the Something Awful version are working on a [[http://spacestation13.com full 2D remake of the game]] on a new engine. Baystation is attempting one known as Complexion.

** The Head Surgeon's completely black attire is a (perhaps completely unintentional) shout-out to MondoMedicals.

--Angry Diplomat, on the SomethingAwful version

One of the most pervasive and popular {{Role Playing Game}}s on the {{BYOND}} platform, largely in part to ''SomethingAwful'' users who play it. A number of different servers run the game, including the Goonservers, Bay12, Facepunch, and others - be warned your play experience may differ vastly between each of these!

** Really, this trope as kind of a given, as there are many, many ways to accidentally give the AI a free license to [[KillEmAll kill everyone on the station]], and considering the playerbase's [[InvokedTrope fondness]] for using the names of famous psychotic AIs like [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]], [[SystemShock SHODAN]] or [[ASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]], the average AI player is entirely willing to do so.

* MiniMecha: a newly implemented feature of the /tg/station server. Of the various mechs, there is a [[{{Aliens}} Power loader]] ( With [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann a drill that cannot be stopped]]), a Clown mecha, and an [[GameBreaker adminspawn-only]] [[BattleTech Marauder]].

** And for Bay12, although not very similar, it can be considered DwarfFortress IN SPACE!

** /tg/station ''loves'' them some shout-outs. The Head of Security is [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} A Commissar and one of the former optional cyborg skins was a techpriest]], Engineering has [[Franchise/DeadSpace RIG Suits]], The telecomms satellite has a pair of semi-unique spacesuits identical to those worn in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Xenobiology has [[{{Metroid}} baby metroids]], the Research Director has a pet debeaked [[{{Alien}} Facehugger]] named [[HalfLife Lamarr]], Robotics can build [[RoboCop Robocop Cyborgs and ED-209's]], chemistry can make [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Tricordrazine and Polytrinic acid]], The Head of Personnel has [[CowboyBebop a pet corgi named Ian]], Wizards have an optional [[{{Touhou}} Marisa]] costume, for a time the monkeys in Virology were named [[{{Homestuck}} John, Jade, Rose, and Dave]], and of the various Mecha you can build, there is a [[{{Alien}} "Ripley"-class Power Loader]] and one named the [[DungeonsAndDragons Gygax]]. While the Energy Sword is a traitor item on most servers, /tg/ were the first to implement the actual [[StarWars Lightsaber sounds]] for it.

** Averted for Bay12 in much the same way as DwarfFortress.

You are one of many people aboard Space Station 13: one of many Space Stations deployed by the [=NanoTrasen=] corporation and kept in line by the rather vaguely defined Central Command (frequently [[WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture Wikiworded]] as [=CentCom=]) unit. Various problems occur on or around the station, which are vaguely hinted at by unreliable and classified communications. The incompetent, paranoid, self-serving and just plain sociopathic members of Space Station 13 then have to attempt to do their jobs and survive as the situation unfolds around them - but they usually just start killing each other until they evacuate. The modes differ greatly between servers, but the usual premise is that someone aboard the station is a traitor of some description, be it a spy, alien in disguise, or a space wizard.

*** the /tg server allows botonists to create plant based clones of players using only a syringe of their blood and a type of seeds. This ability is often ignored but can lead to some unexpected revivals.

* BrainInAJar: The Man-Machine Interface (MMI) on TGstation(and Bay12) essentially functions as this, you just stick a brain in one and suddenly it can talk and be inserted into an assortment of different mechanical bodies. Seeing as how AI's on TGstation are constructed with real human brains at their core, they are essentially just glorified brains in jars which serve as {{Wetware CPU}}.

*** Though the opposite can also happen, at least in /tg server. When assistants reach critical mass they sometimes decide to gang together and attempt to raid security all while shouting (and often stammering) about assistant superiority. This is known as a Grey Tide.

* ForScience: One of the most successful excuses for griefing, particularly if it's related to your job description.

* GodIsEvil: As a normal player, you are at the whims of the Admins, who have complete control over the entire station and things that don't even naturally occur. Things that happen when they get bored include turning any game into a Highlander-like competition where everyone is Wizard, giving the Clown an inexhaustible supply of its special battle-mech, and [[LethalJokeCharacter empowering the Cluwne with all superpowers, near invincibility, Gremlin allies, support from all natural and unnatural disasters, and constantly bringing it back from the dead]], [[{{Warhammer40k}} Chaos God]] style.

** Floor Tiles are not commonly used but can be extremely effective when thrown. Their power is further emphasized by the fact that they are stackable and are literally everywhere on the station if only the player has the willpower to collect them.

* NegativeSpaceWedgie: Quite a few of them. Ion Storms mess with the AI, Space-Time Anomalies flood the station with wormholes, Black Holes suddenly manifest in a random place and tear out a huge chunk of the station, and Plasma Storms blow everything up.

** And for Bay12, although not very similar, it can be considered {{Dwarf Fortress}} IN SPACE!

** /tg/station ''loves'' them some shout-outs. The Head of Security is [[{{Warhammer40000}} A Commissar and one of the former optional cyborg skins was a techpriest]], Engineering has [[Franchise/DeadSpace RIG Suits]], The telecomms satellite has a pair of semi-unique spacesuits identical to those worn in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Xenobiology has [[{{Metroid}} baby metroids]], the Research Director has a pet debeaked [[{{Alien}} Facehugger]] named [[HalfLife Lamarr]], Robotics can build [[RoboCop Robocop Cyborgs and ED-209's]], chemistry can make [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Tricordrazine and Polytrinic acid]], The Head of Personnel has [[CowboyBebop a pet corgi named Ian]], Wizards have an optional [[{{Touhou}} Marisa]] costume, for a time the monkeys in Virology were named [[{{Homestuck}} John, Jade, Rose, and Dave]], and of the various Mecha you can build, there is a [[{{Alien}} "Ripley"-class Power Loader]] and one named the [[DungeonsAndDragons Gygax]]. While the Energy Sword is a traitor item on most servers, /tg/ were the first to implement the actual [[StarWars Lightsaber sounds]] for it.

** Averted for Bay12 in much the same way as {{Dwarf Fortress}}.

** Plenty of the 'best' weapons on the station are relatively common tools that can be made in the hundreds from a stack of sheet metal. Rods, toolboxes, fire extinguishers, oxygen tanks (almost standard issue in case of your wing suffering from sudden decompression,) and welding tools are excellent at bringing down fellow crew members.

* BackFromTheDead: Difficult, but possible. Dead players can have their body brought back to life via Genetics, or via conversion into a cyborg. Elsewise, dead players must sit the remainder of the round out as a spectating ghost.
** It's been made easier, so DeathIsCheap as long as someone cares to recover your body intact.
** [[LudicrousGibs Assuming you died in a way that still leaves you a body.]]