What to do as atmos tech

[paprika]

Flood plasma

Supercool the distro and use 'i was only trying to get everyone in the holiday winter spirit' as your defense when arrested for it

[Donk Honk]

I follow the Space Ghost Coast to Coast logic when it comes to atmos
>"Hey! Break all the pipes for more good ideas!"
And just go to town on those fuckers with a wrench

[Malkevin]

Use mixers to make different burn mix ratios.
Use heat exchangers to heat the mix in canister to above flash point then disconnect the canister
Watch how it burns in canister
Compare with other canisters

Find the optimal burn mix then flood the station with it.

[Rhisereld]

Additional volume pumps: air tank output (it's at the bottom right), air loop to the hall air pumps, hall scrubbers to waste.

Remove the pump between Waste and the Freezer, place a plain pipe there, and turn the freezer on. Hopefully reduces the temperature and thus volume in the Waste loop.

Go through all the computer consoles. I usually max the output pressure of the useful gases (nitrogen, oxygen) and set it to 0 for harmful gases (plasma, N2O, CO2). I also disable the output of harmful gases. Watch people scratch their heads trying to flood the place because they almost never check the consoles.

[CocaneStyle]

Flood a very small amount of N20 into distribution, not enough to be seen only enough to make everyone start giggling.

[Ergovisavi]

Watch people scratch their heads trying to flood the place because they almost never check the consoles.

Isn't this the equivalent of roundstart plasma loop sabotage, AKA a bannable metagame offense?

[Saegrimr]

Isn't this the equivalent of roundstart plasma loop sabotage, AKA a bannable metagame offense?

Theres a fine line between incomprehensible projects, and sabotaging the AI.
I've been known to turn distro into a labyrinth of pipes for efficiency. I just PDA the AI "If you're gonna kill everybody, just keep me out of it and i'll tell you how it works."

Flood a very small amount of N20 into distribution, not enough to be seen only enough to make everyone start giggling.

Probably not worth the risk of actually flooding N20.

What else can be done to improve station's atmos system?

Install a connector port into the waste line for Chemistry/Medbay and leave a scrubber there, since "you chemists are always dropping your plasma."
Install the same thing for Toxins so they have a way to easily dump their failed cans into waste, empty their scrubbers/air pumps... Or evidence disposal whatever.
Build a containment wall with r-glass or straight up walls, RCD out the floor near the waste line or have a borg come do it, install a gas filter and a vent to pump CO2 straight out into space. Fuck cooling loops.
Or set up a cooling loop for waste, whatever.

And then halfway through setting up all of this the wizard fireballs himself and ends the round.

[Rhisereld]

Isn't this the equivalent of roundstart plasma loop sabotage, AKA a bannable metagame offense?

Roundstart plasma loop sabotage is banned because it makes it impossible for the AI to flood plasma. This does not do that.

It's basically just hitting the "off" button to deadly plasma, which anyone, even the AI, can reverse with a couple of clicks.

[MrStonedOne]

Isn't this the equivalent of roundstart plasma loop sabotage, AKA a bannable metagame offense?

Roundstart plasma loop sabotage is banned because it makes it impossible for the AI to flood plasma. This does not do that.

It's basically just hitting the "off" button to deadly plasma, which anyone, even the AI, can reverse with a couple of clicks.

Basically this. I always disable vent output on the harmful gases. with the turbine this generally doesn't include plasma as I generally have that going to the mix tank then to turbine. "We aren't using it, so the pump should be off."

[whodaloo]

Since we're talking about loop sabotage, I'd like to ask- if I'm using the mix loop to power the gas turbine, is removing the mix to distro pump metagaming? Leaving it attached is basically just willful negligence, as you're running a (usually superheated) plasma/oxygen mix one pump away from the mainline air supply.

[kosmos]

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