TGMC:Marine Quickstart Guide

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Welcome!

You've decided to become the hero the corps need, good choice! This quickstart guide should get you started in no time. But as with any server, it's important you get yourself familiar with the Rules first. We are a Medium Roleplay server, meaning that you should at least try and behave like a marine. That doesn't mean you have to go full "Yes sir", just avoid Low RP shenanigans and excessive memes. While our rules are pretty lenient, that doesn't mean your actions won't have IC (In Character) consequences. Stealing or refusing to listen to orders is against the Marine Law and might get the Military Police after you.

Setting up

Before you jump into the action, we recommend that you also set up your character. Believe us when we say it will be more fun for you and everyone else in the long term.

• Are your standard, basic character options. Choose a name according to our naming policy and how you want to look.
• If you want to play marine, we recommend you turn these options to No. Survivor is a very challenging role and you can always become a xenomorph later after you die, using the Join As Larva option.

You may also take a look at the marine role preferences list, but if this is your first game we recommend that you go as the standard Squad Marine. They are the necessary backbone of any military operation and thanks to our modified skill system, also extremely versatile.

Character Setup

1. Character Selection

   You have 10 character slots. Each one can be customized however you want. By default, you begin with the first character slot. Each slot preserves their own settings, which include names, appearance, preferred roles, and xeno preferences. What is not unique to each slot is keybindings.

2. Roles and Keybindings

   Here you can choose what roles you want when joining as a marine before a round begins. Recommend to leave Squad Marine as "Yes" for learning purposes.

   Keybindings are what their name suggests. You can bind many keys to different functions. Recommended to leave these default for your first round and customize them alter. If you have macros enabled, be sure to check the list in case any overlap. Macros and keybindings do not conflict with each other, but they do work at the same time. Keep that in mind in case you have something macro'ed but you toggle running/walking whenever you press 5, for example.

3. Identity

   This is where you name your marine. You can also have alternative names for synths, AI, and xenomorph characters, if you use this character slot for either roles as well.

4. Body

   Your character's biological info and appearance. Age is merely a number, in this case. Gender and body type display info to people when they examine you, but otherwise have no bearing on gameplay. Ethnicity is your character's skin tone. Eyesight determines whether or not you need eyeglasses. Recommended it be left to "Yes".

5. Occupation Choices

   These are your choices regarding xenomorph roles. Set "Xenomorph: Yes" if you want to be a xenomorph when a round begins. "Xenomoprh when unrevivable" determines if you want to be a xenomorph when your body (as a marine) is beyond resuscitation. "Xeno Queen" determines your eligibility for becoming a queen. Highly recommend to leave "No". Same for survivor, as state above. "Prefer Squad over Role" will put the squad of your choice as priority over the role of your choice. Maybe you just really like being in alpha squad?

   End of Round Deathmatch (referred to as EORD) is a playground you are teleported to after a round is over to have a free-for-all style battle until the server restarts.

6. Marine Gear

   Clothing you want to start out when you spawn into a round. Selection is limited to sunglasses, types of shirts, berets, etc.

7. Background Information

   Completely fluff. Can be ignored.

Waking up from Cryosleep

So, you finally woke up. You will be almost naked, hungry and most likely confused, but worry not, the engineers counted on that when designing the ship.

Unless you picked a preferred squad in your preferences, you will be assigned randomly. Take a look at the chat panel to your right, your squad assignment along with the flavor text should be there.

As you can see, there are four colored lines to guide you, although some ship maps have the prep area directly attached to the cryo bay. In this example, we've been assigned to the bravo squad. That means we follow the yellow line north, should there be one present. It's important to make a stop at the canteen for some breakfast, because hungry marines move slower. Stop by one of the food vendors, click on it and dispense your preferred dish. Pick it up by clicking on it, then click on yourself to take a bite. It might take several of these to fill you up, you've been in cryosleep for a good while. A good rule of thumb is that one prepared meal will add one "level" of food.

Your hunger is indicated by this little icon to your right: It has four stages in total, from almost starving to full: Orange (Starving), Yellow (Hungry), None (Full), Grey (Overweight).

Gearing up

After you had your chow, head into your squad preparations room and enter one of the cubicles. Use the GHMME equipment closet by clicking on it. There are also separate rooms for other squad roles. Dispense everything that is marked white, those are the mandatory items. For a squad marine, that just means the Standard kit. After dispensing it, click on each piece and either hit E to equip it to the correct slot, or click on the correct slots in the bottom left yourself.

You may notice there's also a lot more choices for the rest of your equipment. If you are just starting out, the recommended things shown in orange work out just fine. There are some things to note though. The webbing or the vest go onto your uniform. Click on the uniform with it in your hand to attach it, you may then click on your uniform to access the storage space provided there. The attachments go onto your gun, which we will get in the next step. Keep them in your satchel for now.

Across from your uniform vendor, inside your cubicle, there should be a weapons vendor. You may notice there's quite a large variety. We will go with the most basic setup. Dispense one T-12 Assault rifle and pick it up. Then, dispense six T-12 magazines. Pick one up with your other hand, click on your rifle to load it. Then, click the toggle firemode button in the top-right to switch the rifle firing mode until you switch the rifle to automatic firing mode, which allows you to hold down your mouse to fire. After that, equip your rifle with E or click on your suit storage slot. Put the rest of your magazines into your ammo belt. After that, dispense a M5 'Night Raider' Survival Knife and click on your boots to slide it in. It is an excellent tool that can clear weeds or serve as a weapon if you lose your main gun. Now is the time for adding attachments onto your gun. The Assault rifle has 4 slots in total: Rail, Muzzle, Underbarrel and Stock. However, the barrel and stock come pre-attached, and cannot be removed. Attaching something is the same as reloading your rifle: Rifle in one hand, attachment in the other, click the rifle with the attachment. After you're done, you might also want to grab a few flare packs and put them into your satchel. Flares serve an important role, giving you intel and may prevent you from walking into an ambush. Always flare a room first before pushing into it with your squad. You may notice a requisitions area, which is where you can get more attachments and advanced gear such as grenades. Since your basic setup is complete for now, you can ignore this area

After this, you are almost ready to rumble! Depending on the command structure, there might be a briefing being held in the large briefing room. Find the section corresponding with your squad color and take a seat (drag yourself onto it to buckle, click the seat or click the resist button on the bottom right to unbuckle), wait for the commanding officer to give your squad your mission objectives. That may range from building a Forward Operating Base (FOB), setting up power, scouting, or being a dedicated strike team. Always refer to your squad leader or the highest ranking member for more immediate orders and stick with them at all times unless ordered otherwise (Follow the arrow in the middle of your screen to find them).

Afterwards, you should head west through the hallway into the hangar. There will a beige dropship, the Alamo. Board the ship, find a seat and buckle in. The PO or a squad leader should launch once most people are inside. The flight shouldn't take long, you may use this time to talk with your squad and other marines. Press T and use ; to talk on your squad channel and :h or .h to talk on the general channel that everyone has access to.

Battle

When there's an enemy nearby or you hear shots or other signs of potential hostile activity, take your rifle out of your armor slot by clicking on it. When you want to shoot, always make sure to wield it by hitting Z with it in your active hand, then click somewhere to shoot. Never fire a weapon one-handed, as it casues a lot of recoil. Always stay near your allies so that they may help you out when you get in a pinch.

Firing lanes

It is very important to move in one line with your fellow marines and fire in a way where you won't hit your squadmates. It is better to miss a shot than to hit a friendly marine. Medics are a rarity, always let the people in the front shoot, don't try and move through them. Staying on grab intent (The red one, hit 4 to use it) during a firefight is vital. Otherwise, if you walk into someone who is also shooting with help intent, you will swap positions and get hit.

Stamina

You may have noticed that you have been walking this time. If you hold down Alt, you will begin to run. Running makes you move faster at the expense of some stamina and melee accuracy (but you shouldn't be in melee as a Standard Marine anyway). Some attacks also do stamina damage, and if it reaches a sufficiently low level you get knocked over. Your current stamina can be seen by this lightning bolt . When it is emptied, it will look like this and shortly becoming a lightning bolt that is darker blue, with a 100% text, indicating your fatigue. Taking further damage will turn the lightning bolt orange and then red when completely empty. You will have to wait to recover from fatigue before your stamina portion starts regenerating.

Light

You may have noticed there's a button in the upper left of your screen. Click it to turn your armor light on. It is vital to keep the light on at all times, so you can see the environment and marines can see you. It is easy to get spooked by a marine in the dark and accidents may happen.

Overcoming obstacles

If there's a wooden barricade, use your knife to destroy it. If it's a plasteel one, click on it with an empty hand to flip it open, walk through and flip it closed. It is vital that you always close the barricade after you move through it to prevent enemies from easily passing it.

If you see a table or a window frame, click your character and drag it onto the obstacle, or click on the obstacle with an empty hand. This should allow you to climb through after a short animation.

Question?

If you are lost or have a question, feel free to use the MentorPM under the admins tab in the top right to ask experienced players a question. They'll be happy to help! Alternatively you can also use OOC or LOOC chats to ask about something, although you should keep in mind to not give away information about the current ongoing round.

I wanna be more Important!

Woah there cowboy! If you want to try a different marine role you can try the Smartgunner for extra firepower, or you could alternatively try out the Ship Technician as a non-combat shipside role.

TGMC Roles
	TerraGov Marines Ranks	Command	Captain, Field Commander, Staff Officer, Pilot Officer, Transport Officer, Mech Pilot
		Vehicle Crew	Assault Crewman, Transport Crewman
		Engineering and Supply	Chief Ship Engineer, Requisitions Officer, Ship Technician
		Medical	Chief Medical Officer, Medical Doctor, Researcher
		Marines	Squad Leader, Squad Smartgunner, Squad Engineer, Squad Corpsman, Squad Marine
		Civilians	Corporate Liaison
		Silicon	Combat robots, Synthetic, AI
	Xenomorphs Playtime	Tier 0	Larva, Minions
		Tier 1	Drone, Runner, Defender, Sentinel
		Tier 2	Hivelord, Carrier, Hunter, Wraith, Bull, Warrior, Puppeteer, Spitter, Pyrogen
		Tier 3	Gorger, Defiler, Widow, Ravager, Warlock, Behemoth, Crusher, Praetorian, Boiler
		Tier 4	Shrike, Queen, King, Hivemind
	Others		Zombie, Emergency Response Teams, Sons of Mars, Survivor