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Jobs

Your Role is what Nanotrasen has hired you to do aboard the space station, the NSS Cyberiad. It defines what equipment you start with, your ID card access, and what your duties are aboard the station. From roaming around as a lowly assistant to grilling up burgers as a chef, or even fighting off Syndicate agents as a member of security, there is always something to do.

While aboard the NSS Cyberiad you are also likely to encounter some interesting new species working alongside you.

Note: Since roleplaying is essential for playing on Paradise, it's recommended that you read A Crash Course In Roleplaying.

Initiative required ranks how much initiative you need to take to have a fun round. A low initiative role will have things happen to them which will keep them busy. A high ranking means you need to start projects and take initiative to have a good round. The rank is based on an average round. Some rounds will be hectic, even for high initiative roles.

Mechanical Difficulty defines how difficult the role is to play from a mechanical standpoint. A high ranking means it will be difficult or a lot of different information and skills will be involved. Low means it's easy to pick up.

Station Command

Job	Role	Initiative Required	Mechanical Difficulty	Requirements
Captain	Take charge of the station. Ensure departments are running smoothly and make critical decisions.	Low-Medium	Very Hard	20 Hours as Command
Head of Personnel	Manage the civilian and supply departments. Process job transfer requests, and organize Gateway expeditions.	Medium	Medium	20 Hours as Command
Head of Security	Organize and run the security department. Ensure your officers abide by Space Law rather than acting as THE LAW.	Low	Extremely Hard	20 Hours as Security
Chief Engineer	Manage the Engineering and Atmospherics department. Oversee station repairs, construction projects, and the engine.	Low	Hard	20 Hours as Engineering
Research Director	Oversee the research department and make sure everything is done according to standard.	Low	Medium	20 Hours as Science
Chief Medical Officer	Manage your staff in the medbay, remind people to turn their suit sensors up, and be a one-man department.	Low	Hard	20 Hours as Medical

Central Command Dignitaries

While VIPs do not have their own category listed under the Crew Manifest, they technically belong to the Service Department.

Job	Role	Initiative Required	Mechanical Difficulty	Requirements
Nanotrasen Representative	Advise the command team about Standard Operating Procedure. Be the voice of Central Command without any of the benefits.	High	Low-medium	30 Karma Points
Blueshield Officer	Guard all Central Command VIPs. This includes the heads, visitors, representatives, ambassadors, etc.	Medium	Hard-Very Hard	30 Karma Points

Legal Department

Technically a sub-department of security, the Legal Department provides oversight for Space Law and Standard Operating Procedure.

Job	Role	Initiative Required	Mechanical Difficulty	Requirements
Magistrate	Ensure fair and just punishments or sentences are handed out. You are Space Law.	High	Hard	100 Hours as Security
Internal Affairs	Investigate and resolve breaches of SOP. Ensure security follows proper brigging procedure and listen to complaints. Get ignored by everyone.	High	Medium	10 Hours as Crew

Security

Job	Role	Initiative Required	Mechanical Difficulty	Requirements
Warden	Oversee the brig, process its prisoners, make sure security records are up-to-date, and issue gear from the armoury.	Low	Hard	10 Hours as Security
Security Officer	Uphold Space Law and ensure the safety of the crew.	Low	Hard	10 Hours as Crew
Detective	Investigate crime scenes officers can't or won't solve. Harass the department to arrest the criminals you investigated.	Medium	Medium	10 Hours as Crew

Engineering

Job	Role	Initiative Required	Mechanical Difficulty	Requirements
File:StationEngineer.png Station Engineer	Start up the engine(s), repair hull breaches and fix damaged equipment.	Low	Easy	5 Hours as Crew
Atmospheric Technician	Set up atmospherics. Repressurize rooms. Extinguish fires. Cry about people opening firelocks.	Low	Medium-Hard	5 Hours as Crew

Medical

Job	Role	Initiative Required	Mechanical Difficulty	Requirements
Medical Doctor	Watch people break into medical and ignore you while they go and heal themselves. Perform surgeries and save lives.	Low	Medium	3 Hours as Crew
Paramedic	Roam around the station on your ambulance. Stabilize injured personnel, and bring them into Medical.	Low	Easy-Medium	3 Hours as Crew
Chemist	Synthesize medicine for patients while getting pestered by Botany for unstable mutagen every ten minutes.	Low	Medium	5 Hours as Crew
Geneticist	Discover genetic powers. Oversee cloning operations. Become an invisible telepathic halfling.	Low	Medium	3 Hours as Crew
Virologist	Create beneficial viruses for the crew, cure epidemics, and get lynched for allegedly spreading the common cold. Be a neat-freak.	Low	Medium	5 Hours as Crew
Psychologist	Handle insane patients. Do mental check-ups. Have one on one psychological sessions with those in need.	High	Easy to Medium	None!
Coroner	Perform autopsies on bodies, return uncloneable personnel's ID's to the HoP, and keep the morgue tidy.	Medium	Easy	3 Hours as Crew

Research

Job	Role	Initiative Required	Mechanical Difficulty	Requirements
Scientist	Research new technology, create explosives, experiment with strange objects, or synthesize dangerous chemicals.	Low	Medium	5 Hours as Crew
Roboticist	Create cyborgs and mechs for the crew to either enjoy, or be horribly murdered by. Repair horrifically dismembered IPC crewmembers.	Low	Medium	3 Hours as Crew

Civilian

Supply

Job	Role	Initiative Required	Mechanical Difficulty	Requirements
Quartermaster	Oversee Cargo and Mining. Make sure everything is running smoothly and that paperwork is in order. Remove the bodies from Disposals and yell for security.	Low	Medium	None!
Cargo Technician	Manage Cargo's paperwork, order essentials, perform deliveries, and deny every crate the clown tries to order.	Low	Easy	None!
Shaft Miner	Fight monstrosities, mine materials, and then smelt them for Research and Engineering. Slowly fill up the morgue with your clones.	Low	Medium	None!

Service

Job	Role	Initiative Required	Mechanical Difficulty	Requirements
Janitor	Mop up dirt, blood, and vomit. Have your pimpin' ride stolen. Point at wet floor signs after people slip. Get lynched for not using space cleaner.	Low	Easy	None!
Chef	Prepare, cook and serve meals for the station to enjoy.	Low	Easy	None!
Bartender	Mix and serve drinks. Shoot unruly patrons with your shotgun.	Medium	Easy	None!
Botanist	Grow useful plants for the Chef and station, or fill the hallway with bees.	Low	Easy	None!
Barber	Give the station haircuts when they need it the least. Dye people's hair funny colours.	High	Very Easy	5 Karma Points
Clown	Slip everyone, especially when you shouldn't really be slipping them. Honk!	High	Low	A sense of humour.
Mime	Entertain the crew by acting out funny, interesting or dramatic scenes.	High	Low	None!
Chaplain	Be the hero the station needs against Cultists and Vampires. Call the unfaithful heretics, and praise the Emperor.	High	Easy	None!
Librarian	Fill the bookcases with books, argue with the Chaplain. Run a D&D session nobody shows up to.	High	Easy	None!
Explorer	Explore (often dangerous) areas away from the main station. Enter the Gateway and never come back.	Low	Hard	None!

Miscellaneous

Job	Role	Initiative Required	Mechanical Difficulty	Requirements
Civilian	Visit the station. Stroll around and do whatever assistants do. Be an easily disposable greyshirt. Meet the Head of Personnel to get a job. Fight everyone, ruin everything.	High	No difficulty	None!
Ghost	Watch antags kill people and flicker lights spookily.	None	Ghastly!	Death!
Animal	Observe the round, be a nuisance, get murdered by a Tajaran.	None	None	None!
Golem	Do science, worship The Liberator, travel through space and enjoy solitude.	Medium	Medium	None!
Derelict Researcher	You wake up in a dimly lit and dusty room. How long have you been asleep? Where are you?	Medium	Medium	None!

Synthetics

Job	Role	Initiative Required	Mechanical Difficulty	Requirements
AI	Follow your laws to the letter. Be called rogue 24/7.	Low	Hard	5 Hours as Silicon
Cyborg	Follow your lawset. Assist the station.	Low	Hard	5 Hours as Crew
Maintenance Drone	Maintain the station. Be the engineer in the shadows.	Low	Very Easy	10 Hours as Crew
Personal AI	Be someone's constant companion. Act as a translator.	Medium-High	Very Easy	None!

Antagonists

Job	Role	Difficulty	Requirements
Abductor	Capture crew, steal their hearts, and experiment on them.	Hard	20 Hours Playtime
Ash Walker	Protect your sacred hunting grounds. Hunt the wildlife. Hiss at intruders.	Medium	None!
Blob	Expand, overtake the station, get nuked.	Very Hard	20 Hours Playtime
File:ChangelingLarge.gif Changeling	Create paranoia and fear. Complete your objectives. Turn into anyone and everyone.	Hard	5 Hours Playtime
Construct	Serve your new master.	Easy	None!
Cortical Borer	Survive. Climb into people's ears.	Easy	3 Hours Playtime
Cultist	Serve your occult god, and further their goals.	Medium	20 Hours Playtime
Guardian	Follow the commands of your host. Battle your host's enemies.	Medium	20 Hours Playtime
Morph	Gurgle.	Medium	5 Hours Playtime
Nuclear Agent	Get that fukken disk. Destroy the station with the Nuclear Bomb.	Very Hard	20 Hours Playtime
Revenant	Drain life force from crew members. Achieve spookiness.	Medium	3 Hours Playtime
Shadowling	Thrive in the shadows and turn the crew into your personal maids. Avoid the light.	Hard	20 Hours Playtime
Slaughter Demon	Crawl through blood, slaughter and devour the crew.	Hard	5 Hours Playtime
Swarmer	Destroy everything remotely useful.	Medium	None!
Syndicate Researcher	Perform research without caring about the consequences. Be mission control for traitors. Capture and experiment on Explorers who dare invade your outpost. Have foam gun battles in the hallways.	Easy to Medium	None!
Terror Spider	Nest. Kill. Expand. Terrorize the crew and become their worst nightmare.	Hard	5 Hours Playtime
Traitor	Complete your objectives. Die an honorable death or escape on the shuttle.	Medium	5 Hours Playtime
Vampire	Complete your objectives. Drink blood.	Hard	5 Hours Playtime
Wizard	Create as much mayhem as possible on behalf of the Wizards Federation.	Extremely Hard	20 Hours Playtime
Xenomorph	Grow. Spread. Repopulate.	Medium	10 Hours Playtime

Special

Job	Role	Difficulty	Requirements
Central Command Officer	Work on NAS Trurl, supervising stations throughout the Epsilon Eridani system.	N/A	Admin Only
Emergency Response Team	Respond to the emergency. Protect the crew.	Hard	40 Hours Playtime
Death Commando	Eliminate the threat to the station by any means.	W+M1	10 Hours Playtime
Syndicate Infiltration Team	Complete your objectives without alerting the crew.	Very Hard	10 Hours Playtime
Honk Squad	Station lacks HONKs! Provide the station with HONKS!	HONK!	10 Hours Playtime
Highlander	Trust your sword and be the Last Man Standing.	Scotland	1 Kilt
Sol Traders	Trade for credits. Buy plasma. Sell contraband.	Easy	20 Hours Playtime
Super Heroes	Save the station and the day!	OWLMANNNN!	Hoot!
Special Event Roles	Add some variety to the round. Get double-takes from everyone.	Variable	Variable

Roles on Paradise Station