Cult
Последователь Нар`Си
Доступ: Куда сможешь залезть.
Дополнительный Доступ: Где имеется руна телепортации
Начальство: Нар`Си, Мастер Культа
Обязанности: Принести в жертву требуемого Нар`Си члена экипажа.
Руководства: Это гайд
Сложность: Средняя
Цитата: С ' Н ' К ПР ' СН ' С ' Т ' ' Б ' СР ' ЛС '
"Самая древняя и сильная эмоция человечества - это страх, а самый древний и сильный вид страха - страх перед неизвестным."
Даже в далеком будущем некоторые вещи никогда не будут до конца поняты. Есть вещи, которые скрываются во тьме космоса, невыразимые ужасы древней силы, которые хотят разрушить вселенную и сформировать ее по своему образу и подобию. Они тянутся из пустоты и обращают умы смертных мужчин и женщин в свою пользу в надежде, что однажды они снова окажутся на этом плане существования.
К несчастью для станции, похоже, что НТ случайно расположило станцию рядом с необнаружимой слабой точкой во времени и пространстве. Упс. Кто бы мог подумать?
Начало новой Эры
Геометр Крови, Нар-Си, отправилм несколько своих последователей на Космическую станцию 13. Как культист, вы имеете в своем распоряжении обилие культовой магии, что-то для всех ситуаций. Вы должны работать со своими братьями, чтобы вызвать ваше Божество!
В начале Культового раунда на станцию прибудут несколько культистов. Когда вы будете появляться, вы найдете ритуальный кинжал и 10 рунных металлов в своей сумке. Кинжал необходим для рисования рун, в то время как рунный металл используется для создания ценных структур; дополнительный рунный металл может быть создан с помощью способности "Скрученной конструкции" на пластали.
Культ преследует две основные цели. Первый-использовать руну подношения, чтобы принести определенную цель в жертву Нарси. Цель показана всем культистам, и часто это высокопоставленный член экипажа или офицер службы безопасности. После того, как цель была принесена в жертву, Нар'Си можно вызвать в одном из трех заранее определенных мест на станции, используя 9 культистов и/или конструкций и после 45-секундного процесса рисования рун. Если Нар`Cи будет вызван, Культ победит!
Быстрый гайд по Культисту
Вы никогда раньше не играли в качестве культиста и не чувствовали себя ниспровергнутым или начинающим? Вот краткое руководство по наиболее важным аспектам:
Вы никогда раньше не играли в качестве культиста и не чувствовали себя ниспровергнутым или начинающим? Вот краткое руководство по наиболее важным аспектам:
- Общение: Самое первое, что нужно сделать, это найти место, где вы можете побыть наедине и поговорить со своими собратьями-культистами, используя свои способности к общине. Общение передает сообщения всем другим культистам, но любой находящийся поблизости экипаж может видеть и слышать, как вы шепчетесь, потенциально раскрывая свой культ. Поговорите со своими союзниками, выясните, где все остальные работают и имеют доступ, сформулируйте план и при необходимости обратитесь за советом к старшим культистам.
- Магия крови: Нажав на значок Магии крови, вы можете подготовить до одного заклинания из множества магий крови. Подготовка заклинания занимает несколько секунд и оставляет брызги крови на полу, поэтому сделайте это где-нибудь, где никто не смотрит. Как только вы подготовите заклинание, нажмите на его значок, чтобы "положить его в руку", и нажмите на цель с ним, чтобы использовать его. Начнем с того, что наиболее важными заклинаниями, как правило, являются Оглушение и Телепортация.
- Основы культа: Используя свой Ритуальный кинжал, вы можете создавать руны у своих ног. Чтобы создать стартовую культовую базу, найдите уединенное и безопасное место, чтобы начать размещать руны. Самая важная руна-это руна Телепорта, которая позволяет любому культисту переместиться к ней, используя заклинание магии крови Телепорта или нажав на другую руну. Общайтесь, как только у вас будет руна Телепорта в безопасном месте, чтобы другие могли присоединиться к вам. Убедитесь, что никакие некультисты не найдут ваши руны!
- Руны: После этого поместите руну Усиления; стоя на ней, вы можете одновременно подготовить четыре заклинания магии крови. Наконец, руна подношения позволяет вам конвертировать других в ваше дело, перетаскивая их на нее и щелкая по ней пустой рукой. Подношение требует, чтобы два культиста и/или конструкта стояли рядом с руной, поэтому убедитесь, что с вами есть друг, который поможет вам. Есть и другие руны, но Телепортация, Наделение Силой и Подношение - самые важные.
- Конверсии: Как только у вас будет база, вы можете начать культировать, обращать в культ персонал. Стоя на руне Силы, приготовьте Оглушение, Теневые Кандалы и два других заклинания; помните, что вы можете подготовить несколько Оглушений одновременно. Найдите члена экипажа, оглушите его, затащите в укромное место, закуйте в кандалы, снимите гарнитуру, если база находится слишком далеко, то начертите руну телепорта и телепортируйте жертву на базу, сотрите руну, а сами телепортируйтесь на базу заклинанием, затем перетащите их обратно на нее, поместите их на руну Подношения и используйте ее с другим Культистом, или встаньте и активируйте руну Духа рядом с ней и выберите "призыв призрака-Культиста, так, вы сможете конвертировать в одиночку. Конечно, если у вас есть средства похищать людей без магии крови, не стесняйтесь использовать мирские методы. Если у них нет импланта защиты разума, они станут культистами; если они имплантированы, как СБ или некоторые Главы, они порвуться как хохлы и оставят после себя камень души, для таких жертвоприношений надо ТРИ Культиста. Любой исход хорош для вас.
- Структуры: С помощью Рунного металла (получите больше, используя Скрученную строительную магию крови на пластали), вы можете построить одно из четырех сооружений: пилоны, алтари, архивы и кузницы. Каждый культист начинает с достаточного количества металла, чтобы построить 3 из 4 вариантов, поэтому, как только у вас будет основная база, убедитесь, что кто-то построил хотя бы один из них, за исключением пилонов; пилоны лечат только культистов, но остальные три позволяют вам создавать полезные предметы, оружие и инструменты. Не создавайте элементы, если они вам не нужны; как только любой элемент будет создан, эта структура будет восстановлена на 4 минуты. Если у вас есть металл, строительство кратных каждой конструкции - неплохая идея.
- Конструкты: Когда вы приносите в жертву имплантированного члена экипажа на руне Предложения, они оставляют после себя осколок камня души. Создайте оболочку конструкта на алтаре, и вы можете поместить в нее камень души, чтобы превратить душу внутри в конструкцию. Конструкции бывают трех типов: утилитарные Ремесленники, танковые Джаггернауты и подлые призраки-убийцы. Первый, кого вы создадите, почти всегда должен быть Искусником, так как они могут создавать больше камней души и раковин. Если камень души пуст, используя его на трупе, вы попытаетесь поместить душу трупа в осколок, и вы можете освободить душу как гораздо менее полезную Тень, щелкнув по ней в руке.
- Громко: Если ваши культисты не являются (не)божественными талантливыми и удачливыми, вы в конечном итоге будете пойманы. Либо кто-то ошибется, кто-то найдет вашу базу, либо ваш культ станет настолько мощным, что его невозможно будет скрыть (красные глаза, затем темный ореол). Как только вы узнаете, что джиг закончился, начните играть более агрессивно; разместите дополнительные руны телепортации и мини-базы вокруг станции на случай, если ваше основное убежище подвергнется нападению, сделайте больше движений силы, чтобы преобразовать или убить членов экипажа, и найдите какой-нибудь способ убить или подорвать ИИ, если это не было сделано.
- Вызов Нарси: Первый шаг к фактическому вызову вашего темного бога-это предложить ей желаемую цель, случайно выбранную в начале раунда и показанную в правом верхнем углу экрана. Используйте командную работу и сотрудничество, чтобы уничтожить их, перетащить на свою базу и принести в жертву. После того, как они были предложены, их значок заменяется списком из трех мест, где можно вызвать Нарси. Отправляйтесь туда, укрепите место, в идеале попросите вашего Мастера Культа использовать Окончательный расчет, чтобы привести весь культ к месту призыва, и начните рисовать последнюю руну. Рисование руны Нарси требует области 3х3, занимает 45 секунд, окружает ящик силовыми полями и сообщает всей станции, где это происходит, так что сделайте свой последний бой против того, что осталось от экипажа! Если вы сможете продержаться достаточно долго, чтобы закончить руну, попросите 9 культистов и/или конструктов встать на нее (используйте кнопку "отдых", чтобы лечь и освободить больше места), нажмите на нее пустой рукой, и Нарси будет вызвана, давая вашему культу победу!
Мастер культа и Ты 
Мастер Культа - лидер вашего культа, главная движущая сила, стоящая за вашей целью призвать Нар-Си. Мастер культа имеет доступ к широкому спектру способностей, чтобы помочь культу в достижении его целей. Убедитесь, что вы защищаете и служите ему/ей любой ценой, так как они являются ключом к успеху культа!
ВАЖНО: Мастер Культа-единственный, кто способен использовать Окончательный Расчет, одноразовую, чрезвычайно мощную способность, подходящую для завершения раунда. Настоятельно рекомендуется не выбирать Мастера Культа до тех пор, пока культ не будет создан; на самом деле, многие культы предпочитают не выбирать лидера, пока они не будут готовы призвать Нарси.
Being The Master of Wrist Cutting
So, you asserted your leadership and won the vote of the cult. Congratulations on your promotion to Cult Master! I hope you know what you are doing. If you have experience playing as a department head this shouldn't be too different, minus the killing and summoning elder gods part.
To summon Nar-Sie, you are going to need to keep organized and grow your numbers as much as possible while remaining hidden. As the Cult Master, your Commune power is enhanced, making all of your messages large and bolded just like when you use a megaphone. This will assist greatly in organizing the cult, as the other cultists will be able to easily see your messages among the common radio rabble.
Here is a quick reference guide on what you should be doing as the Cult Master:
- Determine a hidden, easily defendable location for your cultists to congregate. They will need a place to create runes and structures to assist the cult.
- Beat back and silence any potential intruders to your hideout.
- Stay back and relay information and orders with use of the Spirit Realm rune, and let your goons handle the dirty work. Make sure to have a Medbot, Pylon or some other source of healing nearby so you don't drain your life completely.
- Staying at the base helps you reach the two-cultist requirement you need to convert someone. When a fellow cultist manages to snag and send back an unconverted crewmember, you will be there to bring them into the cult.
- While around your base, it is recommended to create items from the Altars and Forges to have a fresh supply of equipment ready when everyone needs it at once. Nobody likes waiting around the Forge because someone made a single set of armor and ran off.
- Lead your brethren into battle when the time comes to face the crew head on!
- Use your unique powers to move things around, target foes for your fellow cultists and use the Final Reckoning when you are ready to summon Nar-sie herself!
In the end, you call the shots. Your cult doesn't have to be run like this; experiment and find what works and doesn't! Even if you lose (odds are you will lose... a lot), you'll be better prepared for the next time the Cult of Nar-sie needs a leader.
Cult Master Powers
As the Cult Master, you have access to a handful of powerful and versatile occult powers to assist you and the rest of the cult. These powers can be accessed from the HUD on the top left. The powers are as follows:
| Name | Description | Cooldown | |
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Final Reckoning | A single-use spell that brings the entire cult to the master's location. You cannot use this spell in an area where Nar'Sie can be summoned. Still useful for when it's time to summon Nar-Sie and you need the whole cult nearby to help defend and invoke. Please note that this is a one-use ability. If you use it at the wrong time you can't try again. | One Use |
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Mark Target | Marks a designated player target that you select with your cursor for the cult to be marked as top-priority for 90 seconds. Successfully marking a person sends a message to the entire cult, giving the name and location of the target. Useful for calling your entire cult to attack a specific target.
After using this ability, it goes on a 120-second cooldown. |
120 Seconds |
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Eldritch Pulse | Seize upon a fellow cultist or cult structure and send it through time and space to a nearby location on your screen. A very versatile ability with many potential applications. Teleport a cultist into the armory! Teleport cultists into inaccessible areas! Teleport cultists and structures away from harm! Teleport cultists behind a security raid to flank them! Limitless potential!
After using this ability, it goes on a 15-second cooldown. |
15 Seconds |
The Ritual Dagger 
Your dagger is your most important tool and has several functions:
- You can draw runes with it.
- Hitting a cultist with it removes Holy Water from them.
- Hitting a non-cultist with it will result in you stabbing them (huh), dealing 15 armor-piercing brute damage.
- Hitting runes with it removes them.
- Hitting cult structure with it will unanchor and anchor them, allowing you to move them around.
- Hitting a runed girder with it will disassemble the girder.
- Has 25% chance to block melee attacks.
If you're in a position that would usually wander the halls, try to seek out your fellow cultists in person. If not, check in with your brothers using your Commune verb, but do this in private, to prevent people from hearing your whispers. A lot of jobs have access to isolated areas of the station that are great for this, and there's also space. Remember, if you get caught, you endanger the entire cult.
Blood Spells 
Blood Spells are limited-use blood magic spells that dissipate after they're spent, and they're your bread and butter when fighting the crew. Blood Spells can be created at any time via an action button that appears below your character. However, blood spells created without an Empowering Rune will take longer, cause significant blood loss, and will cap your spell count at a measly one. Using an Empowering Rune circumvents this issue and allow you to acquire up to 4 spells. You can use an Empowering Rune to remove these spells as well to free up room for others if need be.
A good tip is to make sure to try and have a stun spell and a teleport spell with you to escape risky situations. This will leave only two other options for spells though, so carefully choose what you think might help best for a particular situation.
How to use and unequip blood spells
After carving a spell into your flesh you get an action button on your hud. Click it and that spell will be equipped to your hand, like an item. Then you either activate it in your hand and/or use it on a target, depending on which spell you've chosen. To unequip the spell, press Q (works on /tg/ since Aug 2019) or click the same action button again. This will save the spell for later.
List of Available Spells
| Name | Description | Health Cost/No. of Charges |
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| Stun | A potent spell that will stun and mute victims. Simple, clean, and quite effective for a plethora of situations. Paralyzes for for 16 seconds, mutes for 12 seconds and cult-slurs speech for 30 seconds (from the stun moment). If used on a cyborg it stuns it as if hit by a heavy EMP.
While slurring cult-speak, victims will speak in a disturbing, incomprehensible way. This is usually a dead giveaway that a Cult is onboard when shouted over the radio (unless the Bartender has been handing out way too many Narsours). |
1 charge, 10 HP |
| Teleport | A useful spell that teleports cultists to a chosen destination with a teleport rune on contact. You can teleport other cultists or yourself if need be. | 1 charge, 7 HP |
| Electromagnetic Pulse | A large spell that allows a user to channel dark energy into an EMP (range 5), causing all electronics in the area to malfunction or be disabled. | 1 charge, 10 HP |
| Shadow Shackles | A stealthy spell that will summon shadowy handcuffs on a person, and temporarily silence your victim for 10 seconds. Used for keeping crew restrained until they can be converted. The restraints will diseappear if the victim is converted. | 4 Charges |
| Twisted Construction | A sinister spell used to convert:
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1 Charge, 12 HP |
| Summon Ritual Dagger | Enables you to summon a ritual dagger used to draw runes, in case you lost yours or forgot to pick it up from the floor when you got converted. Activate the spell and then click yourself. | 1 Charge |
| Summon Combat Equipment | A crucial spell that enables you to summon a full set of combat gear including a black jumpsuit, armored robes, a cultist hood, cultist boots, a trophy rack, a Nar'Sien bola, and a spare ritual dagger. Activate the spell and then click yourself. If you are already wearing items in those slots you will only summon the dagger and bola. | 1 Charge |
| Hallucinations | A ranged yet stealthy spell that will break the mind of the victim with nightmarish hallucinations.
In practice its useless af. |
4 Charges |
| Conceal Presence | A multi-function spell that alternates between hiding and revealing nearby runes and cult structures. You can still teleport to concealed teleport runes and prepare blood magic on concealed empower runes. Will make runed airlocks look like basic maintenance airlocks but only cultists will have access. Has a range of 5 tiles. It can trick even the better of the crew into thinking there is nothing in your base. | 10 Charges |
| Blood Rites | A unique multi-function spell that allows you to gather blood from the floor, or from live victims (50 per drain). Then, you can expend the blood to heal yourself or others.
Or, you can use the spell in hand to perform a handful of powerful offensive magic attacks:
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5 Charges |
Runes
The Ritual Dagger allows you to scribe any of these runes, using Scribe Rune. Simply pick the rune you want, and wait until completion. Scribing a rune deals minor damage, since you need to cut your wrists to get the necessary blood. Activate a rune by clicking on it.
| Name | Description | Invokers Required | Phrase | Rune |
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| Offering Rune | Instantly converts a normal crewmember on top of it to the cult, healing them for 75% of their brute and burn damage, and spawning a ritual dagger when two cultists stand around the rune. Mindshield-implanted crew cannot be converted, only sacrificed, and need 3 cultists to stand around the rune (but constructs are no less dangerous than humans). - therefore it is recommended that you quickly finish off security victims before their radio or suit sensors can give you away!
If the target is dead, ineligible for conversion or is the required sacrifice target, they'll be sacrificed instead, gibbing them and creating a Soulstone Shard |
1 to sacrifice dead targets, 2 to convert, 3 to sacrifice the objective or living targets | Mah'weyh pleggh at e'ntrath! | 
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| Empowering Rune | Allows cultists to prepare greater amounts of blood magic at far less of a cost. While standing on an empowering rune, the spell count is capped at 4 instead of 1. Additionally, preparing blood magic takes far less time, and you don't lose as much blood while doing it. | 1 | H'drak v'loso, mir'kanas verbot! | 
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| Teleport Rune | This rune warps everything above it to another teleport rune when used. Creating a teleport rune will allow you to set a tag for it. Warning: Teleporting from Lavaland or Space will make the destination rune glow brightly and open a rift in reality that may not only reveal the rune, but the location of your main base as well, choose your rune locations wisely! |
1 | Sas'so c'arta forbici! | 
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| Revive Rune | Whenever someone is sacrificed on a Convert rune, they add one (global) charge to this rune. Placing a cultist corpse on the rune and activating it will bring them back to life, expending a hefty three charges in the process. It starts with one freebie revival, so use it sparingly.
Catatonic(disconnected/ghosted) cultists can be reawakened with a new soul by putting them on the Revive rune and activating it. This method of revival does not consume any charges. |
1 | Pasnar val'keriam usinar. Savrae ines amutan. Yam'toth remium il'tarat! | 
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| Barrier Rune | When invoked, makes a 5-minute invisible wall to block passage. Can be invoked again to reverse this. Costs 2 brute both to invoke and to deactivate. Has 100 health and the rune is destroyed if the barrier is destroyed. | 1 | Khari'd! Eske'te tannin! | 
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| Summoning Rune | This rune allows you to instantly summon any living cultist to the rune, consuming it afterward. This rune will only work on the station, but can grab cultists from almost any location! Does not work on restrained cultists who are buckled or being pulled. | 2 | N'ath reth sh'yro eth d'rekkathnor! | 
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| Blood Boil Rune | When invoked, it saps some health from the invokers to send three damaging pulses to any non-cultist who can see the rune, causing 25/50/75 damage split evenly between brute and burn. When the effect is over the rune will briefly set fire to anything over it.
Some species, such as golems, do not have blood, and thus are immune to this rune. People with magic immunity will be unaffected. |
3 | Dedo ol'btoh! | 
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| Rune of the Spirit Realm | This rune gives you two powerful options: (1) To manifest ghosts as semitransparent homunculi, which are effectively weak, humanoid cultists with no self preservation instinct. To sustain these homunculi, you must remain on the rune, and each homunculi you have summoned will deal brute damage over time. This option is only available on the space station itself, as the veil is not weak enough in space or Lavaland to give spirits a physical form. If you get stuck on the rune after summoning a ghost, use your ritual dagger to remove the rune before you get hurt too badly. |
1 | Gal'h'rfikk harfrandid mud'gib! | 
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| Apocalypse | A harbinger of the end times. It scales depending on the crew's strength relative to the cult. Effect includes a massive EMP, unique hallucination for non-cultists, and if the cult is doing poorly, certain events. Similar to the Ritual of Dimensional Rending, the Apocalypse rune can only be scribed in one of the 3 ritual areas. After the Apocalypse rune has been scribed, that particular ritual area can no longer be used to summon Nar-Sie.
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3 | Ta'gh fara'qha fel d'amar det! | 
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| Ritual of Dimensional Rending | This rune tears apart dimensional barriers, calling forth the Geometer. It needs a free 3x3 space, and can only be summoned in 3 areas around the station. To start drawing it the requested target must have already been sacrificed. Starting to draw this rune creates a weak forcefield around the caster and alarms the entire station of its location. The caster must be defended for 45 seconds before it's complete.
After it's drawn, 9 cultists, constructs, or summoned ghosts must stand on the rune, which can then be invoked to manifest Nar'Sie itself. |
9 | TOK-LYR RQA-NAP G'OLT-ULOFT!! | 
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Structures
By using a construction talisman on platsteel, you are able to get runed metal. With it, you can build several structures, with unique powers. You can unanchor cult buildings by hitting them with your ritual dagger. Using "Conceal Runes" near these structures will make them turn invisible, and make runed doors look like regular airlocks.
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Altar | A bloodstained altar dedicated to Nar-Sie. By using it, you are able to create an Eldritch Whetstone, to sharpen your weapon, a Construct Shell, or a Flask of Unholy Water which heals cultists and greatly reduces stuns, or can be thrown to poison non-cultists. After creating one item with the altar it needs 4 minutes to recharge. | 3 runed metal |
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Forge | A forge used to craft the unholy weapons used by the armies of Nar-Sie. By using it you are able to create a True Nar'sian Hardened Armor; a hardsuit with no slowdown, Flagellant's Robe; which makes you faster, but at the cost of increasing damage taken by 45%, and a 30 damage eldritch longsword. The eldritch longsword fits in the suit storage slot of every type of cultist armor and has 50% block chance. After creating one item with the forge it needs 4 minutes to recharge. | 3 runed metal |
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Pylon | A floating crystal that slowly heals those faithful to Nar'Sie. Also slowly turns the surrounding floor into engraved floor. Engraved floors allow for significantly faster rune scribing and will resist changes in atmosphere (i.e. loss of air or release of a harmful gas). | 4 runed metal |
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Archives | A desk covered in arcane manuscripts and tomes in unknown languages. Looking at the text makes your skin crawl. By using it, you are able to create a Zealot's Blindfold, which lets you see in the dark, gives you a medical hud, and is flash proof, Veil Shifter (from veil walker set), a 4 use teleporter which teleports you (and anything dragged by you) forward a medium distance (with some randomness), a Void Torch (also from veil walker set) which lets you teleport objects to other cultists, or a Shuttle Curse, which when used, delays the escape shuttle for 2 minutes. You can only use a certain amount of shuttle curses each round. After creating one item with the archives it needs 4 minutes to recharge. | 3 runed metal |
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Runed door | Builds a Runed Airlock. Only opens for cultists. Useful securing your base, but a dead giveaway that a cult is onboard. Non-cultists who attempt to use these airlocks are stunned and thrown back. | 1 runed metal |
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Runed girder | A wall girder that can instantly be disassembled with your ritual dagger. | 1 runed metal |
Constructs
Robust cultists will likely want to enlist the services of a few constructs. To create a construct, a cultist requires:
- A filled soul stone, either by sacrificing a human, or capturing a soul manually with a stone from an artificer.
- An empty shell, either by casting Twisted Construction on 50 metal sheets, from an artificer, or from an archive.
When the filled soul stone shard is used on an empty shell, the cultist will be allowed to choose the desired construct to create. Keep in mind these guys are pretty much a dead giveaway that there is cult activity on the station, so try to be covert about it in the beginning.
A complete guide to constructs can be found here. Artificers will poop out new Soulstone Shards 
and Shells, wraiths can kill the AI, and Juggernauts are great tanks.
The Inevitable Discovery
As the cult rises in power, you and your brethren will begin to undergo some revealing effects caused by the power gained due to the number of members you have in the cult. This will make you easier to spot by unfriendly crewmembers, and after a certain point, there will be no way to hide from the crew. You'll have to make a stand and fight off the rest.
The veil weakens as your cult grows, your eyes begin to glow...
- Once the blood cult reaches 20% of the active player population, everyone in the cult will receive a notice that the cult is "rising" - and after a moderate delay, the eyes of all existing and new cultists will be permanently red. Examining any cultist with uncovered eyes will confirm their supernatural appearance. Thankfully, this is easily avoidable by wearing any form of eyewear, but still could get you caught out if people are examing you closely without eyewear.
Your cult is ascendant and the red harvest approaches - you cannot hide your true nature for much longer!!
- Once the blood cult reaches 40% of the active player population, everyone in the cult will receive a warning and after a moderate delay will gain a blood-red cult halo, permanently revealing the identity of existing AND new blood cultists. There is no way to hide this one. If you've managed to get this far, you should have no problems defeating the crew in a head-on battle if you can deal with Security.
Threats to the Cult
Even with access to a large number of different runes and spells, there are ways that your plans may be thwarted by the station's crew. Keep your eye out for these groups of individuals, as they can put a dent in your occult activities.
Security and the 
Chaplain
Even the best-prepared cultists will have trouble to defend themselves against the united power of security. Especially if the Chaplain Helps them. The Chaplain is able to turn normal water into Holy Water (by slapping its container with a bible), which will turn cultist back into normal people if it stays long enough in their system. The Chaplain is also immune to cult magic and conversion, and his bible is able to make hidden runes visible. The bible can also be used by anyone (not just the Chaplain) on a filled Soul Shard to purify it, which deconverts the shade inside.
Cultist Tips
- You can solo convert non mindshielded crew by using a Spirit Realm rune and summoning a cult ghost.
- Cultists can know a rune's name and effects by examining it.
- Your dagger is a robust melee weapon with 15 damage and good armor-piercing, it can also be sharpened to further increase its lethality. The dagger also serves as an excellent last resort as it deals 25 damage when thrown.
- Always be ready to summon a cultist in trouble. Stunned or restrained cultists cannot call for help on the cult communion, so keep an eye on the Common channel. If you see a cultist being arrested be sure to report it in communion so they can be rescued before its too late! You can also use the spirit rune to check for cultists in trouble or ask ghosts for the location of dead cultists to revive.
- Spirit Sight is an incredibly powerful exploration tool, and ghosts can give you precious hints.
- The chaplain's weapon makes them immune to most of your magic. Don't attempt to use stun spells on them while they have their weapon, or you will get discovered and likely killed.
- Keeping a shade in a Soulstone Shard
with you will allow you to use two-person runes by yourself, by releasing and then recapturing the shade. - Shades can ventcrawl around the station (alt-click).
- Cultists often find a use for medibots. Having a single bot with a low threshold, backed up by brutepacks or pylons, can keep your cult in fighting shape.
- Get some plasteel either from mining, stealing it from robotics, engineering or EVA storage, or deconstructing reinforced walls/tables if you are desperate. The AI satellite even contains some spare plasma and metal that you can use to produce plasteel (if you can convince it to let you in.)
- The EMP spell and Apocalypse Rune are both incredibly useful. They can give you access almost anywhere, just don't forget your crowbar!
- Manifest Spirit is also useful for getting those missing cultists you need for the Nar'Sie rune.
- A construct can quickly take down an AI. The best one to do the job is the Wraith. It can jaunt into the core and take the AI down before the crew can respond.
- Drawing a rune on a cult floor is 50% faster than on a normal floor (except the Nar-Sie rune).
- If the Harvesters bring enough people to Nar-Sie you may or may not get a special ending.
- You may be tempted to try converting the Free Golems down in mining but be warned, Adamantine Golems are anti-magic and your spells will not work on them, similarly, Silver and Cloth Golems are Holy and will also be immune to your conversion.
- Use the conceal presence spell on a teleport rune to create a hidden teleport destination, perfect for safely escaping to.
- Blood gathered from the blood rites spell can heal cultists instantly. You can also sap 50 units of blood directly from living people.
Nar-Sie
Once you've completed the ritual, Nar-Sie will come forth.
Her destructive power is unmatched, transforming the bodies of the unenlightened and twisting the very walls to suit her image.
Few things are capable of challenging Nar-Sie's sheer power.
How to Fight A Blood Cult: A Guide for the Common Spaceman
The Cult of Nar-Sie may be a formidable group of wrist-cutting lunatics, but not to fear! There are ways that you as a normal crewmember can either fight or stay safe from their occult influence. Here are some suggested courses of action if you are a non-cultist and care for your well being:
Chaplain
The Chaplain is immune to conversion and is able to turn normal water into Holy Water, which can deconvert cultist back into normal people. With a Null rod in inventory, the Chaplain is also immune to cult magic. The bible is able to make hidden runes visible. You are not immune to being sacrificed.
When cult activity is confirmed: Make sure you have your Null rod weapon and Holy Book with you. Grab a water tank, bless it with your book so it turns into holy water, and drag the tank to the brig. The brig is now your home. You are a primary target for the cult, and will sometimes also be their sacrificial objective.
(Optional) when brig has holy water secured: Grab a Fire Extinguisher from a wall. Empty it and fill it with holy water. You can use it to start blessing tiles, which blocks Blood Beams and prevents Wraiths from jaunting over them.
(Optional) if the AI has not been moved: Have the AI let you into its chamber, so you can bless it. Many cults will kill the AI early, by constructing a Wraith. The wraith can easily jaunt in, appear right in front of the AI and kill it. You can prevent this by blessing most tiles in the AI's chamber.
When you are safe in the brig: You can cooperate with security and stick close to them. Hopefully, they will treat you with respect in return and give you some gear. If the time comes, you may then choose to be the vanguard in the final battle against the cult.
Purified Soulstones and Constructs
Anyone (not only chaplain) can purify a soulstone shard with a bible, and then put it into a found construct shell to create purified constructs, which will help the crew.
Security
Even the best-prepared and robust members of the Cult will have trouble defending themselves against the united power of security, especially if the Chaplain helps them. Your job is to deconvert (or kill if necessary) cultists, find and crack down on cult bases, and destroy constructs. Remember: the safety of the station and its staff are on the line, and it's probably your fault if you fail.
How to Deconvert a Cultist with Holy Water
Step 1: Find a suspected cultist. If less than 20% of the crew are converted they will look like normal crew, so you will have to look for people who are behaving suspiciously or are caught standing near runes. Small brute injuries on one arm or isolated blood spills in someone's workplace could also be signs. If you know that more than 20% of the crew are (or at some point were) converted to the cult, you should ask suspected crewmembers to take off their eyewear. When examining a cultist a red text will then say "his/her eyes are glowing an unnatural red!". If more than 40% of the crew is (or was) cult, you will also see pentagram halos above their heads.
Step 2: Arrest the suspected cultist. Disable/stun and cuff, like any other criminal. As long as cuffed cultists are either held or buckle-cuffed to a chair, they can not be teleported away by their fellow cultists. Take them to the interrogation room.
Step 3: Check the suspect's bag for a ritual dagger (or other cult items). The cult might still be too small to have glowy eyes. Lock it away so it can't be used to stop deconversion, in case a prisoner resists out of the cuffs. Take off any cult gear as well, as they might hurt the prisoner after deconversion if worn. Remember to check EVERYWHERE. Some cultists may be hiding their gear in more discreet locations on their person. A good one to watch out for is if they have hidden their dagger in their boots if they are wearing Jackboots or Workboots.
Step 4: Force feed the confirmed cultist at least 25 units of Holy Water. Use 30 units to be safe. Each sip contains 5 units. It takes exactly 60 chemical ticks (about 2 minutes or less) to deconvert a cultist. After 25 ticks (about 50 seconds or less) the cultist will have a 20% chance per tick to spout random cult sentences which, when it happens, also has a 10% chance to cause 12 seconds of unconsciousness. Stunbaton or flash the prisoners every now and then to make sure they don't resist out of the cuffs. The holy water will instantly clear out blood rites and blood spells.
Step 5: Mindshield Implant the cultist. Mindshield implants will not deconvert cultists, but they will prevent them from being converted/reconverted. They can still be sacrificed and turned into constructs though. Security and the Captain are implanted by default.
Like with revs, you will see a big purple message when a nearby person is deconverted: "-Name- looks like he/she just reverted to his/her old faith!"
Deconverted cultists do not keep their memories from their time in the cult.
If Shit Hits the Fan
If you start seeing pentagram halos you might not have time to arrest and deconvert anymore. Team up, gear up with your weapons of choice, and start blasting people with halos. If the situation feels under control again then go back to deconverting.
Here are some tips and tricks for security:
- Mirror shields can instantly shatter, stunning their users, if hit by a shot that does 30 damage or more. Many types of shotgun ammo, such as slugs, should do the trick.
- Zealot's Blindfolds protect against flashes, but not against bangs. Use flashbangs.
- Consider arming deconverted and implanted former cultists. They should be your confirmed allies.
- Constructs cannot be stunned and are usually never on your side in a cult round. Kill them with lethal weapons without hesitation.
- Mindshields can be applied to members of the Cult even when they are not converted; they only protect against hostile mind conversion. Don't just go randomly implanting people until you know who is really on your side.
- Extremely crafty cultists can disguise as a recently murdered Security Officer and steal an implant for themselves to look life officers. Don't expect this to happen often, but the possibility is there.
Medbay
If you work in the Medbay it's not your job to directly fight the cult, but you may still do so if you wish. Whatever you do, be careful about attacking people if you are not sure who is cultist or not. The same goes for every other department as well.
Here are some general tips and tricks for Medbay workers:
Medical Doctors: Examine people before healing them, to check for glowy eyes or cult gear. If you don't see anything obvious, then try to do your job as normal.
If you have holy water you can be extra helpful by building a smoke machine. Print the board from the medical techfab or ask the AI to let you into the tech storage so you can grab it. Print stock parts and cable coil from an autolathe. Fill it with holy water and turn it on. Cultists who breathe the holy water will have their prepared spells deleted, so they can no longer stun you. The holy water smoke will also bless tiles if 10u or more touches them.
Chemists: You can create non-lethal syringes with Chloral Hydrate or other chemicals, to use in a syringe gun. Then if you accidentally shoot a non-cultist it won't be a big deal. If you manage to put a confirmed cultist to sleep, then feel free to cuff them with cablecuffs and bring them to the brig for deconversion. You can also make combat drugs and hand them to security.
Geneticists: You can try to find powers such as x-ray vision, and then make injectors to give to security (or use yourself).
Also, try to keep your distance from people acting suspiciously. Medbay usually has some secluded areas, and cultists can easily stun and kidnap you in melee range. Don't try to fight them unless you know what you're doing.
Cargo
Order Religious Supplies crates. If the Chaplain is nowhere to be seen and security don't have any holy water, order this as fast as possible. The crate contains holy water.
Order Mindshield Implants. If people really don't want to be converted to the cult, they can request to be implanted after cult presence is confirmed. If security is properly deconverting crew, they might run out of implants unless cargo ordered more.
Order guns. If you have a way to open the crates, then guns could help give you or security the upper hand. Remember, be careful about who you shoot if you don't know who is a cultist. Prefer using non-lethals if holy water is available.
Science
Toxins: While bombs should be the crew's last resort, they are the strongest weapon you can use to stop a Nar-Sie summon. If you hear the summoning announcement, it might be time to deliver a bomb to the announced location, as a final decisive move against the cult.
Roboticist: Exosuits are strong when cracking down on cult bases. Feel free to build one or more. Cult spells and items can not stun mechs, but they can still damage and destroy it.
Xenobiologist: Some slime cores, such as those from Sepia Slimes can be very powerful in combat, if you manage to get them. Be careful though, as in the xenobiology lab you are often isolated which could make you an easy target.
Engineering
Engineer: Normally, cultists don't sabotage the engine since it may hurt their teammates. Just make sure there is power. Feel free to build backup telecomms in case a wraith wrecks it (cultists don't need telecomms). You can also try asking the AI let you move its core to a hidden location if you can make it trust you.
Atmospheric Technician: You don't need to go out of your way to fight the cult unless you have some sort of plan. Do not flood the station with gas, since it might hurt non-cultists. Repair any hull breaches resulting from combat.
Botany
Grow Holymelons. Not only can they be ground for holy water, but they also have anti-magic properties. Keep a Holymelon in your hand and you should be immune to cult conversion and some other cult spells, until the melon runs out of charges.
Traitor (Maybe)
It's apparently possible to force a cultist reveal information that is "forgotten" after deconversion (for example the obligatory sacrifice) by using the hypnotic flash available to traitors. A very trustworthy security force could use this to negotiate with a traitor and gain an insane advantage (needs confirmation)
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