Editing AI (section)

==Communication==

Being the AI, you can’t physically talk to them crew most of them time. You will be relying on various forms of telecommunication to talk to the crew and keep them up to date on the status of the station. 

AIs are equipped with internal radios that can hear and communicate via all departmental frequencies, which are as follows:
* 145.9 for Common
* 144.7 for AI Private
* 135.9 for Security
* 135.7 for Engineering
* 135.5 for Medical
* 135.3 for Command
* 135.1 for Science
* 134.7 for Supply

AIs can also make audio announcements with Nanotrasen's specially trademarked VOX system! <s>Announce johnson inspections in the medical bay</s> Alert crew to danger, remind them for the third time to maximize their [[suit sensors]], or simply wish them a secure day. A full list of supported VOX vocabulary can be found under "Announcement Help."  Rules regarding spamming apply to vox communications as well, so don't go overboard filling the crew's ears with garbage.

In addition to standard communication, AIs have '''robotic talk''', which works with :b and is inaudible to humans ([[Syndicate items|usually]].) You can use this private channel to talk to your cyborgs. Bystanders will simply hear a ''beep beep beep''. [[Drone]]s can hear this channel but cannot speak on it.

===Listening in on Conversations===
By changing the various intercoms around the station to 'Microphone On', 'Speaker Off' and channel frequency 144.7, conversation in range can be heard on your private listening channel. You can speak on the AI private channel with ''':o'''. 

Note that people often do not like having their conversations listened to, and it will be extremely obvious if they check the intercoms.

===Holopads===
Holopads can be found in a number of places like the [[Bridge]], [[AI Upload]] and [[Security]]. Double click these to turn them on and show yourself as a hologram, which can be changed via the AI Commands tab. You can move around with the arrow keys in a limited radius, and you will hear anyone talking near the holopad. You can also talk through the holopad by using '.h' (e.g. say ".h I can't do that Dave.")

===Communication Consoles===

These bad boys usually come in short supply on the station. One can be found in the [[Bridge]], and another can be found inside the [[Captain's Office]]. As the AI, you can station-wide announcements like those made by heads of staff consoles. You are also able to adjust the station's displays to show messages, the shuttle arrival time, the station time, or set them to display a fancy graphic alert like ALERT and LOCKDOWN. Along with these communication options, you can also toggle the [[Maintenance]] emergency access for the whole station, mainly used when a rad storm comes. '''TOGGLE THIS WHEN A RAD STORM COMES, OR YOU MIGHT HARM A HUMAN THROUGH INACCTION!''' 

The handy thing about these things is that they can make station-wide announcements even when telecoms are down. For instance, you can still alert the crew if [[Nuclear Operative|Nuclear Operatives]] stealthily disable telecoms.