Editing Shadowling (section)

===Starting Off===
You're disguised. You don't take any damage from lights and you are undetectable to any means short of godly intervention. You possess two abilities: Hatch, and Hivemind Commune. First off, send a message or two over the hivemind to see if you have any buddies - chances are high that you do. Assess your job's capabilities. Are you the captain? Feel free to change the AI's laws to help all shadowlings.  An officer?  You can steal some gear for later thralls.  Are you an engineer?  Build a stunprod or cut power to different areas so they won't be lit up.  Just don't spend too long planning: the longer the paranoid among the crew get, the more prepared they are for the unknown.

There are multiple things to do from the start. If you're confident you can avoid detection, hatching immediately can work since you can easily enthrall people who rush into maintenance early with Glare.  Or, you can play it differently and try to covertly sabotage the station first. It's up to you - you're the alien monster, after all.