Curator
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File:Generic librarian.png  Curator |
Access: Library Private Study, Construction, Mining Station Additional Access: N/A Difficulty: Easy Supervisors: Head of Personnel Duties: Read and write books and hand them to people, stock bookshelves and write fanfics! Guides: Paper Markdown, Guide to construction, Auxiliary Base Construction Area, Lavaland, Megafauna, Shaft Miner, Space, Guide to Space Exploration Quote: 'And then he pulled his di-..' |
The Curator spends most of their time in the library printing out thousands upon thousands of copies of his newly written fanfic involving an unnatural amount of emphasis given to his OC's feet. he library itself has a permanence to its contents from game to game on the servers -- all properly uploaded books can be downloaded in any other round.
This results in most of the books at your disposal being either soaked in fluids or having the rambling of madmen shamefully plagiarizing someone's manifesto.
Bare minimum requirements: Learn how to write and publish books. Know how to navigate the library computer GUI.
Welcome to the exhibit!
Your very own piece of heaven is filled with illegally obtained artifacts obtained through the black market and a deep dive into someone's trash. Due to your frail body and throbbing erection, you'll be mostly tasked with writing away your boredom. So, take your pen and paper and.. pull up your pants, you degenerate >:c Still, printing a few books is an interesting way to spread your overly verbose masterpiece across the station!
The Curator and his Library
First things first, stock your library with books that matter. At the start of the station, your bookshelves will be EMPTY! Your fellow crew members will not want to stay in a library that has no books. To fix this use the Library's Check In/Out Computer's and use its function, "4. Connect to External Archive". Here is the main dish of your sum total of existence, to sort out in the mess of books, and find only the BEST. The books are not sorted, or sortable, and look to have no order what so ever. You will even find many books' copies in the archive. To retrieve the selected book, simply click ORDER, the Check-In/Out Computer's printer will hum as it produces a completely bound book. How did it do that?
The barcode scanner will be needed for checking books into the local library's computer. It has 4 settings, as follows:
Mode 0 : Scan book to local buffer. Mode 1 : Scan book to local buffer and set associated computer buffer to match. Mode 2 : Scan book to local buffer, attempt to check in scanned book. Mode 3 : Scan book to local buffer, attempt to add book to general inventory.
(*Note:Use the scanner on the computer, otherwise it won't work)
The Library is not your workspace, but a home, to you and your books. Sort them on their labeled book-shelves: Religious, Fiction, Adult (read: erotic fanfics), Reference, and the back room's Forbidden Knowledge. You can use your bookbag, which works like a mining satchel or plant bag, to carry multiple books at once.
How To Add A Book To The Database
- Get Paper and a Pen.
- Write your love story about those Lusty Xenos on the paper.
- Take your story to the East Back of the Library to the File:Book Binder.png Book Binder, and slap that epic story onto the binder. This will spit out your new award winning story.
- Still have that pen? Good, you can sign your name, add more content, and even title it.
- This book is ready to be send though the Nanotrasen command! Ask the Curator to scan this book into the computer, using the File:Scanner.png Scanner.
- Once scanned, use the Check In/Out Computer's 5th function, titled, "5. Upload New Title to Archive".
- Here you can change the category, change the author once more, and view the title.
- After reviewing the book, and being ready to publish, use the "UPLOAD" command.
How To Add A Painting To The Database
Do you have an artistic soul? Did you look at the dozens of scrawled penises on the gallery wall and think: "Hey, I could do better than that"? Your prayers have been answered! Here is everything you need to know to ensure that your pixel art will be preserved in the /tg/station database until the sun explodes.
- Get a canvas. Some spawn in the library, but they can also be crafted from cloth.
- Get some crayons or a spraycan. Remember that with a spraycan, you can paint with all the colors of the RGB spectrum; a must have for any serious artist.
- While holding your tool of choice, left-click on the canvas to begin painting your masterpiece.
- Click "Finish" to finalize your painting, and give it a creative, thought-provoking title. You can also sign it, if you're a clout-chasing poser.
- Pick the "Collection" in which you want your painting to belong: Public, Secure, or Private. Note that not every station will have all three options. The collection you choose will affect where your painting will spawn. Public frames are usually the most numerous. Secure frames are usually behind glass. Private frames are located in the curator's office, or in a discreet location.
- Place the painting into one of the roundstart frames. If all the roundstart frames are occupied, you can remove a painting using wirecutters. Crafting your own painting frame and putting it on a wall won't save your painting.
- Ensure that your painting doesn't get removed from its frame before the shift ends.
- Voila! If your painting is in its frame at the end of the shift, it will be permanently saved to the database, and will have a chance of appearing the gallery in future rounds!
