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What is Coolstation?
Coolstation is a Space Station 13 server, forked from Goonstation in late 2021, with on-again, off-again development since then. We're still in development and have not formally launched. We're also not dead, I assure you!
The goals are a simpler, "classic" approach to gameplay, a throwback to the 2012 era of SS13 but with less lag and fewer slurs. Given that the team and community are almost all Goonstation players, admins and coders in origin, having Goonstation as our upstream means the general interface and aesthetics are immediately familiar to other Goonstation players who might be interested in a bit of a throwback.
This already makes us an odd server given that most forks are of /tg/-based varieties, but that's not all: Coolstation operates in a new timeline in the same setting as Goonstation with radically different circumstances, and the worst luck possible. Absolute crapsack fortunes for everyone, historically speaking. You? You'll probably be fine, don't worry about it.
So What's Different, Generally Speaking?
In broad strokes, it's similar enough. You have Nanotrasen, you're in space, you're far from Earth, it's 2053 and the only thing more volatile than the plasma is the station and its crew.
Thanks to the rippling consequences of a 19th century U.S. patent case, most intellectual property and copyright has stagnated. Development in everything from communications, materials science, power generation, machining tools and guns have been mired by a near exclusive focus on protecting rights and imposing licensing fees.
The moon exploded and sparked a space race, a company in Italy cranked out unprecedented (and previously unpatented) inventions, and a wormhole to and from a strange new star system was discovered.
This isn't the 2053 you know or expect: everything feels just a decade or more behind the times, despite space travel, teleportation and artificial intelligence being commonplace and unremarkable.
Instead of a profitable but dangerous interest in the plasma giant system for its resources and research potential, an accident has severed any and all travel and communication between the Frontier and Sol.
Without the threat of reinforcements and death squads coming from earth, the more headstrong, capable, or intelligent staff revolted. For the most part, they died, disappeared, or joined the ranks of what were once the fringes of the Frontier.
Nanotrasen, once an unassailable corporate juggernaut, is now headquartered in a field office converted from one of the least-broken cargo docks.
The Syndicate formed out of former mainframe programmers and terminal maintenance workers and are militant open-source fanatics with a grudge and crank-powered laser rifles.
Also in the mix are a Soviet research detachment, several clades of obnoxious, loosely-affiliated and clout-obsessed hypebeasts, unspecified Italians, burnouts, layabouts, anarchists, and what appear to be some extremely friendly aliens. :DDDD
Years later, small time factions are only just coming to grips with the monopoly's sudden vacuum and are beginning to make moves. Resources are limited, the economy's fake, and luck's run out.
Thanks to the fact that nobody can get fired without paperwork approval from Earth (and you didn't have the juice to leave in the initial chaos,) you still have a job and nothing better to do.
Will you play your part and help the rest of the crew get through their shift, or does fate have something else in store for you?
So long, 2053.
Happy New Year, 2053.
The Seven "Simpel" Rules of Our Community
- Coolstation is zero-tolerance on bigotry
- Coolstation is zero-tolerance on harassment
- Coolstation is zero-tolerance on fascist speech
- Coolstation is for good clean fun with pals and comrades
- Coolstation is for good unclean fun with pals and comrades
- Coolstation is NOT for erogenous porno pleasures!
- Coolstation is NOT for children!
- i dont konw how to make an infobox how do i make an infobox and put it on the right hand side
The Server
| Server | Server Name | Byond Server URL | Easy Connect URL | Note |
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| DEV | Fusilli | byond://fusilli.coolstation.space:8085/ | https://connect.coolstation.space | 24/7 Dev Server Running for Testing and Bug Reporting |
Changes To Watch Out For
| Alternate Timeline | Classic combat, rewarding preparation and tenacity | Terrestrial Outpost Station (spanning two levels on a planet) |
| No Stamina Management, Just Robusting | Cross-Z-level Pipes, Wires, Disposals | |
| Reworked Departments and More Jobs | Big Ferrets | |
| Item Scarcity | QM/Trading Overhaul | |
| Modular Guns | A Whole New Dimension! | |
| The charm of old and easy-to-contribute player sprites | A Syndicate made up of open-source nerds seeking revenge | |
| A Big Italian Shoe | Food Safety Protocols | cant think of one |
| cant think of one | cant think of one | Adult-oriented atmosphere (think "rowdy bar," not "strip club!") |
Our GitHub
Our code is public and open source! Check it out:
https://github.com/coolstation/coolstation
You are more than free to peruse our code, submit PRs, and report bugs.
If you would like to contribute, follow the Goonstation developer setup guide but substitute Cool for Goon where appropriate.
We also have some basic Codering Guides that we are working on.
HOW 2 HELP (Wiki Edition)
Check out these pages to get an idea of what needs workin' on.
Dedication
Coolstation is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and beloved ferret Delari (also known as MagicMountain)
Space Station 13 as a whole would not be what it is today if it wasn't for you, Toob.