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title: Western event

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# Western event

This event revolves around the station striving to survive in a desert setting and trying to protect a valuable artefact from thieves. No random antagonist rolls.
A troupe of bandits is spawned off station in a premade setpiece (/maps/setpieces/bandits) and are let loose with the only instruction of needing to scope out the station for any particularly valuable loot. The bandits have no spawning weapons. The weapons are in the armory, which is locked by a key held by the bandit leader. The armory can be opened by the leader once the story needs it. The intent is to allow the bandits and crew to roleplay and interact, with the bandits showing no real intent to harm at the start, while they are planning on a hostile heist of the station's unique riches.

**Preparations:**
    - Merging of the "westernevent" branch on the dev server;
    https://github.com/Bartimeus973/goonstation/tree/westernevent
    - Loading the bandit camp setpiece (Size; 32x32 tiles)
    - After loading the camp: Terrainification of the station on the desert setting with "Ambient Light Obj" toggle OFF.
    - Spawning the chosen antagonists as bandits + 1 bandit leader.
    - Spawning special safes inside in a secure area (command, security, the bar for example) and the gold bee statue nearby. If someone decides to be a killjoy and hide it in god-knows-where, spawn the gold bee pinpointer for the bandits
    - Possibly generating a few minor explosions to cause superficial damage to the station before the round starts, to simulate an emergency landing.
 
**Announcement for the gooncord event:**
 "The station awakens to find itself in a strange new environment. The air is dry, wind is harsh and the landscape is desolate. Surprisingly, it seems that this environment still sustains life, as a pack of strange visitors come visit the odd meteor that struck their home."
 If you would like to sign up as an antagonist for this event, click here (Registration ends on friday night):
 -[Antagonist preference poll](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJiKGf872dF7mCosmBllrSrJSXn33R_2mriL-Kb7gBtealtg/viewform)"
 
**Possible centcom announcements throughout the round:**
 *Round start;*
 The year is 2053. Nanotrasen's [name of station] station has been sent off orbit by a hail of meteors and managed an astonishingly smooth landing on the crust of an unknown planet. The crew is immediatly faced with harsh winds, torrid temperatures and all the dangers that come from being pionneers in the deep confines of space. Armed with resolute intent and the nearest heavy object, they began their day wondering what sorts of perils awaited them.
 
 *Second announcement not long after;*
 As they started to recollect their thoughts, the station's higher-ups focused their attention on this station's unusual cargo. A pristine golden bee statue, forged from the best alloys in the galaxy, and the likes of which have never been achieved since. Nanotrasen's Culture and heritage protection unit had entrusted it to the station until it could be exposed in a proper museum. Such a unique artefact is sure to attract the eye of everyone in the galaxy!
 
  **Picture of the camp**
 
 ![](https://i.imgur.com/KWNzdE6.png)
 
 ![](https://i.imgur.com/m3K4sYB.jpg)
