This page will detail what information or knowledge roles are expected to know, or not know, at round start.
Humans
- All Marines and personnel aboard the Almayer know nothing about the alien infestation, or even that Aliens exist. All they know is that they received a distress signal from a colony, and that contact was lost. It can be inferred that they will meet a hostile force.
- Survivors may ONLY share the information your character knows with the marines (Until the new knowledge system is implemented, you know the basic life-cycle and that the aliens are "in the east".)
- Specialist weaponry can only be used by the Specialist themselves while the Smartgun can only be used by the Smartgunner and the Commander. There are no restrictions on firearm use besides if it's a Specialist weapon or that you are non-marine personnel. However non-marine personnel cannot equip any weapon other than a pistol unless there is a confirmed threat of the aliens attacking the Almayer.
- Combat Medics and Researchers do not know how to preform surgery, only Medical Doctors or the Chief Medical Officer know how to perform surgery.
- Marines DO NOT initially know what facehuggers do. However a Medical scan can confirm that a unknown biological parasite is inside a victim of a facehugger, and that logic dictates that it should be removed or examined at the earliest possible chance.
- In general avoid preforming tasks your round start role would not know how to do, such as a Squad Leader hacking a door or a Cargo Technician operating a overwatch console.
- Command (CO, XO, Staff Officer), Medical (MD, CMO) and Engineering staff (CE, Maint Tech) on board the Almayer cannot leave the Almayer UNLESS it is to go to a established Forward Operating Base or they are abandoning ship.
- Only a single Medical Doctor, and a single Maintenance Technician, can go to a established FoB.
- Military Police and Chief Military Police can not leave the Almayer unless they are doing so to track down a rogue Marine who is not on the Almayer or they are escorting/piloting a Dropship. Military Police and CMPs are expected to return to the Almayer ASAP.
- Marines do not know that Iron Bears ((And UPP?)) are hostile, and as such should not shoot at them on first contact.
Aliens
- Do NOT HARM or kill Marines unless explicit permission is given by the Queen. Ravagers are the exception as they can kill UNINFECTED hosts freely unless the Queen states otherwise.
- Being given permission to slash a Human does not confer permission to kill Humans. Get the Queen to confirm or deny a kill request.
- If there is no Queen all Aliens are free to use lethal force on any prey.
- You do not know that Marines are coming to the planet. Furthermore you cannot prepare defences on or around the Dropship landing zones prior to the Marines arrival.