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Predaliens can interact with dropships + ERT shuttles can be interacted by queen/predalien - #13064

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Re-introduces the ability for Predaliens being able to interact with dropship consoles and unlock bolted down dropships.

ERT Shuttles have proper reinforced airlocks now but they can be forced open by Queens and Predaliens and their console can be disabled by Queens and Predaliens.

Explain why it's good for the game

Believe it or not but Predaliens were USED to be able to do this already, it was a niche undocumented feature that not many people knew. However at some point the code was refactored around hijack and dropships and their aforementioned consoles and the predalien lost the ability to do it anymore. I believe whoever did it forgot about the predalien there since they were the only other xeno who had the mechanic (is_intelligent, the proc that handled hijacking before. Now it only handles lifeboats, yes predalien can disable lifeboats RIGHT NOW) apart from the queen.

Well I've returned it back now in a working state. Technically this should have been a bug/oversight fix but i'll keep it as a balance change since its been so long and it was a very niche feature that almost nobody knew about.

As for ERT shuttles, I now made their airlocks much more reinforced, since they're supposed to act like dropship hatches (but we dont have unique hatches for shuttles), no longer you can manipulate them via wiring or welding nor slash them as a xeno but now Queens and Predaliens can force them open. They can also now disable the ERT shuttle entirely by interacting with the console. A good way to prevent people from delaying or fleeing now.

NOTE: disabling the shuttle does not cancel it from already spooling if someone managed to make it start flying before you disabled it, you should probably still leave while you can.

What about King?

Yeah since considering King is also a special caste and one might thing they're also intelligent enough to do this. They could very well also be included into the list of being able to manipulate dropships but uhm idk, i'll add it too if management asks.

Testing Photographs and Procedure

Made sure things work normally, normal xenos still cant hijack or break the ert shuttle consoles. Xenos dont get burrowed while on the dropship if there is no queen on the dropship but there is a predalien on the dropship.

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balance: Predaliens now have the same ability as Queens when it comes to dropship manipulation (ie. force them open, use the consoles)
balance: ERT Shuttles' airlocks are now reinforced but can be forced open by Queens/Predaliens and their consoles can also now be disabled by them.
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Unknownity requested a review from Nanu308 as a code owner September 1, 2026 15:02
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@cmss13-ci cmss13-ci Bot added Mapping did you remember to save in tgm format? Balance You need to be a professional veteran game maintainer to comprehend what is being done here. size/M Denotes a PR that changes 50-199 lines, ignoring generated files. labels Sep 1, 2026
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