Viper Group Stuff... And Stuff.

[Mrrpip]

About the PR

Opened as a draft while I actually compile what was done.

• Adds 3 new whitelisted Viper Group based jobs, the Infanteer, the Lieutenant and the Commander
  • They each come with a basic loadout set and custom death rattle implants.
  • To make living in freeport/Camelot a bit more bearable, the Lieutenant and Commander get Nova Cygni.
  • They can access Veteran timer weapons.
• Adds two new PDAs, a lower ranked one and a higher ranked one.
• Adds unique ID cards for all 3, thanks to SwadianSupremacy.
  * Recolors the WL-01 while I try to make an armor sprite. I am not very good at doing so.
• They can start with the Initiate armor found in Viper Group Initiate Hardsuit #4022
• Adds two radio reskins, each with the Viper Group radio channel (i) and a death rattle implant

• Adds a set of ViperGroup doors with two accesses for low ranks and high ranks. Docks included.
• Also adds two suit lockers along with wall variants.
• Adds a lockable button for basic Viper access
• Adds 3 turrets that are neutral to Vipers and USSP. Hates everyone else.

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• Adds a Viper Group shipyard with two ships by Gelliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii and one using a hull by Corrupt. The Reaver and the Talonuran, followed by the Solidus (Snake).

• Adds the Light Bulletproof Helmet as a loadout option for mercenaries. Figured I'd do so as there is a Boris vendor in Camelot/Central already.

Why / Balance

With this, the changelog Corrupt had given us for Freeport should be complete.

Requirements

• I have read relevant guidelines/documentation to this PR found on our devwiki.
• I have added media to this PR or it does not require an ingame showcase.
• I can confirm this PR contains either no AI-generated content, or AI-generated content that meets our guidelines.

How to test

• Use Monodev, as it was updated to have the new roles.
• Mess around in the loadout page, see what they can select.
• Spawn a Viper Group shipyard to see what ships are new.
• Mess around with the radio, shoot your clone to see the death rattle.
• Smack door with your ID.

Breaking changes

Changelog

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• add: Adds 3 VG job roles, thanks to SwadianSupremacy for the job icons.
• add: Adds a VG shipyard and two ships, thanks to Gelli.
• add: Adds the VG Solidus, a heavier VG fighter.
• add: Adds several VG access doors.
• add: Adds the Light bulletproof helmet to Mercenary loadouts.
• add: Adds varios turrets, lockers, station map beacons and a button that are VG related.

[github-actions]

RSI Diff Bot; head commit c303c66 merging into 641c863
This PR makes changes to 1 or more RSIs. Here is a summary of all changes:

Resources/Textures/_Mono/Clothing/Ears/Headsets/viper.rsi

State	Old	New	Status
alt-equipped-EARS			Added
icon_alt			Added

Resources/Textures/_Mono/Clothing/Ears/Headsets/viperalt.rsi

State	Old	New	Status
alt-equipped-EARS			Added
icon_alt			Added

Resources/Textures/_Mono/Interface/Misc/job_icons.rsi

State	Old	New	Status
VGCommander			Added
VGInfanteer			Added
VGLieutenant			Added

Resources/Textures/_Mono/Objects/Devices/encryption_keys.rsi

State	Old	New	Status
crypt_red			Added
viper_label			Added

Resources/Textures/_Mono/Objects/Devices/pda.rsi

State	Old	New	Status
pda-viperhigh			Added
pda-viperlow			Added

Resources/Textures/_Mono/Objects/Misc/id_cards.rsi

State	Old	New	Status
id_commander			Added
id_infanteer			Added
id_lieutenant			Added
vgbase			Added

Edit: diff updated after c303c66

[Mrrpip]

• The Reaver has had it's guns swapped out for Torpedos at the request of the others.
• It also has an autoloader now.

[Mrrpip]

PR undrafted due to the opening of #3984

[Mrrpip]

Waiting on #4022 to be merged.

[Corrupt142]

NOTE: I have only reviewed the ship/armour part of this PR, Code review will be done in another review.

Armour:

• Looks good, not mutch to say about that.
• Swap out the void jetpacks for mini jetpacks.

Ships:

Solidus:

• what are these radar markings? they are ugly, eather remove them or rework them from the ground up (take a look at jaguar/ocelot)

• missing tiles

• Lights dont exist...

• gas canisters not anchored
• gas mixer isnt set up properly (79% nitrogen 21% oxygen)

• no station records computer
• Inconsistent interior
• the dorms are ugly, fix it (take a look at other VG ships or your VG module for inspiration)
• put a tile under the airtight hatch not catwalk.

• Remove catwalks and swap plating for lattice

• Remove or rework the shape, they are ugly on mass and serve no purpose.

• at this point, remove solidus from your PR untill it meets the guidelines/standards properly.

Talonuran:

• Remove the 2 spikes at the back (will interfiere with docking at the camelot remap)
• Wheres atmos?
• Move the passive vent to here (orange arrow)
• add grilles here (marked green)
• once the fighter "crow" gets merged, swap the 20mm for AC-35 chaingun.

• Interesting and creative, keep it.

Reaver:

• replace diag reinforced walls with normal ones here (marked orange)
• Move the passive vent deeper into the hull (orange arrow)
• Change up the grilles! (makred green)
• No station records computer
• put tile under the vent/scrubber, keep the catwalk.

Optionall:

• Swap RUBICON for tovek.

[Mrrpip]

• Goes along with the suggestions/mandates/whatever outlined in the review, note that the thruster was deleted for vent visibility. The thruster is there ingame.
• Scraps the Solidus.
• Replaces the void jetpack in the suit lockers with a mini jetpack.