Viper Group Stuff... And Stuff.

Content.Shared/_NF/Shipyard/SharedShipyardSystem.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public enum ShipyardConsoleUiKey : byte
     Ussp,
     SHM,
     DrakeIndustries,
+    Viper,
     // Add ships to this key if they are only available from mothership consoles. Shipyards using it are inherently empty and are populated using the ShipyardListingComponent.
     Custom
 }

Resources/Locale/en-US/_Mono/job/department-desc.ftl

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 department-PMC-description = Combat focused contractors, who have less restrictions on gear they can carry.
-department-Medical-description = Emergency medical responders, deployed across space for rapid aid and rescue.
+department-Medical-description = Emergency medical responders, deployed across space for rapid aid and rescue.
+department-Viper-description = Elite contractors belonging to a company of syndicate origins.

Resources/Locale/en-US/_Mono/job/department.ftl

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ department-PMC = Private Military Contractors
 department-UnionOfSovietSocialistPlanets = Union of Soviet Socialist Planets
 department-UnionOfSovietSocialistPlanets-description = Serve the glorious Union in space against TSFMC and PDV forces.
 department-Medical = Medical Dispatch
+department-Viper = Viper Group

Resources/Locale/en-US/_Mono/job/job-description.ftl

@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ job-description-tsf-borg = Half-human, Half-machine. Follow your laws, serve the
 
 # MARK: PDV
 job-description-pdv-borg = Half-human, Half-machine. Follow your laws, serve the PDV, and beg dynasty troops for upgrades.
+
+# MARK: Viper Group
+job-description-vg-infanteer = Serve the Union in space. Follow orders from your superiors and spread socialist ideals throughout the cosmos.
+job-description-vg-lieutenant = Serve the Union in space. Follow orders from your superiors and spread socialist ideals throughout the cosmos.
+job-description-vg-commander = Serve the Union in space. Follow orders from your superiors and spread socialist ideals throughout the cosmos.

Resources/Locale/en-US/_Mono/job/job-names.ftl

@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@ job-name-tsf-borg = TSFMC Cyborg
 
 # MARK: PDV
 job-name-pdv-borg = PDV Cyborg
+
+# MARK: Viper Group
+job-name-vg-infanteer = VG Infanteer
+job-name-vg-lieutenant = VG Lieutenant
+job-name-vg-commander = VG Commander

Resources/Locale/en-US/_Mono/job/job-supervisors.ftl

@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-job-supervisors-doc = Director of Care
+job-supervisors-doc = Director of Care
+job-supervisors-vg-infanteer = the lieutenant
+job-supervisors-vg-lieutenant = the commander
+job-supervisors-vg-commander = Sidewinder-01

Resources/Locale/en-US/_Mono/navmap-beacons/station-beacons.ftl

@@ -10,4 +10,15 @@ station-beacon-ussp-cargo = USSP Cargo
 station-beacon-ussp-brig = USSP Brig
 station-beacon-ussp-servers = USSP Servers
 station-beacon-exped-lounge = Expeditionary Lounge
-station-beacon-mail-room = Post Office
+station-beacon-mail-room = Post Office
+station-beacon-viper-shipyard = Viper Group Shipyard
+station-beacon-viper-dock-alpha = Viper Group Dock Alpha
+station-beacon-viper-dock-beta = Viper Group Dock Beta
+station-beacon-viper-control = Viper Group Control Room
+station-beacon-viper-reception = Viper Group Reception
+station-beacon-viper-dorms = Viper Group Dorms
+station-beacon-viper-commander = Commander
+station-beacon-viper-armory = Viper Group Armory
+station-beacon-viper-cargo = Viper Group Cargo
+station-beacon-viper-brig = Viper Group Brig
+station-beacon-viper-servers = Viper Group Servers

Resources/Locale/en-US/_Mono/prototypes/access/accesses.ftl

@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ id-card-access-level-pdv-vizier = PDV Grand Vizier
 id-card-access-level-pdv-command = PDV Command
 
 id-card-access-level-tsf-engineer = TSF Engineering
+
+id-card-access-level-vg = Viper Group
+id-card-access-level-vg-high = Viper Group Command

Resources/Locale/en-US/_Mono/radio.ftl

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ chat-radio-letoferol = Letoferol Chimera Hivemind
 chat-radio-cortical-borer = Cortical Borer Hivemind
 chat-radio-remnants = Remnants
 chat-radio-monolithic = Monolith Connection
+chat-radio-viper = Viper Group

Resources/Maps/_Mono/Test/dev_map.yml

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ meta:
   engineVersion: 271.2.0
   forkId: ""
   forkVersion: ""
-  time: 03/28/2026 18:51:07
-  entityCount: 1706
+  time: 05/13/2026 10:42:36
+  entityCount: 1709
 maps:
 - 1
 grids:
@@ -398,16 +398,17 @@ entities:
     - type: StationTransit
     - type: SpreaderGrid
       spreadQueues:
-        Smoke: []
-        Puddle: []
         MetalFoam: []
+        Puddle: []
+        Smoke: []
         Kudzu: []
     - type: GridPathfinding
     - type: NavMap
     - type: ShipGridLock
       locked: False
     - type: CloakHeat
       lastUpdateTime: 0
+    - type: ThermalSignature
   - uid: 3
     components:
     - type: MetaData
@@ -7482,8 +7483,6 @@ entities:
       rot: -1.5707963267948966 rad
       pos: -3.7517176,-10.459884
       parent: 2
-- proto: ShipVoucherTsfT0
-  entities:
   - uid: 1087
     components:
     - type: Transform
@@ -7993,6 +7992,27 @@ entities:
     - type: Transform
       pos: -3.5,2.5
       parent: 2
+- proto: SpawnPointVGCommander
+  entities:
+  - uid: 1707
+    components:
+    - type: Transform
+      pos: -4.5,1.5
+      parent: 2
+- proto: SpawnPointVGInfanteer
+  entities:
+  - uid: 1708
+    components:
+    - type: Transform
+      pos: -4.5,1.5
+      parent: 2
+- proto: SpawnPointVGLieutenant
+  entities:
+  - uid: 1709
+    components:
+    - type: Transform
+      pos: -4.5,1.5
+      parent: 2
 - proto: SpawnVehicleATV
   entities:
   - uid: 1159

Resources/Prototypes/_Mono/Access/vipergroup.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+- type: accessLevel
+  id: Viper
+  name: id-card-access-level-vg
+
+- type: accessLevel
+  id: ViperCommand
+  name: id-card-access-level-vg-command
+
+- type: accessGroup
+  id: ViperHigh
+  tags:
+  - Viper
+  - ViperCommand
+  - Mercenary
+
+- type: accessGroup
+  id: ViperLow
+  tags:
+  - Viper
+  - Mercenary

Resources/Prototypes/_Mono/Catalogs/Fills/Lockers/suit_storage.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         - id: ClothingShoesBootsMagSecurity
   - type: AccessReader
     access: [["Mercenary"]]
-    
+
 - type: entity
   id: SuitStorageUsspL10
   parent: SuitStorageBase
@@ -144,3 +144,39 @@
         - id: ClothingShoesBootsMagSyndie
         - id: ClothingMaskGasSyndicate
         - id: JetpackBlackFilled # Frontier
+
+# Viper Group
+
+- type: entity
+  id: SuitStorageViperWL
+  parent: SuitStorageBase
+  suffix: Viper Group - Warlord
+  components:
+  - type: StorageFill
+    contents:
+    - id: OxygenTankFilled
+    - id: NitrogenTankFilled
+    - id: ClothingOuterHardsuitViperGroupInitiate
+    - id: ClothingMaskGasSecurity
+    - id: JetpackMiniFilled
+    - id: ClothingShoesBootsMagSecurity
+    - id: ClothingNeckViperGroupMantle
+  - type: AccessReader
+    access: [ [ "Viper" ] ]
+
+- type: entity
+  id: SuitStorageViperJackal
+  parent: SuitStorageBase
+  suffix: Viper Group - Jackal
+  components:
+  - type: StorageFill
+    contents:
+      - id: OxygenTankFilled
+      - id: NitrogenTankFilled
+      - id: ClothingOuterHardsuitViperGroupStandard
+      - id: ClothingMaskGasSecurity
+      - id: JetpackMiniFilled
+      - id: ClothingShoesBootsMagSecurity
+      - id: ClothingNeckViperGroupMantle
+  - type: AccessReader
+    access: [ [ "Viper" ] ]

Resources/Prototypes/_Mono/Catalogs/Fills/Lockers/suit_storage_wallmount.yml

@@ -334,3 +334,13 @@
 - type: entity
   parent: [ SuitStorageWallmount, SuitStorageM86 ]
   id: SuitStorageWallmountM86
+
+# Viper Group
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: [ SuitStorageWallmount, SuitStorageViperWL ]
+  id: SuitStorageWallmountViperWL
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: [ SuitStorageWallmount, SuitStorageViperJackal ]
+  id: SuitStorageWallmountViperJackal

Resources/Prototypes/_Mono/Entities/Clothing/Ears/headsets.yml

@@ -143,3 +143,30 @@
       - EncryptionKeyCentCom
       - EncryptionKeyStationMasterSR
       - EncryptionKeyDiplomacy
+
+#Viper Group
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: ClothingHeadsetAlt
+  id: ClothingHeadsetViper
+  name: Viper Group headset
+  description: The standard-issue headset of Viper Group mercenaries, This headset will accept standard encryption keys and comes prefitted with a key for Tactical Communications.
+  components:
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: _Mono/Clothing/Ears/Headsets/viper.rsi
+  - type: Clothing
+    sprite: _Mono/Clothing/Ears/Headsets/viper.rsi
+  - type: ContainerFill
+    containers:
+      key_slots:
+      - EncryptionKeyCommon
+      - EncryptionKeyViper
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: ClothingHeadsetViper
+  id: ClothingHeadsetViperAlt
+  components:
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: _Mono/Clothing/Ears/Headsets/viperalt.rsi
+  - type: Clothing
+    sprite: _Mono/Clothing/Ears/Headsets/viperalt.rsi

Resources/Prototypes/_Mono/Entities/Markers/Spawners/jobs.yml

@@ -115,3 +115,38 @@
       state: robot
     - sprite: Mobs/Silicon/chassis.rsi
       state: robot_e
+
+# Viper Group
+
+- type: entity
+  id: SpawnPointVGInfanteer
+  parent: SpawnPointJobBase
+  name: VG Infanteer
+  components:
+  - type: SpawnPoint
+    job_id: VGInfanteer
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: Structures/Decoration/banner.rsi
+    state: banner-red
+
+- type: entity
+  id: SpawnPointVGLieutenant
+  parent: SpawnPointJobBase
+  name: VG Lieutenant
+  components:
+  - type: SpawnPoint
+    job_id: VGLieutenant
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: Structures/Decoration/banner.rsi
+    state: banner-red
+
+- type: entity
+  id: SpawnPointVGCommander
+  parent: SpawnPointJobBase
+  name: VG Commander
+  components:
+  - type: SpawnPoint
+    job_id: VGCommander
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: Structures/Decoration/banner.rsi
+    state: banner-red

Resources/Prototypes/_Mono/Entities/Objects/Devices/Misc/identification_cards.yml

@@ -202,3 +202,55 @@
         type: ChameleonBoundUserInterface
   - type: Contraband # Frontier
     hideValues: true # Frontier
+
+#MARK: Viper Group
+- type: entity
+  parent: IDCardStandard
+  id: VGInfanteerIDCard
+  name: VG infanteer ID card
+  components:
+  - type: PresetIdCard
+    job: VGInfanteer
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: _Mono/Objects/Misc/id_cards.rsi
+    layers:
+    - state: vgbase
+    - state: id_infanteer
+  - type: Clothing
+    sprite: Objects/Misc/id_cards.rsi
+  - type: Item
+    heldPrefix: default
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: IDCardStandard
+  id: VGLieutenantIDCard
+  name: VG lieutenant ID card
+  components:
+  - type: PresetIdCard
+    job: VGLieutenant
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: _Mono/Objects/Misc/id_cards.rsi
+    layers:
+    - state: vgbase
+    - state: id_lieutenant
+  - type: Clothing
+    sprite: Objects/Misc/id_cards.rsi
+  - type: Item
+    heldPrefix: default
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: IDCardStandard
+  id: VGCommanderIDCard
+  name: VG commander ID card
+  components:
+  - type: PresetIdCard
+    job: VGCommander
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: _Mono/Objects/Misc/id_cards.rsi
+    layers:
+    - state: vgbase
+    - state: id_commander
+  - type: Clothing
+    sprite: Objects/Misc/id_cards.rsi
+  - type: Item
+    heldPrefix: default

Resources/Prototypes/_Mono/Entities/Objects/Devices/door_access.yml

@@ -45,3 +45,19 @@
   components:
   - type: AccessReader
     access: [["PDVCommand"]]
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: DoorElectronics
+  id: DoorElectronicsViper
+  suffix: Viper Group, Locked
+  components:
+  - type: AccessReader
+    access: [["Viper"]]
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: DoorElectronics
+  id: DoorElectronicsViperCommand
+  suffix: Viper Group Command, Locked
+  components:
+  - type: AccessReader
+    access: [["ViperCommand"]]

Resources/Prototypes/_Mono/Entities/Objects/Devices/encryption_keys.yml

@@ -85,3 +85,23 @@
     #- Nfsd #Deliberately excluded: You don't command them
     #- Freelance
     defaultChannel: Command
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: EncryptionKey
+  id: EncryptionKeyViper
+  name: ViperGroup encryption key
+  description: An encryption key for the Viper Group tactical-level communications channel.
+  components:
+  - type: EncryptionKey
+    channels:
+    - Viper
+    defaultChannel: Viper
+  - type: Item
+    sprite: _Mono/Objects/Devices/encryption_keys.rsi
+  - type: Sprite
+    sprite: _Mono/Objects/Devices/encryption_keys.rsi
+    layers:
+    - state: crypt_red
+    - state: viper_label
+  #- type: PirateBountyItem
+  #  id: EncryptionKeyFaction > Unsure if these should stay as the USSP minor faction/company has it.