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	*A quick and dirty way to vent high pressure or unwanted gases is to expose the area to open space. Breach a wall or open an airlock to quickly suck out all the atmosphere. Just be sure you have the area sealed off and no crewmembers get caught in the depressurization zone.		*A quick and dirty way to vent high pressure or unwanted gases is to expose the area to open space. Breach a wall or open an airlock to quickly suck out all the atmosphere. Just be sure you have the area sealed off and no crewmembers get caught in the depressurization zone.
	*Overpressurization can be just as harmful as depressurization.		*Overpressurization can be just as harmful as depressurization.

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	\| {{item\|oxygen tank\|label=}}{{item\|nitrogen tank\|label=}} ~~Portable Oxygen/Nitrogen~~ Tank \|\| Small enough to carry around. Hook this up to a mask, and you can have a portable air supply to breathe while in space or fixing leaks. People will probably ask you for these.		\| Portable {{item\|oxygen tank\|label=Oxygen}}/{{item\|nitrogen tank\|label=Nitrogen}} Tank \|\| Small enough to carry around. Hook this up to a mask, and you can have a portable air supply to breathe while in space or fixing leaks. People will probably ask you for these.
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	\| {{item\|GasAnalyzer\|~~label~~=~~Gas Analyzer~~}} \|\| Use this to analyze the composition of gases in the air around you, or to measure the temperature and pressure of gases inside pipes.		\| {{item\|GasAnalyzer\|cap all=1}} \|\| Use this to analyze the composition of gases in the air around you, or to measure the temperature and pressure of gases inside pipes.
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	\| {{item\|PortableScrubber\|~~label~~=~~Portable Scrubber~~}}\|\| Can be wrenched down to scrub waste gases to an internal tank. Useful for cleaning up a miasma problem. Must be emptied once full.		\| {{item\|PortableScrubber\|cap all=1}}\|\| Can be wrenched down to scrub waste gases to an internal tank. Useful for cleaning up a miasma problem. Must be emptied once full.
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	\| {{item\|HolofanProjector\|~~label~~=~~Holofan Projector~~}} \|\| [[File:Holofan.png\|thumb\|right\|A holofan projection]] Creates a holographic firelock (''holofan'') that blocks gas flow but allows objects to move through them. Holofans last for three minutes before despawning. Extremely useful when repairing a hull breach, since they will safely block the flow of station atmosphere while still giving access to move around freely to work. Stores a total of six charges before the internal [[Power cell]] runs out of power.		\| {{item\|HolofanProjector\|cap all=1}} \|\| [[File:Holofan.png\|thumb\|right\|A holofan projection]] Creates a holographic firelock (''holofan'') that blocks gas flow but allows objects to move through them. Holofans last for three minutes before despawning. Extremely useful when repairing a hull breach, since they will safely block the flow of station atmosphere while still giving access to move around freely to work. Stores a total of six charges before the internal [[Power cell]] runs out of power.
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imported>KindaNice: should directly link to atmospherics page at the top of this article

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should directly link to atmospherics page at the top of this article

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	''Keeping a soon-to-be-colander of a station filled with soon-to-be-unbreathable air.''<ref>https://docs.spacestation14.com/en/space-station-14/departments/atmos.html</ref>		''Keeping a soon-to-be-colander of a station filled with soon-to-be-unbreathable air.''<ref>https://docs.spacestation14.com/en/space-station-14/departments/atmos.html</ref>

	Atmospheric Technician is a job in the [[Engineering]] department.		Atmospheric Technician is a job in the [[Engineering]] department mostly concerned with maintaining the station's [[Atmospherics\|atmosphere]].

	As an Atmospheric Technician, your primary job is to maintain a safe and breathable atmosphere inside the station. As a member of the engineering department, you may also be expected to double as a [[Station Engineer]] <s>if they don't know what they're doing</s> in exceptional circumstances.		As an Atmospheric Technician, your primary job is to maintain a safe and breathable atmosphere inside the station. As a member of the engineering department, you may also be expected to double as a [[Station Engineer]] <s>if they don't know what they're doing</s> in exceptional circumstances.

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	{{Role infobox\|department=[[Engineering]]\|image=Atmospheric Techincian.png\|title=Atmospheric Technician\|access=Atmospherics, Engineering, External, Maintenance\|difficulty=Hard\|duties=Restore breathable atmosphere to depressurized areas. Ensure the station's air remains at livable conditions.\|supervisors=[[Chief Engineer]]\|subordinates=[[Technical Assistant]]\|guides=[[Atmospherics]]\|radio=* {{rch\|common}}		{{Role infobox\|department=[[Engineering]]\|image=Atmospheric Techincian.png\|title=Atmospheric Technician\|access=Atmospherics, Engineering, External, Maintenance\|difficulty=Hard\|duties=Restore breathable atmosphere to depressurized areas. Ensure the station's air remains at livable conditions.\|supervisors=[[Chief Engineer]]\|subordinates=[[Technical Assistant]]\|guides=[[Atmospherics]]\|radio=* {{rch\|common}}
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			''Keeping a soon-to-be-colander of a station filled with soon-to-be-unbreathable air.''<ref>https://docs.spacestation14.com/en/space-station-14/departments/atmos.html</ref>

	Atmospheric Technician is a job in the [[Engineering]] department.		Atmospheric Technician is a job in the [[Engineering]] department.
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	*A quick and dirty way to vent high pressure or unwanted gases is to expose the area to open space. Breach a wall or open an airlock to quickly suck out all the atmosphere. Just be sure you have the area sealed off and no crewmembers get caught in the depressurization zone.		*A quick and dirty way to vent high pressure or unwanted gases is to expose the area to open space. Breach a wall or open an airlock to quickly suck out all the atmosphere. Just be sure you have the area sealed off and no crewmembers get caught in the depressurization zone.
	*Overpressurization can be just as harmful as depressurization.		*Overpressurization can be just as harmful as depressurization.
	*A pressurized pipe will violently decompress if unwrenched.
	*Make sure that the [[Atmospherics#Distro\|distro]] loop never connects to anything else like the mix or waste loop. unless you want to flood the station with superheated plasma and risk getting an angry admin message.

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	Atmospheric Technician is a job in the Engineering department.		Atmospheric Technician is a job in the [[Engineering]] department.

	As an Atmospheric Technician, your primary job is to maintain a safe and breathable atmosphere inside the station. As a member of the engineering department, you may also be expected to double as a [[Station Engineer]] <s>if they don't know what they're doing</s> in exceptional circumstances.		As an Atmospheric Technician, your primary job is to maintain a safe and breathable atmosphere inside the station. As a member of the engineering department, you may also be expected to double as a [[Station Engineer]] <s>if they don't know what they're doing</s> in exceptional circumstances.

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	# Deliver [[#Equipment\|portable scrubbers]] to locations that expect miasma build up. This is usually the [[Medical#Cloning_and_Morgue\|cloning room or morgue in the medical bay]].		# Deliver [[#Equipment\|portable scrubbers]] to locations that expect miasma build up. This is usually the [[Medical#Cloning_and_Morgue\|cloning room or morgue in the medical bay]].
	# Monitor the station's radio or patrol the station yourself for spacing or other atmospheric issues. Fix issues if they arise.		# Monitor the station's radio or patrol the station yourself for spacing or other atmospheric issues. Fix issues if they arise.
	# Make sure that [[Passenger\|suspicious]] [[Nuclear_Operative\|people]] are not sabotaging [[#Atmosia\|your department]].		# Make sure that [[Passenger\|suspicious]] [[Nuclear_Operative\|people]] are not sabotaging [[Atmospherics#Atmosia\|your department]].

	==Equipment==		==Equipment==

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	{{Role infobox		{{Role infobox\|department=[[Engineering]]\|image=Atmospheric Techincian.png\|title=Atmospheric Technician\|access=Atmospherics, Engineering, External, Maintenance\|difficulty=Hard\|duties=Restore breathable atmosphere to depressurized areas. Ensure the station's air remains at livable conditions.\|supervisors=[[Chief Engineer]]\|subordinates=None\|guides=[[Atmospherics]]\|radio=* {{rch\|common}}
	\|department=Engineering ~~Department~~		* {{rch\|eng}}}}
	\|image=Atmospheric Techincian.png
	\|title=Atmospheric Technician
	\|access=Atmospherics, Engineering, External, Maintenance
	\|difficulty=~~Medium to~~ Hard
	\|duties=Restore breathable atmosphere to depressurized areas. Ensure the station's air remains at livable conditions. ~~Get bored and create tritium.~~
	\|supervisors= [[Chief Engineer]]~~, [[Captain]]~~
	\|subordinates= None
	\|guides=[[Atmospherics]]
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	As an ~~atmospheric technician~~, your primary job is to maintain a safe and breathable atmosphere inside the station. As a member of the engineering department, you may also be expected to double as a [[Station Engineer]] <s>if they don't know what they're doing</s> in exceptional circumstances.		Atmospheric Technician is a job in the Engineering department.

			As an Atmospheric Technician, your primary job is to maintain a safe and breathable atmosphere inside the station. As a member of the engineering department, you may also be expected to double as a [[Station Engineer]] <s>if they don't know what they're doing</s> in exceptional circumstances.

	The primary threats to a safe and breathable atmosphere inside the station are:		The primary threats to a safe and breathable atmosphere inside the station are:

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	* Air escaping into space due to intentional or unintentional removal of walls or floor tiles (''spacing'')		* Air escaping into space due to intentional or unintentional removal of walls or floor tiles (''spacing'')
	* Buildup of unpleasant or outright hazardous [[#Gases\|gases]] such as miasma or plasma		* Buildup of unpleasant or outright hazardous [[Atmospherics#Gases\|gases]] such as miasma or plasma

	Your supervisor is the [[Chief Engineer]].		Your supervisor is the [[Chief Engineer]].
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	==Quick-Start==		==Quick-Start==
	# Grab [[#Equipment\|equipment]] from your atmospheric technician locker. You should grab at least a {{Item\|atmos hardsuit\|label=hardsuit}} or {{Item\|atmos fire suit\|label=fire suit}} and {{Item\|atmos fire helmet\|label=helmet}}, a {{item\|atmospheric gas mask\|label=gas mask}} and {{item\|oxygen tank\|label=gas tank}}, a {{item\|gas analyzer}}, an {{item\|RCD}}, and a {{item\|holofan projector}}. Consider grabbing {{item\|inflatable barricade}}'''s''', {{item\|inflatable door}}'''s''', {{item\|steel\|label=steel sheets}}, and {{item\|metal rod}}'''s''' to be ready to fix spacing.		# Grab [[#Equipment\|equipment]] from your atmospheric technician locker. You should grab at least a {{Item\|atmos hardsuit\|label=hardsuit}} or {{Item\|atmos fire suit\|label=fire suit}} and {{Item\|atmos fire helmet\|label=helmet}}, a {{item\|atmospheric gas mask\|label=gas mask}} and {{item\|oxygen tank\|label=gas tank}}, a {{item\|gas analyzer}}, an {{item\|RCD}}, and a {{item\|holofan projector}}. Consider grabbing {{item\|inflatable barricade}}'''s''', {{item\|inflatable door}}'''s''', {{item\|steel\|label=steel sheets}}, and {{item\|metal rod}}'''s''' to be ready to fix spacing.
	# Find the [[#Distro\|distro]] pipe and inspect its pressure and temperature using your [[#Equipment\|gas analyzer]]. If the pressure is zero and shows no sign of rising, [[#Distro\|set up distro]].		# Find the [[Atmospherics#Distro\|distro]] pipe and inspect its pressure and temperature using your [[#Equipment\|gas analyzer]]. If the pressure is zero and shows no sign of rising, [[Atmospherics#Distro\|set up distro]].
	# (''optional'') Set filters to recover gases from the [[#Waste\|waste]] pipe. Because [[Pipes_and_vents#Gas_Miner\|gas miners]] are available on most stations, this step is not very important. And, unless [[Pipes_and_vents#Air_Scrubber\|scrubbers]] are set to siphoning, there will only be waste gases in the waste pipe.		# (''optional'') Set filters to recover gases from the [[Atmospherics#Waste\|waste]] pipe. Because [[Pipes_and_vents#Gas_Miner\|gas miners]] are available on most stations, this step is not very important. And, unless [[Pipes_and_vents#Air_Scrubber\|scrubbers]] are set to siphoning, there will only be waste gases in the waste pipe.
	# Deliver [[#Equipment\|portable scrubbers]] to locations that expect miasma build up. This is usually the [[Medical#Cloning_and_Morgue\|cloning room or morgue in the medical bay]].		# Deliver [[#Equipment\|portable scrubbers]] to locations that expect miasma build up. This is usually the [[Medical#Cloning_and_Morgue\|cloning room or morgue in the medical bay]].
	# Monitor the station's radio or patrol the station yourself for spacing or other atmospheric issues. Fix issues if they arise.		# Monitor the station's radio or patrol the station yourself for spacing or other atmospheric issues. Fix issues if they arise.
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	*Overpressurization can be just as harmful as depressurization.		*Overpressurization can be just as harmful as depressurization.
	*A pressurized pipe will violently decompress if unwrenched.		*A pressurized pipe will violently decompress if unwrenched.
	*Make sure that the distro loop never connects to anything else like the mix or waste loop. unless you want to flood the station with superheated plasma and risk getting an angry admin message.		*Make sure that the [[Atmospherics#Distro\|distro]] loop never connects to anything else like the mix or waste loop. unless you want to flood the station with superheated plasma and risk getting an angry admin message.

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