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Guide to the Church of NeoTheology

Summary of NeoTheology

The Church of NeoTheology are essentially space Christians with a fanatical outlook against AI, mutants, robotics, and any other augmentations or perversions of humanity. They use cruciforms to hold their 'soul' (DNA) to clone their followers after death, keeping up with the belief they are immortal. The cruciform also protects against straying from mankind's natural form, made in God's image. For the complete lore see:NeoTheology Lore

A hive city, where NeoTheology are slowly creating their own heaven.

Basic NeoTheologian Equipment

These are the basic items familiar to all followers of the Church of NeoTheology.

Item	Description
	Cruciform - The cornerstone of NeoTheology and mankind's salvation. Having one is necessary to be revived and to use litanies from the Bible. It violently detaches all augments and prosthetics from a body when implanted and activated. Baptizing Carrions gibs them. Removing the cruciform causes the wearer to instantly die. The common cruciform has 50 energy, the Preacher's cruciform has 80, and an Inquisitor's cruciform has 100.
	Ritual Book - Contains litanies for quick access, although they work when spoken without it. The Preacher gets a unique golden variant, but the books' contents are identical — you will always see the litanies you can use, and only them.

There are also less used but still notable items to keep in mind.

Item	Description
	Ritual Knife - May be needed to finish conversion. Any prosthetic limbs or organs the initiate has will violently detach during the baptism, leaving them crippled and without vital organs. If that is the case, relieve them of their suffering after completing the baptism by performing Epiphany and start cloning them to complete their rebirth. Don't forget to use the body for bioreactor fuel and wash the floor.
	Cahors - Church wine. The most effective anti-toxin on the whole ship, but the expedition only has a limited supply. Can be purchased in the TheoMat, or found inside barrels near the ritual room.
	Tau Cross Necklace - Grants full access to church doors for the non-believers that need it, namely the Captain, First Officer and IHC. The Preacher also starts with a spare. Can be attached to clothing to free up your mask slot.

Crucial rituals to know

Converting someone to NeoTheology

Conversion can only be performed by an Acolyte or higher.

• The living (and hopefully willing) initiate must lay bare upon the altar with an inactive cruciform.
• Use "Commitment" to make the cross attach itself to them.
• Use "Epiphany" to link the convert's soul with the cruciform, finalizing the baptism.

Any implants, prosthetics and mutations the convert had will be purged during this process, in which case they will need to be revived afterwards. Whether those converts whose bodies were already pure should also be cloned after their baptism is a matter of debate amongst the faithful, and it's left up to each congregation to decide.

Reviving of the faithful

While any member of the church can do this, clones not made by an Acolyte or higher will be damaged.

• Detach the cruciform with "Deprivation".
• Place it in the scanner.
• Use "Resurrection" in front of the cloning pod to begin the process. Make sure that it has at least 300 biomass.
• Once it's done, place the fresh body on the altar along with the cruciform.
• Attach it with "Commitment".
• Use "Reincarnation" to reconnect soul and body.

It may take some time for consciousness to return, as the cloned needs to re-enter their body of their own volition.

Eye of the Protector

Also known as the EOTP, or simply the Eye. A unique structure located in the ritual room that rewards its followers' faith with various benefits.

The Eye will accumulate power over time based on the number of followers and Observation, which is increased by mobs being seen by Obelisks and Carrions being purged via baptism. Once power is full a miracle will occur, granting a random effect and increasing Armament points by 125. These points are spent by Acolytes via "Order Armaments" to summon NT design disks and powerful gear. When purchasing an Armament its price will be reduced (to a certain point) and the amount of Armament points the Eye can store will increase, letting you save up for progressively better gear.

Miracles:

• Alert - detects antagonist location (only borer, carrion and blitz) and sends a vision to preacher, or a random disciple if there is none.
• Inspiration - positive breakdown for every NT on the ship. With 50% chance.
• Oddity - Spawns an NT oddity. This is a very strong oddity and can also be improved by the preacher's litany. It has the Holy Light perk, which you can read about here.
• Stat buff - Buffs random stats by 10 points for 20 minutes for every disciple on the ship.
• Material reward - Spawns some materials. Uranium, plasma and diamonds spawn in piles of 30, gold and silver in 60, and plasteel in a full stack of 120.
• Energy reward - regains cruciform energy for every NT.

A preacher or inquisitor can influence the type of miracle by making offerings, namely "Divine Intervention" and "Holy Guidance", explained here.

NeoTheology machinery

Machine	Description
	Clonepod - The device used by Preachers and Acolytes to resurrect a fallen believer. For a single body you will need 300 biomatter. The process is activated by reciting the "Resurrection" litany in front of the cloner.
	Cruciform reader - Reads the cruciforms of the fallen and allows them to be cloned in the pod. To begin the process, place a cruciform with their 'soul' into it to clone the person who the cruciform belonged to. Do not forget to place the cruciform onto the new cloned body after cloning is finished.
	Biomass container - Stores the biomatter for cloning use. To fill the container you will need a bucket to pull biomatter from a biomatter tank and place it into the container, or you can place solid sheets inside.
	Biomatter Tank - Used to store biomatter created from the bioreactor. With these tanks you may turn the biomatter into biomass for use of the printer via the solidifier, or use the biomatter to fuel the biogenerator and fill the bio container for cloning purposes.
	Bioreactor - This machine allows you to dissolve anything organic and turn it into biomatter. This biomatter can be used to create NT specific items using the bioprinter, fill the biomass container for resurrections or power the biogenerator.
	Biogenerator - Use biomatter created from the bioreactor to power the chapel separately from the main power grid, or if you're benevolent enough, power the ship with the biomass from the creatures found in maintenance.
	Solidifier - Use this machine, located upper left of the Bioreactor room, to turn the liquid biomatter into solid biomass to be used in the bioprinter. Simply bring over a canister, place it on the tile below the solidifier and click+drag the canister towards the solidifier, then turn it on.
	Bioprinter - Used to craft NeoTheologian related items with the NT disks. It is essentially an autolathe for NT followers that can use biomass to create items.
	Cruciform Forge - Used to craft cruciforms via the "Make cruciform" litany. To create a cruciform 10 biomatter, 5 plasteel, and 2 gold are required.
	TheoMat - Sells everything you need to worship God. - 500 credits. - 200 credits, and candles for 200 credits. Also hides some inside it if you hack it. Requires the buyer to be cruciformed.
	Obelisk - This Obelisk will only activate when those with Cruciforms are within the room or nearby. It will eliminate roaches and spiders for use as biofuel, while making human (and less so) mutants uncomfortable. It will also provide observation for the Eye. [Editor Note: Verify what other mobs are killed]

Litanies

These are ritual phrases that benefit followers who recite them. The energy provided from the cruciform will be used upon using these, which will return over time. Each cruciform is different based on your rank in NeoTheology.

• Acolytes, Agrolytes, Janitors and other ordinary believers have 50 Energy
• Preacher has 80 Energy
• Inquisitor has 100 Energy

Common Litanies

Name	Description	Text
Relief	Short litany, weakens pain much like a painkiller. Ignores stuttering.	Semper invicta.
Soul Hunger	Litany of pilgrims, relieves you of some of your hunger but also deals a small amount of burn damage.	Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie.
Entreaty	Call for help, this can be heard by other NeoTheology believers. Ignores stuttering.	Deus meus ut quid dereliquisti me.
Rejection	Removes all foreign bodies from the user.	Ad tollendum zizania a corpore.
Reveal Adversaries	Gives you information about your environment. Most of the time it tells you about roaches and other aggressive monsters and traps.	Et fumus tormentorum eorum ascendet in saecula saeculorum: nec habent requiem die ac nocte, qui adoraverunt bestiam, et imaginem ejus, et si quis acceperit caracterem nominis ejus.
Cruciform Sense	Very short litany to identify NeoTheology followers. Targets individuals directly in front of caster or being grabbed by caster.	Et si medio umbrae.
Revelation	A person close to you will have a vision that could increase their sanity... or that's what you hope will happen.	Patris ostendere viam.
Install Cruciform Upgrade	This litany will command a cruciform upgrade to attach to follower's cruciform. Undressed follower must lie on altar and upgrade must be near them.	Deum benedicite mihi voluntas in suum donum.
Uninstall Cruciform Upgrade	This litany will command cruciform upgrade to detach from cruciform. Follower must lie on altar.	Deus meus ut quid habebant affectus.
Commitment	Litany which will command a cruciform to connect to the chest of new human. After that, you can activate the cruciform and baptize someone or connect a soul to new a body. It causes damage to the chest.	Unde ipse Dominus dabit vobis signum.
Reincarnation	Returns the soul to a body. After creating a new body, remove cruciform from , and place it on the altar with the new body. Use "Commitment", and after that - "Reincarnation". That will connect the ghost to the new body. If the ghost sitting in their old body it will create problems with connecting to the new one.	Vetus moritur et onus hoc levaverit.
Deprivation	Litany which will command cruciform to detach from chest. It's important, because it's the most simple way to remove a cruciform from a corpse. It doesn't need an altar to be used, only a dead body.	Et revertatur pulvis in terram suam unde erat et spiritus redeat ad Deum qui dedit illum.

Machinery Litanies

Name	Description	Text
Resurrection	Litany which will activate the cloning process. To make it work you need to remove the cruciform from a corpse by using the Deprivation litany, and afterwards place the cruciform into , then move to look at and read this litany. If done not by Inquisitor, Reverend, or Acolyte, the resulting clone will have clone damage.	Qui fuit, et crediderunt in me non morietur in aeternum.
Make cruciform	A ritual, that commands the cruciform forge to make a new empty cruciform. You must be in front of the cruciform forge for this litany to work.	Nos nostrae initium creatores.
Activate door	Commands nearby door to be locked or unlocked.	Inlaqueatus.
Repair door	Repairs nearby door at the cost of biomatter.	Redde quod periit.
Power biogenerator song	A ritual, that can activate or deactivate power biogenerator machine. You must be in front of the metrics screen for this litany to work.	Dixitque Deus: Fiat lux. Et facta est lux. Et lux in tenebris lucet, et renebrae eam non comprehenderunt.
Bioreactor solution pump's lullaby	This ritual pump in or pump out solution of bioreactor's chamber.	Nihil igitur fieri de nihilo posse putandum est.
Bioreactor chamber's words	This ritual open or close bioreactor chamber.	Constituit quoque ianitores in portis domus Domini ut non ingrederetur eam inmundus in omni.

Acolyte Litanies

These litanies are usable by Preachers, Acolytes, and Inquisitors. Anyone can use any litany on who, but it's good courtesy to not use litanies such as Atonement or Deprivation against people higher in the Church than you.

Name	Description	Text
Epiphany	Litany which will activate an installed cruciform and finish the baptism of a new believer. It works only from the Preacher's lips. To make it work you need place a naked person on the altar, and while looking at him, read this litany. After the cruciform is installed and activated, use a bandage on his chest since installation creates minor wounds. Activation of a cruciform will cause ALL augments to fall off (including internal synthetic ones), and will create a mess of mutant beings.	In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti.
Asacris	Litany that will remove any upgrades from the believer. Almost useless, but can be used by Inquistiors to remove the current Preacher. But also, Preacher can use it to make some of believers safer by removing the Crusader upgrade.	A caelo usque ad centrum.
Grace of Perseverance	Gives a temporary increase to the stats "Mechanic", "Cognition" and "Biology" to everyone who hears you. This buff will stay for ten minutes.	Domine petra mea et robur meum et salvator meus Deus meus fortis meus sperabo in eo scutum meum et cornu salutis meae susceptor meus.
To Uphold the Holy Word	Gives a temporary increase to the stats "Robustness", "Toughness" and "Vigilance" to everyone who hears you. This buff will stay for ten minutes.	In Deo laudabo verbum in Domino praedicabo sermonem in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat homo mihi.
Baptismal Record	Prints a Church Record of people who are baptized, that is to say, tells you all the Christians on the ship.	Memento nomina...
Order armaments	Allows you to spend armament points to unlock a NT disk. You should be in front of the EOTP for this litany to work.	Et qui non habet, vendat tunicam suam et emat gladium.
Search	Allows you to locate follower. Can be used to find dead disciples. You should be in front of the EOTP for this litany to work.	Ut ostenderet viam filio suo.
Atonement	Inflicts pain upon the target. Does no actual harm.	Piaculo sit <target>!

Preacher Litanies

Name	Description	Text
Atonement	Inflicts pain upon the target.	Piaculo sit <target>!
Divine intervention	Requests the Eye of the Protector for construction materials. Next miracle will be materials gift. You must offer 200 biomatter.	Auxilium instaurarent domum tuam.
Holy guidance	Present your prayers to the Eye of the Protector. Next miracle will not be materials gift. You must offer an oddity and 40 fruits.	Domine deus, lux via.
Divine Blessing	Increase an oddity's stats by a certain amount but reduce yours by half of that amount.	Corpus Deus.
Confirmation	Ritual of assigning a disciple to a specific duty within the church. Unlocks job-specific litanies for a person.	Misericordia et veritas non te deserant circumda eas gutturi tuo et describe in tabulis cordis tui...
Adoption	Opens church doors for target disciple. Gives a disciple access to the clergy church doors.	Dervans semitas iustitiae et vias sanctorum custodiens.
Ordination	Opens clergy doors for target disciple. Gives a disciple access to the church doors.	Gloriam sapientes possidebunt stultorum exaltatio ignominia.
Omission	Removes all access from target disciple's cruciform.	Via impiorum tenebrosa nesciunt ubi corruant.
Excommunication	Strips target disciple of their rank and access. Shouldn\'t be used lightly.	Excommunicatio <Target>!

Using the Bioreactor

Never touch bioreactor without wearing a full set of bio armor, or you will die.

The Bioreactor is used to turn all organic items and things into biomatter, this includes dead bodies, clothing, armor, and critters such as roaches and spiders. The conveyor is linked to Cargo's disposal system and a biomatter sorter will determine what can be used, and will filter it into the bioreactor platform. The input machine left of the console will determine what is accepted into the bioreactor, and what is not.

Will turn all organic things into biomatter.

This guide will explain how to use the great bioreactor.

1. Use the litany "Bioreactor chamber's words" to open the doors for the bioreactor.

2. Place whatever organic items you have within the glass (On the platform).

3. Use the litany "Bioreactor chamber's words" to close the doors to the bioreactor.

4. Use the litany "Bioreactor solution pump's lullaby" to pump a solution into the chamber to dissolve the organic items into usable biomatter. The biomatter will be stored into the large tank to the right of the chamber.

5. Open the reactor console to view how much biomatter was collected, then use the litany "Bioreactor solution pump's lullaby" to pump out the solution from the chamber, any contents that can not be dissolved will be discarded just above the tank in their most basic form, ie: armor will give you steal sheets.

6. Walk towards the tank connected to the chamber and touch it. This will move the tank into a lower position, then wrench a large or medium biomatter canister to the tank. The tank will immediately begin filling the canister until it is either full or has no more biomatter in store. Use the console to check how much biomatter is left in the tank.

7. After your canister is filled, unwrench it from the tank and you may now use the biomatter in the canister for whatever you may need it for.

8. Touch the biomatter tank to return it to the upper position to begin the ritual to create biomatter once again.

Notes: Living beings will suffer as they are slowly dissolved into the chamber. It is not a quick death. Their brain will not be dissolved into biomatter. Any inorganic mass such as armor will have certain resources in it smelted and turned into sheets, which can be used in the bioprinter.

To prevent contamination of the biomatter, pipes must be cleaned. Contamination risks ruining the biomatter. Please see cleaning the bioreactor below.

Bioreactor Maintenance

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To prevent contamination of the reactor you must maintain the reactor, this includes cleaning the exposed pipes, repairing any form of damage, and overall keeping the reactor clean and in perfect condition.

The Pipes: They become exposed when the tank is in the lower position, so it is best to clean the pipes while you are filling a biomatter canister. Use a mop to clean the pipes.

Note: If the pipes are at the status of CONTAMINATED, they will throw out 3-4 items called 'solid biomass', these are toxic things and cleaning them up will do super toxins if you don't have equipment with bio-resist (luckily NT Acolyte and Agrolyte clothing have 100 bio).

The Reactor platform (vat): Use a mop on the glass to clean the dirty glass. It is best to clean when there is any sign of contamination.

Note: If all three glass panes are dirty, you can not use the vat.

REPAIRS: In case of a structural failure of the Bioreactor (any part of it permanently destroyed), you will need the NeoTheology Circuitry Disk, located in the Preacher's locker in their office. You then need to print the circuitry (a visit in Chemistry or R&D will likely be necessary, for you will need a beaker of silicon for printing), and construct it like any other machine (activate at least 8 sheets of steel in your hand, and select "machine frame" [Warning: must be done on the exact tile you want the machine to be - it's immobile after construction).

After you place a machine frame, add some wires to it, insert the circuit board, and then examine the machine - the description will tell you which specific parts you need to finish it.

In case of broken glass, you will need to click with 2 sheets of reinforced glass (metal rods + glass) on a "Bioreactor platform" tile (which is itself a machine, so if a platform is gone, you have to rebuild it first!).

Using the Biogenerator

This excerpt will explain how to power the Biogenerator to power the chapel. First you must look to the top of the floor to your two SMES.' These two will receive power from the biogenerator and charge upon receiving power from it. When the biogenerator is running, it is best to check these two for charging and how much power it is outputting. The biogenerator will create 10kW from biomatter and takes it in at 2 u/s. So do not use canisters that have low biomatter as it would not be worth it.

The biogenerator will power the chapel, outside of the ship's grid. It may be necessary to power the chapel when the Technomancers have failed their engine ritual or someone has delaminated the Supermatter. This guide will explain how to power the Biogenerator.

• Drag a large canister and wrench it onto the platform in the red square.
• Turn on the valves in the green squares.

Note: What amount of units you set for the valves determines how fast or slow power is output.

• Walk in front of the console and say the litany Power biogenerator song
• Biogenerator will start up and begin generating power.

At this time you want to check if the SMES are power on or not. If they are not on, the energy provided will charge the SMES' for future use, otherwise they will begin to power the chapel. If you do not want to waste biomatter because the engine is currently powering the chapel, simply turn the SMES off and the biogenerator will charge them for the future, when the engine is gone.

Biogenerator Maintenance

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The components of the biogenerator will degrade during use, and will need cleaning (pipes), repairs (coil) and replacement (wires).

The Pipes: In order to clean pipes, you need to unscrew the connector port for the tank (highlighted in red). The tank needs to be detached first. Once the port is open, use soap (the more contaminated the pipes, the more times you will need to do it, until they're clean).

The Coil: The coil is located inside the upper part of the generator (highlighted in pink). You need to apply a screwdriver to open the hatch and expose the coil. When the coil is exposed, simply weld it (remember, Acolyte - your eyes are a gift from God! Respect it by wearing proper eye protection before welding!).

The Wires: The wires are contained within the lower part of the generator (highlighted in green). Once again, simply unscrew the cover. Then, you'll need to cut the old wires and apply a fresh batch.

Note: Do NOT unscrew the control console (middle piece of the entire biogenerator). If you apply a screwdriver and open the panel, the control console will cease to function, and will be deaf to your litanies (even if you close the panel back). If that happens, you need to apply crowbar (with the panel open) in order to deconstruct the machine. Then, you need to just put the circuitry and all other components back in, and apply screwdriver. The machine will be rebuilt.

Tips for Neotheologians as a whole

• Litanies can be used without the just say or whisper them. You can even make macros.

• Nonbelievers will very rarely convert to NeoTheology by themselves, you need to search interested ones and spread the word of NeoTheology by either pamphlets or private messages. We don't recommend using the radio too much as IH may dislike that. Try to bring people to Church and tell them more about the religion to convert them, and don't be afraid to ask believers to help you with the propaganda, it helps to have someone who can be trusted to reassure the nonbelievers to convert. Then notify the preacher someone wishes to convert.

• Remember to check the morgue as there could be weapons or useful items the church can use to benefit themselves, such as ID cards for better maintenance access or weapons to defend the chapel with.

• The preacher is not a soldier, Acolytes and Agrolytes are always asked to be armed to defend the chapel and the preacher. Acolytes can commit to the ressurection litanies, however the preacher is your leader. If the leader perishes, you may be lost in what to do.

• Agrolytes can use the chapel's garden to grow plants. These plants can be used to sell to the club, or used as biofuel for the Bioreactor.

• The Obelisks will eliminate any mobs hostile towards crew. They're only activated when someone with a cruciform is within the room.

• The disposals system has a bio-sorter that stops corpses from going on into normal disposals, if you're ever in trouble or have to deliver a christian corpse, use disposals! It's a shortcut to the Chruch.

• Only Relief or Entreaty litanies activate even if they are stuttered. Whispering the litany may overcome this problem, if you are not in too much pain.

Reading Material/Related Links

NT Lore

• Neotheology Lore Basics

NT Roles

• Preacher
• Acolyte
• Agrolyte
• Custodian
• Inquisitor