(Starboard) Radio Hosts, HOP improvements, mapping chores

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Short description

Adds Radio Hosts, improves HOP, and fixes a lot of issues with Botany.

Also catches up on a bunch of mapping chores chores.

Requires #5587 to be merged first.

Why we need to add this

• Supports [Mapping] Departmental Lathes #5458
• Supports [Mapping] Stir Stir, Ice Cream Maker, & the Vend of Silence #5250
• Supports [Mapping] The Right Honorable Flippers #5463
• Supports [Mapping] Radio Host & Reporter Journalism Access #5553
• Fixes & improvements

Media (Video/Screenshots)

fig. 1 - Radio Host. Replaces the washroom that was here. Station radio server placement shouldn't pick up anything from the public hallway.

fig. 2 - Stir Stir

fig. 3 - Ice cream maker

fig. 4 - Clown, Mime, Vend of Silence, Hohohonkers moved into the Clown room instead of sitting in maints.

fig. 5 - Flippers

fig. 6 - Various improvements to Botany. Added a disposal bin, fixed the access to the freezer from Botany's side, changed the animal railings to so they'd escape less, and removed the 2 big trees in favour of one small tree. APC is no longer backwards, grass is now astroturf.

fig. 7 - Service techfab.

fig. 8 - HOP office improvements. Second HOP window, made everything way less cramped (it was so bad before), moved around equipment so the HOP doesn't have to clamber over the document printer. Added a ticket machine. Removed the big-ass trees. Mailing unit moved to the front instead of being in the back room. Moved a painting that was covering the fire alarm (!)

fig. 9 - Reporter Journalism access for front and maints door

fig. 10 - AI Core changes. Extended the side airlocks to not be 1x1, removed a middle wall at the entrance, moved around the turrets and furnishings to not block walking.

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Changelog

🆑 Caws

• add: (Starboard) Radio Hosts!
• add: (Starboard) Departmental techfabs to all departments.
• add: (Starboard) Stir Stir added to Genpop.
• add: (Starboard) Ice cream maker added to Kitchen.
• add: (Starboard) Vend of Silence added to Mime.
• add: (Starboard) The Right Honorable Flippers to Courtroom.
• add: (Starboard) Added a disposal bin in Botany.
• add: (Starboard) Added a guidebooks crate to Library.
• add: (Starboard) Added a second HOP window to HOP.
• add: (Starboard) Added a ticket machine to HOP.
• tweak: (Starboard) Made the HOP office's layout more sane and way less cramped.
• tweak: (Starboard) Moved HOP's mailing unit into their office instead of being in the back room.
• tweak: (Starboard) Reporter's airlocks are now Journalism access.
• tweak: (Starboard) Hohohonkers vending machine moved inside of Clown's room (instead of in maints).
• tweak: (Starboard) Swapped Mime and Clown lockers to the new pre-filled versions.
• tweak: (Starboard) Removed the windoor to the animal pen so animals won't get loose all of the time.
• tweak: (Starboard) Swapped out the trees in the animal pen for a smaller tree that blocks less of of the view of the animnals.
• tweak: (Starboard) Added a railing in front of the Botany maintenance door so animals don't wander off into maints as easily.
• tweak: (Starboard) Replaced the railings and old 'flat' stairs in Bridge with platforms and new stairs.
• tweak: (Starboard) Moved urns from Morgue to Shrine.
• tweak: (Starboard) Removed some useless boards from Robotics that can't be installed in any cyborgs.
• tweak: (Starboard) Changed Surgery / Autopsy / Morgue air alarms to the new 'cold weather' variants, which should prevent temperature warnings showing up when the freezers are or are not in use.
• tweak: (Starboard) Made AI Core less cramped and awful.
• tweak: (Starboard) Moved the AI Upload and AI Restoration consoles into the AI Core interior, swapped positions with the Solar Control and Power Monitor consoles.
• tweak: (Starboard) Moved the AI's turrets so they don't block walkable space.
• tweak: (Starboard) Replaced the fuel tank in AI Core with a wallmounted fuel dispenser to prevent the AI's turrets from welderbombing themselves.
• fix: (Starboard) Botany can finally now access the freezer from their side.
• fix: (Starboard) Botany's APC is no longer backwards.
• fix: (Starboard) The grass tiles in Botany have been changed to indoor astrograss (meaning solar flares should no longer cook your animals).
• fix: (Starboard) Fixed a painting that was covering the fire alarm in the HOP office.
• fix: (Starboard) Added missing turret control panels for AI Upload.

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Summary

• Adds Reporter and RadioHost to the Starboard service roster.
• Removes Reporter from civilian roles.
• Adds Radio Host, departmental techfabs, Genpop and department items.
• Improves HOP offices and updates Botany access, equipment, flooring, containment, and layout.
• Relocates Clown and Mime equipment.
• Replaces Bridge railings and stairs with platforms and new stairs.
• Changes Reporter airlocks to use Journalism access.
• Fixes Astro grass and dirt tiles.

User impact

Players can access the new Radio Host role and updated departmental equipment. HOP, Botany, Journalism, Bridge, Clown, and Mime areas use revised layouts, access rules, and equipment. Reporter access now follows Journalism permissions.

Risk areas

• Job roster changes can affect role availability and department balance.
• Reporter airlock access can block or expose Journalism areas if mapped incorrectly.
• Broad map changes can create blocked paths, missing equipment, or access conflicts.
• Bridge platform and stair changes can affect movement and evacuation routes.
• Botany and animal-containment changes can affect farming and creature handling.

Guideline gaps

• The PR context does not provide specific rationale for the map and layout changes.
• The PR context does not identify Shared-first placement decisions.
• The PR context does not identify Starlight ownership comments for custom content.
• The PR context does not describe localization impact.
• The PR context does not state whether any breaking changes are intended.
• The PR context provides limited design-impact guidance for the revised areas.

Walkthrough

The Starboard station roster adds Reporter and RadioHost to service roles, with two slots each. It removes Reporter from civilian roles.

Changes

Starboard job roster

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update Starboard job categories Resources/Prototypes/_Starlight/Maps/starboard.yml	Adds Reporter and RadioHost to service roles with an allowed count of 2. Removes Reporter from civilian roles.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• ss14Starlight/space-station-14#5554: Configures the related RadioHost role and access.

Suggested labels: Changes: Sprites, size/XL, T: New Content

Suggested reviewers: redmushie

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately summarizes the Radio Host, HOP, and mapping changes described in the pull request.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the Radio Host, HOP, Botany, access, and mapping changes in the pull request.

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[Forrestgod718]

Shard 7 failure not related

[CawsForConcern]

As mentioned above, putting on DONOTMERGE until Journalism access gets fixed for Reporter.