Job

A few individuals who come to your station will hold down jobs providing services. All jobs suit the peep's race, so no one is utilized in such a way that they do not like. For this, station employees get free use of all station facilities as well as occasional bonuses.

Hiring and firing peeps

The alien interface for a grey.

You can hire and fire peeps from the alien interface which can be opened by right clicking on an alien.

In the alien interface you can see how much it will cost to hire the alien and its skills. If you like what you see you can hire them by clicking on your player logo. Once you hire them, your player logo will appear above their head.

To fire a peep, right-click on a peep with your player logo above their head and left-click on the crossed out image of your player logo.

The hire button in the alien interface.

The fire button in the alien interface.

Skill, dedication and loyalty

Skill, dedication and loyalty are the performance ratings of a peep that will help you decide whether to hire a peep. Each rating has zero to five stars.

Skill

How well a peep performs at their job

Dedication

How long they will stay at their post, regardless of more pressing needs

Loyalty

How likely they are to fight for you and use your facilities instead of an opponent's.

Once hired, a peep will gain additional stars in skill, dedication and loyalty, provided they have at least one point in each attribute. Peeps with very low ratings to begin with may never reach maximum (five star) rating.

Promotion

Every three stars gained in any attribute of Skill, Dedication and/or Loyalty they will want to be promoted and this can happen up to five times per alien depending on how many stars they had when you hired him/her/it. Promoting a peep costs energy, not promoting them causes a steady drain in their well-being, which may eventually be enough that they decide to quit and leave your station.

You can promote a peep either though their job menu or the Residents section on the peeps menu.

Stat benefits from working

Besides the money, peeps always get something out of the act of working. Having a job provides peace of mind and spirit.

While working, all peeps get a stat boost to their mind, body, love, fun, and soul statistics. Some even get a special racial bonus (!), a stat boost higher than all others.

While Working (per second)
All	+1	-	-	-	-	+1
	-	-	+2	+3	+2	-
	-	-	+2	+3	+1	-
	-	+10!	+3	+5	+2	-
	-	-	+2	+4	+2	-
	-	-	+10!	+4	+2	-
	-	-	+4	+4	+1	-
	-	-	+4	+4	+3	-
	-	-	+2	+3	+2	+5!

This is what peeps get for working. But, you don't start a job without getting hired, you don't leave a job without getting fired (or quitting), and there is the question of promotion while on the job.

What happens when a peep is...
hired?	+5000	+5000	+5000	+5000	+5000	+5000	+5000
fired?	-7000	-	-	-	-	-	-7000
over-promoted?	+1/sec	-	-	+1/sec	+1/sec	+1/sec	+1/sec
under-promoted?	-1/sec	-	-	-1/sec	-1/sec	-1/sec	-1/sec

What do they do?

What do they do?

Peep	What they do	Facility	Fighter?
Groulien Salt Hog	Manufacture and recycle	Factory and recycler	Yes
Grekka Targ	Communicate with passing ships	Comsensor	Yes
Grey	Heal peeps	Sick bay	Yes
Kasvagorian	Law enforcement	Security control	Yes
Dahanese Siren	Love peeps	Love Nest	No
Turakken	Research	Laboratory	No
Karmarama	Farming	Bio deck	No
Zedem Monk	Convert peeps and heal the soul	Temple	No
Polvakian Gem Slug	Nothing	None	No

I quit!

Peeps who stay under promoted for too long may decide to quit, this can happen if their other stats get too low as well. If you can catch them before they leave then the mood elevating boost of promotion can convince them to stay, whether they deserve that promotion or not.

Combat

Several races can take up arms in defence of your station. They are the Gors, Salt hogs, Targ and Greys. Gors are the best choice for soldiers, taking less damage from laser hits and Skrasher attacks, the others can help too, just don't expect a high survival rate.