.....I'm not sure this needs much more description than a loud "MUAHAHAHA!", but still: You can 'clean' a radioactive auton by recovering it with the auton bay.

This should be changed to automatically contaminate the ship if you try it, or give the option to use any decon gel the player has in the hold to clean the auton before recovery.

the_shrike 1 Apr 2015:

Also, it'd be kinda cool if the radiation timer was linked to the auton itself, not the playership's armor.....so using decon gel on the auton through the dockscreen would work, but simply relaunching the auton would also cancel the effect after a few (10?) seconds. Not strictly required though.

george moromisato 3 Apr 2015:

Yes, love this too.

george moromisato 30 Nov 2020:

Made a few changes in 1.9 Beta 3:

  • Autons now survive radiation contamination. They can get irradiated, but never die.
  • If you launch an auton while the ship is contaminated, the auton becomes contaminated.
  • If you recover a contaminated auton, your ship becomes contaminated (even if you have radiation-immune armor, because you're bringing it inside your cargo hold).