diff --git a/code/datums/brain_damage/split_personality.dm b/code/datums/brain_damage/split_personality.dm
index 5aef72ae16c..c058173ba39 100644
--- a/code/datums/brain_damage/split_personality.dm
+++ b/code/datums/brain_damage/split_personality.dm
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 	to_chat(src, "<span class='warning'>You cannot speak, your other self is controlling your body!</span>")
 	return FALSE
 
-/mob/living/split_personality/emote(act, m_type = null, message = null, intentional = FALSE)
+/mob/living/split_personality/emote(act, m_type = null, message = null, intentional = FALSE, force_silence = FALSE)
 	return FALSE
 
 ///////////////BRAINWASHING////////////////////
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/camera/camera.dm b/code/modules/mob/camera/camera.dm
index 8fb3cb17eab..a36e062a87d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/camera/camera.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/camera/camera.dm
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
 /mob/camera/canUseStorage()
 	return FALSE
 
-/mob/camera/emote(act, m_type=1, message = null, intentional = FALSE)
+/mob/camera/emote(act, m_type=1, message = null, intentional = FALSE, force_silence = FALSE)
 	return FALSE
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer_say.dm b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer_say.dm
index fb6244958be..fcb8b7994c4 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer_say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer_say.dm
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 /mob/dead/observer/check_emote(message, forced)
-	if(message[1] == "*")
-		emote(copytext(message, length(message[1]) + 1), intentional = !forced)
-		return TRUE
-
+	return emote(copytext(message, length(message[1]) + 1), intentional = !forced, force_silence = TRUE)
 
 //Modified version of get_message_mods, removes the trimming, the only thing we care about here is admin channels
 /mob/dead/observer/get_message_mods(message, list/mods)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/emote.dm
index bf460298d2d..59167b77d9b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/emote.dm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #define BEYBLADE_CONFUSION_LIMIT 40 //A max for how penalized a carbon will be for beyblading
 
 //The code execution of the emote datum is located at code/datums/emotes.dm
-/mob/proc/emote(act, m_type = null, message = null, intentional = FALSE)
+/mob/proc/emote(act, m_type = null, message = null, intentional = FALSE, force_silence = FALSE)
 	act = lowertext(act)
 	var/param = message
 	var/custom_param = findchar(act, " ")
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	var/list/key_emotes = GLOB.emote_list[act]
 
 	if(!length(key_emotes))
-		if(intentional)
+		if(intentional && !force_silence)
 			to_chat(src, "<span class='notice'>'[act]' emote does not exist. Say *help for a list.</span>")
 		return FALSE
 	var/silenced = FALSE
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		if(P.run_emote(src, param, m_type, intentional))
 			SEND_SIGNAL(src, COMSIG_MOB_EMOTE, P, act, m_type, message, intentional)
 			return TRUE
-	if(intentional && !silenced)
+	if(intentional && !silenced && !force_silence)
 		to_chat(src, "<span class='notice'>Unusable emote '[act]'. Say *help for a list.</span>")
 	return FALSE
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
index 983a5678ecc..cc857f2022d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
 	return ..()
 
 
-/mob/living/simple_animal/emote(act, m_type=1, message = null, intentional = FALSE)
+/mob/living/simple_animal/emote(act, m_type=1, message = null, intentional = FALSE, force_silence = FALSE)
 	if(stat)
 		return FALSE
 	return ..()