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Rhials 9ae14f62a9 Nuclear operatives can now be other species. Pref toggle to always be human as operative (#77970)
## About The Pull Request


![image](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/28870487/cbfbf18a-b4cb-44d1-97ef-430fc4404128)

When #16075 was created in the ancient year of 2016, it was a stopgap
solution to plasmamen spawning in with a regular nukie outfits and
burning to death. As a result, nukies have been human-only for the past
seven years. I come to you today to remove the stopgap, and once again
enable non-human nukies.

This was approved in the past (#59590), and I'm assuming that approval
is still valid. Let's take a look at how things work:

Spawning in as a Nuclear Operative (leader included), Lone Operative,
Clown Operative, or Reinforcement will now set your species to the one
if your prefs. That means lizard, cat, plasma, and ethereal nukies are
all on the table now.

Plasmamen now have their own syndicate envirohelm/suit combo. It doesn't
look fantastic (it's just a palette swapped roboticists envirosuit) but
I think it's serviceable at least. When the operative antag datum is
given, and the owner is a plasmamen, they will instead be given an
alternate outfit with these equipped. Loneop plasmamen will instead be
given a MODsuit with the plasma stabilizer MODule installed. These
MODules also spawn in the firebase lockers in case they're needed.

**But what about the AI?** Fortunately for the balancebrains in the
crowd, there is a preference (enabled by default!) to always roll human
as an operative. The AI still has to reasonably assume that nukies are
human until proven otherwise so please don't think this will affect the
rules of engagement for anyone not _directly opting into it._


![image](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/28870487/f4ba8e6d-bfb8-40cb-abcb-95e8ea224a95)

(This pref will only appear if you have a nukie job enabled in the antag
menu!)

Huge thanks to Melbert who let me peek at his code on a branch trying to
do the same thing. My approach ended up being entirely on the antag
datum, with nothing on the job datum.
## Why It's Good For The Game

Rectifies a curious change made long long ago. Expands customization to
nukies while not affecting balance for those who care.
## Changelog
🆑 Rhials
add: Nuclear operatives have expanded the scope of their hiring
practices. Members of all species can now roll nukie!
qol: The preferences menu now has an option to always be human when
being selected for a nuclear operative role. Check it out!
image: Plasmaman operative envirosuits.
/🆑
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