diff --git a/code/modules/clothing/spacesuits/rig/rig.dm b/code/modules/clothing/spacesuits/rig/rig.dm
index 9e6a1df3be..23c72fc036 100644
--- a/code/modules/clothing/spacesuits/rig/rig.dm
+++ b/code/modules/clothing/spacesuits/rig/rig.dm
@@ -803,6 +803,8 @@
 
 /obj/item/rig/dropped(mob/user)
 	. = ..(user)
+	// So the next user will see the boot animation
+	tgui_shared_states.Cut()
 	for(var/piece in list("helmet","gauntlets","chest","boots"))
 		toggle_piece(piece, user, ONLY_RETRACT)
 	if(wearer && wearer.wearing_rig == src)
diff --git a/code/modules/clothing/spacesuits/rig/rig_tgui.dm b/code/modules/clothing/spacesuits/rig/rig_tgui.dm
index 2aa11cd859..8f93cb11ce 100644
--- a/code/modules/clothing/spacesuits/rig/rig_tgui.dm
+++ b/code/modules/clothing/spacesuits/rig/rig_tgui.dm
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// Just used to force the icon into the rsc, Byond.iconRefMap does the rest
+GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(rigsuit_ui_icon, /icon, 'icons/hud/rig_ui_slots.dmi')
+
 /*
  * This defines the global UI for RIGSuits.
  * It has all of the relevant TGUI procs, but it's entry point is in rig_verbs.dm
diff --git a/icons/hud/rig_ui_slots.dmi b/icons/hud/rig_ui_slots.dmi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0909b688a
Binary files /dev/null and b/icons/hud/rig_ui_slots.dmi differ
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/RIGSuitHardware.tsx b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/RIGSuitHardware.tsx
index 28e03e73e2..ec5b196005 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/RIGSuitHardware.tsx
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/RIGSuitHardware.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 import { useBackend } from 'tgui/backend';
-import { Button, LabeledList, Section } from 'tgui-core/components';
+import {
+  Box,
+  DmIcon,
+  Icon,
+  Section,
+  Stack,
+  Tooltip,
+} from 'tgui-core/components';
+import { type BooleanLike } from 'tgui-core/react';
 import { capitalize } from 'tgui-core/string';
 
 import type { Data } from './types';
@@ -8,6 +16,9 @@ export const RIGSuitHardware = (props) => {
   const { act, data } = useBackend<Data>();
 
   const {
+    sealed,
+    aioverride,
+    cooling,
     // Disables buttons while the suit is busy
     sealing,
     // Each piece
@@ -23,68 +34,212 @@ export const RIGSuitHardware = (props) => {
 
   return (
     <Section title="Hardware">
-      <LabeledList>
-        <LabeledList.Item
-          label="Helmet"
-          buttons={
-            <Button
-              icon={helmetDeployed ? 'sign-out-alt' : 'sign-in-alt'}
-              disabled={sealing}
-              selected={helmetDeployed}
-              onClick={() => act('toggle_piece', { piece: 'helmet' })}
-            >
-              {helmetDeployed ? 'Deployed' : 'Deploy'}
-            </Button>
-          }
+      <Stack fill align="center" justify="space-around">
+        <Stack.Item grow>
+          <Stack align="center" justify="center">
+            <Stack.Item>
+              <Box
+                className="RIGSuit__FadeIn"
+                style={{
+                  display: 'grid',
+                  gridTemplateColumns: '1fr 1fr',
+                  gap: '10px',
+                  width: 'fit-content',
+                }}
+                textColor="#fff"
+              >
+                <HardwarePiece
+                  disabled={sealing}
+                  icon="head"
+                  name={helmet}
+                  selected={helmetDeployed}
+                  onClick={() => act('toggle_piece', { piece: 'helmet' })}
+                />
+                <HardwarePiece
+                  disabled={sealing}
+                  icon="body"
+                  name={chest}
+                  selected={chestDeployed}
+                  onClick={() => act('toggle_piece', { piece: 'chest' })}
+                />
+                <HardwarePiece
+                  disabled={sealing}
+                  icon="gloves"
+                  name={gauntlets}
+                  selected={gauntletsDeployed}
+                  onClick={() => act('toggle_piece', { piece: 'gauntlets' })}
+                />
+                <HardwarePiece
+                  disabled={sealing}
+                  icon="boots"
+                  name={boots}
+                  selected={bootsDeployed}
+                  onClick={() => act('toggle_piece', { piece: 'boots' })}
+                />
+              </Box>
+            </Stack.Item>
+          </Stack>
+        </Stack.Item>
+        <Stack.Item
+          style={{
+            borderLeft: '2px solid #246984',
+            borderRight: '2px solid #246984',
+          }}
+          height={15}
+          width={0}
         >
-          {helmet ? capitalize(helmet) : 'ERROR'}
-        </LabeledList.Item>
-        <LabeledList.Item
-          label="Gauntlets"
-          buttons={
-            <Button
-              icon={gauntletsDeployed ? 'sign-out-alt' : 'sign-in-alt'}
-              disabled={sealing}
-              selected={gauntletsDeployed}
-              onClick={() => act('toggle_piece', { piece: 'gauntlets' })}
-            >
-              {gauntletsDeployed ? 'Deployed' : 'Deploy'}
-            </Button>
-          }
-        >
-          {gauntlets ? capitalize(gauntlets) : 'ERROR'}
-        </LabeledList.Item>
-        <LabeledList.Item
-          label="Boots"
-          buttons={
-            <Button
-              icon={bootsDeployed ? 'sign-out-alt' : 'sign-in-alt'}
-              disabled={sealing}
-              selected={bootsDeployed}
-              onClick={() => act('toggle_piece', { piece: 'boots' })}
-            >
-              {bootsDeployed ? 'Deployed' : 'Deploy'}
-            </Button>
-          }
-        >
-          {boots ? capitalize(boots) : 'ERROR'}
-        </LabeledList.Item>
-        <LabeledList.Item
-          label="Chestpiece"
-          buttons={
-            <Button
-              icon={chestDeployed ? 'sign-out-alt' : 'sign-in-alt'}
-              disabled={sealing}
-              selected={chestDeployed}
-              onClick={() => act('toggle_piece', { piece: 'chest' })}
-            >
-              {chestDeployed ? 'Deployed' : 'Deploy'}
-            </Button>
-          }
-        >
-          {chest ? capitalize(chest) : 'ERROR'}
-        </LabeledList.Item>
-      </LabeledList>
+          &nbsp;
+        </Stack.Item>
+        <Stack.Item grow>
+          <Stack fill align="center" justify="center">
+            <Stack.Item>
+              <Box
+                className="RIGSuit__FadeIn"
+                style={{
+                  display: 'grid',
+                  gridTemplateColumns: '1fr 1fr',
+                  gap: '10px',
+                  width: 'fit-content',
+                }}
+              >
+                <Tooltip
+                  content={
+                    'Suit Seals: ' + sealing
+                      ? 'Sealing'
+                      : sealed
+                        ? 'Sealed'
+                        : 'UNSEALED'
+                  }
+                >
+                  <Box
+                    position="relative"
+                    className="RIGSuit__Icon"
+                    style={{
+                      filter: sealing
+                        ? 'grayscale(100%) brightness(0.5)'
+                        : sealed
+                          ? undefined
+                          : 'grayscale(80%)',
+                    }}
+                    onClick={() => act('toggle_seals')}
+                  >
+                    <DmIcon
+                      height={6}
+                      width={6}
+                      icon="icons/hud/rig_ui_slots.dmi"
+                      icon_state="base"
+                    />
+                    <Box position="absolute" top={0.5} left={0.5}>
+                      <Icon name="power-off" size={5} color="#5c9fd8" />
+                    </Box>
+                  </Box>
+                </Tooltip>
+
+                <Tooltip
+                  content={
+                    aioverride
+                      ? 'Toggle AI Control Off'
+                      : 'Toggle AI Control On'
+                  }
+                >
+                  <Box
+                    position="relative"
+                    className="RIGSuit__Icon"
+                    style={{
+                      filter: aioverride ? undefined : 'grayscale(80%)',
+                    }}
+                    onClick={() => act('toggle_ai_control')}
+                  >
+                    <DmIcon
+                      height={6}
+                      width={6}
+                      icon="icons/hud/rig_ui_slots.dmi"
+                      icon_state="base"
+                    />
+                    <Box position="absolute" top={0.7} left={0.5}>
+                      <Icon name="robot" size={4} color="#5c9fd8" />
+                    </Box>
+                  </Box>
+                </Tooltip>
+
+                <Tooltip content={cooling ? 'Cooling: On' : 'Cooling: Off'}>
+                  <Box
+                    position="relative"
+                    className="RIGSuit__Icon"
+                    style={{
+                      filter: cooling ? undefined : 'grayscale(80%)',
+                    }}
+                    onClick={() => act('toggle_cooling')}
+                  >
+                    <DmIcon
+                      height={6}
+                      width={6}
+                      icon="icons/hud/rig_ui_slots.dmi"
+                      icon_state="base"
+                    />
+                    <Box position="absolute" top={1} left={1}>
+                      <Icon name="wind" size={4} color="#5c9fd8" />
+                    </Box>
+                  </Box>
+                </Tooltip>
+
+                <Tooltip content="Tank Settings">
+                  <Box
+                    position="relative"
+                    className="RIGSuit__Icon"
+                    onClick={() => act('tank_settings')}
+                  >
+                    <DmIcon
+                      height={6}
+                      width={6}
+                      icon="icons/hud/rig_ui_slots.dmi"
+                      icon_state="base"
+                    />
+                    <Box position="absolute" top={1} left={0.5}>
+                      <Icon name="lungs" size={4} color="#5c9fd8" />
+                    </Box>
+                  </Box>
+                </Tooltip>
+              </Box>
+            </Stack.Item>
+          </Stack>
+        </Stack.Item>
+      </Stack>
     </Section>
   );
 };
+
+const HardwarePiece = (props: {
+  name: string;
+  icon: string;
+  selected: BooleanLike;
+  disabled: BooleanLike;
+  onClick: () => void;
+}) => {
+  let filter;
+  if (props.disabled) {
+    filter = 'grayscale(100%) brightness(0.5)';
+  } else if (props.selected) {
+    filter = undefined;
+  } else {
+    filter = 'grayscale(80%)';
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Tooltip content={capitalize(props.name) || 'ERROR'}>
+      <Box className="RIGSuit__Icon">
+        <DmIcon
+          height={6}
+          width={6}
+          icon="icons/hud/rig_ui_slots.dmi"
+          icon_state={props.icon}
+          style={{
+            cursor: 'pointer',
+            filter,
+          }}
+          onClick={props.onClick}
+        />
+      </Box>
+    </Tooltip>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/RIGSuitLoader.tsx b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/RIGSuitLoader.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c917217106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/RIGSuitLoader.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { Window } from 'tgui/layouts';
+import { Box, Stack } from 'tgui-core/components';
+
+// This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
+// http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
+const NTLogoReact = (props) => {
+  return (
+    <svg
+      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+      version="1.0"
+      viewBox="0 0 425 200"
+      fill="#00bbbb"
+    >
+      <path
+        className="RIGSuit__FadeIn"
+        d="m 178.00399,0.03869 -71.20393,0 a 6.7613422,6.0255495 0 0 0 -6.76134,6.02555 l 0,187.87147 a 6.7613422,6.0255495 0 0 0 6.76134,6.02554 l 53.1072,0 a 6.7613422,6.0255495 0 0 0 6.76135,-6.02554 l 0,-101.544018 72.21628,104.699398 a 6.7613422,6.0255495 0 0 0 5.76015,2.87016 l 73.55487,0 a 6.7613422,6.0255495 0 0 0 6.76135,-6.02554 l 0,-187.87147 a 6.7613422,6.0255495 0 0 0 -6.76135,-6.02555 l -54.71644,0 a 6.7613422,6.0255495 0 0 0 -6.76133,6.02555 l 0,102.61935 L 183.76413,2.90886 a 6.7613422,6.0255495 0 0 0 -5.76014,-2.87017 z"
+      />
+      <path
+        className="RIGSuit__Animation__WipeLeft"
+        style={{ animationDelay: '1s' }}
+        d="M 4.8446333,22.10875 A 13.412039,12.501842 0 0 1 13.477588,0.03924 l 66.118315,0 a 5.3648158,5.000737 0 0 1 5.364823,5.00073 l 0,79.87931 z"
+      />
+      <path
+        className="RIGSuit__Animation__WipeLeft"
+        style={{ animationDelay: '2s' }}
+        d="m 420.15535,177.89119 a 13.412038,12.501842 0 0 1 -8.63295,22.06951 l -66.11832,0 a 5.3648152,5.000737 0 0 1 -5.36482,-5.00074 l 0,-79.87931 z"
+      />
+    </svg>
+  );
+};
+
+const LoadingText = (props: { onFinish?: () => void }) => {
+  const onFinish = props.onFinish ? props.onFinish : () => {};
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      onFinish();
+    }, 5000);
+
+    return () => {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return (
+    <Box>
+      <Box className="RIGSuit__Animation__WipeLeft">RigOS Loading...</Box>
+      <Box
+        className="RIGSuit__Animation__WipeLeft"
+        style={{ animationDelay: '1s' }}
+      >
+        Starting Power-On Self Test...
+      </Box>
+      <Box
+        className="RIGSuit__Animation__WipeLeft"
+        style={{ animationDelay: '2s' }}
+      >
+        POST:{' '}
+        <Box inline color="good">
+          GOOD.
+        </Box>
+      </Box>
+      <Box
+        className="RIGSuit__Animation__WipeLeft"
+        style={{ animationDelay: '3s' }}
+      >
+        Loading UI...
+      </Box>
+      <Box
+        className="RIGSuit__Animation__WipeLeft"
+        style={{ animationDelay: '4s' }}
+      >
+        All Systems Ready!
+      </Box>
+    </Box>
+  );
+};
+
+export const LoaderNT = (props: { onFinish?: () => void }) => {
+  const [showLogo, setShowLogo] = useState(true);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      setShowLogo(false);
+    }, 3500);
+  }, []);
+
+  if (showLogo) {
+    return (
+      <Stack vertical fill justify="center">
+        <Stack.Item>
+          <NTLogoReact />
+        </Stack.Item>
+      </Stack>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return <LoadingText onFinish={props.onFinish} />;
+};
+
+export const RIGSuitLoader = (props: { onFinish?: () => void }) => {
+  // You can skip to the end by clicking
+  const onFinish = props.onFinish ? props.onFinish : () => {};
+
+  return (
+    <Window height={400} width={600}>
+      <Window.Content
+        fitted
+        onClick={() => onFinish()}
+        style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}
+      >
+        <Box backgroundColor="black" height="100%">
+          <LoaderNT onFinish={props.onFinish} />
+        </Box>
+      </Window.Content>
+    </Window>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/RIGSuitStatus.tsx b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/RIGSuitStatus.tsx
index e9b463054d..a2b6ad9b2d 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/RIGSuitStatus.tsx
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/RIGSuitStatus.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   LabeledList,
   ProgressBar,
   Section,
-  Stack,
 } from 'tgui-core/components';
 
 import type { Data } from './types';
@@ -31,57 +30,7 @@ export const RIGSuitStatus = (props) => {
   } = data;
 
   return (
-    <Section
-      title="Status"
-      buttons={
-        <Stack>
-          <Stack.Item>
-            <Button
-              icon={sealing ? 'redo' : sealed ? 'power-off' : 'lock-open'}
-              iconSpin={sealing}
-              disabled={sealing}
-              selected={sealed}
-              onClick={() => act('toggle_seals')}
-            >
-              {'Suit ' +
-                (sealing
-                  ? 'seals working...'
-                  : sealed
-                    ? 'is Active'
-                    : 'is Inactive')}
-            </Button>
-          </Stack.Item>
-          <Stack.Item>
-            <Button
-              icon="robot"
-              selected={aioverride}
-              onClick={() => act('toggle_ai_control')}
-              tooltip={'AI Control ' + (aioverride ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled')}
-              tooltipPosition="bottom-end"
-            />
-          </Stack.Item>
-          <Stack.Item>
-            <Button
-              icon="wind"
-              selected={cooling}
-              onClick={() => act('toggle_cooling')}
-              tooltip={
-                'Suit Cooling ' + (cooling ? 'is Active' : 'is Inactive')
-              }
-              tooltipPosition="bottom-end"
-            />
-          </Stack.Item>
-          <Stack.Item>
-            <Button
-              icon="lungs"
-              onClick={() => act('tank_settings')}
-              tooltip="Tank Settings"
-              tooltipPosition="bottom-end"
-            />
-          </Stack.Item>
-        </Stack>
-      }
-    >
+    <Section title="Status">
       <LabeledList>
         <LabeledList.Item label="Power Supply">
           <ProgressBar
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/index.tsx b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/index.tsx
index 17ce92158e..9a6da96244 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/index.tsx
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/RIGSuit/index.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import { useBackend } from 'tgui/backend';
+import { useBackend, useSharedState } from 'tgui/backend';
 import { Window } from 'tgui/layouts';
 import { Box } from 'tgui-core/components';
 
 import { RIGSuitHardware } from './RIGSuitHardware';
+import { RIGSuitLoader } from './RIGSuitLoader';
 import { RIGSuitModules } from './RIGSuitModules';
 import { RIGSuitStatus } from './RIGSuitStatus';
 import type { Data } from './types';
@@ -12,6 +13,12 @@ export const RIGSuit = (props) => {
 
   const { interfacelock, malf, aicontrol, ai } = data;
 
+  const [showLoading, setShowLoading] = useSharedState('rigsuit-loading', true);
+
+  if (showLoading) {
+    return <RIGSuitLoader onFinish={() => setShowLoading(false)} />;
+  }
+
   let override: React.JSX.Element | null = null;
 
   if (interfacelock || malf) {
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui/styles/interfaces/RIGSuit.scss b/tgui/packages/tgui/styles/interfaces/RIGSuit.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da23abe161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui/styles/interfaces/RIGSuit.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+@keyframes fade-in {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0.1;
+  }
+  to {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
+
+.RIGSuit__FadeIn {
+  animation: 2s linear fade-in forwards;
+  opacity: 0.1;
+}
+
+.RIGSuit__Name {
+  animation: 1.5s linear wipe-in-left both;
+  animation-delay: 1.8s;
+}
+
+@keyframes wipe-in-left {
+  from {
+    clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 0);
+  }
+  to {
+    clip-path: inset(0 0 0 0);
+  }
+}
+
+.RIGSuit__Line {
+  animation: 1s linear wipe-in-left both;
+  animation-delay: 1s;
+}
+
+.RIGSuit__Animation__WipeLeft {
+  animation: 1s linear wipe-in-left both;
+}
+
+.RIGSuit__Icon {
+  cursor: pointer;
+  transition:
+    0.2s filter linear,
+    0.2s -webkit-filter linear;
+  user-select: none;
+}
+
+.RIGSuit__Icon > img {
+  transition:
+    0.2s filter linear,
+    0.2s -webkit-filter linear;
+  -webkit-user-drag: none;
+}
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui/styles/main.scss b/tgui/packages/tgui/styles/main.scss
index 6a93fc8062..5676a79d19 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui/styles/main.scss
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui/styles/main.scss
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 @include meta.load-css('./interfaces/Pda.scss');
 @include meta.load-css('./interfaces/ResearchConsole.scss');
 @include meta.load-css('./interfaces/ResleevingConsole.scss');
+@include meta.load-css('./interfaces/RIGSuit.scss');
 @include meta.load-css('./interfaces/Roulette.scss');
 @include meta.load-css('./interfaces/Safe.scss');
 @include meta.load-css('./interfaces/TachyonArray.scss');