diff --git a/code/modules/events/communications_blackout.dm b/code/modules/events/communications_blackout.dm
index 7d53a0c812c..5e8bdf4a957 100644
--- a/code/modules/events/communications_blackout.dm
+++ b/code/modules/events/communications_blackout.dm
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
-/datum/event/communications_blackout
-	var/silent = 1	//most of the time, we don't want an announcement, so as to allow AIs to fake blackouts.
-
 /datum/event/communications_blackout/announce()
-	if(!silent)
-		command_alert("Ionospheric anomalies detected. Temporary telecommunication failure imminent. Please contact you-BZZT")
+	var/list/alerts = list(	"Ionospheric anomalies detected. Temporary telecommunication failure imminent. Please contact you*%fj00)`5vc-BZZT", \
+							"Ionospheric anomalies detected. Temporary telecommunication failu*3mga;b4;'1v¬-BZZZT", \
+							"Ionospheric anomalies detected. Temporary telec#MCi46:5.;@63-BZZZZT", \
+							"Ionospheric anomalies dete'fZ\\kg5_0-BZZZZZT", \
+							"Ionospheri:%£ MCayj^j<.3-BZZZZZZT", \
+							"#4nd%;f4y6,>£%-BZZZZZZZT")
+
+	var/alert = pick(alerts)
+
+	for(var/mob/living/silicon/ai/A in player_list)	//AIs are always aware of communication blackouts.
+		A << "<br>"
+		A << "<span class='warning'><b>[alert]</b></span>"
+		A << "<br>"
+
+	if(prob(30))	//most of the time, we don't want an announcement, so as to allow AIs to fake blackouts.
+		command_alert(alert)
 
 
 /datum/event/communications_blackout/start()
-	//if(prob(25))
-	//	silent = 0
-	for(var/mob/living/silicon/ai/A in player_list)	//AIs are always aware of communication blackouts.
-		A << "<br>"
-		A << "<span class='warning'><b>Ionospheric anomalies detected. Temporary telecommunication failure imminent. Please contact you-BZZT<b></span>"
-		A << "<br>"
 	for(var/obj/machinery/telecomms/T in telecomms_list)
 		T.emp_act(1)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/events/event_manager.dm b/code/modules/events/event_manager.dm
index 6bedda3ad32..977c491d2d0 100644
--- a/code/modules/events/event_manager.dm
+++ b/code/modules/events/event_manager.dm
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 var/list/allEvents = typesof(/datum/event) - /datum/event
 var/list/potentialRandomEvents = typesof(/datum/event) - /datum/event
 
-var/eventTimeLower = 5000
-var/eventTimeUpper = 10000
+var/eventTimeLower = 9000	//15 minutes
+var/eventTimeUpper = 15000	//25 minutes
 
 var/scheduledEvent = null
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/farm_animals.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/farm_animals.dm
index 7221c11856e..892367c4d18 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/farm_animals.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/farm_animals.dm
@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@
 		..()
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/cow/attack_hand(mob/living/carbon/M as mob)
-	if(!stat && M.a_intent == "help")
-		M.visible_message("\red [M] tips over [src].","\red You tip over [src].")
-		src.Weaken(30)
-		icon_state = "cow_dead"
+	if(!stat && M.a_intent == "disarm" && icon_state != icon_dead)
+		M.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[M] tips over [src].</span>","<span class='notice'>You tip over [src].</span>")
+		Weaken(30)
+		icon_state = icon_dead
 		spawn(rand(20,50))
 			if(!stat)
-				icon_state = "cow"
-				var/list/responses = list(	"\red [src] looks at you imploringly.",
-											"\red [src] looks at you pleadingly",
-											"\red [src] looks at you with a resigned expression.",
-											"\red [src] seems resigned to it's fate.")
+				icon_state = icon_living
+				var/list/responses = list(	"[src] looks at you imploringly.",
+											"[src] looks at you pleadingly",
+											"[src] looks at you with a resigned expression.",
+											"[src] seems resigned to it's fate.")
 				M << pick(responses)
 	else
 		..()
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@
 
 	New()
 		..()
-		pixel_x = rand(-6,6)
-		pixel_y = rand(-6,6)
+		pixel_x = rand(-6, 6)
+		pixel_y = rand(0, 10)
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/chick/Life()
 	..()
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@
 
 	New()
 		..()
-		pixel_x = rand(-6,6)
-		pixel_y = rand(-6,6)
+		pixel_x = rand(-6, 6)
+		pixel_y = rand(0, 10)
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/chicken/Life()
 	..()
 	if(!stat && prob(1))
-		src.visible_message("[src] [pick("lays an egg.","squats down and croons.","begins making a huge racket.","begins clucking raucously.")]")
+		visible_message("[src] [pick("lays an egg.","squats down and croons.","begins making a huge racket.","begins clucking raucously.")]")
 		var/obj/item/weapon/reagent_containers/food/snacks/egg/E = new(src.loc)
 		E.pixel_x = rand(-6,6)
 		E.pixel_y = rand(-6,6)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ obj/item/weapon/reagent_containers/food/snacks/egg/var/amount_grown = 0
 	amount_grown += rand(1,2)
 	if(amount_grown >= 100)
 		if(prob(50))
-			src.visible_message("[src] hatches with a quiet cracking sound.")
+			visible_message("[src] hatches with a quiet cracking sound.")
 		new /mob/living/simple_animal/chick(src.loc)
 		processing_objects.Remove(src)
 		del(src)
diff --git a/tgstation.dme b/tgstation.dme
index c3f214b0fcb..02984bb6613 100644
--- a/tgstation.dme
+++ b/tgstation.dme
@@ -722,6 +722,7 @@
 #include "code\modules\detectivework\scanner.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\alien_infestation.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\blob.dm"
+#include "code\modules\events\brand_intelligence.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\carp_migration.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\communications_blackout.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\disease_outbreak.dm"
@@ -732,7 +733,6 @@
 #include "code\modules\events\prison_break.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\radiation_storm.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\spacevine.dm"
-#include "code\modules\events\spider_infestation.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\spontaneous_appendicitis.dm"
 #include "code\modules\flufftext\Dreaming.dm"
 #include "code\modules\flufftext\Hallucination.dm"