diff --git a/code/game/events/Events/ElectricalStorm.dm b/code/game/events/Events/ElectricalStorm.dm
index dbaf669326d..5a7e01fe710 100644
--- a/code/game/events/Events/ElectricalStorm.dm
+++ b/code/game/events/Events/ElectricalStorm.dm
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 		list/obj/machinery/light/Lights = list( )
 		list/obj/machinery/light/APCs = list( )
 		list/obj/machinery/light/Doors = list( )
+		talk_out = 0
+		has_talked = 0
+		SafeFreq = 0
 
 	Announce()
 		Lifetime = rand(90, 300)
@@ -43,11 +46,10 @@
 			if(Door.z == 1)
 				Doors += Door
 
-		sleep(rand(70,180))
+		talk_out = rand(40,70)
 
 		var/picked = 0
 		var/list/SafeTemp = list()
-		var/SafeFreq = 0
 		if(UnscrambledFrequencies["1459"])
 			SafeFreq = 1459
 			picked = 1
@@ -58,8 +60,6 @@
 				if(SafeFreq < 1489 && SafeFreq > 1441)
 					picked = 1
 
-		command_alert("The radio frequency [SafeFreq/10] has been identified as stable despite the interference.", "Station Central Computer System")
-
 	Tick()
 		for(var/x = 0; x < 3; x++)
 			if (prob(30))
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
 			DisruptAPC()
 		if (prob(10))
 			DisableDoor()
+		if(talk_out <= ActiveFor && has_talked == 0)
+			command_alert("The radio frequency [SafeFreq/10] has been identified as stable despite the interference.", "Station Central Computer System")
+			has_talked = 1
 
 
 	Die()
diff --git a/code/game/events/Events/VirusEpidemic.dm b/code/game/events/Events/VirusEpidemic.dm
index cb7ad5760ae..9825853a149 100644
--- a/code/game/events/Events/VirusEpidemic.dm
+++ b/code/game/events/Events/VirusEpidemic.dm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		virus2 = 0
 
 	Announce()
-		if((prob(66) && !virus) || virus2)
+		if(!virus)
 			for(var/mob/living/carbon/human/H in world)
 				if((H.virus2) || (H.stat == 2) || prob(30))
 					continue
diff --git a/code/game/events/EventsMain.dm b/code/game/events/EventsMain.dm
index 045d17c7484..bf32893d95f 100644
--- a/code/game/events/EventsMain.dm
+++ b/code/game/events/EventsMain.dm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 */
 
-var/list/DisallowedEvents = list(/datum/event/spaceninja, /datum/event/prisonbreak, /datum/event/immovablerod)
+var/list/DisallowedEvents = list(/datum/event/spaceninja, /datum/event/prisonbreak, /datum/event/immovablerod, /datum/event/gravitationalanomaly)
 var/list/EventTypes = typesof(/datum/event) - /datum/event - DisallowedEvents
 var/datum/event/ActiveEvent = null
 var/datum/event/LongTermEvent = null
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var/datum/event/LongTermEvent = null
 	if((world.time/10)>=3600 && toggle_space_ninja && !sent_ninja_to_station)
 		EventTypes |= /datum/event/spaceninja
 	var/Type = pick(EventTypes)
+	EventTypes -= Type
 	ActiveEvent = new Type()
 	ActiveEvent.Announce()
 	if (!ActiveEvent)
@@ -39,11 +40,8 @@ client/proc/Force_Event_admin(Type as null|anything in typesof(/datum/event))
 		src << "There is an active event."
 		return
 	if(istype(Type,/datum/event/viralinfection))
-		var/answer = alert("Do you want this to be a random disease or do you have something in mind?",,"Virus2","Random","Choose")
-		if(answer=="Random")
-			Force_Event(/datum/event/viralinfection)
-			message_admins("[key_name_admin(usr)] has triggered a virus outbreak", 1)
-		else if(answer == "Choose")
+		var/answer = alert("Do you want this to be a random disease or do you have something in mind?",,"Virus2","Choose")
+		if(answer == "Choose")
 			var/list/viruses = list("fake gbs","gbs","magnitis","wizarditis",/*"beesease",*/"brain rot","cold","retrovirus","flu","pierrot's throat","rhumba beat")
 			var/V = input("Choose the virus to spread", "BIOHAZARD") in viruses
 			Force_Event(/datum/event/viralinfection, V)
@@ -66,10 +64,6 @@ client/proc/Force_Event_admin(Type as null|anything in typesof(/datum/event))
 		var/datum/event/viralinfection/V = ActiveEvent
 		V.virus = args
 		ActiveEvent = V
-	else if(istype(ActiveEvent,/datum/event/viralinfection) && args && args == "virus2")
-		var/datum/event/viralinfection/V = ActiveEvent
-		V.virus2 = 1
-		ActiveEvent = V
 	ActiveEvent.Announce()
 	if (!ActiveEvent)
 		return
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/gameticker.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/gameticker.dm
index c334b3e7c52..f3fbb98ebf1 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/gameticker.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/gameticker.dm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ var/global/datum/controller/gameticker/ticker
 
 	spawn(0)
 		while(1)
-			sleep(5000+rand(4000,7000))
+			sleep(5000+rand(6000,9000))
 			SpawnEvent()
 
 	//Start master_controller.process()
diff --git a/code/game/objects/radio/radio.dm b/code/game/objects/radio/radio.dm
index ee3574af44b..5891ea2b9ea 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/radio/radio.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/radio/radio.dm
@@ -231,9 +231,12 @@
 	var/list/heard_voice = list() // voice message
 	var/list/heard_garbled = list() // garbled message
 	var/turf/cl = get_turf(M)
+	var/zlev = 25
 
 	for (var/mob/R in receive)
 		var/turf/gl = get_turf(R)
+		if(zlev == 25 && !(scrambleoverride || scramble) && (gl.z == cl.z) || !istype(src, /obj/item/device/radio/headset))
+			zlev = 75
 		if (R.client && R.client.STFU_radio) //Adminning with 80 people on can be fun when you're trying to talk and all you can hear is radios.
 			continue
 		if (R.say_understands(M) && ((gl.z == cl.z) || !istype(src, /obj/item/device/radio/headset)))
@@ -357,7 +360,7 @@
 					R.show_message(rendered, 2)
 
 		if (length(heard_garbled))
-			quotedmsg = M.say_quote(stars(message))
+			quotedmsg = M.say_quote(stars(message, zlev))
 			var/rendered = "[part_a]Unknown[part_b][quotedmsg][part_c]"
 
 			for (var/mob/R in heard_garbled)