diff --git a/code/defines/mob/living/carbon/alien.dm b/code/defines/mob/living/carbon/alien.dm
index 60d652862ae..e236150be51 100644
--- a/code/defines/mob/living/carbon/alien.dm
+++ b/code/defines/mob/living/carbon/alien.dm
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@
 
 	toxloss = 250
 	var/alien_invis = 0.0
-	var/max_plasma = 500
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+	var/max_plasma = 500
+
+	alien_talk_understand = 1
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diff --git a/code/defines/mob/mob.dm b/code/defines/mob/mob.dm
index 55ccc6610e4..6e8b150b9a5 100644
--- a/code/defines/mob/mob.dm
+++ b/code/defines/mob/mob.dm
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 	var/obj/control_object // Hacking in to control objects -- TLE
 
 	var/robot_talk_understand = 0
+	var/alien_talk_understand = 0
 
 // Ruby mode
 	var/incorporeal_move = 0
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diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/say.dm
index 380ed200d66..931764bf5a0 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/say.dm
@@ -3,9 +3,68 @@
 		return 1
 	return ..()
 
+/mob/living/carbon/alien/say(var/message)
+
+	if (length(message) >= 2)
+		if (copytext(message, 1, 3) == ":a")
+			message = copytext(message, 3)
+			message = trim(copytext(sanitize(message), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
+			src.alien_talk(message)
+		else
+			return ..(message)
+	else
 
 // ~lol~
 /mob/living/carbon/alien/say_quote(var/text)
 //	var/ending = copytext(text, length(text))
 
 	return "hisses, \"[text]\"";
+
+/mob/living/proc/alien_talk(var/message)
+
+	log_say("[key_name(src)] : [message]")
+
+	message = trim(message)
+
+	if (!message)
+		return
+
+	var/message_a = src.say_quote(message)
+	var/rendered = "<i><span class='game say'>Hivemind, <span class='name'>[src.name]</span> <span class='message'>[message_a]</span></span></i>"
+	for (var/mob/living/S in world)
+		if(!S.stat)
+			if(S.alien_talk_understand)
+				if(S.alien_talk_understand == src.alien_talk_understand)
+					S.show_message(rendered, 2)
+
+	var/list/listening = hearers(1, src)
+	listening -= src
+	listening += src
+
+	var/list/heard = list()
+	for (var/mob/M in listening)
+		if(!istype(M, /mob/living/carbon/alien) && !M.alien_talk_understand)
+			heard += M
+
+
+	if (length(heard))
+		var/message_b
+
+		message_b = "hsssss"
+		message_b = src.say_quote(message_b)
+		message_b = "<i>[message_b]</i>"
+
+		rendered = "<i><span class='game say'><span class='name'>[src.voice_name]</span> <span class='message'>[message_b]</span></span></i>"
+
+		for (var/mob/M in heard)
+			M.show_message(rendered, 2)
+
+	message = src.say_quote(message)
+
+	rendered = "<i><span class='game say'>Hivemind, <span class='name'>[src.name]</span> <span class='message'>[message_a]</span></span></i>"
+
+	for (var/mob/M in world)
+		if (istype(M, /mob/new_player))
+			continue
+		if (M.stat > 1)
+			M.show_message(rendered, 2)
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