There is a method to destroy the disk permanently

[necromanceranne]

Round ID: 207517

Reproduction:

So, apparently, the captain of this round used as colossus crystal and was mindswapped into a cockroach. This crystal probably moves the captain's body...somewhere. When the captain in the body of a cockroach was stepped on, the disk was lost forever.

I've no idea what is happening with that crystal, but that does not sound good.

[nfreader]

Should be easy for someone to reproduce this locally and track down the issue.

[Sealed101]

the disk doesn't get deleted, it would seem that it got stuck in nullspace somehow while the disk holder was being deleted. the way the crystal does mob possession is a mess and it works horribly (peep the horror)

tgstation/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/megafauna/colossus.dm

Lines 566 to 568 in 0dd7099

	var/mob/living/picked_mob = pick(valid_mobs)
	var/obj/structure/closet/stasis/possessor_container = new /obj/structure/closet/stasis(picked_mob)
	user.forceMove(possessor_container)

doing dump_contents(TRUE) seemed to have fixed this issue somewhat, as the disk was properly deleted and teleported elsewhere. but honestly this locker stuff should be purged and the body possession be made more sane

tgstation/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/megafauna/colossus.dm

Lines 586 to 592 in 0dd7099

	/obj/structure/closet/stasis/process()
	if(holder_animal)
	if(holder_animal.stat == DEAD)
	dump_contents()
	holder_animal.investigate_log("has been gibbed by [src].", INVESTIGATE_DEATHS)
	holder_animal.gib()
	return

tgstation/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/megafauna/colossus.dm

Lines 612 to 627 in 0dd7099

	/obj/structure/closet/stasis/dump_contents(kill = TRUE)
	STOP_PROCESSING(SSobj, src)
	for(var/mob/living/possessor in src)
	REMOVE_TRAIT(possessor, TRAIT_MUTE, STASIS_MUTE)
	possessor.status_flags &= ~GODMODE
	possessor.notransform = FALSE
	if(kill || !isanimal_or_basicmob(loc))
	possessor.investigate_log("has died from [src].", INVESTIGATE_DEATHS)
	possessor.death(FALSE)
	if(holder_animal)
	possessor.forceMove(get_turf(holder_animal))
	holder_animal.mind.transfer_to(possessor)
	possessor.mind.grab_ghost(force = TRUE)
	holder_animal.gib()
	return ..()
	return ..()

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cockroaches are deleted on death, and the running gag with things being deleted and their contents not being deleted properly sometimes also applies here

tgstation/code/modules/mob/living/basic/vermin/cockroach.dm

Lines 44 to 47 in 0dd7099

	/mob/living/basic/cockroach/death(gibbed)
	if(GLOB.station_was_nuked) //If the nuke is going off, then cockroaches are invincible. Keeps the nuke from killing them, cause cockroaches are immune to nukes.
	return
	..()

[moocowswag]

shouldnt the disk automatically teleport if its in nullspace or something?

[Sealed101]

my guess is it doesn't see itself as in nullspace because it's on a mob that's in a locker that fails to be removed from cockroach's contents when it gibs