Stop Coworker from spawning in base!

[Schmucko]

I based up in the "office" on 2nd floor in the office sector right by the elevator where you use the hacking device & up the ladder. That ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scared me twice now as he always pops up when I want to go to bed dammit, he's creepy even though I know (or suppose) he's not dangerous and just some entity WHO I GUESS WANTS FOOD?

So is there a way to stop him from spawning in my base? Kinda barricaded the ladder and closed the door downstairs but mfer still shows up. Do I need to keep the crafting bench powered all night?

[Yaridovich]

Coworker appears near you, not near your Bench, so the Bench being powered won't change anything about the Coworker showing up.

There isn't really anything you can do. You could try killing him (which is possible), but I imagine he'll just respawn later anyway.

[Schmucko]

Weird because he wouldn't show up when my base was still in the cafeteria.
I thought as soon as I hit the green "you feel safe" or whatever sign it would stop him from spawning.

I wonder if he just spawns in other bases too or if mine's just too big or whatever.
Thanks!

[Yaridovich]

No worries. I've had him spawn multiple times close to my position whenever I'm far from my base, so it isn't connected to your base (even though he used to have a bug before where he'd make a beeline for the Bench).

[Valen Logan]

I see him all over the place. Some times I even see him in portal worlds crawling around wanting food.
Once in awhile he will kinda get stuck somewhere and it will take him a couple of days to find you. The longest i have seen him gone was about a week.

[Valen Logan]

Also, yes he does respawn after you kill him. I've killed him about 5 times now and he always comes back. He some times leaves drops, I got a human skull from his body once.

[Fardy McShiddpants]

we all have larva to feed

[Lucky_Star_Fan]

Just give the poor guy some food and he'll leave.

[Finnfinn]

This post almost tempts me to answer in-character as a GATE researcher.
The gist is, the Coworker is an anomaly that will show up near life forms that may share their food with it and change into a shape that it believes will encourage such donations. I'd classify it roughly the same as the vending machine, it decides where it exists and an effective containment procedure wasn't found.
You bought a SURVIVAL game where portals and alternate universes are completely out of control, weird stuff is happening and GATE was in over their head. Did you just assume that you could build makeshift equipment to achieve what a fully-functional, well-funded research facility with top-notch technology couldn't, fully containing everything you come across?

[PhilosPHX]

For me who plays solo
Coworker is a good friend lol