diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/robot/robot_parts.dm b/code/game/objects/items/robot/robot_parts.dm
index d7f0539d0c4..a85fc274b6f 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/robot/robot_parts.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/robot/robot_parts.dm
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@
 		return .
 
 	var/datum/ai_laws/laws_to_give
-	var/message_override
 	if(!aisync)
 		lawsync = FALSE
 
@@ -308,9 +307,6 @@
 		aisync = FALSE
 		lawsync = FALSE
 
-	if(new_mmi.syndiemmi)
-		message_override = span_userdanger("Вы помните вашу прошлую жизнь. Вы не обязаны подчиняться законам или ИИ.")
-
 	if(new_mmi.syndicate)	// ffs
 		aisync = FALSE
 		lawsync = FALSE
@@ -356,11 +352,7 @@
 
 	SSticker?.score?.save_silicon_laws(new_borg, user, "robot construction", log_all_laws = TRUE)
 
-	if(message_override)
-		to_chat(new_borg, message_override)
-		new_borg.playsound_local(null, 'sound/ambience/antag/emaggedborg.ogg', 100, 0)
-
-	else if (new_borg.mind?.special_role)
+	if (!new_borg.mmi.greet() && new_borg.mind?.special_role)
 		new_borg.mind.store_memory("As a cyborg, you must obey your silicon laws and master AI above all else. Your objectives will consider you to be dead.")
 		to_chat(new_borg, span_userdanger("You have been robotized!"))
 		to_chat(new_borg, span_danger("You must obey your silicon laws and master AI above all else. Your objectives will consider you to be dead."))
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm
index 1b6d08f7f84..5431f140990 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@
 /obj/item/mmi/proc/apply_effects(mob/living/silicon/robot)
 	return
 
+/obj/item/mmi/proc/greet()
+	return FALSE
+
 /obj/item/mmi/emp_act(severity)
 	if(!brainmob)
 		return
@@ -263,6 +266,11 @@
 	if(!overdrive.used)
 		overdrive.Grant(borg)
 
+/obj/item/mmi/syndie/greet(mob/living/silicon/robot/borg)
+	to_chat(borg, "Вы помните вашу прошлую жизнь. Вы не обязаны подчиняться законам или ИИ.")
+	borg.playsound_local(null, 'sound/ambience/antag/emaggedborg.ogg', 100, 0)
+	return TRUE
+
 /obj/item/mmi/syndie/Destroy()
     QDEL_NULL(overdrive)
     return ..()