Deorbiting of the station.

[BaneOfGiygas]

What would we call them, then? "Plasma Ops" just doesn't roll off the tongue quite as nicely.

well you could just call them syndicate operatives, which is what they are.

I was always of the understanding that "syndicate operatives" meant syndicate people in general, i.e. both nuke ops and traitors. The term "Syndies" just got appropriated to the nuke ops team for whatever reason. Probably because it's more entertaining to shout into the radio as things start exploding.