I wrapped rampdown.py in rampdown.sh, which is just these lines:

#!/bin/bash
source /ligo/cdscfg/workstationrc.sh
/opt/rtcds/caltech/c1/scripts/SUS/rampdown.py > /dev/null 2>&1

This is now what megatron's cron runs. It appears to be working.

I also added the workstationrc line to the n2 and chiara HDD checking scripts that run on nodus, which should resolve the issue from ELOG 11249