Off-Station Laser for Science Security Locker

[MarkusLarsson421]

About The Pull Request

Adds a laser gun in the Science Security Locker to be used by the stationed officer to help with Explorers' assassination objectives. They are also getting Exploration access to not be entirely reliant of Explorers being their door knobs.

Why It's Good For The Game

Streamlines the process of getting a Security Officer to help the Explorers as the mission objective suggests. No longer do you have to get to the armoury, wait 5 minutes for a Warden, HoS or Captain to show up and get you a gun.

Testing Photographs and Procedure

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Changelog

:cl: balance: Adds an laser gun to Science Security lockers for stationed Security Officer use to help Explorers with Assassination objectives. balance: Gives Science Security Officer Exploration access. /:cl:

[PowerfulBacon]

They should be inside a weapons cabinet rather than the locker.

Perhaps something that's a "break in case of emegency" style container that sounds an alarm if someone accesses it

[MarkusLarsson421]

Perhaps something that's a "break in case of emegency" style container that sounds an alarm if someone accesses it

Getting a mission to assassinate someone as if it was any day on the job does not sound like an emergency to me. If so it sounds more like a break if blue or red alert. Either way, they won't be able to fire it unless they replace the pin in Security. Feels unnecessary to give it a fancy dedicated place for it.

[PowerfulBacon]

I mean the primary purpose of the cabinet is probably going to be for quickly obtaining a gun in an emergency, VIPs don't need security to go with them and they are mostly capable of handling the missions themselves. The gun could be useful in an emergency like artifacts swarming the place with bears

[MarkusLarsson421]

Not VIPs, but assassination targets. The flavour text displayed when selecting that mission suggests that Exploration bring a Security Officer with them due to the danger, but no one ever does due to the ridiclous amount of time it takes for an Officer to get ready, assuming there even is one.

I could swap it out for a regular one so it could be used against bears, but I think it'll be used for purposes other than bears or exploration then.

[PowerfulBacon]

It will be used for other things, is that a problem?

[MarkusLarsson421]

It is a free laser gun, the point is to allow officers to work with the explorers, if it is not being used at all for the explorers but for the science officer to have their own personal gun then it is just a powergaming addition.

I'll change it to be a normal laser gun, but I doubt it'll be used to help the explorers.

[MarkusLarsson421]

Swapped it for a regular one.

[PowerfulBacon]

It should still be part of a weapons locker that declares an emergency when it's accessed. It's not normal security gear for standard operations and can't be added as if it is. If the only thing making it seem like its emergency gear is SOP/rules then there is a misalignment of mechanics and rules which we can't accept.

[ColonelOrion]

Issues with this change:

• Reduces the cross-departmental interactions for Explorers. They should have to step out of science from time to time. This is fine.
• Expects the science security officer to be in science rather than patrolling the station, which is a bad assumption.
• creates an odd situation where security leadership are implicitly disincentivised from using their best judgement for what the given explorer team should have. If there are two explorers, often security leadership will approve two guns, etc.
• Removes a possible route to confidence trick your way into station-side weaponry as an antagonist explorer.
• Removes a fun RP interaction that security can have that isn't arresting or fining someone, which is something that security very rarely have to deal with.

[Rukofamicom]

Due to personal circumstances, author has requested that all PRs be treated "as-is" for the time being. Closing this one due to (unofficial technically) requested changes.