Zelmana

In recent years, I haven't seen this mentioned as much. Searching the wiki, the FCP is not mentioned. I believe, and please correct me if I am wrong- that our protocols for first contact (i.e. alien / anomalous species) was retconned/reworked or deprecated. I think that it should be looked at oncemore, both due to convenience of guidance when dealing with anomalous things that come up (either antag or not), as well as the future NBT possibilities of new races,planets,fauna,flora, etc. If I recall correctly, the FCP was a less-well-known protocol, typically only known by Command, detailing how to handle anomalies. Often it would be what we receive from faxing about them to CC- general guidance for containment, observation, and EOR transportation. In short, can we look at FCP again?

I have always liked Yumi Yotin as a character. They are very kind hearted and will PDA message people they know, and will always try to start interesting conversations. Many bartenders will often just pull drinks and do little else.

The whole asking for validation thing was phased into "meta", correct. I completely agree with you-- despite it being meta and being able to completely negate a Antag's gimmick via writing a fax, it does something more odd, which is to make the liaison-company relationship broken. The proposed solution to this, removing the NT liaison, is odd. They do far more than communicate back to the company to confirm out of place visitors, and as any faction, act as a means of roleplay and exploration of lore. Nanotrasen Liaisons specifically act as interpreters of regulations and standard operating procedure to command. Additionally, they are mind-shield implanted. They have additional responsibilities here that I don't think are being considered. A better solution would be that if an antagonist is going to pull a gimmick that could be broken by fax-to-confirm cliche, then the telecomms should be out/broken for the duration. This brings up other issues, such as when/if the crew discover the "true" nature of a boarding party (if they are playing as posers and not rping legit characters). To the notion we should have a "secretary" role-- that is kind of what the NT-specific liaison often does. Drafting status reports. However, this is hardly (or should be) a fraction of their job. Representing the company, sitting down with people to discuss their satisfaction with NT, discussion of politics, assisting CCIA if needed, helping Commnad interpret sop/regs, and even helping characters in-characterly start the incident report process.

that's exactly what i'm saying.

I prefer the current, above, Devsen posted sprites.

Since all staff are volunteers I would say that my statement was accurate. I wasn't stating that people can just not do things and still remain on staff. I'm just stating that volunteerism is always a one-way street. You either pitch in your abilities or you don't. If you don't you may be asked to leave. Simple as. Why that remark, prefaced with "my opinion" "to me" and "just my 0.02" was taken as factual despite not even disagreeing with anyone, I am not sure. I certainly don't think it deserved such a hostile remark. Either way, this is off-track of the thread topic so I won't be discussing further.

I was not stating this as fact.

To me the spriter role has always been a mark of achievement of the artistic volunteerism done for the community in its many projects. I really like Riverstyx's artwork they've showcased here. We should be careful to assume those given a "spriter" role are on-call for artwork and projects to be assigned to them. It is really a one-way street in terms of a donation of their artistic ability. If that changes of fluctuates that should be understood. In short, take what you can get, if that changes, understand that's how art works. Spriters, in my opinion, are a mark of good community-work artwork donors. They're "on the team" but not really in the sense they can be requested/ordered to use their artistic ability. Just my 0.02.

I've gotten mixed responses from this over the few years it has come up in OOC. I think sometimes even staff mentioning that it was retconned or reworked and therefore should no longer be mentioned. Back in the day there were a lot more arcs and tensions between players over species. Think how different contractors are viewed now, people would be the same with species. With contractors and a lot of Sol-lore being defunct or focus shifted elsewhere it has been phased out.

If this is implemented there should be a mitigating buff to cuffs as well. The horrible slipping-cuff stealth for example. A shitty officer could be in the Warden's office could be down the hall and around the corner but get some big red text in chat if you are trying to slip them. A stealthier escape option should be added for cuffs, or a more drastic change, you should only notice cuff-slip attempts within 1 tile or upon examine of the cuffed (within 8 tiles).

Interacting with Oliver, they're often one of the leading officers for response. They consistently are able to focus on not only the task at hand, but the bigger picture. Instead of simply running to and fro from call to call, they will often think outside the box. For example, guarding the Captain or personally checking in on matters that are relevant to ongoing cases. This is something that I feel makes a good HoS. In addition, Bunky is good at roleplay. From my interactions with them, I have noticed that they are able to keep pace with fast conversations, multiple overlapping subjects, etc. Conversely, and this is not a negating comment but rather my personal preference, I'd like to see more flavor added via more descriptive emoting. The development and evolution of Oliver as a character may be slightly quick, but in my opinion they are well suited for the position of HoS. As others have stated above, I would suggest creating additional characters. This will help fill out any gaps in your knowledge that may be expected of a HoS or other command position.

The issue with true 3/4 is not showing side walls. Say goodbye to posters, terminals, and anything on half of the wall surfaces. It'd require whole remaps.

A notice range of 1-2 tiles would be fine, and otherwise noticeable if you examine the player. This would require processing sec to stand very close to get a message, or otherwise be vigilant in actually doing something (i.e. right click examine) to notice if something is up. Quite literally every single escape from cuffs attempt is almost always avoided by constant rebuckling or shameless dragging of the inmate in a circle forever. (If you do the circle thing, I hope your milk spoils)

Your sprites align way more with the current machine sprites. In my opinion yours look superior as well. Animations are a bonus.

The portable hole is begging to be used in a few gimmicks. Ever since they armored up the AI's roof I miss busting in on malf....... Scientist, prepare the hole.

Skill systems like these, you can mess a whole lot of stuff up. Consider the amount of knowledge an average individual has. Do I know how to use syringes? Yeah. Do I know how to flush my engine and change tires? Yeah. Do I know how to field strip an AK? You bet'cha. Skills vary and restricting them in code is for me, something that should be done extremely carefully. Time-based adjustments may be fine, yes. Full restrictions I would be careful on.