geeves

castrate them

hello everyone, before i begin, i'd just like to say that we're all here for the same reason, and that is to have fun. there are a lot of opinions and some may clash, but in the end of it all we're all united to play on this silly spaceman game together, as one big community. now, i've just made a PR that should tentatively resolve the issue at hand without being too heavy-handed, see here: https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/20298 and the text itself here: basically, what this does is add that little paragraph on the bottom prodding all the crew to volunteer, and all the expedition leaders to take them on unless the situation is real bad i'm going to be looking into solving the late-joining issue, perhaps by allowing people to directly spawn onto the intrepid. still need to figure out how exactly that will be managed anyhow, that's all i wanted to say, never been one for big forum posts. love you all ❤️

made the PR to implement the arm ingame for in-case lack of implementation would be an issue for this application: https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/20004 in the event that the application is denied i'll just remove the arm from the PR and let the framework go in for future use naturally, it goes without saying that i support this application, Comet will make good use of this item to further roleplay on the server

as the person who repeatedly told hazel to apply, i can wholeheartedly +1 this application i've had the pleasure of teaching her the basics and watching her grow into a mapper that far surpasses my own skillset, i've collaborated seamlessly with her on various projects, including one we hope to reveal this weekend, and i know she'll get along with everyone on the team

Reporting Personnel: Ksshzue Hiza Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Security Officer Game ID: cvA-c4Zd Personnel Involved: Uskiro Kisisril - Machinist (Offender) Zilrq Kir'hular - Security Officer (Witness) Gracia Hiza - Physician (Witness) Time of Incident: Approx. 21:40. Real Time: 23:40 GMT+2 Location of Incident: Medical Bay Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [ ] - Neglect of Duty [ ] - Harassment [ ] - Assault [X] - Misconduct [ ] - Other _____ (Place an x in the box that applies. If other, replace line and specify.) Overview of the Incident: This one is pretty cut and dry, so I'll keep it short. The machinist created a medical robot with a voice modulator programmed to shout 'Fuck Hephaestus!' at random. Myself, Zilrq, and Gracia were there to hear it. We then went to the machinist to confront him and inform him that it'd be an i105 Hooliganism charge, made worse by the fact that we were having military visitors from Biesel on the ship at that very moment. We were able to confirm that the machinist had made the robot, but they denied that it counted as hooliganism, as it was a voice circuit shouting it at random. Unfortunately I didn't have the foresight to record this confession, but Zilrq, a fellow officer, will be able to corroborate the facts if it comes into question. We would've had them arrested, but the end of the shift was nearing. I decided to report it here instead of botching a rushed arrest. I'd rather not have individuals like these working in the machinist's bay where myself or my fellow crew might rely on them to keep us alive. Submitted Evidence: None, sorry. Would you like to be personally interviewed?: [ ] - Yes [X] - No Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: No, didn't have enough time at the end of a shift. Actions taken: Zil and I informed the machinist about our intentions, but were unable to fulfill them as the shift had ended.

this has been merged

implemented here https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/19194 though there's an issue with a ruin failing on the runtime map atm which is blocking that PR so weh

a more moderate approach for purely informational reasons would be having it be players connected "active" players readies

i'm not entirely convinced about this one yet so im opening it for discourse and maybe with multiple heads put together we can refine it or w/e anyway, here goes. antagging on expeditions kinda suck, especially if a ling pops adrenalin sacs and starts armblading you on the intrepid. it feels cheap, and you can't really run away? i understand that you as a player take this risk by inviting someone on a non-extended round, but personally i feel the roleplay you can achieve from a canon expedition is far greater than what an antag can reasonably cook up at the snap of their fingers but that isn't to say that ALL antagging on expeditions suck, there are times where i've been hunted on a planet predator style and it was AWESOME. so my suggestion is that it'll made policy that antags have to ahelp to do antag stuff off the ship, and have a member of staff vet that it's a good call or not obviously there are edge cases, like an antag starting a gimmick and characters running onto the shuttle and blasting off like team rocket, but this would by common sense be a valid play by the antag, it wasn't their fault it was taken off the ship

https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/18027

i think the weather station idea fucks and it shouldn't be RP only. i think gathering data on a planet should give a research chip (which is basically fluff for the deconstructor) as well as a monetary payout for the science department, sort of like the orion express PR i made earlier but with weather stations instead of package delivery edit: i just realized this is a policy suggestion not a suggestion suggestion WOOPS but yes i think scientists should be allowed to fly the intrepid too, there should just be an expansion of policy to say "god please wait for the xenoarch to get on before you blast off"

tbh i'm of the opinion that admins should be able to make minor alterations to the round at-will regardless. if we trust them enough to give them the redname we should trust them to make for some interesting scenarios as well though more related to this topic specifically, it would be nice if we tweaked how antags are allowed to mess with expeditions and people on shuttles, because i've seen a few times where a ling accepts going onto a shuttle just for a cheap and easy frag, which imo is way less entertaining than actually completing the journey something along the lines of "sure, you can go hostile and hunt us like in Predator once we reach the site, but don't just cheap kill us while we're enroute or haven't even gotten there yet". idk, food for thought

hi, someone that upvoted posts here i agree with returning the glubbs i think the decision should be looked at again (which is what this thread is doing) (and the decision should be respected) and i dont think engineering necessarily has to be balanced anything else is silly shitflinging and you're all dorks who play the same roleplaying game together, it aint life or death, peace and love, xoxo

personally i dont rly care about antags, i just think being forced to stare at numbers is pretty sucky. remove the sensor program and you remove the need to be glued to it. feel free to ping or DM me on discord to discuss my PR

operations can have the tamed(?) reaver now that i think about it it'd be funnier if they just kept a hostile reaver in a box

Ckey/BYOND Username: Geeves Discord Name: geeves Position Being Applied For: Coder Past Experiences/Knowledge: i've made a few PRs here and there Examples of Past Work: Additional Comments: i'm not gonna go hog wild like in the past and burn myself out, nor apply for a million positions and burn myself out, nor get involved in anti-garnascus counter insurgency operations and burn myself out. i just want to chill and review PRs. i promised to be better in 2023 and i'll try and hold to that. sorry for dropping out like i did last time, i was immature and foolish.

not sure about balance, in my experience mechs have always felt kinda weak, but having a gamemode entirely centered around it will bring in a lot of good feedback on how to balance it as for gimmicks, no idea, i'm not very smart, but people can make their jockey anything from hired mercs to corporate wreckingballs, up to them really