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As a big user of the Personal Terminal and head admin I guess, I've had a big think about what'll happen to that discord. I coded VR pods for the server, so in-lore, it's not impossible for VR to be a big thing. So transitioning the RP stuff to a virtual reality seems very doable. Naturally the ship will also be docking at places, so we can have seasonal RP venues there.

I can see the appeal of being able to buy a nuke with TC, but the problem with that is that "nuke or x" rounds tend to not have a fun storyline at all. Restricting the mercs from buying any gear besides the nuke will FORCE them into a "nuke or x" style, which is what I'd like to avoid entirely. However, I brought the idea up of a purchaseable mini-nuke. I think that'd be a good alternative. This mini-nuke would be able to flatten an entire level, but leave the others pretty much unscathed. That's a big risk, but not as bad as the current nuke is.

https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/9479 This PR removes the roundstart nuke that mercs spawn with, replacing it with a landmark that spawns misc equipment. It's modular, so more things can be added to it, but for the moment, it only spawns a nice red combat exosuit. I don't think mercs should have a roundstart nuke, because if they decide to use it, it turns into "x or nuke", which gives very little roleplay leeway, in my opinion. So, feel free to provide feedback on that here.

This PR will remove roboticist alt-titles, feel free to provide feedback in favour of its removal, or of keeping it, below. https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/9427

i've always wanted this since it frees us of the burdens of real life medicine and takes up yet another step further away from annoying irl knowledge being dangled over heads

Type: Societal Thingy Describe this proposal in a single sentence (12 word maximum): legalized handholding after marriage to bind two souls together forever How will this be reflected on-station?: i can probably add an item which would reflect this. you can also just say "oof ouch my palm hurts" Does this faction/etc do anything not achieved by what already exists?: no Why should this be given to lore developers rather than remain player created lore?: because it's difficult to get everyone on board with my headcanon about such a big thing Do you understand that if this is submitted, you are signing it away to the lore team, and that it's possible that it will change over time in ways that you may not forsee?: yes Long Description: alright so this is actually not that long because everyone hates long posts so here goes: Unathi marriage is done by holding a ceremony, the main details of it can be hashed out, but presumably the clan comes together, intermingles, meets eachother, etc. A shaman/priest handles the proceedings, and it's capped off by the couple coming together, slicing their palms and pressing them together. The mixing of the blood represents their souls entertwining and becoming bound to eachother even in afterlife. This process can likely be undone the same as one does an exorcism, but the Unathi gang can probably think more about that one. Yea that's it that's all I got. Note: haydizzle held a gun against my head to do this send help. also this doesn't touch on the difference between the religions in how they'd conduct it. one idea is that sk'akh only does the finger because the palm is excessive or whatevs. it can be discussed rationally below in comments

I attempted to address most of these with this PR: https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/9268

First thing I did was add that, cuz I knew I'd forget if I put it off till later :^)

https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/9251

Dizzle is the man. very chill, lotsa good ideas, personally i have played in one of his campaigns and really enjoyed it. he can carry the vibe i want to see, and is someone i would gladly choose to be my successor and achieve even greater things. admittedly, i skimmed your doc, but what i saw piqued my interest. the real bulk of what you'll do, you'll discover when you get in and start talking with the unathi team and the lore team at large. i trust dizzle to manage the unathi community, to write the lore, and to be a wonderful member of the lore team. very based.

As SnakeB and I discussed this in the serious_discussion chat: we decided to post on this together to keep it nice and compact. In addition to their idea, I think it would make for a nice OOC policy if, on a case-by-case basis, it were checked whether an IR was threatened, or people were incited to write up an IR. If such were found, and the CCIA Liasion deemed or 'malicious' or whatever, then the case would be thrown out and rendered null and void. The reason for doing so would be to prevent people from bullying players with IRs, which could carry real OOC consequences. Naturally, this system can and likely will be abused a few times, which is why it's up to the liasion (or agent, not sure what the CCIA uses these days)'s discretion.

Dope, I dig the caulk gun sprite.

Application is short and sweet, touching upon all the points I like to see Unathi players touch on, very nice, very nice. Based, even. I give my support to someone that can sum it up like that. Player-wise, Cybs is someone I like, and all the other things you can say besides "good roleplayer also mi fren +1". On that note, this will absolve me of replying to your DMs for the next three weeks, log off Cybs. Good roleplayer also mi fren +1 i will destroy you first

This is actually quite interesting, I would definitely support this if the code was of good quality.

PR closed, good feedback, thanks for coming everybody. Locking the thread. Discussions of this nature can probably be moved to a general thread or to discord, as people wish, etc.

* The gamemode of the last round can no longer be voted for. Voting for secret unaffected. This prevents the previous round being voted for in the next round, ie, if the previous round was extended, extended will be removed from the vote menu in the current round. The previous round's gamemode is not taken out of the secret rotation, so it can happen again. In that case, it will be removed from the next round's vote menu as well. Feedback and thoughts goes below.

I am all for jokes remaining in the wiki. It has charm, and makes the otherwise soul-less job of being a Wiki Maintainer slightly brighter.

A large part of being a wiki maintainer is also coordinating with the other teams, to get and validate information. This requires talking with people in both a formal and casual tone. In the past, when I was part of the CCIA, you appeared to talk down to me, and I felt belittled quite often when I asked questions and you replied. As such, I would rather not have you back in the staff team. However, that was a long time ago. Do you feel you've improved your interpersonal skills? It's vital that all members of the staff work together like a slightly oiled machine. If you have improved, it'd be nice to have a new maintainer in our ranks, indeed.

Judging by the fact that the clout and popularity method didn't work, as will no doubt be proven again in a minute, I wouldn't say that it's more than a minor inconvenience. Staff Complaints work. I've never received one on myself, nor has any developer in recent time, so I dunno if there's a perceived invulnerability or something.

If you're going to be carefully choosing screenshots from our personal DMs, you could at least do the morally correct thing and copy paste the full thing with included context. Garn and I have our disagreements, but we respect eachother on a personal level. In this instance, I was attempting to fight against his judgement, using my personal clout to gain an upper hand. I was quite popular back in 2019, being part of various cliques and being on-server a hell of a lot. Thing is, I didn't use my position as a developer to do it, I used my position as Geeves. I had a fighting chance, but the hierarchy simply doesn't work that way anymore. In essence, I fought to stand up for what was right, to help my (then) friends. Evidently that was a mistake, as some people would rather throw you under the bus in an attempt to drag everyone down with them. Though that's a decision for the other thread, isn't it?

When you call out the entire dev team, could you provide any current-day prove towards every single member of the team, instead of blanket calling out everyone? The Aurora staff team is fairly massive. Got an example of that staff team hostility? And also of developers being oddly hostile? I'm genuinely curious.

While not entirely the suggested item, I think this PR has that in spirit. https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/8918

Are you active on the discord in the slightest? Every now and then a call for a nerf comes up, and it usually goes through. Nerfing the AI has a rediculously easy cost-benefit analysis. The cost is that the single AI player of that round is slightly less powerful, the benefit is that it's easier all the other players to make a round that flourishes. So, the solution is clear, smack the crap out of it until it isn't validhunter's delight, then implement mechanics so that isn't braindead boring door opening simulator.

I'm gonna do nothing because I'm not the one who chooses what happens, I just do the code Not to say that the burden of responsibility for anything that I code isn't on my shoulders, of course

There is a PR up which maps out the AI, and raises the total of roundstart stationbound slots to 3. https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/8833 This only affects roundstart, no other systems are affected. Constructive feedback and discussion goes here, and please keep it civil.