NerdyVampire

For high-pop extended/secret-extended rounds, this event is silent at first, but opens up three antagonist ghost-roles on a "parking" map. This crew are given a small vessel capable of some ship-to-ship combat, a few fuel canisters and some random crates of loot. They get a button to launch into "open space", where they will be placed at the edge of the sector. Round-types: Extended/secret-extended, maybe some of the single-antagonist rounds? Time delay: Cannot fire before the first hour has elapsed Crew requirements: Requires at least 2 crew capable of piloting the Horizon, and a mix of other of the major departments. Ghost roles: This event opens up 3 ghost-roles. Mapping: Requires the re-use of another pirate-vessel or the mapping of a new one Coding: Requires the preparation of three ghost-roles, and the mechanics to bring the pirate ship to the overmap. Lore: Requires some writing for the vague background of the pirate vessel, and corporate encouragement for the Horizon to engage with it. The Horizon receives an announcement worded approximately: Stolen corporate asset detected in your sector: The (insert sensor thingy) has detected the signature of a stolen Orion (or other corp) vessel. The Horizon is hereby permitted to utilize its capabilities to recapture our corporate asset and arrest the pirates that crew it. If successful the SCCV Horizon will receive a sizeable bounty, and command will be encouraged to distribute a reasonable bonus to all involved parties based on the success. Encourages: Ship-to-ship combat: If the bridge crew finds the pirates, then they will likely be focused on intimidating or disabling the vessel Boarding action: To arrest the pirate crew, security will need to bridge the gap via the Canary or Intrepid to board it (if the pirates don't surrender) Repair work: Engineering will be called upon to re-fit the vessel after combat and repair damages from ship-combat on the Horizon Prisoner-roleplay: If pirates are properly arrested, there is work for investigators to document them, the warden for keeping them and consulars/command for figuring out what to do with them. Medical play: It is very unlikely that no-one will get injured in this.

Idea: This is just a list of items I feel could be cool to provide in the uplinks as buildables, to spice up an antagonists lair - and also to give some more unique items to be used in Storyteller. I have two jobs in mind here; mad doctor/scientist, or corporate/military spy. Here are a few items I could see benefitting stories: Brain-scanner: This fearsome device consists of a metallic chair fashioned with a plasteel helmet, with an array of diodes. When allowed to scan an sitting individuals brain for X amount of minutes, it produces a data-chip, presumably containing the secrets of the scanned brain. Free brain damage included in the process. Mini turret: This old-school turret is a light-weight but adequate defense of your lair. It targets only non-antagonists, but may hit anyone stupid enough to stand in its firing line. Easy to dismantle if you get close to it. Regenerative pod: A sloshing pod of unknown substance capable of regenerating a pawn inside it with time. It is not mobile at all. Mutagenic pod: A sloshing pod of even weirder unknown substance, capable of mutating a pawn inside it to grow more dangerous and viable limbs. Improves legs to give extra movespeed, no slip, arms to produce extra damage, and improves the "max hp" of all organs. Jacked fax-machine: It works as a regular fax machine, but looks like it has a cryptographic sequencer installed in it. Can send faxes without needing a verifying ID. Feel free to add suggestions of your own. Just keep in mind that these should be more or less stationary items, that an antagonists would want to use to build a lair in maintenance, or off-ship.

Reasonable, we can delete/archive this then

I'd be all in for this. Also makes it a bit easier to implement new antags, as they will just be another option for either of these in most cases. Frankly I think we could add cultist as a possibility for imposter, the player will start off lonely, but if they have faith in themselves they can get a ball rolling. There are modes where groups of antags should be rolled with the same role, so I think mercs should stay separate and cultists as an optional gamemode as well.

For some reason, I have gotten stuck in a no-gravity place two times this week (away site and no-power Horizon), and throwing everything I got doesn't give me any momentum. It used to be that momentum could be somewhat controlled. Did something change? Can we change it back? Someone in OOC suggested you had to hold the movement key in the direction you want while you throw it. Why the complexity? Escaping a no-play situation is serious enough, please just bring back the "throw stuff one way, float the other" mechanic.

Patience is a large tree on the upper deck, and it seems reasonable that one could hide within its branches after climbing up. Porting some of the code from a trash pile should be all that is needed for this. There should be a way to get people out of it too. + Bonus points for giving it a 5-10% chance to make the climb "fail" and inflict fall damage and knock someone prone (just for fun) + Bonus points for making it into a hiding spot for more than one person (because it is "large" enough for it)

A simple but elegant QOL addition. I don't see why not, the arguments are sound.

I don't personally see the appeal in making IPCs have those options. I like that there is a clear distinction that says "if they look like humanoids, they are to be treated as crew" and "if not, they are to be treated as equipment". To blur the lines as you suggest is something I'd rather prevent than encourage honestly, even though I can see how it might bring some variety to the game, which I am usually in favor of.

Also nice if they can provide flash protection for vaurca antags

I like the idea of making body parts vulnerable to damage for a set amount of time after injury/surgery. It provides a very cut and clear reason for characters to consider taking a rest and RP. I think the right balance can be struck as discussed, and think it is worth experimenting with. Disclaimer; I have 0 medical characters or training.

My experience with Quark is very positive, though I think it should have a NanoMed akin to the Intrepid one for emergencies - unless I missed it.

Played a round with them as captain with some very tough situations and a lot of things to handle. I only communicated a bit with them personnally, but overheard their communications with others and I felt they had a good handle on balancing authority and being involved. Hope I get better opportunities to get to know them.

I enjoyed playing traitor bridge crewman with her. The response was measured and she didn't jump the gun on antag activity. Even throughout she managed to favor roleplay over punishment, and engaged my gimmick in good faith. I did not have much opportunity to test her command presence in regards to other departments or command members.

Well not quite the scale I was thinking of.. in my head this would be akin to getting hit with a ship weapon projectile. Maybe what the Horizon is dodging is just the shard of a comet?

Bumping this and adding that the comet should despawn if it leaves the sector borders, rather than teleport around. I still think this is a worthwhile event to consider and a realistic addition to the NBT suite of events.