NerdyVampire

I think funerals are as much for the rest of the ship as for the dead character. It is a way to calm the crew, give them a chance to say goodbye, etc. I think chaplains should definitely have the right to arrange funerals with the body present, and I think the suggestion as written makes a lot of sense. And this might make more people consider their post-mortem instructions. Even though it should go without saying, I think it is important to include that funerals should not be held during red alerts, because that would be an unrealistic reaction to red alert.

Just because it would be thematically cool, I suggest giving the biggest greimorian a way to close distance to a single target by shooting a web at them - could also be flavored like some sort of spit. I think this makes sense since I have sometimes seen one board the Horizon and successfully be kited around without much trouble, killing just a bit of the drama and danger of it. Being able to temporarily nullify one targets movement, would make it fairly more deadly.

Such a channel makes sense to me. I've never seen #serious-dicussion as having anything to do with mechanics. I thought that was for like.. policy or other meta-things that wasn't as simple as IC mechanics.

I love when things get more dynamic! I can see how this could open a lot of doors. In particular I like that this allows for "emergence" gimmicks, where we try to roleplay becoming a vampire or changeling through some external means (mysticism, science, ect.), where previously we just started out as that, and had to keep it hidden all the while.

Valid point honestly. Would you be open to not having any numerical values, but still have something like what FlamingLily suggested? A way to like get a vague "read" on your mental state based on the numerics behind, so you get a sense of how bad it is, and can roleplay off of that? It is reasonable to try and roleplay braindamage beyond the mechanics forced upon you, but difficult to know what to aim for without any sort of read on yourself.

Exactly what I would like Lily, this would give me a clue, and help roleplay accordingly.

But as a player I want to roleplay my character accurately, and the mechanical changes doesn't tell me as much as you might think. At certain levels of brain damage, your character might not be lucid enough to convey what's wrong with it, or be able to get themselves to medical, or even logically tell medical where they are. It makes a huge difference in how I want to roleplay my character, whether it has 20% brain activity or 80%. If I speak as coherently as normal and logically circumvent my own handicaps, only to learn in medical that I had 20% brain activity all along, I'd feel like I didn't accurately roleplay my character.

I would just appreciate it myself, knowing what is reasonable for having 40% brain activity versus having 80% brain activity 😆

Hey guys! If you ever had brain damage in Aurora, you know that this includes loss of motor functions, maybe headbanging an airlock every now and again, or being unable to use certain things. However whenever we have reasonably severe brain damage, we could really use an HUD indicator to tell us, because otherwise we can't know exactly how brain damaged we are until someone tells us, or we scan ourselves - and we can't really roleplay it appropriately. I imagine a changing icon on the HUD for every 20% of brain damage, and a tooltip that shows on clicking this icon giving hints on appropriate roleplay behavior, such as; overattachment to objects, slurred speech, infantilization, loss of sense of direction, violent outbursts, etc. It makes sense that we can react to having massive brain damage, and can track it more easily, without having to ask in looc about it.

That was kinda the same one I was thinking about. It looks perfect for it.

How does people feel about letting one cloning machine exist, that can only be obtained through xenoarcheology, at the same percentage chance as say the supermatter shard (very rare). It could be reskinned into something more alien, and perhaps it could be given some fun quirks, such as altering the actual species of the crewman or incurring random genetic injuries that then had to be cured by the medical department before the crewman could be considered healthy. This would bring back a cool sci-fi feature which the game is currently missing, without opening the door for overuse, as it will only be available rarely and will likely spark a lot of debate before anyone would consider using it. But it would be a cool thing to bring science and medical together.

I trust the staff team to make a judgement call during the interview process about the maturity of the applicant. Being 18+ doesn't guarantee maturity in itself, but mentorship and scenario discussion helps gauge and improve it, which is what staff does now (I imagine). I don't believe we need actual legal documentation, or that it is smart of us to try and collect it. It assumes a level of responsibility for other people we don't need to deal with, and that really lies with the parents.

Good luck on the application possibly-future AI colleague!

Hm I wouldn't mind it as long as the images upload to a shared server where they can (potentially) be reviewed by command/AI, like PDA messages can. The PDAs are company issue after all

I think canonicity is something that needs to be planned ahead to work well, I don't think it is something the pop should vote for each time. I prefer having the storyteller tell me if it is canon or not. I think it is indeed a sensible solution you are proposing, so why not? If we can get more canon rounds this way, which are usually great for engagement, I am all for it.