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Alt title for librarians: Curators -or- new role altogether


NerdyVampire

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What:

Give the library a display wing with glass-door compartments, accessed to librarian, xenoarch, RD and HoP. Make it pretty. Spawn two random inactive artifact items inside (not to be confused with anomaly)
-alternatively-
Make this a separate role with a dedicated museum.

Change directive 4 to allow items to pass from xenoarch to the museum when they have been determined to have no effects. (might be overlooked by antag xenoarchs)

Why:

A good xenoarch can find a bunch of artifacts, but usually only the special artifacts or anomalies are being put to any use or have any chance of being seen by the rest of the crew. Even though some artifacts can be dangerous, I submit to you that it is far more beneficial roleplaywise to have an IC reason to let our artifacts out of research, than to put them in our dedicated but very isolated storage room.

The librarian is a perfect candidate to get this alt-title, given their responsibilities and supposed interests.

How does it affect gameplay:

It allows all characters to display an interest in xenoarcheology, even though the xenoarch is often far away. It gives the custodian/librarian RP to do, it gives the xenoarch a connection to the rest of the station. It gives antag xenoarch a way to get dangerous items into the common areas with a valid reason. It doesn't take much effort for anyone and is completely optional for all involved.
 

Edited by NerdyVampire
As geeves suggested
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I used to play a Librarian/Xenoarch that would liaise with Research and I would host science fairs and have xenoarchaeological artifacts set out.

+1 this.

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