Paperwork forms on computers

[CatsinHD]

TLDR; Add the selection of forms to laptops and consoles.

I recently took a stroll back to bay for a bit just to see how it's been doing since I last left. One of the things I have missed the most is paperwork forms being on computers. Paperwork on Aurora is either a love or hate relationship but considering the message consoles are not always where you need them to be when you need to write up a form, it can get annoying even for paper jockeys like me. If laptops and consoles had them I think it would be great and would also encourage more people to own a laptop. I don't mean PDAs or wristbounds but actual laptops and consoles. I can only imagine how much paperwork would actually get done if the surgeons could fill out the surgery release form in the OR or the investigation team filling out an investigation form and evidence forms without having to have everything in their bag already.

Now, how complex this is is beyond me but this is merely a suggestion.

alternatively we can add a secretary role to do all of the paper pushing

[Sparky_hotdog]

2 minutes ago, William Murdoch said:

alternatively we can add a secretary role to do all of the paper pushing

I would main this.

Jokes aside, this seems like a great idea. Again, not sure how complex it would be, but also being able to edit the form on a laptop would make paperwork far easier. The number of times I've had to start from scratch after I messed up on the second last line...

[Zer0Winds]

I'm not joking, I actually would do the secretary role... Except, I mean, that's kinda how an Assistant can be, if you try.

But, I would love if the paperwork can be done from a computer. Maybe a program you can download to a computer, which requires a printer hardware if it weren't for the fact that pretty much every computer comes with that hardware installed already anyway. I'm biased toward this, as I play the role, but anything to involve more computers help Tech Support. Even marginally, as it may give them another thing to do: Installing new hardware into a computer, for example.

And I do agree, if you could do it more conveniently from the computer, you might see it more... I like paperwork. I want to see more of it done, both legitimately, and I want to see Antags using it against the crew more. This would be a good QoL thing, I think. Overall I like the idea.

[greenjoe]

I think this would be a great idea
I also give a +1 to the idea to a secretary role, there's one on another server I play and it's neat to play.

[CatsinHD]

Alright, so right now I am actually try to implement this but it's gonna take some time. As for the secretary role, that is a completely other discussion.