Give the Corp Reporter and Freelance Journalist a slot each

[stev]

So, pretty self-explanatory really: We should make the Corporate Reporter and independent Freelance Journalist able to be played in the same round. Still one slot each. Would need an extra office mapping in, probably just a slightly shittier-looking, smaller office for the Freelance Journalist and make the current one the Corp Reporter office.

Why? Well simply, we now have multiple active Journos and Reporters vying for the same slot and it'd be really fucking funny to enable in-round beef between plucky freelancer journalists and corpo shill reporters. Is it a role that can struggle for much to do if the player isn't actively getting involved in the round? Yes. But hey, the resulting rivalries would be both hilarious and help provide multiple perspectives on rounds where players in uninvolved departments might not see any of the action. (And yes I know there's a thread from like 2021 about making 2 reporter slots but that's technically a bit different to this proposal and also, that's from 4 years ago lol.)

[Fyni]

Just now, stev said:

So, pretty self-explanatory really: We should make the Corporate Reporter and independent Freelance Journalist able to be played in the same round. Still one slot each. Would need an extra office mapping in, probably just a slightly shittier-looking, smaller office for the Freelance Journalist and make the current one the Corp Reporter office.

Alternative opnion: do not give them a new office but make them share one office. Let the resentment foster.

[greenjoe]

There's two consulars and two corpreps now, why not this too? this would be neat to have I think. +1

[stev]

42 minutes ago, Fyni said:

Alternative opnion: do not give them a new office but make them share one office. Let the resentment foster.

That's fucking genius lmao, I'm so here for it

[NerdyVampire]

11 hours ago, Fyni said:

Alternative opnion: do not give them a new office but make them share one office. Let the resentment foster.

Actually, why give the freelancer any office at all? Seems an overinvestment for the SCC to accommodate a freelancer. Make them set-up shop in the vacant office or stay roaming with their little PDA and PAi, and continuously apologize to their interviewees for not being able to provide a private space.

Edited March 6, 2025 by NerdyVampire

[stev]

6 hours ago, NerdyVampire said:

Actually, why give the freelancer any office at all? Seems an overinvestment for the SCC to accommodate a freelancer. Make them set-up shop in the vacant office or stay roaming with their little PDA and PAi, and continuously apologize to their interviewees for not being able to provide a private space.

Mainly proposed a second office so they can get access to the Journalist's locker for access to some job-related stuff like cameras, photo albums, the microphone... Equally, I guess we could just map another Journo's locker into the vacant office and call it a day lol.

[greenjoe]

Give the freelancer a closet. No full office for them.

[JeffMomentRed]

7 hours ago, NerdyVampire said:

Actually, why give the freelancer any office at all? Seems an overinvestment for the SCC

NerdyVampire is so real for this one. The Horizon already has the "spare office" by the starboard docking arm. Make the freelancers use that.

[Lent23]

13 hours ago, NerdyVampire said:

Actually, why give the freelancer any office at all? Seems an overinvestment for the SCC to accommodate a freelancer. Make them set-up shop in the vacant office or stay roaming with their little PDA and PAi, and continuously apologize to their interviewees for not being able to provide a private space.

Honestly, I would love to see the vacant office get some use more than anything, and it absolutely fits the theme of "Make the freelancer figure their own stuff out."

Though I wouldn't be against the freelancer getting their own office in this situation either.

[MattAtlas]

I don't think I'm opposed to this happening even if I think that it's extremely optimistic to believe that there would ever be two reporters in one round after a month of this being in.

[stev]

7 hours ago, MattAtlas said:

I don't think I'm opposed to this happening even if I think that it's extremely optimistic to believe that there would ever be two reporters in one round after a month of this being in.

Oh, I'm sceptical of that too lol. I just think that it's essentially harmless to add, and how fun it could be on the rare occasion it happens makes it worthwhile.

[N8-Toe]

I'd play reporter just to have a built in rival

[NothingNew]

I enjoy playing reporter every once in a blue moon, I'd definitely be willing to play it more often with this change, sounds fun.

[Arbiter_Ambrose]

Considering my first diona is a reporter and I am very much enjoying it so far, though I might not be playing the part all that well, I think it would be great to have a second journalist slot for that rivalry. :^

[greenjoe]

I was considering making a PR to do this. My plan was the office would be for the corporate reporter, and the freelancer would not have an office.