Bugs

[rrrrrr]

Simple concept: nearly invisible bugs you can attach to items/people. Through them you can listen to what people are saying around that object/person with a special headset.

Very simple.

[SierraKomodo]

Simple concept: nearly invisible bugs you can attach to items/people. Through them you can listen to what people are saying around that object/person with a special headset.

Very simple.

 

Better idea - Instead of needing a 'special headset', you just need to know (Or happen to stumble across) the correct radio frequency.

[rrrrrr]

That'd probably be the case anyways, but that's not a bad idea.

[Frances]

For the sake of coding and balance, this could simply be a regular (small) item. That way, it's still possible to hide it in a pocket, or plant it in a person's bag or labcoat, but isn't as impossible to detect as, say, a hidden changeling sting.

Oh, yeah, what about being able to disguise bugs into various junk/misc items, such as pens and lighters?

[Killerhurtz]

Fookin' casuls, you not kidnappin' dem fukkers, cuttan em open and sticken in a boldy radio in 'um?

(All kidding aside, it is a really good idea. And have an implant of that style so that brigged people out on parole can be tracked by sound.)

[Fire and Glory]

It'd be even more fun if the bugged person realizes that they're bugged and do casual conversation like in ye 'olde movies, and then switch it off and do the serious conversation.

I support this being implemented in some manner.

[Conservatron]

is it possible for one person to attach 'accessories' to another person's clothing? (like armband/ webbing/ ect)

so like I have a bug in hand, I walk by and click on a person and the bug is attached to the clothes as an accessory piece, and can be removed by the person during remove accessory.

[SierraKomodo]

Fookin' casuls, you not kidnappin' dem fukkers, cuttan em open and sticken in a boldy radio in 'um?

(All kidding aside, it is a really good idea. And have an implant of that style so that brigged people out on parole can be tracked by sound.)

 

Now I need to find out if putting a radio inside someone actually works like that..

[Killerhurtz]

Sierra, you can try if you want - but yes it does. Any items inserted in someone (at least in a chest cavity) function just as normally, like if it was in a pocket. Though I haven't tested a pAI in that sense, but that's coming up. Also, IPCs are exempt because you can't put stuff in them.

[Carver]

For the sake of coding and balance, this could simply be a regular (small) item. That way, it's still possible to hide it in a pocket, or plant it in a person's bag or labcoat, but isn't as impossible to detect as, say, a hidden changeling sting.

I don't think this would work as well for bugging people who keep a full inventory on them, and who are smart enough to never leave their things about. That 'accessories' suggestion might work as well, if they add an accessory slot specifically /for/ bugs. Otherwise it gets cockblocked by the guy who wears an armband, tie, and holster.