Traitor Item Subtlety Rework

[Kaed]

There is a current issue with buying certain traitor items in that many of them are boxed in suspicious black and red boxes labelled with such overt names as "Explosive Implant with implanter". This causes obvious problems if anyone happens to see them, including AI or someone across the room from you just looking at you while you're holding the box, because I frequently see people report that this box they saw is labelled with something highly suspicious.

A covert operative does not use a super secret telecrystal powered store front to dispense boxes labelled "HIGHLY ILLEGAL ORDINANCE" in bright red letters. This is akin to calling security over a 'suspicious toolbox' or 'criminal balloon', except people allow it to happen because 'that's what the box says on it!'.

Change this to unlabeled boxes that aren't differently colored from every other box in existence so they immediately attract attention. The traitor knows what they ordered, they don't need the box to be labelled so they don't forget.

[DatBerry]

You can empty the box, click it in your hand to flatten it and make a normal box or throw it away.

Unless you're buying items infront of people then they would probably notice the shit you're doing is suspicious, this doesn't happen since people dont get messages about pulling items out, But in reality they would notice crap coming out of the void, one could buy an energy sword on the spot and you wouldnt notice till they're cutting your head off

[Nanako]

I see nothing wrong with these ideas.

And you know, i was wondering why i occasionally see flattened boxes lying around...

[Guest]

it's a terrorist uplink to buy contraband. Your handlers expect you to know how to close your uplink once you finish purchasing stuff.

[Kaed]

it's a terrorist uplink to buy contraband. Your handlers expect you to know how to close your uplink once you finish purchasing stuff.

 

This is true, and people fuck up there, but it's also not the topic of this discussion.

 

You can empty the box, click it in your hand to flatten it and make a normal box or throw it away.

Unless you're buying items infront of people then they would probably notice the shit you're doing is suspicious, this doesn't happen since people dont get messages about pulling items out, But in reality they would notice crap coming out of the void, one could buy an energy sword on the spot and you wouldnt notice till they're cutting your head off

 

While this is true, some boxes are full of things (such as Sin-pockets, the camo kit, and the bug kit), and emptying them out just to crush the box is a massive inconvenience. The point is this is to not make that workaround necessary, and introduce some subtlety to your boxed contraband

[Guest Complete Garbage]

So, basically, just putting everything in a normal box? Because tbh I see no problem in that whatsoever.