[1 Dismissal] Turn Greyshirts into Redshirts

[Fortport]

That's right. Make the grey jumpsuits that assistants spawn with to be red instead.

Lovely little reference to star trek, and SOMEBODY gets to wear red after security quit doing it. Beyond that, it gives the assistants a real color aside from hallway camo. This will probably get shot down just for the sake of greytide tradition, but it's an idea. Nothing less.

"In Star Trek, red-uniformed security officers and engineers who accompany the main characters on landing parties often suffer quick deaths. The trope first appears in the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" (1966). Of the 59 crew members killed in the series, 43 (73%) were wearing red shirts. The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine book Legends of the Ferengi says Starfleet security personnel "rarely survive beyond the second act break". An episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine titled "Valiant" (1998) also references red as a sort of bad luck omen, in which the plot centers around a group of cadets calling themselves "Red Squad", almost all of whom die in the episode. The cinematic reboot of the franchise features a character named Olson (portrayed by Greg Ellis) who dies early on during a mission; he wears a red uniform in homage to the trope from the original series."

"The term (Redshirt) originates from the original Star Trek (NBC, 1966–69) television series in which the red-shirted security personnel frequently die during episodes. Redshirt deaths are often used to dramatize the potential peril that the main characters face."

Perfectly suits our crazy little baldies.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

I am vehemently against throwing out grayshirts who have existed since the dawn of SS13 itself. It developed into a trope and custom actually unique to our game and ubiquitous in all vanilla SS13 servers. It's not a pop culture reference, it's an SS13 reference. To throw it out in favor of yet another pop culture reference would remove what little unique identity SS13 holds.

Gray jumpsuits are part of our heritage.

-1

[ben10083]

I am vehemently against throwing out grayshirts who have existed since the dawn of SS13 itself. It developed into a trope and custom actually unique to our game and ubiquitous in all vanilla SS13 servers. It's not a pop culture reference, it's an SS13 reference. To throw it out in favor of yet another pop culture reference would remove what little unique identity SS13 holds.

Gray jumpsuits are part of our heritage.

-1

 

Greytide Station-wide!

But yeah we don't need redshirts for a star trek reference.

[hivefleetchicken]

-1. Love you man but this is too far.... we cant do this to them.

[Fortport]

FINE I'LL JUST MAKE A MORE LEGITIMATE SUGGESTION THEN

BOO HOO HOO

[hivefleetchicken]

Maybe make engineer red.

[Arrow768]

Reminds me of this suggestion:

 

 

No, we dont need redshirts. (With or without full health)

Therefore voting for dismissal

[Faris]

Gray shirts are an iconic trope of SS13. Cannot justify this suggestion.

Voting for dismissal.