Animals

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Hello, sorry for all of these dumb questions, but I was wondering if I could make a custom app so my character could have a dog. So He could spawn with it every round. Is this possible?

[AllyBearsley]

I do know we've had some people get pets from the merchant and walk them around on occasion. [mention]Brutishcrab51[/mention] can speak for himself better than I, for he has bought/brought a few around while I was playing. However, I don't know how bringing those pets on station work. Furthermore I have to ask: Why are you bringing you pet on station? Do you plan to do while visiting or while working?

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If Ethan isn’t working security he’ll bring his pet other than that no

[tbear13]

It seems kinda silly to bring a dog/cat/goldfish to the Aurora, even when you're visiting. Why couldn't the dog stay home for *two* hours? Why would you bring him to a research station, of all places?

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I mean in cargo a dog crate can spawn in the warehouse and the Hop has Ian so....yeah

[tbear13]

Station pets are speshul. The warehouse items.. sometimes don't make sense. But that only answers half my question, why would your character bring Pupper McHugs to a research station that he works at in the first place?

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Hm, some people are attached to their pets and take them wherever they go. And some people actually take their pets to work if it’s allowed also even though it’s a research station not everyone on the station actually does something that deals with research, for example cargo tech, bartender etc but I do understand where you’re coming from like if you’re a medical doctor or a researcher you wouldn’t bring a pet for obvious reasons but Ethan is a security officer but he would only bring his pet when he’s off-duty

[Brutishcrab51]

During my time playing, I've had a character purchase three pets from the Merchant while on-station.

They last for no longer than that round, and become a permanent part of the character's home life after the fact. Something to mention and take care of, not show off in a corporate environment. There is zero reason to bring animals onto the Aurora unless they're already there, or you buy them (see: Corgis and Cats from Cargo).

Animals that follow orders follow the Attack/Follow/Stay format of commands that the HoS's dog uses, and if you want a dog that follows commands and doesn't just get dragged around, that'd be able to be used as a weapon (Like the HoS's dog), and that'd probably be a no-no.

In that same thought process, having a simple-mob animal that doesn't follow commands would be detrimental to the point of a Custom Item, you'd have a harder time carrying it around and it'd all but disappear from your thoughts in over half the events occurring on the server.

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Hmm, well you’ve made a good point.