• What advice would you give to other sec players?
  

1. Utilize the securitron control file. I always set the securitrons to patrol at the start of every round. They are more useful when patrolling than guarding a specific spot. Additionally, the robots posses the “lockdown” and “guard” commands. Nuke ops deploying at botany? Use your PDA to send the securitrons there for some extra backup.
   
2. Communication is key. I can understand why officers don’t speak on the radio all the time, sometimes they’re busy dealing with a perp. However, I feel that it is crucial to communicate during the following circumstances: 1. During a health alert.  I try my best to remember  to ask someone whose health alert triggers if they are doing okay. No response usually means they are in big trouble. Sometimes it’s reassuring to know that your teammates care for your safety. 2: When flagging someone for arrest. Always clarify the reason for the arrest over the radio. If you don’t, then I’ll assume your ID was stolen and someone is using it to tamper with the records, or you are flagging someone for arrest for a petty or convoluted reason.
   
3. Never confiscate items that aren’t actually contraband. PDA’s are the most prevalent example of this. A PDA is someone’s own personal property. The practice of taking and looking through a PDA is, in my opinion, a corrupt practice that could potentially soil an entire round for PDA-reliant antagonists like the spy. Additionally, there is no need to confiscate tool belts or similar resources used to stage a jailbreak, which brings me to my next point.
   
4. Use the lockers inside or the prison cells. Each cell is equipped with a locker that, when locked, will reopen automatically when the cell’s timer runs out. This is a great feature that I don’t see enough Security staff utilize.
   
5. Use evidence when making the decision to arrest someone. Fingerprints and obvious possession of contraband are both valid reasons to arrest a potential criminal. Arresting someone based on suspicion alone is a behavior that I do not find ethical. Something I have been seeing more and more is creating a security record for the name “Unknown” and setting it to arrest. This poses a disadvantage for players who are obscuring their identity but happen to be completely innocent. I really don’t see a point to doing this.
   
6. Sometimes, talking can be the solution to a dispute. I wish I would have done this more in my earlier Security days. Asking for a stolen object back, asking someone to changeling test them, and a multitude of other disputes can be solved by just speaking with someone. People tend to run more when they don’t know why Security is chasing and shooting at them. Can you blame them? You could be mindslaved for all they know!
   
7. Make sure to examine potential threats. If you are approaching someone or someone is approaching you for whatever reason, give them a glance and prepare accordingly. If they have a sec belt, chances are they’re armed with a taser weapon. If they are wearing a shoulder holster, it’s likely they killed the detective. If they are wearing a katana sheath, you may have to get ready to stun them. Unfortunately, some criminals are beyond negotiation, so stunning them outright may be a good idea in this case.
   

• What was one of your favorite security moments? (Either playing as a sec officer or interacting with one)
  Very recently, I was an Officer when I suddenly received the death alert for the HoS. I took a pod out and collected their gear, as the corpse was spaced. I flew the pod back and brought the HoS’s data disk back to the cloner to resurrect them. As this was happening, I heard over the sec radio that the NTSO was mindslaved. I quickly ran to the Security wing and took down the NTSO, taking him to the medbooth to remove the implant. I’m a fan of these little solo operations, they are really interesting and tend to occur when the antagonists aren’t murdered right off the bat. It is especially rewarding to be reunited with your team after cloning them and dealing with the perp that did them in. 
  
• What game improvements or changes do you think would benefit security players?
  

1. Removable helmet lights. I find that the light on the sec helmet is extremely useful, but it greatly limits the practicality of wearing anything other than the helmet due to usefulness of the light. The ability to remove it and place it on other hats or maybe even armor vests is both fashionable and practical. Perhaps using a screwdriver on the helmet can remove the light, and clicking on another piece of apparel with the light could attach it.
   
2. Wall mounted utilities. I remember hearing about this idea from another discussion about Security. Wall mounted automemders could be used to heal wounded staff members or inmates. 
   
3. Secmate prompts the user for an arrest reason. In secmate, setting someone to arrest should automatically prompt the user for minor crimes description and major crimes description. The user can leave them blank if they so choose, this is just a convenience I wish that the computers had.
   
   

• Describe any differences in your playstyle when part of a full security team and when being the only security officer.
  

• Write a poem to convey your thoughts on security/NanoTrasen/space/bees/anything related to SS13.
  

• What's a security gimmick that you've ran or wanted to run?
  
  

• Draw a picture!
  

Shitty sketch drawn on my mouse of Spacious using the lawbringer to light a cigarette in paint.net  

(02-07-2022, 02:36 PM)Chayot Wrote: Played with Spacious House a lot. +1.

Overall, above average Secoff, always kind and treats others well. Decently robust. Not one you have to worry about in terms of behavior.
Treats prisoners very fairly, and nothing more. Doesn't abuse their authority or the crew. Doesn't power-game. Cool-headed under pressure.

The only thing I'd recommend you improve upon would be making decisions for yourself.
At times I've seen you presented with a situation which requires you make a decision, and take decisive action.
To that end, you deliberate too long and end up with a much more problematic end.

Namely a situation a few days ago whereby a sec-assistant gained access to the Armory, and began griefing the team by firing upon them at random, thereafter joined by an antagonist. Spacious house was the only security officer to effectively combat and wrangle them both down, while the others scattered in a panic.
However in his kindness, Spacious permitted the Sec-assistant to return to the team, voiding any punishment. He immediately began firing upon the team once more.
Myself, a Staff assistant, had to come in an perform an execution.

On another instance about two months ago, the HoS was harming science. Bolting them in, setting up NARCs, harming them to the point of death; all on the basis that QGP had been made the round prior. An NTSO showed up, and began firing upon the HoS, in an attempt to halt his actions against the crew. Spacious house was one of three secoffs who descended upon the NTSO, stripping him of his gear and leaving him mostly naked in the brig. Up to this point, S. had never shown any such behavior, and hasn't displayed any such behavior since. If I recall correctly, from the 3 Secoffs, Spacious recommended that they return the gear, though that fell upon deaf ears.

These examples show a long-standing pattern of inability to decide, and act for oneself.
If you intend to be a leader, you will be making decisions not only for yourself, but also the team.
While not a bad secoff as a whole, I'd attribute this to a personality trait, or lack of experience.

It's good to be kind and listen to others. Do not be afraid to discipline your team. Don't be afraid to stand up to authority. Act decisively.

I can recommend Spacious House for Head of Security. +1.