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The Hotbox (Botany's version of the Rockbox) - teddy00 - 05-01-2023
I think that a rockbox-like mechanic for botany would be a cool change to botany that would facilitate more interactions with them and solve some of the problems it has. As of right now it is a little inconvenient to ask for produce, because you have to: a. go to botany and ask, b. have a botanist not ignore you (or immediately forget you asked) and grow it, c. walk back to botany and grab it, or ask them to mail chute it to a certain place (assuming they actually grew the thing you asked).
There is a lot of room for botanists to get sidetracked since that's a fair bit of steps and communication. A rockbox would mean that you could just say "botany, grow x please" and they can do it and put it in rockbox, easier for kitchen (on maps not next to botany), QM and medbay/chemistry to get stuff they need.
(Not too sure how you would buy the produce, fabricators seem like they wouldn't fit - maybe a hotbox vendor in each department that would benefit from it)
It would also make it easier for people who make the funni big splice plants like healing peanut butter sandwiches to mass distribute them - I would imagine there would be some way to give a brief description of what the plant you're selling does as well. It makes some room for traitor antics like selling secretly poisonous stuff, or like mass distribution of seething tomatoes
RE: Botany rockbox [name suggestions appreciated] - jckrfc03 - 05-01-2023
the "Hotbox" would be the best name for it
RE: Botany rockbox [name suggestions appreciated] - teddy00 - 05-01-2023
(05-01-2023, 05:05 AM)jckrfc03 Wrote: the "Hotbox" would be the best name for it
good name, it is settled then
