Security - The Thread

[misto]

Hi, that "pet HoS" was me. Let me just say, real quick, that that round was far more indicative of an incredibly lax crew than mindslaved sec being bullshit. I was incredibly, stupidly blatant with my rampaging that round - which, by the way, was high pop - and the crew response was fucking laughable. There was no organized resistance, no staff assistant brigade to stop me and Walter, nothing. While I'm willing to admit that, yes, there's a degree of inherent trust and leeway given to the Beret when they're beating the absolute piss out of someone in the hallway, people are usually smart enough to question me, or any other HoS, when they're running around lasering people like an absolute madman. Not that round, though!

So while your idea may have merit, this is a niche enough of a problem that I don't think it warrants such a response.

its much the same problem as mindslaved/changelinged/traitorwithvoicemask'd captain/hop/whoever. you know the bastard's acting sketchy and walking too close to you, but hes in a position of authority, so if you try to take steps to protect yourself by stunning or beating him you may face the brig, execution, or ban if your paranoia instincts pegged the wrong guy.

its easy to say "why didnt they just team up and kill us?" when youre the one running around with honorary antag status thanks to being mindslaved while they have to worry about the possibility they may be facing a ban or other ooc disciplinary action for slaughtering a computer spaceman mistakenly. the station crew is cowed and passive because of fear of admin reprisal more than laziness.

imagine if someone said "shitcurity's rogue" and joe assistant proceeded to cave a non-mindslaved officer's skull in with a fire extinguisher, and said officer proceeded to adminhelp him? joe assistant is shit out of luck and is sitting out with a temp ban for a few days at best, during which he'll either give up on the game or go find a server he likes better.