Inter-Departmental Cooperation (co-op)

[ferriswheel1]

synergistic cooperation, not interdependency
interdependency is how you get the hilariously toxic relationship between tg mining and tg research/robotics
actually tg research and EVERYTHING, because it involves tons of ores and also literally thieving objects from other departments CONSTANTLY

I quite like the relationship between robotics/mining and research/mining on tg, what with the miners hauling ore to science in exchange for cool mining gadgets. The big problem with it though, is the absolute dependence upon the other guy doing their job to progress.

Making it more cooperative rather than dependent would, I think, require there be a way for players to acquire the tools/resources/whatever independently. In the example of materials, there's already a trader that sells them, and they can also be bought by the QM.