Goonhub
04-23-2018, 12:54 PM
I like all of the suggestions made. This would also make it easier to not have someone immediately scrram "HELP BOB BUTTNUT LING CHAPEL" etc. for antags, if they plan ahead. It could also help make PDA messaging (or if we're lucky the mail system too) more frequently used.
My suggestions would be give each department their own comms hub that works station-wide, but give the general/civilian channel a few spread out hubs so that taking one out would cut communications portside/aftside/centrally. Additionally I think the AI should get an alarm that alerts them of a communications hub being down. They would know where trouble is going down but only generally, and could at least let the crew know about comms damage.
My suggestions would be give each department their own comms hub that works station-wide, but give the general/civilian channel a few spread out hubs so that taking one out would cut communications portside/aftside/centrally. Additionally I think the AI should get an alarm that alerts them of a communications hub being down. They would know where trouble is going down but only generally, and could at least let the crew know about comms damage.