More powerful tools for the AI to handle trivial requests.

[Anticheese]

door
AI, door
open the fucking door, AI
FUCK THE AI IS ROGUE! OPEN THE DOOR ALREADY

--Joe Assistant, requesting Bridge access

Behind every AI is a human being that may not have the incredible robust reflexes to handle a million trivial requests, check clearances, and approve or deny them in a timely fashion. While the ability to jump the camera view to speakers is incredibly handy, it can be an annoyance at best to change your view to the other side of the station just to shut somebody up.

What I'd like to see is a little button that appears next to peoples names that brings up a panel when clicked. That panel could show the door the target is adjacent to (i.e. teleporter access, EVA, maintenance), along with a button for quickly opening the airlock. Another possibility is having it show if they're within the secured section, or in a public space.

This should give AI players the power to process door requests quickly and painlessly, giving them more time to do more important things while still helping the crew.

A friend of mine made this mock-up, based on the idea of the AI setting a specific request phrase that brings up the prompt.