Porta sci program removal thread

[Bimbly]

reposting from discord, since people there were getting hung up on adventure-zone stuff since the intent behind the change was not necessarily made clear:
Main reasons were:
- detrivialize/encourage-proactiveness-in getting out of sticky situations (can't just ask AI for the portasci[remote] when stuck)
- Reinforce that the port-a-sci is the RD's toy, in the same way that the NT syringe gun is the MD's, or the RCD-C is the CE's

Thanks for the clarification.

Two thoughts:

Would've liked to have seen this as a PR, even if the intent was to push it anyways, at least to have an awareness this was going to happen before it did.

PSci being the RD's toy doesn't mean a lot or make a lot of sense to me; it's a remote-based transport unit like the PMed (not the MDir's toy), the NanoMed (not the MDir's toy), and the PBrig (not the HOS's toy). There's ways for the relevant people in the department those tools are in to be able to access those items through PDA. The PBrig, PMed, and NanoMed all recall to a home turf tile in the respective departments accessible by anyone in those departmemts. So too does the PSci.

The RD doesn't really have a unique toy for themselves. This is true! I think making one versus trying to re-mold the PSci into that would've been preferable.

I agree detrivializing getting out of sticky situations is good, however i think most of them that the portasci solves would just be running around until you find a pod instead of the really fun ones to escape from, several of which are only possible with the portasci. Theres still the problem with certain situations like the trench being almost inescapable now too which I personally think is worse than some situations being too easy to get out of. Also the clarification thing is another good reason to PR this stuff instead of pushing to master.

Overall after thinking it over i dont hate this change as much as i did before but still DEFINITELY disagree with it.

Edit: Also i dont think anyones ever seen the portasci as an rd exclusive thing, I agree with nefarious that if you want the RD to have a toy they should get a new one