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About the PR
linking #11000
Surplus ops is a midround, team-based antag I've been working on over the summer. In this, ghosts are polled, and then spawned aboard a ship. The core principle of surplus ops is that they have access to a variety of equipment categories, but do not get to choose exactly what equipment they get.
Many of the design choices I made are focused around creating an environment where antagonists truly work together and act as a cohesive team:
-Surplus ops all share the same objective set.
-Surplus ops have antag icons for one another enabled, and all start with an agent ID and syndicate headset.
-In order to deploy to the station, they all have to vote using an authorization computer.
-Surplus ops have limited loadouts; while all of them get at least one weapon, it is rarely powerful.
A more detailed, but very outdated writeup can be accessed here:
https://forum.ss13.co/showthread.php?tid=19130
A much less outdated youtube video can be accessed here:
https://youtu.be/XWqDNQGdgOo
Why's this needed?
Firstly, surplus ops is meant to occupy a similar niche to the one that SWORD did- An impactful event guaranteed to shake up an otherwise dull round. Especially on goon1, where sec are often very on the ball, rounds can stagnate and drag on with little in the way of obstacles.
Second, Surplus ops hopes to provide a more RP-friendly, but still combat centered antagonist similar to nukies. Surplus ops are a syndicate presence on the station, but their sole goal is not to cause carnage, and they allow for conflict between security and an armed force without dominating the round.
Third, surplus ops is a proof of concept of a team-based antag where people are more likely to work together. By giving surplus ops both the tools and the incentive (same objectives, little ammunition, weak loadouts), I hope to provide a proof of concept for better team-based antags in the future.
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PULL REQUEST DETAILS
[feature][wiki][feedback]
About the PR
linking #11000
Surplus ops is a midround, team-based antag I've been working on over the summer. In this, ghosts are polled, and then spawned aboard a ship. The core principle of surplus ops is that they have access to a variety of equipment categories, but do not get to choose exactly what equipment they get.
Many of the design choices I made are focused around creating an environment where antagonists truly work together and act as a cohesive team:
-Surplus ops all share the same objective set.
-Surplus ops have antag icons for one another enabled, and all start with an agent ID and syndicate headset.
-In order to deploy to the station, they all have to vote using an authorization computer.
-Surplus ops have limited loadouts; while all of them get at least one weapon, it is rarely powerful.
A more detailed, but very outdated writeup can be accessed here:
https://forum.ss13.co/showthread.php?tid=19130
A much less outdated youtube video can be accessed here:
https://youtu.be/XWqDNQGdgOo
Why's this needed?
Firstly, surplus ops is meant to occupy a similar niche to the one that SWORD did- An impactful event guaranteed to shake up an otherwise dull round. Especially on goon1, where sec are often very on the ball, rounds can stagnate and drag on with little in the way of obstacles.
Second, Surplus ops hopes to provide a more RP-friendly, but still combat centered antagonist similar to nukies. Surplus ops are a syndicate presence on the station, but their sole goal is not to cause carnage, and they allow for conflict between security and an armed force without dominating the round.
Third, surplus ops is a proof of concept of a team-based antag where people are more likely to work together. By giving surplus ops both the tools and the incentive (same objectives, little ammunition, weak loadouts), I hope to provide a proof of concept for better team-based antags in the future.
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(*)A new midround antag has been added to the game: surplus ops.PULL REQUEST DETAILS