Goonhub
04-20-2023, 09:43 AM
Note: Here, demotion is meaning you, at the very least, swapout a person's headset and ID to staff assistant gear, or also clothing to staff assistant clothing
A while ago there was a change that allowed for easier demotion. Previously, headsets could only be obtained from lockers which would make replacing headsets for people with a headset they shouldn't have a lot more difficult. The change allowed for civilian headsets to be printed at the uniform manufacturer, so Security could go to the HoP's office to get one.
Though, an issue with demotion right is still the tediousness of it. To brig someone who needs to be demoted too, it requires doing a full search of them, as well as doing a clothing swap out by getting gear from the HoP's office. This takes even longer if there is just one person doing the process (quickest would be two people, one to search and one to grab the clothing from the HoP's office), or there are issues with grabbing clothing, a headset, or an ID from the HoP's, such as if AI/command are not available. A lot of the time after doing a demotion, it feels awkward brigging someone because of the time it's already taken.
Making demotion/clothing swapouts faster would make the person held for less time and free up Security for other things.
Maybe there's other ideas, but I wanted to propose one, which I wanted to PR if it sounds good-
Basic idea would be a "standard outfit dispenser" for Security departments. This is a dispenser like prescription glasses and Cairngorm barricade dispensers. This can only be used by those wearing a Security ID. Upon using it, it dispenses at the very least a box containing a civilian headset and a new type of ID card, a template ID card. More could be a civilian jumpsuit, standard shoes, a backpack, and a staff assistant PDA. There's only a limited number of these boxes. The main purpose would be to reduce the demotion time involved in brigging someone.
The template ID is meant to be swiped on someone's existing ID, acting sort of like an agent card, where it will copy over the name, but it will only maintain Staff Assistant access. The original ID will be unaffected.
With this, it would hopefully make it faster to change out someone's outfit, or what needs to be changed out at least, without making it too easy, as well as still preserving everything the person had previously if they want to try to get it back later (mostly talking about the ID). It would also just be more of a Security oriented thing specifically for demotion reasons, so that it wouldn't interfere with the HoP's job, without providing an easily stealable or infinite supply of standard clothing. It would also be a change that would be most reasonable mapping-wise I think.
Wondering on thoughts for if demotion needs to be made any faster? Is something like this really needed? Should demotion take some time? Anything good/bad about the proposed idea?
A while ago there was a change that allowed for easier demotion. Previously, headsets could only be obtained from lockers which would make replacing headsets for people with a headset they shouldn't have a lot more difficult. The change allowed for civilian headsets to be printed at the uniform manufacturer, so Security could go to the HoP's office to get one.
Though, an issue with demotion right is still the tediousness of it. To brig someone who needs to be demoted too, it requires doing a full search of them, as well as doing a clothing swap out by getting gear from the HoP's office. This takes even longer if there is just one person doing the process (quickest would be two people, one to search and one to grab the clothing from the HoP's office), or there are issues with grabbing clothing, a headset, or an ID from the HoP's, such as if AI/command are not available. A lot of the time after doing a demotion, it feels awkward brigging someone because of the time it's already taken.
Making demotion/clothing swapouts faster would make the person held for less time and free up Security for other things.
Maybe there's other ideas, but I wanted to propose one, which I wanted to PR if it sounds good-
Basic idea would be a "standard outfit dispenser" for Security departments. This is a dispenser like prescription glasses and Cairngorm barricade dispensers. This can only be used by those wearing a Security ID. Upon using it, it dispenses at the very least a box containing a civilian headset and a new type of ID card, a template ID card. More could be a civilian jumpsuit, standard shoes, a backpack, and a staff assistant PDA. There's only a limited number of these boxes. The main purpose would be to reduce the demotion time involved in brigging someone.
The template ID is meant to be swiped on someone's existing ID, acting sort of like an agent card, where it will copy over the name, but it will only maintain Staff Assistant access. The original ID will be unaffected.
With this, it would hopefully make it faster to change out someone's outfit, or what needs to be changed out at least, without making it too easy, as well as still preserving everything the person had previously if they want to try to get it back later (mostly talking about the ID). It would also just be more of a Security oriented thing specifically for demotion reasons, so that it wouldn't interfere with the HoP's job, without providing an easily stealable or infinite supply of standard clothing. It would also be a change that would be most reasonable mapping-wise I think.
Wondering on thoughts for if demotion needs to be made any faster? Is something like this really needed? Should demotion take some time? Anything good/bad about the proposed idea?