Donut 2's Research Outpost: I Don't Like It Personally

[Lord_earthfire]

Also, I’d like to point out that it already has its own podbay, directly southeast of the entrance.

Well, goddamn, stuff you miss when you stick in your branch of science.

I agree with your point on science RP, but to me, the “tight knit appearance“ is more isolation than anything else. Chemical requests, for example, are much easier to deliver on maps where Chemistry is connected to the rest of the station, allowing for simple over-the-counter conversations and exchanges. On Donut 2, the distance makes interactions like a quick „How are my chems coming along?“ more difficult; PDA and radio messages are a lot easier to overlook when one is focusing on a project compared to someone actually going to chem and asking in person.

Scientists have serious problems if others fuck up, regardless of map. If anything, accidents are often less severe on the Outpost due to all of the extra space. In a cramped department (like Kondaru‘s research), a single spaced tile can often result in all of research being depressurized.

I agree with many of your points. While science RP is more pronounced, cross-department interaction is not.

What i dont agree with is faults being less severe on the outpost. While yes, less space is affected, the difference is simply being able to directly leave on other maps. On Kondaru, i can fuck off directly into maintenance and medbay is directly next door. Good luck trying this on donut 2.

The scramble to the shuttle and the dying walk of shame to medbay is still the most intense in donut 2.

I am currently thinking about about a way to enable other departments to better talk with the science outpost... i think a situation would be the best to have a publically accessable counter to chemistry. That's is a thing Kondaru chemistry does right. This is rather easy, since chemistry is next to the public area of the science outpost.