08-26-2024, 12:15 AM
imho cloner defects that render you in a state where you'd rather just be dead aren't great. being blind until (or if) someone manages to get you a VISOR sucks
allow pre-scanning using saving to disks. security starts with their own disks, other people need to be backed up on one; the cloner no longer has any built-in storage
start wtih a box of 5 next to the cloner, make them cheap to print out at the medical fab -- few people will ever bother.
cloning from a dead body might give minor defects; worse with more decomposition since the necroscan (iirc) was removed. gives a reason to use rotubst implants when you can't afford scans.
worst case the cloner gives you a free record-tracking implant.
(08-21-2024, 03:06 PM)Retrino Wrote: a couple people have mentioned it but some of the defects are so obnoxious or debilitating that at a point youd rather just cryo. personally id rather see prescanning removed, with some way to still save records to cloning disks. that way there would be some material cost, but not completely eliminate the possibility to be recovered when going on a dangerous mission, ie an azone or something where your body would be harder/impossible to get back. this could bring down the risk of an antag killing someone who went for their roundstart clone scan to pop out of the cloner and out them, while not making cloning itself a worse off experience
allow pre-scanning using saving to disks. security starts with their own disks, other people need to be backed up on one; the cloner no longer has any built-in storage
start wtih a box of 5 next to the cloner, make them cheap to print out at the medical fab -- few people will ever bother.
cloning from a dead body might give minor defects; worse with more decomposition since the necroscan (iirc) was removed. gives a reason to use rotubst implants when you can't afford scans.
worst case the cloner gives you a free record-tracking implant.