Emagging a borg should emag it's limbs

[Silent Majority]

I like the idea, but it also I would argue vastly changes one of the major game and roleplay dynamics for both antags and a significant group of people. I do not think this is one of those "huh that makes sense and is cool" changes when you are fundamentally going from "Emags are a gamble for antags and lawlessness for the borg, and -anything- could happen" to "Everyone has an easy excuse and even higher visibility for all borgs emagged to get a validating"

Further, I posit that it doesn't actually fit the EMAG pattern, wherin an emag's effects are usually visually distinct but not painfully apparent. Doors are jammed open, but there might be other reasons for that. The QM console looks fine until you look at bit harder. Borgs look fine unless you happen to notice that little spark/odd behaviour. Beepsky does not rotate around the map screaming, they just spark up and go nutty when spotting someone.

However, I think the idea in of itself is pretty fun, and fun is good. My compromise would be a double-emagged borg does this. Two slaps and that thing's off to the races. This meets your aesthetic argument while not treading into an area that brings a fundamental change. If we -want- that change, that's a different discussion I feel like needs to be an up front thing and the main subject of discussion.

To be fair confirming a door had been emagged physically takes 1 click of the most commonly avallable tool where as emagged borgs can only be physically confirmed via a check with a specific robotics tool that doesn't start play in existance and requires an ID only 3 jobs have by default, 2 of which are command.

I think a simpler compromise for the "lawless and mostly undetedtable perfectly efficient antag production" item would be some kinds jailbreak kit that requires the borg to be unlocked, or possibly a roboticist/command only "omnimodule" that could be installed on a borg to make them lawless with no malfunction.

The emag is still ultimately supposed to be somwthing that brute force breaks something. I dont think the current use represents that on borgs at all