Goonhub
11-22-2013, 11:29 AM
I suggested this over on Something Awful, so I'm crossposting here.
Give every department head a box of pre-made IDs, named "X-department Trainee" or "Chemistry Scrub" or something like that, which only have access to the doors and equipment in their specific department. If all their workers fuck off, or if they decide to bring in some staff assistants for help, or if they just want more warm bodies in the place, they can hand out trainee certification. This gives the department heads more control over their departments, while also allowing for more ways to gain access other than subverting the HoP or breaking into customs, and making it easier for someone that needs to do something in a place to be able to do so.
Also, as an ancillary suggestion, I later posted that we should also divide up budgets into departments. Instead of drawing their budgets straight from the station's big pool of money, every department has a budget, and it's crew draw their pay from that budget. Activating a trainee ID by swiping it through the head's PDA also activates it's linked account. So if the RD deputizes a shitload of assistants to help him make bathtub meth, they'll suck all the money out of his budget and leave him a poor bastard.
Give every department head a box of pre-made IDs, named "X-department Trainee" or "Chemistry Scrub" or something like that, which only have access to the doors and equipment in their specific department. If all their workers fuck off, or if they decide to bring in some staff assistants for help, or if they just want more warm bodies in the place, they can hand out trainee certification. This gives the department heads more control over their departments, while also allowing for more ways to gain access other than subverting the HoP or breaking into customs, and making it easier for someone that needs to do something in a place to be able to do so.
Also, as an ancillary suggestion, I later posted that we should also divide up budgets into departments. Instead of drawing their budgets straight from the station's big pool of money, every department has a budget, and it's crew draw their pay from that budget. Activating a trainee ID by swiping it through the head's PDA also activates it's linked account. So if the RD deputizes a shitload of assistants to help him make bathtub meth, they'll suck all the money out of his budget and leave him a poor bastard.