Can Robotics be Saved?

[Frank_Stein]

[*]Expand existing systems in Robotics. Stuff like guardbuddies are already in the game, and could be given to Robotics instead since they don't really make sense in Science. The various little bots that Robotics has could receive some similar function to SecBots and the sec whistle, maybe allowing Roboticists to whistle for MediBots, CleanBots, or FloorBots to move to specific places and do things. I don't know how much this'd add to the role, but it might at least encourage them to leave the department more and interact with the station and their robots. Maybe add new requisitions requiring the creation of a cyborg with specific parts to earn some cyborg upgrades in return.

[*]Finally, give players more of a reason to go and get cyberorgans/robot limbs. Maybe allow humans to get sturdy cyborg arms and gain additional punching strength or something, or add new eye options that would be more useful for more job types. This is the least extreme in my opinion because despite involving the addition of new mechanics, it doesn't change the robotics gameplay loop at all, it just gets more people to interact with it.

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This is the direction I'd like to see it go in, especially the first part. Being able to build robots that you then direct to do tasks or make current ones easier makes sense for the role. Maybe expand the bot roster with Cargobots that can carry things, Lampbots that act as mobile light sources, etc.

Specific upgrades to cyberlimbs and organs would be neat. Something akin to modules for cyborgs, limb modules would just add specific abilities ties to them. For instance, you could have an arm module where there's an internal liquid reservoir built into your hand hand you can fill and dispense from it into and out of containers you're holding. Another could be replacing your unarmed long distance click attack with something else