Give the Research Director Miracle Ore at the beginning of the round.

[Kotlol]

Lets stop giving department utilities at roundstart. Just ask mining if you want miracle matter.

??? 

Yes, let me ask the non existing mining department on shifts of 10-20.

The problem is, as in the headpost, that on low pop rounds, mining staff is very rare and thus unreliable for this.

Go to your HoP or Captain and ask them for mining access and DO IT YOURSELF.
If those don't exist you do not have a functional station and that point.. just break open everything or have an AI assist you..

Like there are ways to do this without going through by giving things.

But you can also just make it orderable via Cargo? Or maybe a merchant that's expensive somewhere?

Eitherway... I just find it lame to hear: "Well I need it since LOWPOP"
The answer is simple on that: NO. If we adjust for Low Pop, you adjust for HIGH POP.

We can't just keep adding things since: "I can't do this on low pop since "CREW MISSING"
It sucks but at that point.. just get access and do it yourself.
Also why is this device NEEDED so badly? If anything.. this makes the RD have a very strong presence in cheming where they want wich in my opinion will always trickle down to: "I am a chem nerd who wants to chem funny everywhere." And trust me... Chem antags are already HARD to deal with.. imagine them being RD's with Portalbe Chem dispensers...

So I am technically against this as this is just "a cool device now people can make." but in the long run.. it doesnt add a benefit to lowpop (if anything it decreases it)
It doesn't add a benefit to Highpop (in anything it will just make RD's go around the place more and it doesn't give newbies access ot it since NEWBEES DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS ORE!)

So I reject this on those aspects.

TL;DR:
Don't want this cause:
- RD becomes too powerful.
- Initial reasoning doesnt apply since newbees don't know what the ore can do.
- Low Pop reasoning doesn't apply since you can just gain access.
- Overall doesn't QoL anything... It just makes the RD hassle people to make the device.