Goonhub
03-11-2014, 05:57 PM
Sundance, that idea has been suggested a ton, and it never goes anywhere. Start small. Why not campaign for random spy teams? Once that's been added, we can move on to doing away with PDA and dagger, adding a surplus crate, code words, etc. I mean, since that didn't work the last time someone suggested it, it makes sense to scale down the proposal and see if a smaller change is feasible. Start with random spy teams, one guy is picked for the head, give him the dagger and PDA, and have his accomplices start off mind-slaved.
This would solve both of the problems you addressed, and would also add in the wrinkle that usually spies are either a posse of heads, or a bunch of people from one department. A gaggle of engineers or scientists is normal, and not really cause for alarm. When a scientist, an engineer, a staff assistant, and the clown all start hanging out together, that's a bit tougher to explain away. And once we're at that point, then we can start addressing ways to make it even more fun, such as code words and random gear and shit like that.
This would solve both of the problems you addressed, and would also add in the wrinkle that usually spies are either a posse of heads, or a bunch of people from one department. A gaggle of engineers or scientists is normal, and not really cause for alarm. When a scientist, an engineer, a staff assistant, and the clown all start hanging out together, that's a bit tougher to explain away. And once we're at that point, then we can start addressing ways to make it even more fun, such as code words and random gear and shit like that.