Goonhub
05-03-2014, 06:50 AM
There's also the fact that with the stamina system as it is right now, borgs are fucking murdermonsters (probably half the reason this guy is borging himself to murder people).
The trick to being a traitor who was borged is to be a passive-aggressive piece of shit and interpret orders/laws to suit you, not outright go murder a bunch of people. Build rooms in front of the escape pods for "reconstruction" purposes, knowing what people will do on their own. Seal off rooms with the purpose of "redirecting" them or something. Drag gasses through the halls for "resupplies" and look the other way when someone makes off with them. Wander into the AI's core and "forget" to close the doors behind you.
Giving them carte blanche to just act like full blown traitors takes any degree of sneakiness or craftiness out of it. Plus, people are more likely to just call you out on it straight away because get this: people don't like being murdered! Violence is fun but staying alive long enough to participate in said violence is more fun. Getting to come back for more is more fun. Getting killed and getting spaced/gibbed because nobody wants to risk having you come back and kill everyone else is not fun. Death number 1 should be a sign to reconsider tactics.
For instance: I got revived as a wizard once, and retained my magical abilities. I don't know if they thought I wouldn't still be magical or not but I was, and I didn't waste that opportunity by being overt about that fact. I didn't have my robes anyway so until I stole mine back, I just went covert and stole shit off of bodies to resupply, then when my partner wizard died, I stole the body, took their stuff, and was re-wizarded, and went right back to mayhem. Mostly non-lethal mayhem because that round I got super-fucking blindsided in the kitchen because the whole crew had guns already for some reason.
Which brings me back to the "violence is fun" point: Yeah, it's fun, which is why the average crewmembers will jump at any excuse to commit it. So when one borg is acting rogue, they'll assume ALL the borgs are rogue, and despite their protests they will kill the shit out of them.
The trick to being a traitor who was borged is to be a passive-aggressive piece of shit and interpret orders/laws to suit you, not outright go murder a bunch of people. Build rooms in front of the escape pods for "reconstruction" purposes, knowing what people will do on their own. Seal off rooms with the purpose of "redirecting" them or something. Drag gasses through the halls for "resupplies" and look the other way when someone makes off with them. Wander into the AI's core and "forget" to close the doors behind you.
Giving them carte blanche to just act like full blown traitors takes any degree of sneakiness or craftiness out of it. Plus, people are more likely to just call you out on it straight away because get this: people don't like being murdered! Violence is fun but staying alive long enough to participate in said violence is more fun. Getting to come back for more is more fun. Getting killed and getting spaced/gibbed because nobody wants to risk having you come back and kill everyone else is not fun. Death number 1 should be a sign to reconsider tactics.
For instance: I got revived as a wizard once, and retained my magical abilities. I don't know if they thought I wouldn't still be magical or not but I was, and I didn't waste that opportunity by being overt about that fact. I didn't have my robes anyway so until I stole mine back, I just went covert and stole shit off of bodies to resupply, then when my partner wizard died, I stole the body, took their stuff, and was re-wizarded, and went right back to mayhem. Mostly non-lethal mayhem because that round I got super-fucking blindsided in the kitchen because the whole crew had guns already for some reason.
Which brings me back to the "violence is fun" point: Yeah, it's fun, which is why the average crewmembers will jump at any excuse to commit it. So when one borg is acting rogue, they'll assume ALL the borgs are rogue, and despite their protests they will kill the shit out of them.