Goonhub
05-18-2014, 06:08 PM
When you enter into VR in SS13, you take over a virtual body which is just like another character in the world.
Imagine if instead of controlling a virtual character in a partitioned off zone of Z=2, you controlled a robotics-built drone in the world, for whatever purpose, much like the AI shells but maybe more useful or upgrade-friendly.
Robotics would have new fabricator recipes added for a variety of parts, including control goggles, to build a remote controlled drone. The goggles would be linked to the drone body by the user, and then the goggles would work to control it from wherever. Additional upgrades, or even bot upgrades, could be used in conjunction with mining resources to give these things more capabilities, but some weaponry might by appropriate here that borgs could not equip. A taser drone with cuffs, like a controllable Beepsky or Gunbuddy would give sec that edge while also removing the options for the officer to engage in heat of the moment violence.
Firefighting, metal foam, flamethrowers, medical items, and a claw to carry wounded people or bodies might be appropriate.
If a second set of parts and everything is too elaborate, this could be implemented by placing a goggle-linked radio into a borg head in place of a brain and creating a remote-operated borg. Perhaps it would just have two or even one arm usable to make it less good, and the head could look goofy as heck.
Imagine if instead of controlling a virtual character in a partitioned off zone of Z=2, you controlled a robotics-built drone in the world, for whatever purpose, much like the AI shells but maybe more useful or upgrade-friendly.
Robotics would have new fabricator recipes added for a variety of parts, including control goggles, to build a remote controlled drone. The goggles would be linked to the drone body by the user, and then the goggles would work to control it from wherever. Additional upgrades, or even bot upgrades, could be used in conjunction with mining resources to give these things more capabilities, but some weaponry might by appropriate here that borgs could not equip. A taser drone with cuffs, like a controllable Beepsky or Gunbuddy would give sec that edge while also removing the options for the officer to engage in heat of the moment violence.
Firefighting, metal foam, flamethrowers, medical items, and a claw to carry wounded people or bodies might be appropriate.
If a second set of parts and everything is too elaborate, this could be implemented by placing a goggle-linked radio into a borg head in place of a brain and creating a remote-operated borg. Perhaps it would just have two or even one arm usable to make it less good, and the head could look goofy as heck.