ghost guardbuddy

[Dauntasa]

I know I have not been on very much, because BYOND needed to be updated, but I am back! I have changed, mostly.

I have a rather interesting idea. Remember the MoMMIs from /vg/ and the drones from /tg/station? This idea is kinda like it.

So... my idea is that, if you are a ghost, you have an option of becoming a playable variant of Guardbuddy. As a Guardbuddy, you have three rules.

1. Keep the station safe from intruders.
2. Don't harm the station members.
3. Stay away from things that are too dangerous.

The Guardbuddy can only hold one item, you must follow the Guardbuddy Rules or you might be banned from being a Guardbuddy, Buddies spawn in the Guardbuddy charging room. And guardbuddies can go everywhere. The playable Guardbuddy is connect to the AI, so new laws could be uploaded. Buddies can talk to other buddies, as well.


So, that's my idea. I hope it becomes part of Goonstation, as it seems pretty well thought up. (I don't really know, though.)

I like this idea. The laws need work, I think, but yeah. It's good. Also I think the Guardbuddy law upload should be in the depot in research rather than in AI upload. Maybe have them work off of individual laws, like the regular guardbuddies do, where they get told to guard someone or patrol an area or something. I think that would help make them unique and not just weird cyborgs.

Also not entirely sure about the whole "just go from a ghost to a buddy whenever" thing. How's this: put a big machine in the Guardbuddy depot. As a human you go stick your head in it at some point and it scans your brain. When you die, it then spits out a buddy that you take over. Maybe the ghost thing could work, though, I do know that they do something like that on other stations.