Goonhub
07-19-2015, 04:47 PM
it sounds like a decent notion for a re-skinning of rev i guess, and its good that it uses an alternative conversion method to flashes, since hearing those suckers going off at round start used to be the biggest clue-in that some shit was up in the old days
but its kind of treading on the changeling's thing-ripoff toes, and may still suffer from the old problem with aliens/zombies that bored/bloodthirsty crew might basically volunteer themselves for conversion when the mode is based on the assumption that there would at least be some resistance
how do you envision the conversion process working? if it is too fast and quiet, it may be too simple to corrupt the crew, like changelings who make new changelings every time they give someone the suck. if its transmitted by feeding or injecting someone with some stuff, well, thats really easy, people pick up and eat/swallow/shoot up crap they find lying around all the time, especially in the bar. --> suggestion for this part: there should be noticeable, unpleasant symptoms, giving crew time and reason to run for medbay and try to get cured/try to deduce who is responsible for infecting them.
how do you envision detection and de-conversion efforts working? even in rev the minion players could have the brainwashing beaten out of them, even though in practice nobody gave a shit and everyone would wind up beaten to death anyway. --> suggestion for this part: give security and medical some cure shit they can inject ppl with, or jam into tranq-rifles and riot launchers if things get really bad. the originator crewmembers will of course be immune to the cure shit and can slink away to develop immunity and try again. converted crewmembers should have a small chance to resist its effects as well. pathology can then manufacture the next generation of cure shit, giving pathology a use/making it a target.
how will you make being infected not necessarily a completely attractive excuse to go wild and start shanking, making people line up to volunteer? this is probably the most difficult part! will being infected make you puke up gross goop and periodically sneeze and cough? people dont usually shy away from being turned into weird gross shit, so thats not promising. maybe it could cause the crewman to have a suddenly limited lifespan, like a mindslave implant with a guaranteed terminating function built in? after 15 minutes without being forcibly cured, theyll start to die out and probably burst into goop. if this proves to be too limiting, maybe the rev-head originator crewmen could have an ability to give them lifespan renewals. this is an intentionally unattractive limitation, and may help your average greysuit think twice before volunteering to be infected.
hmm.
maybe "the stuff" could be an alright source of inspiration?
but its kind of treading on the changeling's thing-ripoff toes, and may still suffer from the old problem with aliens/zombies that bored/bloodthirsty crew might basically volunteer themselves for conversion when the mode is based on the assumption that there would at least be some resistance
how do you envision the conversion process working? if it is too fast and quiet, it may be too simple to corrupt the crew, like changelings who make new changelings every time they give someone the suck. if its transmitted by feeding or injecting someone with some stuff, well, thats really easy, people pick up and eat/swallow/shoot up crap they find lying around all the time, especially in the bar. --> suggestion for this part: there should be noticeable, unpleasant symptoms, giving crew time and reason to run for medbay and try to get cured/try to deduce who is responsible for infecting them.
how do you envision detection and de-conversion efforts working? even in rev the minion players could have the brainwashing beaten out of them, even though in practice nobody gave a shit and everyone would wind up beaten to death anyway. --> suggestion for this part: give security and medical some cure shit they can inject ppl with, or jam into tranq-rifles and riot launchers if things get really bad. the originator crewmembers will of course be immune to the cure shit and can slink away to develop immunity and try again. converted crewmembers should have a small chance to resist its effects as well. pathology can then manufacture the next generation of cure shit, giving pathology a use/making it a target.
how will you make being infected not necessarily a completely attractive excuse to go wild and start shanking, making people line up to volunteer? this is probably the most difficult part! will being infected make you puke up gross goop and periodically sneeze and cough? people dont usually shy away from being turned into weird gross shit, so thats not promising. maybe it could cause the crewman to have a suddenly limited lifespan, like a mindslave implant with a guaranteed terminating function built in? after 15 minutes without being forcibly cured, theyll start to die out and probably burst into goop. if this proves to be too limiting, maybe the rev-head originator crewmen could have an ability to give them lifespan renewals. this is an intentionally unattractive limitation, and may help your average greysuit think twice before volunteering to be infected.
hmm.
maybe "the stuff" could be an alright source of inspiration?