Goonhub
08-25-2015, 11:05 PM
I think there's two ways to go about it:
a) If you want an implant that allows you to track people on camera, have it act like the AI's tracking capabilities: a PDA program that tells you where the implanted person is, and trying to track them via the camera system will follow them via the nearest physical camera, similar to the AI. A sneaky ling can get around this the same way they get around the AI tracking them, by remembering camera blind spots and cutting cameras.
b) If you want a mass-produceable way for people to broadcast their actions, make it either an actual physical item people wear, like the helmetcam or Google Glass, or cybernetic eyes that have to be installed. The former allows antags to get around it by tugging it off if they're paying attention, and the time and effort involved with installing the latter means it'll be harder to have a majority of the crew outfitted with them. Also if the person is blinded/unconscious then the latter ought to not show anything.
a) If you want an implant that allows you to track people on camera, have it act like the AI's tracking capabilities: a PDA program that tells you where the implanted person is, and trying to track them via the camera system will follow them via the nearest physical camera, similar to the AI. A sneaky ling can get around this the same way they get around the AI tracking them, by remembering camera blind spots and cutting cameras.
b) If you want a mass-produceable way for people to broadcast their actions, make it either an actual physical item people wear, like the helmetcam or Google Glass, or cybernetic eyes that have to be installed. The former allows antags to get around it by tugging it off if they're paying attention, and the time and effort involved with installing the latter means it'll be harder to have a majority of the crew outfitted with them. Also if the person is blinded/unconscious then the latter ought to not show anything.