Goonhub
06-22-2016, 09:52 AM
This idea gets a very firm no from me.
The most important reason why security officers can't be antagonists is trust. The crew needs to trust in security's goodness, if not necessarily its competence. The crew needs to have confidence that, in general, a security officer making an arrest is just doing his job rather than kidnapping his next victim. If they lack that confidence, they're highly likely to interfere with security even more than they already do.
If you want a case study in the effects of a lack of trust on security, look no further than the detective. He can be a traitor, so people are naturally very leery of him. I can't tell you how many times people have interfered with arrests made by the detective just because he's the detective. Granted, the detective really shouldn't be making arrests anyway, but oftentimes he's the only member of security around.
If you want more security based treason, make the lawyer a permanent job.
The most important reason why security officers can't be antagonists is trust. The crew needs to trust in security's goodness, if not necessarily its competence. The crew needs to have confidence that, in general, a security officer making an arrest is just doing his job rather than kidnapping his next victim. If they lack that confidence, they're highly likely to interfere with security even more than they already do.
If you want a case study in the effects of a lack of trust on security, look no further than the detective. He can be a traitor, so people are naturally very leery of him. I can't tell you how many times people have interfered with arrests made by the detective just because he's the detective. Granted, the detective really shouldn't be making arrests anyway, but oftentimes he's the only member of security around.
If you want more security based treason, make the lawyer a permanent job.