Makeshift weapons

[Vuk Farkas]

Yeah, people can shit out GOOD weapons all the time anyway if they want to
Some shittier weapons that are less horrible metagrife-y to make would be a lot better I think considering mechanics & a pod can get you an infinite supply of perfect rechargeable stun/killguns. Security has to fuckin deal with THAT already and none of the mechanics stuff even requires ID access to it

WHILE BEING ONE OF THE MOST BROKEN INTO AREAS ON COG2

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SERIOUSLY THOUGH
I've seen people regularly intentionally break the windows in mechanics  so they can replace them with walls because it's a giant "break in here" sign otherwise. They don't benefit mechanics in terms of seeing much of anything, they just leave a way to bust in easily

Which reminds me why isn't there an easy way to tear down reinforced windows with tools.

Seems silly that you can deconstruct walls but you can't make windows back into glass sheets.

Pretty sure you can wrench windows back into sheets on TG.

Breaking a window to get around it just seems wasteful.

well actually ya can put the broken pieces into the reclaimer (or whatever that machine for making bars and cubes outta materials is called) then put the resources into fabricators and then print out stuff ya need!

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Forgot to add tho who state "security has enough shit to deal with already" are probably security players... but lets face it i played as detective and was replacing security completely many times... and guess what? 90% of the time it was a troublemaker raiding security, detectives office, bar, QM and such they didnt have even a friggin flaregun or flamethrower! Heck almoust every one of them used toolboxes and such already awailable tool! Or weapons they obtained from said offices! Rarely someone would raid the artifacts lab and abuse artifacts (darkness artifacts, and once i had a clown using some sonic stun artifact that stuns the user and everyone in 5 tile radius). I am yet to see anyone making a single fuckin makeshift weapon... i didnt see even poisoned scalpels! The worst case of alternate uses i saw was medics using some meds from the vending machines! they didnt even bother brewing somethin!!!

I want to encourage usage of makeshift stuff, and like i said before, flareguns  and shotguns could be used for many other things (like fill the shell with fire extinguisher stuff to extinguish someone at the other end of the room at a cost of minor brute)

Heck we could add makeshift 40mm grenades and makeshift grenade launchers (preferably one-shooters like they used like 50 years ago, those are an owersized flaregun basically) so we can launch other things than smoke and explosives! imagine firing a custom shell from the safety of a hallway into a room filled with burning hot plasma! And it extinguishes a large area! Or heck even healing chems (imagine syndy drones killing crew in one spot, lets say escape, and someone shoots a reviving-healing chem, thus giving crew a second chance!)
Or lets say security has an issue with some really dodgy crimmy... they cant corner him or get a hit on him, the guy wears a welding mask they can blind-stun him either... make stun 40mm shell! It not only acts like an EMP but also stuns people caught in the blast area! Also useful when someone hides in a room, ya cant get a direct hit, but a stun grenade can take care of it!

Also the makeshift lasergun i talked about... it should have an alternate use! As a welder! basically it would have a semi firing mode and a welder mode, thus alowing crew to use an alternative to conventional welders, and this alternative would not only use renewable energy instead of fuel, it would be safer (no more accidentally welder-bombing the station, i had experienced that in robotics a lot, when someone tried to refill a welder, and didnt turn it off! Half the medbay was severely damaged!). Also like the welder it should be an alternative to set things on fire (like with matches or zippos) a nice way to light yer cigar! (imagine the hilarity if someone forgets it on firing mode and lasers his face or head off, burns his eyes, or somethin cause he was lighting the cigar... lit the cigar alright a bit too much!)