Makeshift weapons

[Mordent]

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I'm going to head this off by saying that, as a player, I have a massive issue with you. You have just as much right to play on the server as I, however, but when on the roleplay server (note, "roleplay", not "just go test stuff" server) I'm there to have interactions with the crew. Wanting all access just to scan things defeats the point of the server, especially when we have either an AI (who can be asked to let you in) or most departments are staffed. My medical director is a by-the-book stickler, so if you barge in without permission or start getting lippy she will do everything she can to make your life difficult.

I'd rather not derail the conversation into "how 2 play rp?", so back on the topic of weapons:

(for fuck sake make the civilian pods unlocked no one will bother spending hours cracking a pod code, when ya can hack a door in one minute to steal the sec or QM pods!) Not only that any effective weapon (i aint counting flamethrower here even if it is a really good weapon and tool) is obtained via random crate find, but nearly every god damn one of them requires ya to have acess... miners sometimes run into weapon crates, QM can order some, captain has that antique (which takes horrendous ammount of time just to assemble), security has some... which forces people to steal, rather than  make their own (only a few explorers in science ever bothered grabbing even the flaregun...) Not to mention it should be legit for a mechanic to scan and sell non-lethals to NT workers, and lethals with permission from sec to fill the stations coffers!

The pods take maybe two-three minutes to crack, less if you're lucky. If you're stealing sec/QM pods on LLJK1 you're playing it flat-out wrong. On LLJK2, whatever.

I think the key here is why you think weapons are needed. You've given plenty of types of weapons you'd like but not given justification.

To even the playing field against traitors? They're supposed to have the edge. Against nuke ops? Totally fair, and worth discussing. Against changelings? Flamethrowers/welding torches/etc. are your best friend, changelings are not overly tough once you've identified them properly. Against wizards? Justified, and worth discussing.

What's your use case for these being the best option? Conversely, how do you prevent every staff assistant from packing?