Goonhub
04-01-2022, 05:09 AM
I'm not too familiar with how SS13 coding goes so I'm not too sure if it's possible and there's probably balance issues that need to be ironed out, but here's my idea:
I'm thinking a hat or perhaps brain augment for a monkey and either a console, remote or a VR-type headgear so that can control a monkey remotely. This would be fun for geneticists being able to utilize their super monkeys instead of disposing of them. I think this device should also have a speaker to transmit the remote user's voice. I think that as long as the monkey is primed to be remote controlled it will not act on it's own, effectively being braindead. This would mitigate the problem of putting a monkey somewhere and then having it become an NPC monkey again running amok, while also allowing the monkey to be taken out without it defending itself. EMPs would also be effective as it'd disable the ability to remote control the monkey, leaving it defenseless. This would also leave the operator unaware of their own surroundings, allowing for a surprise attack, thievery, anything dastardly. I think that if you're attacked though that you'd immediately return control back to yourself so you can defend yourself. This could also open up some plays for antags to use these monkeys for harm which could then pin the blame on genetics, or for antag genetics to act innocent and shift blame to someone else. A remote controlled monkey could even serve as a tool for the AI or borgs to utilize, bridging robotics and genetics. They could also be used by engies for dangerous tasks. Even security could use these monkeys for remote enforcement. Hell, miners could use them to mine. It seems too powerful to have as a starting item and I'm not too which department would even want to help make something like this for a geneticist. Maybe a research and then the ability to apply this to a monkey using the Genetek console with the monkey in the scanner.
This idea comes with the obvious issues that this can be abused for griefing, being imbalanced and a pain to even code such a weird feature.
I'm thinking a hat or perhaps brain augment for a monkey and either a console, remote or a VR-type headgear so that can control a monkey remotely. This would be fun for geneticists being able to utilize their super monkeys instead of disposing of them. I think this device should also have a speaker to transmit the remote user's voice. I think that as long as the monkey is primed to be remote controlled it will not act on it's own, effectively being braindead. This would mitigate the problem of putting a monkey somewhere and then having it become an NPC monkey again running amok, while also allowing the monkey to be taken out without it defending itself. EMPs would also be effective as it'd disable the ability to remote control the monkey, leaving it defenseless. This would also leave the operator unaware of their own surroundings, allowing for a surprise attack, thievery, anything dastardly. I think that if you're attacked though that you'd immediately return control back to yourself so you can defend yourself. This could also open up some plays for antags to use these monkeys for harm which could then pin the blame on genetics, or for antag genetics to act innocent and shift blame to someone else. A remote controlled monkey could even serve as a tool for the AI or borgs to utilize, bridging robotics and genetics. They could also be used by engies for dangerous tasks. Even security could use these monkeys for remote enforcement. Hell, miners could use them to mine. It seems too powerful to have as a starting item and I'm not too which department would even want to help make something like this for a geneticist. Maybe a research and then the ability to apply this to a monkey using the Genetek console with the monkey in the scanner.
This idea comes with the obvious issues that this can be abused for griefing, being imbalanced and a pain to even code such a weird feature.
