Reduce the overbearingness of stunmeta

[Kotlol]

make it more tied to stamina than anything

make stamina more important and make managing it more important. make stun duration be based on your stamina pool or something so that way stuns become a way to finish somebody off and not an instant "i win" button. it would also encourage people to be more careful with how they engage because if they burn through all of their stamina then they're leaving themselves wide open to get stunned

I do kinda wish we had a second stamina bar. Something that the current stamina drew from to replenish itself.

Not a bad idea, let's call it "The Adrenaline Bar" (Yes we got Adrenaline rush, it will be included)
Pretty much if you take physical damage or anything that "introduces" stress.. your adrenaline bar goes down before your stamina metre does.
Protecting your stamina metre from going to 0 and thus go into a stunned/collapsed status.

Now this doesn't work when you are just RUNNING. You have to be hit by something, stun batons and tazers and the like will also increase stress thus the adrenaline bar turns on. If you punch someone, you also build up stress or if you throw something at someone. So pretty much anything that puts you into a combat situation or life or death situation this bar goes off.
It doesn't go off if you are just running laps around the station.

Now for Adrenaline Rush, you guessed it. You have access to it right away, draining that 1st before it hits your stamina.

So what happens if it drops to 0? Well your stamina is open to attack.
But Adrenaline recovers SLOWER then Stamina. Unless you are resting (aka sleeping) or Eating something.
Resting recovers it faster and eating.. well food gives stamina recovery so why not Adrenaline.
You can also replenish it by injecting adrenaline, but.. that might get you addicted to it.

For calculations and balancing? I DONT KNOW.
But this second bar sounds like a good idea and doing it like this makes sense.
Why would that bar drop if you aren't in actual danger?

Also it can introduce traits that will access the bar without fighting such as:
"Paranoia"
You think you are always in danger and your adrenaline kicks in! Giving you access to 25% Adrenaline from the get go, but...it recovers even slower.
or
"Adrenaline Junkie"
You are someone who likes the dangers and risks of space! Giving you access to the full adrenaline bar without going into combat, but being addicted to adrenaline shots from the get go (and thus drawbacks constantly)

Just my idea.