Radio Dispatch Terminal/Intercom

[Frank_Stein]

So, I think it would be nice to have one spot on the station where you can listen to and speak over all the radio channels, mainly as a way to coordinate between departments without a headset.

A console in the customs area seems like the best place for something like that, since it's both somewhat restricted but public enough that you couldn't just spy without anyone noticing.

[BaneOfGiygas]

Intercoms and the department channels in general are an extremely useful feature that goes tragically underused. This would be cool, and would also give the HoP a fun new toy with which they can find new ways of committing corporate sabotage.

[Erik]

why not allow intercoms, and headsets to be modified to listen to other channels, e.g. via small modules you can pop into the headset

[Frank_Stein]

That makes sense. Maybe have the dispatch machine work like the ID machine, and the HOP can stick their ID and a headset in and reprogram it to the channels you need when getting reassigned to a job with a department radio.

[Nnystyxx]

Headset Modules seem like a neat idea. Traitors/mean people can all the keys out of someone's headset and throw them in the toilet. Or just force them to put them all back in one by one. A way to reprogram headsets/tinker with them like that seems like a good idea-- it also means an enterprising Captain can 'mute' one department or the other if he's feeling Too Important to listen.

[atomic1fire]

If you can steal the chip from a security radio it would also give you an easy way to listen in on security without alerting them to the fact that you have a security headset. A bit like a captain level access custom ID that has been outfitted with the Staff Assistant job title. They'd just see your regular radio name and think nothing of it.

[Frank_Stein]

I suppose if headsets had chips, maybe everyone's starting headset could have a unique code for private one way chat, with a larger different colored font

[Noah Buttes]

There's a comms room north of the bridge that never sees any use except the occasional radio spammer or bored captain making an announcement.

I feel like this would be a good place to put it.