Goonhub
07-09-2016, 01:16 AM
My official personal opinion is that security should be a LOT more aggressive than they currently are on Goonstation, and if I had my druthers we'd have official-ish documentation reflecting this. I can only remember one time in the last year or so when a sec officer nailed me as a traitor. Usually it's some random idiot with an egun or stolen traitor gear--which should have been confiscated by sec.
Opinions vary a little bit here, but as an admin I tend to give security officers a little bit more leeway than other crew members so long as they're acting in the spirit of keeping order on the station. That means arresting the guy who breaks into the AI upload with a fantastic idea for a gimmick law. That means confiscating guns and traitor gear and locking them up securely or destroying them. That means nosing around chem, keeping an eye on the borgs, and busting people for stealing shit or messing up the station.
Arrest guys. Use the porta brig since cog2 is fucking huge. Give them brig timers. Work with the engineers and janitor to make sure things get fixed when they're broken. Drag bodies to cloning. Ask questions. Actively look for both antags and lawbreakers. Coordinate with the sec team and try to be effective. Patrol the brig. Being an antag isn't fun when you're invincible due to crew apathy, miscreants and troublemakers need lawmen to work against, everyone hates non-sec vigilantes, and I personally think it's funny when security is a little bit uptight. As long as you're just upholding space law and not murdering non-antags, you're not breaking the rules. It's actually really hard to accidentally overdo it. If you're ever uncertain, adminhelp.
On a meta-game level, security is responsible for encouraging antags to think creatively and providing them with intelligent opponents. They also help create the oppressive corporate pseudo-cyberpunk atmosphere that the game's lore is steeped in. It's a neat role, and one a lot of people have been too scared to play for the last couple of years, which is really a shame.
Opinions vary a little bit here, but as an admin I tend to give security officers a little bit more leeway than other crew members so long as they're acting in the spirit of keeping order on the station. That means arresting the guy who breaks into the AI upload with a fantastic idea for a gimmick law. That means confiscating guns and traitor gear and locking them up securely or destroying them. That means nosing around chem, keeping an eye on the borgs, and busting people for stealing shit or messing up the station.
Arrest guys. Use the porta brig since cog2 is fucking huge. Give them brig timers. Work with the engineers and janitor to make sure things get fixed when they're broken. Drag bodies to cloning. Ask questions. Actively look for both antags and lawbreakers. Coordinate with the sec team and try to be effective. Patrol the brig. Being an antag isn't fun when you're invincible due to crew apathy, miscreants and troublemakers need lawmen to work against, everyone hates non-sec vigilantes, and I personally think it's funny when security is a little bit uptight. As long as you're just upholding space law and not murdering non-antags, you're not breaking the rules. It's actually really hard to accidentally overdo it. If you're ever uncertain, adminhelp.
On a meta-game level, security is responsible for encouraging antags to think creatively and providing them with intelligent opponents. They also help create the oppressive corporate pseudo-cyberpunk atmosphere that the game's lore is steeped in. It's a neat role, and one a lot of people have been too scared to play for the last couple of years, which is really a shame.