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Post by farcry11 on Jan 16, 2014 15:18:49 GMT
And how can we be MORE cyberpunk? Ideas, now! Stuff along the lines of new game mechanics, jobs, or clothes/character customization options . Go go go!
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Post by lk600 on Jan 16, 2014 15:26:51 GMT
We need more disposable tech. Stuff that to us now would freak out if we dropped it, but in our character's timeline, not really care as its common stuff. Like I sprited the hardlight police and engineering holotape because regular tape is so 21st century. Maybe I could re-sprite some of the basic equipment into more technological things. A basic screwdriver into an electronic one. I dont know, just throwing up ideas.
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Post by farcry11 on Jan 16, 2014 15:30:59 GMT
One thing I thought of was an exoskeleton. Any roboticist can make it, and it's pretty much just building a cyborg exoskeleton from the fabricator and adding wires to it. You add a battery and wear it as armor. The battery is constantly draining, and when it runs out you can't move unless you ditch the armor or change the battery.
Pretty much like a riot-suit version of stun gloves. I think it could buff you heavily in terms of speed and strength, but it would be highly visible contraband with a low battery life.
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Post by farcry11 on Jan 16, 2014 15:38:04 GMT
Also, I really love the holotape, Lk. It's fantastic.
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Post by Skull132 on Jan 16, 2014 15:48:19 GMT
I like the exosuit idea. Should be easy enough to implement.
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Post by sgtsammac on Jan 16, 2014 15:57:19 GMT
Also, I really love the holotape, Lk. It's fantastic. I thought tool did the holotape? But yea. The holotape is awesome. :3 Always has been. Always will be. |
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Post by sgtsammac on Jan 16, 2014 15:58:40 GMT
I like the exosuit idea. Should be easy enough to implement. Perhaps available with a sec version that has a better battery life but requires a component or two that only the HoS or Warden can provide?  |
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Post by farcry11 on Jan 16, 2014 16:35:36 GMT
Maybe an exoskeleton with a built in stun function, Sammac? Just add a baton.
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Post by lk600 on Jan 16, 2014 17:04:43 GMT
I did the holotape Sam. Tool added it in for me :<
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Post by Skull132 on Jan 16, 2014 17:37:36 GMT
Well, the changelog notes you, LK, as the author of the holotape sprites, so yay for recognition!
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Post by farcry11 on Jan 16, 2014 18:00:23 GMT
Back to the point at hand, more ideas:
An item, likely some kind of head+face covering helmet, allows you to jack in to an APC and see everything the AI sees. However, there's always a slight possibility that jacking in with the helmet's adapter cord could heavily electrocute you. Would either be a traitor item, or something gained through high levels of research.
Also, on the fashion side of things... Perhaps a cyberpunk wardrobe can be ordered through cargo, with things like a leather jacket, overcoat, fingerless gloves, thick sunglasses, etc.
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Post by tuiee on Jan 16, 2014 19:06:07 GMT
If we really want to cyberpunk things up, we're going to have to make a few changes to the station itself. Specifically, darker wall tiles, less lighting, etc. If we can change the station's color scheme, we can change the way we feel when playing, which is ultimately what affects the cyberpunkiness of our characters.
Also augmentations. Lots of them. Researchable in science, buildable in robotics, implantable in medbay. Gives a nice cross-department dependency and a goal that benefits everyone.
Flashlight augs, flash augs, tool augs, cybernetic limb enhancers, eye augs (meson, nightvision, maybe thermal that's fabbed up in a captain clearance lockbox)... the possibilities are endless.
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Post by farcry11 on Jan 16, 2014 19:12:26 GMT
Yes. Damnit, yes.
Also, different lighting! Colored light bulbs would be amazing, and I imagine different colored lighting isn't impossible. We could have neon and shit in the bar.
And I'm all for the augmentation. Maybe security augmentations that allow you to see someone's criminal status, records, etc, like the sec sunglasses.
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Post by Skull132 on Jan 16, 2014 19:13:15 GMT
Here lies the question, though: are we a Cyberpunk station?
What you speak of, Tuiee, is no simple feat and will upset those who do not see it coming.
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Post by farcry11 on Jan 16, 2014 19:18:49 GMT
When you think about it, the world that our characters are in is already inherently cyberpunk in many ways. Ultrapowerful corporations, implants with myriad uses, widespread hacking, malicious viruses...
High tech, low life. We'd merely be accepting what's already there and improving upon it. It'd give our station a unique, creative spin, and open up new types of RP.
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Post by Skull132 on Jan 16, 2014 19:28:59 GMT
I will discuss this, but note: this will NOT be a simple feat. This will NOT be a quick feat. This WILL take time. This WILL be discussed.
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Post by farcry11 on Jan 16, 2014 19:30:20 GMT
Sounds fine to me. There's no pressure on you or the rest of the team to do any part of this, it's entirely up to you and your deliberation.
Also, it's not like all the changes would have to come in one fell swoop. A slow rollout is just as favorable, if not more so.
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Post by tuiee on Jan 16, 2014 22:52:04 GMT
I'd spend all my coding time on augs if they were approved, Skull! ^_^
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Post by greenlightbulb on Jan 18, 2014 20:11:50 GMT
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is kinda coloured lighting in SS13 already in the form of emergency lights which flash when the shuttle is called (It might just be a tile retexture, but I may also be insane or something). Also, I always felt that robotic limbs never really reached their full potential... Maybe have the ability to research new ways to use them? Like a sec limb or a engi limb or a medi limb, or something. Just comes with different uses and tools (Think like... Deus Ex).
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Post by Mewoykyinuis on Jan 18, 2014 20:16:49 GMT
How about a HUD for Engineers? Something that allows them to operate air alarms and APCs from afar? It would help in a breach or a fire.
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