Research Outpost

[Microscopics]

Hey spess people, another idea of mine.

This time, I'm thinking maybe we could have one of bs12's only good features: the research outpost!

For those of you unfamilar, the research outpost is an addition to the research department in which scientists and the RD can go and do further research. The outpost itself is located on the same asteroid as the mining station, but this might not be logistically possibe on /tg/, so perhaps a new asteroid alltogether would suffice.

What exactly is the outpost?

The outpost consits of two new "sub-job" categories for research, xenoarchaeology and anomaly analyzing.

These jobs are considered "roleplay jobs" on bs12, but I think with a twist, these can be remolded into functionality, something /tg/ is excellent at. Here's what I have in mind:

> The outpost itself from bay is great. Good layout, but lots of useless shit, so some stuff can be cut out.

See this link: http://filesmelt.com/dl/ASTEROIDRESEARCH.PNG

> Here's how the job additions would work: Scientists travel to the station via an on-station shuttle to the outpost. Once there, they proceed to the expedition prep room, where they get their xenoarchaeology EVA suits, hand pickaxe (basically a graphically smaller version of a pickaxe, functionally the same), and the anomaly locator. The anomaly locator would be used to locate anomalies within the asteroid, like energy sources or metal. The scientist would then use the analyser once outside and prepped to find objects within the asteroid. Objects would range from rare objects to complete junk, randomly generated like the ore on the asteroid. However, only some of the objects would be usable and known, the other objects would have to be analyzed, and dubbed "strange object". All of the known objects, i.e. an MMI could then be sent back to r and d for deconstruction. This concludes the job of the archaeologist.

Let's say the archaeologist found a fossil, and they want to, for whatever reason, replicate it. The anomalist would then use chemicals to identify genetic codes like the creatures UI, UE, and SE, then be able to re-create it.

Let's say the arch. found a "strange object". Pretend it's a flashbang, but looks like a multitool. The job of the anomalist would be to find what the use of the object is, and make some sense of it.


To recap: I've added two? new functions to research. After all, ss13 is a research installation, right?

Let's talk about the map. Here's what I think can stay and go:

STAY:
Shuttle dock
Common area--kitchen, dining area, bookshelves
Chemistry lab. Research could use one of these in general.
Expedition prep. Place for scientists to get an exosuit and prepare to go outside.
The airlock area, obviously.
A laboratory for anomalies. Nothing too fancy, just a space where the scientists can do their thing.
The dorms. Pretty nice for a scientist to be able to store his stuff when off station.
Botany lab. Sometimes, seeds could be found in the asteroid, a competent scientist would want to grow said seeds.
Maintenance system and power system.

REMOVE:
"Artifact storage rooms"
"Exotic particle collector room"
"Isolation areas"
"Artifact storage"
Basically all of bay's retarded RP content.

So what do you guys think? I need some more ideas and some help building on this idea. The outpost is a pretty sick feature on baycode and I'd love to see it ported over, in a more functional, less RP style.

[lumipharon]

We already have the whole 'strange object' thing already though.

Find strange objects in maint, take them to the experimentor, and figure out what grief they can be used for funtion they have.

[Microscopics]

Maybe some more, large, non-carryable objects that alter things. Perhaps a giant device that induces hallucinations to anyone that touches it, but it has a massive powersource or something?

[lumipharon]

...U havin a laff m8?

That's the supermatter shard, only the hallucinations are everyone, everywhere.

[TheNightingale]

I like this idea. It'd be great to link it to other science departments - Toxins can make bombs to clear the 'anomalyroid', R&D can deconstruct the known objects found, Robotics can... do whatever Robotics does; and the Experi-mentor can take the 'strange objects' and do things with them.

At the moment, the job of the anomalist sounds a lot like the Experimentation Lab (i.e. 'find and make sense of strange objects').

If it's located on the same outpost as the mining asteroid, then a very good scientist could mine for minerals if they went far enough (which is a good thing!).
There are two jobs proposed in this: xenoarchaeologist, and anomalist. The former is a 'science miner', and the latter is a new experimentation scientist.

I'd suggest moving the experi-mentor to the outpost (and replacing its current location with the science shuttle, perhaps?) and merging xenoarchaeologist and anomalist into one job - a job that works on the outpost, mining for anomalies and either sending them back to R&D for deconstruction or analysing them in their lab. Finding the UI/UE/SE of fossils is a good idea: it encourages cooperation between genetics and the rest of science.

[Bombadil]

I like this idea. It'd be great to link it to other science departments - Toxins can make bombs to clear the 'anomalyroid', R&D can deconstruct the known objects found, Robotics can... do whatever Robotics does; and the Experi-mentor can take the 'strange objects' and do things with them.

At the moment, the job of the anomalist sounds a lot like the Experimentation Lab (i.e. 'find and make sense of strange objects').

If it's located on the same outpost as the mining asteroid, then a very good scientist could mine for minerals if they went far enough (which is a good thing!).
There are two jobs proposed in this: xenoarchaeologist, and anomalist. The former is a 'science miner', and the latter is a new experimentation scientist.

I'd suggest moving the experi-mentor to the outpost (and replacing its current location with the science shuttle, perhaps?) and merging xenoarchaeologist and anomalist into one job - a job that works on the outpost, mining for anomalies and either sending them back to R&D for deconstruction or analysing them in their lab. Finding the UI/UE/SE of fossils is a good idea: it encourages cooperation between genetics and the rest of science.

Maybe the alien dna could replace genetics? Considering genetics is perma borked

[callanrockslol]

Just give them a shuttle to the mining asteroid and add more shit