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But isn't that awesome in of itself? Some people prefer the faster Gygax like we do. So yeah, save the Gygax and let it have its glory. True you might get the odd griefer here or there, but it happens so rarely and you guys are usually on top of those things (Hell, you shut me down when I did it. But again, traitor so... it's not QUITE as bad) 'Sides, you try to say that seeing Old Man Henderson do battle with a Xeno Empress in a Gygax isn't one of the most awesome things ever! (Again, that actually happened.)

I can't speak for everyone, but I prefer the speed and maneuverability of the Gygax. To me, the Gygax is the fighter craft, while the Durand is the Frigate.

Speaking as someone who plays the Roboticist frequently, I should mention that I never get any requests from Security to make mechs or even ED-209s. If I got more requests for them, I would gladly build them, hell I mass produce Ripleys for Mining pretty frequently. But yeah, I still don't see why we need to cripple the Gygax like that.

Alright, I know how hypocritical this must sound coming from a guy who went on a rampage in one as a Traitor. But please hear me out, because I do feel that this is way too extreme. The main argument I hear for the removal of the Gygax's lethal weaponry options is that it prevents grief. Well, while I know now that my rampage was grief even as an antag, I honestly haven't come across any other rampages occurring in one. But let's put that aside for a moment, since I'm not on the server 24/7 and there's bound to be things that I missed: I don't see why the Gygax specifically needs to be nerfed. Far too many items on this station can be used for grief, you can flood the station with plasma, set fires using welding tank bombs, release a nasty virus, make chloral hydrate syringe guns or let the singularity loose to name a few. As irritating as these are, I place the blame more on the people who use them this way rather than the tools themselves, and one cannot argue that these are more common occurrences than mech rampages. And yes, I know that the Gygax is specifically a combat mech, and only exists for that purpose, but so does the Durand, which isn't any harder to build, hell I'd argue that it's easier since Silver is more plentiful than Diamond. If someone was really dead set on griefing, they would just build a Durand, and then by this logic we'd have to remove the lethal weaponry on that. Finally, I can actually name an instance when I was able to use a Gygax for good: Friday July 11th of this year (Hour forgotten), when we had 3 Alien Empresses running loose, and Henderson built a Gygax named Big Tau to combat them (He had to call in about a million favors for the parts, but it was worth it) and went toe to toe with an Empress in a Gygax, killing her by blasting her with the scattershot repeatedly. My only complaint was that I didn't have the time to yell "Get away from her you bitch!". He also fought one on the shuttle, but Sec was there too so it wasn't as awesome. Before you say anything, I COULD have used a Durand, but I much prefer the speed the Gygax offers. To sum it all up, I don't think this restriction needs to exist, since it wouldn't prevent that much grief, removes a huge part of the rewards of playing a roboticist well, and actively prevents them from pulling off some of the most awesome acts. If you really want to prevent Gygax/Mech suit related grief, may I suggest spawning the lethal weapons in lockboxes or something? That way you can reduce the sinister applications without having to utterly cripple the Mech.

Since we can name the mecha we get in Robotics, I think it would be really awesome if they could be further customized by letting us paint them.

Standing roughly 6'2", Old Man Henderson would stand out from any crowd. Probably due to the odor of cheap whiskey and ganja that seems to be emenating from him. His hair is tailored in an old fashioned mohawk and he sports a full Grizzly-Adams style beard. He can usually be found with a Cigarette, Cigar or Joint in his mouth, as he only stops smoking when he has to run on internals or something. As an expert with both Robotics and Chemistry, he has picked up more than a few skills that many would consider sinister, such as his skill at making explosives or mech suits. Anyone who talks to Henderson for more than two seconds will learn about his never-ending crusade: The eternal search for his missing antique Garden Gnome Collection. According to him, they were stolen by a cult of Space Mormons that he used to live across the street from, possibly in cahoots with the syndicate or the Space Wizard's guild. (He's never been consistent with his theories.) In reality he got really high one day, sold them off to a Charity auction and simply forgot about it. As such, he tends to assume that any threat to the station is either the culprit of this heinous crime, or in league with them. ((I would just like to point out that I am not using his vendetta on the supposed Gnome Thieves as an excuse for him to randomly attack people. Henderson believes the "culprit" has to be some sort of criminal mastermind to have somehow taken 215 Gnomes out from under his nose.So no, you won't see him beat up the Clown claiming him to be the man he's after, not unless he sees the clown whip out a beam sword and hack someone to death.))