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Make it use a pen, just like beakers, buckets and morgue stuff.

Approved by Cy Roberts. Absolutely loathed by the AI.

I agree. A forensic technician without a powerful flashlight for his investigations is a joke. Anyway, seclite is comparable in power to a telebaton - plus, the revolver is a powerful validhunting weapon which can help you put people to crit if you unload all the bullets, so the argument for robustness seems invalid. Alternatively, give the detective a standard flashlight.

Sounds more like an event you'd do during extended. As a regular gamemode I'd expect it to be metagamed to shit.

Captain: use your damned headset all-access and relay information. If somebody screams in medical that he's being robusted to shit with a toolbox, tell the security immediately. Don't count on the AI to do this for you; most AIs are incompetent. Do NOT grab your gear and go on a lone validhunting spree. If you really must - help out only when there's a call for help and it's in your vicinity. Be a responsible hero. If you really want to validhunt criminal scum, grab a single pair of cuffs from the Brig. Also very useful for self-defense. A flashbang is useful if you're being chased or are responding to a call for help. Remember - in most cases self-defense should go like this (applies to all heads): 1. Notice you're being robusted. a) move away a little to dodge hits, b) scream for help either in Common, Command or Security (third is preferable). State your location. "HELP MY OFFICE" is all you need, eventually "HELP ESWORD BRIDGE". If the traitor is someone unexpected AND the AI is an incompetent piece of shit incapable of validhunting, state his identity: "HELP MY OFFICE RD ROGUE". 2. Take the flash out of your pocket. 3. Get into melee range. 4. AoE stun with the flash. 5. If it didn't work and he's still robusting you, flash again (good to do it twice in a rapid succession). If it did not help, use your telebaton and execute step 8. 6. Once he's disoriented, click on him with the flash to apply a long-lasting stun. 7. Use this time to pull out your telebaton (should be already extended on your belt). 8. Telebaton stun him. 9. Use the flash in the other hand to stunlock him, so he won't run away and won't be able to disarm you when he stands up. Bonus step 10 against dangerous antags: be the validhunter the station needs and try to strip him while he's stunlocked. Rinse and repeat, 8 to 9. Security will come. If they won't, you may want to either drag him to security using the said stunlock, switch to lethal (if it's a confirmed traitor/vampire/changeling) or try to cuff him. Page Up, Page Down and other hotkeys should be used, especially the swap hands one (mandatory for 8 and 9). If you keep the stunlock well and not panic, your flash won't burn out and the person will remain blind, missing all their opportunities to stand up and run away/disarm you. I used the flash stun and telebaton stun interchangeably, but obviously they're different things. As a general guideline, anybody unauthorized (not HoS, not your Blueshield and nobody with legit access) in your office, teleporter room, HoP and bridge should be treated with the self-defense plan I outlined. Your knee-jerk response to an intruder should be to move away, use the time to assess the threat (shift+click examine) and decide whether to fight or flee. You probably can handle some greytide. A skilled antag who has the element of surprise? Not so much. There isn't much you can do if you're unexpectedly attacked with a ranged weapon. If the aggressor is far away, you may want to close some doors in front of him. Otherwise you may die/get crit'd before you get into melee range/pull out your gun.

Very vague! We could hold an efficiency contest - who's more useful - Spark 5.5 or A.N.N.O.U.N.C.E.R.? Actually, Spark is one of the few competent AIs around here. Very useful for robusting antags.

Witty redtext.

I think we can all agree that we can put in (even for a week or two as a test) the advanced body scanner for as long as we can't all agree on the actual replacement.

Good idea. Sure you can color-code your stuff, but it will never replace a proper labeling system.

I have commented on that PR and proposed some changes/adjustments. Let me know what you think. I also want to publicly thank tigercat for making this PR.

During rad storm that 'empty space' is very useful. I don't think we should cannibalize maintenance.

Sounds impractical. If you can cram all these features in and not bug the game, then do so.

Why is this still not a thing?

Also my concerns. Why not scrap the idea and expand the morgue to prepare for the summer onslaught of 80+ player shifts?

The problem is that there's no scanner in Exam Room. If we had the advanced body scanner, we'd be able to quickly diagnose people without having to drag them all the way through sleepers into the cryo/diagnostics/pre-surgery room. It's been suggested multiple times, but nobody gives a shit. But there's also a chance that it will still be ignored. Either way, additional scanner won't hurt.

Sp00derman doesn't count.

Makes no sense in this laggy universe (thank you, LINDA and lighting overhaul!)

It's not an antag, it's a race. No.

Same can be said about laser guns and riot shotguns, I agree. Personally I think that it'd complement the riot suits nicely, good against cultist scum.

Some rounds are good for observing - blob for instance. I think I wouldn't mind being a spectator in nanopacolaysye.

More! MORE! https://github.com/tgstation/-tg-station/pull/9019 Let's wait 'till it's tweaked.

Roboticists encourage people. And sometimes you get a shitfest because of lack of proper paperwork.

A valid point here, considering that crew is often encouraged to get borged in Robotics.

Plasma shards are used in pneumatic cannons where they can instacrit people in one hit. I'd love to see a plasma spear for spider emergencies or nukies.

I sit in photography, sound and a little bit of amateur videography (all my hobbies!). I'm glad you appreciate it. BTW, your avatar is cropped suboptimally. You should move the frame a little bit to the left and down, and possibly make it less tight (zoom out). If you give me a high-res file, I'll show you what I mean.