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Hm... the reference to Star Trek's version of blue alert has me thinking that separating our blue into an "hazardous creatures / adverse conditions" blue alert and an "actively malicious threat" yellow alert might be good. Blue alert could be used for giant spiders, rampant viral advertising, spess bears in science, excess clowns, Ian needs to go walkies, severe breaches, etc. Yellow alert would be the new alert proposed. (vamps in maint, a deliberate bombing, some greyshit yakitysaxing past the bridge holding an Esword, etc.) and red would be the "okay, NOW panic" level. (Ragin' mages, seething Singuloth, bellicose blobs, wrathful Warops, etc.) Gamma would still be "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE BEEN CONSCRIPTED!" and CC only. WE WILL BURY THEM.

I like it! This would also make for a good tablet/laptop/console program that used the ID slot and microprinter. Just so there's one less thing to carry if you're already grabbing a lappy for whatever reason.

I don't know where the clown audio came from, but I believe this is the very first Brimming Glass of Memes here: http://relative-pronoun.tumblr.com/post/93123264478 oh my god why are there so many spiders augh

Well, Space Fungus (the orange gunk on some walls) is already a key ingredient in producing more Spaceacillin. It just never gets used, because the medbay vendors have a ton of the stuff at roundstart. But being able to make it into an improvised version of an advanced trauma kit or something would be really neat. Cloth, fungus, and maybe some other stuff to make your own gauze / ointment? If I remember correctly Aloe and Comfrey leaves can already be used as burn / trauma kits, respectively, so maybe adding some aloe and comfrey seeds to the maint item list and/or the arrivals garden could help, too. Being able to make splints with wood and cloth would be good, too. What if you could use wood to make a shillelagh? Works as a cane AND as a robusting stick! Stick and box trap... hm. Cardboard box + metal rod? I'd make it able to catch simplemobs (and drones, because it'd be funny) that pass by, but sentient mobs can just [resist] out of it. And hostile mobs will just smash it. So it won't interfere with players and genuine threats, but if you want a quick rat-onna-stick, and can't find any mousetraps... We'd need iguana-on-a-stick, too, for all those CENTRAL COMMAND UPDATE: LIZARDS BREEDING IN KITCHEN moments.

Gonna echo the idea that the Psych needs to not be hidden off in the darkest corner of medbay like the CMO's step-headed red child. Even if they were just in the exam room or something, with some nice welcoming windows to wave at potential patients through. (With privacy shutters ofc.) ...in fact, that's not a bad idea on it's own. Open up the exam room a bit so people can see it's actually there and it might get used more often.

I like the idea of the timer being reduced only after calling for ERT. Or if Code Gamma is authorized, though in my experience Gamma will only be called for things that can't be evac'd from, like Blurb or Fukken Xenos, and only if they're utterly dunking on the station. Quarantine is a hell of a thing.

Huh, being able to carry upgraded/experimental welder in something other than my backpack / satchel would be neat. Would be nice to see hazard vests actually have a use. I wear them as greytide or cargonian more than I do as engineer... though lately I've been preferring locker vendor coats because they're stylish, even if they can't hold much of anything.

...I was expecting a suggestion for a new antag. Would be perfect for Halloween as some adminbus !!FUN!!...

Liver's important, too, a healthy liver helps cope with alcohol and poison. Too much alcohol or poison, though, and you'll very quickly end up with an UNhealthy liver and a steady tick of tox damage. Appendixes only exist to cause appendicitis, IIRC, but, well, if you're in there getting the full Adam Jensen treatment, might as well make sure you DON'T get appendicitis, right?

Make security meme-swat? Would be fun actually. [security] Steve Reynolds says, "You're in my spot, sir."

I'd also include something about checking the SSD spessmen's condition and internals, maybe. I've seen a few corpses spat out of the cryobeds with empty emergency oxy tanks on their belts.

...We MUST do this. NT vs. Syndies dart tag gamemode when?!?!

Heh, at first I thought you were suggesting adding crates of Donk Pocket boxes for cargo to order, heh. Which would be good too... Buy two DonkSoft SMGs, get a free box of donks! Donk pockets: when you're too lazy and/or injured for real food!

Hm. I can understand the desire to NERF cloning and defibrillators. The first thing to come to mind is making any back-from-the-dead experience require some kind of serious, labor intensive medical care immediately afterwards. Like, a fresh clone won't just be perfectly fine after only a dunk in cryo, but will require a geneticist to untangle the ball of chistmas tree lights that is their DNA, and perhaps surgery to repair / finish any improperly formed features or organs. Defibrillation could mean the patient needs surgery and drugs to fully recover. Maybe particularly bad cases could require even more work, like prosthetics or a pacemaker from robotics for irreversible limb or heart damage. Heck, add a treadmill and some other gear and we could have some physical therapy options post limb reattachment, defibrillation, cloning, etc. I'd suggest letting the psychiatrist take over PT whenever one is available. Gives them something to do, gives the patients company that wants to RP, and gets the psycho out of their office! Naturally these consequences would start off severe like the current brain and gene damage from cloning with basic parts in the clone pod, but would be greatly lessened with upgrades. Perhaps defibs (especially the CMOs compact defib) could also be upgraded. Better scanner and capacitor to lessen the strain on the patient? And of course a better battery would give it more charges. Though, the real determinants of side effects from defibrillation should be time passed since death, and if defibrillation is used repeatedly on the same patient. (I.e. zapping over and over to try to keep them alive long enough to cure massive organ damage, blood loss, poisoning, etc.) Maybe there could be even stranger effects... perhaps mass death and cloning could draw the attention of Something From Beyond, and a visitor to the Beyond could bring back a passenger... Cheat death enough and someone else will want to try it too. Don't worry, they just want to be alive again too! ...or maybe the psych is right, you're half crazy and hearing things, and need a mannitol+haloperidol prescription. Ok, this looks like it got a lot longer than intended. TL;DR: coming back from the dead should have semi-permanent medical (and spooky spiritual) consequences.

Right, might as well do one of these things. You've probably seen one of these nerds around the station at some point. John Kepler Wolfram: Lilian Kazka