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Rude.

You could argue that manslaughter does cover this situation, but the use of the word "assault" instead of "harm" implies that manslaughter requires malicious intent. If manslaughter does hinge malicious intent, then the law is practically useless, given that determining intent is much more of a challenge than simply analyzing the physical actions committed. Overall, this is dumb, throw the book down the chute in cases like this and just do what's fair. In this scenario, I would have demoted the geneticist, sentenced them to perma with parole available at 13:40, and had an IAA preform an investigation on the whole thing.

When cultists start teleporting, the only reasonable solution is to start spamming buckshot rounds at cultists as soon as you see one, before they teleport away and you're left with nothing for your efforts. There's no other way to stop a cult with effective teleporters, even if you forcefeed the captured cultist holy water the second you stun them.

@alexpkeaton I've always admired your work in the legal office as Edwardson, but I think you're in the minority when it comes to people who don't use the alternative titles to validate their destructive actions. I'm sure that I could play IAA with the public defender alt-title and output the same quality of work that I usually do, but my main concern is how the common player, not the experienced agents, treat those alternative titles.

As someone who's played IAA for far too long, I am very annoyed with public defenders. I thought this was a no brainer change, hence my immensely informal post that I made from my phone. Though the change is minor, the deeper meaning is great to me, and I feel disappointed that the head staff and maintainers believe this to be a solely cultural problem. I strongly advise the head staff and maintainer team to consider what benefits the lawyer/public defender alt-titles bring to the IAA job, beyond increasing job-title variety and complying with the rule of cool.

"This is acting head of security Stewart speaking. Effective immediately, I will be stepping down from the rank of acting HoS, to return to my duties as the local magistrate. Thank you for your cooperation, stay safe, and cause no harm." Sounds of a microphone rustling. "I need a drink, if anyone needs me I'll be in the bar crying. What? No, you can't come."

YES. A MILLION TIMES YES. YOU ARE NOT AN INTERGALACTIC ACE ATTORNEY, YOU ARE NOT A TGSTATION LAWYER/GREYTIDE+, YOU ARE MEANT TO BE A PROFESSIONAL. AHRJRIGJRBDJFJRBFJEBFJEJFIFNROWOWFORNTBFIR

HoS is a highly stressful role. A source of this stress is the HoS's split duties: managing security from the brig, and participating in the field with their superior gear and access. People have suggested for awhile that the role be split into two different roles, one to manage security, one with superior gear. The manager would retain most of the HoS's duties, mainly being the leader of security, but would only be issued slightly better gear and would lack additional access across the station. The fighter would be given the current HoS's gear, and would be tasked with working as the station's high-danger security officer, a.la. special forces. Thoughts? This goes out to Tully: Should access to magistrate be available through a whitelist application? I know that the staff is against whitelists, but the magistrate fulfills an important role in security yet infrequently shows up to do it. Increasing the pool of available magistrates by allowing known-competent security players to request access to it would help make the role more common on station.

An important detail that I look for in HoS's is how present they are. Do I know where the HoS is, are they communicating with the team, can I expect an answer back from them in a timely manner, are they keeping the crew informed, what kind of announcements are they making, are they around for when high-level criminals are brought in, ect. Even if the HoS can't preform all of their duties, if I can get a hold of the HoS, then they're fine in my book.

If someone's being a dick about departmental resources, contact the department head and tell them about it. If the head doesn't care, contact an IAA/the NTR for help. Or just ignore whatever they're saying and use the gear anyways. If someone's claiming an OR, use the OR anyways and tell them to stop being a cunt about it. If they have all the tools in a bag and are refusing to let you use them, they're guilty of theft and you can call security.

These suggestions are half joke, half wishful thinking. I don't expect anyone to use them besides the paperwork fanatics.

Why? Because we could always use more paperwork. Give me your ideas too. Protolathe Production Form Form to keep track of what's been printed from the protolathe. The scientist in charge, person receiving the item, the item itself, and maybe a stamp from the RD, are all required. Chemistry Lab Report Pesky CMOs complaining about the lack of medicine? Security questioning you about the bag of meth they found? Tell them both to piss off when you show them a detailed lab report that records every chemical you've made in the lab. Requires a witness's signature to be valid. Construction/Renovation Permit Application Finally, a use for that box of construction permits. Get everyone in cargo pissed off when you tell them they can't build a tesla without applying for the proper permits. Patient Treatment Report After healing up a patient, the doctor in charge can fill out a quick form to leave a record of the treatment given. Medicines, surgical tools, rooms, and devices used are all recorded. Or you know, someone could actually use the medical records console. Sanitation Request Form Need a janitor, but dislike the informality of calling for one over the radio? Request a janitor using the most effective method of communication since the 1900's. Be sure to write down the current time, so you can wave your neglected request at the local IAA. Employee Morale Report For dealing with station hug deficiency and bad clown syndrome. Get an assessment on the station's morale, then use it as an excuse to request more murderous clowns and mimes morale technicians. EDIT: Thought of some more Station Announcement Request Form Nobody attending your poetry readings in the library? Ask the HoP to make an annoucement using this form. Paperwork happy HoPs will no doubt be pleased to see something like this show up on their desks. Tournament Bracket For organizing boxing matches. Highly doubt this will ever get used, as most people prefer the Thunderdome approach. Prisoner Satisfaction Survey Form I'm sure the boys stuck in cells five and six will love to fill this form out after you've told them they're serving thirty minutes for Aggravated Assault, Petty Theft, and Resisting Arrest. Prisoner Behavior Review Form The opposite of the above form. The brigging officer reviews the prisoner's behavior while brigged, then hands them a copy once they're released. Perfect for telling prisoners they were actually quite cooperative and friendly, and they accepted their given sentence as fair for their crimes a real shitbag.

Vox, Intergalactic Ace Attorneys, and Alissa Sommer. Most players see vox as an opportunity to play as a huge jerk, stealing because "muh shinies", smashing because "muh voxygen", and lying because "muh kin". IAAs that don't know what the role is about tend to do nothing but obstruct security and will always side with the prisoners, regardless of how in the wrong said prisoner is. Alissa is like morphine. She has a very neutralizing personality that I can't say no to, even when she wants to hang around the HoS's office, or when she breaks into security for a pair of jackboots. It's too easy to get distracted by her, which makes her my greatest bane to security.

I'll start: IPCs are good for new TV sets.

2. They're not shitbirds manchildren greytiding "muh kin" shits Vox.

The black security cap, for when you need to feel like an operator.

4 too long I've been away from this thread

If the confetti chemical leaves behind a confetti sprite when applied to floors, wouldn't people just fill spraybottles and smoke grenades with it?

The chaplain has essentially become a crusader/inquisitor role already. The chaplain is given unlimited holy water, a holy weapon he's legally allowed to carry, crusader armor and an inquisitor's garb, immunity to some unholy attacks, and a home base that's somewhat safe from unholy attackers. In fighting cultists, vampires, and revenants, the chaplain is indispensable. I know that we're trying to cut down on validhunting chaplains, but giving them these tools meant for hunting unholy beasts then expecting them to just play it cool is an unrealistic expectation for the common player. Ideally the chaplain shouldn't be a crusader, but realistically, deus vult this is the future we've chosen. My solution is to regulate chaplains who choose to help the crew fight an unholy menace. If chaplains want the help of security (or vice-a-versa), they're going to have to play by security's rules.

Actually, I wouldn't mind adding in SOP guidelines for chaplains looking to join the security team. It's become so common for the chaplain to help security during vampire and cult rounds that we might as well make some guidelines for chaplains looking to hunt down heresy. In my book, it's better for us to regulate this kind of behavior rather than to let chaplains become crusading validhunters in maintenance with security gear.

@Xitanes You can be any color you want, but people tend to ridicule characters colored like neon signs. Skakreshss is kind of dark green, which is what really threw me off when I saw your teal unanthi. It's like red or blue, it messes with your mind.

It's good to see another agent in the IA office. For awhile, I thought your character was copying another unanthi with a similar name who also plays some IAA (Skakreshss Sheiskor, Skakreshlasseki Ssesikor, they look alike). But, it's nice to see that he's your own character, and that you're taking on legal work. I play Maya Stewart, so expect to run into me in the brig. Aside from that, enjoy your stay at the forums, where the points don't matter and suggestions are a dime a trillion.

I would love to see the kitchen get a lot of hygiene checks. Things like working with dirty hands, leaving food out on the ground, working on dirty floors, and keeping perishables out too long should affect the chef's cooking. Food served from a dirty kitchen would have a chance to give food poisoning, toxins damage, or vomiting. This is an idea that's come up in discussion before; a minor antagonist that either feeds off of, or creates, filth and trash. My idea for them is an unidentified lifeform that works to build a nest in maintenance, then goes out and feed on trash and filth while leaving slime behind. The slime is toxic, and will give small amounts of toxins damage to people that walk over it. Using the nutriments from the trash and filth, the lifeforms would upgrade their nest, corrupt the surrounding area, and create more lifeforms. The crew and the janitor will be pressed to keep the floors clean, or risk a full blown infestation of toxic slimeballs.

Another security veteran disappears into the wind. Godspeed Sommer.

A huge problem with drones, among many others, is how susceptible they are to antagonist sympathizing. Players observing the round can identify a traitor, join the round as a ghost drone, then intentionally allow themselves to be emagged. This behavior can be hard to identify without constant monitoring, and even then drones can easily feign innocence or claim they were just messing around with the crew. Drones are not permitted to interact with the crew by law, but drones are protected by a "cuteness factor". It's socially acceptable for a drone to beep and ping its way onto someone's head as a hat, then hang around the bar like a robotic cat. Furthermore, drones have a huge incentive to get emagged. Emagged drones have a very wide variety of tools, and are capable of bringing the station to its knees from the amount of harass and direct damage they're capable of. Getting emagged as a drone is like being given the keys to the antagonist candy store. This is highly appealing to many players, for self evident reasons. In order to combat antagonist sympathizing with drones, I suggest that emagging a drone should kick the player out of the drone shell, and replace it with an observer. Traitors still get their overpowered murder robot, but drones would avoid suspicious players in fear of getting emagged. We shouldn't reward drones that allow themselves to be emagged.