Librarian-focused mini event: Photo Day

[Sappholopod]

Event:
Photo Day

Quick description:
The Librarian (and any assistants they can rope in) is tasked with taking yearbook photos of as many crew members as possible.

Reason for suggestion:
Librarian has always felt like one of the least "engaged" roles on the station, so I and some friends have put a lot of thought into how to make it more fun and involved. This morning while joking around we came up with an idea that seems both fun and doable, so I thought I'd put it here.

Necessary map changes:
No, this event should be feasible on any station that has a camera and a photo album.

Necessary code changes:
No, this should work completely within the current system.

Ideal player count:
Should work with any number, but 60-80 is probably the ideal range?

Detailed description:

Spoiler

 

Good evening, crew! The end of the solar year is fast approaching, and that means it's almost time for the annual Cyberiad Staff Yearbook! Remember to pay a visit to the librarian before the end of the shift to have your photo taken!
CentComm is running an annual yearbook publication of everyone working aboard the Cyberiad to help raise crew morale. In order to assist with this, they've tasked the Librarian with getting up-to-date pictures of the crew.

On event start, the Librarian is given the following objective:

• It's Photo Day! Use your trusty camera to take photographs of at least [#] crew members, then gather them all up in a photo album and ensure that either you, the Head of Personnel, or the Captain has the album by the end of the shift. Remember that each photo should only have one person!

From there, the Librarian's job is exactly as it says on the tin; they can either go between departments and try to get in long enough to take photos of everyone, or they can stay in their library and have the crew come to them. To assist them, they might put up a request with the HoP to recruit one or two "Yearbook Assistants" with their own cameras. Otherwise, it's fairly straightforward and just a way to encourage more roleplay and engagement.

 

Potential modifiers:

Spoiler

• Photo Stage
  • The Librarian is given an additional requirement in their primary objective: crew photos, along with including one person each, must be taken in a specific part of the station. This could be an existing room (like the Arrivals Office or Departures), or it could require a special "photo stage" room being added just for this purpose.
  • If the latter, the Chief Engineer should either be faxed or given an objective to ensure this room is constructed and marked on the station blueprints.
• Crew Uniform
  • The Librarian is given an additional requirement in their primary objective: photographed crew members should all be dressed in [x]. The required outfit could be anything from a standard mono-color jumpsuit to a borrowed security helmet; the challenge is in both finding the necessary item and ensuring that you keep hold of it long enough to have each person put it on for their photo.
• Heads of Staff
  • The Librarian is given an additional objective: Heads of Staff will have their own special page in the yearbook! Along with the standard crew photos, the photo album should include at least [#] of the following: [x]
  • [x] being a list of each of the Heads of Staff, but with requirements to photograph them in specific rooms or alongside certain props. For instance, "Chief Medical Officer standing in their office next to a defibrillator" or "Captain standing in the Bridge wearing a tuxedo". These can be as sensible or as wacky as the admins see fit.
• Photo Ops
  • The Librarian is given an additional objective: Some crew members have been given special photo slots due to commendable achievements in the past year. Along with the standard crew photos, the photo album should include at least [#] of the following: [x]
  • Basically the same as the Heads of Staff modifier, but for random other members of crew.
• Pet Photos
  • The Librarian is given an additional objective: CentComm wants to run a special page for the crew's adorable animal friends! Along with the standard crew photos, the photo album should include at least [#] of the following: [x]
  • Once again, the same as the Heads of Staff modifier, but this time it involves animals like Ian, Renault, or Poly.
  • For extra fun, make sure someone is possessing each of the required animals and give one or more of them the following objective: The Librarian wants to take a photo of you. Do whatever you can to prevent this.

Notes:

• Best for extended/"quiet" shifts, as it will involve a lot of people being dragged away from work for a few minutes and as such will be extremely difficult to pull off if the crew is distracted by a blob attack or at risk of abduction.
• Head of Personnel and Captain should be informed via CentComm fax when this event is happening, as they play minor roles in it.
• I recommend requiring around 60% of the crew for objective completion; it's enough of a majority to feel both challenging and worthwhile without being such a majority that it's nigh impossible to complete.

[maxfromsweden]

Awesome idea! If you wanna expand on this, the librarian can post each photo on newscaster and each character can get a quote there, creating a "photo album" on the newscaster.

[angelictactics]

Yesssss, this looks like it could be SO much more fun for librarian! Librarian has always been one of those jobs that feel like once I have the books set up, there's little else to do. Giving them something like this while opening many opportunities for rp between crew members is SO much fun aaaaa!

[robveelben]

It sounds like fun for all those involve but it would need to be on a extended round to have this work properly so that everyone can partake

[LightFire53]

This has been added to the to do list.

[Viz]

This is super cool!

[Longpipe23]

This sounds like a great idea! I'd love to see the librarian get some action for once.