Optional Command (or other job) Mindshield start

[Biolock]

Hello everyone, I didn't really know how to phrase this suggestion, so I'm just gonna type and hope the idea comes through. You know how if you have your primary set to security but you're made an antag, it will give you another role? I was kind of hoping that could be applied to other jobs as well, namely command.

HOLD YOUR HORSES and finish reading this suggestion before commenting, because this may be sounding like a suggestion I've made prior, but it's different... I promise. I had suggested previously that Command Staff be a non-antag "department" along with security, but that suggestion was met with lukewarm response and not embraced by the server staff. 

I generally play Ardent Cros and play almost exclusively as the Chief Engineer. Because of my philosophy about command staff I never get to antag. I was hoping there was some way to make it so that players who do not want to play as antag command staff can get automatically placed in another role (similarly to how it happens in security). When I play a command staff, I feel an obligation to the station and to my department to perform my tasks loyally, and it feels a bit gross (for me, I know other people feel different) betraying the crew as the Chief Engineer. I realize that I am probably in an extreme minority here, but if there was some way to accommodate the players who want to play as loyal command staff without being forced to never get to antag, that would be much appreciated :)

 

Edited February 23, 2023 by Biolock