I have an idea for a “psuedo-antag” - scoundrels. They’re “psuedo antags” in that they’re not rewarded the same freedoms as other antags, but they get more leeway than normal crew.
Scoundrels would function uniquely - they would have to select one or a few goals that they want (perhaps they get to choose from a random selection of 2 job/department-specific goals and 1 generic goals), or contact an admin to approve a custom gimmick goal.
If they don’t choose their goals in, say, 10 minutes, someone else would become a scoundrel instead.
Any job (except AI / borgs and maybe captain) could be a scoundrel.
Other misc points I couldn’t fit elsewhere:
Scoundrels should cause conflict, not chaos. They should not be the reason a shuttle gets called, nor should they pose an active threat to the station.
None of their goals should come anywhere close to causing people to be round removed.
Shitty ideas for goals
Doctor: “Ensure you save at least x lives, even if you have to be the reason someone’s life needs to be saved” Security: “Collect at least x credits from fines.” Engineering: “Show off the power of engineering, ensure at least x MW of power is in the grid!”
Sorry if I explained this badly, I didn’t sleep last night… It sounds better in my head I swear.
There are two ends to the antag spectrum. One is mass murderbone round removal, but the antag you’re proposing is on the complete other end, which is, believe it or not, just as unfun. I’m not sure how the objectives are even supposed to antagonise in any shape or form. If you really want a lesser traitor just add miscreants.
They’re an antag from tg or goon (i forgot which one), and essentialy they are traitors with no TC, and have objectives that are way more mild and don’t involve killing. Basically stuff like “Hoard x amount of items in this room”, or “steal the clown’s megaphone”. It’s still antagonizing to some degree but it doesn’t involve murder.
The difference is that lucy’s “”“antags”“” don’t even antagonize in any way, at all. Like, “ensure at least x MW of power is in the grid!”? That’s literally just a crew objective. Also having sec roll it is just generally an eyeroller to me, there’s a reason antag sec is rare.
At least murderboners make shit happen, this is just a snorefest.
Door opening announcement module - let everyone know when you open a door for someone. Especially when they’re going somewhere they maybe shouldn’t!
Mental health module - ensure good levels of mental health awareness in the workplace! Assist the crew to learn quality self care techniques.
And many more. I do this every round to spice things up, unless there’s something going on already, or someone else has something fun going on that I can contribute to.
I dunno if this needs to be an antag, per se. It’s just good spontaneous roleplay.
Terminal mode: Act as if you are a terminal and if the crew member does not apply the correct command you won’t obey them. lol
I like the idea that this wouldn’t be a law, but a deepseeded core functionality of the AI. So you can’t change it, you would just get sort of used to it.
Terminal mode is the coolest shit I have ever seen and will be doing this for sure the next time I roll malf ai.
… Thinking about it this fits the scoundrel less-antagonistic-antag idea better than anything else itt. 1 million/10 put it in absolucy you legend
