Fox McCloud Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Currently science is one of the few departments that its roles split into multiple jobs with unique access. I'd like to discuss the possibility of homogenizing the science job---this really would only impact Xenobiologists at the moment---Effectively, what I'm suggesting is this: - removal of the Xenobiologist job as a unique role - Granting scientists Xenobiology access - Giving scientists the alt-title "Xenobiologist" - Total science positions increased from 5 to 6 - Total spawn positions increased from 3 to 6 (meaning that these positions are available from round-start as opposed to having to be latejoined) There really isn't any particular reason for Xenobiology to be limited to two slots other than to keep the amount of active personnel in the department limited--that said, I hardly ever see this problem with the rest of science: R&D, toxins, telesci, Xenobotany, and Xenoarch aren't typically overcrowded----and Xenobiology has better capabilities of handling more than 2 people better than most of the other science jobs. The additional science job slot in addition to the doubling of round-start science job opening more than compensates for the removal of the Xenobiologist sub-job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacemanspark Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I don't see any issue with this, but, then again, the only science role I play is Robotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fj45 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 While my knowledge of science is limited to "FUCKING SCIENCE!", I really don't see any change from this apart from simplifying a very minor thing. Wonder why it was like that to start with really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox McCloud Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Wonder why it was like that to start with really. Baything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qinetix Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yay... more ways to murder the crew with a single job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necaladun Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Med seems to have more variety - Chemist, Doctor, Genetics, Paramedic, Virologist - but this makes sense. The Xenobiologist never made much sense to me as a completely separate role, so I support it. But I've played xenobiologist...once. So my opinion isn't worth much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saaesculus Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yay... more ways to murder the crew with a single job. Yeah science is pretty much already one of the very powerful jobs and very powerful nerds nerds nerd things very strong, gold slimes toxins and other stuff. I GUESS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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