Allow RO to send supply drops via new console in Req Bay

[Gentlefood]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): Give the RO a special overwatch console that allows him to launch the supply drops for each squad without having to wait on a BO.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): Let marines get their supplies faster with or without a BO. Lessens workload of BO. Improves Req's efficiency.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): Above.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): Mapping

[TheSlapDoctor]

Yeah, I don't see why not. The RO is able to communicate with squads directly anyway. Nothing worse than needing a supply drop when you don't have anyone in Command.

+1

[Reznoriam]

This is a balance issue. The admins deliberately want a certain number of people involved in an operation. If they want to reduce the number of persons required for a supply drop they can do this, but I don't think it's particularly likely. I believe it's been mentioned somewhere else that all the +1's in the world does not guarantee a change will be implemented.

[Gentlefood]

This is a balance issue. The admins deliberately want a certain number of people involved in an operation. If they want to reduce the number of persons required for a supply drop they can do this, but I don't think it's particularly likely. I believe it's been mentioned somewhere else that all the +1's in the world does not guarantee a change will be implemented.

I'm aware. But having played quite a bit of SL and RO. Supplies exist in one of two states. Either they're always ontop of it (Good Command + High Pop) or they never get launched unless you manually cart them to the planet/prison yourself. This would cut down on the middle man issue, and I'm not 100% certain how making marines get faster supplies unbalances the game since it is possible for them to get them immediately with a good command crew or never at all. This would just make supplies more consistent.

[Edgelord]

I mean... it makes sense, but I don't want to make the BO's job even more boring.

Neutral

[Adjective]

Neutral, I can see multiple Pro's and Con's. I envision a sort of "Population" lock that will allow it to only be used if there are no "active" (non-ssd, banned, killed ect..) BO's at the time the Console is attempting to be used.

[Fritigern]

+1 A lot of marine momentum is lost because they can't maintain supply lines, either through low numbers or incompetence. Shaving some stupidity off the overhead, reducing the number of people who can hold the entire marine force hostage, is a good thing.

[apophis775]

Denied.

The RO should be loading the supply drops, the BO should be dropping.

[KingKire]

necroing for thread lock and move to resolved