Selling Xenomorphs in the cargo shuttle

[username123]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):

Being able to sell xenomorphs in the cargo shuttle for points

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):

The marines will recover the dead bodies of the xenomorphs for points, in the movie of Aliens (1986) the researcher talks about how a single specimen of a facehugger can be sell for millions of dollars, which means that is lore based.

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

Will help the cargo technicians a way to aquire points by selling the dead (or alive) bodies of a xenomorph, a dead face hugger can be would give 2 points, a larva 5, a T1 xeno 10, a T2 xeno 15, a T3 xeno 30, and the Queen 60 points
, also, if you capture a xeno that is alive and you send it in the shuttle, value will increase by two or three times, to capture aliens you will need a collar that can be made in r&d and it will work like handcuffs and legcuffs to xenos, like it was before with the handcuffs

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

For the collar should be something like this

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/datum/design/item/handcuffs/collar
	name = "Xenomorph Collar"
	id = "xeno_collar"
	req_tech = list(TECH_COMBAT = 3, TECH_BIO = 9)
	build_path = /obj/item/weapon/handcuff/xeno_collar

And the collar should apply the same effect that handcuffs and legcuffs for xenos.

For selling the xenos i think that by just making the dead xenos into items instead of mobs and then adding the dead mobs into the cargo code should be enough to be able to sell them for points.

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/datum/supply_packs/xeno
	name = "Runner crate"
	contains = list (/obj/item/(and from this point i don't know how it will be made))
	cost = 10
	containertype = /obj/structure/closet/crate
	containername = "Runner Crate"
	group = "Science"

This is just ghetto coding.

[TheSlapDoctor]

Interesting mechanic, I've been trying to think of a way to make live capture of the Xenos interesting.

Neutral for now.

[Bath Salts Addict]

+1 from me. It actually provides a reason to collect dead bodies rather than sending it to the Researcher for RnD levels that they'll never make use of.

[MadSnailDisease]

Yeah sure, seems pretty cool and is lore based ish

+1

[Reznoriam]

I know a few times when I was playing as a corporate liaison I've been pushing for the Aliens angle of trying to capture one for the 'Bioweapons Division'. I think it would be a fun addition.

[Stivan34]

What will happen to the sent live xeno? It will be removed from the round? Naaaaah -1

[forwardslashN]

Neutral.
This seems like a decent idea, but there might be better uses of dead bodies once Apop's research update is fully complete.

[username123]

Neutral.
This seems like a decent idea, but there might be better uses of dead bodies once Apop's research update is fully complete.

Would be nice to be able to either sell the dead bodies of the aliens to buy supplies, or research their organs to make experimental equipment (to make the collar you need bio tech at 9, only reachable by destroying a xeno organ)

[username123]

What will happen to the sent live xeno? It will be removed from the round? Naaaaah -1

i don't think a marine would be able to capture an alien unless that alien is in critical condition, and right now if you are stunned/critical as an alien you are pretty much dead, if you are in critical, the marines will need to put the collar in you and then move your body on some weeds for you to not die, when they are transporting you, you can just yell at the hive for them to rescue you and if they do, it will give you a chance to keep playing, plus, it can add some more roleplay on the xeno and marines side.

[apophis775]

Denied.
Xenos are used for research, give the bodies to the researcher for him to perform autopsies on.

Within the next week or so, we'll get the research update out and you'll have a plethora of stuff to make with dead xenos.