RESEARCH OVERHAUL

[Togopal]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):
Completely modifies research so that it is unique and fitting to Colonial Marines, through different ways. Separates research into their own sections which are time-based, and allows research to be beneficial once more. Removes needless materials and deconstruction based research.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):
Gives researcher a purpose other than a doctor with the ability to produce grenades and those two basic laser scalpels. Allows marines to get an advantage late-game.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):
Firstly, the old baystation machines in Research will be removed. They were useless for CM. Remove a single researcher slot, making there only be one researcher that is crucial for development of new technology. Make a single, catch-all research machine that holds several different topics for researching:

• Armory
  - Weapons
  - Armor
  - Ammunition
  - Explosives
• Tools
  - Medical
  - Engineering
  - Research
• Machinery
  - Cryogenics upgrades
  - Autolathe
  - Robotics fabrication (for medibots, cleanbots, and the eventual android upgrades)
• Biological *LOCKED UNTIL EVERY PART OF A DISSECTED XENOMORPH IS INSERTED*
  - Foreign Technology (this would be for everything that xeno-production machine had to offer, and then some)

Basically, the idea is that every one of those sub-topics has research available to improve upon things, and instead of deconstruction, said research would be time-based (starts out low, as more higher research options are available, the time increases through admin discretion) rather than deconstruction based like traditional baystation methods. You can either progressively advance in one research field with dedication, or research through all of the topics. The machine would research automatically, but if the Researcher stands by it with the menu open and a researching tool in hand (researched via Tools->Research), the speed of researching would increase through manual labor. The upgrades would be applied through two other machines: one for improving what already exists (Weapons, armor, et cetera) and one for production of newly researched items.

I will further elaborate on all of this, but first, I would like to see what everyone thinks of the idea of this. I know this might be controversial, so I would like opinions on this new way of research.
Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):
Coder's nightmare. I am not quite sure how it would be implemented, but I know a lot of coding would be involved.

[Vwilson]

THATS BEATIFUL +1

[Tristan63]

So there would the researchers know of xenomorphs??
Also do I need to get some research points and wait 35 turns to unlock M41A/M printing?

[Bibiex]

Lets Make Research Great Again!

+1

[Togopal]

So there would the researchers know of xenomorphs??
Also do I need to get some research points and wait 35 turns to unlock M41A/M printing?

Hahaha I'm glad you've spotted the XCOM reference. I think what could work IC-wise is that marines know that alien lifeforms ARE out there due to other planets and all, it's just not of the xeno menace. The research options are open due to what information is gained from the machine.

[Vwilson]

This guy will make the research great again!

[Sarah_U.]

I'm okay with the idea, sitting at neutral though. Leaned for a +1.

[Jalleo]

This would be like the older goon research that used to be around where you would designate certain things to be researched with time until that thing is done. It was a pain when you wanted to get to something specific but it worked at limiting things to be at certain times during the round when it gets unlocked.

[Surrealistik]

If the chem dispenser stays +1; it's invaluable. Otherwise -1.

[Togopal]

If the chem dispenser stays +1; it's invaluable. Otherwise -1.

I don't see why the chem dispenser would go

[Snypehunter007]

We are currently rethinking research. This is going to be locked for now.