Spec ID cards have attached token

[Warnipple]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):
Give specialist ID cards tokens. When used in hand for the first time, it will spawn a token.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):
Replacement specs will be able to spawn with a token.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):
When the specialist ID card is used in hand, it will reveal give a token that is usable in the spec vendor.

Would take some time for new players to adapt but thats how they would get tokens. Maybe add a sign to the spec wall that says "Coin in ID card" ?

[Iatots]

Why not have it work like space credits, and be the token a special currency the vendor accepts?
Maybe in the future we could also have cargo be able to trade points or credits for more of this special currency, with which to buy specialist crates.

[KingKire]

Why not just skip the coin and just have them insert there ID card. Lets cut out the middleman and get right to the core.

[Azmodan412]

Why not just skip the coin and just have them insert there ID card. Lets cut out the middleman and get right to the core.

-1. Want to see Marines with 4 Smartguns, 4 sniper rifles, 4 grenade launchers, 4 B18 armor sets and 4 SADARS all together deployed at once?

[KingKire]

1 person = 1 choice. its pretty simple system. everyone already has a UNIQUE id card, no need for tokens. You use tokens when you want to give an anonymous person the ability to order something, possibly multiple times. We use ID cards for everything, theres no reason to keep the old SS13 token code if its only used for one thing.

[Snypehunter007]

-1. Want to see Marines with 4 Smartguns, 4 sniper rifles, 4 grenade launchers, 4 B18 armor sets and 4 SADARS all together deployed at once?

You forget that only 4 specs are available during a round, and the admins have (from my knowledge) thought about ID-locking the spec weapons to Specs.

[Neray]

You forget that only 4 specs are available during a round, and the admins have (from my knowledge) thought about ID-locking the spec weapons to Specs.

He was talking about cryo rotations.

[Snypehunter007]

He was talking about cryo rotations.

Even with cryo rotations, most specs die before they go SSD (though it does happen) so the slot isn't freed up with their death. You would also have to go through 24 specs with his example (though I know it is exaggeration). I am just saying that I give this a +1 because without any system to sort gear and get it back to its prep rooms without manually taking it there, you are most likely not going to have a spec weapon if you join mid round.

[Snypehunter007]

Spec system got reworked.

Locking.