[Design/Science] Cybersecurity Branch

[dearmochi]

Originally written @ https://hackmd.io/@dearmochi/Science-Cybersecurity-Branch

Science Cybersecurity Branch

Foreword

Motivation

Give more variety to Science activities.

• Xenobiology is slow, repetitive and prone to RNG (getting favorable splits).
• Science Chemistry doesn't have a real purpose besides testing exotic chemicals.
• E.X.P.E.R.I-MENTOR is, to put it nicely, pointless.

Desired Outcome

A new activity for Science that can be worked an entire shift.

• It should promote departmental cooperation as well as going around the station.
• It should promote experimenting with different methods, straying from R&D's shopping list gameplay.
• It should have a purpose for both antagonists and non-antagonists.
• It should not provide overpowered abilities. Science is already busted as it is.

Design

Vulnerabilities

Some machinery may be exposed to vulnerabilities, altering their behavior. Examples:

• For airlocks, a backdoor to remotely pulse any wire or disable access requirements. On the flip side, a program to bolster an airlock's security measures (delayed unbolting for example).
• Hackable crates and lockers. This would be a high tier vulnerability, in other words difficult to obtain.
• APCs could have vulnerabilities that increase or decrease their throughput.

On round start, some machines spawn with low tier vulnerabilities - the Scientist has to walk around the station to hunt for them using a special tool.

TODO

Gameplay Loop

Non-Code Work

TODO