Content Suggestion GIVE CAPTAINS THE DEPLOYABLE SHIELD BACK [J. Trap Jesus]

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What does this suggestion change/add/remove:

[This suggestion would replace the riot shield with the deployable shield, on the Security Captain role.]


Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:

[Couldn't find one]


Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):


[The positives of giving Captains their shield back include: the ability to set up checkpoints at points of interest, more strategic advantage when defending dblock or on catwalk, better firing line structure for scp breaches or raids, better coordination with Chiefs/SGTs/SCUs and overall quality of life enhancements. As well as the ability to use both shields together, due to the riot shield being available in the armory already.]


Possible Negatives of the suggestion:


[The only negative I can imagine is the shield being overused possibly, but the Captain role is a whitelisted CL4 role, handpicked by the Chiefs, so I do not believe abuse would be an issue.]


Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:

[Based on the positives and negatives, I believe this suggestion should be accepted due to the quality of life improvements it will bring, the advantages it will grant Captains during combat or codes, the better synchronization between members of GSD and the overwhelming amount of Security Captains that miss the deployable shield. The deployable shield is an all around upgrade to the currently available riot shield. Everything that you can do with the riot shield, you can do with the deployable shield and more. The fact that SCU/SGT/CoS all have access to the deployable shield but Captains do not, severely hinders us in assisting them in many different situations. I believe this change would be welcome by all of GENSEC and will be seen as an overwhelmingly positive addition.]
 
+SUPPORT

its lowkey absurd that gsd sru, scu, sgt, and chief all get deployable shield yet captains dont.

its understandable that, at the beginning of the GSD rework, the shield was removed because "the captain loadout (having the tear gas) was already very powerful", but the tear gas nowadays has so few uses that many captains end up rarely using them.


deployable shields however, are extremely useful in holding down d block, sweeps, scp breaches, ci raids, and more. we end up having to ask response units to put shields in places solely because we dont have one ourselves.
 
hot take: if gsd has 3 jobs with shields below captain then why should captain get a shield when the job can coordinate them to their best use?

that along with what aubrun said, captain never had the shield lol