What does this suggestion change/add/remove:
Whenever any SCPs are counted as breached, there is a random chance that a power outage will occur for a random amount of time. This outage is entirely randomised and there is nothing that anyone can do to make it go away faster.
This suggestion is for there to be a way for engineers and tech experts to bring the power back earlier. There might be many ways for this to be implemented, but the way I suggest is by taking advantage of the Backup Power subsystem, which (to my knowledge) currently doesn't do anything, despite there being multiple voice lines in the Content Pack specifically regarding it.
The method of bringing it back could just be a fix like the regular subsystem fixes, but the subsystem boxes are normally inoperable during a full power outage, so there would need to be some changes regarding it to make that work. It would also just generally be nice if the backup power system could be something a bit more than just a regular fix, and to maybe take advantage of some of the voice lines in the Content Pack and maybe implement something new and fancy for this system specifically - maybe a different mini game, or a multi-step process or something?
Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
Not to my knowledge.
Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
This would provide a way to reduce a frustrating automatic occurrence which currently has no way to combat it. It would also potentially provide a new cool feature for E&TS to interact with. Depending on the level of work put into it, it could be either a useful, simple feature that reduces frustration, or it could be a really cool feature for E&TS to work on.
Whenever any SCPs are counted as breached, there is a random chance that a power outage will occur for a random amount of time. This outage is entirely randomised and there is nothing that anyone can do to make it go away faster.
This suggestion is for there to be a way for engineers and tech experts to bring the power back earlier. There might be many ways for this to be implemented, but the way I suggest is by taking advantage of the Backup Power subsystem, which (to my knowledge) currently doesn't do anything, despite there being multiple voice lines in the Content Pack specifically regarding it.
The method of bringing it back could just be a fix like the regular subsystem fixes, but the subsystem boxes are normally inoperable during a full power outage, so there would need to be some changes regarding it to make that work. It would also just generally be nice if the backup power system could be something a bit more than just a regular fix, and to maybe take advantage of some of the voice lines in the Content Pack and maybe implement something new and fancy for this system specifically - maybe a different mini game, or a multi-step process or something?
Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
Not to my knowledge.
Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
- Gives a way of fixing breach power surges quicker
- These are currently very frustrating, as there's nothing anyone can do to fix them other than to wait (despite everyone yelling at tech experts to fix them), they can take quite a long time to return naturally, and they can sometimes happen back to back. They're so bad that admins sometimes forcefully fix them using commands.
- Gives a use to at least some of the several already existing voice lines regarding the backup power that are in the Content Pack
- Another thing for E&TS to do (though not as common), which they sometimes lack
- Makes this event less frustrating for everyone
Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
- Dev time
Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
This would provide a way to reduce a frustrating automatic occurrence which currently has no way to combat it. It would also potentially provide a new cool feature for E&TS to interact with. Depending on the level of work put into it, it could be either a useful, simple feature that reduces frustration, or it could be a really cool feature for E&TS to work on.
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