From 3c54fdd71b2df14fa88b252a60f88dd677e97f91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: EmoGarbage404 Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 11:29:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Drone Operator Job --- src/SUMMARY.md | 1 + src/design/jobs/operator.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/design/jobs/operator.md diff --git a/src/SUMMARY.md b/src/SUMMARY.md index 6c3a7a5..41871c9 100644 --- a/src/SUMMARY.md +++ b/src/SUMMARY.md @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ - [Detective](design/jobs/detective.md) - [Firefighter](design/jobs/firefighter.md) - [Hazardous Materials Responder](design/jobs/hazmat.md) + - [Operator](design/jobs/operator.md) - [Overseer](design/jobs/overseer.md) - [Peacekeeper](design/jobs/peacekeeper.md) - [Psychologist](design/jobs/psychologist.md) diff --git a/src/design/jobs/operator.md b/src/design/jobs/operator.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84ffaba --- /dev/null +++ b/src/design/jobs/operator.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +# Operator + +{{#template ../../templates/unimplemented.md}} + +Operator is an **Engineering** job that utilizes a variety of remote maintenance drones in order to quickly make repairs and respond to dangerous situations across the station. +While they don't have the physical resiliency of someone like the [Hazmat](./hazmat.md), their fluency in utilizing the immersive drone technology allows them to enter situations which would kill them if they were physically present. + +The Operator's main base of operation is the **Drone Mainframe**. +This is a highly-secured chamber with an engrossing console surrounding a large chair with various techy wires crawling out of it. +While wearing a **drone headset**, a character sitting inside the mainframe becomes able to remote into 1 of 3 functional remote drones placed around the station. + +## Jack Me ~~Off~~ In + +While remotely controlling the drones, the player will be unaware of the state of their body or what is happening to them. +If they fall unconscious or are killed while remotely operating a drone, they will be painfully ejected from the drone, dealing a fair amount of brain damage. +For those that are unskilled (i.e. not the Operator), exiting a remote drone will make them extremely nauseous and sick, inhibiting their capabilities for a moderate duration. + +The remote drones themselves have similar physical capabilities to normal humans. +Their embedded energy pack blocks their back slot, preventing them from wearing backpacks, although this is made up for by their strong resistances. +They do not take damage in spaced environments and have a strong resistance to fire. +When sufficiently damaged, they do not die, but rather fall down and break, allowing them to be repaired with a welder, restoring them as usable to the drone operator. + +Note that operating a remote drone while it breaks inflicts a similar pain as being forcefully disconnected from a remote drone. + +## Minimal Grass Touching + +The Operator's social skills have been greatly impacted by their longstanding drone usage, making them a less-than-ideal specimen of the human race. +This manifests mostly in their greasy appearance, unwashed nature, and horrific den that they call a bedroom. + +Inside their room, they have a variety of recreational chemicals, including narcotics, hallucinogencis, and a single-use cure for post-drone migraines. +They also maintain a small garden of mushrooms which produce similar effects to their narcotics when ingested.