crew upgrades

[dry fulcrum]

ways to upgrade the crews in weird or odd ways,
the game could have suit up stations that allow crew to put on a special suit that could improve how much they can carry or how fast they can build, they could be split into 2 different station, one behing a work suit and one who is for salvage.
the game could also have a cafeteria witch is filled whit coffee and allows crew to go there, drink and gain a big movement speed or operation speed buff.

[olive rover]

a funny shape you got right there

[lone dawn]

minecraft chestplate

[ebon dew]

Pallet jacks for transporting more items.
Backpacks for transporting one extra power cell.
Safety suits to move faster in work environments but slower in the hallways.
Rollerskates to move faster in the hallways but even slower in work space.
Hyperium wraith suit, phases through other crew without slowing down, can phase through walls if there is a viable path, but a door is not available.
First aid kit, a crewman with a medical kit moves faster than other crew (because he's allowed to run in the hallways). He hunts down injured crew and once he catches them they are healed to full.
Grease canister - Goes around to grease up guns to turn faster, engines for efficiency, etc. OCd parts lose their grease boost significantly faster.
Maintenance suit - can repair and rebuild parts from the inside during combat but only with steel. So if a repair requires more than steel they can only repair it up to a certain point.
Foundry suit - crew can work in a burning room without taking damage, keeping things operational while others put the fires out. (product's warranty does not apply to room explosions)

Cafe - when crew visit they get a temporary boost to speed whenever exitting their quarters.
Bar - when crew visit they get a temporary boost to speed in work spaces (Can't let the OSHA slow you down when you can't feel pain)
Arcade - when crew visit they get temporary boost to space movement.

[lone dawn]

gonna love foundy suit

i can set my ships on fire and not worry

[glossy umbra]

adding special attribute to individual crew would be a significant increase in computing for the already computing-heavy crew that are the main source of lag in people's games

[dry fulcrum]

aw man :o[

[dry fulcrum]

i mean isent there already fire fighter suits

[upper stratus]

yeah, when crew equip fire extinguishers, they get a fire suit and become immune to fire.

[dry fulcrum]

i mean cafeteria would probably cause tons of lag because not only is it a new suit but like timed too

so i guess we could replace it whit work suits that just make some one faster

[dry fulcrum]

also wouldnt the suit remove the need for more crew? if they carry more, you can have less dudes go out to take items in space, or carry them to processors or cargo bays, it could also increase the carrying capacity of gun men, just over all making them more efficient per crew.

[glossy umbra]

it mean that you have to add variables. Variables that need to be stored and calculated when changing.

[dry fulcrum]

oh, true.

[dry fulcrum]

IDEA 2 : also counts as part of the first but more as to how it works, maybe you could over charge a crew quarter, causing it to have half the crew but gives them suits that allow them to carry more items and batteries, along side speed, this would make it so you need less crew ( cutting down lag and cost )

[desert scarab]

I remember walt saying he wanted to add a crew morale system, I feel like you could bend this to reflect that