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I've had discussions with several different admins about this and the wording of this rule is somewhat strange so I thought it was suited for a policy thread. Repeatedly as a player I've run into AI players who will turn the AI sat into Fort Knox at roundstart: Bolts on all airlocks within the AI sat, and shutters/blast doors enabled both on the AI sat and on the entrance to the transit tube that leads to the AI sat (like on Meta or Delta ). Here's what the rules say about roundstart bolting for AIs:The specific wording here is "The core and upload". A separate part of the rules also allows the AI to keep Secure Tech Storage bolted at roundstart. The AI core is only the immediate area that the AI subsides in and the one airlock that leads into it. However, most AI players go well beyond that. Should this be enforced? Personally, it's quite obnoxious when one tries to go to Telecomms as an engineer on Metastation and he is blocked by blast doors, 4 bolted airlocks, and stun turrets.Silicons and Other Server Policies wrote:1. You must not bolt the following areas at round-start or without reason to do so despite their human harm potential: the Chemistry lab; the Genetics Lab; the Toxins Lab; the Robotics Lab; the Atmospherics division; the Armory. Any other department should not be bolted down simply for Rule 1 reasons.
2. The core and upload may be bolted without prompting or prior reason. The AI core airlocks cannot be bolted and depowered at roundstart however, unless there is reasonable suspicion an attack on the core will take place.
In other parts of the rules it is mentioned multiple times that the AI cannot bolt things down because of the *security risk* if it's an area that's actually used by people to do their jobs. IMO, Meta tcomms meets this prerequisite and enforcement of this rule should be changed, at least on Metastation.
