Allow Aliens to Mine?

Phalanx300 · Post by **Phalanx300** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:44 pm #23452

This way Aliens can create some hives when on the mining z-level. Alternatively make it a Drone/Queen only thing.

Lo6a4evskiy · Post by **Lo6a4evskiy** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:32 pm #23465

So people enslave them and make them mine minerals?

Raven776 · Post by **Raven776** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:51 pm #23477

That would be hilarious. If only there were a way to enslave aliums.

Alex Crimson · Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:02 am

Dont really see the point. They already have plenty of places on the mining asteroid to make hives, and rarely do Aliens get the chance to build a base in the first place.

Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:10 am

Maybe something like a faster, cheaper acid spit on mining walls? Might be better to just make their esword-hands into esword-pickaxe-hands.

Probably not a bad idea but it'd be odd if mineral rock walls could be destroyed but not station walls.

Phalanx300 · Post by **Phalanx300** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:26 am #23550

Raven776 wrote:That would be hilarious. If only there were a way to enslave aliums.

You have no idea, plenty of suggestions and even sprites around for it to happen.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 1:24 pm #23559

Raven776 wrote:That would be hilarious. If only there were a way to enslave aliums.

You can put their brains inside cyborg bodies.

Douk · Post by **Douk** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 2:55 am #23602

Scott wrote:
Raven776 wrote:That would be hilarious. If only there were a way to enslave aliums.
You can put their brains inside cyborg bodies.

Where's the FUN in that though? No, no, that's too safe. NanoTrasen is a COST EFFICIENT company that isn't going to spend precious metal resources making robotic bodies for filthy xenos brains.
Now, if you were to find some quick and dirty way of enslaving a live xenos for slave labor? Now we're talking. We already use criminals for forced labor and (formerly) lizardmen for cheaper employees. Why not go a step further and make xenobio have some legitimate non-slime work to do. Be it collar or implant, have the difficult act of capturing a live and sentient xenos rewarded.

Come to think of it, while on the topic of enslaving xenos for labor uses, golden grubs might be modified for such use if a lazerus injector plus other items are used. Maybe make them rideable as they zoom through the solid rock of the asteroid, or have a chariot that is dragged behind them. Have a miner vending machine item that makes them vomit their goods but has a chance of killing them. Now I'm getting a bit off topic though.

Phalanx300 · Post by **Phalanx300** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 10:53 am #23621

Regarding Borgs with Xeno brains. Sprites for those are already created. Making them Xeno-brain only borgs could work.

kylefiredemon · Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:04 pm

Raven776 wrote:That would be hilarious. If only there were a way to enslave aliums.

What about Xeno cages, like the cages we see for corgis and the such, except it's purplish green and xenomorphs have a hard time escaping.

Alex Crimson · Post by **Alex Crimson** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:24 pm #23779

If you are following the lore of the Alien universe, then i do not believe they can be controlled. Many tried and many died trying to enslave Aliens. Thats why i like the idea of finding Facehuggers on the Mining Asteroid and bringing them to Xenobiology for study, and eventually them escaping. Its very similar to the plot of the movies.

kylefiredemon · Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:45 pm

Alex Crimson wrote:If you are following the lore of the Alien universe, then i do not believe they can be controlled. Many tried and many died trying to enslave Aliens. Thats why i like the idea of finding Facehuggers on the Mining Asteroid and bringing them to Xenobiology for study, and eventually them escaping. Its very similar to the plot of the movies.

What about bomb collars? If they misbehave, then boom goes their heads.

Alex Crimson · Post by **Alex Crimson** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:47 pm #23783

Then they would go boom or find a way to remove the collar. Atleast that is what i believe the canon Aliens would do. Once again, they are not creatures that are meant to be controlled.

Phalanx300 · Post by **Phalanx300** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:57 pm #23788

kylefiredemon wrote:
Alex Crimson wrote:If you are following the lore of the Alien universe, then i do not believe they can be controlled. Many tried and many died trying to enslave Aliens. Thats why i like the idea of finding Facehuggers on the Mining Asteroid and bringing them to Xenobiology for study, and eventually them escaping. Its very similar to the plot of the movies.
What about bomb collars? If they misbehave, then boom goes their heads.

WJohnson already made the sprites, might be time to add them properly.

Rolan7 · Post by **Rolan7** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:36 am #23957

I misread this as "Allow Aliens to Mime". Mining alien slaves sounds cool tho.

callanrockslol · Sun Aug 17, 2014 8:44 am

Ok so like, saddles, for aliens.

And whips to keep them in line.

Alien cavalry for the miners to increase efficiency.

iyaerP · Post by **iyaerP** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 11:58 pm #24564

One step on the road to making aliums a legit game mode.

Phalanx300 · Post by **Phalanx300** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 6:40 pm #24697

iyaerP wrote:One step on the road to making aliums a legit game mode.

Spoiler:

Konork · Post by **Konork** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:59 pm #24710

Phalanx300 wrote:
iyaerP wrote:One step on the road to making aliums a legit game mode.

Spoiler:
One step at a time, if monkey can become a gamemode so definately can be one of the more wanted antags.

Monkey was a gamemode before Xenos were ever a thing, possibly even before any sort of plans for something like Xenos were a thing. It's honestly just grandfathered in as a gamemode at this point, with a few token attempts to improve it.

/tg/Station 13