Orbital Signal Flare

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Orbital Signal Flares are used by CIC to signal commands to all groundside marines. These commands must be assigned by CIC then briefed to the marines before starting the op.

A console in CIC will be used to assign a command to each flare, up to 50 characters.

Pyrotecnic Management Console

Flare Message
Red [v] [text box]
Add [+]

For example, CIC might use the dropdown [v] menu to select the Yellow flare and assign the command “RETREAT TO FOB.”

Launching this flare will make an icon :fireworks: appear in the form of a ball burning in yellow light on the top right corner of the marines HUD, and play a firework sound effect. Hovering the mouse over this icon will make a tooltip that says:

Command is signalling you!

“RETREAT TO FOB”

This also appears in the chat box.

Clicking on the icon, or typing the verb “View Flares” will pop up a UI to view all commands currently assigned to each flare.

When CIC modifies these commands, the UI will update for marines that have a comms signal, otherwise it will stay outdated. They will also be notified in chat.

:light_bulb: This idea was inspired by WW2 tactics as a backup for undeniable long range communication when radios failed.

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Interesting idea. I like it!

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So for simplicity, a queen’s marker for marines. Not to say it is exact, but something so we are all on the same page. The idea for a marine marker has been thrown around for a while. Not sure what happened to them, or if something is partially coded for them already.

edit: grammer.

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Cool idea!

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Maybe utilize the canon control room north or south of CIC for reload, like loading a pack of flare (like 5 each) and calibrate once every 15-30 mins. Give MT more reason to exist.

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this would go so hard if command announcemnts didnt already exist

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Knowing marines illiteracy rate, this would be better for marines as there’s a real shining light guiding their way not arbitrary “marines, queen at comms” with 2 comms tower in 2 side of the map and a building known as comms next to engi bay on LV-624.

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That is a great idea.

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Simple.

We kill Command Announcements and rework how CIC communicates with the field :slight_smile:

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