Zeng-Hu Hoverbeds

[1Sparky1]

Adds Zeng-Hu Hoverbeds, which are now less of a novelty and more practically helpful due to the stairs changes. They can be sourced from R&D, and the First Responders start with two to share between themselves.

[1Sparky1]

!review

[FluffyGhoster]

I think the FRs starting with them basically circumvents the whole added mechanic

If you want to make them buildable eg. by science that's fine, but them being present at roundstart is a no from me

[1Sparky1]

I don't think 2 beds circumvents the whole mechanic - Most FRs carry at least 2 to my knowledge, and these would be split between them. And anyone doing medical retrieval to fill in for a missing FR would have to deal with the stairs still.

I also don't think making them exclusively research is beneficial to anyone - Just printing things isn't in itself a particularly satisfying experience, and it would mean a science- and/or mining-less medical would suffer heavily (i.e. low pop would almost never get to use them)

[FluffyGhoster]

I don't think 2 beds circumvents the whole mechanic - Most FRs carry at least 2 to my knowledge, and these would be split between them. And anyone doing medical retrieval to fill in for a missing FR would have to deal with the stairs still.

You can only transport a single patient at a time, so yes in essence it bypasses the mechanic, when you reach the GTR you unload the patient on another bed and go back out, thus bypassing the need to account for the stairs/elevators

I also don't think making them exclusively research is beneficial to anyone - Just printing things isn't in itself a particularly satisfying experience, and it would mean a science- and/or mining-less medical would suffer heavily (i.e. low pop would almost never get to use them)

We have various things exclusively research [sic], the IMS for surgeons for example; R&D is supposed to make and give improvements and QoL things, if people have fancy things by default, that reduces the utility of having R&D, thus lowering the amount of people that want to play it, and the loop continues

[1Sparky1]

While I'm still of two minds, I'd rather see the item in game soon and have the debate over starting beds or not at another time, so I've removed the initial ones.

[DreamySkrell]

I think FRs starting with two of these beds is fine - it's just FRs, everyone else would still have normal beds, so it's not really ignoring the stairs mechanics.

[Arrow768]

Given that they (obviously) use power, they should have inbuilt powercells and all the mechanics that come with it:

• Adding/Removing the powercell
• EMP-able -> Discharges the powercell
• Hover function shutting down (ideally abruptly) if power runs out
• A warning before the power runs out

[FluffyGhoster]

Looks good enough

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