Security DLC
I've skimmed through the Wishlist and found some interesting ideas; By combining with some of my owns, here is a rudimentary list:-
Ground ACU / Park Guards
- Specialized ground units, prioritized to keep visitors safe; deals with emergency first-hand.
- Constantly patrolling the park: watching for possible breakouts, observing and recording for suspicious
dinosaurs behaviors, acts accordingly.
- In cases of emergency, their main functions are to guard the area, facilitates evacuation through: Medical aides to the injured, organizing the escape route, slowing down charging/rampaging Dinos.
- If emergency alarm/state is declared (can have multiple levels), more of these units are scrambled out, along with more vehicles (can be configured) such as:-
Trucks - as ambulance and transporting units
Chopper and smaller jeeps - for Search and Rescue Operation (providing that tourists can get panic and lost in the mess)
Bikes - For luring dinosaur away to designated areas / dealing with agile smaller dinosaurs such as the Raptors.
- Equipped with various non-lethal weapons (can be configured) and Equipments: -
Flares - For luring purposes or light up the dark
Electric Guns, Netting - For slowing down advancing Dinos
Tear Gas - Making a specific area inhabitable, invisible
First Aid Kit - For medical aid to injured visitors
Fire Extinguisher - Dealing with spreading fire of damaged buildings/forests
Night Vision - Better adapt to night, forest environment, cave areas.
Torch Light/ Mast Light - To light the areas up in night
- The effectiveness of the vehicles, equipments, non-lethal weapons varies from Dino to Dino. One should adjust, equip, and train the units accordingly to specific missions.
Vulnerability of ALL security forces (Jeep, Chopper, Vehicles, Ground Units)
- Please Frontier...please stick to the original game plan - the announcement trailer!!! I guarantee it worth the hard work
- Ground vehicles can be damaged through charging (In a dev interview, I remembered Andrew said that dinosaurs can charge a vehicle away from its physical path). Just make sure that there is a vehicle damage meter that will eventually lead to destruction - exposing the passengers afterward.
- Chopper - Vulnerable to weather conditions (including low visibility with fog) and aerial attack (perhaps by future aviary creatures)
- Ground Units - as sclaimed by almost all of us - they can be killed. Moreover, the repair, maintenance, gate opening, feeding mechanisms must take time and must be made vulnerable throughout the process.
Fences and Paddock-Enclosure
- Fences can be manually configured to have:-
Different Heights - to accommodate possible jumpers (Raptors ramping through slopes etc), and crawlers (I-Rex)
Different Voltage Strength in different areas - Lower voltage to save power consumption, lowers its vulnerability in thunder storms.
Density - Viewability VS Security
- Fences must be serviced/maintained regularly
- Wall can be constructed as an alternative - serve as a paddock for Dinosaurs' privacy or for better security purposes (in areas vulnerable to storm/breakout etc) or for training purposes
Consequences of Casualties
- For visitor casualties, serious lawsuits must be in place and its function must be exponential in short terms.
- For worker casualties, as brilliantly suggested by Reptar,
Geneticist - Incubation process takes longer
Pilot - Expedition takes longer
Cashiers, Managers - Entertainment business is less effective
Janitor - Park becomes less attractive
Relationship of ACU/Ranger with Dinosaurs
Suggested by Reptar as well,
- Relationship is affected by the actions performed by the human counterpart
- A frequently flying chopper agitates territorial Dinos and scatters herding herbivores.
- Inexperienced/ frequent/ implementations of tranquilization agitates Dinos, making them to be repulsive and better immune later.
- Overdose of medication/tranquilization put the Dinos in harm's way.
- Forceful surveillance of park guards or frequent territorial invasion of rangers agitates them as well.
- Reciprocally, experienced workers will have stronger positive bonds with Dinos.
Alternative Power Sources
- Solar power can serve as battery, backup source in the event of power failure.
- Underground power lines