#339
by River
A general suggestion rather than an SCP: I keep thinking that if I were the main character, I'd grab a uniform off the first dead guard I see and put it on so the rest of them don't shoot me on sight. I don't really know how that could be balanced to not be OP, though. I considered the idea of not being able to wear other items with it, like the gas mask/hazmat suit/ballistic vest/SCP-714, but a) you're not likely to be in a gas room for long, b) the suit is mostly used for 008, c) the uniform would logically include a bulletproof vest so there'd be no point in wearing the separate one, d) the SCPs the ring protects you from are fairly easy to avoid, and e) the areas where you run into MTFs usually aren't near any of those hazards anyway. I also thought of it being cumbersome and making it harder to see, like a combination of the vest and the mask, but ran into similar problems.
However, the idea won't stop nagging me, because, let's face it...isn't it what you'd do? It makes sense, right? Even if the D-class didn't know the protocol to terminate surviving Ds in the event of an emergency (which is really dickish...I'm not complaining, because it's canon, but canonically, these people are dicks. I want these things recontained just as much as you do! It takes useful skills to be a dangerous criminal! Let me help you!), I imagine they'd see the suit and think "hey, this looks more durable/less conspicuous than what I've got, and it sure doesn't look like he needs it anymore..."
So, uh, does anyone have any ideas on how to make such a thing more balanced? I think it could be a good idea if only it weren't kind of OP.
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