IC ways for admins to give items

We should give admins IC ways to give items to players. I think that the primary way that admins interact with the crew is either as god or Centcom, so I think that admins should have some visual effects for spawning items if they want, maybe in the F5 menu as checkboxes or dropdown lists, depending on how many get added.

My idea is that the space the item would spawn in is obscured by the chosen effect, which then disperses and reveals it. Definitely better than the thing just appearing out of thin air.

I think that for “Authority” type admin interactions (Nanotrasen, the syndicate, etc.), there should be either a bluespace-y effect, or you could rip off the way SS13 does it and have drop pods with assorted signage for any assortment of organizations. Or both, both would be good.

For “Divine intervention” type admin interactions, there should be a couple of selectable effects.
Some holy light, for benevolent gods
Some smoke and fire, for EVIL gods
Some blood and/or floating black rock, for Nar’sie
Some gear-y type stuff for Ratvar
And a poof of pink smoke with bananas floating around for the Honkmother

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I believe in SS13, If you request items from CC you get them in a drop pod

EDIT: Im stupid and i just saw you mentioned it

I’ve seen some admins have a blue flash of light, as a sort of blue space drop.
How you do this? No idea, but it is possible… somehow

Added space-station-14

These would be nice. I would use them. I routinely use the bluespaceffect, and it is a pain in the ass because I have to run the command

spawn EffectFlashBluespace

We also routinely send things to people via cargo (that sweet sweet cargo gameplay loops the station crew in), but it has to be done by hand crafting a crate and announcement. A way to do that would be great.

Another one I occasionally use is a smoke effect.

Beyond that you might find that your pocket itches.

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I had a PR to do this if anyone is interested in digging it up and reviving it