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Adds Virologist as an alt title.#1060

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@SylvetteSylph SylvetteSylph commented May 15, 2026

About The Pull Request

Adds virologist as an alt title because I'm too lazy to figure out how to add a new job two hours past my bedtime (and even lazier to actually argue merits in doing so).

Why It's Good For The Game

The job was mechanically nuked (deservedly), but we still have a large area dedicated to it that can be (but is not) used for roleplay purposes. This gives Physicians a bit more excuse to actually use this area in roleplay, even where we do not have explicit virologists anymore.

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I didn't test it. I hope it breaks the game because I'm evil. I'm praying the tests fail and someone merges without looking.

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add: Added Virologist as an alt title for Medical Doctor.
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Geoengi commented May 15, 2026

500 hexes onto you as I was drafting the PR description for making the exact same change when I refreshed the Git.

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500 hexes onto you as I was drafting the PR description for making the exact same change when I refreshed the Git.

That is unfortunate. Five hundred thousand ants upon thee.

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Geoengi commented May 15, 2026

500 hexes onto you as I was drafting the PR description for making the exact same change when I refreshed the Git.

That is unfortunate. Five hundred thousand ants upon thee.

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I disagree with needing a dedicated virologist title in most senses, even as an alt title- which, because we're an rp-focused server, is not actually meaningfully different from a regular job title, even with the "you still have your job responsibilities" warning
So this is a steep slope justification-wise already

As for the given reason, "This gives Physicians a bit more excuse to actually use this area in roleplay", to be clear first and foremost: I also disagree with the cargo freighter needing to have a dedicated extra isolated virus creation lab, so I don't think "we still have it" is a valid reason to make it used more on its own
Furthermore, I don't see a reason for why giving additional excuses to use this area is inherently a good thing, nor how the "dedicated user of the isolated backroom" title is the right way to do so, nor how this necessarily helps rping out taking care of sick people- without running into the perfectly reasonable but unhelpful interpretations of it being available as your primary job title
I don't think there's any beneficial use of that space that necessitates using it being your primary job title

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As discussed in dev-ideas, I do not agree with us having the Virology title or rooms at all.

It makes little sense for a cargo ship to have a dedicated Virologist, not to mention the deprecation of in-game mechanics relating to the matter.

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