Character name: Michael Smith
Ban type: MRP
Ban length: 1 Day
Ban reason: As a non-antagonist assistant, left remote signal welding tank assemblies in front of the Bridge after the Captain named their station, "Welderbomb Station 13." Stated in ahelps that, "Random greif would be detonating them. Im just placing them out as decorations. They are no more dangerous then welding tanks as long as you dont send the code," right after somebody detonated the welding tanks. You are responsible for leaving things out in the open, especially if you have full knowledge that someone may use it to cause grief after leaving it in a comprisable position. (more in second note)
Time ban was placed: 2022-11-11 07:01:51
Server you were playing on when banned: Manuel
Round ID in which ban was placed: 194111.
Your side of the story: The shift started weak. I was an assistant, greysuited, bored, and looking for a gimmick to have some fun with to pass some time. However inspiration was bestowed upon me from the most unlikely of locations. The announcement system pinged :Your captain has designated this station as "Welderbomb Station 13". The two assistant braincells I had on loan from the rest of the greytide hivemind turned over in my head. I could make this work. I tided into cargo and got me a few remotes and igniters and got to work strapping up the first welding tank I could find. I was going to do my captain and my station proud. I dragged my welderbomb into the HOPline and waited my turn as the HOP slammed down the safty shutters in what could only be a welderbomb PTSD panic. I roll the welderbomb a safe distance away and coax the HOP back out of their bunker. I'm here for one thing and one thing only. "Can I be the head of welder bombs?" I ask. A little sweet talking and bribery later I have a sweet new job title and me and my welderbomb are joined by another assistant and his weldertank. Together we strap them up in the command hallway. I then move them over to the show room as we had accumulated a few now and I didn't want to risk blowing up anything that mattered with them before we could move them to their new homes as show pieces. To my disappointment my coworkers starts playing with a flame thrower and the tanks are lost. I then setup two tanks up in front the bridge and secure them with some railings while I fetch some building supplies to place windows around them (These are the last two welding tanks in maints and like hell I'm letting them blow up before they can be appreciated as art). While I am in cargo getting my building supplies I receive an admin message asking me about the welding tanks, and spend a few minutes argueing with an admin about the legality of leaving welding tanks with detonators on them around. The welders are detonated by someone else during this exchange and I grab some tools and clean up the mess while continueing to argue with Harricross over my involvement. I was eventually given a one day ban after refusing to apologize for my actions. I never detonated the welding tanks, nor did my remote ping my indicating anyone else used it signal to detonate them.
Why you think you should be unbanned: I feel that within the context of the situation, the actions I took where reasonable and the consequences of said actions are negligible and not deserving of punishment. I indirectly aided in causing roughly five to eight damaged glass windows, three to five broken disposals pipe segments, a few broken lights (Fixed them myself) and some other superficial station damage. The actions I took (Strapping remote detonators to several welding tanks placed about the station) where, in my opinion, appropriate for MRP given the context. Harricross makes an argument that leaving welding tanks around the station is grief in the same way leaving maxcaps around is grief, because some shitter will explode them. Welding tanks are extremely low explosive and are incapable of causing a hull breach by themselves, and can be found around the station in unsecured areas. Adding a detonator assembly does not increase their explosive ability, nor does it significantly enhance their accessibility to be detonated, as any shitter with a welder can ignite them. At the end of the day, Welderbomb Station 13 had a small explosion due to being welderbomb station 13. That is objectively funny and within the spirit of the game. By all means warn the shitter who blew up the welders. However I do not see my action in this context as rules breaking. (That said I understand that repeating this behavior outside the context of this round could be seen as grief)
References of good conduct: I'm a fucking angel and play AI as my main role. Outside of the odd incident I am the god damn picture of a good rules following player who attempts to make the game better for everyone around them.
Anything else we should know: I'd like to apologize if my tone toward Harriscross was rude during PMs, I got nothing against the admin and normally would prefer not to argue and instead just say sorry, but I feel fairly strongly that I am not in the wrong in this situation and would like to argue this judgement.
