Counselor
| MEDICAL STAFF | |
| Counselor | Access: Medical Difficulty: Very Easy Supervisors: Chief Medical Officer Duties: Keep the crew sane. Prescribe medication. Listen to a six-page tragic backstory with a straight face. Guides: No external guides. |
The Counselor is the individual aboard the station involved with the mental health of the crewmembers, and the upkeep thereof. This role is almost entirely roleplay based, and necessitates quick problem solving, intuition, and good listening skills. Given that most crewmembers are most focused on hunting down threats to the ship, exploring planetside, or actually doing their duties, you're going to need to be proactive in sitting people down for a friendly chat.
Overview
Your office is right across from Medical on Deck 1. You have a computer room with a locker, a monitor, the psionic-testing psi-meter, a bookshelf, and a filing cabinet. The locker contains:
- Various articles of psychiatrist-y clothing
- A bottle of midazolam
- A pill bottle of citalopram (15u)
- A pill of methylphenidate
- A clipboard
- A folder
- A universal recorder with tapes
- A camera
- A therapy doll
- An equipment belt
Your therapy room is much more comfortably furnished and contains a lunchbox with random food items in it, along with a teapot and two teacups. You also have some scented candles (and a lighter)!
If you'd like to get started on therapy roleplay right away, make an announcement over communications or search through the crew's medical records to check for someone who may be in need of an updated psychiatric evaluation. Otherwise, you're free to hang around in roleplay spots such as the bar or the medical lobby, ready to pounce on any hapless crewmember in need of psychiatric drugs assist in any mental health needs.
Seminars are also a great way to create roleplay as a counselor. You can hold them on anything, from workplace harassment, workplace tolerance, and icebreakers.
Hello, Clarice
Much like you as a non-antag, you aren't afforded especially much in the realm of mechanical options for traitoring. You don't start out with Chemistry lab access or even maintenance access, but you do start out with access to most of Medical. Provided you play your cards right, you can always ask the Executive Officer for more access... or ask for your traitor target to be delivered straight to you, since you're very concerned about their mental health. Remember, you can edit your "patient"'s medical records.
It's worth noting that it's not very suspicious for a counselor to tint the windows of their therapy room while a session is ongoing. A member of Security can always check the cameras, of course, but they're likely to be busy looking elsewhere, and you always have the option of calling patient confidentiality.