the code scanner just being a too bulky blacklight always gets me. if just one crew member sneaks a cheap one it renders it moot. PE made sure everything Important is hidden by the equivalent of a stop sign. like for them if it was violated they’d be detracted from collective pay but still
Truly.
P.E. is the epitome of cheap fixes and budget cuts. Nothing and I mean nothing they provide mixed with the way the expect it to be used is actually useful or good for the crew. Every policy is a warning label written in small text so they can obviously shirk responsibility if something goes awry.
They know they cant just leave weapons and potentially hazardous materials unlocked so they create a device that anyone can access but say only one person can use it. If someone else gets it and hurts someone well.... that's not their fault that's on the crew and Captain of course!
The code scanner, the auto pilot, the psych evals... They are all just smoke screens so P.E. can cover their asses and blame the crews and captains if something goes wrong they should of caught or done more to circumvent. There should be more standard and required ways to lock and unlock things. The auto pilot should not be so easily disabled especially if the ship can sense dangerous field. The evals are functionally useless since they go no where both being in space and the company clearly ignoring them/employees mental states.
It's the capitilsm of it all. It's the not actually caring if their employees are safe and secure. Imagine if they lost the damn thing? It'd fuck them over worse but then again they could just guess all the codes...
