I advocate letting protolab be built once the armoury is up.

However, to maintain the status quo, HA and JP can only be researched after advanced armoury is completed.

The end result: If new technologies are added to the marine tech tree in future, the protolab can be used to carry them instead of taxing the arms/armoury.

This also makes marine comms face an additional decision and branches out the tech tree.

this would be a good suggestion IF new upgrades came up. but currently, there are none. so it would be quite pointless anywayz.

however, Zunni could file this suggestion away in the sub-forums IF a new upgrade was coming up.

i don't think any new upgrades are gonna come up anytime soon, not with ns reaching such a point that the devs are fixing stuff rather than experimenting

but it is a good idea if any upgrades come up

I'm not opposed to the idea.. Don't read anything into my moving this...

hm... lets start making up abilites!!!

advanced Res recylcing! cost 20 res

anything that is recyled, will return back 3/4 of its original cost! instead of 1/2 the res

Nano-reinforec armor- 20 res!
Adds 10 armor to t he marine and is resistant to spores. (not impervious to spores but spores doesn't affect armor much)

ADV. Pistol - 20 res
pistol.. +4 damage, has a better chance of piercing umbra clouds.Pistol bullets are coated with special nanities that temporarily disrupts Hivesight (you can take out a gorge queitly, and it won't show on hivesight) also, all pistols will take 10 bullets, instead of 5 bullets from the armory.. Reserve ammo increased from 30 to 50.
Pistol sound is quieter.. (think of silenced m4)

Catalystic - 20 res(catalyst must be researched)
adds 2 seconds to catalyst for a total of 10 seconds
adds +15 dmg to knife (marine is stronger)
inc speed, and inc ROF.(same as now)
Marines become stomp or web resistant.
Jump higher or marine can hear silence.

Enchanced Heavy Armor - 20 res (armor must be researched)
the already powerful armor becomes stronger. +10 armor for a total of 300 armor w/ upgrades (makes it look nicer) Enchanced armor can walk through webs
also, acid rocket no longer affects Heavy armor. (its the ono's job to take out heavies)

Nano-Lockdown- 20 res
Once researched, the comm has a button that can automatically lockall doors, preventing Kharraa movemnt, or Trapping an aliens in MS. doors are locked for 5 seconds before the Bacterium can override it.
(has a cooldown)

Adv. Jetpack- 20 res, jetpack must be researched
Jetpack gets two fuel bars instead of one. (lower right hand corner) you now get two bars. The extra boost will propel the jetpacker faster.
The equivalent of a lerk getting celerity.

ADV-Grenade 20 res (grenades must be researched)
ADV-grenade, +25 damage to the grenade for a total of 125 DMG,grenade gets stronger and shrapnel is proppeled farther and harder. (range of explosion is increased) you can get two

A prototype lab indicates new and experimental "tools" that you can use. Here is one for ya:

Tranquilizer: TSA is always on top of bringing you technology to put your enemy at the bottom! After sampling Khaara blood and attempting to slow its bacterial rate down, TSA has come up with the PFG Tranquilizer dart! Insertable into any standard pistol, this revolutionary bullet-sized tranq-dart hits the alien and spreads, essentially slowing it down. Beware fades, for your trusty knife is available to make it a fair fight between you and it, provided you don't blow their (expletive) head off! (Really, just slows down energy recharge and movement.)

Motion trip lasers: Want to know of someone crossing your path without being there? TSA introduces to you the mountable MA-Laser Rod. Upon something crossing its path, it activates a silent alert which your most trusted and beloved Commander will be aware of. Stick it into the ceiling, wall, floor or the bacterium in the wall, the MA-Laser Rod is your sure way of protecting home!

Scope activation: Tired of seeing that scope on the rifle and noobcomers asking you how to use it? TSA has finally solved this problem! This allows you to slightly zoom in and actually use the ****! Zoom in to see your comrade's cavities or to see your enemy in the eye, with the benefit of distance! After all, we don't want you smelling the bad breath or the divine wind of your enemy.

Don't worry, there is more to come, as TSA is always bringing you more to make them less!

(It's been a long day, let me be.)

na i wont every single idea you sujested there breatches the I&S FAQ, sorry korn go back to bed m8, or at least be serious about your posting

besides bacterium would find a way to incapasiate humans faster than they can run millions of exsperiments so aliens would have the first lot of tranquilisers any way, the bacterium would of been workign on a way to d othis since the first human was ever chomped

me i still think there should be a tiny tiny para cite form with this ability and the ability to infect and have partial mind control over said rine, but thats just me

the reason why marines don't have chemicals to fight the aliens is because these aliens are natural selected, that means they have the genes to cope, adapt, survive and produce new offspring that'll be resistant to chemicals. The only thing effiecient way to kill them without making them stronger is by using phsyical forces

or.. Bullets! Ultra-sonic Siege cannons! explosives!