Medic question

[[TC]»Elmo«]

For the record, we did have a fairly lengthy internal discussion about this and came up with a few options. However, we stalled at a final decision as there were a few answers needed.

It's not a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer, because - in this thread alone - there are a number of variations and even several incorrectly remembered quotes of what's been officially said in the past.


The main question(s), which has been asked in a few places before and in part in this thread already:
What's the point? What do they do? What actual use have they? What tangible benefit do they give over existing units?

"Roleplay" is not a suitable answer. Yes, we appreciate that some people like to roleplay these units, and we don't want to stop that if we don't need to. However, without decent answers to the question above, there's not really any good option other than to say either "They're the same as Tows" or ban them completely, because anything otherwise doesn't make sense.

Note: officially (ie in the rules) giving them the right to use any form of siren will require InSim changes. Having cop rights (ie a suitable driving standard) would very likely be a requirement.