Ok so I had this thought while I was taking a shit, so you know it's good
I think the whole 'getting capture' mechanic can only really be fleshed out when Combine and Rebels do more with captured people. Right now, both sides pretty much slap them into a cell and abandon them until the PK timer runs out which isn't fun for anyone.
The Combine, realistically, would want to re-establish their city boundaries and get people back into bluesuits awaiting to be shipped to a more stable city. So to begin with, captured Rebels would be conscripted into Workers (Where they will carry out shit like equipment maintenance, xen infestation clearing or food making) and it provides a good reason to keep the local administrators from liquidating the civil protection force
Rebels naturally will try and convince cops to change sides, giving a better IC way to introduce 'rouge cops' through rehabilitation. Captured OTA are probably going to be trickier as you can't exactly make them rouge, but will probably come in handy for scientific experiments to figure out how they're actually made or tap into Overwatch frequencies while they're still alive. An avenue for rebel players to explore. But doing so also brings the risk of 'Rescue Operations' conducted by Phase Twos, even if that's just to try and kill the source of the 'leak'.
Right now, getting captured is just a slow burn to getting PK'd, which none too many people are willing to do. If the system is fleshed out where you only get put 'on the timer' once you do something that's ICly Risky, will we actually begin to see more engaging Capture RP. Naturally people can opt for an NLR if they really want to, but the option should be open.
