Open pause menu/pause game through lua scripting?

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I'm attempting to create a custom scenario where the player is restricted only to remote view. Forcing remote view is fairly easy, but it introduces a very serious problem by making the pause menu inaccessible.

Pausing the game or opening the menu via lua script does not appear to be easily accessible, so I was wondering if anyone was aware of a method (hacky or not) that would make something like this possible, or if perhaps I'm overlooking something. Thank you!