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  1. The problem I find is that engineering is the department with the most restrictive backgrounds at the moment, it's not about playing specific corporations. I mostly suggested NT since I was unaware of the 3 department restriction and it simply made sense from their lore. However, I think adding orion to engineering would be a great solution for allowing full diversity in character creation. While Zavod doesn't make much sense in engineering to me, I think at this point it'd only be detrimental to remove a department that's assigned to them as there's enough established characters in zavod that it would disrupt or force to change. I don't think zavod itself needs to change, especially given the changes to make them more dominia-focused, which makes the restrictions on species seem more reasonable. By opening up engineering to orion as some of you suggested, this allows a more diverse choice in backgrounds for non-zo'ra vaurca, himeans (and free council taj), fringe coalitioners, free IPCs, non-heg unathi, and probably some other kinds of backgrounds I'm missing or are more rare. The mixing of departments and corporations on horizon has improved much since launch and now I don't find any issue when determining a background for my characters in any department excluding engineering, where a large amount of potential character types are limited solely to hephaestus; Which as greenjoe has said, can be largely incompatible with hephaestus and may not even be able to choose zavod, or would struggle to fit into that corporation archetype. A benefit I saw to having orion start in ops was the amount of different backgrounds played while orion was new, which included many of the more restricted character styles such as himeans, plutonians, and guwan, and I believe this would have a similar effect in engineering and may encourage some more population within one of the most vital departments on the server. Anyway, thanks for the feedback in general guys and I hope the discussion continues in some form. Engineering definitely needs some more options regardless of how it's accomplished!
  2. Wow, I don't think I've seen an unathi zavod. (I have probably seen a zo'ra though) I just mostly see them played by russian/dominian humans in the past year and a half, but my lack of whitelists is showing.
  3. In the current state of engineering, hephaestus is largely the only option for a large majority of characters due to zavods species restrictions of humans and ZI-IPCs only. NanoTrasen has employed atmos techs and engineers in the past, and while some of their navy was retconned I imagine they'd have still employed many ship and station technicians throughout their large collection of assets. So, why is their presence so limited on Horizon? While it certainly makes sense to limit NT out of security and supply given the other factions with dominance in those fields, it hasn't made much sense that NanoTrasen wouldn't have any presence in the engineering sector. While the ship was largely designed as a joint effort between heph and zavod, NT has the staff to operate in this kind of setting, especially when it comes to supermatter technicians. Opening up engineering to be staffed by NanoTrasen alongside the other factions would allow more diversity within the department and their characters origins. Additionally, it would hopefully not be difficult to implement assuming the NT engineering outfit sets are still in the codebase, though that will have to be seen. In general I would say there needs to be more crossover in department employment where it makes sense, and not every department needs to try and restrict down to two factions. Specifically, Zavods other presence on the ship is in departments with two other options, NT and Zheng-hu for sci, and PMCs or Idris for sec. I think it stifles the ability to create certain characters when their roles are limited to potentially restrictive backgrounds. Please, tell me what you think about it. Note: I probably won't respond immediately to anything as I rarely come on the forums or check my associated email, but I'll try to respond.
  4. Sorry, I was busy for a while. Go ahead and close this please, I won't be around to play for a while still.
  5. BYOND Key: Firstact Staff BYOND Key: Arrow768 Game ID: N/A Reason for complaint: Logged on last night for D'Jars CCIA interview after not playing for an entire day and was met with a warning popup issued by arrow stating that having a character with any involvement with odin civil protection is not allowed, declaring it a special role, which would be akin to ERT, TCFL, etc. I was not approached in any way prior to this warning. I was never PM'd while playing, DM'd on discord, nothing at all. With this I believe the warning was applied on impulse since I've never been talked to about it before, and it was done almost immediately after I logged off. Arrow is on all three main discords, as am I, and my DMs are open. We both go by the same exact usernames and he could have easily reached out through the slightest bit of effort before making a decision. As for the context of the warning, I could see arrow being confused about the record and thinking D'Jar is a character to be played via dock security, since that would be an issue and has been shown in the past to be worthy of warning. So, not only does this warning go against what I've discussed with staff in the past about how civil protection works (since it was barely stated on the wiki) but there's still multiple other characters active and inactive that are current or former civil protection staff. To say the entire internal security department, who's headquarters are located on the Odin, is invalid for any character remotely involved with the Aurora to hold just makes no sense to me. D'Jar has been active with civil protection and very open about it for nearly five years now, nearly the entire duration of the character. I have never once played him as dock sec/specialists. If this was ever an issue I don't think he and other characters would've been allowed to stay with civil protection for very long. If for some reason it was suddenly decided that civil protection is off-limits to touch then it wasn't announced or made clear, and would essentially just delete two of my characters. TL;DR - I was warned with no contact or context about something that's never been an issue on Aurora for others. Evidence/logs/etc:
  6. Reporting Personnel: Head of Security D'Jarrana Fakhri-Marajurl Sayyid'Kuatane Job Title of Reporting Personnel: NTCC Training Coordinator / NSS Aurora Head of Security Game ID: ccc-dqQ7 Personnel Involved: D'Jarrana Fakhri-Marajurl Sayyid'Kuatane - Head of Security - Arresting Officer Security Officer Razorak Szsk - Victim Investigator Kolshsko Kuru - Initial Witness/Victim Chief Medical Officer Yhara Atiyeh - Doctoral Witness Alan Jones - EPMC Security Officer - Offender Secondary Witnesses: Dr. Valdemar - medical witness - provided initial treatment for Alan Jones following initial assault, treated officer Szsk following attempted murder by Alan Jones. Dr. Roberts - medical witness - provided initial treatment for Head of Security Sayiid'kuatane following initial assault, assisted in trauma care of Jones and Szsk following attempted murder. Sheridan Zimmerman - Head of Personnel - Assisted throughout incident in documentation regarding Alan Jones and gathering of evidence following attempted murder. Valetzrhonaja Nayrragh'Rakhan - Off Duty Chief of Engineering - Witnessed speciest comments towards officer Szsk just prior to warrant presentation, witnessed assault on Head of Security. Time of Incident: Ongoing incident throughout shift - aprox. 23:30 at time of attempted murder Real Time: 0100 GMT 5/25/21 or 7pm UTC 0700 Location of Incident: NSS Aurora II - ISD processing bay and exterior hallway Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [ ] - Neglect of Duty [ ] - Harassment [X ] - Assault [X ] - Misconduct [X ] - Attempted Murder Overview of the Incident: This incident started over an hour prior to the attempted murder, with D'Jar assisting a crewmember in privately checking their security record, without providing paper copies. During his attempts to inform them that any in-depth records would need authorization from central command, Jones had made several speciest statements towards officer Szsk and investigator Kuru. D'Jar gave a verbal warning for him to leave the lobby, and then assisted the prior crewmember in the head of security office. Upon leaving, D'Jar witnessed Jones making two more speciest remarks towards his officer, in a clear attempt to provoke response. He was given a second warning, and when ignored, ordered to leave the lobby. Officer Szsk asked to charge them with i110 as while D'Jar was gone they had attempted to start conflict with the two security staff. Seeing as he was clearly aggressive to all three security staff already, and had ignored two warnings to stop insulting officer Szsk, D'Jar saw no reason to doubt their integrity and wrote a warrant for Jones on i110. Barely a minute later, D'Jar and Szsk left the ISD to confront Jones, only to immediately find him insulting unathi as a species in front of Valetzrhonaja Nayrragh'Rakhan, an off-duty chief of engineering. Upon being presented with a valid warrant, Jones refused to cooperate and closed the distance between D'Jar, showing clear intent to physically resist. Seeing the obvious warnings, D'Jar employed a flash before pulling out his stun-baton, upon which Jones had immediately attempted to strike D'Jar. A brief conflict ensued with Jones physically assaulting D'Jar, before being detained by himself and officer Szsk with moderate injuries. D'Jar had minor injuries, sustaining a few closed fist strikes to his nose and jaw, which required treatment from Dr. Roberts and usage of painkillers. Upon being released by chief medical officer Atiyeh, Jones was transferred to ISD processing cell two. Szsk was overseeing the subject in the cell with investigator Kuru while D'Jar had been busy writing the new charges and an incident summary. Officer Szsk indicated that Jones was resisting in some way, but did not specify that he had managed to slip out of the standard issued handcuffs inside of the cell. Officer Szsk proceeded to enter the cell before being tackled down by Jones, who had now stolen Szsk's baton. Alan Jones proceeded to continually strike at Szsk while they were briefly unconcious with the baton while Kuru and D'Jar attempted to detain. Kuru and D'Jar were struck with said baton during a brief fight before the subject returned to beat Szsk over the head with the now de-activated baton. Seeing the clear intent displayed, D'Jar responded with potentially lethal force through use of his disruptor, following with telescopic baton strikes to the jaw, neck, and head to subdue Jones. Once Jones was secured medical was called to the scene, with both Jones and Szsk rushed by medical for emergent treatment. After initial examination, chief Atiyeh confirmed to D'Jar that officer Szsk had suffered moderate to severe brain damage and severe blood loss as a result but was in stable condition, and confirmed Jones was in moderate health with multiple fractures but stable. Upon release by medical staff, Jones remained in ISD custody inside of solitary cell one where he continued to make speciest comments and directed threats towards D'Jar himself. These threats to himself and Szsk continued until the subject was transferred out of our custody upon arrival to central command. Submitted Evidence: Alan Jones Employment and Security Records - error with connection to database at the time Comprehensive evidence report from investigator Kuru, fiber samples and prints on baton used to assault officer Szsk. Medical printout of Szsk's condition upon arrival to NSS Aurora's trauma bay Intial fax to central command and response Running transcript of Head of Security Sayyid'Kuatane's personal recorder Picture of Jones after attempted murder charges filed Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: N/A - Head of Staff reporting Actions taken: Permanent brigging 2x and transfer of custody to proper authorities upon docking. Additional Notes: Alan Jones is already well known within ISD for his violent tendencies and inability to seemingly have any self control. It is unacceptable that we allow such low standards from our EPMC partners to set foot on station. While his criminal charging will remain separate, D'Jar advises that Jones never be allowed to seek employment of this nature with any SCC partners regardless of the results following any criminal trial. Additionally - D'Jar was unable to retrieve record of charges via the ISD sentencing consoles. Charges were as follows: I110 - Slander or Verbal Abuse I202 - Resisting Arrest and/or Sparking a Manhunt I301 - Attempted Murder I306 - Assault on a Head of Staff I307 - Escaping From Holding Until Transfer (Escape during HuT sentencing before attempted murder) transcript.txt
  7. Really prefer the one on the right. More fitting in-setting and imo better aesthetics.
  8. Reporting Personnel: D'Jarrana Fakhri-Marajurl Sayyid'Kuatane Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Head of Security Game ID: b4a-bd17 Personnel Involved: Head of Security D'Jar Sa'Kuate Offender/ Security Officer Jack Kindred Offender/ Cargo Technician Bernadette Gutagh Witness/ Security Officer Oscar Easter Witness/ Security Officer Klaus Kitzler Witness/ Detective Avery Dawkins Secondary Witnesses: Chief Medical Officer Gavin Glover Time of Incident: Unk Real Time: 3:30am Mountain Standard Time GMT-7 Location of Incident: NSS Aurora II Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [X] - Neglect of Duty [ ] - Harassment [ ] - Assault [ ] - Misconduct [X] - Other _____ Overview of the Incident: Early in the shift D'Jar had received messages from Gutagh asking if they were able to legally perform training surgery on animals for "self teaching." They were advised it was illegal without proper supervision and approval, given their position and lack of medical practice license. Due to repeated statements over the radio providing self-incrimination that they ignored this and proceeded with the surgery, they were arrested for animal cruelty and had their surgical tools seized, alongside numerous organs, including a heart and brain. They repeatedly insisted it was safe and for training, and claimed to cease doing so when released. They did not seem to understand why it was illegal. Approximately twenty minutes after Officer Kitzler overheard Gutagh and Kindred discussing a price on an item for sale, five hundred credits total. Officer Kindred had their firearm drawn from the holster, and were approaching Gutagh before being interrupted. Kitzler claims to not have seen the resolution of this. Much later in the shift, D'Jar was in the process of searching Gutagh with Officer Easter following more self-incrimination to alleged surgery by Gutagh. Upon searching the cargo bay, a crate of bloody surgical tools was seized, which Gutagh had been attempting to leave cargo with. They insisted on sending the shuttle back to central command, but were unsuccessful before complying with detainment. Upon detainment, Head of Security Sa'Kuate left the scene to respond to a shots fired call, with Officer Easter remaining on escort for the detained party. Upon return, the surgical items had been disposed of and the cargo shuttle had been sent to central command. A human quartermaster was on shift at the time, who's name is unknown at this time. They insisted the shuttle console was not touched and that there were no surgical items in the cargo bay. Upon further search, the tools were not found, however a hidden compartment with phoron-based floors and locked doors was found within maintenance by Head of Security Sa'Kuate and Detective Dawkins. Upon further investigation, it had nothing of note, however clearly belonged to Gutagh due to her possession of two keys to the doors. Gutagh was then charged with one more charge of animal cruelty, and one charge of contraband, due to belief beyond a doubt of her involvement. During these processes, D'Jar had received a tip from Officer Kitzler of the possible transaction that had occurred between Gutagh and Kindred prior. Due to the suspicious nature and severe charges to Gutagh, Officer Kindred was ordered to be searched. Upon a completed search by Officer Easter it was found that they possessed no assigned firearm, despite being seen with one prior in the shift by both Officer Kitzler and Head of Security Sa'Kuate. Upon further investigation Head of Security Sa'Kuate found no displaced firearms within the lockers, or within the cryogenic chambers. And had ensured the firearm was replaced by the previously cryogenically stored officer, before they had left shift. The two spare firearms on the top floor were removed by Head of Security Sa'Kuate earlier in the shift before Kindreds arrival, due to the safety concerns on code blue. Upon a short discussion with Officers Easter, and Kitzler, it was determined that Kindred would be searched once more to determine the loss of a firearm. Upon completed search there was no firearm present, including their spare ammunition, which was unaccounted for in any locker. During the detainment Head of Security Sa'Kuate searched the cargo bay once more, to find five hundred physical credits, belonging to Officer Kindred from a transaction this shift, and among Gutaghs items. Due to the belief beyond doubt they partook in an illegal firearms sale, Kindred was arrested and charged with neglect of duty, and petty theft. Both parties had interviews attempted, however proceeded to enter S.S.D before they could proceed. It is believed that further action should be taken for such illegal activity. D'Jar has submitted the evidence he could electronically. The rest was given to Odin Security to hold in storage pending any investigation. The evidence given to Odin Security would be numerous preserved monkey and farwa organs, including one brain and heart, as well as the five hundred credits. See attached files for Kindreds charges and transaction log. Did you report it to a Head of Department or IAA? If so, who?: N/A D'Jar Sa'Kuate is the Head of Staff for this incident. Actions taken: Bernadette Gutagh charged with 2x i112 animal cruelty, 1x i212 contraband. Jack Kindred charged with 1x i206 neglect of duty 1x i102 petty theft and suspended from duty. Additional Notes: All of these events occurred while the station was within code blue, due to an unrelated incident in the early part of the shift, and one undisclosed officer death due to a carp migration. D'Jar also believes the petty theft should be increased to grand theft should the firearm not be recovered by Odin Security.
  9. Hard to believe it's been this long already, time to go back to redsec and beat greytides with a baton. And also probably ditch the SM outside of the engineering outpost in favor of a combustion engine.
  10. I was asked to give input into this so I will keep it pretty short and concise. My personal experience from an outside perspective often, has been a mixed bag, but I have two main views to address. They are fairly decent at roleplaying with specific players as antags, but often outright have ignored other antags who were never even given a chance to roleplay the situation. When Lin roleplays, it's actually fairly good. The problem is it's inconsistent and only seems to be with certain people. I've seen the same scenarios play out quite a few times, on both ends. With some of the more common antag players, Lin is actually willing to partake in the round and for the most part, they're fine. However I've also seen Lin do exactly what they complained about, which is instantly ganking someone without any prior roleplay. If they're going to be HoS, a position that normally drives the round, they need to be consistent with how they engage antags. From an outside perspective, time after time, it has seemed incredibly obvious that it is just meta-friends in some manner. Second point: Lin somewhat consistently dismisses their actual role as Head of Security. Similar to Brutishcrab (for reference) as a HoS, they seem to feel inclined to take action specifically upon themselves, often denying the chance for some of the better sec players to even partake in the round. A few examples would be privately talking with an antag that they know personally, for well over half an hour. Taking half the armory themselves to chase a single antag, leaving their entire sec team in the dust with no communication. And immediately shutting down parts of the round that she does not seem to enjoy. Either on the side of the antags by immediately chasing them solo, or on the part of officers, who I've seen try to give said antags actual chances to roleplay. From my experience ghosting on rounds, I've not often seen Lin perform as a security manager. They more resemble the old issue of simply trying to be "Super Security." Or in other words, a validhunter. As a closing note, I have not often seen Natcula actually take constructive criticism. Not only have I seen others attempt to be constructive with your behavior via LOOC, but I have tried to myself after seeing them get shut down. If you don't want people to complain about your behavior, you need to see that they are not explicitly the issue. I get that this has gotten a little heated, but your behavior is seriously in need of change, as it has driven quite a few players to simply avoid playing when you're on. And I shouldn't need to stress how fucking terrible that is for the server. If you somehow see this criticism as a personal attack, then I don't know what else to say.
  11. Appealing Personnel: D'Jar Sa'Kuate Specific Incident: Action taken as a result: Permanent Suspension from Head of Security and Reprimand. Action contested: Permanent Suspension Reasoning for contest: D'Jar has spent his time in suspension serving as a security officer aboard the NSS Aurora II, and does not believe the suspension is necessary anymore. Given the financial, social, and professional difficulties following the CCIA action, D'Jar has learned to better himself and believes he is ready for the position of management once more. He understands the severity of a slander charge and wishes to continue employment with Nanotrasen in the position he is meant to be assigned to. It is extremely unlikely D'Jar would make such a mistake again, especially with the re-implantation if he has the suspension lifted. D'Jar waited until he was confident the lesson was learned before appealing this decision, as it would have been disingenuous to immediately contest such an action. He also heavily contests the accusation of racism, such as he previously did in the initial interviews. D'Jar has never felt hatred towards any race or species purely based off of what they may be born as. including the Njarir people. D'Jar would consider it extremely hypocritical for such charges to be true, given his close ties to the Njarir in his past, which he may clarify if needed as this subject was not addressed in his initial interview. Additional notes: OOC: Discord is Firstact#0049 if you need to contact me about this or the last comment.
  12. Bump? There's been absolutely no feedback and the files are already made for this. Any feedback or questions?
  13. BYOND Key: Firstact Character name: D'Jar Sa'Kuate Item name: Zandiziite Cape Why is your character carrying said item to work? In a canon round on Jan 6, D'Jar won the wrestling competition in the Zandiziite games and was proclaimed Zandiziite Aurora, in a Dominia based event. D'Jar would likely want to wear it to work when on light duties (code green) or primarily if visiting or as part of his uniform if he ever is re-evaluated and approved for Head of Security. It serves as a healthy bit of positivity for him considering he's rather pessimistic, and D'Jar would appreciate being allowed to have something off-uniform, since he's been one to stick strictly to uniform most of the time. Item function(s): Exosuit item, can attach to armors like other capes/accessories. Item description: A Dominian cape, with a clasp bearing the symbol of a champion Zandiziite wrestler. It looks well worn, of the finest material. Item appearance: File below; black cape with a simple clasp. How will you use this to better interact with crew and/or stimulate RP? It's a great conversation starter and a remnant of a canon event that I think would simply be fun to have around, with little drawbacks to it aside from possibly being out of uniform. While I wouldn't plan on wearing it into any situations as D'Jar believes in appropriate attire, and values it, I do believe it could lead to interesting points of RP with antagonists, despite being just a wrestlers cape. It would also likely have much more weight to his personal value of the item when/if he attended the Zandiziite competition on Moghes, later on. Since it just happened however I'm not planning anything particular with any of this. Additional comments: Pegasus approved of this and confirmed that it would be canon for D'Jar to have won and received the cape, along with a mask that isn't in this. I've always wanted to make custom items for D'Jar, however most ideas felt disingenuous because there'd be no reason to wear it. Seeing as he's officially Zandiziite Aurora (for now) I think it's a fitting first/only custom item of sentimental value. zandcape.dmi Edited for formatting and spelling because I'm bad at forums.
  14. Reporting Personnel: D'Jar Sa'Kuate Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Head of Security Game ID: bWu-aR8k Personnel Involved: - Salanj Raj, Head of Personnel, Witness - Soelilol Ulze, Chief Engineer, Witness - Cerberus, Stationbound Artificial Intelligence Unit, Witness - Fernando Gonzales, Chief Medical Officer, Offender - Jikar Rajah, Medical Resident, Other - Lynsey Feufer, Medical Resident, Other Time of Incident: 9:05 Real time: 9/23, roughly 12:50am - 1:15am, UTC - 7:00 Location of Incident: NSS Aurora II, Medical Department Nature of Incident: []Workplace Hazard []Accident/Injury []Destruction of Property []Neglect of Duty []Harassment []Assault []Misconduct [X]Other Embezzlement/i214 Exceeding Official Powers Overview of the Incident: Doctor Gonzales admitted to giving two medical staff "scholarships" as a grant for schooling. It was reported that he removed 5000cr from his personal account, and all 5000cr of the medical department account, divided into two between the staff. They refused to concede that station department accounts are for the purpose of department orders, repairs, and such. Gonzales refused to reveal which two staff were given the grants and insisted that department accounts are to be used at his own leisure, instead of for department funding. Furthermore, they have refused to communicate at all until contacted directly by a central command staff member. The suspected recipients of the "grants" are Lynsey Feufer, Medical Resident, and Jikar Rajah, Medical Resident. Did you report it to a Head of Department or IAA? If so, who?: Reported staff is the head of their department, no IAA present. Actions taken: Fax of incident report to central command, records keeping and financial account evidence secured. Additional Notes: Dr. Gonzales consistently refused to listen to input from all other heads of staff regarding not only this incident, but an investigation into a breach of Station Directive 4, regarding one of his staff. He repeatedly insisted that the Head of Security and Head of Personnel had no authority over the situation, and that they would only talk to Central Command Internal Affairs. They were not detained or fined at the time of the incident so that a proper investigation from CCIA could be filed onto the legality of the issue. OOC Note: edited for formatting.
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