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I strongly oppose this as having mostly TCFL kind of defeats the point of what the ERT are for. They are not some cool guys you can call in to get some super cool roleplay with. They are called in emergencies when absolutely required and to help close off rounds effectively and efficiently. They are central's first responders when a threat gets so out of hand that station security can no longer deal with it, so why hinder them with limited access, weaponry and equipment. Making it easier for antags to deal with the station's final line of defense isn't something we should be walking towards. I'd set TCFL at 33% honestly, with a fax to go along with it on how all ERT assets are tied up so external assistance has been requested. It would be more interesting and add a bit of randomness to how rounds develop without removing how much of an asset calling for ERT is.

I like Sammo as a character, generally quite pleasant to be around and definitely good to have on the engineering manifest. Seems to have an interesting personality. One thing I don't like about her as a sec player is how sometimes she seems to try and lawyer the regs to get out of situations, demands to know what our department is doing over common and otherwise can be a bit hostile when receiving charges. Thumbs up from me in general tho.

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Oh wow. Okay - yeah I definitely think we should be trialing this PR before jumping to outright removal. It addresses the main reasons as to why they are a bit strong right now, however I don't agree with them having the same capacity as an improvised prod.

Not always an option. Like if someone is grabbing an actively beating on you, running away isn't always possible. I had a situation recently where I was killed because I could not get away, they kept dragging and pulling me away from the table I was trying to climb. I just don't want sec players being killed because some of their essential gear was removed without a lot of thought into possible replacements. The reason I am asking for a replacement, is as Xor said it feels like sec gear is slowly being stripped or nerf without much thought into what can be used instead. It's not all baton rushes and antag removal - most of the time it is being used for a valid purpose.

Alright, fair. But I meant more a voidsuited engineer attacking an officer for x reason. Do they just deploy .45 in that case?

I still want an answer to dealing with voidsuits. As HoS can I just deploy the tranq rifle if someone if resisting arrest, or what steps would I use to deal with an engineering fighting sec for example? Would a .45 deployment be acceptable here? I understand how the baton can be used to instantly shutdown antags, and it sucks. But I do want something perhaps to deal with voidsuit personnel. One time that sticks in my mind is when an engineer attacked me when I was playing HoS, think it was rev. I tried using all my non lethal gear but none of it worked, including my taser deployment on their voidsuit. In the end I had to break their legs by using my telebaton to make them stop...which kind of sucked for us both. I don't want an officer to be stuck in this situation is all.

I think what Am was trying to say, is that if you want to remove the baton, for whatever reasons, there needs to be something to replace it. A melee option is offered to most security forces today, as well as police if you make the comparison. Either make the taser at point blank do a 'dry stun' (i.e - knock them down for a few seconds) or just keep it how things are. Honestly, if you are concerned about security rushing things baton without considering RP then yes, Ahelp it. Antags have plenty of ways to get around the baton, we don't need to handhold them. I don't want to have to deploy less than lethals / lethals to deal with one engineer with a voidsuit and I certainly don't want to remove people from the round because my baton was taken away. From an IC standpoint, in a station which has easy access to voidsuits which render all other sec starting gear useless (baring the .45) why WOULDN'T they have a baton or something similar?

Looks good! My question is do they only spawn as is, or can we make them? I've had many a time as antag where it would be super neat to turn like a rag into a bandana to hide my face instead of having to use a gas mask from a locker.

I have actually never used the jackets because they in my opinion look really really bad. I think the re-sprite is good and might prompt some of my characters to wear them. Support from me, I think people will get used to the sprite over time just like the new security re-sprites.

I wouldn't be in support of this without increasing taser effectiveness against totally unarmored suspects. Currently the way you handle people that are running away is you hit them with the taser once or twice to slow them down, use the baton feature to knock them down so that cuffs can be applied. Unlike real life there is no way to tackle someone who is full running away from you, unlike real life people who are tazed are still able to effectively fight back, spam disarm or resist and ultimately be a pain in the ass to deal with. Stop trying to use how something would work in real life to take a piece of equipment away that honestly I think security need. It /used/ to be the flash before it got made almost useless, so now we have to resort to the baton. Stunbatons are not lethal? I could go for less than lethal, sure. But a tapping someone with a stunbaton is no way lethal force. It bloody hurts and it puts you down, but then again the only time it should be used is when people are actively fighting with sec or trying to evade them. Finally every antag you have mentioned has ways to deal with being batoned if they plan correctly. Many of them can deploy less than lethal or even lethal methods to dispatch Johnny running with his baton out before he even reaches you. Wizard: Can teleport and can utilize a whole bunch of creative spells to avoid a baton Changeling: Has an ability to make stuns not work at all Traitor: Can literally buy armor, as well as a whole bunch of gear to stop sec getting close (a holstered .357 can prevent a baton rush really well) Rev: Should be working in a large enough group that makes a single guy with a baton non effective. Again numbers and secrecy are their friend. Vamp: Flash people that get close, as well as other abilities. If we don't like the baton being used, lets change security S.O.P as to when it can be deployed instead of blanket taking it away. The only alternative I can think of would be to modify the tazer so that its either single or dual shot, and have it instantly bring people down like it is real life. That way we don't need the baton and antags will have more room to get around a low capacity weapon that doesn't work against voidsuits or any kind of thick clothing / armor. EDIT: I shamelessly stole this from the forums. But I wouldn't mind having the stunbaton removed if the below was true:

There are two sides to this argument, which I will address below: Pro: Having a filter mechanic could be kinda interesting honestly, with some text that comes along near the end being like: 'The mask begins to smell strange, indicating the filter is near the end of it's life'. Or something like that. Then again, having an air tank 'should' allow you to bypass the filters if required because again, it is still a finite source which either doesn't last long, or has to take up a backpack or suit slot. Against: Is it really needed? On a station where people sometimes run around in EVA suits the entire round and simply toggle o2 on and off as required are gas masks really the issue here? Let's not forget that the only people this will mess with are antags who are less likely to have access to filters as science and the ISD would more than likely have ample supply. Let's not forget this is hundreds of years in the future...if you wanted to go for a realism argument. I am sure they found something better than activated charcoal by then. At the end of the day, space is always going to have people which do unrealistic things. If you spot this behavior ahelp it, as there might be a good reason why someone is doing something that you would consider 'a meme'.

Just give this guy their WL already! A great sport OOC, fun to interact with ICly and I genuinely enjoy their characters. As many plus 1s as I can give

Hi, I was there for this and I did my standard shit of taking the moral high ground and asking people to cut it out. All im going to say is this, on a public discord people might not have the context to what you are saying, not everyone will be your friend or possibly understand the banter going on. So while in a group of people you know and understand fuck it, banter is good. All kinds of jokes can come out in those private settings. However, in public it sets a pretty bad precedent for someone to hop onto the Aurora discord and see that conversation ongoing - from a headmin no less. I've been in and around psych hospitals and honestly I don't appreciate that kind of humour. Does Garn need to be removed for something like this? No. Do we need a reminder that what you say in public can be interpretated in different ways by different people? Possibly. I have no doubt in my mind that Garn was not being serious, but perhaps we just need to be more conscious of others.

I really don't like the idea of anyone really carrying around weaponry as a whole. It's your workplace... bringing knives and shit in should be frowned upon, and something to keep to your locker. Editing the contraband charge to better reflect what illegal goods represent how much to fine/brig for is okay. Making it fair game to carry around pocket knives and other weaponry is not

I'm down to make a wood elf ranger or druid - probably a ranger as its my main

It makes sense, sprite is provided and honestly I think it adds flavor to interactions with Thea, a character I already adore. It's believable for the HoP/Captain to have something like this too. Damn office dwellers. +1

No complaints form me, just a quick note to say how I appreciate how quickly this was handled. Anyone who knows me IRL knows I suffer from quite serious anxiety (among other things) so its really helpful to not have this sit for a while. That being said I have no hard feelings with the player of the character from an OOC standpoint, I never wanted to make you hate the round and I apologize for upsetting you in an OOC capacity. Hopefully I can work to rebuild relations with you, or simply keep the distance if preferred.

Yes, she belittled her by completely ignoring her as a detective and seemingly not caring what her input was on the Gonzales battery case. I wanted Eric off and a non-biased officer on to handle it and also to allow me to process them with a more analytical eye. I had been in the meeting with Fernando, Maxwell, Thea and well me so I knew what the problem was. It's not that Gonzales was a bad man and that Maxwell was a psych and that means he must hate him. No. On the contrary Fernando wanted Maxwell to stay in medical as a medical doctor which Maxwell failed to do. Fernando was tired of having a disobedient employee so fired him. A few minutes after this I hear how Gonzales had thrown the person he announced as fired so there was clearly more to the case than a simple battery charge. This is the reason why I don't play Sophie as a Security officer....she is a great detective but an difficult employee to wrestle under your control because Soph has an analytical mind. She wants to know how, why, where, when and what over 'this is technically a charge, book them'. She also doesn't believe half the things she hears about Gonzalo because believe it or not I don't spend a lot of time in the medical bay, I am questioning people or playing my HoS in a way that leaves me too busy. What I do know is that I have never found any of the complaints made about him to be true. Also I want to point out that for a yellow charge, warnings are typically advised over anything else...and intent is the most important thing when it comes to corporate law. Lin, from Sophie's perspective was looking for a way to get a 'technical' charge onto a character she clearly did not like. Which is poor HoSing from an IC or OOC perspective. The captain is in a slightly higher position than you, with clauses in place that state his word is gospel. I am not Fernando, so please don't use something they did as an excuse for your own behavior in a very playground 'well he did it, so that means I can' way. Finally no, as the detective and someone that was trying to pay attention to a lot of situations around the station and also trying to get my chair RP in I acted based on the information I had, which was Maxwell was insubordinate and couldn't be arsed to listen to their CMO, going as far as to try and take RP away from the EMT and anyone else that acted in a 'first response' role. You had also shown quite openly that you did not like Fernando, the way you went about things lead me to believe you were acting out of spite than out of any interest of keeping up the law. They have every right to lay their hands on someone when they are literally giving you the wrong treatment and giving you organ damage. For Lin to act like Gonzales deserved that charge, it should be brought into question how and why they are a Hos. The law IS the law, but let me show you an important clause directly from the wiki. You were so caught up on the WHAT, that you did not seem to care about the WHY. This is my entire job as a detective, so I would have appreciated being given a chance to interview both parties and write a report based on findings. If I found that Gonzales was being an ass then sure, slap that charge on. If I found, which I would have, that he was literally saving your life when why the hell would you want to try and charge him for it? Again, I can only act or say things based on the information I have available to myself. There was literally an argument about who was going to detain Fernando on sec coms, I explained clearly why I did not want it to be Eric at the time and you did not bother stepping in. That entire situation could have been resolved by a simple 'officer Maki take over' or even by just telling me to stand by for now. I had another person on standby with me at medbay to assume control of the arrest. I will take a moment now to show how a situation can be tied up in a round, rather than letting things heat and heat continually. Eric and I butted heads repeatedly, constantly stepping on eachothers toes and otherwise just annoying one another. He PDAs me at the end, decides it was kind of pointless and perhaps we could get a drink to move on. What a mature response and one that completely ended all frustrations. I now have no real IC or OOC issues with him and I am sure we can move on and work as a great team. I never used it as an excuse, I used it to further explain the reasoning for why I said those things and then after the fact realized it was a mistake. This is why I am attempting to apologize to you over the few comments I made in OOC. In my head it was just banter, however it was poorly received banter and therefore I regret it. You don't have to take it if you don't want to. I totally agree that Hawkins acted out of order at the start of the round from an IC perspective, yes. My main motives for doing so was oh hey, I am with the same HoS who I just had a massive falling out with and who Sophie is still extremely frustrated with. Lets just throw it out there. That's what Sophie is, emotional. Could/should you have submitted an IR about her outburst? Yes, absolutely! Could you have handled it differently other than being straight up catty and adding fuel to the fire? Again, yes! But that isn't what happened, as we both know. It would not have been out of place for you to suspend me or take other IC action, however dragging it to an OOC player complaint is still someone I am massively confused about. One thing I would not expect my boss to do was start punch back and acting in a demeaning fashion. Also...wasn't one of the big reasons behind your player complaint due to me being OOCly frustrated that you took my spot or something along those lines? I mean let me grab this quote from the original report: So the fact I was not actively trying to get you fired, and instead was in the captains office to try and sort things out pretty much disputes this. I could make an assumption from this and state the reason you are trying to make this player report over an IR of some kind is that you are hoping to have some administrator action that prevents me from playing HoS. Therefore, no longer taking up the role you wish to play. But, contrary to this I do not believe this is the case. You were upset with my actions IC, took them as OOC angers (which they weren't, id happy invite you over for metaphorical tea) and then once you saw a couple of OOC comments assumed I was out for blood. Natcula, I barely know who you are in an OOC context, I even had to ask around in chat for your Discord so I could explain that I had no issues with you in an OOC capacity. Instead you just tell me you don't want to talk and how a player report has to happen. That's fine, but I wish you allowed me to explain. At the end of that round, myself and a couple of command members went to the bar to talk about if YOUR actions during that round were IR worthy, as you seemed solely interested to try and fuck with Gonzales and were not acting how most of us assumed a HoS should act. We decided that we really could not be bothered and then the conversation came about what everyone was doing after the round. We all decided to take our command slots up then and there, which wasn't really metaclique and more 'hey this might be a fun round if we are all together'. Also can I just say I really hate the tone used in your report, you keep making these wild accusations about me and how I must be out to get you when in reality it is simply you bringing an entirely IC context OOC. You did not 'ruin my meta buddy dream', I said oh come on before all the assets had been loaded in and before I even knew you were going to be HoS. I tried to reasonably continue RP, but you took this as a meta grudge. That's fine, we make mistakes. All in all I think you misunderstood my IC actions as OOC actions while pretending shodan and Sophie are the same person. We are almost stark contrasts. I have had no bad intentions with you and apart from those couple of OOC comments which were just supposed to be a bit of banter, therefore what is this player complaint about? Respect as a HoS is earned, the security department is like herding cats and very difficult to keep under wraps. You happened to upset Sophie and acted in a way which lead her to believe you wanted to try and charge a close friend with almost no basis to do so. Why would I respect you and follow your command blindly. Add in my job as the detective is to challenge and question people to find out who really is to blame and therefore yes, I do have reason to question your own intentions. Having a HoS badge does not mean you are infallible. There are two parts from my end which are questionable, the first being the few OOC comments which I have explained/apologised for and causing an argument during briefing. Aside from this I really do not get this PR and think it's much better suited as an IR which would probably have allowed this issue to be resolved. Anyway, unless anything else is brought into question I am quite content to let administration come to a determination.

Hi - Sophie Hawkins player here, Shodan. I'll address some of these points as I move through the narrative, however I do strongly believe that this should have been an IR over anything OOC. I was not angry with them OOCly for taking the HoS slot, any OOC comments were made in jest and were not to be taken seriously. So - prefacing this with an apology. If anything I said or mentioned in an OOC capacity upset you, or you believe I was acting maliciously I apologize. I never intended to upset you or hurt your feelings in any way, shape or form. Now, allow me to address your complaint point by point. When it comes to Gonzales, Sophie absolutely adores him...she hears people making rumors about them all the time that are never based on anything solid and she always feels the need to defend him. No, this isn't a metabuddy level 'I love resi, so let me defend their character'. This is quite literally years of RP where Sophie has been going around, spending time with a knitting club, having dinner and otherwise enjoying Fernando's company along with his partner Astor. Both of them have been great friends to the redhead when she has had moment's of weakness, generally supporting her when she has been in her darkest places. So - having you in a command role and having you state things such as this: When I have literally had him and his partner suggest ways Sophie can deal with her mental trauma and were supportive...well it came off as a lie to me. I asked Gonzales about it, he brought up a situation mid-round which I had witnessed about him interacting to assist his patient who had mental trauma and I just had no idea why Lin would be saying crap like that. That is when she began to rub Sophie up the wrong way. Anyway I dropped the idea of a slander charge almost as quickly as I mentioned it, borrowed the doctor's ID and tried to have a meeting about how insulting people is generally a bad idea and how you should keep things to yourself. It didn't really work, like 4 people came so I gave up and moved on. Allow me to make a counter argument, if you will about the next point here. You used the loosest possible terminology possible to try and give Gonzales a charge of battery, gave the bare minimal information related to the case, simply mentioning how he had thrown someone. The officer that then volunteered to handle the case had literally mentioned earlier on in the shift, in quite a serious tone that they would have to get their own battery charge if they were around Gonzales. I suspected fowl play, and so tried to get another officer to handle the arrest. You said nothing...absolutely nothing to resolve this issue. I felt ignored and totally useless under your command. I also noted, being the astute detective I am, that Gonzales had thrown this person after he had said on common: Finally, let me link me pretty much pleading for a different officer to take part in the case. Which was pretty much ignored at the time. Lin did not make a single comment during this. At least from what I noticed. I followed Gonzales up to the brig to make sure that he did not get abused during detainment, before continuing to argue with Eric some more. I told him that interviewing suspects was my job as the detective, in which he basically told me I was stepping on his toes so he would step on mine. He goes ahead and fines Gonzales for the battery, Gonzales pays and then we move on from there. At this point I was pissed with Lin in an entirely IC capacity, Sophie was angry and so she decides to go to the captain about it. Moving forward, I was called to the scene of the body, yes. During this time I was in a meeting with the captain, Gonzales and Thea to vent my frustrations about Lin. I also felt like handling a crime scene was more of an FT than a detective role, but I will admit I never checked to see if we had one. I like most of command both on an IC and OOC perspective so it is generally quite fun to vent to them to see what they think. Sophie also wanted to complain about Lin seemingly going out of her way to try and get Gonzales punished, something a HoS should never really do. They should separate themselves from their relationships and just...do things fairly. This is also the difference I have in playing Soph as a Loy implanted individual (much more fair, calm and balanced) over non-loy implanted (more emotional). End of that round. It was extended, so I took the events as cannon. Lin seemed to have some hate-boner towards one of her only close friends and so by association ended up really upsetting Sophie. It wasn't really the direct actions your character did, but partly some of the inaction you made when I actually needed you to step in. Beginning of next round, I took it as being a double shift as sorts - crew were similar, soreness from the previous round and so Sophie interrupts to say how you were out of order. She never got any kind of closure and so carries on the argument. I also thought it would be interesting from an RP perspective - I want to re-clarify this now. I have, and never have had any OOC hate towards you. I am British...we use a lot of sarcasm and digs in an un-serious manner. If I typed something and you misunderstood the meaning that my fault as I should know by now that its hard to read sarcasm over text. Anyway I run off to the captain as I decide that A- OOCly probably starting off like that was a mistake and B- I wanted to get this sorted in a way where we wouldn't be arguing anymore. My intention in going to the captain was not go get you demoted, but instead to simply make it so that we could share the same department. This like in particular was a little frustrating as well: Sophie really doesn't like being called that. Or 'pet' names in general. Its something that went around in her mind and it just seemed like you did not give a fuck. Like if you turned around to the angry Soph and said 'hey, I fucked up but i'd appreciate handling this after briefing' Sophie would have listened to you. Instead you were kinda rude. After I said to Thea how you spoke to me, she suggested that it takes a majority vote to get rid of you. I specifically turned this down because I don't want some shit fest where I have a HoS who might hate me / I hate when I soley play security. I just wanted to resolve it. And if it wasn't for a raider round I probably would have been able to spend time with you in the captain's office, sit with you and explain how I can be an asshole, but how I want to apologize for my side of things when it came down to it. Everyone blaming you for not responding after the captain had called you to the office because of me - again I am sorry for that. Did Sophie act in a way that was emotion fueled and perhaps a little childish? Yes? Was it outside the realms of plausible RP? Not really. Most of it boils down to a large misunderstanding and after this player complaint is concluded I hope to actually move on and rp with you in a reasonable manner. The OOC comments were uncalled for, specifically the ones about the start of round disarray. And I honestly would like to apologize for them. I was just...frustrated at this point? I stayed up for this round, watched you seemingly just vanish off into cryo without any mention of anything and then when I took over the situation I managed to get things under control. By this point my brain was on sleepy tired mode and this was supposed to highlight how I called you away so it really wasn't your fault...but I guess I worded it kinda shitty. Let me handle the final part of your complaint with a single paragraph. I never wanted or attempted to demote you. I never OOCly desired to have you removed from a role, no matter how angry my character was with you at any moment in time. Was I frustrated at the start of the round? No...more disappointed. I agreed with a bunch of command members at the end of that round that I would go HoS if they would take their own command roles once again. It was going to be a super cool command dream team that were going to work well together, and I even asked nicely in OOC if I could have the role. I ended up not getting it, which was upsetting but nothing too drastic. I have had plenty of rounds were I have played under other heads of security, just ask @Aboshedab or the player of Joeseph Lock if I act like a child that did not get the sweet they wanted. They will tell you otherwise. In conclusion I don't really understand why this is a player complaint? I understand if you believed that I had some bad intentions in an OOC capacity - but believe me when I say this was all IC. I never wanted it to be something that upset you - instead I wanted us to eventually shake hands and move on in the captains office. The round type did not allow for this, sadly and due to you completely ignoring me on discord I was never able to explain my side. Well here you are. Tagging @Resilynn as they had a massive involvement in this round, as well as @Contextual and @ShesTrying. There were a few more than can chime in as needed I guess. Let's get @Nantei in too as well as @Bear

This - I am sick and tired of working to try and dispel some of the 'memes' about security, only to have people like you acting in such an appalling way and making my department look utterly brain dead. I was there for this round, constantly I was getting reports about you acting like a jackass. Causing disturbances near the bar, the afore mentioned charging a shark with your baton. Part of this was security being mostly off duty - so I will take some small element of the blame as in a standard round you would have been brigged and suspeded long before it escalated. I honestly think you need to take a step back and look at how your actions appear and how they affect other people. You certainly should not have access to security gear but that is my two cents. The beach party was my first impression of you, and I honestly was not impressed.

CCIA Staff Application Basic Information Byond key: shodan43893 Character names: Sophie Hawkins (Previously Sophie Rifler) - Head of Security Unity - Security Officer Zana - AI/Stationbound Faith Webb - Head of Personnel Alicia Lovejoy - Phoron Researcher Age: 21 Timezone: GMT What times are you most available?: After university or pretty much any time during the holidays (6/7pm onwards to 2am really during term) Experience How long have you played SS13?: Three or four years, started out on Paradise Station before I eventually desired to find something a little less chaotic and more roleplay focused. That is when I came onto Aurora, noting the HRP tag. How long have you played on Aurora?: Roughly two years now, off and on as my life used to be pretty unstable in terms of being able to access a computer. Now life has quieted down and I am am pretty active once more. How active on the forums, discord and/or server are you? I tend to lurk on the forums and discord, mostly taking an active presence on the server playing my HoS (because I am clearly a masochist) and slowly venturing out to try other roles. With Discord I tend to read most things and leave a response if I feel like it will add something to the conversation, and finally I use the forums mostly to just read up on stuff (and complain about departmental security). Have you ever been banned, and if so, how long and why?: Never on Aurora (well technically I did once but it was a false flag) - however I was banned on Paradise as it was my own personal period of...getting all my shittyness out I guess? I believe its like the quote I once saw about programming - everyone has some degree of crappiness within them that they have to get out before the good stuff can come along. My good stuff is now here and I am not afraid to admit I used to have a bad part which I have finally worked away. Have you ever volunteered as moderation staff for any other servers, SS13 or otherwise?: Used to do a lot of moderation with ArmA 2/3 takistan life servers, dealing with general complaints and refunding equipment that was 'armarised' (IE - generally vanished or broken due to how buggy ArmA can be sometimes). Have also done my fair share of discord moderation as well as running a couple of Gmod servers back in the day. Do you have any other experience that you believe would be relevant to a position in the CCIA?: Working in customer service roles, if you find it applicable. I have had to deal with a lot of different cases that have to be carefully analysed and dealt with to avoid both making the company look dumb and upsetting the customer. Being fair, polite and professional even when you think someone is a dumbass is my bread and butter. Personality Why do you want to join the CCIA?: Funnily enough what originally made me want to apply for CCIA was having an IR filed against my character (Sophie Rifler at the time) and seeing how it was dealt with. Observing how it wasn't just a bwionk and how there was actually some interaction there, some room for character development was extremely interesting to me. It's not often on RP servers where such an entity fills this purpose ICly, instead admins solving issues in an OOC capacity. I would love to be apart of such an organisation. I originally made a detective character for a reason - I love getting both sides of the story, looking into witness accounts and simply trying to get to the bottom of a case before handing out a fair punishment that leaves room for further roleplay over a blanket 'get fired'. What do you think are the most important qualities for a CCIA Agent to possess?: I believe the most important trait a CCIAA can possess is a purely professional, corporate, unbiased outlook on situations so that they can be handled fairly in the eyes of NanoTrasen. Being able to separate IC and OOC is extremely important too, so while I might be best friends with someone in an OOC capacity ICly I need to treat them as if they are just another worker that I owe no favors to. They will be handled justly, and be given an appropriate punishment for what they have done. I think a spark of creativity is important too...give a punishment that best fits the crime...make it relate in a way that can be interesting an add on to a character. What do you think the purpose of a CCIA Agent is in an ongoing round?: From what I understand, in server the purpose of a CCIAA is to respond to faxs, turn up to the station to question suspects, witnesses and accusers in IR cases as well as making CentCom announcements if required. They are the pencil pushers and desk jockeys that keep the corporate cogs turning during a round without ruining it with the silly 'confirmation' faxes. You know the ones...a centcom announcement is made by an antag which is believable, but immediately someone gets the bright idea of 'lets fax to double check'. I mean if you have reason to suspect it sure...but in general those irk me quite a bit. Instead I believe that CCIA certainly have the capability to help push a round along, sometimes siding with the gimmick if it is interesting and believable. What do you think the purpose of a CCIA Agent is outside of the server?: Outside of the server they co-ordinate with involved parties in an IR case to arrange for a time and date to get on the server for a proper interview and generally chase up IRs until conclusion. As an OOC entity CCIA exists as another form of moderation which deals with things on a more IC level than an OOC one. Where an admin may bwoink, warn and ban a CCIAA exists to interview, assess and give a punishment which more impacts the character than the player, allowing for more positive changes in the long run in my opinion. How do you handle stress?: I believe I handle stress very well these days, I have had a lot of things happen IRL which have forced me to grow up and take situations with a level head. I am often able to overcome problems that are stressing me out by taking some space, thinking about it carefully and coming back calm and collected. I know when I am getting overworked and am able to stick a hand up and ask for assistance when those times come. How well do you work autonomously?: I am able to capably work alone without someone watching over my back, as university life has forced me to learn how pretty quickly. Unlike school, Uni involves a lot of self study, time management and generally good discipline if you want to get some decent grades. That being said I am not afraid to ask for help when dealing with a challenging situation, or if I am forced to handle it alone can generally work out what needs to be done at the end of the day. I never need to be prompted to get on task, as I hate leaving things unattended.

I really enjoyed the trained shark - I fed it..played ball with it and generally had a fantastic time. Can now say I rode a shark IC which is fun. Wish I knew there were no comms. CCIAA had us set up some discreet security detail but I couldn't ever talk to them because nobody had bounced radios. 9/10 Really good event. Wish I knew I would have no coms tho. Setting was brilliant and time flew by.

Hello - Player of Unity here! Allow me to add from my point of view. I started the round not knowing who the other tators were (obviously) and so decided after seeing a contract that I would have been reprogrammed by a synthetic movement, tasked with getting the captain to make an announcement before killing them and leaving a note on their corpse (they were a skrell, which kind of aided with the narrative). After blowing up fuel tanks in a couple of different areas around maint as a distraction for security, I went for a meeting with the captain and had a lovely scenario with them. It was calm and collected from both sides and the player of the captain expressed how they enjoyed it. Security moved in, Unity dropped a few pepperspray grenades but were otherwise detained fairly peacefully after surrendering. This is where things get a little fucky. The warden is fully kitted out for combat and begins to drag me around after I have been cuffed, I begin to announce to the station that I completed my objective of killing the captain, of which my radio gets ordered to be taken away. I find this fair - as they do not want crew to become panicked or whatever. However what happened next shook me to the bone. Shadow and I had not organised this - so I was happy to find a Durand arriving to save me, none the less piloted by an IPC which added into the 'synthetic movement narrative. A laser cannon is pointed at the warden, and my release is ordered. The warden decides to completely ignore the Durand, grab me and begin to walk towards the mech. I believe another warning is issued, however the warden just sprint-drags me off to the security wing with no RP of any sort. It really spoiled the round not for me, but for shadow and the other parties involved I believe. Once I am taken to the security wing I am full stripped apart from my uniform and tossed into solitary. From then on I am essentially left there for the rest of the round. Luckily I manged to beg the AI for release and finally got to RP a little bit...but the warden powergamed hard and removed me from the round by placing me in an area where I could not communicate or do anything. It sucked.