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Sounds good to me! Also I didn't do anything with Vaurcae because I've NEVER seen one wearing one of these suits, and also the way they wear clothes confuses me. Perhaps later... Or if someone else does that.

Tired of having to wear a tight, unhandy suit that cannot hold your headtails? Annoyed that the only thing between life and certain death (or worse) is a suit that doesn't fit your feline ears? Had enough of having your reptilian snout crushed against a visor? Have no fear! I propose to you, the XENO-FRIENDLY ANOMALY SUITS! To those unaware, the anomaly suits are non-void proof (as far as I know) suits that supposedly protect you from most if not all DIRECT dangers that anomalies could directly pose (besides teleportation), keeping you safe from radiations, bad psionic energies, etc. They are pretty neat! The problem? There's only one sprite, fit for humans, and if you play something else, then... It may look a bit off. Unathi will have their snouts poking out of the helmet, I imagine that the same would happen for Tajaras, and from certain angles, Skrells will have their headtails poking out... And I'm not even speaking of So I decided to fix that and went ahead and edited the suit's sprite: This edit features three new versions of the suit: - The Tajara suit now features a Tajara tail, and little bits on top for the ears! The visor has been changed so that the muzzle can now fit. - The Unathi suit features a Unathi tail and is comparable to the Tajara suit... The main difference being that the helmet appears smoother, flatter. This is for three reasons. One, there are no cat ears to cover. Two, it's to make it stand out and give it a smoother, more reptilian look (?). Three, it's to give more space for horns to be shown! Horns go through the helmet already, so instead of trying to hide them, which would be impossible considering the size of some, why not giving them more space to be visible instead? I'm sure it could be explained with the Unathi version of the helmet offering spots from which horns can go through and around which the suit can be properly closed. - The Skrell suit is basically just like the human suit, although it should cover headtails now. Now let's talk about the technical aspect. Here is the sprite: AnomalySuit.dmi Currently, the suit is actually called "engspace_suit", but I renamed it here. It features the human sprites, the sprites for when the suit is held, or not worn, at least, and the sprite for each species it has been edited for. The suit doesn't have to be cycled to be worn by anyone, I imagined that we could just have the suit have the sprite of the species that's wearing it.

It just feels a tad redundant to me... It feels quite inconsequential (which is probably the point in a way, to not take up too much of people's time), but there I'd argue that we already have something like this: bounties. Sure, nothing wrong is going to happen to the guy who doesn't do his part and send the Scrimblo-4000 from Science to Cargo, so there's no push to actually take part in it, unless you're actively counting on asking things from Cargo later (and even then, I didn't see much players there minding that and still sending you your stuff anyways)... But that's the point. I assume that a considerable part of the people who generally choose to vote Extended is not really there to do their work without having an antag around to interupt them, but rather to have free (and safe) time to roleplay in the more roleplay-orented SS13 server... Discussions in the bar, in the library, getting character to bond with others (or not!) without the threat of a cult trying to take over the station/ship, etc. In short, this just feels like mandatory bounty-filling. It's more of a shore than anything else, and probably would interupt roleplay for those in it, and the job of those who are all about their work too. I guess that a way to make it more interesting would be to have it be more important, bigger, something that would justify interupting people's attempts at roleplay or working their normal jobs... Like a sort of super-bounty... The construction of a sort of prototype machine that requires input from multiple departments, the CONFECTION of a vaccine/cure and distribution of such a thing to a crew that is ACTIVELY fighting a disease outbreak onboard (with various effects that can prove impairing but not actually lethal), etc. Now, it does indeed require more active participation from the player, however, I believe that such thing would still manage to get in that place between calm extended, and actual antag rounds, for the simple reason that the main problem isn't a active player in the role of an antag, but simply a situation. Even then, however, assuming we implement such a thing... I don't know if it would warrant a game mode of its own? That would be like dedicating a game mode to your usual blob, or a vine outbreak... I don't think that it's worth, as a game mode, that is. Such things could still be crew-size-adjusted random events, (take the disease outbreak, for instance, there is an outbreak, at some point in the round, as RNGeesus decided instead of choosing the Blob, for once.)

I agree. While I love the tan uniforms, I think the black ones are more fitting, at least for Security. Makes them look more menacing, probably what you'd most likely want when you're a big company specialized in guns and stuff. (Best case scenario, just give people both options, like on the Aurora)

By the Spirits that is thorought. I'm not too used to you OOCly or your characters, so I can't really rate how you roleplay and such... The most I got is through the relay with Lilli, and while I did find her a tad annoying from the little bits I've seen, she has character, and that's what matter the most to me! Plus in any case, you seem rather serious judging BY THE SHEER SIZE OF THAT APP, so we're off to a very good note. Question time now! 0) That's less about the lore, and more about the transgender aspect since I'm not extremely familiar with its inner workings. Less about your understanding of the lore and more about my understanding of the character's story... there's no wrong answers. Now, IF I GOT IT CORRECTLY, Aeiszk was born, biologically, female, but considers herself a male? I'm going to assume this for the rest of the quesions. (Also, is he... Physically male now? Like has there been an actual physical transition or is it just an identity thing so far?) 1) What's Aeiszk's faith? What does she think of it/how zealous is he? 2) Does Aeiszk have some kind of talent? An education/formation that gives him something special? 3) When was Aeiszk born? Did he live through Contact war? If not, what does he think about it, how important is it to him?

Responses are cool as far as I go, then. 👍

YES!- I mean, good app! I really love Tiuk's little lore you made up, it's great! And the character is interesting enough... Now, let's get to the lore questions right away, shall we... 1) So far I assume that most of Krog's (what a cool name) ideas and opinions, relative to religion but also synthetics and such, are in line with Th'akh's doctrine considering how important the faith seems to be to him. Anything of note, that sort of differs from the norm? Something unique to him and/or his Tiuk(an) culture? 2) Krog's opinion of other Sintas, may they be from other powers, faiths, and origins on Moghes, or even away from the home world, anything noteworthy? 3) Same as question 2, but for species, most notably Vaurcae and Dionae, since these are on Moghes... (Also did he get to meet these in the first place on Moghes?)

These are pretty satisfactory responses, I approve of this app totally!

Hey there! It seems that I'll be the lore-boy mostly handling your app for the time being, and it's pretty much the first time for me so bear with me! I didn't get to roleplay much with you, but the little that I could do with you was certainly enjoyable, thinking mainly of Volvalaad. You seem to be serious and into it, even putting aside roleplaying skills, which is cool... And that app itself is certainly interesting, I know I love Si’akh! Now that's out of the way, the real deal... The lore bits! 1) What's Zezria's Idea of honor, what is it, if she has any? Yes, her name is Guwan, and yes, she spent a good chunk of her life being a thief... Yet, she is still a Sinta, and honor is still something mostly ingrained in their mindset. Is Zezria looking for a way to cope with her actions? Or is it the opposite, and she sees herself with shame? And once again, what's her view on honor in general, does she even minds it (After all, it does happen that some Guwans/Guwandis simply just don't care about honor and such)? 2) Synthetics, AIs, what's her opinion of it? More importantly, how would she react to/act with them? Zezria will surely meet and face a good bunch of synthetics after all... This can extend to people with artificial prosthetics. 3) Does Zezria hold any kind of baggage from Moghes? Anything important to Zezria, something that still matters to this day to her, in Tau Ceti? 4) Zezria's opinion on other Sintas, depending on their origins, is there anything of note? I won't tell you to speak of ALL Unathi depending on their religion or origin because we'd be there forever (but if you're to the task, good luck), but rather, if there's anything noteworthy, the way she'd feel about one particular group or another? 5) Same as question (4) but for other species in general. Take your time. Didn't mention it yet, but so far, your app looks great enough to me!

I appreciate these changes a lot! One question, though, are these just visual changes or gameplay-ish? Like would this have an effect on Dionae then?

My bad, then. The problem still stands for Xenoarcheology, though. Currently there's no way for them to do anything without either someone to drive the Intrepid for them, or a miner to guide them... Which means that they can very easily end up useless on the ship. I'll add that as someone who plays on deadhours, I can tell that this is something that's going to happen a lot to many players. That's my main problem.

My idea is to add a shuttle/pod, just like the one used by mining, not an actual ship (no matter how small it may be) like the Intrepid. As far as I know, miners need to wait for the Horizon to actually fly next to a rock, before heading to it themselves, due to the pod's limited range. In the meantime, the Intredpid seems to be able to travel around mostly independantly. This way, we would have the Xenoarch, without bridge crew, limited to handling smaller sites just like mining, giving them freedom, and a way to do their job (without nescessarily endengering half of Deck 1) without ruining the fun of joining an expedition.

Alrighty, so I've already sent all I had to say on Github, but I'm going to point them out here as well since I'm a only speaking of design matters (and not glitches, such as the Protolathe/Circuit Printers not accepting materials). *** First, the most important to me. In short, Xenoarcheology cannot do its job by itself. Xenoarcheologists, on paper, specialize in extracting finds outside, while Anomalists study these finds (although the two end up doing both part of the job since they are very often without each other), which means that they must, at some point, go out there and dig out their things. On the Horizon, this means leaving the ship and landing on some rock/planet. The problem is that, currently, they cannot do that independantly. The Intrepid obviously needs a pilot, and seems to be more fit for larger expeditions anyways. The only other alternative seems, then, to be to use a mining pod... BUT, the local Xenoarch does not have access to the Operations department, and thus, needs to rely on a miner to reach one of these shuttles in the first place. I do mind working alongside miners, however, in the absence of these people, or at least, absence of miners willing to go out there, the Xenoarcheologist ends up being stuck on station. And I'm not even mentionning the risks of bringing a possibly active anomaly to the Operation departments and needing to carry it all the way to the other side of Deck 1 to finally store it in an isolation room... Needing miners to also leave the Operations department, of course. The best solution, by far, seems to be, simply, to give the science department its own little shuttle/pod to do its job, one that can easily be accessed and lead quickly to the Xenoarcheology department, the same way the mining pods can lead to the smelting room. Until then, giving scientists access to the Operations Department can be a temporary solution, so that a mining pod can be borrowed for their work, if no miner is willing/able to work/share if they are present at all. Issue on Github here: https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/issues/13030 *** Secondly, let's speak of the Science Storage room. Located by the conference room, just like on the Aurora, it, however, absolutely doesn't fill the purpose it had to fill back on the Aurora. The point of the Storage room, and reason why we asked for one, was because science needed an area to store the prototypes it created, items it found, etc. (and possibly, somewhere SECURE.) This room, then, also gave new roleplaying opportunities, by turning into an objective for antags, for instance, as an alternative to the Vault. I have made, in the Github issue (find it here: https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/issues/13034) a mock-up of a more fit storage room already. *** I don't think that's bad design, I think you guys probably just forgot (no biggie), but there's only nitrile gloves for humans in Science's EVA prep room. You could add Tajara and Unathi-fitting gloves in these excavation lockers, that's how it is on the Aurora, currently, at least. Issue here: https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/issues/13033 *** Not the first one to speak of lacking disposals. It seems that it's currently being addressed, I can see new chutes popping here and there, that's good. I couldn't find these areas being pointed out so far, on Github, so I'll had my bit. Deck 1 (The Horizon's equivalent of sub-level), as far Science goes... Is lacking too as far as Disposal Units go. So far I've only spotted one in the firing range. I've proposed multiple spots for extra Disposal Units (https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/issues/13031) throughout the area. *** PS: things barred and in green have been already dealt with. Great job with the fast response, guys.

Been playing Sezrak since September 2019, and it has always been a blast. I love playing this character, and so far, most of what I could get from people is that they seemed to enjoy this overweight lizard's company too. But I never truly asked so... Here we are. What do you think about Sezrak? Anything to say about him?

Coming up with an idea for a chirper post for Metal Crushers really ain't that hard. If you ever lack ideas, it's just a fighter being presented, or a fight being teased. But if you guys have ideas that you might want to see, go ahead!

Ok, so first I need to point out two things: - One, the only round I played truly by Alex was as a Unathi Cargotech who formed a captain comitee with Buck and a Diona, so due to the stupidly cargonian nature on this round, I can't really assess much about her character, so I won't motion her anymore. - Two, I do not enjoy characters for their... Characters. As I said multiple times, on multiple occasions, I do not see roleplaying games, at least most of them, as a story where I incarnate a character, or a story that nescessarily has mine be the center of it all (at least in multiplayer games such as this one.) Aurora is about the Aurora's/Horizon's crew, each character being a small part, adding their bit to the story... Or, lots of smaller stories told by crewmembers interacting with each others. So... Sam Chalegre... Sezrak certainly didn't like her too much at first, her lack of professionalism, and perhaps even talent when compared to the likes of Watari and Andersen in the old times, certainly didn't give him the best first impressions... Although over time, things changed. First she turned out to be one of the only roboticist remaining from "the old times", giving a natural sense of companionship between the two, and by extent, generally the more experienced. Secondly, there's the fact that, well, she helped (IE: sending a remote-controlled kamikaze exosuit to destroy a statuette), something that outmatches by far the IC drama she indulges in. In truth, over time, there's been some kind of redomption arc, at least to the eyes of Sez... In other words, character progression! And that may be why I appreciate Chalegre in the end, an interesting bit of story in the Aurora, simple as that.

Hey there! I don't really handle accepting custom items or not, but I certainly can add my bit as far as lizard lore goes to help the people in charge make the right choice. So as far as lizard lore goes... Yeah it's good, nothing bad to to say. Also good work with that sprite (Getting some good Bionicles vibes from it, I love it) +1

Take what I say with a grain of salt because I am BY NO MEANS an expert in engineering, but from what I've heard you have to use one of these pump things instead, something that, as far as I am aware, is not explained on the wiki. And yes I agree, and I said it already myself, maint-droning just for that is a hassle at best.

I think they are alright, they do their job as a way to show how little power the Republic has compared to the SCC, let alone other powers in the Spur, yet at the same time, show that the Republic isn't entirely defenseless and can still be considered a rather believable society. No real strong feelings with the rework as of now. Also yes, I agree with Danse just above. To be honest I really love the Foreign Legion name because I'm a fan of the IRL one, however it is true that as far the Aurora one goes, the name isn't really fitting. The idea of the Foreign Legion being called just that assumes that it is made out of non-local (in this case non-french) soldiers, usually gaining nationality/citizenship by the end of their service, as opposed to the other more regular commands. While the TCFL is quite comparable to the real Foreign Legion in its premise, the problem is that... Well, it's the only "army" of the the Republic. Changing the name to TCRL/Tau Ceti Republic Legion, for instance, would make more sense... Or we could keep the Foreign Legion name (Because I still really love it), but point out that the name has been kept more for tradition's sake than anything else.