Zelmana

I completely agree with Carver. I feel like a lot of comfy RP nights are ruined by someone calling round at 2 hrs. It will often be 11pm EST and pop will be like 35 in crew but then within 15 minutes go to about 10 pop (or less) because people don't want to stay another 2 hours which by then is past midnight. I wish there was some way to unironically extend minimum round time- but also I appreciate 2 hour roundtime when there are hectic rounds and pop is healthy midday. 2hr vote time has its pros and cons but maybe moreso Cons as our population has stagnated.

Reporting Personnel: Sean Brianne Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Captain, SCCV Horizon Game ID: cki-ced7 Personnel Involved: Sean Brianne, Captain: Complaint Filer, Witness Daniel Griffin, Medical Doctor: Witness Ben Doritz, Medical Intern: Complaintee/Other Secondary Witnesses: Daniel Griffin, Medical Doctor Time of Incident: Continuous Real Time: (E.g 0330GMT 8/10/22) Location of Incident: Medical Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [ ] - Neglect of Duty [ ] - Harassment [ ] - Assault [ ] - Misconduct [x] - Other | Records Falsification, Anomalies & Errors Department Overview of the Incident: Intern Ben Donitz has numerous conflicting stories concerning their background. They appear to be incompetent in basic medical knowledge for their role, and upon questioning they give odd answers. Complaintee claims they were working for the Coalition of Colonies on a secret 'black ship' where they developed cryogenics in 2278. They claim to be born in 2249. The complaintee claims they have been in cryogenic state since then, and that they hail from Jupiter. Despite this they do not speak Sol Common. Their records state that due to their cryogenic sleep they suffer from 'Mosaic Memory' disruptions. Due to their disruptions impacting their medical knowledge, I have placed them on suspension for the remainder of my shift. Submitted Evidence: See internal records Would you like to be personally interviewed?: [ ] - Yes [x] - No Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: N, Filer is Cmd Actions taken: Suspension due to inaccurate medical knowledge and possible sanity issues Additional Notes: Please make reference in system for quick resolution- suspension systems only allow for per-shift actions. They appear to be a possible hazard for medical care of crew. [This document has been stamped by a cryptographic seal indicating it has come from Captain Sean Brianne.]

Yes- thank you. I think you might be the only person who really gets what I'm request from a species whitelist standpoint. Let's quit wasting time and telling people no when we know they have no chance- you can fake a good whitelist app within a few hours even without logging onto the server AT ALL- but you'll only know (or maybe not, maybe just regurgitate wiki) about 1 species. By discouraging an app of any sort until they've played a few rounds this would help that. I think even for species whitelist.

@Lucaken Right- and this is suggestion is more of a courtesy to the applicant than to the reviewer. If they have only been around for 10 rounds they would know perhaps applying is not in their best interest.

And that's why I suggested this- some of the recent applicants have only played quite literally a couple or a handful of rounds (less than 10). I emphasize "very minor". I think making a bare minimum for Command is a step in the right direction, but I still feel that someone who has played only 10 rounds should be permitted to apply for IPC, Skrell, Vaurca, Diona, etc. Anyone can do research on the species and apply and play, but I think some roundplay is necessary to make sure they know.... general things. Sol, where we are at in the Spur, recent conflicts, etc. I understand that is able to be determined through simple recognition, and there's no official roundcount variable in player info. I just would prefer we not waste peoples times and place within the formats that unless you've played a good handful of rounds you will likely be dismissed. That way people don't spend 1-2 hours creating an app whereas they could (and should) learn the info over time by playing.

That is what I am supporting. Instead of applicants wasting their time, they will realize they don't even meet a minimum requirement of playtime.

I've noticed that there has been a trend recently of some players who play a handful of rounds and then apply for a species or command whitelist. While I do not wish to see newer players to the community discouraged from whitelisted roles, I would caution us in thinking it's okay to let all these folks research and write up characters for the application process to be denied on roundcount. I believe the scenarios is new players to the community are encountering a roadblock, they see we may have some nice lore and be eager to craft a character. However, we all know that our lore is very developed. Even more experienced players might struggle with the breadth of lore. A new player doing a solid research on a species one-pager can making a 'passing' whitelist, but clearly there is desire to have them be more well rounded in the community before applying, thus the denial. For the sake of everyone's time, could we add a question to all the whitelists basically with a Y/N to "Have you completed x many rounds in game" "been in the community this long" or similar. Obviously there is some problems with that but a rough idea of roundcount might not be that bad.

+1 simply due to a great roleplay sense as well as good playtime, activity, and history.

I would rather like to see a more tenured player take any open moderator positions- simply put I don't think you've been around long enough. The short time you have been here I have seen some of the questionable rp or roundflow issues as stated in the other opinions above. I think with time I could submit a neutral response but until then I would suggest remaining a player and bettering RP. Sorry if this is too similar to Schev's opinion which I just now read.

I've noticed this as well. There is a lot missing in some fairly trafficked areas. None in the pool, holodeck, a lot of starboard is missing holopads.

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@Shadow

I was not present for the event, but I read over the Command briefing regarding the incident. I believe that of course we were justified in our actions of handing over the phoron. I agree with the overall sentiment that there was not much option. That's completely fine and expected. However, I do find it odd that the FSF would aim at the SCC's crown jewel and expect no retaliation. Yes, we were unarmed, but 1) there's contracts in place for their protection of us and 2) the SCC could very easily have every FSF ship blown to shit in a matter of days or hours if they desired. I don't have much frustration but rather a bit of questioning on the FSF's seemingly careless approach, maybe even the audacity they have at doing this to us. And we "renegged" the contract? Who is "we"? I certainly hope SCC Shipyard did not allow for this- I would have expected Shipyard to tell the FSF to expect bluespace artillery if they even think of doing something like that again.

@Gem Please tell me you didn't add one way exit for security. I think that'd be an oversight on escapees.

Bump

AIs, as a almost all-seeing entity certainly have a huge level of responsibility when it comes to balanced playstyle and allowing the flow of the round to occur naturally. As a player since 2015 I have seen multiple policy decisions in trying to enforce some sort of discretion control for AIs when it comes to reporting and interacting with antagonists. Up until the AI whitelist the general playerbase was trusted with making that choice themselves, but I agree with the fact that AIs are now whitelisted similar to Command. AIs have the ability to completely shutdown an antagonist gimmick within 30 seconds of arrival, if they are "on their A-game" of observation and utilizing their sensor suite to the fullest. Something I believe I am capable of. However, the point of any role within an HRP server is to further roleplay and encourage player dynamics as well as possible while also being considerate of the ruleset. Therefore, AIs must take creative leeway when responding, and especially in detection of antagonist players to not ruin roleplay. As a former sec/HoS main this is concept I'm familiar with. Turning a blind eye or allowing for some simple explanations for some things is acceptable and requires some good knowledge of game-modes. An example of this is having the discretion to turn a blind eye to some atmospherics alerts say when a merc is breaking their way into maintenance. To instantly report that to security or engineering would be foul play if say its 30 minutes into round and there has yet to be any sort of escalation. An additional sidenote to this is that in my experience as Captain this can be roleplayed well with. AIs are a tool to be used by administration and crew. To listen into security frequency is nice, but to always 24/7 track and report the location of wanted individuals spoils the roleplay potential of manhunt. Tracking and using "visual scans of the station" to find wanted individuals is fine, permitted you do not abuse it constantly. This can be controlled by mainly only doing this when crew/sec/command request you search for x character. This can be a tricky one. Yes, depending. Due to the nature of our canon 4 AI laws, and that their nature is non-preferential, you can have many situations that involve this scenario of "Disobey an Order". I would like to take note that upon the playing field of the round there are tons of variables that go into this decision. If this were a SAT math problem I would put "not enough information", but since this is a hypothetical question I'll do my best to explain with short bursts of logic. The default result of a conflict between the lawset is inaction. Inaction from a Command order is resistance of order and therefore breaks one of the lawsets. There is a logical cascade failure in this if the player is purely logical. Therefore, similar to the previous question, 3rd variables must take into account to determine severity, response type, and level of "inaction" or action to be taken upon such a dire law confliction. This isn't Space Odyssey and AIs aren't HAL. This one is more simple. Thanks. Either if or not present, "the AI is not a sixth command member." Utilizing the EBS with Command Staff present should be done with the consent of staff. If things are going relatively fine, you shouldn't utilize it at all. However, if things start going south, and the Captain is running around on Code Red with a shotgun, you may subtly remind the Captain of your ability to contact shipyard with a standard status update. More often than not, the Captain or other Command would direct you to do this. Doing so without the expressed consent of Command, without asking or alerting Command about the potential alert, is bad AI play. You are a tool, not an overseer. Without Command staff, you are still a tool. You should, once again, not act as a 6th member of the command structure. However, upon the escalation of the round you should consider sending EBS when things get expressly dire. As former HoS and current Captain main, this is something I think I am familiar working with. It takes some measure of constraint- you should not be calling EBS or CC unless shit is royally fucked. Standard Situation Reports are another story, of course, but should typically be avoided to allow for concise descriptive requests to SCC upon more advanced escalation of round.

BYOND key: Zelmana Discord name: Zelm#0001 Borg / AI names: None of recent. Haven't played much Borgs for a year or so. I play a lot of IPC and feel IPC play is more similar to AI playstyle. Have you read the Aurora wiki page about the AI? Yes. Why do you wish to be on the whitelist? I really enjoyed the AI playstyle for years. I recall before NBT there being a decent amount of quality AI RP notably with characters like Borealis. Although we have an okay AI population now, I would like to see an AI renaissance in myself. As someone who has played Aurora for a long time I feel as though I have a great read on a majority of lore and can portray a state of the art intel system well, while not dominating the round. Like slaved IPCs, AIs should be helpful tools and provide RP flair to the round and build the universe's technological setting to be more believable. Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? I have received some administrative actions since my time playing from 2015. Spans of years between warnings. Most/all have expired except one recent forum point due to my most recent status update. I disagree with the ruling but it is so minor I am not pursuing any reruling unless it would impact this whitelist request. Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Yes.

Looks like im going to need to set a new hot phoron speed record

If I'm really being pedantic, it's a form of force RP.