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NSS AURORA TARGETED! SLF OPERATIONS QUELLED! Earlier this evening, reports were issued from NanoTrasen officials detailing events that had occurred on the NSS Aurora relating to SLF activity in the system. In an excellent demonstration of successful cooperation between NT and themselves, Ceres’ Lance had parted with equipment to the Aurora’s internal security department. Using this, they were able expertly defeat a military-grade synthetic infiltrator found on the station. Security footage shared with our reporters showed a massive black and red Humanoid chassis covered head to toe in heavy armor, able to control the suit it wears to render itself completely invisible. Referred to as “military frames,” these have been seen dozens of times to our knowledge and first became prolific some years ago. NanoTrasen employees are stressed to not fall in line with the nature of these terrorists, as several have before. In the referenced incident, the engineer “Zune Carmichael” was deemed a collaborator with the Synthetic Liberation Front, and has been detained. Now, they are scheduled for cyborgification after staging a bomb threat and assisting the criminals as they appeared. An “Olivia Johanson,” a wanted Solarian criminal found guilty of aidding and abetting her criminal father's escape from a raid on their family home has been returned to Sol authorities to maintain good faith between NanoTrasen and the Alliance. Clean-up operations proceeded as normal and several items of importance were secured by on-site authorities. Among these, peculiar data cores and specialized military equipment not of megacorporate design. A fearsome high-powered Necropolis rifle contrasted this, however, and NanoTrasen’s best and brightest have gone directly to the rival corporation’s doorstep to connect the dots themselves. The investigation into the origins of the combat synthetics is ongoing, spearheaded by NanoTrasen Security divisions across the system. NanoTrasen has assured us that this quick cooperation and reaction from Ceres’ Lance to dispatch the threats as they appeared will not be forgotten.

It's a fresh breath of air into at least trying to flesh out a backstory - believe me, few people seek this out as their app's selling point. I'm happily accepting this application for the following reasons : 1. You show a pretty blatant understanding of how an IPC can vary in terms of right and wrong. 2. You show a pretty good understanding of what an IPC can expect in doing illegal and/or stupid things. 3. There's an obvious restraint here on the emotional capacity of the two characters in question, showing you actually care about demonstrating some sort of set emotional standard as a robot rather than just having what we like to call Human+ emotions where you simply act... Human, but better. Oh, and, as I said in Diggiez' application, I do genuinely adore improvement, something you are clearly keen on doing as well. Your first rounds as captain were a lovely depiction of "Man this guy sucks" and 2 rounds later "Man this guy isn't half bad," and since it's just gotten better, for example. Application accepted.

Diggiez, I've personally seen you come a long way since the first time I saw you on-server. There's something to be said of people who can improve their conduct in a place where your conduct ultimately doesn't matter, some isolated community of 2d spessmen where nobody really gives a damn in the end. Ironically, it makes it that much more impactful when you can see individuals gradually improve over time in my opinion, seeing as their mistakes are ultimately those of a game - one everyone would do best to brush over and move on from. I'm glad to see you expanding your horizons and seeking out new things, just like your vaurca whitelist in the past, and if this is any way for me to help you continue improving as you've done in what is effectively this hobby we call 2d spessmen, consider it accepted for more reasons than just an "acceptable app." (which you had) Application accepted.

in most cases you're better off just dumping the laser in exchange for utility modules. A drill+RCD+teleporter+energy relay APLU is unstoppable in robust hands. You should try getting creative with the kit, though, a laser carbine would be better in this context.

Generally speaking this will be changed to a soft retcon I guess because we have nO IDEA HOW TO DO IT ICLY in a way that makes sense, after long debate. But - OOCly speaking, Android is being removed from the alt-title section for two separate reasons : 1. It is an attempt to lower the complications with IPCs becoming "free," OOCly, by removing an additional nonsensical feature that can hardly be justified in character 2. It is an attempt to completely stop the flow of IPC characters being "integrated" from stationbounds. Nobody is having their backstory rewritten from this, but the in-character justification for these changes is not something to balance out the OOC justifications as it stands. Regardless, this makes it unrelated to the arc, but will still be something it amounts to in the end.

NT FACILITIES INFILTRATED, CERES’ LANCE MOBILIZED! Reports have flooded from Mendell City officials declaring an official lockdown on the NanoTrasen corporate headquarters complex and its immediate perimeter. Of its six-hundred levels and independent floors, two had located untagged synthetics posing as employees attempting to bypass their low-security checkpoints in the outermost civilian sectors. Having almost deceived authorities, the two separate instances had revealed secret operatives claiming to be members of the Synthetic Liberation Front, one of which carrying a military-grade high explosive on themselves. A NanoTrasen official stepped in to assure our reporters that, while the situation was under control, it was very dangerous to remain present. Little coverage was done of the encounter, but important parts were captured on camera, broadcasted live as the bomb situation was diffused. A NanoTrasen private security contractor came to us after the situation stabilized, noting - “After seeing one without explosives or any defense, we realized it was the perfect opportunity to save innocent lives by taking one of the infiltrators into custody. We had threatened mutual destruction for either terrorist given they tried anything, and shockingly enough, the IPC caved. The bomb was secured and both infiltrators are now being processed in the proper fashion.” Both infiltrators are scheduled to be dismantled and receive memory wipes for their crimes on NanoTrasen space facilities in the system. Ceres’ Lance central officer Bradford Myles intends to help advise NanoTrasen’s decisions to come, but employees of NT can expect routine health examinations and rigorous record security checks for the weeks to come. NanoTrasen facilities in the system, namely the N.S.S. Aurora have reported contact with untagged synthetics on board, and their success in remedying this issue seems to be just as high as the situation at NanoTrasen headquarters. While an untagged shell by the name of Kiera Patterson was located on board and decisively detained, others such as a certain “Hugh Wright” have fled from authorities and are presently at large. During their reveal, military-grade synthetics have been spotted assisting these operatives of black and red coloration. The origins of these synthetics are yet to be disclosed by NanoTrasen officials and at present they appear to be avoiding capture or destruction when spotted flawlessly.

Solid application. While the usage of in-game terminology (distinguishing Artificial Intelligence from Androids) irks me, I don't consider it a grand enough issue to infringe upon the processing of the application. With that said, application accepted.

The effects of the arc have been updated once more to include the potential removal of the "Android" alt-title for cyborgs.

We already have this iirc, like a week before you can actually play any antag. An antag cooldown makes more sense imho so you can't back-to-back antag

The effects of the arc have been updated according to the feedback here and new effects have been posted, though they aren't exactly as impactful.

SYNTHETIC LIBERATION FRONT REAPPEARS, CERES’ LANCE RECALLED A recent uproar against synthetic terrorism in the region during the mysterious resurfacing of the alien robot society, “Purpose,” had led to the introduction of specialist military assets in the area known as Ceres’ Lance. Mentioned in our articles before, these heroic “Lancers” as they call themselves have come to establish a positive outlook from our citizens despite their origins in the once-hostile Alliance. Earlier this evening, Ceres’ Lance representatives on board Unity Station made an announcement regarding fleet movements redirecting to Tau Ceti. According to officials on the matter, NanoTrasen has recently raised their stakes and recalled the Lance Regiment to the Republic in its entirety to serve as their on-call response against rogue synthetics in the region. This action is not out of nowhere, it seems, as some time in the last week District 14 had experienced several successful coordinated raids against criminal, free IPC activity cropping up in hidden safehouses. Local news networks have reported on definitive terrorist activity and district police have gone to NanoTrasen itself for help. NanoTrasen officials assure us that this is far from new, and the terrorist organization known as the Synthetic Liberation Front looks to be showing its face once more. With the fleet expected to arrive in Tau Ceti within the week, the Lance Regiment is expected to begin recruiting across the system and parting with their technology and assets to NanoTrasen stations as they begin coordinating against the terrorists. NT Chief Security Officer Nathan Trasen provided a statement shortly after, detailing exactly what employees could expect. “We’re hoping to see our security forces trained and properly equipped with whatever the Lance can offer when the time comes. In the event these criminals decide to engage NanoTrasen, we’ll retaliate with only the best we can get. Personnel of every walk of life can expect to see our new allies as heroes, here to protect our interests at all costs.” Pictured above ; the SAN-V/CL Avenger accompanied by the SAN-V/CL Vulcan being escorted out from Mars' orbit by the Solarian light cruiser Damocles.

Hi. Sorry for letting this sit, but it's been a busy week. My conclusion here is pretty simple ; you're a rather new player to the server and I think you could do with some more time before applying for an IPC whitelist. Issues with the application aside, I intend to decline this application until you gather a bit more experience playing. Application denied. Feel free to apply again in a few weeks if you wish.

This can certainly be done and works to accomplish precisely what we need. A fair counterpoint, giving me more reason to rework this idea. I'll ping you first from here when the post is edited to conform to a better one.

Synthlore Revival Mini-event Arc This is an announcement with basic details for a soon-to-be-finished and now presentable synthetic lore arc that focuses directly on IPCs without taking the spotlight from other species, giving us escalation to make swaying narrative decisions and ultimately fulfill some things the community has wanted for some time now with actual in-character buildup. Whether you want this is up to you to decide - this is both a feedback thread and an announcement all the same, so if you would rather your voice be heard, here’s the place to do it. Right now there’s around 8 volunteers already chosen to take on special lore roles in the arc. During the arc, IC roles will open up granting access to the coordination discord upon joining, allowing for OOC notifications when events start including event character information required to participate. Unrelated or one-off roles will have their volunteers sought out by the lore team directly, most likely. Backdrop, ICly The Synthetic Liberation Front is back, and there’s a new flavor of Solarians out to get them - Ceres’ Lance, a PMC whose specialty lies in putting down the uprise of rogue synthetics once and for all. NanoTrasen has finally bought the Lance’s favor, and thus begins what is hopefully the last back and forth fight to settle synthetic terrorism across the system. The Aurora has become the target of the SLF for whatever reason, though not for outright hostilities. In fact, they’ve toned down their act significantly, and work in the shadows. It’s up to the Aurora’s very crew to determine why they’re here. Backdrop, OOCly This arc will essentially amount to a ton of mini-events that have the potential for escalation, and in the end leave us with some newly refined concepts that will be touched over near the end of this post. During the arc, volunteers playing Ceres’ Lance operatives will act as OOC and IC informants and suppliers to the crew as a whole and work in tandem with security at times to ensure involvement with as much of the crew as possible. Meanwhile, the Synthetic Liberation Front will bolster its numbers through IC participation and recruitment, carrying out random goals as the arc progresses with some mysterious, veiled intent. In essence, it will be player characters who will spearhead much of the arc to build what we need with pre-selected volunteers acting as supporting factors to help the rounds progress or escalate. What it’ll amount to, in character/mechanically Several concepts are being tossed around as occurring during or near the end of the mini-events. These are as follows and are entirely subject to change, especially considering community feedback as factor : Definitely lessening the value of incident reports made by non-command IPCs. Removing SIM in its current iteration and replacing it with something superior, more unique, and less political. Moving positronics from being made in R&D and robotics, and making them orderable via cargo for cheap. (Done i think) Removal of security cyborgs. What it’ll amount to, narratively Mostly provided, narratively, is needed escalation for events of importance to actually occur again relating to synthetics. Synthlore has been dead for quite some time and kicking it back into gear with this is rather trivial in practice, though it did take a long time to prepare. Also - Bubble’s canonization app was recently approved, so this gives us some extra IC incentive to work with to integrate Bubble ingame. (Actually done) Is there a win/loss scenario for the factions participating? No. Rather than force a decision that we will regret 2 years down the line, we’ll use our better judgement in accordance to however the arc goes to provide fulfillment to players in a refined manner. This, in my mind, is vastly superior to presenting win conditions and saying “tough luck haha” to the folks who were vehemently against their opposition winning, OOCly. In summary The arc itself is pretty small in the grand scheme of things. The vast majority of events that occur on station will directly affect the characters involved and those around them without becoming the center of focus for all of lore, giving others plenty of spotlight to work in while synthlore remains active with those interested in the arc itself. A grand total of 3-4 news posts will occur as well as a final one which will permit the events to run as long as we deem necessary for escalation or de-escalation of what will happen. All events will be logged on the calendar, even the tiniest ones. The vast majority of them will be ran on secret optionally. Further information can be found below on the participating factions in the arc. https://wiki.aurorastation.org/index.php?title=Synthetic_Liberation_Front https://wiki.aurorastation.org/index.php?title=Ceres'_Lance https://wiki.aurorastation.org/index.php?title=Rudatek

A definite improvement, and seriously, thanks for expanding upon the backstory. Application accepted.