KingOfThePing

Before I want to +1 or -1 this app I have a question for you: Why do you think it's cool beans to make an IPC, expensively built and programmed to do work in the medical field as a (frequently now, apparently) "Senior" surgeon, that is called "Sterben", so literally and impossible to misinterpret as anything other than the verb "Dying", a robot that also exclusively wears pitch black clothes, together with being painted black and having flashing red eyes? I am perfectly honest with you here, whenever I see him on the manifest I know I will not play medical, because with no suspension of disbelief can I tell myself that such an IPC would exist in any universe, except maybe as a crude joke and none of my characters could have a straight face working alongside this character of yours.

Hey, @Neinbox, Firstly, I expanded the story as per request from you. Since he will only arrive in Tau Ceti the day I will first play him, the new parts will also cover his life in the underground lab he grew up with, the new things are marked in yellow to stand out better. Second, regarding the self-rating, to be perfectly honest I do not know what you want to hear from me here. but maybe it is this: I used to put in this, for my self-rating: "Rating yourself is presumptuous, but I think my roleplaying is alright." until I was told to stop that. I think rating yourself is the worst kind of review - since people usually don't think they are bad at what they are doing. All I can say is that my roleplay is alright, and my characters are all fleshed out and universally liked. No one is perfect though and there are a lot of factors that can influence one's ability to roleplay and I have better and worse days like any other player. 5 to 6 I'd call average, I would "rate" myself slightly above that. So a seven. To your last question, no, he wouldnt refer to himself as a "he". Due to being raised in a lab he was not forced anything gender related onto him (Don't forget he was grown to be researched and in this case you want to interfere with your test subjects as little as possible, really). He is too young to properly understand why other races (like the Skrell) sometimes use different pronouns even though they look so similar. When talking about himself One From Deep Below would refer to him as a "We", most likely, since he is really not that old yet, from a Dionae point of view so he did not have enough time to understand the word "I" yet nor did he any reason to change his natural talking, where gestalts normally refer to them as "We/They" etc. Referring to the character with a male pronoun in the app is merely done due to simplicity reasons, since English is not my native language it was just easier to do it like that. If you want me to change it, then I really have no problem with it. I'm aware that Dionae are asexual and do not have/difference between any genders.

BYOND Key: KingOfThePing Character Names: Sei Armas, Dana Zirin, Quik'Kin Zish, Quorrdash Fraseq, Za'Akaix Nex Zo'ra, Ka'Akaix'Ven C'thur, Kamkin Daminkhonov Species you are applying to play: Diona What color do you plan on making your first alien character: e x e m p t Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question. Why do you wish to play this specific race: I like alien races. Like as alien as possible. Dionae are a mysterious race, where they come from and how exactly they work. Every gestalt works as a mini-hivemind and not a single entity, and that's pretty cool, if you ask me. It's something completely different and can provide ample opportunities for RP. Also, in theory, they can become a planet sized entity with unknown capablities, how cool is that? The recent discussion about them being under-represented also made me read the lore page again and I found it all very interesting. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: First of all they are way slower than any other race. They dont care about atmosphere or pressure but their weakness is, that they will die, when exposed to darkness for a longer time. Since they feed off of radiation they also dont really need food, despite being able to eat small critters to get more biomass. All pretty un-human to me. Since they are also formed from multiple sentient parts, I imagine it's possible that the personality of a Diona can change in a moment's notice too, maybe not drastically, but noticable, maybe, which again, gives cool RP opportunities which you don't get with any other race really. Another really, really interesting point is how Dionae are organized within their society, since they know no "rank" or social standing and the primary way to difference between themselves is through their names, which reflect their age and knowledge they gathered. Character Name: One From Deep Below Please provide a short backstory for this character One From Deep Below hatched from a pod in a skrellian lab, deep, deep underground under the surface of the ice planet Aliose, together with many, many other nymphs he was studied extensively by the skrellian scientists who wanted to research everything they could about them. The life in the lab wasn't all that bad. Optimal temperature, light at any given time and the occasional radiation bath. During his time as a nymph, Below was content. He didn't knew it any other way. The nymphs were allowed to roam the lab freely, sooner or later forming into a gestalt. This gestalt is known as One From Deep Below, the name was agreed upon forming the gestalt, it was meant to never forget their place of birth. After forming One From Deep Below the scientists continued to conduct experiments and tests on them and very soon Below started to show real interest in the work of the scientists. They, watched the scientists do their work and started to gather knowledge. First only by spectating the scientists doing observation and experiments on him, but sooner or later, every "test subject", and he was nothing else to them at this point, reaches it's end - regarding the data, that can be collected from them, so a new batch is grown. Below is aware, that he lives in a lab, as a test subject, for data collecting, gaining knowledge and for better understanding and he is fine with that. The emotion he experienced most during his time, before he became the gestalt he now is, was happiness. He, of course, also experienced sadness and anger, but this was much, much less frequent as happiness. As said above, all nymphs in the lab were cared for well, they were given ample opportunity to satisfy their curiosity. He never saw the skrellian scientists as a threat, more like companions that were very different from himself. Eager to be able to communicate with them, Below started to learn their language, which luckily was not too hard to do for him, given the fact that he had more than enough time to study it. After being able to communicate properly with the scientists and explaining his great interest in the work they are doing. The relationship was frosty, at best, at the beginning, but with time passing, this changed. He asked questions, a lot of questions and after a time he was given materials to study. Eventually he was allowed to leave the lab, under supervision of course, able to finally explore his enviroment. He learned about the facility, the scientists that lived there, the planet they are located at and so on. After a while they asked to assist the scientists in their experiments and after some hesitation they were allowed to. Smalls steps were made, first it was merely delivery of materials or holding things for the scientists conducting experiments, then maybe writing down readings or comparing two values, after that he was allowed to prepare experiments, assembling setups and maintaining them. He took it all in, learning, experiencing everything. Time moves on even further and soon Below was a well known and liked colleague, working in the very lab they were grown in, assisting here and there, not confined to a single field of study. He passed all required tests, and acquired a bachelor's degree. He wanted to go further, though, knowing how much an official paper that states that he, in fact, actually knows his field of study, so he wants to acquire a masters degree, too. Not knowing yet, what field of study he wants to finally graduate in he still "only" is a lab assistant, currently. Below is fine with that, though. He is still able to learn new things, assisting in the everyday duties of the lab he lives in. One day though, the time came and the scientist he currently worked with for quite some time now wanted to move away. "To see a new place, conduct bigger and better experiments." - so Below was asked if they want to accompany them. "One can always use a good lab assistant as you." And Below accepted the offer, which brought him to Tau Ceti, to the NSS Aurora, where he now not only helps a single scientist, but got a whole department to discover now, with a great variety of fields of study to discover and thus - knowledge to gather. What do you like about this character? One From Deep Below is a gestalt that hasn't seen much of the outside world or the universe in general. So he will be clueless about some things, since life in a lab is probably quite different to a "normal" one. He always interacted with one race, one profession (even though the term "scientist" can mean a lot of things, of course.) so he will be very fascinated by other races and other professions. Maybe he will gree the next cargo technician as "Hello, Doctor.", too, who knows. It will be great fun to interact with others and I believe it makes him a very, very intersting character to interact with. How would you rate your role-playing ability? 7/10 Notes: Dooona.

Since I made this request here, almost three weeks ago I think I can post my opinion here: I also made the suggestion to basically make it decoration only (and it being well known for everyone, that it is, in fact, not a real weapon), I don't see how suddenly here the "but he is not allowed to" rule can be applied. Then I could say - no officer should wear a vest on green - since, trust me, they are incredibly uncomfortable to wear for prolonged periods of time. I know this was discussed a page earlier but I just want to emphasize it again. The decorative wall holder looks also nice, better than to kick in your display case and abuse an incredibly valuable antique laser gun, if you need a backup weapon. Also, of course the Captain is an officer, military or not, what the heck?

as a german myself, I find him hilarious. I have not worked with him yet, since I neither play my medic nor my CMO currently, but all interactions with him have been pretty good. I like him. I dont know how much others have to laugh/chuckle about the accent you try to do (and do it well).

the one with the medical officer is my favourite

I find the direction of more cultural and "everyday life" lore something very welcoming. Please, please, please.

Alright, I am not a security "main" by far, but I have played it a bit lately and yesterday I experienced my first departmental security round. Well, half a round. I was the supply officer. Positives first: - The offices are cool. I don't know exactly why, but these little isles of security throughout the station gives the Aurora a nice touch. A bit like the surface checkpoint. - Being on the department's channel was cool. I introduced myself to the people, told them if there are any problems I am on their channel and they can call me, all that was pretty laid back and nice. - You can still leave your department. You are not obliged to stay inside it 100% of the time. No one had a problem with it, really. That was also pretty alright, in my opinion. Now the negative points. These are mostly bugs or things that I believe should be changed. I know it is a test merge and it exists to find out how to tweak things, so don't take these points as anything but pointing out some flaws: - Officers should still have access to the department's channel. Period. There is really no reason or IC logical explanation for them to not have. - I would remove the lockers with security gear from the offices. I always saw the locker at the checkpoint as unnessecary and questionable, the same applies to the department offices. Just give the brig a nice big locker/shower room like, for example, police stations tend to have. Having so much security gear scattered over the station is nothing a Risk Advisor would deem okay. - Fix the wiring and power supply problems. I know this is an obvious one and not intended, just pointing it out again. - Give security officers normal brig access again. Or, alternatively, give them a possibility to process any suspect in their offices (I don't know how that would be achievable, but it's only a suggestion). It makes no sense for an officer to not be able to process someone and it will make lowpop rounds horrible for the officers. - This one will be hard due to space restrictions but consider it: Move the medical security office away from the upper level. All other offices are on the main level, this one should be too. Somehow. It isolates the officer in medical, in my opinion. That's all I can think of, right now. It's not bad, just the current merge build has some problems and naturally, people have to adapt to it.

I know.....I might have worded it wrong. No matter. What matters is, that this suggestion makes sense and sounds good.

Then scarfs should be, too. I think it's more of a balance issue than a "logical" issue?

Oh, right. I see your problem. I may have worded the whole thing about his youth and how the conflict was going on "forever" now, poorly. Yes, he was born in peacetime and I am aware that the first Revolution ended with a cease fire in 2431, so three years before he was born. I will rephrase and expand the section I believe you have a problem with and what I did not worded properly, the new things are coloured in yellow, so you can compare it more easily: Born in 2434, Kamkin grew up in a relatively large village, far in the 'outback' north of Nazira, in a mountainous region near today's everchanging frontlines in a conflict that seems to be raging forever now, shortly ever since the assasination of President Hadii. The only reason the village did not face destruction or major damage, really was, because it was supplying valuable iron ore, and thus, steel for the war effort to whoever was currently in control to this region. And to NanoTrasen, of course. Both the ALA and PRA knew better to rather seek the mines and the surrounding village, instead of destroying it. This does not mean that Kamkin, his family and the rest of the community have not seen their fair share of fighting, just because the village was not entirely destroyed does not seem that fierce fighting in the area around and near it didn't leave it's marks on it. Destroyed homes, it's surroundings war-torn and the already mentioned everchanging frontlines made it hard to ease your mind and come to rest. Regularly volunteers were seeked to be drafted into a conflict Kamkin himself had no interest in joining. He though the that the best way of supporting his family is to keep digging for ore. What else is there to do here anyway? He had no desire to get shot at or shooting at anyone else. All he wished for was having the days of his youth back again. Still tense from time to time, but at least without fighting and killing. Of course, after the assasination of President Hadii, he, like all other Zhans, faced difficult times. He, his family and his friends needed to stick together and support each other to get through these hard times, former friends changed sides on the street. Neighbours didn't want to talk to them anymore. He didn't understand how all Zhan's could be made responsible for the action of one Tajara, but he was sure they make it through. Somehow. Shortly after coming to age, not long after the death of President Hadii, his everyday life consisted of working in the mines and enduring the fighting, sometimes close and sometimes far away, day after day. Not much education was available during his youth, so far out away from the cities, so manual labour was all he knew and could do. Hoping that all Tajara will cease the fighting and be working together, as one again, someday, he kept going. Getting through one day at a time. He was never very religious, but sometimes quickly praying to the Snow God, before descending back down into the mine for another day of hard work underground helped. A little bit, at least. Years of manual labour hardened Kamkin, but he hated it. Even with his family here, which he cares for deeply, he knew this wasn't the life he wanted to live. But well, he didnt have any way out. He didn't want to join the military, since he didn't want to fight and die in a sensless war, becoming another body and name in a long and evergrowing list. He also couldn't just leave for the city, since he didn't know what he should do there. All options had an uncertain outcome and he was not going to take the chance, really. To explain myself and clarify this, again: I was fully aware that the cease fire was still in effect during Kamkin's youth. I am sure you noticed that he is very opposed to that war. He doesn't want to have anything to do with it (another reason that helped him move away from his family, as hard as it was), so I wanted to have him experience both sides. Peaceful (as peaceful as the time between the First Revolution and the assassination of Hadii was, since things were still tense with the new government) and the bloody fighting. After reading it again today you are right - it reads differently to how I wanted and imagined it. Sometimes, when writing one thinks of the context, but forgets to make it clear for others or I thought "almost ten years of war is a long time", thus phrasing it "[...] in a conflict, that seems to be raging forever now, ...", for example. I think you know what I mean. It can be hard, sometimes, to get your point across, in a language that is not your native one. I hope my additions have cleared up what I intended to say.

He plays Security Officer? I only saw him as paramedic, biomechanical engineer, hydoponicist and chef (I think.). As I said. Jobhopping bad.

It's a reasonable request and you'll get a +1 from me, but only if you stop jobhopping with your character.

There have been 8 hour rounds in the past

I'm really sorry for blowing you up that one time at the shooting range. Honestly, really, really sorry. I like them very much.

Requesting a sabre for captains to spawn with, occupying the belt slot (I know this thing exists). If worried about balancing issues, make it decoration only (like the replica katana), without any (serious) damage values. Though the captain is always armed anyway with both ranged and hand-to-hand weapons. Thought about making it a custom item, but I think it fits the general loadout much better.

BYOND Key: KingOfThePing Character Names: Dana Zirin, Quik'Kin Zish, Ka'Akaix'Ven C'thur, Quorrdash Fraseq, [Stardust the Resomi (He will return, mark my words.)] Species you are applying to play: Tajara What color do you plan on making your first alien character: RGB 94, 38, 18 Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: End my life, it's been so much, but yes. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question. Why do you wish to play this specific race: Most people who know me also know that I didn't had much interest in playing anything besides humans for a long time, but people change, I am not exception to that. So I extended to other races eventually and I aimed at those with the much lore that interests me and then going from there. I'll be honest. I knew tajaran lore enough to know my way around, but didnt felt the need to play it myself. That changed recently with that one round on Adhomai, when I noticed "Hey, that's actually pretty cool.". After reading that massive shitton of lore on the wiki I now know, that there is a lot to tajaran lore and I like to explore that stuff, as seen by my currently played characters. It makes for a lot of possible character concepts and I am all into that. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: The first thing that comes to mind is the way more intense political landscape Tajara move in. It's much more prominent than, let's say, ATLAS and Anti-ATLAS, it is also well more fleshed out and the tensions that come with it are much more.....noticable, if you know what I mean. It brings a lot of potential tension, which is very interesting to play around. It's also interesting to be able to play relatively uneducated characters, since many, if not most Tajara just did not have access to any kind of advanced schooling institutions, which does not mean they are stupid or simple-minded. Choosing one of the sub-race is also influencing what you are capable, better and worse at. These physical differences (to each other and humans) also means they work a lot more with body language (and well, of course they speak differently in general, compared to humans). Character Name: Kamkin Daminkhonov Please provide a short backstory for this character Born in 2434, Kamkin grew up in a relatively large village, far in the 'outback' north of Nazira, in a mountainous region near the everchanging frontlines in a conflict that seems to be raging forever now. The only reason the village did not face destruction or major damage, really was, because it was supplying valuable iron ore, and thus, steel for the war effort to whoever was currently in control to this region. And to NanoTrasen, of course. Both the ALA and PRA knew better to rather seek the mines and the surrounding village, instead of destroying it. This does not mean that Kamkin, his family and the rest of the community have not seen their fair share of fighting, that has been going on for so long now. Regularly volunteers are seeked to be drafted into a conflict Kamkin himself had no interest in joining. Of course, after the assasination of President Hadii, he, like all other Zhans, faced difficult times. He, his family and his friends needed to stick together and support each other to get through these hard times. Shortly after coming to age, not long after the death of President Hadii, his everyday life consisted of working in the mines, day after day. Not much education was available during his youth, so far out away from the cities, so manual labour was all he knew and could do. He knew he had to get through this all, somehow, hoping that all Tajara will cease the fighting and be working together, as one again, someday. He was never very religious, but sometimes quickly praying to the Snow God, before descending back down into the mine for another day of hard work underground helped. A little bit, at least. Years of manual labour hardened Kamkin, but he hated it. Even with his family here, which he cares for deeply, he knew this wasn't the life he wanted to live. But well, he didnt have any way out. He didn't want to join the military, since he didn't want to fight and die in a sensless war, becoming another body and name in a long and evergrowing list. He also couldn't just leave for the city, since he didn't know what he should do there. All options had an uncertain outcome and he was not going to take the chance, really. Things changed, when NanoTrasen representatives visited the village, last year. They were inspecting the mining facilities they were recieving so much iron ore from over the time. And how fate wanted it, they were also searching for more Tajara to integrate into their work force, so they inspected many younger Tajara from the village and offered to leave this place with them and work at a somewhere else, far away from here. They promised good pay, working and living conditions (though, "good pay" is subjective, apparently, as NanoTrasen is not known for being the most generous employer). Many, including Kamkin were inclined to deny the offer, since it meant leaving their families and most friends behind, but the opportunity to earn more money, to send it to their families was, after some consideration, a trade-off, that some took. Kamkin did, too. And so he was on his way to Tau Ceti, so far away that he couldn't even try to imagine it. When he arrived at the Mendell City spaceport in District 6 he was more than just disappointed. District 6 was nothing like it was promised back on Adhomai, there was crime, the issued dorms were terribly overcrowded and all in all he was uncertain if he made the right decision. He soon was assigned, not to his suprise, to the Cargo & Supply Department of the NSS Aurora, though not as a miner, but a Cargo Technician. Apparently he was more suited to carry crates around than to excavate ore and phoron. He was alright with it, a good turn of events for him, since it meant he doesn't have to work in another mine. All this was a little over a year ago. After the first paycheck all of Kamkin's doubts were gone. He really did earn some money here. With the nearly 1300 Credits, a gigantic sum for him, he was able to buy himself a low-end apartment, eat and live alright and still send money home to his parents and community. He misses his parents but believes he made the right decision, so he will keep going, as long as it is nessecary. What do you like about this character? Kamkin is a simple, hard working Tajara, wanting a better life for his family and ultimatively, all Tajara as a whole. He tries to make a difference with his work, not here, but back at his home community. He is quiet, needs to warm up with others, but is ultimately very social to whoever is friends with him. His friends here in Tau Ceti are like a "replacement family", for the one who had to leave behind. How would you rate your role-playing ability? non-existent Notes: I ultimately made the decision to not make the millionth M'Sai ex-military security officer, but still wanted to apply with a job I yet have to explore. This limited my possibilities and I had to improvise. I am sure there are flaws with the story, the goal was to not make it snowflakey, but believable, even if it made it a bit...boring(?) to read. I might also, of course, got something wrong from the immense amount of lore, that is dumped onto you, when wanting to make an application, again, feel free to correct me with anything that's....well....not correct.

If I post here I will get banned again

I disagree. Almost all latest remaps (that have made areas bigger, for example) have made the map better. Some areas are rarely used, I agree, but most of them make the space station believable.

He is very much dead, killed by a million volts of electricity during a canon event.

I think you misunderstood me, I did not intend to critzise your intent to why you brought your arguments forward, neither did I wanted to spark a need to justify or explain yourself why you posted what you posted.

This is a feedback thread to an implementation of a mechanic that is entirely unneeded and unnessecary, so I did post my opinion about it. But you are, of course, completely right. I will refrain from engaging the discussion here that is not related to this unneeded PR, since discussions about a topic like politics always lead to conflict.

Yes, I did know that, no one claimed otherwise. Also, please provide a source for your claim with the 50 cents per dollar, please. Nevermind, I am blind. At least I think so, that graphic isn't really intuitive. Yet some those countries are also those where a woman isn't even allowed to leave the house alone, so I am unsure if you really want to make them count, since the problems there regarding this topic are grounded entirely differently as, let's say, in the US. So just in time to be closed in 2461. Unsure how this is related to men/woman pay. Obviously, no one claimed otherwise. I also, deliberately put the word civilized in brackets, since I am fully aware that there are countries, for example in the Middle East, where women are still treated like dirt. I do not see this as civilized behaviour, hence why I excluded these countries in my mind. Again, unsure why this is related to a PR that implents a wage gap. This is not about Gender Equality in itself (at least it shouldn't be, since this PR doesn't implement (absent) woman rights) but the gender pay gap alone. Many people, no matter the gender don't have one, what is shown here does not disclose any criteria how this "index" is calculated. I, of course cannot speak for all countries, rather for my own, so I will quote this from the article you linked: "In Germany, full-time workers devote 65% of their day on average, or 15.6 hours, to personal care (eating, sleeping, etc.) and leisure (socialising with friends and family, hobbies, games, computer and television use, etc.)..." I tell you, I fucking wish. I really like to know where they draw these numbers from but I can assure you that is not the case. Explanation and, more important, source please Also, I really recommend closing this thread. I really don't want to argue with any of you about such heavy topics. It almost always leads nowhere and is entirely unnessecary, just like the PR that this thread is related to.