ReadThisNamePlz

Hi, I will be handling this complaint. Please give me a bit to look through this. The mod also needs to respond to this.

@Rabid Animal I will take all of this into consideration. However the only thing I probably will not implement is a larger xenobotany. I intend on remodeling it, but the area is already very large.

Externally, Deck three. Some photos have been posted in the mapper coordination. It will be separated but a small Cyborg/AI shell area will be on deck one still. It will require an EVA walk to get to the AI core, which is possible to be done by Scientists, Engineers and command.

I tried a lot of different setups, this was the best one I could find for now, until I move the AI.

I attempted this but could not make it work very well. Machinists need a lot more space than scientists do when it comes to making mechs and working on stuff. Science only needs a decent amount of space for circuits. Everything else can be done in the testing range, as intended. The only part of RnD that I moved was the telescience lab, and it’s by the experimental range. Which fits more. It is also with Xenoarch where it’d be the most beneficial.

I am in the process of mapping science to be more cohesive and a bit larger. There is no reason to revert several weeks of work. The community had a great amount of input, and there was several bits of feedback taken into consideration.

I’ve read most of the thread. Goodness, what a hot topic. My view on big events is this - We are a server on a video game. Majority of players like to see big crazy elaborate events because it breaks up the monotony of our normal round to round formula. There’s a reason our player count spikes to 100+ during events. With that said, someone asked if seeing a “40 player turnout” is so bad. And frankly, I kinda think it is. Lore devs take a lot of time planning events and working on making sure things are going well and that an arc is engaging. So a low turnout means that (generally) people aren’t interested. So why keep going if people aren’t interested? I’ve ran a couple small canon events with lore and with CCIA. Out of all the ones I’ve done, the “Steel on the Horizon” was the most popular one. It featured combat, continuity between events, and some other elements that aren’t seen much. Most of the feedback was great for this. If you compare it to the Halloween and Christmas parties we threw, most players left by the 1 hour mark because not nearly as many people like to chair-rp. Hell, most people left the first Steel event because it wasn’t very engaging (as most first events in an arc are) Just keep that in mind. I am all for more small scale events, and I’m still not sure how I feel about specific recognition in events, but I’m willing to see how the things Matt brought up work.

AFAIK, only the captain knows this code.

I can't find your discord name. Are you sure you wrote the right one?

developer approved

Hi, so. We are glad to see that the players involved are feeling some relief. However, we will be applying a community ban against @Solono for all of these actions. No roleplay should ever involve sexual assault (non-consensual kissing), it should never be borderline harassment, your arcs should not, ever, be so emotionally fatalistic that it gets to the point that is has come to now. Aleena is a character, we have had several others come to us about this sort of thing involving your character, to the point that it has raised several alarms and flags for myself and the two moderators arbitrating this complaint.

Hi, I am going to be the handling admin. I will be handling it with @Noble Row and @Owen. @maxspells do you have any round IDs for this? @Solono we need your response to this, please.

The PR for this is up now. https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/18810

Upon further investigation with involved parties, I have determined that while this is a gray area - I do not think it violates the rules enough to actually be binned.

This report has been binned due to OOC concerns. I will reach out to the necessary parties tomorrow.

I meant to close this a few days ago, but since it has sat for a week with no necessary followup - I will close it now.

I do not trust players to self regulate. That may be rude, but I have been here too long to think I that if we give someone a chance at something new, and go “don’t use it” - eventually they’ll use it.

Hey, I suppose I’ll speak on this. I’m not a maintainer, so ultimately it will be up to them. AI is a tool. Yes. It’s purpose is to act like a support system to the crew and command, etc. I’ve covered this in a recent complaint. However, it having accents is fine. I do not want to see AI with Dominian accents, or even native silver tongue accents. These two are pretty niche, whereas AIs should not have niche appearances. With all of that said, the lack of some of the mentioned accents is not intentional to my knowledge. I think as new accents were added, there was just an oversight. Accents should really be used to indicate where the SCC acquired the AI from or maybe to cater to the crew majority that is on shift. Like a lot of Solarians would be happy with a Earth accent, or vice versa with Biesellites But again, to be entirely honest, I do not want to see niche accents being used by AI because the background of a lot of those accents could be points of contention for the crew. Silversunners don’t like Idris, Dominians dont like..well, AI, Trinarist is strictly IPC. I’d be fine with a Galatian model.

Additionally, @Owen will be helping us out.

Hello, @eddymakaveli and I are handling this. I need input from @Fluffy I also need to know if you @La Villa Strangiato or the player of Levi Kersaavi have ever explicitly asked oocly to not misgender your characters. The interaction in the discord isn’t sufficient enough for this. If you did ask, I need the evidence posted here.

Hi, Juani. It's really good to see you here. Sorry for the lack of response, we've been busy. Let's get down to business. I'm going to deny your application, for now. The application itself is good. You hit all of our boxes, and I remember when you were staff here - No one has said anything negative or done anything that would prevent you from being picked up as a moderator. The only issue is your activity. If you increase your activity, and then re-applied, we can definitely get an interview done. I'm going off of the fact that according to the W.I, you haven't been on since 3/02/2024. Reach out to me on discord at MiniMooseTM if you have any questions.

Wonderful. I want to clarify that you're free to keep playing Paladin (using the name), just lighten up on the medieval aspect.

Hi, I'm the Lead for the AI Whitelist team. I am also the person who issued this ruling. I have not seen this AI used in some time, and if I was online to see this happening then I would have messaged you myself. The name is fine. Here is the official ruling - "I do not care if they play an AI named "Paladin" but the medieval personality, referring to things as the "SCC Kingdom", "Artificial Guardian", "SCC Lords", etc just isn't what we should be seeing from an AI. It's a tool, not a character. I think some personality is fine, but they should not have an overly-personable gimmick." - From me directly. Does this help you understand what the AI team wants from AI? The AI should be a tool, a system. Think of the V.I from Mass Effect. We want more V.I's, not AI's like Cortana or Black Box from Halo.

1. The change in January is something that was made official across the staff teams. Before hand, we had flexibility to unban people with two permanent bans - case by case. Though it was extremely rare. 2. Anything you have to say about this should be said here, as it is a complaint against my ruling. 3. The entirety of this can be summed up as follows - You powergamed. You admitted to powergaming. You have an extensive history of this. So I banned you. You are right, a lot of your previous actions are older, but the fact that you still did this means that you haven’t learned in the 4, almost 5 years that you’ve played here. I don’t care if you’re unbanned or not, but it shouldn’t take anyone two permanent bans to learn the standards and rules we have here. Especially after being here for (almost) five years. side note: on painkillers rn so sorry if this reads strangely