Brutishcrab51

I've been waiting a little while to get around to this application, and I'll toss my two cents in now. I've had quite a bit of interaction with ReadThisNamePlz's characters. Olivia Catherina, namely, and I'd like to say, they've definitely done work improving in an RP aspect. (S?)he can definitely work well as a Head of Staff, and if she can't, there's procedures in place to deal with any issues appropriately. +1.

For much the same reason a Captain is the head of the Biesel Storm Division. Loyalty implants neutralize the threat of subversiveness, given they're artificial implants that pump you full of concern for NanoTrasen, and putting the best thought forward for it. Halstere would hardly be the first ATLAS-supporter as an HoS, Klaus Eliade was another one, so was Sean Richter.

I cited that regulation from the same page, actually, that you got yours from (At least, what you posted was on the same page). And, it wouldn't seem so, given the mention of use of the uniform in foreign countries, and in private work. I'm fine with the cap, if not the uniform itself. Though as a notice, retired veterans are allowed to use the uniform 'at their pleasure', though that's quite a subjective term and can still be regulated. Regular veterans can generally use the uniform during time of travel, and during occasions of 'importance', ceremonies, national holidays, weddings, funerals, such and such. Occasions of 'importance' is a bit wide and not really specific, hence, it gives veterans leeway in when and why or how they use their uniforms, which is why veterans generally just choose to wear their uniform when they choose, because they see those occasions as 'events of importance'. Plus, Halstere does think Biesel independence was a mistake! He's an open and blatant ATLAS supporter, who makes his belief known when asked, and on the Relay. He believes that Biesel is a puppet state, that the 33rd was in the right to try to bring it back into the fold, and that NanoTrasen is pulling the strings at large for it on a political scale. Now, that doesn't come into play when he's under the effects of a loyalty implant, but it's still a personal belief. Besides, it's actually against regulations to mix military attire with civilian attire. Hence, no grey cap with a dress shirt, no dress cap with a normal suit. This is often ignored at times in regards to retired veterans, though.

Not sure what regulations would be applicable here - I can only assume a realistic example would be the current US Marine Corps dress-document for retirees or veterans (Retirees being individuals who served 20+ years, Veterans being individuals who served, though not for twenty years). This would be an example of a protocol allowing Halstere to wear his uniform, MCO-P1020.34G, which labels strictly when and where the uniform, strictly the service dress uniform, is not allowed to be worn. What would be the primary concern is, section two. However, a 'Visitor' would not qualify as taking part in private employment, the opposite would be true if he wore the uniform while actively working, such as in the role of Head of Security, as he normally does. Halstere was proud of his service, and sees wearing the uniform, while presenting a 'good' side, helps in breaking the stereotype present with the Sol Military in Biesel. NanoTrasen employs a great deal of veterans onboard the Aurora as well. Coldness or outright hostility to the character is great! It's good, actually. A good step away from the constant positive relations Halstere maintains with people. It gives a new branch-off for RP regarding him, and I feel, would be enjoyable. And it'd even be brought on by something so simple as a uniform, which I'd enjoy. It wouldn't change him in any regard, it'd just help bring to the surface his background as a Solarian.

BYOND Key: Brutishcrab51. Character name: Kalren Halstere. Item name(s): Solarian Marine Dress Uniform, Solarian Marine Dress Cap. Why is your character carrying said item to work? Well. Halstere's a proud veteran of the Solarian Marines, the basis of this even originated in my whitelist application. Generally speaking, this would see use during times as a Visitor, and otherwise be stored in his locker. How will you use this to better interact with crew and/or stimulate RP? It'd give a more physical example of Halstere's backstory with the Solarian Military, and encourage more open dialogue regarding the use of the uniform, and his story overall. Alongside this, many people are a bit abrasive towards the Solarian Government, and it might serve to cause some developing interactions with Halstere, with more 'touchy' members of the crew. Additional comments: I was encouraged to put this application up by TheDocOct, and, I believe, the item is already in the code and can be used on the server. It's not in loadouts, I've seen, though. I feel it wouldn't be that much of an issue to make use of.

I'll talk about this here, seems there was an issue. I spoke to the Security Officer with you guys because he wasn't in uniform, and other Officers had made mention of that. I told him to get in uniform, and get on patrol, and he refused, citing his resigning. That was that, I even brought him a new ID card. Then, an Officer, Zhou Chen, stumbled across the Librarian locked in their office with blood on the ground through the cameras. I didn't even attend, I just asked the CSI to look into it, and told Chen to keep the area locked down. We didn't even suspect the 'LARP' group, which, notably, was accompanied by a Wizard with no ID. After that, I was rounding about in Security, talking to people. Captain Nathan Corvo suddenly reports in, "Lot of people going up the lift, that's weird." And so, as the Head of Security, I say, "Well. I'll go take a look, see what's up.", lo' and beholde, I wander up the lift alone, with no weapon out, in a dress uniform. I talk to the 'LARP' players (Cultists and the Wizard), get ready to wander off after they stated the paper was just crayon (Given the CSI stating that similar drawings were blood, I had valid reasons to be suspicious), and then I get shot with a polymorph. I didn't even realize it immediately. And then, you guys drew your swords and went to town. I honestly can't hold you accountable for it, you were concerned I was attempting to valid-hunt you (I wasn't). Personally, you guys jumped the gun and went straight for the kill-switch as opposed to talking it out. After you explained it was just 'crayon', I was about to head back to the lift. Hopefully this explains what happened, I didn't intend to ruin your round for you.

I've played with Worthy's characters fairly often, and I have to say, the OP takes their duties seriously from an in-character perspective. I've never had any issues with any of their characters, and honestly, I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to give'em a shot. I do hold some reservations for a position like Captain, but aside from that, it's a non-issue. They're nothing worth voicing. I'll happily give this a +1 support.

Aye. Thanks, Schevenigen. Though, the Silver Star of Merit isn't an actual action through backstory! During a canon-round ran by Jackboot, it was rewarded to both him and Sean Richter. I believe it's still on the Discord announcements, as well. https://i.imgur.com/Br2EG3Q.png That aside, I can't much expand on it. I'd have to ask the lore-master. I've tried to get further information about it from the guy, but not to much avail. It's a civil merit as far as I know. Beyond that, I'd like to thank everyone for the support, and critique from past and present friends and associates on the server. I've been watching my application anxiously, so far.

I think it's a bit ridiculous that this is a discussion. If we wished to refer to a Head of Security by any title other than "Head of Security", wouldn't it technically be inaccurate? They aren't the Chief of Security. They aren't the Boss of Security. They aren't /called/ the Head of Department (Security). Their default name would, obviously, be "Head of Security". Because that's their job, or profession. Aside from that though, it's obvious that people will call a Head of Security whatever they wish. And that's okay. The Head of Security can be referred to however they wish - Aside from grandiose titles. Commander is acceptable, if they prefer it. Chief is alright. Boss is alright. Security Chief is fine. Leave it up to the personal preference of each Head of Security, or even a supervising Captain that doesn't like the title. Don't shoot a perfectly fine horse in the leg just because you didn't like its shoes.

I've seen Gregory James in-game as Interim. He's confident in the role, cooperatives and handles Medical emergencies, and keeps a running Medical Center. I haven't seen /too/ much of him, but I think I've seen enough. +1.

This oughta' be a thing. We can't generally police players who have 17 year old master Engineers in-game, or 18 year old Surgeons. Not easily at least. This is a quick and relatively painless way of ensuring everyone is of the proper age for their jobs.

It was actually a canon event ran by Jackboot. Halstere had captured a runaway Guwan, who also happened to be a psyker (In the same way that Genetics would allow someone to move objects), however, along with dominating minds. The psyker fact was covered up, however, and that bit of information is in the Discord's announcement section. The shuttle had arrived and the Guwan was going to end up free and aboard the station, but, Halstere and Sean Richter (A guy issued the exact same medal for roughly the same action, he and Halstere were cooperating) originally intended to free the Guwan, taking it to a shuttle in the Command area that the Unathi had arrived on and departing. However, they departed to the Odin, and handed the Guwan over to Odin Civil Protection.

I've seen Harrow on the server more than once. Saudus himself? He's an alright player, and a serious guy at that. His character is someone I'd trust to be a Head of Staff, regardless of what position that is. +1 from me.

ZeBlooShadowVirus is, as I would call, a friend, yeah. So is HiveFleet. That all aside, I feel the thread here has been derailed in the extreme. Most of what's been referenced was from a time where, yeah, I'll admit, I was far from an ideal choice for anything administrative. I wasn't grand for staff on ArchAngel, and I was hardly decent for anything else on the server. That was also a few years ago. At this point, I like to think I've moved past that. Around this point in time, I've been favorably seeking out interaction on Aurora with my character Kalren Halstere. I thought it best, given encouragement from a few players on the server, even some with Head of Staff whitelists themselves, to give it a go. I still do want to seek that out, though I'm not going to deny anything that's been thrown my way here by BlooShadow or Hive. Yep. I never was great with command positions before Aurora, though I like to think my time as Interim HoS during more than a few rounds, and my time as Warden on the server, have gone to show that I can hold my own fairly and without a valid-ish nature. Anyways. The feedback is, of course, appreciated. I've taken what everyone's said into thought.

As for this, I can only say that most rounds end with simple report-ins from my part, and commands from an HoS or Interim. Normally, this is in the form of Cult rounds - Namely, a recent Cult round I took part in. The Research Director and a Roboticist had captured Halstere who was tasked with a Search Warrant by the then-HoS (Valety? I think? A female character with a 'V' name), to search the department for bloodied papers. Halstere was even turned into a Cultist that round, and was responsible for freeing both the RD and Roboticist from Security during some chaos caused by cyborgs. The round ended in him being shot dead by ERT, trying to heal a dying cultist with a medical kit. Another situation would be, Changelings. I can only remember one incident where Halstere encountered a changeling and wasn't an antag (Only ever as another changeling, never encountered one as a Traitor). This was when two characters had been turning people into each other using DNA changes. He spent the opening of that round talking to a Changeling disguised as a woman who had just been cloned, with coffee and donuts. It wasn't until she generated a sword out of her arm and tried to murder the Head of Security. He spent the great majority of that round, confused. Another round spent as Cultist, he helped attempt the murder of a Preacher, and then had to cover his back with excuses when Security found out. He then spent the round trying to break a Cultist who was captured out of detainment. As Mercenaries or equivalent, I have a habit of trying to peace-antag. Same with Wizard. I don't think I've ever caught a Traitor (Not directly, at least). A Vampire (Though I've encountered them before, I've done my best to abide by the red-text cues from them during actions - Never even mentioned one or interacted with one further outside of being thrall'd), though I have lit up a good Carp. Overall, could you list some of this valid-y behavior? As for the other poster, Rkhal. Good lord, man. I told you not to post here. Get back in your hole, go.

Honestly, I have no great issue with Harrow. He's an alright player, fairly mature as well, and maintains a level of detail in his on-server roleplay that I admire. He'd fit well as a Head of Staff, or as the Internal Affairs Agent he means to play. +1.

I'm UTC-7 here in the US of A, so, it's 12PM for me at the time of this post and 8PM for you. Somewhere in between 1PM on my side and later would work, though it'd likely have to be on a weekend, I rarely get up so early.

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BYOND key:BrutishCrab51. Character names: Kalren Halstere, Mariabella Cypret. How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Two months, as for 2017. I played for a month and a half back in 2016, though stopped for a time. Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: Namely speaking, I think I've committed myself to Aurora as a server. I'm on every day, and I'm generally on during the off-hours of the day. From 11AM to about 8PM, on a good day, and even further along past about 12PM, when few Heads of Staff are available for Extended or low-population rounds. Along with this, I'd like to take on more responsibility in the server, and help afford roleplay for everyone from a position of influence during just about all rounds. Why did you come to Aurora?: Originally, I didn't. In late 2015 and most of 2016, I was involved in ArchAngel, Paradise, and No Man's Land. Passing through them all, through (Respectively) server-death, disinterest, and server-death, I stumbled upon Aurora and started playing the server once more. From there, I got invested in the roleplay of the server with a new character - Kalren Halstere. I rejoined in early July, though I've not been involved in the Forums to any great extent aside from a few in-game posts and a Custom Item application. Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: Yep, I have. Minimum of thirty years of age, with ten years in some sort of respective Security-based field - Along with a Bachelor's level degree, or a Master's. The imagined goal is, with that said, Head of Security. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about: Roleplay is.. Well, peculiar, and subjective depending on who you ask. From LightRP to HeavyRP (For SS13 at least), you have various levels of quality or detail or investment. It's the act of portraying a character aside from yourself in a setting that you yourself would generally not be involved in, and essentially, imagine another person. A character. With stories, backgrounds, relationships, fears, traits, quirks, perhaps even medical or emotional issues. Onto the second part of the question - Roleplay is about playing off a story from the point of view of a character that you control within it. It's like writing a book, with fifteen authors, and dynamic actions between every character. You establish ties, rivalries, friendships. You learn, struggle, and perhaps even die - All as the story would have you do, it's playing a role, much like acting. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: A remarkably simpler question. Heads of Staff exist to help push forward roleplay in a constructive and intricate manner, and to facilitate it for others. While they aren't required, they act like a needed supervisor within the server from an IC standpoint. Sometimes, it comes down to whether or not a Head of Staff is available, for someone to murder another character - Or report them on a complaint. Steal an ID card, or request additional access. Change someone into a Slime, or request a monkey test subject. It really depends. Heads of Staff exist to facilitate all of that, and keep everything in control. They're players that you trust to act as administrators on the ground. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: Whitelisted players are specifically trusted to help enforce standards from an IC standpoint on the server. Whether for one department or another. Along with that, Whitelisted players are meant to uphold standards of roleplay, and standards of trust. They're meant to be highly informed on the subjects for which they are Heads of, and at least vaguely informed on all matters of the server at large from an OOC perspective. Players with the whitelist, have it for a reason. They need to prove they should have it. Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions. Character name: Kalren Halstere. Character age: 31. Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Kalren Halstere's childhood was, persay, not necessarily a normal one. Born to lower-class family in the Martian city of Crest Olympia, he was raised in what was once the bustling suburbs of a Solarian colony, long since destroyed following the great Terraforming Collapse. Raised among two others - A Sister, Lillith Halstere -- And a brother, Damion Halstere, who would go on themselves to join the Interstellar Aid Corps. He was educated during his early days at New Gregori Primary School, education tinged by theological beliefs from among the religious population of the city, namely, his neighbors in a hundred-story super-apartment complex, and his own parents, with a hefty Christian upbringing, eventually branching off into a higher level of education - Four year's time, he received a Bachelor's degree in Practical Forensics from the University of Olympia. This all culminated in a dutiful background, humbled by his experiences as a youth from a rather poor family, and the youngest of three. He signed on with the Solarian Civil Defense, before stepping up into the Solarian Navy - A marine trooper. For four years he served, rising from an Enlisted Trooper to a Non-Commissioned Officer within the 32nd Solarian Alliance Navy Flotilla, serving alongside Rimworld Security forces, and Inner-Core detachments. Eventually, his tour of duty ended after a resounding four years of Marine service, culminating in two years of stark unemployment until he signed on with NanoTrasen in 2451. Originating as a Security Officer with ATLAS ties given his Civil Defense history, he rose up through service to receive a grade-raise to Security Officer Level Two, and a transfer to Warden Level One, and even later, the Biesel Silver Star of Merit for bravery and professionalism in the line of duty in capturing a dangerous suspect on the NSV Aurora, culminating in raised interest in Corporate administration on his part. What do you like about this character?: Personally, I enjoy how developed my character has become since I started playing Aurora again. He's a serious man with a half-slurred accent, and friends who one would consider he never associate with. He's likely one of my more favored characters overall, and provides a realistic approach to a great deal of situations. From playing would-be football with fellow Officers in the Brig using holo-badges, to buying coffee for Doctors at the front desk of Medical, to jetpacking across gullies on the surface in a Voidsuit with an assault rifle hunting down a hostage-taker. He's one of my more developed characters in all of SS13, and I'm pleased to see how he's progressed. What do you dislike about this character?: Personally, I find I've been a bit inconsistent on the server with the origins in terms of backstory for Kalren Halstere. Sometimes, ranging from an ATLAS extremist to someone who is willing to buy K'ois bars for a choking Vaurca simply because he feels bad. I need to slam down some of his character points, and staple them down, in a sense. What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: He's an experienced character with command experience, having been named Interim Head of Security more than once. Along with time spent as a Warden. He's, as a character, shown to follow Corporate Regulations effectively, and handle situations in a more-or-less non-violent or non-lethal manner, along with ensuring communication and cooperation among the team at large, and among personnel on the station. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions. How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I like to think I'm articulate with my roleplay. Originally, I started out on CW:HL2RP on Garry's Mod, moved on to CW:STALKER, CW:SWTCW, CW:WW3, and others. Serious roleplay required serious reactions, and I had to keep up with everyone else as, if you didn't, you generally wouldn't be taken seriously. On SS13, roleplaying every single action has taken a downturn given the real-time nature of combat and actions in the game, with game mechanics policing what can and can't be done. However, even still, I attempt to roleplay out everything I do with poses and hint, generally through description, flavor text, or the 'me' command. Extra notes: It may seem I'm very hell-bent and basing my entire application on the Head of Security position - Namely, because that's the only one I have experience in, as an Interim. I primary Security, and secondary Cargo, and as such, I'm inclined in the extreme to favor Security as a role. Failing that, the Security department doesn't always have a Head of Staff, and is paramount to the ongoing RP and situations occurring on the station at large. Along with that, I've very few Forum posts. I don't generally get involved on it beyond Forum events (The would-be Biesel Storm Battalion post) or occasionally to look at other applications. It's not necessarily a nod to how long I've been playing, though, and any criticism would be pleasing to see, so I can polish up the character and possibly even the application at large.

BYOND Key: Brutishcrab51. Character name: Kalren Halstere. Item name: Silver Star of Merit. Why is your character carrying said item to work? It's a service merit rewarded by Nanotrasen and the Republic of Biesel, carrying it on his uniform would make a great deal of sense. Item function(s): Little more than symbolism, to be adorned on a uniform as an accessory. Item description: The Biesel Silver Star of Merit, rewarded for bravery and professionalism in the line of duty. Item appearance: To be quite honest, I can't help but be a bit vague here. Jackboot didn't go into detail. A silver medal adorned with faint golden decorations and decorative gold ribbon. How will you use this to better interact with crew and/or stimulate RP? It'd be useful to me as a story-teller, and my character as a decorative object, given it was a merit and reward for taking part in a canon event - And interacting in a specific way with one of the canon characters. Additional comments:Personally, I'd like Jackboot's input on the medal itself, in terms of description. An already-existing medal could easily be editted in vars or possibly changed via color. Not a lot to go on.

If you want to let someone out early for surrendering or otherwise assisting Security, there's an option for that, it's called 'Early Release'. Just do the math in your head and release them at the appropriate time manually using the cell terminal. It'll be the same as if they served out their full sentence.

This is a cool thing, so, hit me. What does everyone think of my Red Coalition Head of Security? Along with that, concerns regarding his choice of apparel, or anything else. Minor update after his status changed significantly.

I, Kalren Halstere, Security Officer Level Two, Security Department, would like to register my interest in this gathering.