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Then... why do you want them rollable? It makes sense to me that they aren't.

Always thought they couldn't be rolled because they were supposed to be very tight.

Best place to post it would be the character stories subsection of the forum.

They look kind of washed out and grey to me. I'm sure it fits with Bay's color palette but uh. They look like they're vampires to me.

I'm not exactly sure what thing you're referring to (I don't get around to other servers) but how I'm understanding it, it likely won't really work. The way drinks are coded, they are very specifically sprited around one type of glass--it's literally the sprite of the drink, and they aren't separate. So when this drink that you've mixed is poured into a drinking glass, it pops the appropriate sprite into existence. Now, if you pour that same mixed drink into a beaker, it is a flat color. The code for it is just a plain color. No fancy garnishes, no fizzing, no multicoloration. If we add static glasses, that's basically what we'll be facing. A bunch of beakers. At least, that's to my knowledge.

I've no problem letting them if they want to. But you have to look at it this way, too: why bother going to the chef when I can get food from a vending machine. The best thing going for the kitchen, as big a burger meme as this is, is the fact that there's good food without hassle or pay. When you add the roadblock of limitations and extra steps, it feels worse for most people involved because the payment options we have aren't exactly the most streamlined feature we have. From an IC standpoint, t's also kind of jarring and annoying, having to pay one round and not having to another round and being given a piece of paper that says you can have one free meal the next and... But some chefs I've spoken to don't actually want to. They're being forced to and they get yelled at if they don't. People are actually being reprimanded for trying to play the role they signed up for: cooking food and enjoying conversation with people (that doesn't revolve around the fact that yes, this shift you must pay for a meal and its this much and this is how you do it), not restaurant management. That's where my problem is. And that might be a separate suggestion to make, to allow both styles of play (the chef/cook dichotomy, maybe, where chefs are considered visiting and paid for by NT and cooks are your restaurant-management players). I don't believe Kaed's issue can really be fixed. It's too multifaceted and attached deeply to something players don't have any reason to see as "yes this matters, this is something we're giving up". A CCIA notice won't fix it because people could brush it aside to say "hey, this isn't about a hostage situation, this is different!" And anyone that says "Dude, don't pay for someone like that" is liable to get icly lynched. How many people are willing to say "Yeah, I won't give up my multibillion dollar employer's money for someone I work with if they're kidnapped for ransom." It's a mindset and no regulation can change the morals of a character or the morals of the person behind the screen. It's a twisted sort of metagaming that can't really be stopped.

Thiiiiiis isn't a good idea for a couple reasons. First, and perhaps most poignant to this thread, antag rounds aren't canon. But those withdrawls for times when a hostage situation meets this will be if the accounts are made persistent. There would literally be a record of "that time the captain was kidnapped" or "we paid for Joe's safety that day but the bad guys blew him up in the end anyway because it was a ruse". An argument could be "Well, we could just delete those". Who exactly is going to be in charge of deleting those? The Head of Personnel? The admins? Should we be forcing either of those roles into this job? One is IC and one is dealing with enough as it is. Second, and perhaps most world-destroying from my view, is how laughably easy it is to make the station hundreds of thousands of credits. The game is most certainly not balanced for a persistent economy (which is part of why it hasn't just been implemented). A good mining team can literally make as much in just one round if they really dig in there (pun intended). An argument could be "well, just make the station account deduct a certain amount each round". Well, you tell me how much we should be deducting. "A little". Well, what about the rounds where we have those efficient mining teams? "A lot". What about those rounds where we don't have those mining teams, and what about say, the science funds? Do they get deducted the same amount? They aren't exactly selling their crafts, nor should they be obligated to just to keep up their own funding. "Just bring it down to a set amount every round." … Isn't that what we already have? Do I think it sucks that hard work kind of vanishes when a round ends? Yeah. But do I understand why it should? Absolutely. Coincidentally, I'm also against civilian being forced to charge for their goods if the player doesn't want to. Money has no meaning. There's no difference between making customers pay credits for a meal right then or just saying "it gets deducted from your account later" or "employees pay for meal plans outside of the round". For this reason, imposing policy on hostage situations doesn't amount to anything. The best way to change it is to have characters--command, likely, seeing as they're the ones holding the negotiations--around that aren't willing to pay any price for a life. I'm more willing to believe a CMO is a bleeding heart for any life than a HoS eying the fact that this kidnapped assistant has like 19 offenses and is generally opposed to NT and "heeeyy… shaaame about that guy..."

Playing dead is a viable way to escape getting actually dead, yes. In a huge havoc, people are just waiting for that "final death" noise to move on to another target or escape a situation before others arrive. In that way, people aren't going to check your pulse and if they do, well, then you failed to fool them. But sometimes, just sometimes, you can fight meta with meta (and it isn't intended meta, it really isn't. It's just the way a video game works.)

No, I'm with VT here. Succumb is already there for option b and option a is pointless. I've used *deathgasp in an rp sense and I know others have as well. Zapped with a laser tag gun or a cap gun "NO! I'VE BEEN HIT! GOODBYE CRUEL WORRRRLD!" rest + *deathgasp It gives a cute air of authenticity without having to type out " me falls to the ground and plays dead"

But how do people in-round know that? They can only see how much I'd have in my account that round and can only make the call based on that, unless there was some printed list of just how much each job is worth.

1.5x a bank account isn't accurate at all. One round a chef can have $400. The next, nearly 2000. What, I'm worth more this shift than I was the last one?

Reporting Personnel: Vedai'Kwia Xizal Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Shaft Miner Game ID: bYh-c7iW Personnel Involved: - Vedai'Kwia Xizal, Shaft Miner - Victim - Uriel Evans, Captain - Offender - Kane Andrews, Paramedic [Later assistant] - Witness, if not also a victim - The AI at the time [ARLO] - Offender Time of Incident: ~16:30, perhaps later Real Time: ~4pm EST (9pm GMT) Location of Incident: NSS Aurora Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [ ] - Neglect of Duty [ ] - Harassment [ ] - Assault [ ] - Misconduct [ X ] - Other: False charges Overview of the Incident: A miner fell. Being a miner myself, I asked where they were (they didn't have a GPS on them) and they said their location. They were clearly in pain and needed help. I went to get them because I have rescued fellow miners before, and they were dying. I got them in through the mining airlock and asked where the medical personnel were (they were not waiting in cargo to get a fallen miner). The AI stated they were in research (I thought they had a xenobiology outbreak maybe) and to put her in a cryo tube. I put her in a roller chair and ran to medical. The AI turned the tube on. Medical was not there. The captain had followed me since cargo and I told him I didn't know were the medical personnel were [at the time there was a paramedic, doctor, and rescue stationbound] or if it was working. The girl died. Medical then arrived. The captain wanted to know who told me to put her in the tube. I told him the AI did. The captain ultimately said I was interfering with a rescue. I was charged on his orders with manslaughter, and fined 1000 credits for it. If I had not acted she would have died on the asteroid anyway. She was in a small hole below the station. Medical could not have gotten to her from research. I was told by the paramedic that he was told to go to her through research by the AI and rescue stationbound that was with him. It's not his fault any more than it is mine, I realize now. But I should not be punished for trying to save a person's life while the AI was not even shut down for maintenance for such a bad call. I was told also to not interfere with rescue attempts anymore. And I cannot promise that. Did you report it to a Head of Department or IAA? If so, who?: A copy of an early draft of this report was shown to Captain Evans. Actions taken: None to resolve this issue. Additional Notes: (Translated from Nral’Malic by Worrla’Nal Reqiik, Translator and Interpreter, NTCC ODIN)

It would be an interesting arc (or even just an article) to have some scientists try to determine lifespan. "Oh, shit, you guys are like, not going to live very long with the stress this puts on your yada yada etc" or "Wow, nice, seems there's no catastrophic result to this". I know which one is better from a story standpoint. Imagine sacrificing your lifespan for your belief and the conflict in each Unathi and the further conflict in taking away that choice from their children.

BYOND Key: Conspiir Character Names: Vedai’Kwia Xizal, Morpho Jrazxza, Drexel Azanti, Odovacar Aquzaxi’Liish, and Arixii Xanav-Aqirii are the most common (I like Skrell, can you tell?) Occasionally a Dionae named Crop Circles Drawn in Dust or a Vaurca named Xckdn. Species you are applying to play: Unathi What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): Sandy. (https://puu.sh/Cul5z/33c9c5fdb1.png) Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: I have 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: No, it isn’t for the Aut’akh. I read the lore on the Aut’akh and started to try to come up with some kind of character, but transhumanism doesn’t appeal to me so it kind of fell through. But the character idea was too nice to waste, so I ended up reading the rest of the lore while I was at it and, well, it stuck. Here’s Vitusek. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human Skrell: Let’s face it, Skrell are my default. And if the races were a spectrum, I’d probably put Unathi and Skrell on opposite ends. This will be the deepest into politics and religion I’ve dug, so it’ll definitely be a challenge to view it not from me: “I don’t care” but from the character’s: “this is life.” Unathi are far more about physical might and societal structure and stratification. Where Skrell are all about “everyone is equal, figure out who is the best”, traditional Unathi would never claim any such thing and would probably laugh if you suggested it. Only the best are the best, there is no equality. Character Name: Zenodorun Vitusek Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs. Hailing from Moghes is… difficult. I remember being very young and riding on the shoulders of my mother as we trekked from our village. “Do not look back, Dorun” she told me. “Bad things happen to those who turn back from a set path.” I did not know it at the time, but the Waste was engulfing our village. Food was too scarce. We were forced to abandon it for purer lands to the south. I only knew the kind and elderly shaman woman, body covered in the names of many lost, who oft gifted me sweet treats when no one saw, was among those who were not taking the walk. But I did as my mother bade. I did not look back. I never met my oldest brother. I was told he was a great fighter, extremely strong, a source of great pride. But strength was no match for obliteration. And I remember pondering for many sunrises, if anyone could pick up a gun, or drop an explosive, what use is great strength? Why not build up fortitude, perseverance, and a necessary trade? While others were off attempting to beat fantastical odds and aimed to become a warrior of great renown for Izweski (by fighting what? Common vermin?) I worked at a craft. I… cooked. My mother had no daughters, and I was the youngest. She was ecstatic that someone (anyone, truly) was interested in her day-to-day. My father and brothers were always trying to toughen me, harden me, defeminize me, and my mother supported that. At the setting sun, a son should be a son. And I believe that as well. I am a son. But on dark nights, when Chantarel rose in the west and my scales ached from unparried blows, I would look up through the air and dust and see those burning dots. And I would think, “I believe they, too, would enjoy something warm to eat right about now.” I aimed to find out. I will not turn from my path. And I will not stop learning just because it is not done. I am a proper Sinta, but in this, I will not yield. What do you like about this character? He’s a goody-two-shoes. Extremely respectful and by-the-book, except for this one thing he’s stubborn about. He would not be caught dead speaking poorly of the Hegemony. And he would not be caught as a rotting corpse being polite to a Guwan. He’s also in an awkward middle where his clan is traditionally Th’akh but is too attached to the Izweski ways after growing up in the nation to turn down Sk’akh. (A very, “If you talk to my mother, I’m Th’akh” situation.) Even more fun (to me, at least) he’ll be using some archaic language and mixing up words on occasion. I’m busting out the thesaurus for this one. He’s striving to take a traditionally dismissed women’s activity and raise it to be something worthy of consideration. He passed the Culinary Aptitude Test and would begin working in the civilian sector of the Aurora while giving traditional college a try. How would you rate your role-playing ability? I do okay for myself and I enjoy it. Could always be worse, but could always be better.

No, please. Not until I can mute them. Not until I don't have to listen.

That's a really cool and unique take. A retractable energy cane. It'll definitely get a few awed looks, but doesn't seem out-of-place. +1

The good of paper books is being able to remove them from the area. I can go sit at the kitchen with my book and discuss it with the chef, for a totally random example. I'd like paper books to still be obtainable, but perhaps cost a fee. As far as the Tech Person, I definitely like the idea of that job. A computer nerd, if you will, with no other expectations than to be... a computer nerd. Not fully IT, not fully Roboticist. Just a Tech Expert.

The answer has already been said in the original post. I know, infuriating. And yet, true. Find the answer, young Padawan.

I'm personally not a fan of the look of the holographic plants. They seem kind of busy and out-of-place. Walking over them to change the color seems meh and clicking on them to change the type seems like it would get in the way of, like, actions. I assume you can't hide things in the holoplants. Side note: do they satisfy the cargo bounty for potted plants? Hiding behind plants kind of... doesn't make sense with the holographic plants. On its own, seems like it should definitely be a thing. Really cool, actually. But Water coolers are good. No reason not to have nice water coolers in places. Kegs, I mean. Sure. Though the bar doesn't have a lot of room for that xuixi keg and there's plenty of juice in the boozeomat already...

There is a button. You must look harder. Use your eyes. (Also happy new year)

It does! This thread is to let it apply to the Dionae gestalt, not just the Diona nymph.

Have to second this. If there's no other option to pick, will this change still pick the gamemode a second time or will it fail to start?

If physical traumas on cloning reduce the chances even slightly of some of the bad mental ones, I'm all for it. A normal medical doctor would be able to understand rehab equipment, raising up the odds of a good cloning even when you don't have a chemist or psych.

Cochlear implants would be really neat. If we make it an expensive loadout item, though, we have to take into account it would logically go on the earslot. Skrell often wear headtail dressings on their earslot. Not to mention it would screw anyone that wears neck bandanas or headphones. The code would have to be in such a way that things could attach to the cochlear implant, but the cochlear implant could also not just be taken off willy-nilly and would be straight-up attached on spawn. The best way, I think, would be prosthesis. But then it's "free" so what's preventing people from doing the same thing you say they'd do if it were a language slot?

This looks really awesome. How does membership work, and how long is membership typically? Is it a volunteer-for-it-and-you-get-paid deal? Is it full-time or part-time? How does NanoTrasen view them? I don't need the answers now if you don't have them, just things to think about!