BYOND Key: Bigdogagent007
Character Names: Lenny Sandford, Andreovitch Poupov, Arnold Richards (Arnold Richards is new, but I think I like this one a little more)
Species you are applying to play: Tajaran
What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): Kochiba (RGB 107, 68, 35)
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 wish to play this specific race because I am moving from another server and would like to take my most notable character with me. My character's name is Wamahrir Hadii, and while she was accepted by the old server, I /do/ realize that I will have to change her up for this server. I have had this character for a really long time (around 3 years of being my main go-to character), and I would like to not leave them behind if at all possible. The server I am trying to leave is Apollo, which I feel is a mere shadow of its former self now. I am trying to jump ship while I still have my character info saved, so I don't lose it forever.
I realize that I have not played on this server as much, but like I said, I am trying to just get my character out while I still can. I am willing to accept a temporary hiatus on the use of this character, but I would at least like to be able to move them over in the mean time. The ability to move them over would make me feel a lot more comfortable.
Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:
The Tajaran speak in third person, and are much more conservative than most other races. They tend to focus more on hard work, almost to a spiritual sense. They tend to favor trades, such as engineering jobs, janitorial duties, mechanic roles, mining, etc. They are able to conduct great acts of intelligence, but tend to feel exhausted both mentally and physically afterwards. Their circadian rhythm is very different from most other races, as their sleep cycle is a lot longer. Changing this sleep cycle tends to have adverse effects on a Tajaran's health in the long term, with the Tajaran feeling lethargic, upset, irritable, and paranoid.
Character Name: Wamahrir Hadii
Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs
I would like to note that this backstory was developed and formed over 3 years of playing this character. While I am willing to change some parts of it, I would like to keep the generality of it intact if I can.
Wamahrir was born to a wealthy family in the Hadii clan after the Great War. Her parents, fearing for their child's safety, decided to have Wamahrir learn at a Nanotrasen installation that was close by and well guarded. While she was taking her studies with the children of other wealthy Hadii families, she begin to show a personal interest in fossils and archaeology. After leaving the installation at the age of 18, she decided to go and advance her schooling elsewhere, against the wishes of her parents, who wanted her to stay. Growing up in such close proximity to humans has made her more open minded than standard Tajaran, yet her hard-headed tendencies that heir from the Tajaran culture get her in trouble more times than not. Her deciding to continue her education off of Ahdomai put stresses on her family, and put pressure on the relationship between her and her parents. Eventually, Wamahrir got her doctorate degree in anomalistic studies, and returned to Ahdomai for a short time, where finding work was difficult, as Ahdomai did not have a large push for any form of archaeology, other than through Nanotrasen. She ended up finding a job planet-side, but after completing the excavation project she was working on, Nanotrasen presented Wamahrir with the choice of staying on Ahdomai, or moving station-side with the excavation team. Wamahrir chose to go with the excavation team, putting further strain on her relationship with her parents. She went into a slight depression for a short time when they did not come to see her off when she left Ahdomai with the team.
While working for Nanotrasen, she gained various bits of other R&D training, and eventually, after multiple years of hard work, she was awarded the position of Research Director. While working on the station where she got her Research Director position, she met an Unathi by the name of Koagris Issarik. After months of working together, a friendship begin to form, which quickly turned into a relationship. She attempted to keep it a secret from her parents, but eventually they found out and promptly disowned her. She still is a property owner on Ahdomai, having built a small cottage like building in a mountain range. She tends to visit it for a form of vacation as she attempts to patch up the ties with her aging parents. Eventually, a strain was put on her and Koagris's relationship, as Nanotrasen saw their needs elsewhere and stationed them on different research installations. She is currently trying to salvage what she can, regain her Research Director position, which she lost in the station transition, and get Koagris stationed with her again.
What do you like about this character?
This is a character that I have been developing for around 3 years, give or take. I have put a lot of time into her, and she has become my go-to character. It has gotten to a point where she is almost like a piece of me, which I know is a bit odd, but after playing her so much, it would be upsetting for me to leave my current server without her. She has survived longer than any other character I have created, and as I said before, it would really not be the same to leave without her.
How would you rate your role-playing ability?
I like to think my role-playing ability is decent. I have been playing SS13 since 2012, but I do realize that I have much to learn in that regard.
Notes:
Like I said before, I realize that I am new to this server, but I just want to get this character over before I lose them. When worst comes to worst, I want to make sure I can still play Wamahrir. I am still getting used to this server and it's map/code. Again, as I said before, I am more than willing to take a hiatus until the staff feels I am not an ass-hat, and can handle the role-playing responsibility of playing an alien race.
Thank you for taking your time to read this through, and I hope you will consider white-listing me for this race.