Fire and Glory

What does Polaris's 'borgs look like then?

We all know Usiki, vaguely workaholic, isn't particularly robust, only Unathi on-board that actually holds the title of Surgeon. Whaddya think?

bluespace obviously Probably since the person coding the first hand cuffs wasn't quite thinking it through and they ended up with it being like the person is being cuffed from the front and back with options from each, and people decided they were fine how they were. But really it's Bluespace.

Just a "simple" suggestion to change the color of lizard-speak to a darker green, as right now it's exactly the same color as the public radio and if you understand it then you can't actually see the difference besides that it is followed by "hisses" instead of "says". That's all.

The sprite doesn't actually represent how it works in-game though, if you were cuffed from the front as per the sprite then you could hold at least one item in your hands, interact with objects crudely, etc. But you can't actually do jack so I perceive it as from the back.

Mmh, but even for the right propah IPC's communication can be utilized to increase efficiency rather then idle workplace conversation. On a differennt note Xinc has an uncanny ability to be on every shift I play.

I don't really feel like judging so I'll just make suggestions as to how to make it easier to read.

Mmh, in case you didn't quite know, antag events and results of said events aren't really canon, thus incidents such as wizards poking around and Lii'dra terrorists blowing stuff up didn't happen In-Character-wise, so while you can write this thing as some alt-universe journal thingy, you can't walk up to someone in-game and say "Hey, remember that wizard?" Otherwise, it is interesting to see to IC perspective of someone else of one of my characters.

One issue with Xinc I've found doing medical is that he really doesn't say much, he could be anywhere doing anything and you'd have no clue because he never told anyone, which is an issue when you're in medical and the other people need to know who is treating who. TL;DR, needs to work on communicating with the department more.

Ayup, pretty sure I have a recollection of that, might even have removed the monkey, I dunno.

Mmh, one advantage of the posibrain is that you can do basically anything with it, second AI? Sure, experimental exosuit pilot? If you can get away with it, whereas it tends to be very awkward around full borgs.

Helosi and Eshlian look to be the same person, and I did in fact believe they were when I saw them in your sig.

If this goes through, can you add an exception for the loss of one or two legs? If someone loses his leg through one way or another and gets left there then he's kinda doomed, I'd figure that after the initial shock of falling over I'd be able to maneuver my hands to my headset and scream for medical to get me before I bleed out. (Or I'm a robot and I'm lying there forever because I can't bleed.)

Mmh, you WOULD think borgs'd be noisy, but they aren't, so yeah, implement something like this please.

Nothing -> borging. What a strange autocorrect. So in other words, roboticists van make IPCs instead of borging a player? Mmh, it's a new-ish thing we have because Aurora is Speshul, if the player has an IPC whitelist, then you can stick any posi brain in a chassis without a law computer to make an IPC. Though for a Roboticist to do that they'd require a mess of paperwork and authorization (going up to CC's decision last I checked) and it's 10 times easier to just chuck you in a lawed chassis and call it a day when an IPC would be of dubious usefulness (lacking easy-skill modues.)

Mmh, sorry for the miles long application, I can't do 'short and informative'.

Is it possible for a roboticist to do this without nothing someone? I don't understand this sentence but a Roboticist can stick an MMI/organic brain inside an IPC chassis (or as I call them, Integrated Cybernetic Chassis/ICC) in-game rather then sticking organic brains in regular borgs.

One of the issues with Telesci is that there is NO good way to phone home, so you can't get beamed back, so you just float around like an idiot until 'fortunately' you land back on Aurora, somehow. Closest I've been able to get is having a borg and a AI relay stuff but I can't bring the borg over Z-levels.

BYOND Key:Fire and Glory. Character Names: pAI CAC, Android CAC, IPC CAC, (differences, etc.) Android SAHU, pAI Carl, (doesn't get used) AI MELCHIOR, (Sorta in storage at the moment) Casimir Laurenzi, Tpr Carlson, Jorge Gerthun, (doesn't get used Covert (nuke op). Species you are applying to play:Lizards Unathi. What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt):Some manner of green. Have you read our lore section's page on this species?:Several times to refresh myself on the Unathi lore, to the point of finding errors. 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:Expanding my horizons, my current selection of choices to choose from doesn't particularly interest me at the moment, IPCs don't really offer much new when at the end of the day, they're still robots, and robots were available to me from the start, I don't really like my current IPC, and I don't feel like working on the other one at this point so I'm writing this app. Unathi seem fairly interesting, (as far as warrior lizard aliens go.) and Tajara don't seem particularly appealing to me at the moment, I haven't much idea at all how to do a Skrell, even down to the name, the Trees are trees, and Vaurca aren't actually a thing aren't really appealing to me (lynch), so I'm doing Unathi. As rough around the edges as they are, there is something appealing about Unathi, I am very interested in what the future holds for them, with how aggressive they've been, they'll need to tread carefully or 'glass Moghes' will become a reality, while Tajara aren't in a very good spot on the Galactic Scale either, they aren't drawing dangerous attention to themselves, plus, aforementioned 'roughness around the edges' Also they're robust and can break handcuffs Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:Unathi have strong roots in an outdated way of thinking, working on a honor system, arranging marriages instead of going with whoever the female particularly wants, though said females would most likely be supportive of it (or get beaten to a pulp over the years), relying on the surveying male (father or brother or anything else, depending on the current status of the clan.) to choose a worthy suitor to strengthen the clan, and go with the male's choice without (obvious) complaint. Unathi are distrusted, they've destroyed NanoTrasen assets which would ensure that they don't receive overwhelming success within the company for many years, and that's optimistically assuming that nothing else will happen regarding NT in the future, and something most likely will, the Unathi Hegemony has also gotten into a fight with the Skrell over Ouerea and had it turned over to them, something that the Jargon Federation never really forgave them for, and there's also the fact that most of their fleet consists of raiders and most likely each and every one of them have a bloody history with the various border worlds, not to mention the fact that they are currently churning out the HMV Cataclysm which no government would be comfortable with. Unathi have a different sets of mannerisms from Humans, they'll typically thump their tails when agitated, as a whole, intimacy is displayed through means of close physical contact that isn't hugging, twining tails, etc, they also have a set of mannerisms for addressing and acting around superiors, though Unathi working for corporations such as NanoTrasen most likely would educate them to not do that quite as much. Most Unathi are hostile or distrustful of Shells, (and Unathi of the popular religion's tend to believe that Synthetics in general most definitely cannot have a soul.) viewing them as cheap imitations of life and the like, though again they would most likely be educated to not openly display this while working for a company, though the feeling is still there. Unathi tend be to sensitive about temperatures, they get lazy overly comfortable if they're warm (which is unlikely to happen unless they whip out some space heaters) and get very uncomfortable at cold temperatures (which they usually are since average station temp is 20 Celsius which off the top of my head is probably a little bit warmer then my fridge.) Also they're robust and- Unathi are stronger on average compared to a lot of species, and are arguably physically the strongest of the space faring situations, competing with IPC's and Dionae and that's being very liberal on what exactly "strength" means, but a Unathi would punch you the hardest out of the three 7 times out of 10, which is to say, that of course, your mileage may vary depending on the individual. Character Name: Usiki Zir'u Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs Usiki was born on Moghes in 2424, in the Zir'u clan under Izweski rule which was fortunate enough to reside in the Unathi city Ma'Ha'rem, which didn't get nuked in the Contact War, there Usiki spent his first 13 years of life being trained in the ways of the Warrior, though after those years as he was growing into his prime it quickly became evident that he could not perform well as a warrior and changed tack to being shown how to be a healer, a fact that still embarrasses him somewhat to this day. On his 17th year of life, Clan Leader Kaski Zir'u dictated that the Zir'u clan would go to Ouerea, which they did over a 5 year trickle, Usiki set foot on Ouerea on the second year, residing in New Skalamar, enrolling in the Human managed medical school 'New Horizons' after a short period to further his before-then very basic medical knowledge, with the enrollment being paid by the clan as a whole to strengthen themselves, Usiki took a liking to the surgery aspect of healing and medicine, and primarily trained in it over the long years. By the time the Hegemony took control, Usiki was 33 and well educated in surgery for various species's and also educated in the more general aspects of medicine, although unfortunately he still has no on-hand experience and he would've preferred to stay for a few years longer but unfortunately the School shut down once most of the Humans left, pressured by his clan, Usiki looked for employment and, a fair bit to the Zir'u's disappointment, found employment with the Human Corporation NanoTrasen aboard the NSS Aurora. What do you like about this character?Usiki doesn't have any on-hand medical experience, which fits well with my own lack of experience with Medical, thus I'm perfectly justified if I accidentally give patients Lexorin instead of Inaprovaline or the like. Although it doesn't say so in the backstory, Usiki still practices with the weapons of his ancestors, otherwise known as spears and axes, he's still bad at it and it still embarrasses him, which can create interesting situations around more capable Unathi or even better, skilled non-Unathi. Usiki isn't very well liked by his clan because he is offering his expertise to another power instead of supporting Unathi, and while it's not quite as taboo as fighting for a foreign military, his clan frowns upon it all the same, and he's not happy about it. How would you rate your role-playing ability?Because numerical ratings are completely useless, inaccurate, and biased, lets see. I hold my own well enough in Roleplay, but I'm utterly terrible at going on the offensive, in words that make sense, if you come around and engage one of my character's in a conversation that goes on for longer then a minute, I'll be able to go back and forth in the conversation and probably not lock up, but since the server doesn't revolve around me and people don't engage my char's in conversation much except for a select few, I'm often sitting twiddling my thumbs because I'm terrible at seeking out Roleplay for myself, something I'm trying to fix but not getting much traction sadly. 6.5/10 if you go interact with me, 3/10 if I have to find something to do. Notes:The second paragraph of why I want to play lizards is kinda out of date now that we have new lorepersons and such but I'm lazy. On the roleplaying Unathi I kinda got mixed between defining the species and how actual roleplay goes but I trust it'll work well enough. Guys, 9/10 or 8/10 basically means that you're at the pinnacle of Roleplaying ability, which you most probably are not, down with numerical ratings. Please please tell me if anything doesn't match up, I've experienced some doubts about the first backstory paragraph especially. Credit for the Medical school name goes to Bath Salts Addict, because coming up with two completely seperate names by myself was too much. And, finally, thank you for taking the time to read this, and shame on you if you just scrolled to the end. Now that I've made two applications it's evident that I ramble a lot on my whitelists and the first one wasn't a fluke. Never mind, my first whitelist is like three times shorter, so it's not a trend yet. EDIT:Removed OOC notes that I left to myself as I writ the thing.

Although it's sooooorta shaky since Jack Fractal isn't a lore dev anymore, I do consider it valid if not declared otherwise. Jack has said that skills being programmed typically need a learning period anyway to apply them effectively, and other intelligence's are just manually taught. (which probably wouldn't be too hard since AI's don't eat-drink-sleep or anything else and probably wouldn't get bored so you can just teach it 24 hours a day if you switched out the teaching personnel.) So most AI's prooooooobably aren't completely competent upon construction, though I directed the question to Bespoke models and Line models may be a completely different bag.

I recall talking to Jack Fractal about something like this, off the top of my head I believe that if it can prove that it was tutored then- I don't actually know where I'm going with that, I don't think I talked about that particular facet of Synthetic education. Ah..WELL, I do believe that it'd entirely make sense that NT would have some means of verifying that an IPC can do what it claims to be able to, (Departmental assistants, anyone?) if they can't prove that they were tutored by people qualified. (like you're typical super sekrit intelligence designed by a bunch of Scientists.) Though I haven't talked to a lore dev about that, it makes a lot of sense to me.

Looks pretty good, though unfortunately it suffers the same problem as a lot of your suggestions regarding Science, namely requiring a lot of dedicated coder work to overhaul it, which'll probably never happen sadly.

Too much paperwork ban pls I 'unno. I don't really know jack about Lilith despite often being one of the few on the dead hour Science team when she comes around.

Although I can't offer in-depth criticisms because I don't actually RP here because I have yet to talk to Fraser, he IS a few notches then "random scientist I've never heard of and won't rely on" and I trust him to generally not be packing 50 protopistols if given the chance.

*Baps with newspaper* No! Bad Bokaza! No candyclowns!