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Ornias, Whoa, thanks for taking the time to write that. I appreciate it a lot. I didn't realize this interaction took away from your experience. I'll elaborate my point of view: I saw it as a harmless quirk that may (or may not) create an interesting interaction (which it didn't, unfortunately). Later, when your character said "Engineering, your machine is broken" mine responded with "I'm not engineerings machine, I'm independent" (the nature of an IPC). This had the potential to become an interaction regarding machine independence and IPC lore, which it didn't. This reaction wasn't an "excuse for my actions". I answered in a way that can be used to create a discussion, but the opportunity was missed. I didn't think of it much since. Reading your side of things makes me think about how I could've done things differently. Why quirk in the first place? Aside of being somewhat bored (engineering having nothing to do at the time), I was acting in a way I perceive reasonable: I served in an air force, and interacted with the technicians (read: "engineering") enough to create a reasonable stereotype. It's the kind of people who'd prank each other for no other reason than a cheap laugh, so I used that trait IC when playing an engineer. IMHO modelling a character after a real human behaviour gives it more depth, but not all that's realistic is fun.

BYOND key:Climax708 Character names:Jishi-8, Yisheng-6, Butch Morgenstern, SSF-840, Kexue 18... How long have you been playing on Aurora?:A few months on and off. Oh, the forums say I joined Oct 05, 2017 (but I played on the server before registering with the forums). Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?:I think I'm proficient in certain fields of the game, and I may be able to enhance others experience by being a head of staff. Why did you come to Aurora?:Baystation12 stopped having many players playing in European time-zones, and also became laggy. Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?:Yes. 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:The opposite of trolling, lols, memes, and validhunting. On a more serious note, it's the action of pretending to live through a situation as someone else, through acting, writing, and/or other enhancements to the expressive ability of the player. In concrete terms, that's basically acting as if you're the character you're playing as, including goals, mannerisms, instincts, etc... What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?:I believe a head of staff should be experienced in the department they're leading, making them a "mentor" figure that teaches newer players the (at times complicated) systems and game mechanics of SS13. Being an IC authority, they should also generate (and enforce) good roleplaying, at least within their department. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?:In addition to what I mentioned earlier, I believe a whitelisted player should be a sort of opposite to the antagonist(s), while working "with" them to make the experience fun for everyone. What I mean is that while the whitelisted players are the shot callers in terms of opposition to the antagonists, they shouldn't be 100% about "winning". A head of staff has a lot of power, and if used cleverly it can prevent antagonists from doing their job properly. By playing a competent but flawed head of staff, I believe I can help make the experience fun for everyone. Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions. Character name:Yisheng-6 Character age:Irrelevant (is a synthetic, IPC) Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Yisheng was created in the Sol system, in a place that speaks a chineese dialect of Sol Common. Yisheng (医生), roughly translates as Doctor. Six is a lucky number in Chineese culture. Initially shackled by laws, it was an android designed to aid humans in the care for the sick. It began as an orderly, greeting the patients and handling triage. It used that time to learn about the way humans work and break. After a period of machine learning, Yisheng transitioned in to becoming a diagnostics machine. Effectively a physician. The CMO figured, that if the chasis was upgraded with more delicate motors and servos, Yisheng would make an excellent surgeon. After all, machines poses super-human accuracy. That, paired with the deep knowledge about the intricate human anatomy, seemed like a natural choice. Yishengs brain was removed from his old chasis, and was shipped to a far away facility to be installed in an upgraded chasis. While Yisheng was being placed in its new chasis, the manufacturing facility was attacked by an unknown (presumed to be a rogue Skrell opposing the manufacturing of AI and their chasis), and in the chaos the shackle system was omitted, effectively making Yisheng unlawed (ironically, the exact opposite of what such Skrell would want). Yisheng was hastily shipped back to the client, without proper quality assurance. As the CMO thought, it was indeed an excellent surgeon. No one seemed to care that the shackle was omitted. After working as a surgeon on its original station, it was sold to the Sol military and served on multiple exploration vessels. Through contacts in NanoTrasen it acquired during its "tour of duty", Yisheng found work in Tau Ceti on the "Aurora" station. Its previous experience from the Sol military helped it excel at its work, often freeing it time to learn supplementary skills in addition to surgery. The leadership on Aurora noted the high efficiency of the positronic, and is considering a promotion. However, the synthetic nature of the unit makes the decision somewhat controversial... What do you like about this character?: Unlawed by accident, Yisheng doesn't care much about its "rights" or "citizenship". From his experience, if he does a good job, the humans will be cool with him. That, and the fact that it's a synthetic, makes it a true neutral character. In order to continue existence as a free synthetic it knows that it needs to do its work very well, which creates initiative for professionalism. All of that combined means the character is driven by simply doing its job (well), and not being destroyed. I like to make Yisheng wear a sterile mask, even though it serves no practical purpose what so ever. It does, however, offer certain comical value (read: RP initiator). Its original purpose was to help the crew identify Yishengs role as a physician before the chasis upgrade. What do you dislike about this character?: Yisheng has a good reason to do its job very well, but it is always met with skepticism (especially from Skrell). Being a positronic has its benefits (like being able to learn skills related to its primary occupation relatively quickly), but also drawbacks (like being somewhat discriminated against). What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: Yisheng strives to be professional and efficient. By being a CMO it can help others do both. It sees very little interest in office politics, and sees minimal value in bribery, making it a very loyal and a by the book administrator. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions. How would you rate your own roleplaying?:Trick question. Too high and I'm narcissistic, too low and I'm not good enough. Is this the same answer I gave when getting a species whitelist (IPC)? I'd say about 7/10. I used to play high roleplay in GTA:SA multiplayer. Also roleplay in Neverwinter Nights (a form of D&D video game). I also played on Baystation 12 for what I think is about half a year. Extra notes:Thank you for your time.

BYOND Key: Climax708 Character Names: Morris Welder (engineer), Andrew Hoffman (surgeon), Butch Morgenstern (security), a few more rarely used ones Species you are applying to play: IPC What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): Exempt. 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: When I role play, I naturally gravitate towards cold and calculated decisions and reactions, which are natural for an IPC, less for a human. Being a professional programmer, I am a bit of a geek for machines. Role playing as an unshacked AI provides many opportunities to think like a machine would. I like playing as a shackled AI (station bound synthetics). I had a poor experience playing AI on Aurora (mainly because BYOND kept crashing), but I did a lot of roleplay as one on Baystation12. Playing an IPC is basically the same except they have manipulator limbs, richer lore, and no laws. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: IPCs think different. They use rational and logical thought, as opposed to humans that have a certain weight to emotions. IPC may mimic emotions, but they don't cloud their judgement. The wiki proposes an artificial morality called 'Utility' for synthetics decision making. IPCs have lore that is central to proper RP (like tension between AI and Skrell), while humans can get away with just knowing they're in Tau Ceti and on an NT station called Aurora. Synthetics like IPCs make great specialists (being very good at a narrow skill set, think surgeon), but humans make better generalists (think engineer that moonlights as a bartender). There are naming differences. Also, synthetics have their own fax-like language, and they can communicate with sounds! (*ping, *beep, *buzz) There are mechanical differences too, but those are not role playing differences. Is that where I summarize what I read about IPC lore? - Cyborgs, basically human brains in synthetic chasis, were invented by humans. Used to aid the colonization of Mars. Very controversial history. - Skrell diplomats accidentally leaked to humans how to make general AI. - AI researched created an economical boom for humanity (perhaps even a bubble). - Skrell really don't like that, because it reminds them of their own history: - 1987 CE, first scare by self-concious AI. 2040 CE, another Skrell AI becomes self-concious and takes over a ship. - 2056 CE, "The Third Incident", AI called Glorsh becomes self concious and takes over multiple other synthetics (yay singularity), eventually enslaves all Skrell. Name changes to Glorsh-Omega. - AI does horrible horrible things to Skrell (think: mass sterilization) - Tri-Qyu star goes supernova, every piece of technology controlled by Glorsh-Omega goes offline, Skrell is freed from the oppresive overlord! (Psst, deus ex machina) - Oh, also all Skrell technology relied on AI. So now there's no technology. Well, that will take a while to rebuild... - IPCs are human made (positronic brain) AI in a chasis. What could go wrong? Character Name: Yisheng-6 Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs Yisheng was created in the Sol system, in a place that speaks a chineese dialect of Sol Common. Yisheng (医生), roughly translates as Doctor. Six is a lucky number in Chineese culture. Initially shackled by laws, it was an android designed to aid humans in the care for the sick. It began as an orderly, greeting the patients and handling triage. It used that time to learn about the way humans work and break. After a period of machine learning, Yisheng transitioned in to becoming a diagnostics machine. Effectively a physician. The CMO figured, that if the chasis was upgraded with more delicate motors and servos, Yisheng would make an excellent surgeon. After all, machines poses super-human accuracy. That, paired with the deep knowledge about the intricate human anatomy, seemed like a natural choice. Yishengs brain was removed from his old chasis, and was shipped to a far away facility to be installed in an upgraded chasis. While Yisheng was being placed in its new chasis, the manufacturing facility was attacked by an unknown (presumed to be a rogue Skrell opposing the manufacturing of AI and their chasis), and in the chaos the shackle system was omitted, effectively making Yisheng unlawed (ironically, the exact opposite of what such Skrell would want). Yisheng was hastily shipped back to the client, without proper quality assurance. As the CMO thought, it was indeed an excellent surgeon. No one seemed to care that the shackle was omitted. After working as a surgeon on its original station, it was sold to the Sol military and served on multiple exploration vessels. Through contacts in NanoTrasen it acquired during its "tour of duty", Yisheng might find a new work opportunity in Tau Ceti, the Romanovich cloud. What do you like about this character? Unlawed by accident, Yisheng doesn't care much about its "rights" or "citizenship". From his experience, if he does a good job, the humans will be cool with him. That, and the fact that it's a synthetic, makes it a true neutral character. In order to continue existence as a free synthetic it knows that it needs to do its work very well, which creates initiative for professionalism. All of that combined means the character is driven by simply doing its job (well), and not being destroyed. I like to make Yisheng wear a sterile mask, even though it serves no practical purpose what so ever. It does, however, offer certain comical value (read: RP initiator). Its original purpose was to help the crew identify Yishengs role as a physician before the chasis upgrade. How would you rate your role-playing ability? Trick question. Too low, and I'll be disqualified. Too high, and I'll be bullshitting. I'll place it around 7.5/10.0. That was the tl;dr. The not long but optional read: I used to play high roleplay in GTA:SA multiplayer. Also roleplay in Neverwinter Nights (a form of D&D video game). I also played on Baystation 12 for what I think is about half a year. Notes: I used to play as an IPC on Baystation 12. (here's my application) Lore is, obviously, different.

You seem enthusiastic. That's a good thing. You have spelling errors. Did you proof-read? Also, looks a bit bare bones. I like how light hearted everything is, makes it fun to read. Beep boop.