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I like Butter's Idea as well. Though I'd say it depends on the RIG, as some RIGs are just lightweight suits (IE EVA rig, Ninja RIG(Though exception for antagonists I suppose ), Stealth and Hacker-RIGs.) with added protection or mobility.

I agree, Schev raised a lot of points that I agree with, such as effect on antagonists and the like, as Conspiir said. Going 'Because the first sentence he said is something untrue to me I don't want to read it' is entirely unfair to him for taking the time to raise valid points.

Yes, I realize. Which is giving antags an advantage without using gear, which isn't really cool from my perspective. My issue with it is moreso 'I as a non-antagonist am not able to do this, but without any further assistance I can do so as an antagonist.' It makes no sense to me. It's not like self-defense rules where you can freely kill as an antagonist, this is a mechanic that's giving a clear advantage to them without any TC cost (Unless, you're proposing to add a new item to the Traitor Menu to do this. In which case I rescind my statement)

*Why did I not know this was a thing before now?*

I don't see why antags in general would be immune to such a thing, that's a little idiotic imo. IE: Human grabs Vaurca, rips off mandibles without force gloves freely as an antagonist. Human does so to a Traitor Vaurca in the next round, gets hand bitten off. Where's muh continuity via mechanics? -- Anyway, this would be an interesting thing as a Unathi/G2 and I'd be all for it, tbqh. +1

Anything with metal fragments in it is likely to be conductive.

Ew, Bic. Get out. But uh. I've had this Tutto3 for the past freaking forever, and it's a mechanical pencil and lovely for drawing. I'm terrible but it's nice to have good tools, sometimes. I'm also a nerd and prefer fountain pens because I like how they feel when they write.

As far as I'm aware, you're supposed to use an already established character. May be wrong on that, but it wouldn't be impossible for someone to be able to be a Head of Staff. Someone who's played a lovely Warden as a character for a long time is surely able to become a HOS Amory.

Your character doesn't fit the "Ten year experience in a security related field" I don't believe. If you took the full five year course, at 18 you'd have graduated at 23. At the current age of 30, you'd have had 7 years at maximum. Schooling does not count towards attendance in a field in real life, so I doubt it does in this case. Though this isn't really a major issue, what's changing a few years? My experience with Hujsak is very very positive as a security officer. And as a Warden, though I haven't played with him in a long time. I'd be happy to give my +1 to this!

Honestly, I personally like to think I've move past my "I'm here for my enjoyment everyone else be damned," to "I like to make everyone around me enjoy their time here." I tend to not go for antagonist roles anymore, (Which as far as I'm aware and recall the vast majority of these warnings stemmed from activity as an antagonist (or captain, which I haven't played either.)) When I do get an antagonist, I tend to focus more on RP with those around me than I do with 'getting my valids and killing as a necessity' anymore. I also like to think I've mellowed out on my angst due to a different frame of mind when interacting with people. Sure I'll get upset sometimes, but it's not the end of the world now, y'know? While my reasoning of my assurances might not be what you were hoping to hear (or read in this case), I haven't done much like I would have before my break. I've got more of an appreciation for an actual HRP server, and don't really want to fuck it up to be quite honest. But as I brought to point a very small amount of, I have a rather abrasive personality at times. I can be rather dickish, and seem overly critical. Hopefully that won't affect too much.

Ahahaahaha. My secret is out!

I did a google, it's because the eraser is combustible and stuff. And makes dust. In low-gravity that's terrible. Edit: Gimme mechanical pencils in SS13 when pls

Another Guwan. Second one in the past week or so, huh. Anyway, I have a problem with the beginning of your story, though this might just be me. Your ENTIRE clan was murdered in a bloodbath? And as such your age would be indiscernible . To me this is just an excuse to get around making an interesting thing for your clan, which I don't see the issue for it's almost a little too bare on the wiki in my opinion about the culture. Though, that's the glory of it, you can keep your clan interesting as long as they follow the honor-systems of the Unathi. Beyond this, my personal opinion is that it's very cookie-cutter to be an Orphanage Unathi (though my opinion is a little nullified here as I made a damn Maraziite.). Perhaps if you like Guwans, make one who's done a large amount of things in spite of their clan and was banished from Moghes, turning to NanoTrasen for a way off the planet and a work environment. I don't know, just seems like you grasped the most recent app and went ' I'll also do this '. Please don't take this as an attack against you, I don't mean to criticize your character overly much. I do enjoy how your backstory was written, and I believe they'd be an interesting character ( If they weren't bloody pink ) to interact with. But as of right now I'm going to give it a -1, based on my interactions with your security officer (Shane Steel). It seems to me you like to RP a little over-the-top to the point of being an obnoxious presence. Good luck on the Application, there's my two cents!

Always go with a good pencil. For art, for writing, for all-around use. Sadly we can't use pencils in space because of graphite poisoning if we were writing while gravity's out. Or something. I don't recall the literal reasoning.

That's fair, but it's certainly an idea out there. I'd be happy with anything beyond just the Four word detail backstory, to be entirely honest.

I +1 this, in fact Bay ported and edited a lovely 'Background' system that I think would be amazing for the server. It'll give say, an option. And then a Lore-blurb about it. It'll also limit what languages you can and cannot select based on your upbringing in certain systems/areas, what religions you can and cannot select (IE you can't be a human following Ma'ta'ke from your childhood or something without a whitelist for it.) For example, a human would have options such as "Earth, Mars, Biesel". Each one would have, for the homeworld, a lore-blurb about this planet. And a Tau Ceti Local wouldn't be able to learn Sol Common, whereas a Sol Local likely wouldn't have say. Freespeak, as they're not on the fringe or near it. (Unless they're from Mars, perhaps.) Factions, homeworlds, and so could also give an economic power statistic if you wanted to port the entire system, to allow players a more depth-like feeling about their bank accounts. For example, a fringe planet would be less economically powerful than Biesel itself. So their savings would be less, based on a percentile, than Biesel's. It gives a ton of options for growth of a character and gives more insight to new players without having to wiki-dive. It also just makes things a heck of a lot cooler, in my opinion!

They also spawn (1-2 iirc) on the table directly outside of cryogenics. I'm pretty sure it's a guaranteed spawn.

Yep! I've gone through a few BYOND Keys, this key not being the only one I've used in that timeframe. This key was made last year to do new stuff after I returned to BYOND yet again and forgot my account information, which I tend to do a lot. I've gone through at least half-a-dozen accounts on BYOND since it's a free platform and my time often a year, maybe two at the most - then off to re-focus on my career or life at the time for the next so often and completely forget it exists. Hopefully that slightly clarifies that, not sure if it does or not. Beyond that I'll edit and fix my answers to a more acceptable standard.

Beyond the fact you're asking for another reason to give heart-attacks to the crew when there's no chef on-station during low-pop, dead-pop, or just when noone wants to play Chef.

Point still stands, to be quite honest. Slugs were removed, and bans were handed out because of it's use so liberally. :shrug:

I very much don't want this to be a thing. However immersive it is, a reminder that we're still here to roleplay and not here to play a survival game. The more difficult we make the game for players who just want to focus on their characters and interactions (such as myself, for example), the more likely these players are to leave the server in search of another with a less complex mechanical side of things. I'm sure a lot of people would just take to keeping a needless, say, bucket or beaker on their person to refill their thirst every twenty minutes. How dehydrated are we going to be on a space-station with a perfected atmosphere (beyond Tajara) for all of it's inhabitants barring say, moisture in the air. Not very, it's a three hour shift, two hours on standard. There's not much to be said about it otherwise. If you want to be immersive, RP it. Don't force a mechanic that'd make little sense literally. My two cents. Edit: I should've probably stated that I disagreed with organic thirst mechanics, however a coolant for IPCs and the like sounds pretty cool. Though I think it should only be used in situations where they'd overheat. Sprinting too much, in a RIG/voidsuit. So they have a bit more of a 'grace period' that uses these things. And as such it wouldn't be required and wouldn't be out in public, but in EVA or Engineering or the like.

What's stopping you is being banned. It's very very taboo to just target limbs and instantly gib or chop them off as far as I'm aware. It's why slugs were removed from the armory. I also agree that instead of nerfing something that's *supposed* to be strong, you should tweak the thing that's inanely weak for bending bluespace even on a basic scale.

CCIA Staff Application Basic Information Byond key: DasFox Character names: https://gyazo.com/c0b6511653bb41fdac0e07c73fa0cade Age: 43 Timezone: GMT-4 Normally, GMT+2 at time of posting What times are you most available?: On an average day, anywhere from 8AM to 11PM. This includes while I'm at work, as I've a rather laxing job I can log in for. Experience How long have you played SS13?: I've been playing SS13 since ~2004, mostly on private servers and never anything serious. However I started playing again on RP servers in ~2012, if not early 2011 due to a renewed interest in both the game and the RP communities of the internet, not having found a 'home' anywhere else. For Clarity's sake, this BYOND Key itself is not the only one I've used over this timeframe. How long have you played on Aurora?: I've played Aurora for almost going on a year now, if we don't count the long break I took from the server entirely. Altogether I'd say my time played over the months themselves would be about four months of days I've logged on (Not consecutively such as hours, but 1 login per day is that day.). How active on the forums, discord and/or server are you? I tend to not be to voicey on discord servers, however I do log into the server that I actively play on, which is at this current time Aurora, almost every day when I can for a round or two. Beyond this, I tend to check the Forums whenever I've an active application up every six to eight hours at the very least. Otherwise I try to log in once a day, which I normally forget to do unless I remember to keep tabs on a PR or a post that I was interested or disagreeing with. Have you ever been banned, and if so, how long and why?: Yes, so far it's been twice on baystation12. I've had some long-standing issues with the staff there, and I suppose they ban for the slightest disrespect as harassment. I'd rather not name names or get into it here, unless it's absolutely required of me. Beyond this, I've not been banned from Aurora, even though I've likely been skirting the line for a while now. Have you ever volunteered as moderation staff for any other servers, SS13 or otherwise?: I have, yes. I've done so once for Aurora, once on Bay12 (before my first ban), and I've also moderated on Polaris (albeit temporarily). Beyond this, I've managed a Community for a Streamer for about two years (and sadly left on very bad terms with them.). I also currently moderate a friend of mine's streams and his streaming community, which is a significantly smaller and less time-consuming task than my prior one. Do you have any other experience that you believe would be relevant to a position in the CCIA?: I've both moderated, and managed in an IRL and Online position. While I may be a little rough around the edges at times, I do put in time and care into what I do, regardless of my attitude on the matter. I've a tendency to occasionally get irritated, though overall I like to believe myself usually level-headed when it's needed. Personality Why do you want to join the CCIA?: Beyond a want to just help and fill the slots, I actually enjoy an equivalent of 'Human Resources', both ICly and IRL. It gives me something to work towards beyond just sitting in the server doing whatever, and the satisfaction of other people knowing their complaints are getting addressed is a decent goal to get towards. What do you think are the most important qualities for a CCIA Agent to possess?:I believe Patience is up there on the list. You wouldn't get far being impatient and rushing someone through a complaint or not taking your time in dealing with it thoroughly. Beyond this, being correctly Impartial in your decisions even if you hold opinion on it. Synnono also raised a point of availability, however that's likely more of an OOC rather than IC thing, but noteworthy. Equally as important as the rest, being consise and clear with their speech, as well as respectful is also incredibly important. What do you think the purpose of a CCIA Agent is in an ongoing round?: A CCIAA is the direct answer to any questions or directive requests from Station Command, and the people all reports are sent to. A CCIAA is trusted to respond quickly, and efficiently to Station Command and make sure they're correctly carrying out orders from Central Command, with the duty to relay those orders directly. CCIAA Are also able to, in a current round and when scheduled, interview personnel who are part of an ongoing Internal Affairs investigation. But above all, when not required to, to not step in and change the course of the round unless absolutely necessary. What do you think the purpose of a CCIA Agent is outside of the server?: CCIAA outside of the server are the people who handle IC complaints and shape the face of 'customer service' on Aurora. I think instead of being a punishment side of the spectrum, CCIAA are more like the guidance that new players should turn to in regards to how to correctly act in a HRP environment. And while Moderators are equally as, if not moreso, important than a CCIAA; CCIAA hold the ability to complete strike characters from the game if improvement on an IC standpoint doesn't improve. While Moderators enforce correct rule-abiding behavior, CCIA enforces correct Role-Player behavior. How do you handle stress?: I handle stress quite well, I think. I do tend to get rather agitated at times when responding to things as a player, however I like to think that stress caused by something like this wouldn't be quite the same. In fact, when I believe I'm doing something for a benefit, I enjoy stress. It gives me a bit more reason to push through and keep working, y'know? How well do you work autonomously?: While I extremely enjoy having people to lean on, I can work decently well on my own. Though when I'm new to something, I almost always ask advice and guidance from my fellows, which can be co-workers or the like. Beyond this, when knowledgable, I prefer to work alone due to the slight irritation I may exhibit in my day to day due to a rather abrasive personality at times. Additional Notes: While I can't attest that I'm the best candidate for the position, I do rather enjoy my time on Aurora and my return was long overdo to be entirely honest. So here's to hoping!

I personally just don't enjoy Guwan characters. In my opinion it's a little too easy to write a Guwan Orphan, as they're all about the same in terms of upbringing and there's not much diversion. Not like I can talk, I wrote a dang Maraziite as my whitelistee. I haven't had many interactions with their characters, however they have been positive so far. So a negative and a positive in my regards, so I'd say it's a +1/-1, I can't lean too far in either direction. I'm unsure how they'll play their character wholly, but I look forward to seeing it if they're accepted. + gives me another Orphan to pick on.

I'm most certainly not. Kidnapping is taking someone against their will, which you did. It doesn't mean binding someone and forcing them into a maint tunnel or something. Iirc [mention]Synnono[/mention] was the person playing the CCIABA that round so he can chime in if he wants. But as I said, this isn't a player complaint. Only me expressing my grievances, as I don't think you'd do well with a whitelist.