geeves

This is my PR on it. https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/6898 Drones no longer have a plasma cutter, and when e-magged, their max HP gets reduced to 15, down from 35.

oh fuck

got it boss making a dominian unathi

I've not heard much about Dominian Unathi since, like, June - July - ish. People seem to like them where they are. I'd love to work on them with Pegman though! I think my expansion of the sporting culture will touch on them, as they're already somewhat mentioned in the Zaraziite games. We'll see how it goes! You can't improve on perfection. No worries, the onus is on me to know the current wiki stuff, if I want to partake in the species' lore. This is a slip-up on my part. That actually really makes sense, now that it's explained this way! Sweet. I've never really thought about it that way, that's a pretty good point that I completely missed! Fugg. Re-read it, the revisions make it purdy guut. Nothin' unsatisfactory from where I can see.

Most likely, yeah! The idea I threw out because currently the seeming plot armour they have is my only real gripe with the lore, that I can think of right now. The idea can be bounced around and refined. My question is, what are their themes at the moment, if it were to mess with them? They're a cargo cult of some sort, having been built after an Eridani ship crashed near the polar bunkers, as far as I understand it. How did an Eridani ship get there? Why'd they jank with it if they're already comfy in the polar bunkers? I feel the lore should serve to be a platform that players can bounce off to play in-game, like the Maraziites of Sk'akh, who went around burning temples. What platform does a cargo cult on Moghes really establish, if they moved to New Gibson anyway, and got accepted with open hands? The Aut'akh isn't my baby, however, and I would prefer the person in charge of them cooperate with me on something cool, instead of me coming in and switching their stuff up.

WAIT, BEFORE YOU READ! I made a Google Doc of this application, and I simply find the document much easier to read than the forum. The document also has nice colouring, indentation, and a good look and feel. Check it out! THE DOCUMENT: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_iOCs1da2Qza3Zsx8ist9LYo4YSMO2qvPUsChUYMS3M/edit?usp=sharing START OF APPLICATION Ckey/BYOND Username: Geeves Why are you interested in Unathi?: Nothing I can explain with words. Many people can attest to the fact that I vehemently enjoy the species and know its lore. I believe I can expand on my interest in tangible ways in the answers below. What do you think are the core themes about Unathi?: Honour, Tradition, Warfare. Being the better man. The thing that makes the lore so good is that these core themes are always referenced, but there is almost always a situation that puts a character’s adherence to this theme in jeopardy. The species attempts to stick to ideals that simply cannot be stuck to if you want to be successful in human dominated space. Do you have any specific projects you want to do?: Various. See the bottom part of the application. The Wasteland on Moghes feels underused, we get no real indication of how it’s like to live there, really. The Culture is explained, yes, but you have to have some insight and do research before you can really click it. I feel like having a simplified, yet expanded view on their culture, especially for newcomers, would be really good. I want to get into the nitty gritty. We know that the expectation is to act with honour and hate Guwan, but do all individual Unathi follow the expectations? What happens if they don’t? How do Modern Unathi in Tau Ceti feel about their obligations being so far from them they won’t be affected by it? The Colonies are mentioned in the lore, and they even have neat little rules, how they cannot trade directly with the Orion Spur, but only through official guilds and such. These rules aren’t used and I think that’s a big shame. The new planet with Tajara seems interesting, but uninvolved. I would like to coordinate with the Tajara Lore team and Coalf to work out those kinks. Gwim’Zala exists as well, but NEVER gets mentioned, ever. I want that to change. It’s such a cool wild west kind of place! What do you like the least about Unathi and what would you want to change?: The current way Aut’akh came to be. At first I was resentful of the addition, as it simply didn’t make sense to me, but it clicked when I realized what its actual purpose was. Now, I quite like Aut’akh narratively, actually! The main issue I have with them is how they came to be, and how they got to spread into space. Let me explain. How they came to be. They fled north into the snowy bunkers and got Eridani stuff somehow. Then they held off an entire crusade backed by the Sk’akh, who are known to be well skilled and ultimately ruthless. I believe this also occured after Unathi were introduced to space flight, so I get the feeling they had impressive plot armour to not just get orbitally bombarded as soon as they stepped foot outside the polar bunkers. How they spread to space. I don’t think this was ever explained, or if it was, I must have missed it, apologies. So, my assumption was that they got into a spaceship and blew off to Tau Ceti and away. This doesn’t really make sense to me. They would be blown out of the sky and killed nigh instantly, were the Sk’akh really intent on wiping them out as they seem to be lorewise. What would I change? Difficult to say, really. The person who spearheaded the Aut’akh is still active, and I do not wish to tread on their toes. However, I can still cooperate with them to refine the narrative until it is a finely polished addition to the lore. My first idea would be for the Came to Be to be reworked. Have you ever watched Iron Man 1? The scene where he built his first suit was AMAZING. It was stressful, it was a rush against time. I would prefer the Aut’akh had an extreme sense of urgency to upgrade themselves, beyond drifting so far from their religion and just augmenting themselves because an Eridani ship fell near them. Perhaps they fled to Ouerea, where they were pursued. Hephaestus tech rained down near them, and in desperation, they augmented their own bodies to stand a fighting chance. This then lead down a long road where an AI is involved and they subtly and slowly shift from Sk’akh to Sk’Oss. Would you want to become a full Unathi maintainer if you were asked in the future or remain a deputy?: No, I would remain a deputy. I don’t believe my writing ability is good enough to be a full developer. Nor do I have enough creative juices to spearhead a project for the species with full authority. This may change in the future, but it remains a no for now. Additional Comments: I believe the format given isn’t enough to decide whether someone would be a good lore deputy, so I’m adding my own things below this. THE PLAN: The Wasteland: Rip off Command and Conquer 3, like, holy shit. Duh. The Culture: Write about Modern Unathi, individual Unathi, add and expand upon sports. I’ve been meaning to write a program that would automatically generate results from a sport, so characters can be avid sport followers and comment on it in character. Think that Hunger Games game online, where you can add your own people. [https://brantsteele.net/hungergames/disclaimer.php] My initial plan is to add to sports, as it’s the easiest with the biggest pay-off. I want to expand on Bladedancing, the thing women do. It’s pretty dope. I then want to add an Unathi version of Kendo. It fits the warrior culture perfectly, and is a brilliant way to subtly teach children how to beat the crap out of other people. [https://www.hisgo.com/us/destination-japan/blog/traditional_japanese_sports.html] I then want to expand on the Zaraziite games. It’s there, yes, but the rules aren’t really outlined. We don’t know how many people go. Do poor people go there too? Is it SUPER popular or is it just for the ultra rich? The Colonies: Coordinate with the Tajara team to clean up Gakal'zaal, expand upon Gwim’zala, add more about Queendom of Szek’Hakh, an excellent subversion of the lore, into articles or some such.

I believe this already happens with a malf borg upgrade.

"I just dont feel like playing on this server anymore" - OP, 07/18/2019 Perfectly valid reasoning.

veto, voting for dismissal, -1 IR is my friend, he is very good at being a nice guy, I support him

I would also like to add, flooding the common radio in non-basic should also be listed as abuse of comms. Short quips are a-okay in my book.

Doing something bad just because something bad has been done is bad. Try and find some non-copyrighted material, OR. Or, voice your own lines. We'll smack 'em in. If they're good.

A high end syringe, that can quickly inject through a suit, but only if the user is on help intent or horizontal. Hyperspray.

record it and post it here or i riot

This fucks antags. Kill someone and they respawn with a new, robuster character. EDIT: also, the 20 min respawn timer makes death actually be impactful. if you could just shit out person after person, what reason would there be OOCly to prevent character death?

This got changed to not happen ages ago. Unironically, thanks Burger.

yes

fuck you alberyk

gonna shadow this too, agreed

I like Kalna a lot. I think she brings more to the table than most Aut'akh do. Her usage of words and mannerisms imply that she's been living with humans a while and attempts to adapt. Now, my only concern is that Kalna is known to roll antag super duper often, which can put a dampener on the character, their growth and how people perceive them ICly. I hear you've been trying to correct that by playing antag slightly less, and that's great! That's exactly what I did with mine, and they turned out to be incredibly popular. Good luck. ERP when?

alright screw coalf just hire zundy instead ok but no coalf is pretty good, a little weird that he's applying for wiki dev instead of taj dev but heyo politics a fuck. coalf has p good work ethic and a reasonably good grasp on aurora and its mechanics. i think he'll make an alright wikidev. just. chill. yes?

just make him the lore master tbh i don't think much more needs to be said about this +1

OK. Sure, I think it's very relevant. The issue stems from misinformation from your part. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..? Yes. Downplaying what it is, doesn't make it what it isn't. Very well, that is within your authority. It was still wrong to do, however. No. I see it as an out of touch Headmin doing what he thinks is right, despite it flying in the face of every precedent set to this day. Stop putting words into my mouth to try and make me the bad guy and I will extend the same courtesy to you. Thank you. That is personal opinion. Sadly, the issue of holding a shuttle is not a black and white matter, and should not be treated as such. If there is a reason to hold it, hold it. If there isn't a reason to hold it, don't hold it. There is no "ideal" outcome, because it has to be handled in a case-by-case manner. In this case, you handled it in a horrible manner.

i prefer the TG ones tbh

I was referring to the two months comment, as you should do research before throwing things out wildly, or, at the very least, apologize when you realize you messed up. To this specifically: This is fair, opinions are opinions and I respect them. Not being knowledgeable of what happens on-server is the crux of the complaint. Why did you call it an insult when it clearly wasn't an insult? I bear no ill will to the person, only to the capacity as a staff member in a high ranking position. This is all fair, and I am in agreement with most of it, but oftentimes what makes sense on paper doesn't stand a chance when shit hits the fan in-game, the PR that is up solves the 'issue'. It still doesn't even come close to touching on my point however, which was: Going, "I am the law!" as you usually do, and then calling people salty when they have a reason to be upset, is incredibly selfish. Please expand upon this when you find the time to do so. There are better way to solve problems than to force it down the players' throats. Bwoinking the command team and asking them to please not hold the shuttle is fine (to an extent). Command players are whitelisted players of the community who have proven their mettle. Taking agency away from them is shooting your most invested players in the foot.