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From: Azarii Marrkarr, Executive Officer Subject: Initial Impressions To: All Personnel ___________________________________ Hello team, Today we made our landing to investigate the crash site of SCCV Jaunter. The crash site, being two weeks past, held nothing of immediate importance, however we were able to recover the navigation logs. Engineering has not put forth a report on the shuttles damage and cause of the crash, and with the extensive damage sustained, it's unlikely we'll know without testimony and contextual evidence. Initial S&R efforts showed signs of life in a secluded area, however it is uncertain whether the camp we found was set by the surviving crewman, she suspects it was, given the size. Local banditry had taken upon the area with intent to pick through the wreckage, primarily seeming to seek weaponry and funding. These bandits matched the description given by the scouting report. They spoke openly of smuggling firearms, and, were quick to hold one of our crewmen for ransom in an attempt to negotiate for weaponry. They fled to a narrow pass north-east of the crash site. Upon interviewing a woman traveling to see the crash, she learned that these bandits were likely headed back home towards the closest village: Fahal Zav Khazan It is suggested then that we turn out search efforts outward, starting with Fahal Zav Khazan. Given the name, it's likely to be at the foot of a nearby mountain, and sparsely populated. The village is likely to have local forces in the area, however we should still tread cautiously. The way is too dangerous for this crew to approach on foot, so we will be searching for a suitable landing site in the meantime for ease of access while assessing our next steps. While the materiel is still of concern to recover, it may have changed hands multiple times by now. We should take care to inquire about smuggling in the area, or learning more about groups of interest who would be seeking weaponry. Do not forget, our primary objective remains the safe recovery of Ahmai Qarnarrii. She encourages them all to openly inquire anyone we come upon for more information, to record it, and then to share with the rest of us. Communication and coordination is key in S&R! As for today, she will say as expedition lead that everyone did very well. Please remember not to travel alone and to be mindful of where our staff are holding security. We need to proceed carefully while working in this region, these bandits have been bold enough to attack local forces. Our overwhelming presence is what brought our crewman home safe. Crew safety is vital, and your own safety falls upon nobody but yourself. Prepare carefully, consider lessons learnt today, and be ready to continue our work. We are far from done!

BYOND key: Firstact Discord Username: Firstact Character names: Azarii Marrkarr (Bridge Crew) Drazihiir Zrajuun (Paramedic) Mira'ziir Hrakh'zm (Engineer) D'Jar Sa'Kuate (Former HoS) Jo'Zah Saani (Former CE) How long have you been playing on Aurora? Since around 2014 Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? N/A Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame? Heads of staff provide many different effects to the games development but none more obvious than the directing of our sides action and response during non-standard ops. Whether it is a large scale event or a relatively simple round with antagonists they are responsible for high-end decision shotcalling. When and why to alert the crew, how to respond to potential and confirmed threats and exactly how that is done are often entirely on the shoulders of command players. It's through this trust in command decision making that they are to serve as a standard of how to conduct appropriate roleplay in our setting, as we want players to have their own agency and ability to affect short and long term storytelling with others while still needing to curtail poor behavior that may stifle a players ability to enjoy their time here, personal or otherwise. Effective command have the ability to involve everyone in current events while keeping the response at appropriate tempo so that each player has a chance to contribute instead of potentially being smothered or set to the side and forgotten. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them? I've always felt this question and the last are nearly the exact same. In particular, I feel whitelisted players in general are to serve as a vetted example in terms of personal behavior and roleplay. I really try my best to not shut anyones roleplay down even if it may initially seem inappropriate simply because this is a server designed around writing and roleplay coming first. Whitelisted players are expected to be a good source of information on the standards of whatever they are portraying, whether it's command, a species, or anything else. I love discussing our writing and how it affects roleplay on Aurora whether that is teaching those who are newer or un-informed to talking and learning about more nuanced aspects of character writing. As someone who has played tajara and followed their lore development for years I really love to see how others view their writing in particular, and with species I'm much less informed about such as skrellian and vaurca, I often turn to those whitelisted players to learn more about how they view the species expectations. Explain how the recent events in the Spur changed your character and how they came to be employed on the SCCV Horizon. Azarii has held a long career with NanoTrasen/Nexus and came to Horizon when she was 33 shortly after the peacekeeper arc reached its conclusion. I've always taken interest in NanoTrasen having a private navy due to their huge sec forces even back before Nexus existed and it only made sense to me that prior to the scarcity decline that they'd have continued to invest. While this lore had always been written, I never once saw anyone play off it for their own character as it was so niche that most players didn't even know. So as an example to others of this lore and a way to practice writing I was unfamiliar with, I made Azarii in 2023 and had her be fresh out of the corporate aux. forces as a woman who was aging quick and growing extremely weary of conflict given the numerous attacks on Biesel. I was one of many players at the time who wanted to act out the peacekeeper mandate and its effects on those involved. Much of Azarii's story is centered around following her family naval tradition to see the stars in a new age of history on Adhomai. That opportunity to see the stars came from NanoTrasens influence over Adhomai, and she took the very first opportunity to ever set foot on that path: moving boxes and building drones on a NDV ship for NT with the promise of fair benefits and career advancement. Republican education, and religion mixed with pacifistic culture, in a relatively harsh environment, had tempered her to have the determination required for long term goals. She came to Biesel without much support and saw the opportunity to make something of herself with the ample education incentives offered by NT. Her career with Nexus as an officer is only made exceptional by her eagerness to learn and perform well. Though she is not particularly skilled, she has come to combine deeply self-motivated goals with the cold rationality required for effective command under stress. Prior to her arrival to Horizon, she finally had her first taste of true leadership through a few sparse years of leading combative flights and running training exercises with the new TCAF. However, the stresses of combat and the nature of tajara aging at faster pace had lead to her ability to lead from her point of speciality to end, just as it was truly beginning. It was around this time that the Horizon mission had just returned to Biesel after their first trip, and so, she requested a transfer to Horizon on the promise of being tested for field command and advisory duty as a specialist. The entire purpose of this, OOC, was to only play Azarii for about a year and a half or two, then ship her off back to Biesel after she had gotten experience leading expeditions and small teams for events. However I've grown attached to this character and she's relatively well liked, though sometimes stretches duties for what seems to be expected of a bridge crewman alone. Part of this is simply due to how often she has been drafted into leadership positions during the past few years on Aurora and has never seemed to have any major incidents of injury, misinformation, or failure for whatever she has been in charge of. (That I can remember.) Personally I feel she's developed to be well proven as an effective leader that truly cares for those under her supervision and though that may seem overbearing to some players I make sure to never disrupt anyone unnecessarily so that we can all enjoy the game. As for VERY recent events, operation deep dive has only made Azarii's goal of showing the spur the value of Tajara even more deeply rooted in spite of those who would see her as anything but an equal. Her life-long goal, no matter how she gets there, is to be her own captain. And with the impending crisis beginning to loom closer, she is more determined than ever to protect NanoTrasens interests, her interests, and her home. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? Mostly XO and CE and maybe HoS as I have the most experience in those. Though, I have played everything but OM and would like to eventually play all command roles again. Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? Thoroughly, though I often have the pages open for reference while playing to determine what my character would readily know Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking: Azarii Marrkarr, Executive Officer I have two potential CEs that I will likely pick from after getting truly familiar with engineering again Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Y Have you linked your BYOND account to the Forums? Y Extra notes: No, this is not because of operation deep dive. I've just felt Azarii has developed enough that it feels inappropriate for her to remain a bridge crewman. She is often a point of contact for players seeking some form of leadership and/or coordination in all types of rounds and while I try to hold strict to the chain of command that can be disruptive. She was always designed to be a character with some form of leadership as her main goal and I didn't plan for her to stick around more than a year or two. Might do a pass or two on the character story. She's got a lot written for her that I didn't want to flood this app with for obvious reason. Azarii is my best character writing in years.

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Reporting Personnel: Azarii Marrkarr Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Bridge Crewman Game ID: cyC-aqgR Personnel Involved: Taylor Morgan, Security Officer - Offender Kallik Eegeesiak, Security Officer - Offender Leonides Montaigne-Ramsteinn, Head of Security - Offender Simun Arsams, Getmore Co. Executive - Witness Azarii Marrkarr, Bridge Crewman - Witness Secondary Witnesses: All witnesses listed below are believed to have been present for the incident and witnessed the entirety of the fight, including preparations and verbal comments by the offenders. A majority of the on-duty crewmen were present so a manifest, excluding executive Arsams who left, is attached below for reference in case there were other witnesses present. Aida Styles, Security Officer Adrienne Rousselle, Security Officer Lynn Reyer, Warden Kim Tabata, Investigator Clark Coldsmith, Investigator Mae Lin, Pharmacist Brandon Hanford, Shaft Miner Yua Kaneko, Atmospheric Technician Abigail Brooks, Paramedic - Oversaw the fighting directly and is likely to have treated injured personnel. Time of Incident: 04:00AM Real Time: 04:00 Server Time 03/14/2025 Location of Incident: Holodeck Alpha Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [X] - Neglect of Duty [ ] - Harassment [X] - Assault [X] - Misconduct [ ] - Other Overview of the Incident: Prior to the main incident, Simun Arsams reported over the command channel that officer Morgan was being chased by an unknown officer with an engaged stun baton. This was directly witnessed by a crewman he did not name but claimed was trusted. Leonides responded that he would investigate and some time later when asked for an update by Arsams, Leonides said he found the offending officer in question and talked with them, no further information was given. It's unknown if this was related. Later in the shift, Azarii walked past holodeck alpha while Morgan had a stun baton engaged, facing another officer who was standing behind entryway shutters, blocking view. They both turned to face Azarii before stepping away to engage the privacy tint. Simun Arsams was present and so when Azarii reported suspicious activity over the command channel, he responded that there was a fight occurring over a fire. A crewman then announced that there was a duel ongoing, to which Morgan replied that he was training to defeat Eegeesiak. Azarii believed Leonides Montaigne-Ramsteinn was on deck two at the time, and so she checked the holodeck camera. After briefly witnessing light sparring with no violence at play, Azarii disengaged from the situation and went to holodeck beta to check out the new combat simulation program as alpha was in use. About three minutes passed. After some difficulty with deck betas programs, Azarii went to deck alpha and witnessed a majority of the crew lined against the viewing windows looking into a modified snow-field holographic projection, somehow removed of all obstacles. Within the projection were officers Morgan and Eegeesiak facing eachother from either side of the deck, with officer Styles seeming to be overseeing the two from the center. Head of Security Montaigne-Ramsteinn was watching from the viewing platform alongside the crew. A crewman informed Azarii that the two were simply sparring. From here, officer Eegeesiak was witnessed saying things such as "I will hit you as hard as possible." "The medics can't help you" and "Are you sure you wish to proceed" among others, in a goading but monotone manner. These are not direct quotes, but they were notable. Officer Morgan did reply with provocative comments himself, however the specifics are unknown. At this time Azarii assumed it would be a wrestling match of sorts, as both parties were unarmed and removed their gloves. The two clearly had a negative attitude towards eachother given their speech and posture which should have been noticeable to most of the room. Upon starting their fight without outside assistance, both parties immediately moved to full-contact fighting utilizing punches primarily aimed to the head and face. No sort of hand-wraps or boxing gloves were used to reduce injury. Chokeholds and other grappling occurred but did not escalate, neither party were able to accomplish much other than standing strikes to eachother. Azarii decided to stay to directly witness the events as she had no tools to record evidence with. After a few minutes of fighting, officer Morgan had a bloodied face from repeated punches to the nose and cheeks, this spilled blood onto his uniform but was not severe. Throughout the fight officer Morgan made repeated comments towards Eegeesiak such as "why do you hate me so much?" Officer Eegeesiak did not reply and instead took advantage of these vulnerable moments to hit him more. The fighting occurred for at least five minutes, possibly longer. Head of Security Montaigne-Ramsteinn was seeming unaware of his surroundings when the fight started, however he was actively watching the fight occur for at least a minute before his interfering, including a stop in the fight where other viewing crewmen started to jeer and provoke the two officers for stopping to talk. Officerr Eegeesiak made a threatening comment towards Morgan before the fight resumed, and after around twenty seconds Montaigne-Ramsteinn then jumped the railing to stop the fight. Only then did the other two viewing officers step in and say anything. Seeing the intervention of their commanding officer, Azarii stepped away as it seemed he would take further action. Instead, Montaigne-Ramsteinn near immediately announced that the situation was "handled" over the command channel to Simun Arsams who seemed disappointed at the violence and had left. Hearing this, Azarii determined to escalate this to a report as she felt his conduct was inappropriate for both seeming to sanction this fight, and for failing to take action where it would have been appropriate after clear and repeated escalation beyond a simple sparring match. This incident was highly emotionally charged and during the fight multiple secondary witnesses were heard asking why they were fighting in the first place, and questioning if this was still a sparring match. Later in the shift, Azarii was at the bar discussing the incident with Coldsmith when Eegeesiak admitted to having broken Morgans nose twice before in similar fights. He then claimed that he had been challenged to a duel today by Morgan as the subject the crew were discussing was related to dominian honour duels. Multiple comments were made about how Morgan would die if they were allowed to engage in a proper duel. Officer Eegeesiak was very open about his disdain for officer Morgan, however he claimed to have been repeatedly challenged to duels by Morgan and was thus compelled to engage in violence to defend his honour as he had been greatly insulted. Submitted Evidence: N/A - witness testimony only Would you like to be personally interviewed? [X] - Yes [ ] - No Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why? No, the only applicable head of staff, Montaigne-Ramsteinn, was involved and his conduct is included in the report, so a direct report for unbiased action seemed the best option. Actions taken: Witnessed incident and began notating facts up to, during, and after the incident. Talked with multiple crewmen to gather information about what caused the fight. Learned of rivalry between the offending officers which was previously only known of through Morgans relay history. Additional Notes: It is believed that this is at least the third instance of these two crewmen fighting with unrestrained force. Taylor Morgan has discussed getting his nose broken twice, and Kallik Eegeesiak has verbally stated today that he broke Morgans nose twice before. No corrective or punitive action seems to have taken place. This seems like an extremely inappropriate way to handle conflict between crewmen when we have the regulations and procedures for hashing out this sort of thing already.

Server Moderator Application Basic Information Byond Account: Firstact Character Name(s): Azarii Marrkarr, I currently don't play anyone else notable AI Name(s): N/A Discord username + tag: Firstact (#0001 tags dont exist anymore) Age: 28 Timezone: UTC-0600 When are you on Aurora?: Times may vary as I seek employment right now, but generally I am on at peak hours between 1500 to 2300 UTC-0600 Experience How long have you played SS13?: About 15 years How long have you played on Aurora: Since the server was first launched, I can't remember the exact date oh fuck I'm an old head 💀 How much do you know about SS13 (Baystation build) game mechanics?: I have become a little rusty with certain mechanics such as the INDRA but I'm generally well informed on upfront mechanics and even lesser known interactions. I frequently answer questions posed by new players in OOC when there isn't an immediate response from staff or they aren't present, though I don't know everything. Do you have any experience moderating for an SS13 server?: I have experience with moderation and have hosted my own server as well as a tenure as Head of Staff for 4 years and admin for 2 years prior. I haven't actively moderated on any server since my initial trial as moderator on aurora years ago, but I do still remember a majority of the commands and permissions given between different staff and how they are applied. Examples of what I'm familiar with would be varedit, build mode, antag panel, and various preferences for toggling admin logs. If we've added anything unique to Aurora in the past few years I'm likely not familiar, and some variables I would need to learn about since new mechanics have been added. (brain med) Have you read through the criteria thread; https://forums.aurorastation.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=4198 - and believe that you mark off all the criteria?: I feel that I do fit these criteria more than ever. I've been playing here a long time but haven't always been the most mature person, and I've stepped away a few times when noticing my behavior was getting worse. I believe I'm at a point in my life where my maturity and ability for rational thought has fully developed and I can say with confidence that I'm capable of handling these duties within reason. Have you ever been banned, and if so, how long and why?: I've never been banned on aurora to my knowledge Personality Why do you play SS13?: It's hard to describe why I've stuck with SS13 as my preferred roleplay medium for so long but I think the biggest factor would simply be meeting new people and being a part of a persistent community. There are other methods of roleplay that I greatly enjoy such as DnD but nothing really brings the same communal effort that is at play like SS13 and with Aurora specifically I've had repeated moments where I've been a part of absolutely fantastic roleplay that was more than just between friends. I try to roleplay and engage with people I don't often feel like I know personally and that creates a social web between characters that is really like nothing I've experienced elsewhere. From the loud moments to the quiet days, Aurora still provides fantastic roleplay because of its community and their unique ideas and it's rare that I'm not engaged. Why do you play on Aurora?: I answered this above because I solely stick to Aurora and have done so for years now, I may occasionally check other servers development but I see myself and my engagement with SS13 through Aurora. What do moderators do?: Moderators do have obvious duties such as enforcing the rules and committing to investigation when issues may arise, this is to help bring a level of standardization to the server and prevents disruptions from those who come here with poor intentions. I believe they also act as a standard of conduct themselves and part of their duties is to help guide those who need it, regardless of if they are new to this medium of roleplay, server, or are just questioning what approach to take. Moderators are generally expected to act as a reliable source of information when able and to be impartial when dealing with disputes between players, which in a community driven server is an inevitability. What does it mean to be a moderator for our server?: To moderate for Aurora is to volunteer your time and effort into providing a service for a community ran project. Volunteers are the only reason servers like Aurora can even function daily and they are what keep things running smoothly when the unexpected comes. Any community based project NEEDS volunteers to continue or they will eventually stagnate and disband, and Aurora is no exception. Apply for mod! 🔫 Why do you want to be a moderator?: I've been asked privately repeated for years now to apply for staff and I have been incredibly stubborn about wanting to not be attached to Aurora despite quite literally being here since the beginning. I think this is a good way to start providing back to a community that I've been a part of for an actual fucking decade and it's about time I stopped being lazy about it. If accepted, I will likely remain on staff for at least a few more years unless circumstances drastically change. You win, Mel. (And Avery, and everyone else) What qualities do you possess that would make you a good moderator?: Throughout my personal career and experience moderating as a young adult I felt I've shown a great capacity for impartiality and rational thought. I haven't always been the most kind person but I have gotten considerably more empathetic as I grow older and when I have responsibilities like this I take them very seriously, though not to a degree where I would break form when agitated or under pressure. My profession has honed these capabilities even more over the past four years although I typically prefer to keep that information private. How well do you handle stress, anger, or insults?: In my experience I do handle provocation very well without much immediate reaction or even negative thought, as I often focus on the task at hand and how to logically convince the other party to achieve it. While perhaps not the best way to handle stress, when under pressure I have proven to work even harder to achieve what I aim for, though under prolonged stress in less urgent situations I will typically see if stepping away is a valid option to regain composure and I believe I have sufficient knowledge and methods to utilize for reducing stress. Anything Else You Want to Add: Last year (or more) I flaked out on two applications because I felt I wouldn't have the time for it and I honestly don't know why I would have thought that. I will always have some time for Aurora if I can, because this community is important to me. I've tried to be a consistent face in that people can rely on for years now, but I understand the importance of taking a break by now. Everyone needs one eventually. P.S Can we please fix the formatting for the application thread guys? 💀

Heyo, it's been about a month now and generally I've had very little time away from work and otherwise to put towards more than a couple rounds on Aurora. I think for now it'll be best to rescind the application so that if/when I do get the time to play I can just stick to my current singular character. If I can request to do a command trial in perhaps a month or two when things slow down then that would be preferred, thanks for being patient and responding Owen.

Hey Owen thanks for responding, I've not been active lately due to repeated changes to my work schedule and generally being busy so I hadn't noticed this was accepted. I do plan on putting some time towards Aurora this week, so could you please extend my trial a week or so? I would appreciate the chance to try out command again.

BYOND key: Firstact Discord Username: Firstact Character names: Azarii Marrkarr (bridge crew) Krrazama Vahzirthaamrro (sec officer) D'Jar Sa'Kuate (deceased, Head of Sec) Al'Hasam Rrho'harre (off-ship TCFL/IAC) Jo'Zah Saani (Former Chief Engineer) and many more, but probably not memorable to others. Yes, they've almost all been tajara, sue me. How long have you been playing on Aurora? I joined a few months after Aurora launched and have played ever since with a few breaks when needed. I joined back when we used an entirely different forum and ran around a barely-changed Exodus station. 🙀 Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? I don't recall any administrative actions such as temp-bans I've had against me as a player, only IC investigations involving CCIA. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame? There are multiple roles that heads of staff play in an OOC fashion regarding Aurora. Primarily I would say they are present to provide an example of roleplay to newer players who may be unfamiliar with what's expected on the server. They also are to provide assistance to said new players through guidance and/or tutoring to establish OOC knowledge of game mechanics while building a standard of roleplay through IC interaction and discussion. Secondarily I would say heads of staff are there to help guide the direction of any singular round and assist in establishing the overall narrative of the current story direction. Command staff are responsible for how daily interactions with antagonists may play out, and are expected not to shut down their roleplay while also responding within their IC interests for themselves and the crew they are in charge of. This balance builds the experience needed for command staff to respond appropriately when we do have major events that change the servers narrative, and they are capable of exerting some influence into how these events play out for the entirety of the player base. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them? Similar to above, the responsibilities of whitelisted players to others are to maintain a standard of roleplay and behavior. I would hope everyone on Aurora is here to have fun in some way, and the expectation is that you aren't meant to have fun at the expense of others. This especially applies to command whitelistees given their potential impact on character narrative and general interactions between players in many circumstances. Furthermore, a whitelisted player of any kind is held to a standard of roleplay because those whitelists generate interest from newer players about the roles/species that are being shown. For example, as a Tajara whitelist holder I'm expected to have a good understanding of multiple broad subjects that impact Tajara characters and the ongoing developments in their lore. In failing to uphold that, I may not be representing the species as intended such as their approach to professional relationships and corporate or political views, and may give the wrong impression of what's expected of Tajara to a new player who is interested in them at a more surface-level view. Explain how the recent events in the Spur changed your character and how they came to be employed on the SCCV Horizon. For Nadiyya, directly recent events such as the rampancy virus haven't affected her too directly. However, she has been most impacted by the repeated attacks on the Republic of Biesel, and the resulting fall of the solarian alliance with the expanding effects that has had on the spur as a whole. The biggest event in her life so far was the Lii'dra invasion of New Gibson. While spared from much of the devastation due to working remotely outside of the biodomes, Nadiyya saw and experienced the profound psychological effects of the Lii'dra terror bombing. Having emergency response firefighting experience helped Nadiyya through this experience and she took charge of the crew in an effort to help everyone flee to safety. While performing volunteer relief work during the rebuilding Nadiyya took interest in more than simple reactor work and maintenance, and upon seeing the failure of multiple command chains to properly respond to the Lii'dra, she decided to go back to school and finish a higher degree to embed herself within the Hephaestus chain of command, for personal security and to try and enact meaningful decisions for those under her. Following the Lii'dra invasion, Nadiyya maintained work on New Gibson under Hephasetus, applying her knowledge of atmospheric chemistry during further studies in biosphere maintenance. Two years later, Nadiyya was kept relatively safe during the second attempted invasion of Tau Ceti by Frost, but the resulting cooperation between megacorporations and those with interests in phoron assets showed her that more was at play in a system where economic power is everything. In the years following the combined phoron scarcity and efforts to combat Einstein Engines have been topics Nadiyya has kept well informed on, and it's changed her view on corporations from simple entities of employment to those with keen economic interests that they fight to keep safe. In spite of the clear stigma against Tajara, Nadiyya felt that the best course of change would be examples from inside the command structure. After graduating and making chief, she spent a few years with Hephaestus performing biosphere maintenance and learning of new reactor standards post-phoron scarcity. Nadiyya has since decided to try and involve herself in the chainlink as a means of further advancement, and upon hearing of the Horizon setting course back for the republic, she submitted an application for transfer of her contract to the SCC under Hephaestus, both to secure herself within a higher chain of command and in curiosity for their mission outside of Tau Ceti. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? I'll want to play Chief Engineer to start with as its my most well known department mechanically but one of the command roles I've played the least, so a mix of familiarity with engineering and command experience should help me adjust to a supervisory role again. Engineering is largely independent but does well when given directions, especially from someone in touch with the rest of command when present, which means for a command role it's one of the least stressful to manage a full department with and will allow me to more easily learn any changes to the command structure that have happened since I stopped playing command. I will likely make a Head of Security and/or a Chief Medical Officer in the future as those are both roles I've been received compliments on my playstyle for aboard Aurora 2 and have been asked if I would apply for command again to play them. Once comfortable with command I would like to try out captain as it's been years since playing that role and I feel it's more impactful in the setting of Horizon rather than a station, and we desperately need a more solid command structure during most rounds. However, that is a distant prospect for now. Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? Absolutely. There are very few mechanics and regulations I'm unfamiliar with by now and I regularly read up on the wiki when creating characters or to bring myself up to standard with any changes. I'm familiar with every command role except for OM, though I have played Quartermaster prior to its implementation. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking: Nadiyya Mirzahkiin, a somewhat new character designed for CE that I briefly played as atmos tech last year to check out Horizons atmos network before making some changes to them and swapping their last name. I've had this character created just for CE but kept delaying my application as I had other priorities. A 35yr old hharar tajara, born and raised on New Gibson, in an Ovanstad, Fallanland. A republican citizen by birth, but has never been outside of Tau Ceti as of their (potential) transfer to Horizon. She's a professional Hephaestus atmospheric technician with varied work experience within the system of Tau Ceti, notably running a glacier brick on New Gibson, being a fire response technician during some of the worst phoron fires in Mendell, and working biodome maintenance and power generation in Xoikko, New Gibson. While somewhat new to working aboard a ship, Nadiyya is very familiar with the duties assigned to her and has leadership experience. She expects those under her supervision to engage in safe and efficient practices but allows for autonomy with those who show clear communication and competence in their work, as she does understand that their decisions reflect upon her. I believe Nadiyya is a character well suited to training newer engineer players and/or apprentices, given my extensive experience in the department and her easy attitude towards employees. Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? I have already had this whitelist stripped without having administrative actions against me, I'm aware that it is not a permanent status. Have you linked your BYOND account to the Forums? Yes. Extra notes: Fixed it 😼

Game ID: cti-awZ8 Real Time: ~10pm EST Would you like to be personally interviewed?: [ X] - Yes [ ] - No Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: Yes, it was reported to Captain Marino who read the IR and approved of forwarding it to central command given the incident directly involves command staff. Actions taken: Unknown Additional Notes: (Please DM on discord me if this is too blurry to read on your monitor, I don't know why it got compressed so badly so I can write it out if needed.)

The problem I find is that engineering is the department with the most restrictive backgrounds at the moment, it's not about playing specific corporations. I mostly suggested NT since I was unaware of the 3 department restriction and it simply made sense from their lore. However, I think adding orion to engineering would be a great solution for allowing full diversity in character creation. While Zavod doesn't make much sense in engineering to me, I think at this point it'd only be detrimental to remove a department that's assigned to them as there's enough established characters in zavod that it would disrupt or force to change. I don't think zavod itself needs to change, especially given the changes to make them more dominia-focused, which makes the restrictions on species seem more reasonable. By opening up engineering to orion as some of you suggested, this allows a more diverse choice in backgrounds for non-zo'ra vaurca, himeans (and free council taj), fringe coalitioners, free IPCs, non-heg unathi, and probably some other kinds of backgrounds I'm missing or are more rare. The mixing of departments and corporations on horizon has improved much since launch and now I don't find any issue when determining a background for my characters in any department excluding engineering, where a large amount of potential character types are limited solely to hephaestus; Which as greenjoe has said, can be largely incompatible with hephaestus and may not even be able to choose zavod, or would struggle to fit into that corporation archetype. A benefit I saw to having orion start in ops was the amount of different backgrounds played while orion was new, which included many of the more restricted character styles such as himeans, plutonians, and guwan, and I believe this would have a similar effect in engineering and may encourage some more population within one of the most vital departments on the server. Anyway, thanks for the feedback in general guys and I hope the discussion continues in some form. Engineering definitely needs some more options regardless of how it's accomplished!

Wow, I don't think I've seen an unathi zavod. (I have probably seen a zo'ra though) I just mostly see them played by russian/dominian humans in the past year and a half, but my lack of whitelists is showing.

In the current state of engineering, hephaestus is largely the only option for a large majority of characters due to zavods species restrictions of humans and ZI-IPCs only. NanoTrasen has employed atmos techs and engineers in the past, and while some of their navy was retconned I imagine they'd have still employed many ship and station technicians throughout their large collection of assets. So, why is their presence so limited on Horizon? While it certainly makes sense to limit NT out of security and supply given the other factions with dominance in those fields, it hasn't made much sense that NanoTrasen wouldn't have any presence in the engineering sector. While the ship was largely designed as a joint effort between heph and zavod, NT has the staff to operate in this kind of setting, especially when it comes to supermatter technicians. Opening up engineering to be staffed by NanoTrasen alongside the other factions would allow more diversity within the department and their characters origins. Additionally, it would hopefully not be difficult to implement assuming the NT engineering outfit sets are still in the codebase, though that will have to be seen. In general I would say there needs to be more crossover in department employment where it makes sense, and not every department needs to try and restrict down to two factions. Specifically, Zavods other presence on the ship is in departments with two other options, NT and Zheng-hu for sci, and PMCs or Idris for sec. I think it stifles the ability to create certain characters when their roles are limited to potentially restrictive backgrounds. Please, tell me what you think about it. Note: I probably won't respond immediately to anything as I rarely come on the forums or check my associated email, but I'll try to respond.

Sorry, I was busy for a while. Go ahead and close this please, I won't be around to play for a while still.

BYOND Key: Firstact Staff BYOND Key: Arrow768 Game ID: N/A Reason for complaint: Logged on last night for D'Jars CCIA interview after not playing for an entire day and was met with a warning popup issued by arrow stating that having a character with any involvement with odin civil protection is not allowed, declaring it a special role, which would be akin to ERT, TCFL, etc. I was not approached in any way prior to this warning. I was never PM'd while playing, DM'd on discord, nothing at all. With this I believe the warning was applied on impulse since I've never been talked to about it before, and it was done almost immediately after I logged off. Arrow is on all three main discords, as am I, and my DMs are open. We both go by the same exact usernames and he could have easily reached out through the slightest bit of effort before making a decision. As for the context of the warning, I could see arrow being confused about the record and thinking D'Jar is a character to be played via dock security, since that would be an issue and has been shown in the past to be worthy of warning. So, not only does this warning go against what I've discussed with staff in the past about how civil protection works (since it was barely stated on the wiki) but there's still multiple other characters active and inactive that are current or former civil protection staff. To say the entire internal security department, who's headquarters are located on the Odin, is invalid for any character remotely involved with the Aurora to hold just makes no sense to me. D'Jar has been active with civil protection and very open about it for nearly five years now, nearly the entire duration of the character. I have never once played him as dock sec/specialists. If this was ever an issue I don't think he and other characters would've been allowed to stay with civil protection for very long. If for some reason it was suddenly decided that civil protection is off-limits to touch then it wasn't announced or made clear, and would essentially just delete two of my characters. TL;DR - I was warned with no contact or context about something that's never been an issue on Aurora for others. Evidence/logs/etc:

Reporting Personnel: Head of Security D'Jarrana Fakhri-Marajurl Sayyid'Kuatane Job Title of Reporting Personnel: NTCC Training Coordinator / NSS Aurora Head of Security Game ID: ccc-dqQ7 Personnel Involved: D'Jarrana Fakhri-Marajurl Sayyid'Kuatane - Head of Security - Arresting Officer Security Officer Razorak Szsk - Victim Investigator Kolshsko Kuru - Initial Witness/Victim Chief Medical Officer Yhara Atiyeh - Doctoral Witness Alan Jones - EPMC Security Officer - Offender Secondary Witnesses: Dr. Valdemar - medical witness - provided initial treatment for Alan Jones following initial assault, treated officer Szsk following attempted murder by Alan Jones. Dr. Roberts - medical witness - provided initial treatment for Head of Security Sayiid'kuatane following initial assault, assisted in trauma care of Jones and Szsk following attempted murder. Sheridan Zimmerman - Head of Personnel - Assisted throughout incident in documentation regarding Alan Jones and gathering of evidence following attempted murder. Valetzrhonaja Nayrragh'Rakhan - Off Duty Chief of Engineering - Witnessed speciest comments towards officer Szsk just prior to warrant presentation, witnessed assault on Head of Security. Time of Incident: Ongoing incident throughout shift - aprox. 23:30 at time of attempted murder Real Time: 0100 GMT 5/25/21 or 7pm UTC 0700 Location of Incident: NSS Aurora II - ISD processing bay and exterior hallway Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [ ] - Neglect of Duty [ ] - Harassment [X ] - Assault [X ] - Misconduct [X ] - Attempted Murder Overview of the Incident: This incident started over an hour prior to the attempted murder, with D'Jar assisting a crewmember in privately checking their security record, without providing paper copies. During his attempts to inform them that any in-depth records would need authorization from central command, Jones had made several speciest statements towards officer Szsk and investigator Kuru. D'Jar gave a verbal warning for him to leave the lobby, and then assisted the prior crewmember in the head of security office. Upon leaving, D'Jar witnessed Jones making two more speciest remarks towards his officer, in a clear attempt to provoke response. He was given a second warning, and when ignored, ordered to leave the lobby. Officer Szsk asked to charge them with i110 as while D'Jar was gone they had attempted to start conflict with the two security staff. Seeing as he was clearly aggressive to all three security staff already, and had ignored two warnings to stop insulting officer Szsk, D'Jar saw no reason to doubt their integrity and wrote a warrant for Jones on i110. Barely a minute later, D'Jar and Szsk left the ISD to confront Jones, only to immediately find him insulting unathi as a species in front of Valetzrhonaja Nayrragh'Rakhan, an off-duty chief of engineering. Upon being presented with a valid warrant, Jones refused to cooperate and closed the distance between D'Jar, showing clear intent to physically resist. Seeing the obvious warnings, D'Jar employed a flash before pulling out his stun-baton, upon which Jones had immediately attempted to strike D'Jar. A brief conflict ensued with Jones physically assaulting D'Jar, before being detained by himself and officer Szsk with moderate injuries. D'Jar had minor injuries, sustaining a few closed fist strikes to his nose and jaw, which required treatment from Dr. Roberts and usage of painkillers. Upon being released by chief medical officer Atiyeh, Jones was transferred to ISD processing cell two. Szsk was overseeing the subject in the cell with investigator Kuru while D'Jar had been busy writing the new charges and an incident summary. Officer Szsk indicated that Jones was resisting in some way, but did not specify that he had managed to slip out of the standard issued handcuffs inside of the cell. Officer Szsk proceeded to enter the cell before being tackled down by Jones, who had now stolen Szsk's baton. Alan Jones proceeded to continually strike at Szsk while they were briefly unconcious with the baton while Kuru and D'Jar attempted to detain. Kuru and D'Jar were struck with said baton during a brief fight before the subject returned to beat Szsk over the head with the now de-activated baton. Seeing the clear intent displayed, D'Jar responded with potentially lethal force through use of his disruptor, following with telescopic baton strikes to the jaw, neck, and head to subdue Jones. Once Jones was secured medical was called to the scene, with both Jones and Szsk rushed by medical for emergent treatment. After initial examination, chief Atiyeh confirmed to D'Jar that officer Szsk had suffered moderate to severe brain damage and severe blood loss as a result but was in stable condition, and confirmed Jones was in moderate health with multiple fractures but stable. Upon release by medical staff, Jones remained in ISD custody inside of solitary cell one where he continued to make speciest comments and directed threats towards D'Jar himself. These threats to himself and Szsk continued until the subject was transferred out of our custody upon arrival to central command. Submitted Evidence: Alan Jones Employment and Security Records - error with connection to database at the time Comprehensive evidence report from investigator Kuru, fiber samples and prints on baton used to assault officer Szsk. Medical printout of Szsk's condition upon arrival to NSS Aurora's trauma bay Intial fax to central command and response Running transcript of Head of Security Sayyid'Kuatane's personal recorder Picture of Jones after attempted murder charges filed Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: N/A - Head of Staff reporting Actions taken: Permanent brigging 2x and transfer of custody to proper authorities upon docking. Additional Notes: Alan Jones is already well known within ISD for his violent tendencies and inability to seemingly have any self control. It is unacceptable that we allow such low standards from our EPMC partners to set foot on station. While his criminal charging will remain separate, D'Jar advises that Jones never be allowed to seek employment of this nature with any SCC partners regardless of the results following any criminal trial. Additionally - D'Jar was unable to retrieve record of charges via the ISD sentencing consoles. Charges were as follows: I110 - Slander or Verbal Abuse I202 - Resisting Arrest and/or Sparking a Manhunt I301 - Attempted Murder I306 - Assault on a Head of Staff I307 - Escaping From Holding Until Transfer (Escape during HuT sentencing before attempted murder) transcript.txt