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im going to agree with your assessment of the bomb range being changed, on to the topic of the AI core main level defense it seems my point was missed during your fictional story of malf gimmicks being good. The point im attempting to make is that as a defense it is not a deterrent, it dosnt cover the upload area at all meaning you can bypass the majority of the doors and directly access the upload console, meaning you also have unrestricted access to the core itself if they are fast enough. The big circle of walls dos nothing but alert people of the area already there to be exploited because its a half measure at best to prevent the easy route to do things despite the accepted method of malf killing being honestly faster and easier to pull off.

issue with turrets on the top is that miners may get shot by lethal turrets if they are exposed, this also just puts a giant target on top of the core for anyone to see unlike now where only someone with the blueprints or knowledge of them would beable to know and get the equipment to do it.

i will say that this is a huge -1, according to the image yes it covers the core from a "rod drop" from an engineering stand point this would only just slow me down at most. As it also stands rod dropping is just not done because people are scared player complaints over it or being "cheesey" with their malf kills. in order to even exploit this weakness of the AI core one must bring a shovel, pick axe and an RCD as well as knowing the exact spot to dig before breaching less the AI realize its being attacked and have a borg simply move its core in a few seconds. Aside from your AI core changes i would say great job moving the bomb range im tired of fixing that damn maintenance tunnel and its piping.

hi, as the chief engineer of the second instance i can safely say that i was offering him a way out. Simply to be escorted by sec to mining to leave peacefully, instead of waiting like the sec borg did he charged off into maintenance. The ensuing shinagins he caused in my personal opinion detracted from the raider teams gimmick quite badly, distracting bad enough that sec ignored the raider stealing the AI in favor of chasing the insane raiders down.

i would like to point out as a ghost i was watching the event in question, and its my personal thoughts that the CE went full bore much to fast but i digress. When nifty died RTNP told them in dchat to ahelp over what happened, implying that they knew what was going on prior to the ahelp. As i dont have msay or asay as a observer i dont know what was being said there but seems to me tossing out a warning after accusing a player of lieing and closing a ticket may not be the best moderation choice.

Hi, i was the Chief that round and the one that had you drunk tanked aswell. IMHO i dont mind drunk people, i just want them sober near the engine hence why sec pulled you into the brig for sobering up without charges, and my faxing of CC requesting you have to take some kind of alcoholics class. i personally believe this is a matter that IAA should handle IC as the captain informed me on the bridge that your character had been drunk instantly into 3 rounds, as someone with slight amounts of irl electrical knowledge for power generation systems i can tell you that if someone showed up drunk on the job 3 times they would be fired instantly for being a safety hazard. In the case of causing yourself harm from what i was observing before i could join the round your mesons were not on from the observers stand point, this can and will cause nasty hallucinations such as n2 tanks being colored like phoron or your health meter being fake crit or fake full. In recap it kinda just looks like a cool off ban in my eyes, look forward to seeing you on my team again.

Name: Ayden Pennington Species: Human Age: 36 Date of Hire: 22/12/2458 Job Title: Chief Engineer Preferred Contact Info: A.Pennington@NT.net

As the one who gifted this Glorious spear to said fearless leader i give a huge plus 1

Ill keep this short, OOS knows what hes doing with the core and its related systems, his only downfall is lack of atmos knowledge but that can be expanded on as a CE much easier then a atmos tech in my personal thoughts. I give him a plus one as he already takes charge when given the chance to do so.

Just finished being this guys body guard as trp, seems to know his way around words. Also knows what the hell playing a violin is called, i will be giving this high speed low drag hos candidate a big thumbs up so he can see how horrible being a head of staff is. +1

[mention]Butterrobber202[/mention] as ive said before it was not my intent to lol rekt your story, i have valid hunted very little on this server compared to what i could have done, as it stands i was under the impression that you had ninjaed to delta and then proclaimed yourself a planet killing AI, as far as i was aware i had no engineering support aside from a single one that was hacking the doors in the core. i assume engineers should have breached that before i even got outside the station, i have always handled malfs in a way of "Have a main assault and a back up plan." I was attempting to be the back up plan and seeing a SD alert i assumed main assault had failed. Sorry if i ruined your story you were creating yes it would have been cool, if the SM not blown, if the janitor had not shut a door in my face prior to promotion, if i could have found a damn station bounced radio, if the engineer in your upload was able to hack faster. As i see it, it was ether go from top or side and the side would have been just as fast, only would have interacted with people more.

[mention]DatBerry[/mention] As i have said before i was a visitor not a head of staff except for the time the captain promoted me and prior to that as korom has pointed out engineering literally closed a door in my face and i could not find anything on short notice, the only engineer that showed up on the bridge was one with no emitter who had issues with a secure door. I know what a CE needs to do as it stands i was a visitor for the express purpose of a CCIAA meeting, had i been CE i would have had control of my engineers the engine wouldnt have exploded and the RP would have been better. in a sec situation aswell as a CE with no apparent access to AI upload or any form of tools besides an RCD and a rig i was of no help down there in the core, as far as i knew the Captain was the one who was coordinating and the only engineer i saw was hacking doors meaning it left jsut me to dig the hole i was intending to use as a last resort. Yes i didnt do it perfectly and i accept that but hanging this over my head as "You didnt act like a ce" is because i was not a CE at the time simply was given the access to deal with the impending threat.

[mention]Coalf[/mention] To your points 1 i was in the bridge quite a bit, sec was present and seemingly super confused as to what to do, the captain was somewhere in his office whom i was trying to get the plan of action with. 2 the borg was engineering and when i saw it it was a sec borg, considering it was being called down to the core i told them to watch out for it while letting people in the elevator. 3 i indeed have a plan to kill an AI oocly and i did not get a GPS i refused it i took one from the locker in the CE room, i had basically no way to see any form of communication with the assault team, once again i was assuming that when the self distruct triggered i was assuming they were fighting inside it wasnt til after i rod dropped the AI that i even went down to see no damage to the core at all with my jet pack. Once again i realize that i cheesed the AI in this instance, that we all agree on. could i have communicated better? sure i could have, i had an entire plan for not murdering the AI straight away unfortunately when i see self distruct on a server ive not seen ti really used or seen it disarmed im going to kill the AI as soon as possable. i admit wrong in it but i will say im not sorry for saving the station or the people who were about to be put in harms way of the lethal turrets when they entered the core.

[mention]Butterrobber202[/mention] i did infact thing about RCDing the door but i dislike bieng shot in the face by turrets the AI may turn back on and having no way to pull back without a lethal laser in the chest, this is more reinforced by the fact that when i went down there a second time your outer turrets were on and lethal. o and the metal rods were RCD walls i cut down and remade due to the suit basicly producing metal on demand for power. [mention]Synnono[/mention] you are indeed correct i should never have been in the situation the captain asked me to before i could even get to cyro, he just took my ID and changed it, for more information on his actions you would need to consult arrow, but i did tell him to fax CC about it so i was infact a visitor.

ill just start from my side as soon as i finished my CCIAA thing, i came on station escorted by the CCIAA and happened to meet up with the captain near the hops office, i decided to RP a little with him when E-ERT shows up, tells us we should start the tesla for power. at this point i interjected as i know that the tesla is very dangerous to start without a primary power source for its containment, something that likely would have killed the AI and anyone else on the sub level without rp aswell i might add. The Captain asked if i was an engineer and i replyed i am a Chief engineer who was just here for CCIAA and getting a new arm, after the last canon round broke it, the captain requested my assistance after i was fit for duty. While i was getting my arm replaced tcomms dropped due to power loss, at this point i got the arm attached and let the captain know i was ok to go, and checked to see if he needed me, the AI then announced that it was Glorish and the captain informed me of what this ai had done to a planet, ok threat is there i can see this will likly not end well. I was then drafted into service for the captain as a Chief engineer and proceeded to get my stuff, after i might add the engineering had ignored me prior to this when i went to them while looking for the captain, anyway i could not find a tool belt in engineering and only saw one engineer whom i spoke to breifly and moved on to the bridge to deal with the AI after giving an engineer the card form tech storage. As i arrived me and two officer went down to the AI upload and i turned off the turrets only to discover that CE apparently cant access AI upload, so due to lack of tools aside from a RCD on the rig i turned around and went back up to see the captain and let them know whats going on due once again to lack of tcomms, he was missing from his office and when i went EVA to go start dealing with the AI from the top i did not see him in his office at all. After i pinpointed the what i thought was the correct spot via GPS i dug down to the platting and prepared to head back in when i see "Selfdistruct Activated" having no idea how long this takes or that it can even be disarmed i proceeded to RCD some walls up to prevent mass airloss and made a hole in the AI ceiling missing it. before i could thruster down into the core and attempt a carding the AI spammed selfdistruct attempts so i moved one tile and repeated, assuming that the lower breach team had made it into the core and was fighting it. At this point i saw the AI was still active so i started chucking rods down into its core aswell as floor tiles, headed back inside to check the breach team only to find they were still in the first room with lethal lasers on the other side waiting for them, so i let them know it was dead for their own safety, after this i located the captain and informed him and returned the rig after being returned to visitor status and on my way out to cyroing the server reset. TLDR version, I will say that what i did was pretty cheesey for killing the AI, but i personally dont beleave that it was as much of an issue as its being made to be, i see it as AI called lethal on the entire station once that selfdistruct was triggered as i never have had much interaction with the nuke how would i know that the thing takes 15 minutes ooc or IC.

Well in response to the three points. 1. i had no way of knowing because tcomms lost power and i was unable to coordinate with the rest of them, i was also in CCIAA during a large potion of the round and could not see any form of RP, just looked like an AI who stealthed to delta level and hit the blow stuff up button. 2. I infact did not land on the exact spot and was about 1 tile off the first time, then got the right spot to drop things on your core, That being said as a CE who has done multiple canon rounds and used my Blueprints in my office i would have the exact spot the core is committed to memory much like all the other important parts of the station. 3. The captain one, Paul Jonson enlisted my help specifically for the attempt to card the AI with distorying it as a last resort, when i missed the core i saw multiple self distruct attempts made and proceeded to then terminate the threat trying to kill us all, named glorish the AI who is part of the skrell lore who killed alot of people, i also had the team with a GPS in the core to help line up my location aswell IC and i informed them of my intentions prior to my assault on the core.

Reporting Personnel: Ayden Pennington Rank of Reporting Personnel: Chief Engineer Game ID: bTi-dF8V Personnel Involved: -Preston Fulton, Station Engineer: Offender -Darell Hunter, Station Engineer: Witness Time of Incident: Real time: 1:00 AM GMT 3/10/2018 Location of Incident: Construction Floor Nature of Incident: []Workplace Hazard []Accident/Injury []Destruction of Property [x]Neglect of Duty []Harassment []Assault [x]Misconduct []Other _____ Overview of the Incident: When I arrived on station Engineer Fulton had taken it upon himself to start constructing a "Preston room" on the construction level of the station and neglected his duty to set up station shields in favor of his at the time unauthorized at the time "Room". Engineer Hunter took issue with this and reported him to me, the issue spilling into common channel aswell and disrupting work flow on station. Did you report it to a Head of Department or IAA? If so, who?:No Actions taken: I ordered Engineer Fulton to fill out the proper station modification form and bring it to me, also informed him that further arguing in common or engineering channels would result in his detainment for misuse of radio channels. Additional Notes: This is not the first time i have caught Engineer Fulton shirking his duty's to build his "Preston room" but is simply the incident that has cause this report to be filed.

I like this idea and support and or affirm MAKES custom Poncho as it looks great. +1

I think that Seb would make a good mod for the server, as he often says things about doing the right thing according to the rules and lore. This is a solid +1 from me as i feel he would do well helping out.

As someone who knows you medical borg and Ce i know and understand your concerns, as an interim CE i take the job very seriously when i get it and even if im antag as i often seem to draw i do my best to make sure that the job is done and that im communicating with command at all times, and to my crew when i have one due to my dead hour time frames of play. Touching on atmos knowledge it was the first thing i learned in ss13 back in 2013 when i started, and have done CE jobs for years aswell and worked with a range of command ranging from a full team that runs like a well oiled machine to being the only head on line with 60 people screaming at me, i personally feel that im aware of what command needs and can do it, hopefully with grace.

First things first i hope you enjoy your haitus in thailand, as for the issues you raise with Ayden, i can ensure you that i attempt to i do not tunnel vision as a CE, having been an acting CE multiple times on station and never having a complaint from command to my knowledge i already act as a leader as much as possible, when emergency permit, it and often head out of my department to make small talk with the station. I wish you had more interaction with me incharacter and thank you for your input.

I respect you thoughts on my app and thank you for your input, i personally think that answers do not require multiple paragraphs to relay what is important. i also disagree that conflict must be involved in every back story you read, conflict happens in RP not in backstory where there is no interaction. If everyone had a "conflict" how would they survive on a station in space its not feasible that every single persons backstory must have bad things in it. Uh, I think you missed my point. It doesn't have to make your character go insane, or make him an anti-social edge-lord, but I don't want to RP with a person who's backstory is "I have a perfect life, I've never had a single problem, I have plenty of money, my family is all great, I've never had issues at a previous job, and I've never had any problems outside of that either!" See what I'm saying? A problem could be as simple as going broke off a bad investment, a divorce, or something like that, but you've gotta have something to keep him interesting. With all due respect if you knew my character on server you would know that he has had alot of conflicts, i just don't think that my app for CE needs to make, Ayden out as someone who would seem even moderately unhirable. as someone who knows how it really feels to get denied a job due to full disclosure i will simply say i respect your stance but if you want to find out more i implore you to try talking IC to Ayden.

I respect you thoughts on my app and thank you for your input, i personally think that answers do not require multiple paragraphs to relay what is important. i also disagree that conflict must be involved in every back story you read, conflict happens in RP not in backstory where there is no interaction. If everyone had a "conflict" how would they survive on a station in space its not feasible that every single persons backstory must have bad things in it.

I have more time on SS13 servers then the date ive placed in the App that is simply the date i started being fully active on Aurora, i have been playing Engineering and CE roles for over 5 years on multiple servers including heavy roleplay servers, including but not limited to TG station, Paradise station and Hypathia station when it was active. If the concern is flow management i am often taking that role within my department already, i also feel ive done well in the role and have been told that by multiple players within the department aswell as being put in the role of acting CE about 6 times in the last 2-3 weeks.

BYOND key:eab549 Character names:Ayden Pennington How long have you been playing on Aurora?: from 2/2/2018 Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?:So that i may work as a CE. Why did you come to Aurora?:To play on a rp server with fun and interesting mechanics, also rigs. 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: Roleplay is about placing yourself inside a universe that your character is in and acting accordingly. I personally beleave that roleplay is also about developing a character to the best of your ability's and making everything more interesting, for yourself and all party's involved in said roleplay, no matter what your role is. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: I beleave that the purpose of heads of staff are to provide direction as well as guidance to their departments. The heads of staff are also present to prevent their employees from ruining the round for other players, such as engineering accidentally messing up the engine and irradiating the entire station due to not knowing how the job is done. As a head of staff i think that my purpose is to guide those under me to do better, at the game and in roleplay. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: I think that as a white listed player our job is simply to ensure that as a knowledgeable persons in your area your able to provide a direct response to any issues that arise, from new and older players alike, as well as being able to fill in the spots that are left empty due to under staffing. In some cases such as an RD i beleave that they are there to be a sort of "check valve" to stop, say toxins, from vaporizing half a station due to making a much to strong bomb for the range. Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions. Character name:Ayden Pennington Character age:36 Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Ayden Pennington was born on a largely unknown asteroid colony by the name of Percival 59, deep in the frontier. At the age of 16 he began work mining the asteroid he lived on for a relatively shadey mining corporation. By the age of 18 Ayden happened across a Sol Navy recruiter, thinking he could better his living situation, he signed up without a second thought. After six years in the Sol Navy working as an engineer, Ayden had reached the rank of Petty Officer First Class. After reaching his contracted service time he chose to leave the navy and go to Ceres University, upon enrollment he proceeded to try as hard as he could to be the top of his class. After using up all of his savings for schooling and getting his masters in electrical engineering and power management, Ayden was contacted by Nanotrasen and offered a upwardly mobile position in the engineering department. What do you like about this character?:I like the Ayden as a character as it allows me to express myself the way i always have on ss13 on the servers before under the same namesake. What do you dislike about this character?:I personally dislike Aydens moderate dislike of sec officials as an extension of my own personal dislike of normally abusive authority figures. What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?:Ayden has a extensive background in all forms of EVA and engineering and also has prior experience working on other stations as head roles normally as a CE. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions. How would you rate your own roleplaying?:I would rate myself at a minimum a 6/10 to a 9/10 depending on interest Extra notes: