MelodicVoid

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Basic Information Byond Account: MelodicVoid Character Name(s): Bill Mull, Mae Aiiko, Emeal Riktio, Hope Of A Fallen Sapphire, Riluxin Xrimqu-Tup. (I have 23 characters total, those are the ones I mostly play) AI Name(s): C.R.O.s.S (AI) T.E.R (Borg) Discord username + tag: Posty#4463 Age: 21 Timezone: EST When are you on Aurora?: Anytime from 1 PM EST to 1-2 AM EST Experience How long have you played SS13?: Just under a year How long have you played on Aurora: Aurora was the first station I joined when I loaded SS13 for the first time. How much do you know about SS13 (Baystation build) game mechanics?: Although not perfect, and I am still learning small details of new jobs I believe I have most of the mechanics down. Do you have any experience moderating for an SS13 server?: I do not, I Have experience being a moderator for other games and twitch 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 would say that I do. My activity has increased drastically and I need to use the forums more actively. Increasing forum activity is easy enough. Have you ever been banned, and if so, how long and why?: I have not been banned Personality Why do you play SS13?: I started playing SS13 because I had a big interest in Roleplay and that pretty much why I play it, To create new characters and have them make friends, enemies and more. I enjoy the problem solving where one character would simply hack a door to get out of a room this character can't and I need to think of what they can do to escape the room. Why do you play on Aurora?: I choose Aurora due to its Heavy Roleplay tag. I play on Aurora because I find the core community to be really enjoyable to interact with, of course there are some trolls but they are delt with swiftly and that is why I enjoy and play Aurora. What do moderators do?: I believe a moderator has two main goals, among others. The first goal is to regulate not only antags but also normal players. Using a knowledge of the rules to resolve issues. This ensures that the round is fun for everyone. No one wants to have a round end in 20 minuets because the SM was caught in a firefight between non-antags. However note that a moderator is not get involved unless they are clearly breaking the rules, involvement in every situation is pointless and a bother to the players playing by the rules. The second man job of a moderator is to Assist and inform. When someone has a issue that is simply a gameplay mechanic and they Ahelp it a moderator should be the first to respond with the issue and inform the asker, and follow up to make sure it solved the issue, this way it will stop a future request for the same issue if the person is properly informed on how to do it. What does it mean to be a moderator for our server?: Being a moderator on Aurora is to be someone who Upholds the rules, is extremely helpful and should be a staple in the community. It is someone who should be willing to answer all questions, no matter how insignificant. In my opinion, similar to command staff they help usher new players to a level of roleplay excellence that is enjoyable for everyone. Why do you want to be a moderator?: I want to be a moderator for a few reasons, the first and foremost being that I want to help the current team with AHelps as I know they can get swamped sometimes and in doing so help someone out or help to stop the round from becoming a unenjoyable disaster from a troll. Next is long term goals as I currently am a software developer coding mostly in C++ and scripting in Perl but before trying to get in as a dev I would like to learn the mechanics in place for a moderator so I have a deeper understanding of how the systems work. Assisting with events would also be fun. What qualities do you possess that would make you a good moderator?: I believe I am understanding person who can approach situations from a neutral stand point. I believe I am able to inform and educate relatively well, and I am Patient in listening, as said above I have been a moderator for other games and such, most skills are transferable. How well do you handle stress, anger, or insults?: I actually spent about a year working Retention for a cell phone company. Everyone who comes into that department is typically extremely angry, I was typically able to resolve and deescalate their issue even with them yelling at me and calling me names. I believe I handle it quite well, the key to it is understanding that its not actually you but the situation they are in and you are just a outlet. I believe I can handle stress quite easily as well. Anything Else You Want to Add: Any and all feedback is welcome, thank you.

I have personally enjoyed Seth, and have promoted him to Interim as captain with no regrets!. solid player. Ill give a +1

BYOND Key: Melodic Void Character Names: Hope Of A Fallen Sapphire, Bill Mull, Emeal Rikito, Mae Aiiko, Riluxin Xrimqu-Tup, Zuri Madeler. - I have many more but have not played them recently Species you are applying to play: Tajara What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): Silver Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question. Why do you wish to play this specific race: First off Tajara are so fluffy I just want to hug one like a teddy bear!. But seriously I have been debating on what to get for my next whitelist and personally I find Tajara’s racial issues and recent conflicts to be quite interesting. I believe it will open new avenues of interesting roleplay. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: They are more resistant to cold but susceptible to heat due to their fur. Tajara and humans are similar in anatomy but have major differences. The Tajara are faster and more agile, but they have claws and sharp teeth. The claws make use of computers and other items more challenging. Tajara also speak in third person which is unique to them and some tend to roll their r’s ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Character Name: Qistina R'iki Latifa Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs. Qistina R’iki Latifa was born from a M’sai Mother and father in 2440. Born in The Peoples Republic of Adhomai. she grew up on what would be called a border town. Her father was in the medical trade running a small clinic, mostly dealing with injured from rebuilding efforts and fights from travellers. Her mother though not around too often was part of the Military, She would often be gone for weeks at a time being stationed at different bases. Her father was quite the stubborn Tajaran, refusing to travel with her mother as he didn’t want to leave this town. Growing up her main duties where to assist her father with small tasks like Comforting patients, applying bandages or passing tools over while her father worked. When her mother would come home she would teach basic defence techniques and tell stories of ancient M’sai, though it was mostly play fighting the techniques were accurate. When her mother and father where home they would often have conversations when they thought Qistina was asleep. She would often crawl out of bed and linger close enough to catch parts of the conversation. It was mostly her mother telling her father about the fragile nature of the planet, and how she worried another war would happen. Her mother and father would never actually tell her about the war, every time she would bring it up they would change the subject. When Qistina was 11 years old, while sitting up stairs above the clinic she heard a large object fall over bellow. Running to investigate she found her father standing over a radio with the chair behind him fallen over, His expression was one of shock and terror. Turning to notice Her he rushed her back upstairs keeping her in the dark. The following few days where strange from the rest, he father seemed quiet as did the rest of the town, Eventually Soldiers started showing up in the town with more weapons then Qistina had ever seen. However, her mother was not among them. The towns population seemed to get become less and less over time, most heading more inland. This is when everything changed from for Qistina. Her father, one of the few citizens who remained continued to operate the clinic though now it was mostly Soldiers who were getting treatment. Qistina’s responsibilities increased as she learned how to stabilize a patient and assist during surgery. Eventually the Soldiers where no longer just passing through town but took up camp in town, setting up a Forward Operating Base. The distant sounds of Artillery and gun fire would often keep Qistina up at night. It started to seem like the gunfire was getting closer each night, her fathers’ clinic quickly became filled and tents where set up outside to house those who couldn’t fit inside, and many Military Doctors moved in and took over the clinic. Her father being stubborn stayed to help the doctors, which they permitted. One night the gunfire grew so loud that it was no longer distant. It sounded as though it was right at the edge of town, Yelling could be heard coming from downstairs. Running to investigate she found her father arguing with what seemed to be a officer about how moving Patients. The officer stated that they don’t have time to bring everyone, nor the means to treat them. The officer then took the ones with minor injuries and loaded up in a vehicle, driving away from the gunfire. Her father sitting down for a second turned to Qistina and told her she had to run. She refused as her father didn’t want to leave the patients and she wouldn’t leave him alone. Her father did what he could to move the patients inside the building and into the basement. Despite Qistina’s help in this task wounds would reopen; her silver fur quickly became covered in blood and dirt while they worked quickly. The gunfire slowed down significantly eventually coming to a stop, with only periodic shots being heard. While her father was busy treating wounds of Patients she ran upstairs to the second floor, grabbing what she could for food and shoving it into a bag. Suddenly a loud bang was heard followed by a falling object, someone had kicked in the door. Not knowing what to do she ran to her room and hid under her bed. She heard some yelling, almost like a fight had broken out down bellow and then gunshots with a delay between them. But almost Rhythmically. One. Shot. After. Another. She would flinch at each shot, the sound almost ringing in her ears. The shots eventually stopped, and she heard footsteps heading upstairs, slowly. Rummaging through the kitchen and checking nearby rooms, eventually getting to hers. The door slowly crept open as a single set of legs entered, she didn’t recognize the uniform, but she could make a educated guess. The legs moved towards the closet opening it up and then a voice was heard. “Done up there yet? We gotta go”. With a short delay the response “He is” was said from her room. The legs turned to leave. A gun dropping beside them, as they obviously lowered their guard. Seeing the gun, she had to cover her mouth not to yelp. The legs eventually left and everywhere fell silent. She thought it best to wait for a bit, until a smell of fire filled her nose. She dragged herself out of her bed and went downstairs to find the main flow of the building had a fire in early stages, the temperature was uncomfortable. She knew she had to leave, but she had to get her father out. Running downstairs her heart stopped at the bottom and a feeling of horror came over her face. Every Patient was dead, executed with a bullet to their head. She looked around scanning the room until her eyes fell on her father. She ran over to him, unlike the others his arm was bent in a position its not suppose to be able to bend, and instead of a bullet to the head there was a knife in his jugular. He was lying in a pile of blood. She fell to her knees, shaking him even though she knew it he wouldn’t wake up. Her eyes filled with tears as she began to panic and scream “No no no. he can’t be dead”. The smell of smoke filled the room as the floor boards above her where on fire. A combination of the heat and small snapped her back to reality. She sloppily stood up and moved to the upper floor, leaving her father behind. The upper floor had little moving room, and the heat was hell, but she made her way towards the door and out. Parts of her body still felt like there were burning but she pressed on, making her way out of the town and inland. She does not know how she made it out without being spotted, she supposes it was because they were to busy razing the town, looking behind her, it was like a giant bonfire. She continued to walk for what seemed like days but was actually hours. In disbelief of what happened. She eventually passed out in the dirt, only to be plagued by nightmares of finding her father. Waking up screaming and panicking she eventually calmed down and continued her walk, exhausted. She found her way to a large military like camp, but it wasn’t any military she had seen before. Hungry and in pain she entered the camp and we greeted by a hairless one running in her direction. She blacked out. Waking up again, on a roller bed she looked around finding parts of herself covered in a ointment. The hairless one greeted her as she woke and explained that she had severe burns on her body and she shouldn’t move for a few days. She learned the name of the Human was Gertrude and she was a IAC Volunteer. The next few days where hell as Qistina was unable to sleep, and if she was it was only for a hour or two. She was terrified of her dreams as visions of her father haunted her. Eventually being well enough to move around she helped with minor tasks around the camp. She became attached to Gertrude and Gertrude to her. Gertrude was no therapist, but she believed Qistina to have PTSD, and when it was time for Gertrude to head home she offered to take Qistina with her, Gertrude believing it would be best for her PTSD if she left the place. Qistina accepted the offer, she was afraid of what was out there but anywhere was better then this place. Boarding the shuttle and leaving the planet Qistina eventually found herself on IAC Transfer and training station in Tau Ceti, Gertrude left her there returning home but staying in touch by letter. Temporary housing for refugees was available on station. With help of IAC’s office’s and trying to figure out where to do she took up a class as for a EMT certification. Eventually receiving notice that she could no longer stay on the station she, with the help of IAC applied for a work permit for Tau Ceti. The process was long and painful but with the help of IAC she received her work permit only days before being evicted. About to be homeless she told Gertrude of her situation and was offered a place to stay at her home in Tau Ceti. Moving in with Gertrude laid a path before Qistina, Gertrude was a Surgeon aboard the NSS Upsilon, putting a word in for Qistina and Qistina sending in a application for a EMT medical position NanoTrasen gave a conditional offer to Qistina. First condition was that she would have to do a cram certification course at the NSS Canis Minor as they didn’t believe IAC’s free training covered enough. She would have to work for NanoTrasen a minimum of 3 years as they would be paying for the cram course. Final condition was that she would have to eb approved by and get regular treatment from a psychiatrist, agreeing to the terms she started her education and therapy. The course was extremely fast and sometimes challenging to keep up with but Qistina managed to pass and her therapist helped her greatly with her PTSD, she was approved for duty and assigned to work as a EMT on the NSS Aurora. Locked in for 3 years she is ready to start her new job, away from the horrors of war. If you were to shave her fur you could see burn scaring on her feet and her arms. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What do you like about this character? : This specific character is a offset from most M'Sai on the aurora as most are officers, Due to her past she choose a non traditional path for a M'Sai. her past will haunt her, but her PTSD is mostly controllable using techniques the therapist advised. She should prove to be a good character to start getting the feel for RPing a Tajara as it will take time to adapt to it. She should prove to have a little bit of interesting spice to her so shes not a generic bland character and I believe she will prove generally fun for crew to interact with How would you rate your role-playing ability? 7-8/10 there is always room for improvement Notes: First off Thank you for reading my application. The back story is quite long and I apologize for that. I left some details out to shorten it,. Please leave all feedback, preferably negative. This will help me improve as a player and improve my application. Thank you. I am expecting me to have gotten something wrong about my character.. so help me build her better! - void

Thank you!

I do see how that complicates the situation. The planet is a frontier planet with a very unique atmosphere, as all planets would be unique. The atmosphere has a very minimal protection layer, similar to a ozone layer. This layer allows alot of UV light though, so much so that the planet is not hospitable to humans. The ship was protected due to the ozone layer acting much like water, when the massive EMP hit the planet from the solar flare it hit a wall, that dispersed it over a section of the planet before the layer let it through. Allowing for the ships shielding to absorb the remainder of the EMP harmlessly. (When it comes to a EMP from a solar flare not even our atmosphere protects us, it'll short every electronic it touches, so I had to make a new one) Thanks for the reply, I can edit the actual application to include this if you wish.

o/ Doxx, I've started to pick up my activity, I've sort of got things figured out and amntrying to do daily log ins again. Thanks for the +1

Thanks for the reply. I really should play Mae more, seems to be my best character so far.

BYOND Key: MelodicVoid Character Names: Mae Aiiko, Riluxin Xrimqu-Tup, Kara Vecario, Rilumim Feiire and Bill Mull (I have over 20 characters, but those are the ones I have played most recently.) Species you are applying to play: Dionaea What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): Exempt Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Indeed Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question Why do you wish to play this specific race: Dionaea are radically different then any other race. I find them overly intriguing and think they would be a lot of fun to play, Being slow and mainly pacifist but also extremely curious and not driven by emotion means that one would have to adapt a different style of roleplay from both the Skrell and Humans I play now. they should prove a new challenge and a new aspect of fun for me as a player. There characters and characteristics I find to be more interesting due to the aspect of mystery compared to other species. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: The mechanics of a Dionaea are drastically different then any other race, they are slow but strong. Curious but not driven by emotion. They speak in third person as they are a consensus of many. They heal from radiation and require light to live. Atmosphere and lack of pressure has no impact. They are significantly more analytical. And curiosity is a main, if not the main driving factor of a Dionaea. They also view death differently, and consumption is a important part to the deceased’s ascension. Character Name: Walker of Dark Skies Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs: It started on a uncolonized planet in what is now known as the Frontier. Deep within a forest where many nymphs dwelled. They ventured around within the forest, some become a Gestalt while others roamed the forest. One day a group of three Nymphs hanging around a large tree near a opening curiously watching the sky as they felt a immense amount of radiation energizing them, to the distance the noticed a flying object land in the nearby opening. They went off to investigate. While investigating the area a strange being exited a now seen opening on the object, followed by another both making strange sounds. The nymphs entered the shuttle and explored a short way in until they found a small metal object blocking a small path. One of them opened the object and slid inside. The other two followed suit. Exploring this small area led to a large open, Farley lit area that was filled with odd decaying objects. The nymphs happy to leave that dark tunnel and to find this new area with light and things to explore began eating and exploring every object in the room. They object suddenly shifted as it took off to the skys, the Nymphs curious by this movement went to investigate . They found themselves in different areas, One found itself in a large room with two objects and many colorful lights. Basking in the glow the Nymph noticed the two creatures from before sitting on the objects. The nymph moved forward examining the leg of one of them. The creatures focused on the lights did not notice the Nymph until it bit one of them. Gaining some knowledge. The creatures quickly reacted negatively and caught and caged the nymph who bit one of them. They spoke into a strange object on there heads and quickly the other two where round up and put in the cage with the one who bit the creature. The creatures took the Nymphs to a exploration and science focused ship, in which a scientist was tasked with the education and exploration of the Nymphs. The scientist was already a fan of Nymphs and had 4 of them he had roaming around his lab. The Nymphs quickly explored and shared information with each other. The Scientist was named Jamal Wundi. One day Jamal woke up and went to his lab to find that nymphs had become a Gestalt, while one nymph remained separate from the Gestalt. Jamal spent many hours teaching and explaining things to the Gestalt. Like how the first three where found a garbage freighter that worked for the company he worked for. The freighter was taking refuge during a solar storm and due to the unique characteristics of the atmosphere on the planet there were from it provided a natural shield for them. After quite some time of assisting and learning from Jamal the Gestalt who called itself Walker of Dark Skies left to continue their path of curiosity. They quelled their curiosity in school, gaining a education in science. They stayed there for many years, learning a vast amount of information. They learned of a station called Aurora which was said to be the forefront of discovery in Tau ceti and applied to work in the science division to explore more then what the schools could offer. Now hired by NanoTrasen they make their way to the station to begin there fulfilling career of quelling curiosity. What do you like about this character? Personally I believe that this is a good character to start with, Science is a excellent fit for a Dionaea. They are curious and are focused on learning everything they can, in a new environment. They will prove both fun and challenging to roleplay as I get use to the way a Dionaea is supposed to act and react to situations. There lack of attachment and views on death should lead to some fun situations. How would you rate your role-playing ability? No one is perfect, by any means and there is always room for improvement. I would rate a 7/10 Notes: Please provide any and all feedback, negative especially. I prefer to know where I can improve from what I am doing well. Apologies for the longer backstory thank you for taking the time to read my application - Void

BYOND key: MelodicVoid Character names: Mae Aiiko, Bill Mull, Rilumim Feiire, Riluxin Xrimqu-Tup, and Kara Vecario. (I have about 20 or so characters that I switch between depending on server needs I.E Low engineering staff.) How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Just under a year, Possibly more as I am just going by when I joined the Forums. it may be just over a year now. Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I enjoy pretty well all positions on the station, I find it enjoyable and refreshing to be made something like Interim (Which I have been numerous times for engineering). I find that gameplay and roleplay has a entirely new aspect and feel when you are put in a command situation. You have to be very mindful and true to your character. it adds a new level of depth to the strategy of each round. Why did you come to Aurora?: Honestly Aurora was the first game on Byond I ever joined, due to its heavy roleplay tag. I never left. Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: of course, When making a command character background is highly important to the roleplay aspects Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? I have. One time in specific I released Phoron in the main hallway outside of security when I couldn’t get in contact of any admin or moderator, though I can’t recall why I did it, but I believed it to be within roleplay. That was my most serious offence and I do understand that it was a very serious offence. However, this was a long time ago, same with the rest of my warnings, to which I consider them more of a learning experience then issues. All my warning should have no affect on my account as I corrected my mistakes and never repeated any offence and they are all quite aged. 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 the act of creating a new character, different from yourself and reacting to situations accordingly. It should be about immersing yourself within a realistic character, one with flaws and limitations and building on and acting with those flaws in mind. To quote my application from April “it is the action of putting on a mask and making that mask believable. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, in game?: A Head of staff is one of the main driving forces of every round, a good head of staff is the difference between a situation being a good roleplay instead of a rapid everyone dies with little roleplay. It is of upmost importance that a head of staff manages situations realistically. Otherwise a round will end in chaos and won’t be enjoyable for both antag and normal roles What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: A Head of staff is someone who the server recognizes as a Whitelisted player, someone the server trusts and thus they set a standard of roleplay on the server. The roleplay from a head of staff reflects on new players as what is and isn't acceptable. One should strive to be an excellent example for if a new player sees the "standard" set by a head of staff they will try their best to meet that roleplay standard, thus improving roleplay of the round and server to be more enjoyable for all. Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau ceti and how it affected your character and their career? : Tau ceti is in a fragile state, Skepticism and racism are at a high found in threats and events of groups primarily of other races. The people of Tau ceti are scared and some are filled with hatred. Bill Mull is one of the older crew members and has served NanoTrasen many years in the engineering world with no sign of slowing down. Due to his age he believes him self wiser then most and is sadden by the recent happenings and atmosphere of Tau ceti. He tends not to dwell to much on the news but rather to provide little pieces of his wisdom to crew he thinks would benefit from it. At the end of the day Bill is a simple guy who goes home to a small apartment and is mostly content with his life, he is saving up for retirement and NanoTrasen has always treated him good, and he will do what he can to treat them as well as he can. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? I will mainly be a Chief Engineer. I may dive into Head Of Personal, then possibly branch up to captain once I think I get a better understanding of HOP. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking.: Bill Mull : Chief Engineer Nikki Ameretto : Chief Engineer (A Younger, more emotionally attached character, for a different perspective on things then bill) ((Newly created, not used)) Kaydence Langston : Head Of Personal ((Newly created, not used)) Xuqumxuqm Zaoo'Quum : Captain (If I decided to do it) ((Newly created, not used)) How would you rate your own roleplaying?: No one is perfect, and life is a learning experience. I would rate myself around 7-8/10 normally. There is always room for improvement Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Completely understandable, one must be responsible for his or her actions OOC and in game as a head of staff. Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? I have a few times Extra notes: if I am to be considered let it be noted that due to my current shift work situation my play time is irregular and due to that it may be beneficial to stick me on a extended trail process compared to other individuals. I will do my best to play as much as I can if I am given the trail basis to expedite the process of acceptance. Please provide any and all feedback, negative preferably as I can use it to better my development of future applications Thank you for reading my application - Void

Edit complete : Dialed up age to 57 - Young Adultish Corrected some grammatical errors touched on her being born before the discovery of humans instead of being born after. Toned down her relationship and interaction with the lab she worked part time with.

First off, thank you! It's shirayuki from snow white with the red hair (good anime). Secondly I appreciate the advice. I agree with rasing her age, I suppose I aimed a little too low, I was aiming for someone other skrell might see as just starting her adult life, and maybe 40-50 years would be better as you said. As for the synthetic terror what I was aiming for was her rasied by her parents who despise all synthetic life. Almost like how a child becomes racist when there parents raise them that way. The idea was she was told her whole life synthetics were evil and would turn on and kill everyone and everything and then she is suddenly exposed to so much intregation with AI in this new world she has entered that she is very confused on what to think. It may not have come across that way, I'll see about editing her bio... But this is the 5th day this has been up and I am not sure if I should edit it

Thank you for the feedback Coalf, it is very helpful in pointing out my wrongs. it was not my intention to have a major Skrell scientist as her friend. the idea was someone important at that specific lab, not within the Skrell as a whole. I believe to improve her backstory to your standard would kill the character I have in mind, However if needed I can rewrite it if you think it to be best. Her character was really suppose to be a curious Skrell whom is brand new to the human ways, culture and language. I believe this character could be played as proper skrell. I apologize for her back story being so weak. my intention was a non-complex backstory for my first Skrell character, someone who would have had a "Good" life so far. Thanks again for the feedback.. I may PM you, if you don't mind

I'm glad the rework was well received. And your exactly right doxx. Her curiosity and being on the forefront are some of the things driving her to stay, not to mention there are other skrell on the Aurora as well to further comfort her

Actually this was a major factor in me choosing skrell. I was originally going to go for Tajara because cats, but then after roleplaying with a skrell (My interaction with them has been limited but enough) I learned of the synthetic war and I thought that was probably the coolest thing any race had.

I have rewritten her back story, keeping the story the same but including more personal details, I believe I answered all of the points given in the above comments. Thank you for that it was very helpful. so to summarize my edits she is 31, very new to human space. her distrust of synthetics is from how she was raised. Her school and areas of study where implemented.. I removed the part about not being able to have children as I deemed it unnecessary for her background but it is still factual about her. Her family are mentioned briefly and are still alive, very old but alive. I believe that covers most concerns. Thank you for your feedback

That was actually intentional. the back story being so.. vague. as dox sated my current characters other then TER and Koneko and very upity and most people. my intentions for this character where almost as very bland canvas. the idea was something like a typical life with no real complications. Although I suppose that is not a good way to get accepted or to even make a interesting and enjoyable character to roleplay as. I will add more detail within the next 24 hours and make a more fleshed out application like my command app was. Unfortuantley I got called in to work a midnight and have to try and catch some shut eye now before the shift. so I will update it when I can. Apologies

BYOND Key: MelodicVoid Character Names: Mae Aiiko, Koneko Suzumiya, Khloe Olphert, C.R.O.s.S(AI), T.E.R(SB) and Kara(pAI) are the current notable characters I play Species you are applying to play: Skrell What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): I actually could not find the color options for skrell on the wiki, So she will be the normal skrell color however paler due to her being from Aloise Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Indeed Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question Why do you wish to play this specific race: I have been spending quite a lot of time determining what race I wanted to apply for for my first race application. After much consideration I have decided that Skrell would be that race. Skrell are intelligent and have difficulty showing emotion which could lead to some interesting role play scenarios. Their distrust or hate of Artificial Intelligence will provide some interesting interactions with IPC's and pAI's. In general I just think a Skrell would be a lot of fun to role play as. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Humans have the ability to show a wide variety of emotions and can be role played with pretty much all freedom where as the Skrell seem to be more rude and arrogant. Humans seem more trusting then Skrell and Skrell are focused more on science and logic then most humans are. Almost like a arrogant Vulcan with emotions and less religion. They approach things logically where as humans tend to approach things more emotionally Character Name: Rilumim Feiire (Subject to be altered) Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs Rilumim Feiire was born on Aloise in the year 2403. Her father and mother worked at one of the many laboratories where they conducted further research on BlueSpace technology. Her father and mother were both alive during the times of the Synthetic Singularity and due to this they both lost many friends and family to the synthetics. They raised Rilumim to never trust a synthetic and that all synthetics are evil. Rilumim parents sent her away to a prestigious school on Aloise called the Weirun Institute of Science. She spent many years achieving a PHD in both Theoretical Physics and BlueSpace Theories. During this time she worked part time at a lab conducting research on prototype weapons for the Skrell fleet, although she herself did not conduct the development of the weapons she assisted in filing paperwork. Eventually one of the lead scientists became friends with Rilumim and they started talking theories leading to Rilumim assisting with more direct research and even submitting some of her own theories. The scientist would read over the theories and point out what he liked and what he didn’t think would work. When Rilumim was 10 years old the Skrell first encountered Humans. Learning of the discovery of Humans Rilumim was filled with wonder about the Galaxy. She gained a deep passion to want to be out in the stars exploring and meeting new races, experiencing new things. After saving enough money to sustain her life in a new world she decided it was time to leave Aloise and make her own way in life. Learning of a Human company called NanoTresen that was a leading corporation for research and the company responsible for BlueSpace gates decided it would be the best company to apply to considering her desire to research in the stars. Nanotresen accepted her application and assigned her to study anomalies on the Aurora. At the age of 57 she set off to Human Space. She was introduced to a new strange world where the integration of Synthetics was common, so much so that people carried synthetics in their pockets. She found this very unsettling as she was raised and taught by her parents and other Skrell who had a deep hate for synthetics, she was always told they were evil abominations that should not exist. After a month in human space she went boarded a shuttle leaving heading to the Odin, her new life in this strange world had begun. What do you like about this character? They are a young skrell (Compared to how old some skrell can be) and that leaves open many doors for improvement and development of her character as she ages along. She approaches every situation logically which I tend to do in real life. I have wanted a character that I could get set up in science that would be enjoyable to play, and Skrell are very well suited to Science and Medical in my opinion How would you rate your role-playing ability? I am not a perfect role player, but I believe I can hold my own and make it enjoyable for those I interact with. I would give myself a 7.5-8/10 for roleplay ability. I still have a lot to learn and improve on. Notes: I ask that if you read this that you don’t just +1 or -1 but give a short reason why you rated it that way so that I may improve upon my applications, characters and my in-game role playing. Thank you for reading. Have a good shift! - MelodicVoid

I have roleplayed with both Landyn and Zion, and antaged with them multiple times. the characters are quite different, Zion being my fav of the two (Zion The Lion). I believe that this IPC would prove interesting to to Roleplay with. I give Maereo a strong +1

Thank you for your support! I was debating on not commenting but decided it be better to thank you then to not say anything

great, I edited the post to explain her backstory a little more in regards to how she learned engineering

I can probably explain a bit more on her backstory if it helps, as that seems to be the main issue so far. but I don't know if I am supposed to once I have posted the original

Okay I see what you mean by that. I was going for a kind of character like in Dark Matter, shes a very good engineer because she grew up around engines.. but I suppose I didn't put enough detail into the back story

BYOND key:MelodicVoid Character names:Mae Aiiko, Bill Mull, C-R-O-s-S(AI), T-E-R(Borg), Antonio Fields, Patrick Dryfus, FLUFF-E(pAI) How long have you been playing on Aurora?:I actually found SS13 from a video on YouTube about 2 months ago. the first station I really got into was the Aurora, I have been playing on the Aurora pretty much daily for just over a month now, for about 4-8 or longer hours a night. Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I wish to be on the white list mainly because I love engineering in this game and becoming the Chief Engineer is a position I think would be a lot of fun to role play, But also it will be challenging at times which is good. I have been Interim Chief Engineer before and the new added aspects of helping a team and being able to quickly get repairs done with the access it gave me it sort of got me really wanted the position even more then I did before. Why did you come to Aurora?: I found the Aurora just by browsing the listings of SS13 servers, it listed itself as being a Heavy Roleplay server which is something I always enjoyed Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: I have, a few times over to make sure I have my information correct 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 in my opinion the act of taking on realistic characters life. someone with flaws and strengths and acting accordingly to how the personality of that character would. much like being a actor in a movie, its the action of putting on a mask and making that mask believable. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: The main purpose of a Head of staff is coordination, there main task is making sure people are doing there jobs, and if they are not capable of doing there job then helping them with what is needed to do that job, They may need training, help from others, or equipment. it is up to the head of staff to make sure it gets done, and if not that then to take the initiative to do that task yourself. Other then that a head of staff is to take care of their team members and coordinate with other command in the case of emergency or just when assistance is required. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: A whitelisted player is to be an example to non-whitelisted players, to show them how to properly roleplay and what it looks like to follow the server rules. When a new player sees someone, whitelisted race or command, but especially command as IC they are held to a higher regard and are seen as such OOC to new players they should see a High standard that they themselves should strive for, they should not see something like a chief engineer putting bombs all over the station without even being a antag or having a admins permission. seeing something like that would make them think thats the okay normal on this server and would cause chaos. It wouldn't be fun. Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions. Character name: Mae Aiiko Character age: 30 Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Mae Aiiko was born in the Sol System to parents who traveled on a small cargo vessel working contracts for corporations within the Sol System. the ship itself had a crew of 10, 11 if you counted her. Her mother was the Chief Engineer while her father was the ships navigator. Growing up Mae always looked up to her mother and took a interest in engineering. at a young age however an accident occurred in engineering, the new hire had made a mistake in proportions causing the engine to overheat and the containment to be breached, Her father put mae into a escape pod with a crew member known as Jeffery, her father ran off to try and find Mae's mother. Jeffery waited as long as he could before launching the escape pod, her father never returned. Jeffery now without a job and having promised to look after Mae got involved with a smuggling operation aboard a small vessel called the Hitami. Mae was left on planet alone for many months receiving payment from Jeffery every once and a while to support herself, her interest in engineering grew more and more the time she spent alone. she spent it studying books and databases over the internet. Eventually Jeffery noticed that She was skilled in what she was doing and brought her aboard the Hitami to help the engineer. the engineer guided and taught Mae building off the knowledge she already had, however he eventually died on a smuggling deal gone wrong, leaving Mae the only one with Engineering skill. through the teachings of the engineer and databases over interstellar networks She managed all the small vessels, with quite a bit of Jury Rigging engineering and atmospheric needs for 8 years until she decided that she wanted out of these dangerous operations, she applied to Hongsun Park Engineering Institute and was accepted for a doctorate program in engineering. Thanks to her many years of engineering she was able to achieve her Doctorate and began legitimate work aboard the Aurora as a Station Engineer.(Nanotresen has no idea about her past as it is not known to authorities) What do you like about this character?: Mae is a very kind individual, who is quite playful in her interactions. she tends to look on the bright side of things and tries to make friends with who she can. because she has been a engineer for so long she is a very good engineer which allows me to easily roleplay completing almost all engineering tasks. I find her alot of fun to roleplay because she is very similar to how I am in real life, Going on random adventures and discovering fun things on the station. What do you dislike about this character?: Because Mae is so kind she is overly trusting of everyone on the station, which as well all know can lead to bad situations. Her kindness makes her willing to do things for other people in game that I really don't feel like doing in real life (normally because its 1 or 2 am and I am exhausted). She has a fear that one of her old shady contacts may find where she works, and she is always weary of security and tends to avoid them and not be friends with them. What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: I believe that Mae would make an excellent head of staff because she knows what she is doing in her job as a engineer, she is always willing to help those in need and takes the initiative to get tasks done. A head of staff should be friendly towards all crew just like Mae, and should be willing to work around crews differences to get things done. She is capable and determined, and also a generally friendly individual who strives to put a smile on peoples faces. that is why Mae would make a good Head of staff, specifically Chief Engineer Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions. How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I would rate my roleplay a 8/10 because no one is perfect, and sometimes it can be hard to process just what the hell is happening on the station. (for example : when being a engineer and antags are blowing everything up and attacking everyone and you just have so many tasks your trying to focus on, it can make your roleplay not as effective as it is during regular work and with say one hull breach), also I am not a antag often so i am still learning how to properly RP an Antag so there is improvement needed there as well Extra notes: Okay so first of thank you for getting to the bottom of (and hopefully reading) my application, I hope that people know my characters from how often I play them, Ive tried to make Mae very well known by playing her continuously, Bill should be known among engineering and some medical and T-E-R I believe is decently known as well. I know I am newer then most regulars to the station but I am hoping my pretty much daily activity for the last month and a half . ON ONE FINAL NOTE: if you vote -1 to this please give me a brief reason why so that I can improve myself in game to hopefully change your mind to a +1, if this application is denied then I can use the -1's to know how to properly proceed on my next application in a month or more