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The AI is acting weird? Better stumble my happy ass through a hail of turret fire, unannounced without consulting the rest of command, without any subject matter knowledge, card it, drag it back through a hail of gunfire, stick it in a console, exclaim "EUREKA!" and wipe it, so that it cannot be investigated, questioned, recovered, or repaired. This is good, healthy, regular activity that any normal, sane person would do. Naturally. Good thing that captain is evidently immune to pain.

Let's see here. You ordered the station to get out of your way, by way of moving to the asteroid. Okay, sure. Not often I see nuke ops try and force the entire crew to dislocate. Then, a lone security officer, fresh out of the locker room, gets caught and cornered in maintenance somewhere near where you were setting up the nuke. Said officer is held at gunpoint, lots and lots of gunpoint, told to not move, and is searched for equipment. Not finding what they were looking for, the nuke ops instead stripped him of the rest of his equipment (why did he not have cuffs?), and left him under guard while the team went about its business. Not much communication occurs, but considering the fact that almost the entire nuke op squad was present, it's excusable. Enter Dredd, the squad's resident airbag and master of vague statements. Moving through maintenance, he spots an officer--an officer devoid of both a belt and a satchel--and quite immediately assumes him to be a threat. Without so much as a shift-click inspection assessment, Dredd proceeds to dump almost the entirety of his carbine's magazine--set to lethal--into this unmoving, unreflexive officer. This effectively culminates into a perfect example of gank, running around with the safety off, poor trigger discipline, impatience, impulsiveness, and holier-than-thou condescension. You then proceeded, after having had a SIGNIFICANT period of time to assess the situation(read:enough time to receive looc complaint, and type two statements in return), to insult and stereotype the player you had so thoughtlessly and instinctively shot down, claiming that this threadbare "hero" was a foolhardy example of everything wrong with security, and how his actions--or rather, your own bigoted prefabricated strawman assumptions--were abhorrent and ridiculous. Excuse me if I sound a little salty here, but come on. This is exactly why people don't like nuclear emergency. This right here.

Question--maybe I missed a previous post somewhere, but what is the stance of the ATLAS party and its candidate?

The answer is plain and simple. It's because they want to win, desperately, more than anything. Winning comes before roleplay, before common sense, before the very lives of their characters. They want to win, and they don't want to deal with the roleplay aspect of combat because there's a chance the other party might make them lose.

The way it seems to work in our system, I prefer not to think of popped lungs being the problem--it appears to me to behave more like tension pneumothorax, which will put you down QUICK without proper treatment.

Alrighty then, this thread. Let me start off by saying that I am wholly, entirely against this--The role quite simply does not belong on a civilian high-security research installation with thorough employee screening and background checks. Such a position being implemented on the station would establish a pervading sense of paranoia and mistrust canonically unfitting of an environment such as the Aurora. Would a 'bodyguard' be employed by Nanotrasen for high-value personnel? Yes. Would they be used on Nanotrasen secure facilities? No. All I'm seeing here is a power fantasy, even in the "boring" suggestions. It's a beacon for edgy characters to play an edgy role, appealing to that group of players that want to play cooler-than-thou pseudo-military positions with all the ham-fisted finesse and subject expertise of your average underage airsofter. Speaking of which, I'd like to point out the multitude of near-miss aneurysms I've been ducking every time I see someone's job listed as "protective detail." A detail, is a detail. It's a job, not a position. When you say "The protective detail," you are either referring to the detail itself, or the entire group of personnel assigned to the detail. You do not refer to the individual as the "detail," same as you would not refer to a traitor as the "mob." I'll be frank in saying that this extraordinarily pervasive misconception is highhandedly indicative of that self-same under-researched, misguided airsofterism I mentioned in my last point. That all being said, if this were to be implemented, it would absolutely need to be lethal-only. Frances hit the nail on the head in regards to how CC works in real life, and it's not hard to avoid conflict in-game. Give them a gun, a pistol, ballistic. Lasers would be unreliable, and low-capacity, relying too much on precision--an offensive measure. A pistol with a relatively high-cap mag and low-impact rounds and a solid chunk of ammunition on reserve enables the proper crowd control and suppression factor needed for a single bodyguard to effectively corral a high-intensity situation if absolutely need be. A low-profile slim-fit armored vest designed to fit unnoticed underneath a regular suit-coat would be a must, as well as having the coat itself tailored to allow for the convenient (but concealed) carry of both the bodyguard's weapon and spare magazines. If the bodyguard were to not wear a suit (i.e., to better fit in with the less edgy and militaristic crew), then it would be best to create some manner of duty vest tailored for the role which would be both immediately identifiable and designed so as not to generate alarm and unrest amongst the civilian crew. Note how the above starts to read more and more like an entity completely separate from the crew itself, and even the station--that's because that's exactly what this proposition is. It simply doesn't belong in this setting. Not to mention, it's almost entirely combat-oriented, which if I'm not mistaken is something we're actively trying to avoid from a OOC perspective. This role is only necessitated (if you can even call it that) in very particular situations (read:Gankops). In said situations, security is your go-to for corporate meatshields, not Robocop IV: Paul Blart's Revengeance over here. In any other situation, this role is completely superfluous--note, that means this role is completely superfluous to standard station operation. Nanotrasen's paying more money to more people for absolutely no profit or benefit? Not gonna happen. Also, "blueshield" is a pretty dumb name. Almost as dumb as "protective detail."

Yes. We were an unstoppable justice machine, answering to no-one but ourselves and our innate Nanotrasen issued moral compass.

Sounds to me like this issue could be fixed if we started purging engineers that don't do their job properly. Half the time when you see firelocks, the first thing through your mind is how to get around the lockdown--via maintenance. Naturally, engineers hardly ever put up tape, and the unwitting get sucked into space as all the engineers laugh at the puny mortals and their lack of omniscience. At least, that's what I'm reading here. If you can't be bothered to do your job right, get a different job. Good Security gives warnings and puts up crime tape. Good Research gives warnings and puts up data sheets. Good Medical gives reminders and keeps up medical records. Good Engineering, naturally, gives warnings and puts up construction tape.

This is completely 100% based on a Squeaky-certified true story. Can confirm.

Was whitelisted a short while ago, have yet to be added.

Not on our server, the laws are all considered equal. No laws override another. If they conflict the request becomes null. In that case, if the request itself is nullified, the AI should have been basically rendered into a high-tech potato whenever Nick Straughan attempted to get it to do something it would not normally be able to do. Either way, the point at hand is that the law was very poorly written and ineffective.

I'd like to point something out here that most of you don't seem to realize about how AI laws work. The first law overrides the second overrides the third overrides the fourth, the fifth, so on ad infinitum. If you added a fifth law that said to ignore all other laws, then the AI would ignore them until ignoring them would break one of the four preceding laws, then the fifth law would be overridden until following it would once again not be in violation of the four prior laws. That being said, the AI here sounds like they were metagaming hardcore against the cult, but I cannot blame it for its actions while under the effect of the law change.

{Jesse, Wesley}

Wesley Jesse :

Inverted Rectum has actually hit the nail on the head in regards to the current selection of ahuman command staff. They're all special snowflakes who are either omgsoedgy, clark kent, or secretly hitler. The reason he's upset about this is that all of these characters are ludicrously unfit for the positions they hold, and are far and away surpassed by most ipcs in regards to eligibility for said positions. The fact that they continue to hold the positions that they do but ipcs can't is, quite frankly, absurd.

Three years is still less than five years. I have seen it stated before on head whitelist apps that you need to have at least 5 years of work for NT. And again, Wesley Jesse still doesn't possess the skills to be able to fulfill all of the duties of a CMO, as listed in SOP. I spoke with Tishina regarding this, and was told that three years was the minimum requirement for consideration for advancement.

Edited the dates a smidgimeter in order to make him viable for advancement, leaving important numbers as: Years in management position: 6 years ranked CPL+ Years with medical experience: 8 years PJ; 3 years NT Chemist/EMT Department-related degrees and qualifications: - Bachelors in Pre-Pharmacy - Masters in Chemistry - Doctorate of Pharmaceuticals - Sol Alliance Certification for Exosuit Piloting [specialty: EMT] - Sol Alliance Qualification for EVA Exosuit Piloting - Sol Alliance Certification for EVA Hardsuit Operation - Sol Alliance Qualification for EVA Emergency Response

You're completely right, of course. A lot of people on this server have this absurd notion that languages never change or go away. Hell, sol common itself is a bastard love child of mandarin, english, and a couple other "normal" lannguages. That generally implies that all of those languages have been /assimilated/ and are /no longer commonplace, if not dead./ And don't get me started on the people that run around speaking latin.

Your answers to the application questions fail to display that you have a firm grasp on the species.

BYOND key:Contextual Character names:Wesley Jesse, Danny Wile. Squeaky, Jailor Squeaksky, Twain How long have you been playing on Aurora?:About a month and a half, I think. Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?:It has been suggested to me multiple times recently that I should apply for CMO, and I figured I'd give it the old college try. Why did you come to Aurora?:I got banned from Hypatia, and this server had roleplay on the cover. Have you read the BS12 wiki on the head roles you plan on playing?:Yes. Please provide well articulated and argumented answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about: Roleplay is when you put yourself into a character of any design, and effectively act out that character in a given situation, usually whilst interacting with other characters that are being played in the same manner. Roleplay can be any combination of fun, enlightening, educational, silly, serious, erotic, and stupid. Usually, those last two should be avoided, especially in a public setting. It's... really not complicated enough to write a full paragraph on. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: To provide a meatsack to lynch during Rev rounds, because without them rp revolution won't start properly. Additionally, the bleeding heart types would probably argue that they're there to set an example for the up and coming, to mentor those who would wish to learn. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: This question is effectively the same as the one before it, but with a caviat: whitelisted players have no responsibility to 'other players.' To imply that a person with additional permission has responsibility to one that does not, is simply... ridiculous. Regardless, whitelisted players are entrusted by those around them with a degree of power, and the whitelisted are responsible to themselves and the power itself not to abuse it, not to squander it, and not to waste it through incompetence. I believe I have demonstrated my ability to do all of these things in the context of those roles I frequent that are already available to me, and can assure the reader that it would be no different in a head position. Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions. Character name:Wesley Jesse Character age:31 Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Wesley Jesse, born of Mars in 2426, had an incredibly average upbringing in middle-class environs. Following his heart down the well-trod path of patriotism-encrusted school funding, he signed up with the Sol Alliance Military in 2445, graduating as a paramedic in 2446. He served as a PJ for eight years, deploying every now and again with his team in a domestic capacity, usually in response to natural disasters or in compliment to other forces in dealing with high-risk criminal incidents. Towards the end of his schooling in 2453, Wesley's unit received experimental new medical exosuits for field testing, which lead to an unfortunate incident wherein Wesley's arm was broken. Graduating in the midst of hospitalization and a paperwork nightmare, Wesley Jesse grew disillusioned with continued military service, letting his contract run out in 2454 and signing on with Nanotrasen as a chemist just about as soon as he could. Despite his bad experiences with the military's dark bureaucratic underbelly, Wesley misses his days in service, and moonlights in the Nanotrasen Security department every now and again. What do you like about this character?: I like this character because, well... he's fun to play. He sticks to his guns and has an incredible amount of respect for authority, especially his immediate superiors. He sticks to protocol as much as possible, all the while still cracking smart-ass comments whenever he sees fit. What do you dislike about this character?: If there is one thing I particularly dislike about this character, it's his difficulty with dealing with incompetence short of tearing the offender apart verbally. He is very impatient when someone is not performing to expectations, and this makes him a poor tutor, even if it is fun ooc'ly to rail on someone every once in a while. Do you think this character is fit to be a Head of Staff?: Yes. Why?: He has a lot of experience with medical treatment and a doctorate in pharmaceuticals, giving him the knowledge and ability to deal with the majority of wounds and situations, and has had adherence to protocol, paperwork, and the chain of command bred into him after many long years in the military. Though he does not necessarily possess the skills required for cloning or virology, he has the administrative ability to see to it that those members of his team that do conduct their business properly. Please provide well articulated and argumented answers to the following questions. How would you rate your own roleplaying?: Medium-Rare. Serious enough to not be stupid, silly enough to stay entertaining(and juicy). Extra notes:

I'm afraid I've become rather attached to Android, and I just can't imagine an IPC Android being quite the same. That is not to say, however, that Critzy is undeserving of the whitelist. +1

Wesley Jesse In order to pay for his schooling, served eight years in the Sol Alliance military as a PJ. Towards the end of his career as a PJ, his unit recieved then-prototype medical exosuits for field testing. This led to a broken arm for Wesley, and the following bureaucratic nightmare disillusioned him with continued service, and is the primary reason he did not become career military. He has developed somewhat of an ego, and becomes irate very quickly when his ability and/or capability is challenged. Wes tends to develop an intense loyalty to those above him whom he finds competent, and will go to great lengths in his service for them. However, this can flip on its head at a moment's notice if he feels they have betrayed him. Canonically, Wesley Jesse is the primary reason Tina Kaekal is still alive. You're welcome, boss.

~Jessewehavetocook~ Walked in on yet another CMO handing out acid like it's rock candy. Third time this week. About to just start throwing them out and reporting for trespass. #Medbay #Chemproblems #PaperworkWhere Wesley Jesse

NanoTrasen Inc. Civilian Branch of Operation Form 0110 Complaint Form -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Facility: NSS Aurora Date: 12/28/2456 Index: Affected Person(s): Wesley Jesse, Chemist; Medbay Offender(s): Crystal Brookes, Chief Medical Officer Type of Complaint: Neglect of Duty, Distribution of harmful chemicals without proper paperwork. Creating a workplace hazard. Time of Incident: 1300 - 1430 Narrative: The CMO, Crystal Brookes, accessed the Chemistry Lab in the absence of a chemist, to the end of producing medicines and cryogenic formulae for use in the medbay. The medicines produced were not properly labelled, with pills of varying dosages being stored in the same bottles, and the bottles themselves lacking clear denoted dosages. Additionally, crewmembers with pre-existing prescriptions were made to go without their medicines for the majority of the shift, due to the CMO failing to either browse the medical records herself or to delegate it to one of her subordinates. One crew member, Research Director Alexis Shaw, had to leave several messages to get the CMO to even be aware of the presence of a prescription. During her stint in the laboratory, members of the research department requested Sulphiric Acid, as they are want to do. This was distributed readily and freely, without any supporting paperwork or so much as a stamp of approval from herself. When she was finished with the laboratory, she left it in disarray, with boxes being strewn across the floor and beakers spread haphazardly on piles of miscellaneous laboratory items and detritus, impeding the chemist from performing his duties effectively until the mess was remedied by the chemist. When confronted about these varying issues, the CMO was dismissive and cavalier about the situation, prompting the chemist to file an official complaint. Affected Person(s) Signature(s): Wesley Jesse, Alexis Shaw Witness’s Signature: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This paper has been stamped with the research director's rubber stamp.