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You are wrong. I said that to stay was suicide well before I tried to poison him. When you challenged me on why I would go for the poison if I didn't know what it did, I said that I assumed I could know what it (dextrotoxin) was, at least insofar as it would be dangerous to ingest, and that other people brought up chemistry knowledge IC while playig non-chemists before. I did not claim that an engineer would know every chemical.

I think you're assuming a lot. I didn't see any typing indicator. I had the poison because I found it, just like I found a bunch of other weapon-type things I turned in. I held onto it when I heard things were going wrong on the off chance that I might have to use it.

It said "This vial contains dextrotoxin!" I assume it's labeled dextrotoxin, which has toxin in the name.

Well, I assumed that having some knowledge of that kind of thing was common enough for me to at least have some idea that it was dangerous and that he would, at the very least, be distracted enough for me to do what I had to do before he rallied himself. For instance, in real life, most of us could probably guess that a container marked cyanide or sarin is probably really bad, so ingame a container marked with a powerful poison would probably be obviously bad as well. But as for not letting people subdue their superiors, like... that would mean that a security officer turning on the head of security for ordering them to shoot unarmed people, for instance, should also be banned. With the interpretation of the situation several of us were running with there, if we stayed that was definitely going to kill us, where going back to the station would only maybe kill us, and the decision had to be made quickly because the escape shuttle was already on the way. We ended up missing it anyway, though.

There were artifacts back there that we'd been forbidden to go near, and it was heavily implied that one of them had already eaten one of our away mission teammates. Also, there isn't enough food and water for weeks back there.

The situation was that the station was, the RD told us, going to blow up and we were going to be stranded on an airless derelict. My and some others' argument was that we still had a chance to make it to the escape shuttle before it left if we went back to the station, where we'd just be marooned in space otherwise.

BYOND Key: Uglyxeno Staff BYOND Key: Sonicgotnuked(?) Game ID: I don't have the game ID, but I do have the time in which it took place. Reason for complaint: They seem to have gotten a lot of details about the situation wrong. I was pretty OK with the ban until I read the ban reason, which is pretty inconsistent with what I experienced. Basically, it all started when the away mission I was on heard about a code delta on the station and we all returned to the shuttle and held a vote on whether or not we should go back. Three people voted to stay on the away mission past the end of the round (which was pointed out by several of the away crew to be a suicidal prospect) and one voted to return (me). One other person then commented that it was cowardly, illegal, and so on that the research director would have us stay on the away mission. I voiced my disagreement with staying as well, openly calling it suicidal. The other person who voiced his disagreement seemed willing to follow orders, however. The research director stated that, indeed, the vote didn't matter, that it was not in fact a democracy, and that he had made his decision that we were going to stay. Then he started talking about some of the missing away mission crew, and he walked by me. That's when I saw my chance. Since I was only an engineer, and wasn't skilled at fighting, I decided to use a poison that I'd found on the station to attempt to disable the RD assuming, of course, that to stay would be suicide and that he was going to force us to stay; he was also armed and fitted with a hardsuit and was more than capable of beating me alone in a fight. I may have made a mistake on whether or not it was OK to know what the poison did, but that was not part of the thought process. I didn't have any other way to easily subdue him and I could not count on anyone else to help. Evidence/logs/etc: I did not log this round. Additional remarks: I disagree completely with the point that this is improper escalation as the situation was framed as a life or death struggle, and the research director had already told us that our vote was pointless and that he was making the decisions. Additionally, someone who is not a fighter would logically prefer to take the easy way and feed their opponent some unknown possibly-deadly poison rather than physically confront them; it is a matter of life and death after all.

The one and only time I've seen a kataphract ERT they turned into an impromptu lynch mob and tried to hang half the station for treason after holding a mock trial. I greatly dislike them. They also engaged in some tired crusader memes. I dunno what we expected to happen when we added medieval space knights as an ERT option.

This idea is super good for giving some flavor and, theoretically, some sort of gameplay to chaplains, who don't currently have a lot to do. Some more properly mechanical items for chaplain would be a plus though.

I dunno, I have some reservations about it because medical barely functions as it is but it could be cool, it'd be nice to try at the very least.

Honestly, it seems like overkill to just nuke the whole feature. At least echoes let you keep playing in the unlikely event that you end up teleported into a wall.

Local Religious Commune Throws Party; Invites Everyone The frozen plains of New Gibson might seem like a strange place for a hayride, but the Aut'akh religious commune, celebrating this human holiday for the first time, didn't seem to mind. For the last two weeks, the Unathi refugees have been retooling the inside of their extensive bunker complex in preparation for one wild halloween party. One of the party's organizers, Veetek Lessik, said The entrance hall, created from a converted freighter hull, was buzzing with activity. Stalls were being set up, grills hauled out, and trays of traditional unathi dishes and sweets laid out. One smell in particular caught my attention, and my guide, Lessik, led me over to one of the stands. It was a barbecue grill, manned by the truly massive Mahashik Uchie. He offered me a serving of traditional S'thian spiced fish (free, like everything else at the event), and explained, I thoroughly enjoyed my fish, which had a flavor halfway between barbecue sauce and smoked salmon, and moved on into the main event. The lion's share of the Gibson Commune (as they call it) had been decorated as a single large, twisting haunted house and hayride. My guide warned me, That was good to know. At last, we entered. The main route seemed to follow a large, spiral-shaped hallway, about the width of a city street. There was a helpful, glow-in-the-dark red line to follow the whole way through. As we moved through the street, the fog began to roll in. We could see ghostly apparitions moving from window to window (Siansi holograms, said Lessik), and scuttling, half-visible shapes darting from hall to hall just out of sight. As we made our way deeper into the commune, which had been decorated partly like an abandoned bunker and partly like a ruined city street, Lessik assured me that everything was perfectly harmless. I was in the middle of asking why when I heard a roar. An animatronic dinosaur, something out of a nightmare, came running at us out of the dark, gnashing its metal teeth, gears grinding and claws scraping against the floor... until it stopped about a meter away. A miniature mechanical plains tyrant. He was great. We moved on deeper. Apparently, the Siansi section (the one towards the beginning of my tour) was still under construction, but it would involve swarms of spiders and demonic holograms bargaining for your soul. The Ansiba have apparently prepared a soundsystem for the event, which they've programmed to respond to the guests' stress levels, although that wasn't ready yet either. We continued through the seemingly-abandoned streets, which did have a remarkably creepy atmosphere even on their own, and somehow came out right where we began. It was something. On my way out, one of the Kethresh stands had opened, and they were offering a selection of candies. I took a bar of some kind (it was marked 'KOKO'. It tasted like something between sugarcane, coconut, and chocolate. When I explained that I had to leave, Lessik had this to say, I'm going for sure. If even half of the events they've prepared end up working by the time of the party (the 30th and 31st), it will have been well worth the price of admission, which is free.

I very much like the Ta consulars, because having a Ta on the station provides something for the vaurca to rally around, even vaurca of a different hive. After all, a Ta is basically someone's mom, and it's wrong to be rude to or hurt someone's mom. A non-Ta consular would basically defang that whole scenario; workers of different hives can be as brutal as they like to each other. It's also not really common enough to constitute a problem. Additionally, having cool creatures on the station is not a bad thing. Having a ta on board has never to my knowledge made someone shrug upon seeing other monstrous creatures.

I like that someone wants to focus on the Frontier Alliance, but I have to ask (since I care about it for some reason) What would you do with the techno-conglomerate? Would they remain robot-friendly? Would they have more of a role, or less?

If we ever needed an illustration as to why security needs to be split and reduced, here it is. This is basically the rule rather than the exception; security is absolutely full and every other department has like, two or three people max in it. Additionally, the way security is currently designed encourages the bad behavior we so often see among security mains (shoot first, ask questions later; lack of RP through utter silence during processing; secret club mentality; performing executions). All security players eventually develop the behaviors of bad security, without exception. The only true, permanent solution is to recontextualize security as people mostly concerned with internal issues (rename them to security guards, take away their lethal weapons) and to take half their slots and turn it into a new organization that deals with external issues (carp, cave dwellers, mercenaries, and so on), that does have lethal weapons, and does not have non-lethal weapons. The solution is to remove the capability of the people who are playing security to perform those bad behaviors. The scouts accomplish this by being entirely unrelated to the law enforcement part, and the security guards accomplish this by being entirely unrelated to the combat part. Scouts are expected to participate when code red rolls around. I dunno what to say other than, yes, you're correct, but they don't have the authority to take control. Security, as it stands, does (on account of they're required to enforce law, so when code red rolls around and the guns come out, even though they have shifted gears to a pure combat role, they are still required to enforce law).

Big ol'+1, I do enjoy ShesTrying and she's shown great interest in Vaurca as a species!

As for what you could do to someone with sunglasses or a gas mask, you could just wrestle them, that's always an option, and that's what police do in the real.

OK, so as someone who had a paranoid rant written about them (and who does not accept the shitty apology from the wikidev application that I didn't see until 45 seconds ago), I think Coalf returning in any capacity, including the wiki dev they apparently already got, is indicative of the same secret club nonsense that led to Bay becoming what it is. I'd have brought this up earlier if I knew anything about the wikidev application, but I certainly won't accept working with someone prone to this sort of behavior because there's no assurance they won't just do it again. This standard would not apply to most other people; if I quit in a huff, wrote a bizarre manifesto slamming literally everyone in the team, and then relented in a month or two and decided to come back, y'all wouldn't give me the time of day. Under no conditions will I ever support this.

I do enjoy this idea in specific, and in general I also think that the 'combat' and 'enforcement' parts of security should be broken up.

Consensus Call Posted by SirIMight (Saramiite Kenzik) on 8.15.2461 This post carries the will of a large proportion of your Saramiite 'brothers'; take its words into account or the consequences will be dire. Many of us have already left to pursue other opportunities. This is a call for consensus regarding the Saramiite clan's participation in such 'mercenary forces' as the emergency response teams of our very own ally Nanotrasen, as well as other corporate security forces. We are no longer asking permission - you have told us your feelings on the matter, and we have decided to ignore you. What we are asking for now is your support regardless. Acknowledge our contributions to our way of life or lose us forever. To represent the importance of this call we are setting the color to orange. . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. Paradigm ISeeYou001 (Ansiba Asaoh) sponsored this call on 8.18.2461 Let this ridiculous attempt die in consensus, I plead everyone considering leaving with these misguided warriors rethink their decision and remain with us. A compromise can be had. . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. Vote: Provide material and moral support to displaced Saramiite who participate in mercenary work. In return, a portion of all of the proceeds will be directed back to the commune. 08,810 DISAGREE (88%) 02,202 AGREE (22%) . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. Top Rated Comments >Xuixuizi says, Our friend ISeeYou is right, I hope most of you don't go, this is not the time for all of this and we cannot afford to provide support to you!! Just read the production reports --- >Kataphreekd says, We cannot morally afford to cut off an entire clan of our own people because we have taken an action you disagree with, this is a test of our principles and you have failed. --- >CloakedInDorkness says, To leave now is to mount a direct assault on our way of life, don't expect mercy if you leave and end up on the wrong side. --- >FishClash says, Can't we all just get along? We have a good thing here, you can come join us if you want!! --- >BBQLovr28 says, Stop talking about it and GO already hahaha listen if there are any saramiites who actually care, come join Mahashik we got a lotta digging to do --- >myeminence says, support is not possible at this juncture please attempt again in five years we will have returned to our previous capacity reduction in saramiite population is unacceptable oss predicts devastating consequences within 5 months --- >MechatekMaster says, so ... how about those tanks?

BYOND Key: Uglyxeno Character Names: Alex Weaver Roseline Girardieau Ansiba Zui Hsksi Azki Karina Farrhaev Species you are applying to play: Vaurca What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Lavender (55, 0, 120) 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: Well, I have been playing space station for a long time, and a lot of the enjoyment I get out of it nowadays comes from trying out new things. I've never played a bug man in space station before, despite my strange obsession with trying to create them on other servers, and the Vaurca seem to be a pretty unique implementation of the trope. I've also been pretty interested in Vaurca in specific lately. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: The obvious differences are that the Vaurca are an ant- or termite-like eusocial insectoid species genetically engineered and cybernetically augmented by a reproductive caste, while humans are not. Vaurca are also known for buzzy speech quirks (hhyezz hello zzzir vhhoron pleazze) and a fanatical devotion to their hive. Bound vaurca are basically robots or cyborgs with hands; they can only do their job and they will accept any and all orders directly related to doing their job. They're basically mindless, with very little agency. Unbound vaurca are roughly as intelligent and emotionally capable as humans, although they have difficulty expressing emotions in the same way due to the layout of their face. Some use descriptive language to get the point across during emotionally-charged moments. Character Name: Ka'Akaix'Kliir C'thur Please provide a short backstory for this character Created by an inquisitive Ta of Xetl's brood, Kliir was among a small test-run of chemists, created to provide both practical and recreational chemicals. It quickly became a workaholic, and its obsession with pain and misery became apparent; it would often deny VR for multiple months at a time while it worked endless hours in its lab. Eventually, it worked its way into being its Ta's favorite. One day, it began to lose interest in its work, and it spent more and more time in VR. It had come up with a plan; it would use its own body and the materials therein to create the ultimate intoxicant. It was only in VR that it could carry out this plan, as in physical reality, the destruction of one's body usually resulted in death. After several years of preparation and rehearsal, it made an attempt to impress Xetl herself, by producing a batch of its ultimate intoxicant (a process which involved mincing its own live innards in a blender) and serving it to her. This attempt was successful, and Kliir was told that after this life, a great reward awaited it, and so it decided to die. Kliir requested a transfer; it wanted to work somewhere more dangerous. Someplace with a high rate of mortal injury, but a moderate death rate (because if it's too easy, what's the point?), someplace with a relatively high death rate, but a very high rate of recovery (since if you die and they can't find your body, they can't rescue your socket). Someplace with interesting scientific work going on (since it might as well get some work done while it's at it). Somewhere like Tau Ceti. What do you like about this character? I think that the concept of a masochistic, suicidal task hedonist is very interesting and is probably nearly the opposite of what people normally play. It's hard to reconcile the desire to die with the necessity of remaining alive long enough for it to be worth it. Essentially, it wants to die, but it wants to die in some suitably dramatic fashion. Go out in a blaze of glory. Kliir does, however, want to keep doing its job - it likes chemistry, it likes science, it likes designing new chemicals. It just wants to do these things under especially dangerous circumstances, as the threat of death or serious injury adds a certain something. How would you rate your role-playing ability? I'd say a solid 6/10 at least, people tell me I'm OK at stuff. Notes: Ants are cool and so are bees.

Kidnapping: Arkajurhl Drrawa'jur Abducted on Gakal’zaa! Two days ago Arkajurhl, the second son of Guildmaster Mj'akurahur, disappeared from their clan’s estate just outside the capital city of Zikala. Originally search parties were organized that scoured the forests around the city after Arkajurhl failed to return from a planned hiking trail for several hours. M’sai park rangers and Sinta Watchmen searched on foot and with a civilian helicopter but they found nothing. However earlier today Guildmaster Mj'akurahur released a public statement from his estate. In the statement Mj'akurahur claims that “individuals within his employ” spotted his son in the north “with the savages.” He claims that the northern provinces of the planet, inhabited by Tajara who resist the attempts by the Hegemony to civilize them, have abducted his son in retaliation to his family’s success.The powerful Guild family has an exclusive charter to trade goods from the colony to Moghes. This was granted to them in recognition of their family, one of the first of the Tajara settlers, sincere and spontaneous conversion to the Sk’akh faith. The northern provinces of the planet are harsh and too cold for permanent Unathi presence, and so many Tajara who resisted the Hegemony’s attempt to bring civilization to them since their liberation by Lord-Admiral Yizarus ended up fleeing to these northern provinces. Because of the relative infancy of the Hegemony’s presence and the harsh climate away from the equator, Overlord Makar Yizarus has said he would be raising proper Tajara to the rank of nobility to rule the lands in his name, but there are currently no Lords anointed and the lands remain relatively lawless. Overlord Yizarus has not allowed this to go unanswered however, as he gave his own statement calling upon a “punitive expedition” to go north and rescue Arkajurhl, calling upon the Kataphract Order for help. The levy of Gakal’zaa consists of a mere one hundred levymen, consisting primarily of Tajara who provide their service and who are armed with steel swords and bolt action rifles. Three hundred Kataphracts have already answered the request of summons by the Overlord, and the expedition is currently assembling within the capital, to be lead by the Overlord himself. Guildmaster Mj'akurahur also plans to accompany the expedition north, saying he wants to “see his son as soon as possible.”

At the risk of sounding rude, all of these questions could be answered by, like, reading the wiki page. To answer your later questions re: why are they on Moghes, since I think in the roughly 7 billion rewrites people have done a lot of the answers to these questions became a bit lost, After recovering the augments, the intent was that they went north specifically so that they could avoid reprisal attacks. Baseline unathi have a lot of trouble surviving in cold conditions because cold-blooded creatures do not generate their own heat, so wearing heavy coats would not save them from freezing to death. They'd need fires and/or heaters the whole way up. Additionally, their society is highly advanced but very small in comparison - they never lost any of the technology that Unathi lost in the nuclear war, and gained some from outside besides - and they're bound not by honor and tradition but by pragmatism and necessity, so they're able to defeat the Unathi because the Unathi are specifically hamstringing themselves. Also they're not being orbitally bombarded because that's a little bit of a sore spot, considering all unathi had at least some of their family die in a gigantic horrifying nuclear war that turned over half of their planet to radioactive desert. The first one to launch a nuke or put a new crater on Moghes is going to be drawn and quartered. All of these things were once written on the wikipage but I think they got drowned in rewrites; they're all still considered canonical but I can't blame you for not knowing them.

I agree with this 100%, black sec uniforms tend to send the wrong message.

I'm in EST, but I'm usually on between 5pm and 5am for reasons. Additionally yes I was IIRC, assuming it was the beach party one, as Hsksi Azki. The unathi all sort of rolled up into one big deathball, though, so it's possible I might've been missed.