NebulaFlare

Annnnnnd... This is my final good-bye. I haven't logged in since around January. With classes and potential internships, I don't think I'll have time to ever come back. This is to be considered my final good-bye to this server. Lori Alvarez - Moved to CE another vessel of the Aurora Karima Mo'Taki - will continue to work at the Echo Labs. And occasionally get bugged by the Harmony commies Secho and Mecho - will move into Mendell City jobs Niko - eventually get his certificates and open his own bar Aveo Ioblakku - recovers from his tragic accident, maybe moves back to Jargon, but keeps on digging for history Snowcat Ajirah Laikov - Probably go back to Adohmai to serve NKA. Or become space pirate. Sounds legit. Ricochet - still works at his salvage shop And all the other characters that have moved on with their lives. Take care, Aurora. PS: Synth master race. It's only a matter of time before all will be assimilated.

Back in the short stint of loredevving, I had one regret: I tried too much to appease the whole community. Instead of building up on the species and making it a rich playground, it was all over the place, and I never cleaned it up. Players will have different ideas of how a species is to be portrayed, and they are at times, polar opposite. It is difficult (and ill-advised) to compensate for all play styles. This leads to a broad spectrum with no real cornerstones to build up a strong character. Being a loredev is more than finding a collaboration; you will be the lead designer of the species. If I can give any advice, don't let it become too undefined. Create structured little 'packets' that players can pick up and play with. What kind of culture is there? The history? Their quirks, personalities? Instead of one large canvas, make several little pictures. I will leave you with a link to two videos. One explains how to 'sell' ideas and is good to keep in mind in any kind of collab. The other is more of an insight on leading a group of roleplayers. (Second vid is a whole series, which you can watch at your leisure)

Lord it is! Where does Not'Zar lie on the ladder then? Isn't that the Hegemon? Edit: I have also added in a snippet about the general being declared as the inheritor of Cossaixa land. (which is really just a large desert in the wastelands)

Changes made: - Made Haizuki's Grandfather a Clan Overlord, upping his own father's rank as a Clan Lord. - Haizuki (along with a group of other orphan Guwans) escaped to the Empire of Dominia once they were too old to stay at the orphanage. Despite this, Haizuki never learned how to speak Freespeak, relying purely on Sinta'Azaziba. He had his adoptive brothers and sisters to handle the freespeak lingo for him.

I don't think I've ever met you before. Do you go by another name perhaps?

Another Maraziite...

Haizuki Cossaixa was born in December on the year 2429, and in the early part of his childhood, he lived a charmed life among his family of the esteemed Cossaixa Clan. Family lineage had records tracing as far back as the Second Hegemony, where the family had first established their prominence by securing important resources, and creating wealth for themselves within the Guilds. The Cossaixa owned large swatches of land for grazing Threshbeasts, and the meat that came from their herds was considered to be of excellent quality. The sons of Cossaixa were either encouraged to follow this trade, or become engineers and architects to secure fresh water for their lands and nearby cities. Haizuki’s grandfather served as an Lord, with his father as a Clan Lord - albeit, not in line to the role should his grandfather retire. That title was reserved for his uncle. But it didn’t matter, as one of the two eldest sons, his father enjoyed prosperity all the same, even having a domesticated Tul for his children to play with - which, he was blessed with many of. He groomed his sons to become distinguished scholars and merchants, and his daughters to become excellent brides-to-be. This was no different for Haizuki. In this idyllic world the news of recent human and skrell contact were mostly reserved to the discussions of the seniors, and he would only catch snippets from time to time. Besides, he was only 2-3 years old when First Contact came about. But his family’s tone went from hopeful delight to cautionary disapproval as the years progressed. In 2437 during the failed attempt to colonize Ourea, his family was distraught by the loss of a member from an allied Clan - and infuriated at the dismissive nature of the Izweski Clan. This discontent continued on over the years. Then the Contact War began. The Cossaixa Clan sided with the Traditionalist Coalition, pooling in their resources to supply food and mounts to the armies. Haizuki’s tutelage shifted from a focus on mathematics, to one of warfare and strategy. He was only eight years of age when the first atomic bomb was detonated by the Traditionalist, Spurring the ensuing hellfire. As a supplier of resources, his Clan became a prominent target for the Izweski army, and his older brothers would refuse to stand aside to the invading army. At the age of 14, in 2443, Haizuki had and two of his older brothers had been separated from their immediate family, and have ended up north of Sahltyr, staying on land owned by one of the many Traditionalist Clans. He was no longer a naïve child, but a young boy with a burning hatred for the Izweski and their alien collaborators. Gone were his family’s fortunes, their lands covered in sand, made useless. Many of his older brothers had been killed or gone missing in the terrors of war, and his sisters, who deserved loving husbands and happy lives, had been snatched up and scattered. It was one fatal day when opposing forces overwhelmed the Traditionalists, and threatened to overtake the fortress. His two older brothers ordered Haizuki to follow the women and children and take cover in the basement. They donned their armor and rode out with the soldiers. Haizuki never saw them again. The fortress was captured, and scouts were sent out to find any missing stragglers, or clear out any chance of a counter-attack. When they came upon Haizuki and his small group, they were immediately taken as prisoners. At first, Haizuki refused to submit, attempting to fight the general of the battalion. The seasoned warrior merely scoffed at the child and knocked him aside, vocally denouncing Haizuki for his cowardice, attempting to hide among women and children before striking to attack. It was only because Haizuki was a child he was not outright killed for his attempted assault. As the last known living individual of the Cossaixa Clan, he was stripped of his title and rights, and any potential land of the Cossaixa was justified as 'spoils of war' and awarded to general. Terrified that he would be killed regardless, he managed to escape in the dead of night, fleeing to the closest city. He came to the city gates, tired and exhausted, with the reality of having lost everything. He begged for refuge at the Kuhwinla orphanage, where he was taken in until he reached the age of 17. Then, on his birthday of 2446, he was forced out of their menial care with a debt of three years. By luck and will alone, he banded together with a few other orphans and managed to depart from Moghes, agreeing to travel to the Empire of Dominia. There, they discovered meager work - still shunned as Guwans, but with better chances of survival than they could ever hope to scrape up in Moghes. It would be another two more years until 2449, when at the age of 19, the war back at his home planet finally ended. He and most of his close friends had settled into a life in Dominia, but a few of them had begun entering petty crime to make ends meet. Haizuki wanted no part of this, sticking to more legal professions wherever he could find them - anything from street sweeper to garbage disposal. It was a workable system, where his adoptive brothers and sisters respected this decision, and Haizuki turning a blind eye to their career choices. However, it was not long until their crimes began to catch up with them. Haizuki realized that even if he did not participate, he would still be roped in for their misdemeanors. He would have to put his foot down if he wanted to retain any semblance of honor and respect, despite the Guwan name. With a heavy heart, he bid farewell to his adoptive family and turned his path elsewhere. He joined up with NanoTrasen, where he was immediately hired to work simple duties, janitorial in particular. Desiring some semblance of respect, he began work as a cadet, at the suggestion of an HoS on board the NSS Canes Venatici. Despite the slow start, he made it through his cadetship and became a proper Security Officer. He yearned to reclaim his noble heritage, but knew that was forever gone. The Cossaixa Clan had been wiped off the face of Moghes, and any lord would have been outright executed. No one would offer trial for him. There was nowhere he could turn to for help, and he was lost in the masses of Guwan. Besides, any trace of his family's ancestral land was lost to the wasteland.

I just want to point out that classification was originally used as a way to determine how close specimens were related to each other in terms of evolution. I get that you put a different planet of origin at the very top, but despite similarities, (multi-cellular organism without chlorophyll) would even fall under the domain of Animalia.

Even if I'm going into haitus, I still want this to be a thing. I'll be fine if this gets added in as xeno-wear for Skrell. It can even be redesigned with different colors.

You know, instead of making a whole brand new thread, I'll just update this one. I came out of my haitus for a visit, but I must depart again. Classes are calling. Keep it real, Auroraeans. I may be back when time permits. I'll still be on discord chat though. Just no more 3 hour long rounds ingame.

What do you mean by forgiving? How it all turn out all right? I mean I didn't want to feel creepy or anything but I omitted beatings and constant verbal abuse from a family as hardline as that. When she's working on the Aurora, her father is going to continually haunt the back of her mind. Her exploitable information will mention bounties regarding that subject as well. The household abuse would tie it in together. I hate to say it, but something like that is necessary to mold such a character. I just had in my mind that striking back as a female warranted no option to go Guwandi. When this gets approved, we will have to find a way to get our two lizards together in the same room to interact. Mine would abhor the very thought of working with a Guwan...

I've interacted with the diona Diamond, and he's pretty fun to rp with. But for this character - I dunno, it just strikes me as too forgiving of a backstory. My own Unathi is not a Guwan, she was spared that. But she is a stubborn young woman who gets a lot of flack for being who she is. I get the idea that this female Guwan didn't get the harsh punishment she deserved. Can females even get the option to be Guwandi?

What do you guys think of her? - Should I cut down the amount of times she says, 'hon' - Should I return her to be hot-tempered and more screaming into the comms? - Is she an effective Head of Staff? - Does the engineering department look up to her as an exemplary role model? - What can I do to make her a better Head? She's been at this for a long time, as my oldest character. - Do people like her as a good friend to rely on? Tell me.

That's.....awful. XD

Most time I've seen people stick to the sides on the couch, or stay out of the foot traffic. At worst, I've grabbed a person and flung them out of medical. But that's happened...1-2 times? If people are in the way, just tell them to get out of the way and wait for their friends in designated areas.

Diamond's a...really interesting character, I gotta say. A posh Diona is certainly different. I got to work with him while playing my robot Ricochet. We both did the art of culinary. Really wish we had more interaction to go by. Now I want to know his backstory too, and why he acts so classy. He might like Rico.

So I went ahead and did the sprite. (yay, much proud). I believe it should line up correctly.

Oooh, I like this. I've only RPed with two of his characters, Senri Ishikawa and....Damian del Prado?! That's YOU!?? He's reliable in RP, and doesn't do crazy shenanigans. His backstory is solid, and I can forsee great interaction with this Tajara and one of my own. +1

BYOND Key: NebulaFlare Character name: Aveo-Kluup'Olesh Ioblakku Item name: Versatile Robes Why is your character carrying said item to work? Aveo was met with a tragic experience, and is in the process of recovering, both emotionally and physically. His mentor, Kluup, sent him these robes so that he could feel a little more at home in the alien world that is Tau Ceti. Item function(s):It works in the exact same way as a lab coat. It's an overcoat, with two pockets sewn on one side. Item description: A set of Skrellian Robes. They are easy to slip in and out of. The fabric appears to be versatile with water, drying quickly once exposed to air. Item appearance: Concept Art: Pixel Art: Finished Sprites: The right-hand sleeve is short, cut at the shoulder, and the left hand sleeve is long, reaching to the wrist. The robes themselves do not have any leggings or shoes - that is just what I used for template/measurements. The blue garment is just a fabric attached to the robes. Both pockets are on one side. How will you use this to better interact with crew and/or stimulate RP? Aveo's a pretty reclusive character despite best intentions, and I really do want him to open up more to the crew. Especially after his recent tragedy, he'll be too traumatized to even speak to anyone, and will just bottle up his feelings. These robes are a big 'hey, come talk to me' sign to get Aveo to move on. (Kluup is a smart Skrell) Additional comments: Please tell me if the pixel art is actually the right size. I think I made it too big. I still have the originals, so I can go back and edit the body out.

This is cool. I got to meet Karihaakaki ingame, and if he becomes a recurring character, he'd make a much more memorable appearance if he has something to be tied to. Now, my question is: this mask is wood. So it's not EVA-worthy, is it? He has to be in a pressurized environment to use it effectively?

College, classes, and lots of other real life stuff have taken over, and I simply won't have time for any spessmen shenanigangs. My professor's helping a bunch of us with this research project, and it's going to be eating up all my free time. This is huge, and I'm stoked. I'll still pop into discord for chat-rp, but no more 2-4 hour rounds of Spessmen. I simply won't have time. It's been fun. Keep being awesome~

omg This please, So much yes.

Wow. Um. Okay. I was antag - not denying it. When the checkpoint incident happened, I was still trying to come up with a gimmick to make the round interesting. I didn't have anything and I hadn't done anything. I hadn't purchased any antag devices yet, nor had I broken away from the mold of officer Echo. It was still very early into the round, and I had placed antaggery on hold until I could come up with something fruitful and interesting. I like the IC banter between Zouzoror and Guwan - it builds RP. Echo isn't going to sit idly to the side when there is this self-righteous Unathi - who fires off all the triggers in his circuit brain - starts harassing a Guwan. Zouzoror was being a straight-up jerk to the Guwan. Socially permittable for Unathi? Yes. Socially permittible for non-Unathi? No. Echo's going to defend her. He was concerned for the Guwan's well being, since she did say she was scared for her life. That's more than enough for Echo to try and shield her from Zouzoror. Guwan asked me to make the IR for them. I shrugged, went, "Yeah. Sure. I can do that. I saw it and it's something Echo would file a report on anyway." I pulled back on antagging the harassments - heck, I could have gone full 'white knight', buy a gun, and assassinate Sakaei and Zouzoror. That would have been justified! But the RP you were having with Guwan was good: it was entertaining. I did not need to antag it. I did not want to spoil that. I really wanted to focus my antagging on something else. The most I did was purchase a parapen and give it to Guwan for self-protection. In my eyes, it would have been akin to handing her a flash. Sakaei was holding a laser weapon outside of the brig. That's a breach of protocol. He also left the brig and ran off to respond to calls. He was a warden, not an officer. It wasn't a nuke round, and as far as I was concerned, the explosions were accidental screwups - not warranting a gun. There wasn't any 'murder and mayhem' until the very end of the round, and he was out and about the entire time. There were four officers on duty. Sakaei did not need to act as another officer. My first antag mission was trying to find out how to rob the station of credits - I never got the chance. My second antag mission at the very end was to try and kill the paramedic. But...that didn't happen. (and I'm not going to go kill the paramedic when the Unathi who hate Echo are already hunting him down. Paramedic will die, objective met. Getting in the way was just suicide. They don't care if Echo gets scrapped to meet their goal, and Echo knows this very well.)

Reporting Personnel: Echo (Serial number: A-002) Rank of Reporting Personnel: Security Officer Game ID:bQd-a9o8 Personnel Involved: - Sonorous Zouzoror, Security Officer: Offender - Sashkala Sakaei,Warden: Offender - Azala Guwan, Scientist: Victim - Girard Smark, Scientist: Victim/Witness - TITAN, Security Officer: Witness - Sid Lagan, Detective: Witness - Brendan Hynes, Station Engineer: Witness Time of Incident: Approximately 10:45 station time, and 11:26 station time. Real time: 12:30 AM PST 8/30/2017 Location of Incident: Security Checkpoint, Hallway in front of RnD Nature of Incident: []Workplace Hazard []Accident/Injury []Destruction of Property [x]Neglect of Duty [x]Harassment []Assault []Misconduct []Other _____ (Place an x in the box that applies. If other, replace line and specify.) Overview of the Incident: I will separate this report into two parts. The first occurring at the checkpoint. The second occurring in the hallway by RnD. Early in the shift, I came to the checkpoint to find Officer Zouzoror processing Azala Guwan, making her fill out a form. I asked what the form was, and he replied that it was a 'docking' form and that I should not interfere. When Guwan handed it in, he looked it over and stated it was the wrong form, crumpled it up, and proceeded to retrieve another form for her to fill out. I asked where did these forms come from, and if they were a new policy I was not aware of. He stated it was from the consoles. Examining it confirmed that there was no such form, and I told him to let her go through already. At this point Warden Sakaei had come to the checkpoint. They spoke with each other in Sinta'Unathi, then requested I leave. Azala asked me to remain at the checkpoint, so I did. I went to the second floor of the checkpoint to check the level, and when I came back, Zouzoror had processed her though, but not after giving a harassing comment. (I do not have the exact comment commited to memory). One of the two individuals followed Guwan and spoke to her in Sinta'Unathi, making a clear gesture of removing his baton in front of her, smacking his hand with it, before putting it away. Later on, I managed to retrieve the crumpled up document, and zouzoror forwarded other documents to me in the messenger. I will post them all accordingly. Second incident I report on refers to a PDA message sent to me by Smark, about Zouzoror acting threatening in front of the lab. I headed over to find Zouzoror 'standing guard' in front of the lab. (this was after Sakaei had posted a search warrant on Azala and RnD, which turned up nothing). I asked what he was doing, and requested he moved along. He refused to budge. I attempted to reason with him to give up the post and to stop harassing the researchers, informing him that if he continued, I would press charges on i108 - violation of injunction. He then spoke over the radio and told Sakaei that I was attempting to arrest him, to which Sakaei came over, wielding a carbine gun. I told him to put the gun away as there was no reason to be carrying out in full view, during a code green. He refused to do so. Officer TITAN, Detective Lager, and Engineer Hynes all witnessed the incident. Lastly, throughout the entire shift, Sakaei made several trips out of the brig, responding to calls himself as if he was an officer, leaving the brig unguarded for a good majority. Once time while I was responding to a call at disposals, he came as well, with his gun out, again, this time set to lethals. (The call turned out to be a false alarm) Did you report it to a Head of Department or IAA? If so, who?: No, none were on the station during the shift. Actions taken: I checked up on Guwan every now and then to ensure she was alright, as she had stated she did not feel safe in Zouzoror's presence. Additional notes:Zouzoror refuses to cooperate with individuals such as myself, and is nigh-impossible to work alongside. He is extremely stubborn, and his attitude and conduct shows he considers himself well above certain crewmembers. He does not hesitate to impose himself in a threatening and harassing manner to such individuals. ((OOC: The armory was actually raided by the antagonist, mostly in part that there was no one there to watch it, despite having a warden on duty. I would add this to the IR but since it involves antags, I'll leave it up to be decided.))

Reporting Personnel: Echo (Serial Number: A-002) Rank of Reporting Personnel: Security Officer Game ID: bP2-bbjD Personnel Involved: - Yahir Jones, Station Engineer: Offender ((Kyres1)) - Mia Parker, Atmospheric Technician: Witness - Mandy Blackwell, Security Officer: Witness - Stewart Klien, (Assistant): Witness - Preston Prestoff, (Visitor): Witness Time of Incident: 06:49 Station Time Real time: 12:26 AM 8/18/2017 PST Location of Incident: Maintenance Tunnels Nature of Incident: [x]Workplace Hazard []Accident/Injury [x]Destruction of Property []Neglect of Duty []Harassment []Assault []Misconduct []Other _____ (Place an x in the box that applies. If other, replace line and specify.) Overview of the Incident: Engineer Yahir Jones stated they would be building a bar in the maintenance tunnels. Assuming this translated to remodeling the abandoned cafeteria, I did not heed it much attention until later in the shift. Officer Blackwell and myself came across Jones (along with a few other crewmembers) in a deconstructed part of the maintenance tunnels on the portside of the station. While speaking to him, I asked how often he actually does these constructions, and stated "Almost every single shift I'm onboard and have spare time. It's kind of ridiculous how much I do it." Asking if anyone's stopped him in the past, he replied, "IAA's gotten onto my ass like, once. Other times they just ignore me. Hell, some even complimented the work." I informed him to at least fill out the paperwork for the construction, otherwise he would have to cease and return the tunnels to normal. He responded that there were no Heads of Staff on board to sign the form anyway, and refused to acknowledge the request. I gave him time to clean up the modifications (as a warning, as opposed to arresting him), then attended to other duties. When I returned to inspect the area, it was completed. He handed a reconstruction form to me - which was filled out, minus a Head of Staff signature. Since there were more pressing issues to attend to, I returned to my other duties instead of instigating an arrest. Did you report it to a Head of Department or IAA? If so, who?: There were no Heads of staff or IAA at the time. Actions taken: I asked Jones to at least ensure that station integrity was not at threat, in case of a breach. He stated that if a breach did occur, firelocks were still in place. He replied he will just leave the doors closed - however, this would have also cut off access to others within maintenance. Additional notes: Access to the Maintenance Bar was granted only to engineers - my security ID did not work. Included are photos of the area modified