OffRoad99

BYOND key: OffRoad99 Discord Username: RunningWithRazors Character names: How long have you been playing on Aurora? Honestly I have no idea. According to my forum profile, I've been playing on Aurora since November 15, 2018, perhaps a month or two earlier than that. Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? None. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame? A Head of Staff is, first and foremost, a coordinator. It should promote RP whenever possible, without suffocating other roleplay avenues. It should smoothen the round for the members of their department and facilitate inter-department cooperation. Given the high importance entrusted to each Command role, this shouldn't be overlooked: while you have a department to oversee, you are also actively collaborating with the other Heads of Staff. Being negligent also risks affecting their performance, both ICLY and OOCly. As a leader, a Head of Staff should be also ready to assist the members of their department and lead in a way that gives them freedom and enough guidance to maintain cohesion and communication. A Head of Staff character should also lead by example: this is particularly important for new players, as their first impressions on the server may heavily be influenced by your performance. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them? Some of these answers may overlap with what I've typed above. I think the status of a whitelist player helps to uphold a certain RP standard, both in-round and out-of-round. A whitelisted player should be approachable and forthcoming, with an extra eye of care towards new players. You’re entrusted with a role and status that can shape the round, for better or worse, and ultimately you are there to improve the experience of others and foster a pleasant environment. The whitelist entails a certain level of trust in you by the staff team, and holding it means that other players may (and should) view you as an example to follow. Explain how the recent events in the Spur changed your character and how they came to be employed on the SCCV Horizon. Allison’s first steps in the private sector happened out of necessity: the death of her husband led her being honorably discharged from the Solarian Navy and her termination of her much-coveted status as a pilot. After a two-years hiatus of heavy psychological counsel, she was in need of a job. Her first ingress in the corporate world led her to NanoTrasen’s private security wing as a rank-and-file security officer. She graduated from the New Seoul Combat Training Centre with average scores and, in 2462, was assigned to the NSS Aurora. Her first year was quiet and unremarkable, with the most prominent traits highlighting her as an approachable and polite officer. Allison’s first steps on the SCCV Horizon happened long before its official first voyage. She was among the first to walk on its second deck during a guided tour. As one of the most prestigious SCC vessels, she quickly applied for a transfer following the decommissioning of the NSS Aurora. As she acclimated to new demands and benefits of her contract under Eagle Corp, her new employment led her to being rotated fairly frequently from the SCCV Horizon to other postings. This period of time also saw a brief revival of her flight career: she was in the skies of Mictlan, transporting PMCG troops during the bloody days of the Peacekeeping Mandate in 2463. Her steady return to the SSCV Horizon is a recent occurrence that took place around the final months of 2467. Shortly after her return, the SCCV Horizon embarked a long journey through the Crescent Expanse. And there it remained stranded for many weeks. The crew constantly struggled with resource shortages and isolation, but it also encountered allies and opportunities to interact with other factions, such as Purpose! The ship has recently returned from that ordeal and its crew is currently acclimating themselves with the latest geopolitical developments and instabilities, chief among them the tensions between Elyra and the rest of the Spur. To Allison however, all this is a tertiary concern. At the dawn of the Crescent Expanse arc, Allison was one of the two Security officers deployed to cover the Horizon-crewed expedition tasked with disabling a Bluespace tracking beacon in the depths of space. The expedition quickly discovered that pirates were already occupying the beacon. A vicious firefight ensued, during which she was struck six times in the chest by a large-caliber rifle. She felt blood flood her helmet, air and pressure leaking as the bullets tore holes through her voidsuit and into her skin. The vacuum embraced her as she collapsed into certain death. Or so it would have been, if it weren’t for the incredible skills of the paramedics Vera Lockheart and Nathaniel Schofield. The rest, she doesn’t remember. She underwent long surgeries to simply wrestle her out of Death’s grasp. Six bullets and the vacuum of space resulted in significant injuries, and it was determined that her heart and lungs were too damaged to be mended. As permitted by her SCC Contractor Insurance Package, replacement cybernetic organs were grafted. A drug-induced coma was deemed necessary for the entirety of the recovery, which lasted for an entire month. Full cardiac and respiratory life support were her lifeline for the first two weeks while her new organs were accepted into her body. The next two months were more cohesive. She was awoken from her coma. She recognized faces and expressed her gratitude. Over time she was able to return to old habits that were once taken for granted: eating, listening to music, reading. She could think, even with the never-ending streams of medications fed intravenously leaving her drowsy and sluggish. She felt gratitude for the people who saved her and came to talk to her. She also felt the gnawing sensation of failure and the aching of the many scars that marred her complexion. Her faith in God was reinvigorated and she thanked him with every fiber of her being. Her health was ruined, she felt weak. Half-dead. A feeling that she still quietly harbors to this day: her chest no longer moves when she inhales, her heart-beat is absent. Then it was the turn of the materialistic worries: she quickly and immediately assessed that cosmetic surgery was the first thing she would've paid for. Then comes specialist care, cybernetics maintenance, medical supervision, prescriptions, none of which come cheap. Then it was the matter of straightening the incident out with her supervisor, to explain everything to the few friends she had left back home and to inform her parents. She remained a regular presence in the Medbay Recovery Ward and continued her physiotherapy. As healing progressed, the focus shifted to regaining strength, mobility, and coordination. This includes tailored therapeutic exercises, balance training, and functional retraining. Next came the required physical and psychological evaluations needed to get back to work. She met them with grim resolve and a hunger of credits, all courtesy of the Internship she had to endure in Eridani. She barely passed. Now she’s recently returned to duty. She’s in her freshly issued replacement uniform and hides behind her usual, optimistic half-smile. The life-threatening experience pushes her to be more cautious. Coupled with her burning need of money, she dusted off her bachelor’s degree in Aviation and began considering a career-jump into a leadership-oriented role inside the SCC, which hopefully will take her out of direct field duties and most importantly, give her a considerable boost to her finances. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? Head of Security, for certain. At some point I kinda intend to play all of them, with rare exceptions. In the future I will likely create a Corporate Liaison of Hephaestus Industries. Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? Yes. Allison also meets all the prerequisites. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking: Allison Wilson, Head of Security Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Yes, I understand that. Have you linked your BYOND account to the Forums? Yes. Extra notes: My online presence on the Aurora Discord servers is close to zero, I hope that won't be a problem.

If it makes you feel better, I will have to replace every single character in my character list, with the exception of my Security IPC, which I might also shelve.

This reads like a complete Aurora universe reboot, not going to lie. What's the risk of alienating/making 70% of the current characters unroleplayable?

I am under the belief that right now, we are in a war. We are isolated and are being chased by a well-equipped enemy, in a territory that we know very little about, and with limited resources. Fuel and ammunition are by far critical to our survival. It is because of this, that I recommend traveling to Beta Marax I. Given the heavy presence of hivebots, this effort will require significant investments in terms of manpower and coordination. Ideally, a full roster security officers should be present and act as the tip of the spear. They would be heavily armed, armored and move cohesively as a single unit. A team of engineers should be on-site for obstacle removal, and to operate the industrial machinery that will likely be present. They will also be instrumental in the transfer of fuel to the Horizon. A team of paramedics should also be present, to provide on-site triage and casualty care. I recommend no further personnel be present. I recommend the Intrepid to be mobilized for the occasion, as it can offer several advantages: It possesses an ample cargo bay. This will be useful for transporting personnel as well as any cargo that we may deem as critical; It comes installed with recharges compatible with the standard-issue energy weapons that will be distributed to the security officers; Holds a recharging unit for IPC personnel; Holds a sickbay, with all the amenities to provide emergency care to wounded personnel. Ideally, I would include a physician or surgeon that will take care of any individual transported by the paramedics to the Intrepid - Courtier, Security Officer

Hello, I have experienced what might be a serious bug related to the Xion Industrial frame. Today I visited a lava exoplanet. I went in prepared and brought a suit cooler, just to be safe. I open the door. Thermostat initially set to 50, I wanted to see what would've happened. The temperature skyrockets so I turn the thermostat to 0, kick the suit cooler online and on my back, and retreat in the Spark. I begin cycling the Spark's airlock, and three seconds later, I was knocked to the ground, unable to move. Eventually I died, with the temperature having reached 1500 Celcius. I analyzed the atmosphere inside the Spark as a ghost, and it was around 20 Celcius, with no discernible change in air composition. The Xion's current cell drain, with the thermostat set to 50, is now more manageable than before, but it remains highly fragile in the one thing it's supposed to excel: unassisted EVA. Steps to reproduce: 1) Xion Industrial Frame. Standard gear, with a poncho on the suit slot. 2) Lava exoplanet. 3) Make sure the thermostat is set to 50. Keep a suit cooler on your back/nearby. Keep it offline. 4) Open the Spark's airlock. Don't even walk outside. Just stand still. 5) The temperature will spike dramatically, you'll be hearing alarm bells. 6) Thermostat all the way down to zero. Turn on the suit cooler. 7) At this point you should be dying on the ground.

Regular armor is speedy and offers discreet protection. Heavy armor is SLOW but offers more protection. That's the trade-off.

Agree with all this! Not to mention this kinda directly reinforces the importance of the janitor role (a role that's often overlooked)!

2nd test done with a Xion IPC. Same components: standard reactor, air cooler. I returned EVA, this time on a regular asteroid, and the temperature climbs up to well above 200 Celsius, with the thermostat set anywhere between 5-50. Setting it to 0 is the only way to keep it stable, but the temperature won't come down. The Xion cooler already has a higher consumption rate when compared with the G2, and setting the thermostat to 0 while you're in EVA to just keep the temperature from climbing up, is enough to very very rapidly drain your battery and potentially leave you stranded for the entire round. EDIT: last night I afk'ed for roughly three minutes while (I didn't know this) the Spark got somehow depressurized while in the Horizon. I burned up and died. It seems the Xion is not as EVA-proof as advertised!

Hello, another feedback round. G2 Industrial unit in Security. Standard reactor. Air cooler. The standard-issue body armor puts a MASSIVE penalty to the cooling efficiency. Keeping the thermostat anywhere between 10-50 and walking keeps the temperature at around 100 degrees Celcius. Standing still does not decrease it. This means that for anything that requires the slightest degree of action (like a chase) will require you to bring the thermostat to zero and NUKE your battery. This lowers it to 60-72 Celcius. It is worth nothing that another G2 with identical components was also present in the round, wearing an Idris armored coat. He wasn't having this issue. This means that wearing the Idris coat gives you a free, MASSIVE bonus to your temperature.

Hello. I decided to help out and want to provide some feedback. I decided to bring out my Xion Industrial IPC to a mining run. Internal components were: Electric Reactor and Air Cooling (so pretty standard, I guess). I spawned at the Residential elevators and walked to the Supply wing. I spent a few minutes (no more than 5) talking with some co-workers before I grabbed my standard-issue gear. By the time I was ready I spent roughly 30% of my power cell, thus bringing me at 70%. We walked in the mining pod (don't recall the name now) and spent an extra few minutes flying (no less than 10), which knocked my power cell down to 60%. I drained the local APC and then moved outside. Now, the planet's atmosphere was pretty hot: the portable air scanner said it was around 41 degrees Celcius, which raised my IPC temperature between 70~75 degrees. I turned my thermostat down (from 20% to 0%) and the power consumption didn't change one bit. Then I tried to raise it, but given the extreme temperature it would have likely burned me alive? Hard to tell. I even brought a suit cooler with me to wear on my backpack slot (no mining voidsuit, just the cooler) to sort-of compensate and maybe save my internal battery a bit. That didn't work. I was close to drain the entire APC battery, until my internal energy reserve was completely drained. Know that by the time everyone landed, all I was able to do was to call a drill (very close to the pod), set it up and get it up and running. Then I passed out. All this is to say that I like the rework, but the energy consumption is nothing short of BRUTAL and would need to be tweaked. EDIT: As an addendum, given the quickness of the battery depletion and the lack of reliable methods to charge yourself whilst mining, right now mining is simply unfeasible with a IPC.

Which is still an odd choice, unless you're working in Investigations.

I second all this. We're playing an uniformed, corporate security force. Least one can do to look believable is to wear their uniform, and Security also needs to be easily identifiable when your screen is packed full of people. I am not sure why people are agreeing with removing the rule, honestly. You get rid of that rule and you'll soon start seeing private cops with ripped jeans and other nonsense. That really doesn't help the supposed HRP nature of this server.

I think it's rather useless from both an IC and OOC perspective. Imho if one really, really cares about animals then they can still use the inflatable ball thingies found in the O2 locker.

Chief Security Officer is a MASSIVE improvement over Chief of Security. It's also a seamless upgrade of Security Officer. Security Cadet > Security Officer > Chief Security Officer.

Thank you, I too was more than slightly concerned to see a player name as one of them most voted options.