Outboarduniform

Well, this isn't meant to "fix" Earth lore. It's an addition for the whole of Solarian lore. I don't think Earth is particularly a waste of a planet slot, and I've seen convincing characters from Earth who put a lot of effort into their characters from an Earth background. I don't think removing unity station will make Earth lore worse at all, if anything it adds more substance to Earth as the planetary capital of the entire Solarian Alliance.

Hi! Thank you both for your interest! As far as my understanding was, it is de facto part of the Alliance, even if it is not de jure. However, I do think Paris would not be a bad place to put the headquarters of the United Nations. Alternatively, as DeadShot says, there could be the return to New York after solving the ecological crisis, or, in my opinion, the most interesting option - Base them in Nairobi. I do agree with your idea that it would be interesting to have the UNSC and military have that degree of separation of being on the moon, and that their unchecked activities and separation from the civilian government could have caused the recent headaches the Alliance has had in full. For your last point, I didn't even think of the UNPA as something! It would be interesting to see. However, I assume already that the UN itself is a frankenstein of the old UN and the various functions of the government that are required in 2466 already and that there's a bunch of odd cases such as this that could be implemented by loredevs if they choose to accept this canon application. I wanted to only put forward a barebones and vague idea and let people like Schwann add the touchups and additions like this if they accepted this application. For the various other organs of the United Nations, there was already a nice post a while ago about the UNESCO and I foresee that the organs I didn't explicitly mention would be retained but folded into governmental departments, if that makes sense. That's why I mentioned the ICJ - We can see that it existed as a United Nations entity, and that it was frankensteined/retained with a new name, but still with UN oversight as part of the government apparatus. As for this, I don't particularly think New York City not being the base of the United Nations after the end of the ecological crisis would be something that they wouldn't do, I just don't know the full extent of how badly New York was cooked in this crisis, and as it tends to be with many governments, once they're entrenched as a legislative and executive body in a specific place, they don't tend to get up and move anywhere unless it's considered very important to do so - I would imagine rebasing back to New York City would indeed offer them a good amount of prestige and would be symbolic in showing the Alliance how well the ecological crisis was managed by them.

Lore Impact (Small/Medium/Large): Uh, I think Small or Medium, but I'm not sure of the complete ramifications. Species: (Skrell, Tajara, Human, Vaurca, Dionae, Unathi, Synth, General) Human Short Description: Removes unity station, makes the UN relevant as an entity, adds something to Earth. How will this be reflected on-station?: Doubtful it will be reflected outside of political discussions onboard. Does this addition do anything not achieved by what already exists?: Earth currently has very little flavor, as stated by many members of the community, and the entire Solarian political scene is currently defunct outside of two civilian politicians and a military junta. Do you understand that the project may change over time in ways you may not foresee once it is handed over to the Lore Team? Yes, absolutely. Long Description: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GZd47ZEYXiA5B5kHAYAHmEjM3wAXo4PnHI0UBPt1n6A/edit?usp=sharing

I would like this to happen. However, it would only serve to antagonize people. Sol has had a terrible reputation, and Solarian players have had a bad rap sheet for years now. I'm not sure what it would add, and the main purpose of the consulars not being in the game is to serve the lore purpose of showing that Sol is intrinsically aligned against the SCC in every conceivable way, and also the historical event purpose of the invasions of Biesel by the Sol Alliance.

BYOND key: Outboarduniform Discord Username: Outboarduniform#4234 Character names: Kallik Eegeesiak How long have you been playing on Aurora? Since roughly late 2015 Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? Yes. I had a discord ban a few months ago that I appealed and then previous administrative actions a couple years ago, some also involving discord, but the most notable being the one where I lost my original command whitelist. 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? The OOC purpose of a Head of Staff! In my opinion, it is to facilitate roleplay. It is an absolutely massive spectrum that encompasses many situational areas from interactions with antagonists, interactions with crewmembers, personal interactions with crewmembers, and from my personal experience, can either make someone's day or completely ruin it when misused. Additionally to facilitating roleplay the Head of Staff also offers it's position as a mentor, especially in the departments that require a lot of in depth knowledge of mechanics and procedures that are not so obvious to newer players, most noticeably in Engineering or Medical. A Head of Staff is typically a senior player who's been around the block long enough to be proficient and efficient in their craft, and to know the ins and outs of what it is that they're doing and what the other roles in their department should be/are also doing. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them? This is the biggest failing of mine when I was previously whitelisted years ago. The OOC responsibilities of whitelisted players may vary based on the role of the character, such as Head of Security, or XO, etc. Ultimately, however, it can be broken down into what I mentioned in the last question. To facilitate roleplay. Last time I was whitelisted I made some absolutely gooftastic decisions and I can retrospectively look at the way I behaved in an IC and even in an OOC manner and see how it soured many people's experiences while playing onboard the Aurora, and it is important to recognize how much sway even a relatively minor command role can have on the unfolding of an entire round. There are many times where your decisions will be scrutinized and you have to have the capability to be able to comprehend the OOC and IC expectations of your character and your gameplay/roleplay, and be able to adjust accordingly and be able to provide what is necessary to your role. Explain how the recent events in the Spur changed your character and how they came to be employed on the SCCV Horizon. Currently the only character I play right now is Kallik Eegeesiak, outside of the one I'm currently cooking up for the command whitelist, and I must admit that pretty much all of the events in the spur recently have not particularly changed my character. Kallik is ignorant of a lot of foreign politics, and deliberately ignores them unless brought up to him in person, since he is zeroed in and focused on his job and his performance at work, as his livelihood depends on the good graces of Zavodskoi Interstellar. As for his employment aboard the SCCV Horizon, Kallik worked for two years with Zavodskoi Interstellar in 'The Barrows', the massive ice sheet that dominates the Southern Lyod. He worked security for the mining operations down there, while also learning TCB, and eventually became proficient in it. Being considered a model 'reformed Lyodii', taking the Mo'ri'zal and with his previous service in the Lyodic Rifles, Zavodskoi Interstellar was magnanimous enough to 'ask' if he wished to transfer to a more lucrative posting, and then hooked him up with a mundane job as a security officer onboard the SCCV Horizon! What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? Executive Officer. Consular (Eventually). I might dip into others but only once I'm very comfortable with them. Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? Yes Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking: Caishen Yan - Executive Officer. Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Yes Have you linked your BYOND account to the Forums? Yes Extra notes: None at this time. Feel free to ask questions.

I mean I get it but at the same time I don't really think a very in-universe joke about Gadpathur really constitutes white supremacism. If anything it's a dig at it more than anything else by highlighting the absurdity of it,

BYOND Key: Outboarduniform Total Ban Length: Permanent Banning staff member's Key: ReadThisNamePlz Reason of Ban: Unfunny/poor joke that parodied a white supremacist line. Reason for Appeal: Honestly, I thought it was funny. I guess other people did not think it was funny. I said a joke that substituted the 14 points with Gadpathur since I thought it was a funny way to dog on Gadpathurian ideology a little bit. Won't do it again, now that I see that it caused a negative reaction that ended in a ban. Sorry. I also apologize on the brevity but I was informed of this mid round. Here is the reference image. There was some context after that but I guess it doesn't really matter. The whole gist of it was some ingame banter between one character and a Gaddie and I was going at the angle of the one character changing their views to become more like a Gadpathurian. Lastly, though it most likely doesn't mean much, I think that getting a permanent ban for this is very heavy handed. I by no means endorse white supremacism or fascism, and I did not mean to convey any sort of alignment or support of that nonsense by making this joke. The last time I ever received any disciplinary action was in 2019 when I was in high school, and the BOREALIS bot only registers one warning from Skull years ago. Though I am fine with just playing on the server and applying later if it comes to that, I enjoy the interactions on the discord and feel like getting banned on the discord freezes you out of a lot. Thank you all for your consideration.

Type (e.g. Planet, Faction, System): Insurgency/Lore Addition Short Description: Basically, there was no lore for the Samaritans and such, so I decided I'd try and explore the idea a bit. I also did quite a bit of fleshing out of other things on Mictlan, and might have changed a few things, but overall I tried to work off of existing lore as much as possible. How will this be reflected on-station?: I don't think it will be too much! Unless antagonists decide to start repping Mictlan jihadism or Mercs do it as a gimmick. Mictlan doesn't make too big of an appearance though from what I've seen overall, though, onboard. Does this addition do anything not achieved by what already exists?: Yes! So far only about two or three sentences have been written about the insurgency, not including a small part of the Peacekeeper Mandate lore articles released! Do you understand that the project may change over time in ways that you may not foresee once it is handed over to the Lore Team? Yes! They are free to do with it whatever they want to if they decide to accept it. Long Description: Introduction: Mictlan, the idyllic tropical vacation home. What little land exists on the ocean world is covered by thick jungle brush, with the coasts shimmering with resorts of all kinds, attracting tourists of all species, from all over the galaxy. Corporate sponsors, executives, government officials, and the wealthy upper-crust class of the planet have utilized all of their wealth and energy to create their own paradise. From the glass towers of Arequipa, they watch the world below, reaping the benefits of their status, and the Republic decides policy, quite literally, with its head in the clouds. To those who visit Mictlan’s resorts, one could feel that it is beyond words, a world of tranquil bliss in the stormy sea of the galactic struggle that surrounds it, and the epitome of the human longing for utopia. However, those who do not live on Mictlan do not see the reality of being a native of Mictlan, and how the common person lives their day to day lives. Dotted throughout the planet are the massive cities that rest atop the water, leaning on the great plasteel shoulders that support them. This is where the great majority of the population of Mictlan works, suffers, and toils. The population that resides in these great cities, for the most part, live in various different sized communes, and often great numbers of houses are connected for convenience. The streets, along with most of the buildings within these great cities are colorfully painted over, or tagged, and typically most roofs have large greenhouses on top of them. The colorful and placid atmosphere, almost celebratory in nature to the glimpse of an outsider, betrays the true nature of life on Mictlan. Private businesses are ruthlessly crushed under the boot of Idris Corporation, the dominant Megacorporation on the planet, and, frankly, its de facto ruler. The government, thoroughly in the pocket of Idris, even allows the company to decide on legislation in its governing body, and gives their private police forces universal jurisdiction in their operations across the planet. While a small number of corporations manage to hang on by the skin of their teeth, the corporate ladder has become so institutionalized that those who fall out of favor with Idris usually end up unable to make a living at all in the stratified state of Mictlan society. Wayward travelers, and tourists who become enthralled with the image of Mictlan and decide to immigrate, end up shocked to find themselves in the lower echelon of society, being subject to abject poverty rather than the tropical paradise they had dreamed of. Underneath the surface, discontent simmers and crackles, and all it needs is a single reason to spark up into a fire which cannot be extinguished. I thought about maybe adding other things, but it is so beefy at this point that I feel adding more would be counterproductive.

It's working, thank you!

Unfortunately, it appears the ban is still up. Same message as before. I do not have any VPN active, so this is odd to me.

BYOND Key: Outboarduniform Total Ban Length: Since 2015 apparently Banning staff member's Key: Allegedly Bluespacecat Reason of Ban: Strange connection/VPN issue (See provided image) Reason for Appeal: Outboarduniform is cool and wants to continue playing Aurora station!!!

If there were any communication errors during our ticket than it was most likely on my end, I apologize. Now, for the mining example, I have to disagree with you there. It is fundamentally different when it comes to a violent group of extremists. The miners who are in that group did not sign up to be a miner purely for the subversion of individuals on the station, while the ones who signed up for the cult during the round specifically did. I acknowledge that I didn't really have a chance to feel out their ideology and whatnot because as far as I know the Skrell, who from reports I figured was the mouthpiece, that we nabbed cryo'd after a few minutes in holding. In that regard, it is impossible to say that aiding and abetment did not occur, when after the Guwan siege in Medical they continually tried, and succeeded at subverting the Command structure. I am also not sure how I used my security position to end the round. If anything, the rest of the antags locked themselves down via their actions. By this logic playing Security in general is just locking antags down, regardless of the actions of the antagonists themselves. It was an appropriate response to a group which had subverted even the Station Captain and had put most of the Department in Medical for a reasonably long amount of time. I am also not sure how ignoring other command staff had any factor into this at all. I had liaisoned quite frequently with the Chief Medical Officer, making sure to avoid the use of normal communications due to the subversion of the Chief Engineer and the Captain, and they had given me a very strong impression that they were going to speak to the other heads of staff as well, and we both faxed Central Command around the same time in the round. I fail to see how this is poor play. It is a very realistic response of security personnel to a dangerous group of extremists, most of whom were wandering around with swords and with robes. I have already given my reasonings for the aiding and abetment charges. The skrell, as I have explained, cryo'd before they were even processed to my knowledge. If they were telling other command folk about that, those command folk did not relay that to anyone else over the command radio, so I had no knowledge of this at all. I am not sure what I was left to investigate by the time that all of this had kicked off. The round was nearing its conclusion, the Skrell was in cryo, the Optikam seemed to be feigning absolute ignorance, as far as I know the Detective tried to speak to the Guwan and they did not reveal anything, and the information I had received regarding the Chief Engineer and Captain and the actions taken against them with that information was so late in the round that any investigation would have gone past the end of Crew Transfer. I'm not sure what you mean by this. The weapons that were reported to be found on their person does not really imply nonviolent behavior. Even if you cooperate fully with Security within that regard as well, that does not mean that they, as you had told me in your opinion, essentially be caught, then fined or imprisoned for contraband, and then released to continue subverting Command, and, if the Guwan was anything to go by, return back to violence as soon as the finger of suspicion was off of them. Then yes, the definition does seem to differ between the both of us. I do not think that catching extremists, taking their swords and making them cough up 1000 credits or 15 minutes in the Brig, and then releasing them back out with a smile and a wave is a thing that anyone working in security should do. If the cultists wished to provide RP, and sides for the crew to place themselves on, they did it in a rather poor way. If the entire aim of the cultist players was to subvert Command, as it seems like that is all the other ones were actively trying to do outside of the Guwan siege, I am not sure what result ought to be expected from such an action. Yes, it is not a charge in and of itself. Which is why no one was thrown into the Brig with no definitive charges. I'm not sure how this shows lack of knowledge of mechanics, or the community. I am also not sure how this relates to smoothing in new players at all. If I recall correctly I did not even have a single cadet in my Department. How was this so? The only two command members that this may be true for that I can think of are the Chief Engineer and the Captain, and as you have read my lengthy dissertations here on that subject you would see that it is quite clear why that occurred in the first place. I am not sure what investigation would have been able to have been occurred. I have already provided my reasoning for this point, however. I did seek medical attention. That is why I had the wheelchair. Funnily enough, I was seriously considering stepping down and was trying my best to lead up to it, but by the time that was being considered, the round length and the current state of command would have, in my opinion, made that move seriously if not outright ineffective. I am still confused as to how this is a disregard for the command structure. What command structure should be followed if it is subverted in its fullest? I am not sure what more I should have done than speaking to the Chief Medical Officer, having Central Informed, and through the Chief Medical Officer presumably have the other Heads of Staff informed as well. I also don't think that ignoring command is really applicable at all, as no command member showed any interest in anything that was occurring in security, and when the Chief Engineer was arrested, and shortly after the Captain ended up going crazy and was detained medically, the other Heads of Staff had already been informed and supportive enough for three unanimous votes to be passed in my, and the Chief Medical Officer's favor.

BYOND Key: Outboarduniform Staff BYOND Key: Cnaym Game ID: I am not sure, but it was yesterday evening around 10PM PST Reason for complaint: I had to think a lot about this, and unfortunately I didn't pull any logs or took any pictures, but I disagree with the punishment that I received yesterday from Cnaym. That punishment was the removal of my command whitelist and a three day ban from Security. Essentially, these are the few major points that I disagree with in what I think led up to the application of the ban, along with the whitelist removal that was applied as a part of it: A disagreement in the application of Corporate Regulations: So, in this round, there was a cult. After around I believe 30 minutes, we found a dead monkey on top of a rune of its own blood in the maintenance by Medical. We quickly traced it to a Guwan gardener, Sarah Guwan, if I am correct, though I do not know the ckey of who plays that character. This cultist bunkered down in a hard to reach area by the Chief Medical Officer's office, and essentially, started a siege. After my officers had secured the perimeter of the area, it was clear that the Guwan, fully robed and with a sword, was going to stay inside of this safe area and utilize invisible walls, which she did. When I had first arrived, I was already deaf via cultist abilities. What followed was essentially a cyclic event of this Guwan stunning us, charging out with a sword, stabbing us, and then retreating. Eventually, we managed to convince an Engineer, by the name of Conservan Xullie, (if I am spelling that correctly), to cut through a wall near maintenance, in which the Guwan rushed out after stunning us again, in which I lost my leg and my Detective was injured, in which the Cultist was finally apprehended. After this, most of my manpower was thoroughly sapped and in Medical for treatment. Now, I introduce to you two of the other suspects of this shift in which I had dealt with, of which there was only four overall. A Skrellian Researcher of some sort, and an Optikam. Optikam Mhapkiss, or something similar. I forget the name of the Skrell. The Optikam, during the chaos, was reported to me as to have stolen medical supplies. I had also started to receive very interesting reports about the Skrell wanting to talk to command members of the like, but we'll get to that later. The Skrell and the Optikam were apparently just chilling in the hallway, fully robed, and were reported to have had swords through my Detective. As I was asleep during surgery, and had woken up at that time, the Detective had informed me they had ordered them detained, as it was very obvious that they were of the same ilk as the Guwan who had started the Medical siege I had mentioned prior. Of course, seeing that though they had not done anything themselves save for the Contraband that they had, I had them brought in for Aiding and Abetting with all of the charges the Guwan was processed for. This is where the difference of opinion seems to begin with me and Cnaym. Allow me to quote Corporate Regulations on Aiding and Abetting: "Aiding and abetting a criminal makes you an accomplice; you can be charged with the same crime as the person you aided and abetted." With this in mind, I thought it was not only prudent but reasonable to believe that the Skrellian and Optikam, with the same equipment, armor, clothings, etc., were obvious accomplices to the shenanigans of the Guwan. When I was speaking directly to Cnaym, he disagreed vigorously. He stated that I should have only had the Optikam and Skrellian arrested or fined for Contraband, and then released. He then proceeded, later on, to say that me arresting individuals affiliated with what was showing itself to be a pretty violent group of people who drew in their own blood was "not how that worked at all", and that it was "poor command play". I disagree. I think it is not poor Command play to arrest individuals who belong to a visibly hostile group as shown by the Guwan as accomplices. Cnaym and I also appeared to have a different of opinion on aiding and abetting as a concept itself, as even though it was left vague and ambiguous in Corporate Regulations, he states that it only applied to directly aiding and abetting someone by being present and active during the commission of the crime, and that indirectly aiding and abetting, such as active membership in a dangerous group that sought to subvert command and incited violence, did not apply. I think that it is poor RP to fine and release members of a dangerous group simply because they were not directly involved in the incident. I think that is not a logical thing to do. Eventually, later on in the round, as I was dealing with my missing leg and was unable to directly process people, I had ordered the Optikam and the Skrellian processed. If I am to believe correctly, the Skrellian went into cryogenics while the Optikam wasn't processed for such an absurd amount of time for some reason that I ordered him released simply for the liability issues that were sure to come from that, especially in light of the incoming shuttle for Crew Transfer. The last incident relating to this was the arrest of the Chief Engineer, Oliver Roadman. Now, prior to the arrest of the Chief Engineer, I had been receiving reports from my Detective that the Chief Engineer was allegedly a member of the small group, and that he had subverted Command to such a point that the Captain, Holiday Lynn, was actively attempting to get their mindshield implant removed as to join the group. Now, obviously, this was extremely alarming. I had informed the Chief Medical Officer of this, Qerrbeshi Weashugl (I am sure I butchered that), of this, and Command was soon faxed after that. We both agreed that the Captain had to be removed from their position, and that the Chief Engineer had to be dealt with. So, I had him arrested for aiding and abetting as he was in my lobby, and had presented him the warrant for the Attempted Murder charge which I had used to crack down on the group. After much consideration and debate, and due to the Detective not providing sufficient evidence to hold him, we had him released. At this time, the Captain went into some sort of odd fugue state, and muttered in freespeak before hitting herself with a baton, and ended up being medically restrained. Now, Cnaym and I disagree once again. He said that I should seek the absolute majority support of Command, which was not sensible considering the gravity of the situation revolving around the Chief Engineer subverting the Captain. Even though I had not directly spoken to people about the situation with the Captain and the Chief Engineer, I had liaisoned quite frequently with the Chief Medical Officer, and after he was released we held three command votes, with the results being primarily, the Chief Engineer being kicked out of Command, The Captain being forced to step down from command, and me being elected to Acting Captain. If anything, this ban seems to be resulting primarily from a difference of opinion about ambiguous parts of Corporate Regulations, and a difference of opinion on handling antagonists when it comes to the application of the aiding and abetting charge, which I do not think warrants a removal of a whitelist and a three day Security ban. This is my second, and final point: When Cnaym had closed my ticket, he had said, and forgive me for paraphrasing, essentially the following: "I have conversed with another staff member and looking at your history regarding notes and warning we have decided to apply a three day security ban". I am confused as to how this is factored in in such a matter. The last official server warning that I got was close to half a year ago. I am not sure of the state of my notes, but if warnings from nearly a year ago are being factored into a punishment than I do not know how anyone will be able to keep a whitelist under their belt buckle if they play controversial roles such as Head of Security. Cnaym also spoke about how "new players pick up this quickly" as well, which I would like to be expanded upon as that is also rather quite confusing. Evidence/logs/etc: None, unfortunately. Additional remarks: I would like to see if Cnaym could expand upon the conversation and reviewal of warnings and notes in my "history" that led to me being banned in such a manner, if possible. Up until the last bullet, all the bullet points are essentially paragraphs.

Looks like we've been gnomed.

At this point you might as well add in a dispatch system. I can guarantee you that every single security member will be camerahawking so that they can kick down the door with Code Blue and get to work.