The7thLain

I believe the key to making a good character does not rest in their personality or their appearance or even job, but the authenticity with which they play their character as a person. I appreciate depth and uniqueness in characters, ones that are distinctive from others around them, either through subtle differences and habits, or through capitalising on unqiue and diverse settings. Through taking a setting that is already well made and interesting, one that you can really believe could be a real place even with its various flaws, you can build a character with these rich influences and make them authentic to not just who they are and what they are like, but where they are from and the influences that they have from there. I think that there are places that do lack this element of "spice," as you explained, but not really because of bad writing, as the loreteam has cleaned up a lot of things lately, but instead because of a lack of content. Places that come to mind are Mictlan, the Techno Conglomerate Fleet, and to a lesser extent, Elyra. Mictlan has really one characteristic culturally, which is a reliance on resourcefulness and recycling. This is very broad, and I'd like to see the lore of this planet improved on to add onto this. There are other things, traditions like tattoos and masks as well, but we do not have any real representation of them in the game as it exists currently. The Techno Conglomerate fleet in the frontier has approximately six paragraphs of lore written on it. Six. How does this fleet of offworlders differ from the Scarab fleets aside from religion and business practices? What makes them really distinctive as a place to be from? How can you make a character who has an identity tied to that place when there is so little on it? Its similar to New Gibson. I see New Gibson as a Tau Ceti version of Himeo with Vaurca and without the syndicalism and hatred of Hephaestus. They're cold, an industrial hub. That's really it in terms of Human Lore content. By making a setting unique and real, without falling into the trap of "X culture, but in space," or "y planet, but its owned by this megacorp," or "another tourism planet with z as its gimmick," it gives spice to a setting and better enables a player to make an authentic, compelling, and good character from a place that is wonderful in the variety it holds from other places.

Standard Application Ckey/BYOND Username: TheBurninSherman Position Being Applied For: Human Lore Developer Have you read the Lore Team Rules and Regulations wiki page? I have, yes. Past Experiences/Knowledge: I’ve been playing on the Aurora for a little over a year now, and in my time there Human has been my most played race, with IPC coming in second and Tajaran and Vaurca at a distant third and fourth respectively. For the entirety of my play, the most important word to me above all others when describing my roleplay has been authenticity. However, in order to really portray characters less as characters, and more as real, believable people, it has required that I bring myself to be intimately familiar with the feel of the lore in the game, along with the finer details of where my characters are from. As a result, I have become knowledgeable on various corners of the human and synthetic lore, either through my direct research of them or through asking the respective lore staff for clarification and information on things that seem hazy to me. I hope that in a developer position, I will only learn more, either through the things I create myself or through inquiry and collaboration with the Human Lore team or other lore teams as they exist now. Examples of Past Work: I’ve never written lore for a greater community, however, I have built various worlds in pre-existing systems like D&D, Pathfinder, and Lancer for tabletop/online roleplay over the past four years. In terms of writing and writing ability, I have been an avid writer for most of my life since my early teens and have very much prided myself on my ability to write both informative and compelling works. I hope that I will only improve in that regard, and that a Lore Dev position would be a way for me to make things interesting and engaging for people within the community in regards to the Human lore, while also improving my own writing abilities from the feedback I would receive, either from the lore team or the community as a whole. Additional Comments: I want to thank all of my friends, supporters, and people who I consider to be mentors in the community for encouraging me to go through with this application. Without your help and confidence in me, I don’t know if I would have gone forwards and applied for this position. Position Specific Questions 1. Three or more themes, events, locations, people, or anything which constitute your favorite parts about human lore, and why they are your favorites. 2. Three of the same which constitute your least favorite or rather, most hated parts of human lore, and why you don't like them. 3. What your main objectives as human lore developer would be.

Perhaps it may be my real-world preconceptions influencing this, but when I hear med tech I hear someone being told to pull a switch or watch an X-Ray come up on a screen. Besides, we already have four, formerly five with the now defunct Engine Technician, other roles on station with the word "technician" in the title. Cargo Technician, Drill Technician, Atmospheric Technician, and Forensic Technician. It may sound Sci-Fi(ish, kinda), but it also sounds really samey to the stuff we have already and it lacks variety, in my opinion. I think that we can be more creative than just slapping "technician" onto the end of everything.

As for a naming suggestion, if we are wanting to stray away from a "doctor" role specifically, "Medical Specialist" or "Healthcare Specialist" would be better than "technician" in my opinion, I in fact, quite like the sound of "Healthcare Specialist." A technician is often associated with someone who works with equipment or machines. A health caregiver, no matter the context of a doctorate or not should give the impression that they work with people and individuals, not machines, and give the impression of such a thing in the job title.

Thank you, @Skull132, I seemed to have missed that in my catch-up read on the thread.

From looking at the code of the PR on the issue, it looks as of the combined doctor equivalent has OR access removed entirely. Is this necessary and intended or is it a mistake?

I agree that Nurse has very little mechanical relevance and can take a slot from a doctor which is why I mentioned really learning what a nurse should do. I was comparing an Atmos Tech to a Surgeon, not a Nurse, but I do agree with your point that Nurse needs to be looked at if not completely merged with one of if not both of the other Physician roles.

If I may suggest something more constructive from my last response, that well, came off as combative, I would suggest this. 1. Fix the names to be more medically inclined and less geared towards research. They don't have to be true to life, but you've already heard no "biology" comments from numerous others, and myself earlier, so I won't go on anymore about that. I'm sure as a community, people could decide on better names if this is indeed going to go through. Some names I have seen floating around are ones like: - Medical Intern - Field Doctor (Combination of Physician/TP/Nurse) - Field Surgeon - Psychiatrist - Biomedical Chemist or just Chemist as is. - Rescue Technician as a combination of EMT/Paramedic does sound kinda nice to me, so that one might not need a change from the OP. 2. Combine the roles of Physician and Trauma Physician together, leave Nurse as its own role or bind it into the mix of those two after deciding or knowing what nurses do. Leave Surgeon as it is, maybe with a rename, as I do feel like a specialist role for surgery is better for RP and provides variety in the same way an Atmos Tech provides variety to the normal Station Engineer, while also cutting down on the byzantine surgery chart that I posted earlier that you mentioned was part of the problem. I still do not agree with that, but its not gonna get anyone anywhere if we just argue and don't try to compromise. 3. Combining Psychologist and Psychiatrist into one role is not detrimental in my opinion, I have been a Psychiatrist main for a little more than a year now and I do not see how it could be harmful really aside from the flavour of a character that maybe could be adjusted as needed. Felt the need to comment on this role specifically as it is the one I am the most experienced with out of all my roles on the station. Sorry if I seemed aggressive or combative, I have nothing personal against you, however, I wanted to convey my opinion. Upon looking at my previous posts, I realised I didn't really have anything constructive to say and was just criticizing without giving an alternative, which was my bad. Medical is clunky and has been since I started playing it, brainmed or otherwise, but I have stayed with it and am apprehensive to changes because most changes we have seen are not objectively good or bad, and with any change comes a trade-off. I still do not agree with many of the reasons behind the change, however, I also don't want to just argue and be a "REEEEEEEEEE MED CHANGES" medmain, as the stereotype goes for most medical mains. I hope the points I mentioned above can be helpful to some degree or at least provoke some thought.

I am confused as to why this is an issue now as there is this thread detailing what exactly the various roles should be doing. We even have a handy chart for surgeries now, for who can do what. I feel as if the issues you are trying to address have been well, addressed in the previously mentioned thread. As for detaching the role from that of a doctor, I disagree with that on the very base level and notion of it. You're not only turning medical into something else completely from what it is now, you are also invalidating the characters and workplace identities of literally every single existing char in medbay aside from chemists and paramedics/EMTs. I disagree with the logic and rationale and think it is not the right decision to make going forwards.

In my opinion, even if it is just a role name change, this would be jarring to most characters in medical at this time. Most of the dedicated and regular players in medical are styled as Physicians. Medical doctors, or otherwise practice and clinically focused characters. While this name change is just that, a name change, it shifts people and characters that are focused on being caregivers into medical researchers. I know its not a science merger or anything like that, but, which sounds more medical care oriented? Physician, Surgeon, Trauma Physician, or Biological Researcher? Psychologist/Psychiatrist or Mental Health Researcher? As a CMO, or physician, I am not here to do "biological research," I am here to treat and heal patients to the best of my abilities. Practicing medical doctors don't just suddenly go into research, usually. You are changing the feel of medical from one that is practice and care focused hospital setting into one that is instead more akin to a laboratory environment, even if there are no mechanical changes. It is the image of the MedBay that is being changed here as opposed to anything else, and I also feel that what you are trying to change, the issues of """"realism""""" are not an issue in medical to the point where it impacts gameplay in my view, and even if it is, this is not only limited to medical. Role-playing matters, but this is a game. There are going to be gamey mechanics be they in medical or elsewhere, and switching job titles and by proxy, changing the workplace identities of literally every character in medical that isn't a chemist is not productive or conducive to actually changing things and will instead just make people who play med more uncomfortable. Telling people what they want or need by using arguments they may not be receptive to, especially when they main the department, is not a good strategy, in my opinion. The pro's of your argument are not pro's to everyone, and I can see medplayers taking issue with some even being pro's. I don't believe this is a worthwhile change as the impact to the medbay's image would be detrimental to the characters there while not addressing the underlying mechanics of the issues this is attempting to sidestep. The names are also just. . . Not good. I think maybe people would be more receptive if the names had a more medical slant to them as opposed to the very science-y "Biology" given that we already have a role called "Xenobiologist." And yes, I know they are different, but its the image and impression they leave. My experience in medical is that I have been a filthy MedMain for a year now, predominantly in the Psychiatrist/Psychologist, and recently CMO roles, with other experience as a Chemist, Physician, and Surgeon. Started as an intern, also.

Small correction. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor specialized in psychiatry. Some do have degrees in psychology, but a doctorate needed for psychiatry would be a Medical Doctorate (M.D.) instead of a doctorate in psychology, which is is a philosophy doctorate (Ph.D.) or on rare occasions, its own doctorate of study (Psy.D.). Having a degree in psychology in my opinion should not be a requirement in order to be a psychiatrist, but a medical doctorate specialized into psychiatry should. Also, where are the qualifications/rules for chemist/pharmacist? Has the role been changed somehow and I wasn't paying attention?

Reporting Personnel: Dr. Song Sun Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Chief Medical Officer Game ID: The round directly before b8f-cbz6 Personnel Involved: - Dr. Song Sun, Chief Medical Officer: Victim/Witness - Sergey Tarkov, Warden: Offender - Anya Orlova, Chef: Victim/Witness - Padriag O'Dalaigh, Xenoarchaeologist: Victim/Witness - Brian Woodward, Security Officer/Cadet: Victim/Witness Secondary Witnesses: - Rosa Alice, Assistant: Victim of Gassing - Adelina Valdemar, Surgeon: Treated victims of gassing - Lars Mab, Engineer: Caught in gassing, had voidsuit on so was unaffected - Neith Mekesatis, Chemist: Treated victims of gassing Time of Incident: Real Time: (13:15GMT 07/21/21) Location of Incident: Departures Lounge/Red Dock Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ X ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [ X ] - Neglect of Duty [ ] - Harassment [ ] - Assault [ X ] - Misconduct [ ] - Other _____ Overview of the Incident: Almost the entire crew of the NSS Aurora was waiting in the departures lounge for a crew transfer shuttle after a very long, tiring, and dangerous shift in which an industrial accident occurred that rendered a large chunk of the station, specifically the bridge, medical, and medical sublevel, unusable and uninhabitable without EVA equipment. While we were waiting for the shuttle to arrive, a verbal dispute occurred between Mr. Padriag O'Dalaigh, Xenoarchaeologist, and Mister Brian Woodward, either an Officer or Cadet within the ISD, I am unsure which specifically. However, just after, or right before the crew transfer shuttle had arrived, Mister Woodward, screamed and assaulted Mister O'Dalaigh with his fists. From what I saw, Mister Woodward was unarmed. Mister Lars Mab, Engineer, along with another officer and Engineer got involved to break-up the fight, primarily by trying to grab the two involved and pull them apart. Mister Woodward was tenacious however, and continued fighting and assaulting Mister O'Dalaigh. As the highest authority on station and also a medical professional, I hovered around the situation to both be an authority and encourage the fighting to stop, as well as to conduct first aid once the fighting had subsided. It is at this time, after a majority, but not all of the rest of the crew had boarded, that Warden Sergey Tarkov sought to rectify the fight between two, maybe three people at most, with a tear gas grenade that affected the entire western area of departures. The grenade caught Miss Anya Orlova, Chef, and Miss Rosa Alice, Assistant, in the blast as unintended victims. I myself was also caught in this blast as was Mister Woodward, the initiator of the fight, and Mister O'Dalaigh, the man being assaulted. I am an asthmatic, courtesy of my upbringing on New Hai Phong, so the tear gas not only had the affect of making it hard for me to breathe, but also triggered an asthma attack in addition to it. I felt as if I very well could have asphyxiated to death on account of these combined factors. After the initial gassing, Mister Woodward was taken into custody to my knowledge, although I am unsure of Mister O'Dalaigh. Doctors Adelina Valdemar, Surgeon, and Neith Mekesatis, Chemist, treated the victims of the attack and gassing to the best of their abilities after the incident, however given as we were on the transfer shuttle at the time, their resources and facilities were limited. There were no fatalities or permanent injuries resulting from the assault, or gassing, to my current knowledge, but still, I am of a firm belief that other actions could have been taken to stop the fight, actions that would have resulted in little to no collateral damage to parties uninvolved in the confrontation. Actions would have been taken against the offender, as I was the acting captain of the station at the time, but due to the very limited time available due to a crew transfer, and my fading in and out of consciousness from being unable to breathe, I was able to only deliver a very brief verbal reprimand after the situation, which is why this report is being filed. Submitted Evidence: Given the debilitating circumstance that I was in, I was unable to collect evidence of the event. Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: At the time, I was the acting captain of the NSS Aurora, I was the highest authority on station so reporting to a superior was both unneeded and impossible. Actions taken: No actions were taken other than a verbal reprimand from myself as the transfer shuttle had just arrived, was to depart soon, and I was in need of urgent medical care. Additional Notes: N/A.

Their xenobiologist was made an iRD, so I felt the need to comment here as to their gameplay. It was during a huge crisis round where we had lings, ghosts, and ling ghosts flying all around and throwing stuff at people with their minds. Long story short, the situation was fubar. I was playing my PRA Commissar Consular Officer and well, needless to say, he was not keeping it together with all these raskariim events going down. The captain made Tagada's xenobiologist iRD in this time of crisis, they kept a level head, gave resources to security and myself, namely ammunition for firearms as the captain had ordered new ones to deal with the threat. They were efficient, cool headed, and managed to keep some good dialogue and RP going all the while. Also saved my ass when I got toolboxed by an invisible ling-ghost. +1 nice guy haha

Fine engineering RP'er with a great knowledge of engine mechanics specifically. Certainly qualified enough to make a Chief Engineer character and do very well at it. +1 from me. Good luck if/when you get a trial Tagada!

Thanks for the feedback! I am a little unsure as to what this means however, is it intended as positive good, feedback or negative?

Derrick is a character with whom I have played a ton of rounds with, especially when he was back in the ISD. Now I more interact with him on my medical character than security one, but nevertheless, the rp is there and the character has my respect. Their new warden seems promising as well. +1, good luck ^^

Thank you! I'm quite excited to get to it should I get the trial ^-^

Allow me to clarify, when I say weak spot, I mean areas that she would most-likely not touch in any regard unless absolutely dire. She's a novice at best when it comes to surgery, and typically her lines do fall in the three areas of Psychiatry/psychology, the GTR, and chemistry. As for responding, if someone is calling for help and the department is staffed without a first responder, I find it hard to believe that from an ICly standpoint a medical professional would not go to help them even if it was maybe not in their direct job description. Is it believable for a medical doctor to let someone bleed out in mining because they are not an EMT and its not within their lane to go there if they are the only one or one of two or three in medical and are the first to think to act? As for the claims of resuscitation, I don't believe there has been a case where she has done such a thing in the ICU. She's assisted trauma physicians in the act by injecting chems, but even a nurse or intern could do something like that. I see your concerns, and I do think they have some validity to them as they are things that I try to police myself on specifically because I do not want to just make a Mary Sue-esque do-all character in medical. I do want to be believable and I want to really make it so this character feels authentic and is invested in the roleplay of the station, its why I play and why I wanted to make this application in the first place, I really do love the RP, and I do try to watch myself as best as I can. This being said, I also believe that there is still an element of gamey-ness to playing on the Aurora that must be taken into account even if the emphasis is on heavy roleplay, as it should be. Are we to blow all our blood and kit-sourced dexalin on a patient who we know is going to die regardless because we lack a surgeon or a chemist to make pneumalin and then do let them die for the sake of staying in the lane? Or, if our character could within reason know how to make pneumalin and have the educational credentials and command authority to do so, would we do that, save supplies that we would not want to waste from an ICly standpoint, and stop a person from being taken out of a 2 to 3 hour round when its perhaps only 20 minutes into it instead?

In the rounds where I have played iCMO before, the reason that she often fills so many roles is that medical is incredibly short staffed as of late. The character in game has a Medical Doctorate specialised in psychiatry, among other degrees like a master's in chemistry. In theory, in a fully staffed medbay, she would do nothing aside from General Treatment and psychiatry/psychology, however, given as medbay is often very short-staffed, she has been flexible. In short, I would have her primarily specialised in the areas of Psychiatry/Psychology, the GTR, and Chemistry with the ability to perform very limited surgeries if absolutely needed. Surgery is her weak spot, as was virology when it was still around and with the line between GTR and ICU often being blurred, I try to strike a balance between the two. I originally planned her to be able to work three primary areas of medical, but, as I said before, given as medical has been very short-staffed recently, she has been pushed into other roles to stop other people from dying on low-pop rounds where its only her and perhaps one or two other people in medical, if not only herself. If other people can fill the roles, she is more than happy to let them, but in some cases its not and only then, and if its needed/an emergency, would she step into those areas not normally within her purview of psychiatry.

BYOND key: TheBurninSherman Character names: Frequently Played: IRU-Dauphine (Forensic Technician, Idris), Song Sun (Psychiatrist), Umbra SSU #4.262-C (Bartender) Less Frequently Played: Iskandar Khachaturian (Station Engineer, Hephaestus), Juin (Security Officer, EPMC), Vy Sai Cam (Biomechanical Engineer, Hephaestus) Mikoyan Turah’nrov (Station Engineer) How long have you been playing on Aurora? I will have been playing on the Aurora for exactly one year this upcoming July 6th and I am posting this on July 5th. Happy Auroraversarry to me, I guess ^^ Why do you wish to be on the whitelist? I want to have this whitelist as I think being able to play a staff head position would help me greatly in developing my roleplay skills and, by extension, bringing a greater roleplay element to the server and its players as a whole. I also just think expanding into new roles would be fun! I’ve also been given iCMO more than a few times, once during a canon event round, and have performed well during all of those occasions. I think I can handle the responsibility that comes with command. Why did you come to Aurora? I originally found the Aurora on my first day of playing SS13 because it had the “HRP” tag while I was scrolling through the various server listings. I came for that, due to wanting a more thorough experience in roleplay and I have not been disappointed at all. I love this place a ton and I have made many friends in the community as well who I hope to keep for a long time. Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: Yes I have. Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they?: I received a single warning back during my first few weeks of playing on the station for talking about IC events in the OOC chat. I learned my lesson and it was totally my fault. I do not plan on breaking any other rules. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about: Roleplay, in my view, is about interactions first and foremost. Similar to how a screenplay differs from a novel in that you cannot exactly see what a character is thinking, roleplay requires that you show a character's intentions and feelings instead of just telling them. These feelings and ideas need to be shown via interactions with others, so the interaction in itself is the driving force of the RP. Whether this is put towards escalating/deescalating an antag conflict, speaking with another character in a canon interaction, or even something as little as ordering a drink at a bar, roleplay is about putting the character in the setting in the most authentic way possible by vehicle of interactions that they share with other characters for the purpose of advancing the development of all parties involved. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame? OOCly a head of staff is a resource for other players to consult for mechanical knowledge, especially for newer players. OOCly, I feel like a head of staff is someone who has the responsibility to know all the fundamentals of their department OOCly but even to a larger degree, be able to be approached and spoken to about their knowledge while being as welcoming to newcomers OOCly as they are supposed to be ICly. A head of staff should also be trusted to ahelp and report any OOCly rule-breaking behaviour immediately so that it can be dealt with swiftly by the mods or admins for the overall health of the round. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them? The responsibilities of a whitelisted player in my view, are similar to what they would be in game. To be a friendly resource of mechanical information and guidance for players while also keeping an eye out for OOC rule breaking. I’d try to uphold these by being willing to talk in LOOC to people who have questions that cannot adequately be explained in game, or offering my discord to people so that they and I can open up a dialogue and so that they could ask for my opinion or advice at times when I am not in-game. Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau Ceti and how it affected your character and their career? Tau Ceti, especially recently with the reveal of what is looking to be the NBT, has become a place where tensions run high and things are held together in a delicate balancing act played by the leading system entities that are the Biesellite Government and the NanoTrasen Corporation. Ceres Lance hunting down renegade shells, race riots in Little Adhomai of Mendell, and now with dwindling Phoron deposits, it puts a menagerie of outside factors on all characters, including CMO hopeful Dr. Song Sun. Coming from New Hai Phong, she naturally has a soft-spot for Hephaestus some, but finds herself working for NanoTrasen in a deliberate action she took to buy out her own former contract from Zeng-Hu, taking advantage of the NT near-monopoly on Tau Ceti law to do so for the sake of her own happiness and health, but at the expense of most of her life savings. Now, however, she’s left to question what matters more, herself and her choice to go to the company that she works for and seeks a promotion to a command position in, NanoTrasen, or her home, New Hai Phong, and its own monopolistic corporation that rivals NT, Hephaestus Industries. Song is left to contemplate this question while phoron seems to be increasingly scarce, putting pressure on the entire spur, not to mention all while she fights with her own personal struggles unrelated to Tau Ceti events. She has garnered a positive reputation with the crew of the Aurora in the near-year that she has worked there and hopes to increase this while also bettering her own personal situation now by pursuing a Chief Medical Officer position approximately a month and a half post-Zeng-Hu contract buyout to show the crew of the station that she is committed to helping them and playing a more active role in station affairs in the name of medicine and health. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? I hope to be playing CMO mostly while also playing HoP if I find that I enjoy it. Liaison/representative or IAA also has my interest to some degree. I may expand into other roles in the long term like perhaps captain, but that’s a long way’s off at this time and I am unsure if I’d go through with it. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking: Song Sun - Chief Medical Officer Albrecht Morganthau - Head of Personnel HAN-54 (Hansa) - Golden Deep Representative How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I’m not foolhardy enough to say that I am exceptional or great at roleplay, but I really do try to stay true to my above mentioned definition of roleplay in all the interactions I share with other characters. If I were to rate myself on a scale of 1-10 I think I would be a comfortable 8/10 right now, but I am always looking for feedback and wanting to improve. Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Yes. It is not something I should take for granted. Have you familiarised yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? I have! They were decent reads. Extra notes: A very, very big thanks to everyone who has encouraged and supported me in making this app and helping me grow and improve as a player for the year that I've been on the Aurora. I hope to have many more to share with everyone here!

I cannot speak to their coding expertise as I have not seen it personally, but I can say that @CrimsonFig is a person who is both responsible and entertaining. They are a nice person to have around and I believe that their character and attitude would be welcome in whatever position they apply for, in this case Wiki Maintainer. They are a person who is sensible, kind, and practical who I think would do perfectly fine in the position if they were able to pair this with their technical know-how, of which I am sure they are capable of doing. In short, +1

I have an admission of guilt, right here, case closed.

Gillian is a skilled roleplayer with a diverse cast of characters and a decent knowledge of game mechanics, especially in regards to security and robotics. They're fun to play with and always offer something interesting to whomever they are roleplaying with. It is a confident +1 from me.

The feedback is really appreciated thank you a ton, I'll be sure to amend that a little.

BYOND Key: TheBurninSherman Character Names: Consistently Played: Song Sun, IRU-Dauphine, Mikoyan Turah’nrov Less Played: Ran Sun, Tethys, Alexis Dramiel Species you are applying to play: Vaurca What color do you plan on making your first alien character: White (Mouv Brood Worker, RBG of 90,150,255) Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes, I have read the main page as well as the other supplementary ones and some on the various lesser queens as well. 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: I want to play this race because I feel that the Vaurca are distinctly the most different from every other race in the game except for Diona, which is not a whitelist that I am ready to apply for yet, if ever, and I want to embrace that variety. Vaurca have a very long and very rich history as well as a variety even in themselves with different hives and broods within those hives separating them from one another. I want to explore some of these distinctions and differences through roleplay and see what interactions and development I can get from other players while I interact with them as a Vaurca, especially since I have not seen very many on the station as of late. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: So much is different from a human in terms of mechanics, namely the need for phoron to stay alive coupled with the decreased bleed-out time, vulnerability to toxins, and inability to self-heal make vaucra much more fragile than their human counterparts in my opinion. This is all somewhat balanced out by their ability to EVA so long as they have internals. Outside of just the mechanics however, I feel that Vaurca are sincerely different and require a change in mindset to play. If playing an unbound, or even a bound to some extent, it is no longer what you want to do, but what is best for the hive. Even more so than playing a die-hard PRA Tajaran there is a heavy group mindset in how you develop and roleplay your character. I think that their other little quirks like disliking bright lights and sensitivity to smells could make character interactions distinctly different. The discrimination they face in human space is also an interesting element to incorporate into roleplay, in a similar way that Zhan Tajara face some discrimination, but more actively so I would think. Character Name: Ka’Akaix’Bazi C’thur Ka’Akaix’Bazi’C’thur, or simply Bazi for short, has had a thirst for knowledge since before she was even born and fully matured. An unbound, her in-egg VR consisted of various independent attempts at the exploration of the code and data within the Recondite Queen’s ocean of information. While she did not get far in the progression through this mass of information, she took to analysis with enthusiasm both during and after her development. Within her VR state, she grew accustomed to analysing data specifically regarding DNA strands and various biochemicals. At first it was just memorisation, learning and studying the strands and sequences of life, but quickly it became more than that. Going from memorisation to assembly and even transformation and calculation of genetic changes through the further wealth of information that the Mouv VR provided. Her maturation came as a shock to him, jolting her from her pleasant time in the VR web. Finding this new world most unpleasant with its physicality and odd constructs, Bazi almost immediately after her maturation returned to the VR ocean of information and data, machine sequences, simply crawling through the sequences and strands of code representative of the fabric of life itself. As she grew more and more engrossed with knowledge however, a side of ambition grew within him. While there was all this information here to learn about life, Bazi grew a desire to return back to the outside world and experience life while bringing her wealth of knowledge to the galaxy. Communing with some others in her brood, Bazi decided to set out for a place she was told had some of the finest research facilities in the galaxy, a place where he could put his knowledge to use, but also one where he could witness the variety of life first-hand in physical form and away from the endless streams of data, NanoTrasen. Her arrival and employment was underwhelming at best. Being spoken down to for her caste and thoroughly frustrated at being relegated to the status of a lab assistant, Bazi felt as if her wealth of knowledge and her true potential was not being properly respected. Alas however, her new forray into the physical world from one that was effectively immaterial, brought its own challenges. Knowing what something is, is one thing, knowing how to do it and bring it to fruition is something else entirely. Thus, as much as she does not want to admit, Bazi’s learning is not over yet and may instead just be beginning. What do you like about this character? I really do like the dichotomy of the character being effectively a genius in terms of science but not being able to express it. In order to really be able to brought to his full potential, the character must learn how to “live” in a sense that is above just having a ton of knowledge. She must embrace the practical elements of the world and learn to control his range of emotions in order to fully embrace his potential and find the emotional difference between an Unbound and a Bound. How would you rate your role-playing ability? On a scale of 1-10 I rate myself at a 7 or an 8. I think of myself as very good with in character interactions but sometimes lacking in more obscure mechanical knowledge. I think that my character building and dialogue is proficient at least with mechanical knowledge being outstanding in areas like medical, but slightly lacking in engineering and science outside of toxins, something I want to potentially improve with this character.