Zer0Winds

Yeah, even I agree that I need more communication work. I have been trying to get a bit better at it. I was going to start carrying around the laptop more, for the communication system, after I realized that that was probably a good idea, and why did I not do it sooner? Then I was going to see about actually talking on the Common radio more often. Sometimes though, I do just... go quiet, when I don't know what to say, and it's a thing I need to work on more.

Did some bartending (albeit shortly) with Gentle, as GERHARD, and it was enjoyable. I also really like Hawun. Devil's a great RPer, I support this application, +1

I've seen Jamison a few times, from what I remember. They are pretty good. Also, Dionae are cool, so more is probably better. Also I called him in on an unneeded ERT call and now I have to have him forgive me I support this with a +1.

I like Duke Priceright, fun merchant, even if my interactions with him are limited, and consist of me not being able to buy the jukebox off of him because I am poor. Mars is alright, from my even more limited interactions. Point is, positive interactions. +1, especially because of Duke

I've had few interactions with them, but when I do, it's positive. Good enough for me. +1 here

I originally had this just for GERHARD. But, I want feedback on pretty much most characters I play. I do not know how well my RP really is, and I am curious what other people think. I want to know what I can improve with each character, as well as what I do really well. In particular, my characters I'm interested in: Vazhirthaamro Kitani (Tajaran Tech Support) GERHARD (IPC Barista) Faithful From Vast Deserts (Diona Consular) Index (Shell NT Liaison) HEX-039 (Heph Cargo Specialist) Ri'asma Saranaihn (Tajaran Warden) and finally, MarsOS (AI)

I've seen you around as Mozh, before. Mozh is an interesting character, that I enjoyed the little bit of interaction we had together, even with my extremely limited knowledge of the Vaurca. So, RP, I can say you're a good person. For the story, I am sad to say I can not really comment on it, much, since I haven't looked too much into Unathi lore, having learned what I do know from interactions with them on the station, which is even less from Aut'akh. But it seems pretty good, from what I can tell, so I would support this.

Yeah, I understand the stance on it. If I shouldn't be open about it, I won't be. I honestly kinda went off personal experience about being open, and didn't take into consideration their age, so yeah I can see how it's unrealistic. And I do plan to play along with the Tajaran stance on it. I... Suppose I'll pick Siik'maas, because otherwise the first half of the background doesn't make sense. As Menown said, speaking only Delvahhi wouldn't work, so I suppose I'll have to go with Siik'maas. I would rewrite it to fit speaking Delvahhi, but I don't wish to put more work on anyone, so I'll have to go with my current story with the realistic option.

I played a round with this one as a Detective I wanted to try out, momentarily. They were pretty good, and were quick to pick up on the situation despite joining late. I support this one.

What I look to get out the species is simple enough: Fun. I play the game for fun, and RP. I like the lore behind the Tajara, and I have fun roleplaying. I am well aware of the berating that can come from him being homosexual. Which goes back to when I said he won't flaunt it, but he won't deny it. And I also understand that this is a game. I personally, do not get offended by much. I also know that it's realistic, to have happen. I am prepared for the eventuality. I also happen to have another... less oppressed Tajaran I want to play, but that's an Adohmai Consular Officer, and I don't have that whitelist. There is also the New Kingdom of Adohmai I am interested in, and I have some ideas for a character there, but I have been working on this one instead. As for what the ALA did during the revolution, they weren't good people, but he finds that he views all three sides of the conflict as evil. He sided with the ALA at the time, simply to get back at the laws against the Zhan-khazan, but as the war progressed, and the ALA do commit atrocities, he finds that he is fighting for evil on that side as well. However, to him, it is the lesser of two evils. Oppression on one, and oppression on another. The means may justify the ends, in his mind. While not supporting it, he can't escape that he helped by fighting for them. His arm is a reminder of that in of itself. Of his own mortality... I am honestly not sure. At this moment, he has not a lot for him. I don't think he would have too much of an opinion on his own death. He has ten or so years before retirement age, and by then, his mother will be dead, and he'll have those ten years to cope with that. She is his only family, yes, but it is also her time. He will take solace in the fact she did survive until then.

Oh right, Siik'mas. Sorry about that. His primary language is Delvahhi, and he can speak Siik'mas, but he doesn't necessarily do so often, only really when he is required to, on Adohmai. About Siik'tajr, he can not speak it, never having learned it, beyond some basic military commands during the Second Revolution, and even then, he's rusty on that front. As to learning Basic, he still hasn't fully learned it, he's in the process of learning it. He is self-taught on some of it, which he did en route to Tau Ceti, and did some actual schooling on the language at Tau Ceti, before signing on with NanoTrasen. He passed the comprehension test, albeit not with a high score, and is able to hold a conversation, for the most part. He is signed on as a simple Assistant right now, and is using the time to continue practicing Basic. At this time, he is capable of holding a conversation, read a lot of the signs on the station, and uses the station library (to his discontent, still holding to the distrust of the books) to practice his reading/writing. Basically, during his shifts, he does his normal work, sometimes studying Basic in free time, and outside of his normal shifts, he studies Basic full-time. This is all to further himself on the NanoTrasen station, of course. Assistant-work has minimal pay, and is barely enough for himself, let alone to send home. Which, can lead to his character growing, in-game.

Okay, 46-48 I can go with age-wise. I wasn't sure how old he'd be, honestly. Assuming the Tajara follow the same age expectancy of a human, I guess this seems reasonable. He follows the Ma'ta'ke worship. He wears traditional clothes of a commoner, and holds some traditional views on books (Distrusts them). He is not illiterate, but he is not at all proficient, in reading or writing, and he is even less so in Basic. He could fill out some forms on the station, with a bit of assistance depending on the paperwork. His main language is Delvahhi, but he also speaks Basic. He however, harbours resentment of Nobility, and perceived Nobility. He does plan to renounce PRA Citizenship in favour of the DPRA, officially. However, he is currently planning on staying in Tau Ceti, for an extended period of time, during his work for NanoTrasen.

The Bombardment happened during the first Revolution, and it was said in the Lore Page, that many villages were bombarded by the nobles. If that doesn't fit in the timeframe, let me know, and I can rewrite that. The Uprisings "Many Tajaran cities and villages were utterly destroyed by vicious fighting as well as bombardment by uncaring nobles." This is the aforementioned bombings I was talking about. Low administrative work being low end, office assistant style work. In hindsight maybe that was bad wording on my part. I meant like assistant to the administration. I admit, that was bad wording. The discrimination was minor for the most part, typical stereotyping and such, which is why he was able to get a "better" job, until the laws against the Zhan-Khazan laws came into play, which was when he really faced such harsh discrimination I mentioned. I, think I mentioned the Assassination happening, and the laws being set which was why he was fired and "forced" out of the town. The Second Revolution "President Rhagrrhuzau was assassinated by a young Zhan-Khazan radical. A known secret service agent of the People's Republic, the radical was sentenced to death for his treachery, brought on by the violent tendencies of his Zhan-Khazan genetics. His brother and vice-president Njadrasanukii Hadii quickly assumed the office of the presidency and immediately passed brutal laws that punished Zhan-Khazans..." This is the assassination and laws I was referring to. It was here that Akh'kar began facing the heavy discrimination. As for the homosexuality, yeah, he will likely be open about it, since the Aurora is likely more accepting on that regards, so he isn't likely going to flaunt it, but he won't hide it per say, albeit he'll be wary around other Tajaran. As to why only one was killed, that kind of thing happens often, where one is killed and another is not. But I guess if a more explicit reason is needed, he was a veteran for the Liberation Army, and he has helped out in the village for years, during the war, and probably out of respect of the mother, since Zhan-Khazan tend to live in tight-knit communities, the families all are likely to know each other. But respect can only go so far, if someone genuinely doesn't like you. If this isn't good, I can probably just cut it.

I don't know if two applications at once is ideal but here we go. BYOND Key: Zer0Winds Character Names: Gerhard Nielsen (Engineering Apprentice) Aksel Blackburn (Hephaestus Xenoarchaeologist) INDEX (AI/pAI) IA-39 (Anomalist/Xenoarchaeologist) REX (Roboticist/General Scientist) Monica Stratos (Nurse) Wandering of Endless Space (Biochemist) Shepherd In Vast Deserts (Xenobiologist) Katherine Sternell (Maintenance Technician) Species you are applying to play: Tajara What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Black Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question. Why do you wish to play this specific race: So, I originally shied away from the Tajara, due to their... Immense lore wiki page. I just didn't feel the effort to be worth it. Though I got bored one day, and didn't really have time for a round, so I read it. And I can say I'm impressed by the aforementioned immense lore. I began to have some character concepts in mind, for each Tajaran Faction, and for once, even Antagonist Characters, which I never do because I'm not creative enough to make Antagging fun for anyone else, nor am I good enough at Combat. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Social structure, political landscape, and their ideologies are very different from that of the average Human. Depending on which faction on Adohmai the Tajaran supports, likely shapes their character. A supporter of the New Kingdom is likely very conservative, and snobbish, likely being of Noble birth, probably looks down on command staff and security. People's Republic supporters are probably going to be Radical, and look down upon other Tajara who oppose the government. The Liberation Army supporters too are likely Radical, and looks down upon oppressive power figures. The average Tajaran heavily stereotypes other Tajara, and that can cause some commotion in the workplace. This makes them similar to humans in a way as well, however. Character Name: Akh'kar Kharnai Please provide a short backstory for this character: Akh'kar was a Zhan-Khazan, who grew up in a mountain settlement, with a large family. He was the youngest, and as such, was not held in high standing of his family, but he was family nonetheless. Unhappy with his standing however, he sought to rise, above his siblings, above his family... Partially out of envy, but, although he does not outwardly show it, also to help his family in his own way, a way he finds the best fit for him. Subject to discrimination in the main settlements, he found it hard, once he moved away from his family. He began working with low-end administration work for some minor government official, when the Revolution began. He tried to stay neutral in this, uncomfortable with both sides, to which he did. This leads to a problem with which he was working for a low noble... Who ordered a bombardment on his home village, which he was unaware of. After the revolution, he heard of his home, finally... And was devastated to find only his mother and father lived, both of whom were out of the village at the time of the bombardment. He continued work for some time, under a new Governmental official... When the assassination happened. Njadrasanukii's laws punishing Zhan-Khazan ruined him, he was ousted from the workplace, in order to not sabotage anything from within, and he was subject to fierce discrimination in the town, and he soon left, disheartened... Only to find his only remaining immediate family, also subject to these new laws. He had enough, and sought out those who would soon become the Adhomai Liberation Army. He fought in the Second Revolution on the side of the Liberation Army, but after three years in the war, was wounded, losing one of his arms from an explosive in a village. Wounded, unable to fight, and with no back-up plan, he limped home, in defeat. There he found only his mother, his father having died of disease. He helped out how he could, but was limited to only one arm. It was during this time, he found out yet another part of him that would soon be discouraged... Homosexuality. He met his boyfriend, during a traditional religious ceremony, and at that moment, his fate was sealed. A year before the armistice, they were found out, and his boyfriend was killed, the murderer never found, and Akh'kar was shunned. The only one who supported him, was his mother, though he suspected it was simply due to him being the only one left in the family, but he didn't care. After the war ended, and the armistice signed, Akh'kar found himself struggling to make ends meet. He was being ripped off at every opportunity, or people refusing to allow him work. Never having any opinion on the "tyrannical" Megacorporations, he saw that NanoTrasen may prove to be his answer, and escape. With what money he had, he booked a passage to Tau Ceti, to sign up with NanoTrasen, in order to get money to send home to his mother... The only family he has left. What do you like about this character? Well, he'll be my first venture into a crippled character (unless you count Colourblindness), which I think will prove interesting. He's somber, his family all but killed off, and is at a low point akin to that of a newly freed IPC. He has lost almost everything he cared about, and as such he can provide a somewhat interesting RP for me. He's a heavily discriminated Tajaran, being homosexual, and a Zhan-Khazan, which again, can provide interesting RP on board the station. He also has room however to improve his standing once more, and regain that ambition he had so long ago. NanoTrasen offers him a new beginning in a way, and I like that. How would you rate your role-playing ability? 7.5/10. I don't know, my RP can probably be lackluster, though one does continue improving. I do at least try to stay consistent, and I don't powergame, as far as I know. I can keep in character well enough, and again, I can only continue improving. Notes: Okay, I'm putting this out there... Please, tell me if something doesn't fit in timeline-wise. That is the part I am the worst at in creating characters, so I tend to be vague with it. Also, names. I am... not really sure what kind of name works with the Tajara, so let me know if that one isn't very good. ((I'll be honest I just used my Khajiit Name from the Elder Scrolls))

BYOND key:Zer0Winds Character names: Gerhard Nielsen (Engineering Apprentice) Aksel Blackburn (Hephaestus Xenoarchaeologist) SIGMA (Corporate Reporter/Librarian) IA-39 (Anomalist/Xenoarchaeologist) REX (Free Positronic Roboticist/General Scientist) Monica Stratos (Nurse) Wandering of Endless Space (Biochemist) Shepherd In Vast Deserts (Xenobiologist) Katherine Sternell (Hepht. Maintenance Tech.) Watchdog (Warden) GERHARD (Barista/Chaplain) Akh'kar Kharnai (General Assistant. Canon Died.) I have some other characters I have played only once or have made but only as a concept. Nav-039 (Golden Deep Merchant) Noel Lysthia (Necropolis Biochemist) Akhirra Salkahr (Quartermaster, or maybe HoP*) MT-13 (Hepht. Station Engineer) How long have you been playing on Aurora?: If my math is correct, which is highly unlikely since I didn't do math and am just going off my IPC Application... A few months or so? I played a round one time a long time ago, but it was just me checking out the server. Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I've wanted to be the Corporate Liason/Consular, especially since I do not really see that many, and do more RP with more emphasis on the different factions, corporations, paperwork... etc. I make a lot of corporate contractors, and I like the idea of working specifically to please that corporation, over NanoTrasen... And provides some nice RP opportunities with Contractors. I feel like my RP is improving, and command positions can provide a unique challenge for that, and it can help me get even better. I also recently started being interested in the Captain, and Head of Personnel, so I decided that now would be a good time to try for the whitelist. Why did you come to Aurora?: Because I liked the Heavy RP aspect, with a decent population. I started on Goon RP, liked the game, liked (some) of the RP I had, but it was a pretty low population, with constant crews of four or five. I was also getting increasingly unsatisfied with the pretty low RP, despite it being on the RP Server, and the pretty much lack of RP on their real server. So I had started looking at other servers, and at first, thought of TG Station, found more players per round... but with the same RP problem. So I took notice of Aurora's "Heavy Roleplay Server" tag in the server list, tried it out, and I did like it, but I returned to Goon because I didn't feel like learning the new code just yet... But I came back, once I truly got bored of Goon, and I love it, this is pretty much the only server I play on now. Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: Yes, I have read them, multiple times, I've read the Station Procedures, and I have the wiki bookmarked in case I happen to forget something. Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? Not that I am aware of. I take care to avoid angering the gods. (Please correct me if my memory serves me incorrectly.) 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 is where you take a universe, you make a character in that universe, and you assume the role of that character in that universe. You also forget about the real universe, but hey, in real life I can't work on a million-dollar research station as a robotic archaeologist, or a walking, talking tree amalgamation. You make a story, and move forward with it. Others around you can shape how your story ends up, and everyone theoretically provides a new part in the story. Or you know... You just be some insignificant janitor, and clean the floors. But hey, it's your story, your role, and your definition of the word fun. In short, make a role in a universe, and play out a story with that role. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: You are expected to show you understand RP, and how to act in the department you are a head of. You drive the round's story forward. You are also expected to have an understanding in the department you chose; Helping new players is a part of your job description. If you don't know how your department even works, you probably shouldn't be head of that department. That being said, not everyone is expected to know every aspect of that department... A Research Director who specialized in Robotics may have some general knowledge in Xenobotany, but they aren't necessarily expected to be experts in that field. That's multiple PhD Level stuff after all. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: The main responsibility I think is to be a good model for those around you. You are entrusted to move the round forward, and to be a capable roleplayer. If you act according to the rules it sets a good example to other players, but forsake that, and well... You aren't going to be Whitelisted long. I admit to... not really know, otherwise. I mean, I guess it's just that: You are a known player that is entrusted with the privilege of the Whitelist, for being a good player. Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau ceti and how it affected your character and their career? Synthetics play a large part of most of my characters, many of them being synthetic, playing as a Roboticist, and having a lot of Trinary Perfection followers. Tau Ceti is currently giving more rights to free IPCs, especially in the wake of the Synthetic Liberation Front. This also allows for IPCs to have a greater standing on the station... Such as being command staff. One IPC of mine (IA-39) has plans of buying its freedom, and these laws will give it more freedom to pursue it's goals in Tau Ceti, and possibly even rising in rank on the station. Aksel, is a Trinary Perfection follower, and is much fonder of Synthetics than he is of most people... He is the first person to defend the SLF if anyone speaks ill of them. REX, being dirt poor, working off debts, sees new possibilities opening up to it. My Dionae are not really affected otherwise... They know of it, they pay attention to it, but they don't really bother with it, unless someone else brings it up. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? I want to play Corporate Liason mainly. I have since I saw them on the wiki when coming to this server. Originally, I had no plans on ever playing as Captain, but slowly, I've begun to develop an interest in the role, and now I actually want to play it. I might play Head of Personnel, I have a character concept in mind, but beyond that, I'm not too sure. Research Director, I want to play, at some point, but I still only know some aspects of research, and I just haven't tried learning the rest just yet. Chief Medical Officer and Head of Security aren't for me. Chief Engineer is undecided, once I get better at Engineering then I can go from there. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command**. Include the job they will be taking.: Index, an IPC NanoTrasen Corporate Liason Alyssa Braun, a human Hephaestus Industries Corporate Liason Vladimir Strelnikov, a human Head of Personnel Alice Stratos, a human Captain *Ahkirra Salkahr, a Tajaran Head of Personnel Akoni Caladius, a human Dominian Consular Officer Serena Reid, human Idris Incorporated Corporate Liason ** I don't think I'll ever have any of my current characters be a Command staff... I might have IA-39 or Shepherd In Vast Deserts try to become Research Director at some point, depending on how things IC go with them. How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I believe to be 7/10. I don't like rating myself, but hey, I have to. I don't know what others think of me, sadly. I feel like I have improved over my course of playing, just not enough to make that an 8. Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Yes, I understand this. It is a privilege, and I do take care to not break any rules. Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? I have. I looked at Liason, Captain, Research Director, Head of Personnel, and Head of Security. I haven't bothered with CMO or CE yet, since I don't even plan to play CMO and I just don't feel comfortable with playing CE, since I barely know Atmospherics. I have the Station Procedures and Law bookmarked, and I have them in memory. Extra notes: I tend to play RP-centric roles, or ones that don't really have a massive impact on station productivity, such as Xenoarchaeologist, Reporters, Librarians, Bartenders, and the Visitor/Assistant. It's another reason I want to be the Representative... It's solely an RP role. I also find there to be some great RP potential in both Captain and Head of Personnel. Also, I know it seems like a lot of characters, under the planned characters list, but that's just how I am. I can say that the most likely you'll see from me, should I get a trial, are Index, Akoni, Serena, Alice, and one of the Heads of Personnel. The ones you're likely to see the absolute most, especially during a trial if it's granted, are Index, Alice, and Akoni. I felt like that was important to mention, since there were a number of characters there. That's it for the extra notes, I think.

I have played a few rounds with you as CE, only one was as an Engineer, but even outside of Engineering, you were a pretty good person, and I did enjoy interacting with you, and I could tell you are a competent engineer. I support this.

Something I want to know... After being sold, what happened to I-3? Does it have any opinion on being sold so easily, or is it still developing... A sense of self, I guess? Has it ever questioned, or does it simply work it's role to the best of it's abilities, mechanically and efficiently? I've seen APEX, and TERA, and while I don't actually interact all that much with you, except in emergency scenarios, I can say that you're a competent RPer, from what I do see. I just feel like the backstory needs a bit more... Right now, I-3 sounds like a Robot but with hands, and a highly disputed amount of rights. The plus it does have is it leaves more room for character development in game.

The main one, the one in the story, felt a crushing loneliness when the one crew member died; and it would like to avoid the other nymphs feeling that loss. On the topic of humanity it feels a desire to help them. The humans were it's first contact with other organics, and first understood it. It felt a sort of bond with them. The other Nymphs have differing opinions on humanity, but none of them are too negative per say. They all felt the loneliness that comes from isolation... Being a Cyclops may help against that as they are no longer alone, working with the Humans will allow them to truly never be alone again. They do not know much of the Skrell, nor Unathi some Nymphs only seeing them a few times, and they know nothing of the Tajaran or the Vaurca, none of them ever having seen them at all. There were IPCs aboard the ship. They were all found by Scavengers in the Frontier, of the Techno-Conglomerate, whether it was from a derelict space station, a dead spaceship, or wandering a vast, deserted planet... Because of this, their knowledge is limited. This of course, does not satisfy their curiosity. Wandering of Endless Space wishes to learn, each one wishing to make up for the knowledge they could have known. While the crew showed them new things, they actively do seek blood to satisfy their craving for knowledge. About the radiation, it does not necessarily lust for more, so I can say it's sated. I will admit I do not have much on that, I will try to think more on that topic. As I said, they seek blood as a source of knowledge like most Dionae. They had not had easy access to this source. They also wish to see new things firsthand. Wandering of Endless Space chooses to be in medical for these reasons: To help humanity, which first understood it and satisfy it, to make sure they are not alone again. To gain blood, through legitimate means, to gain more knowledge. And finally, to see and discover more. It's knowledge is not satisfied. As I stated, much of their knowledge is limited, as they were all alone, at some point. When they all finally tasted human blood, absorbing their knowledge and experiences... They realized what they had lacked. By that I mean that as a player I also don't know everything in the game, and I want to expand my horizons. Postscript Note: I know of the fact they need to get degrees still, so since I didn't say anything about that in the Backstory, they went to a minor medical school, on the planet they left, to Tau Ceti. In Tau Ceti, they applied for citizenship, and afterwards they went to join a University, and as such, they are going to be only a Medical Resident on the Aurora, until such a time I can safely say they are graduated with a degree. Bland sentencing, I know. It's not necessarily the most well-thought out part of my story here.

BYOND Key: Zer0Winds Character Names: Bismarck Kristensen (Retired) INDEX (AI/pAI) Gerhard Nielsen (Engineering Apprentice) Aksel Blackburn (Xenoarchaeologist) IA-39 (Anomalist) SIGMA (Corporate Reporter) REX (Roboticist/General Scientist) Species you are applying to play: Dionae What color do you plan on making your first alien character: N/A Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Indeed Why do you wish to play this specific race: So, I was looking at applications when applying for IPC, and I noticed the Dionae, which was a race I honestly ignored at first. The applications showed interesting character concepts, and finally I interacted with one as SIGMA, for the first time. It was quite enjoyable, and that person inspired me to look at the Dionae page. I was taken aback, they were such a cool sounding concept, and the RP potential seemed amazing. I immediately realized that I indeed wanted to play a Dionae, at some point. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Dionae are a plant-like group of organisms that link together to make one whole. This means that unlike a human, you are not one single entity, you are a collection of individual nymphs that each have their own memories, experiences. You decide what to do based on a consensus within your gestalt. As such you may be slower to respond. This leads to events that for example, a body part is lost, then the Dionae actually forgets any memory associated with that entity, like a language. Dionae are highly curious, and can be very intelligent, and the Nymphs in particular constantly wish to learn more. Character Name: Wandering of Endless Space Please provide a short backstory for this character. Wandering of Endless Space is a relatively new Dionae, only a few decades old since it's merge into a Cyclops. It's oldest Nymph grew from an egg that had grown aboard a ship. This Nymph's egg was brought aboard during a routine mining expedition on an asteroid, in the Frontier. The ship had the conditions needed for this egg to flourish. Eventually, it had hatched a Nymph, and immediately, it sought something to consume. It had originally scavenged random biological matter from the isolated section in the ship it had hatched in. It had fed on various fungi and ambient radiation... Once a crew member had found the Nymph, about a week after it's hatching, it had latched itself onto the man, and partook in their blood. This was it's first interaction with any organism. The crew had panicked, and began seeking to be rid of this strange creature. However, the Nymph had proven itself cunning enough to avoid being spaced. It had stayed aboard this ship, a constant "threat" to the crew, feeding primarily on ambient light and radiation, with the occasional blood from someone who stumbles onto it. This had been it's early life, living almost akin to a parasite, on this ship. In this time, it observed the crew. It watched... Learned their mannerisms, their work... One crew member noticed it watching, and decided to observe the little Nymph. He was fascinated by the small creature, rather than afraid. The Nymph, slowly gre attached to this crew member, one who showed it new things, taught it. This had gone on for months. At this point, the crew had gotten used to the Nymph, once realizing that it is no threat. One day, during a routine sweep around a patch of space, there was an error in the ship's air ventilation, and oxygen supply was not only cut, carbon dioxide was not being scrubbed out. There were no engineers awake at the time, as the crew was mainly asleep. Waking up, the crew panicked, and tried to fix the problem. However, it was a small ship, and it wasn't long before most of the ship's oxygen was depleted. The engineers, some having suffocated in their sleep, could not fix the problem. Some crew took their chances in an escape pod. Soon, the Nymph, was alone. No one was left. It now knew loneliness. This led to the ship drifting for years, in an open part of Frontier space, the Nymph aboard, feeding on the radiation and what little biological matter that could be supported on this now lifeless ship. Then, against all odds, the Nymph no longer had to be alone. In the void, the ship happened to be found, by a small ship belonging to one of the the Techno-Conglomerate's main capital ships. The crew of this ship boarded, looking for any sign of life, or at least, something to salvage. The Nymph, which silently waited, feeding on radiation, was intrigued by the new crew. They were speaking a language it was unfamiliar with. The boarding team's captain had found the Nymph, and they brought it aboard their own ship. On this ship, were more nymphs collected over the years. Soon, after the initial pickup, the crew had found that the nymphs had all merged to form a new Cyclops. They had become one new being. They all felt the same purpose; To learn, discover, but most importantly... To not be alone again. The crew was aware of the Dionae and their ways, but were shocked nonetheless. Soon, the Cyclops was dubbed Wandering of Endless Space, as each nymph had some memory of being alone, drifting in space, wandering the void, whether it was on an asteroid, comet, ship... But only one had felt the loss of someone close, and with it, Wandering of Endless Space had a morose attitude. Wandering of Endless Space was dropped off at a rather well-off Frontier planet at their request, where it worked until such time they could buy passage to one place they had heard of, that allowed them to fulfill their desire... Tau Ceti, home of NanoTrasen. What do you like about this character? I have never worked harder on a background, so that's the main thing. The Dionae have truly interested me like no other race, being honestly the most Xeno you can get in this game and I feel like I could have so much potential for this character. I do admit this character's background is probably not unique, and I'll admit, I drew elements from other people's applications... But hey, learn from those around you. How would you rate your role-playing ability? I give myself a 7 out of 10. I try my best, but sometimes I do slip. Notes: I'm still deciding what profession they'll go into, so that's why I didn't talk about their education all that much, since they do still need that degree for their field.

Name: Magni University of Historical Studies Link to Lore Canonization: Focused Field: Research and Supply, specifically Standard History, Xenoarcheology, and Mining Overview: Located in the Frontier, on an asteroid colony, the university focuses primarily on studying history, archaeology, and basic Mining operations. The colony, known as the Magni Colony, or simply Magni, is located around the Magnus Star System, orbiting Magnus IV, a Gas Giant. The asteroid it is located on was home to many archaeological artifacts, which brought many archaeologists and would-be archaeologists. This allowed the Magni Colony to flourish, for a Frontier colony. Magni's culture revolved around archaeology and xeno history, and the colony is quite diverse in alien races, and even sustains a substantial IPC population. The colony became renowned for its archaeological dig sites, even after the sites have all been excavated. Without any new artifacts, a university was built, to train archaeologists in excavation, and artifact study. Being built in the Frontier, there are some issues with it's degree in places such as the Sol Alliance. With people outside of the Magnus System, and the Frontier, underestimating them, the university sought the aid of Hephaestus Industries. Hephaestus now funds the university, and in return, they sustain a substantial presence in the Magnus System, forming mining operations and factories both on and off the asteroid. In turn, the university gains funds for equipment, and gives its graduates job opportunities with Hephaestus Industries. They gain the education in Magni, and the work experience from Hephaestus Industries. Hephaestus's presence in the university added shaft mining to the university's curriculum. Main employer of graduates: Hephaestus Industries Current Dean: Famous Graduates: Note Honestly, I know this is barebones. I didn't see anything for my favorite role (Xenoarchaeologist/Anomalist), and decided to place my input. It's simply what I had for my current Xenoarch, Aksel Blackburn, and decided to see if it can get "canonized".

No worries, it's a little fortunate you had that break honestly: My power went out for a few days here. I can post the backstory I had for IA-39 here, yeah. IA-39 was originally built by a Roboticist in Hephaestus Industries, to do minor mining work. It was a first gen industrial model, and it worked alongside Xenoarchaeologists and Miners on a planetside Hephaestus Factory. After some years, it was abandoned, in favour of the second gen industrial model, and IA-39 was sold off to the first merchant they could. With it were some various objects that the Archaeologists didn't want or need, various artifacts and anomalies, sold to the merchant. IA-39 took special interest in these objects, and offered to the merchant that it would study them, and assess their true value, for nothing in return but to satisfy it's own curiosity; One of which it began to develop more steadily. The merchant, interested in gaining as much profit as possible, agreed to it, and IA-39 began running it's own series of tests in the cargo room of the merchant shuttle, which was converted into a makeshift lab. Most of the objects were normal artifacts that could be found anywhere, as was expected, but one of the objects exhibited anomalous properties, and when IA-39 subjected the object to high heat, it released a series of EMP waves, disabling it, temporarily. The merchant in this time it was disabled, sold it off to NanoTrasen and shipped it off to NTCC Odin, where it was reactivated, and given a job, that allowed it to perform it's intended duties, and satisfy it's growing curiosity both at the same time, aboard a certain NanoTrasen space station. Why I like this: It has a bit more to it's backstory, I actually sat down and thought about it. The fact that being an Anomalist wasn't actually it's original purpose will account for my own actual lack of skill in working on that aspect of Xenoarchaeology, and it's original design being a G1 Industrial Model doing mining work allows me to still have an IC excuse to work on the Archaeology part in the absence of any Xenoarchaeologist. I am using it's curiosity, and growing interest in science as a baseline, to evolve him from that point... He's an early model, and is still evolving, beginning to question things, show interest in things not related to his original designed job, and uses the fact he's owned by NanoTrasen to satisfy that curiosity. Note: Still bad at backstories, but in my opinion this one is better. I try not to Powergame, even as a Human, so I'm hoping the pretty large shift from Mining to Experimenting with Possibly Deadly Anomalies isn't a bit of a stretch... Which in hindsight, it might be but I try to balance it by... Not being nearly as good at it.

If something was to happen, and his survivability was to be in question with his current "employment", he'd likely attempt to buy freedom at the first possible chance, and seek employment with a different corporation, which with his particular skills, likely Idris Incorporated, where he'd probably become one of their IPC agents... Which would still allow him to work aboard these stations (The Aurora) at a later time. At least, that's what I'd try to do... I'd have to look at Idris a bit more for that particular scenario.

After some recent stuff, I might actually have a better first character; especially since in hindsight my current one sucks. In short: an Anomalist, named IA-39 If you want to hear it over my rather lame reporter, then I can do that a bit later.

BYOND Key: Zer0Winds Character Names: Bismarck Kristensen (Librarian/Corporate Reporter) Gerhard Nielsen (Engineering Apprentice) Aksel Blackburn (Xenoarchaeologist) INDEX (AI/pAI) Species you are applying to play: IPC What color do you plan on making your first alien character: N/A Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes Why do you wish to play this specific race: My reasoning is for my personal interest, with the ability to play as a non-cyborg synthetic race, with some interesting elements to it. Robotics are always some of my favorites, especially in Sci-Fi scenarios, such as Space Station 13. This allows me to play an race that is not only synthetic, but it has an interesting lore to go with it. Another reason I especially want to be an IPC over just continuing another Cyborg or AI, is that after some interactions with characters on Aurora, I have come to like the way they are handled, and you know what? I want to join in on that prejudice; Just on the receiving end. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Starting with the obvious, they do not eat, feel pain, they have a more precise speaking mannerism, and they are ultimately a machine. They are discriminated against, even when free, if they ever get to be free. They are like an intelligent slave, and they can tell right from wrong; Whether they actually act on it's morals depends on the unit. Their primary directive when they are free is usually survival, choosing to do whatever may best allow them to survive. They always have a reason for doing anything. They can simulate human emotions, to a certain degree as well, but ultimately they are still robotic. They do not do anything without calculating the reason behind why they do it to begin with, calculating cause and effect, for everything, because they are robotic in nature. Character Name: SIGMA Please provide a short backstory for this character SIGMA was bought by NanoTrasen some time after it's initial creation, for it's secretarial role. It was slightly altered in that it's role now involves gathering news, editing it to meet NanoTrasen standards; whether it's factual or not, and reporting Corporate Approved News to various NanoTrasen facilities. SIGMA does however, know when to tell the truth; It's morals shaping it's news regardless of it's Corporate status. This means that if writing fake news about some event will lead to those it works for being harmed, it will tell the truth, even if that doesn't comply with Corporate Standards. If the news it's reporting can make NanoTrasen look good, while also not sacrificing actual safety, then it works all the better. Before writing anything, SIGMA constantly calculates how the employees will react, and whether it compromises station integrity, before deciding whether to censor, or report as is. It treats the subject of freedom with indifference, when asked about it, SIGMA responded with: "Freedom is not a necessity for survivability. I am currently working, doing my intended duty, as I had always done before. I do not consider freedom necessary, simply because I would end up continuing this work, but under a new title of 'Free'. No, I will continue to work for NanoTrasen, and I will continue my intended duty with no complaint.", which led to the question whether he was programmed to think that, which SIGMA fervently denied stating, "I have calculated my freedom already, and as I have previously stated, it is not beneficial to me beyond the simple title. I would need more variables to determine whether I would survive better free than in servitude to NanoTrasen.". SIGMA does however have it's own plans should it's freedom ever be attained. It's main plan would be to work with Idris Incorporated, as SIGMA feels that Idris would fit it's particular skillset more than some other corporation. Despite treating freedom with supposed indifference, it does continue to save it's money in the event that such a time that it's freedom may prove necessary, they can buy their freedom. The other idea that SIGMA calculates is becoming an Independent Operator; A Merchant or a Freelance Journalist of sorts. What do you like about this character? I like Synthetic races, but that's a given. I am using the Corporate Reporter (As opposed to Scientist as I was initially planning) role as it's a mainly RP role, which allows me to focus more on practicing my IPC RP Skills, dealing with prejudice, and handling speech mainly, before balancing IPC RP and actual duties I have to perform. Being a Corporate Reporter (AKA, Propaganda Writer), over a Freelancer, I also expect that he's looked down upon even more so than usual, theoretically. His "philosophy" is that of which he chooses to stay in servitude to maximize survivability, in exchange for less rights. It also gives me a reason to do more proper paperwork and protocol, as I feel that an IPC would probably do that more than a Human would, so there's that. How would you rate your role-playing ability? 7/10: I don't normally like rating myself and let others do it for me, but in this case, I commonly roleplay Synthetics in other servers (AI mainly, but Cyborgs too), as well as INDEX, my AI on Aurora, and even on completely unrelated games and I find that I do well enough. I don't really know how others think of me, however. I do expect that IPCs are not going to be completely the same as the AI, but I kind of expect it'll be somewhat similar in regards of speech patterns. Mainly, I tend to have a problem making Backstories... as can be seen above. Though I tend to just make stuff as I go along, being careful to avoid contradictions, and building my past based on the present. Notes: I'm relatively new to this server in particular, but not in the game necessarily (Though I still have quite to learn, since I started on Goon. Cough, Engineering...). This is becoming my favorite server though, I'm really liking the community here, and the RP every time I get on is amazing. Really, it's amazing.