Melariara

Shouldn't it say it on the deep scan print out?

I will say it should remain the same, for the reasons I outlined in the previous post. Honestly, I have a lot of answers to this. Mostly, their personality can and should be flexible. The DNA absorption could lead to some interesting scenarios within the game and within the lore and personality. There is, in theory, no limit to what could be done with the DNA absorption. Seeing them getting respected by the rest of the galactic community would be a nice start. Leadership positions within their various communities would certainly help. Also, some stuff that I know of will definitely help, I feel. Coral ones, seaweed, from a planet that we've yet to come across yet. Their songs last forever, because it has to go through water. I've also got an image in my head of a subterranean variant that lives in a somewhat dark environment with glowing mushrooms on their backs. Possibly they come from a very, very unstable planet, with storms ravaging the surface, too much for any dionae to withstand, but there is intense radiation underground. Their songs are small and quiet, due to the intense echoing.

I feel that if they were to change to complete pacifists, we would probably need to remove the whole sucking DNA from blood, as that is considered a somewhat violent act, considering it does do damage. While the bite does also give mortaphenyl, it would still initially cause pain on whoever they are biting, willing or unwilling. I feel it would also require a lot of backtracking on lore as well, if they've always been it and its being retconned, or its a new thing for all dionae, which would raise the question on who decides that for them? I feel that all Dionae lack something in their personality. Adding more cultures, more things each specific cluster would pick up from where they live, who they live with and who they share memories with/from should have a larger aspects, maybe some suggestions on the Wiki pages about it. Spirits of the Oasis, as an example, could have more diona gardening, sharing tips to families that they may have learned fifty years back or whatever. Tattoos noting their place within a cluster/clan/whatever as well could have a huge impact. Different variations as well. I know I keep hitting on that, but Humans have Offworlder humans, Tajarans have four different variants. Plants are unique and differing all across the world, there is so much that could be done with dionae also in this regard.

Ckey/BYOND Username: Melariara Position Being Applied For: (Species Maintainer, Wiki Maintainer, Lore Developer, Deputy Lore developer): Deputy Lore developer Have you read the Lore Team Rules and Regulations wiki page? Yes. (Also the how to events forum page is broken?) Past Experiences/Knowledge: I do not have any prior writing experience for diona, but I love the concept behind them. Examples of Past Work: I have not written anything for lore, so I decided to write up something small instead: Every ten years, an urge comes across every diona. An urge to share, to grow, to become more. Any way they can, they attempt to travel back to their cluster of birth. The smaller ride on the shoulders of those that are bigger, if needed. All support others in returning, regardless of what they believe. At the allotted time, in the allotted place, diona of all forms congregate, from nymph to argus, with the rare colossus floating nearby. Then, they sing. They sing of their experiences in the universe out there. They sing of what they hope to achieve. They could sing for hours, days, weeks. Months. As they sing, they absorb the light and radiation, feeding passively on biomass, radiation, and the song of knowledge. At the end of the song, any nymphs that do not have a gestalt merge with those whose songs resonate strongly within them - joining their own song of hope of discovery with the others, which then shifts to a song of joy and hope to those listening. They continue singing until all nymphs are merged as they please, the tune then slowly fading out into nothingness. Bonus question stage How do you feel about the changes to Dionae lore over the past year? I feel my opinion on Diona lore over the past year is uh, pretty nil, considering I've been here for a year and a half, and I hadn't really read much of the Diona lore up until four months ago, if I'm being completely honest. Is there anything you would like to change or specifically work on? I would love to see more forms available to be playable, obviously with severe restrictions in place. Cerberus, would definitely love to see as a thing, perhaps with the cuteness of a nymph mixed with the rugged weirdness of a gestalt. Different variations as well would be great to see, based from different plants like mushrooms, glowing spores from a long forgotten place, seaweed, so on and so on, would be really great to see because it would add a variety of forms. Maybe even matching nymphs? An amalgamation of the two, much like matching IPC parts, from nymphs from different places coming together. What is your vision of what Dionae should be? I would love to see diona with more personalities, different forms of differing types, as stated above. I would love to see a speed boost for diona, as I feel like that would help more people applying to play them. I would like to see them more popular, as I feel at the moment many people in the community dislike them, which is a shame. Additional Comments: *mchirp

I have tried contacting you on discord and on the forums about this. Due to a lack of response, I will be closing this. If you decide to pursue this more, please don't hesitate to make a staff complaint on this.

@stobarico Please make a staff complaint as this was handled in game. Apologies again, I haven't been able to find your discord.

Please yes. Its really awkward when you're trying to scan someone and they hecking move away, just because they don't know you're scanning them.

Hi there! Unfortunately, if you disagree with what I ruled with as a moderator, please make a staff complaint about it as it was handled via tickets Thanks!

Very good suggestion. Would be great to see in lowpop rounds where theres no/minimal medical but people suffocating.

I'm going to go ahead and deny this, due to your first response not exactly filling me with confidence. You are more than welcome to reappeal this within a month though, and hopefully you will have read the rules in that time. Good luck for next time.

Hi there, I played as Redde, the ERT Merc of the Iron-Scales during the round in question. I can confirm that we did not go in there with intention to side with the mercs already on station. In fact, I'm pretty sure my character said at one point "Can we go fuck them up?" or words to that affect. The leader of our group, the Unathi named Tango-Scales-Something seemed to recognize them from an "earlier" heist and I'm pretty sure the rest of us went along with it. Otherwise, yeah, everything else @WickedCybs said was correct. Once the two ERT mercs in the bar got beaned, the other two that survived, myself and someone else I cannot remember, grabbed the bodies of our fallen and left. We did not hang around.

This isn't filling me which much confidence, I'm not going to lie. Tell me why I should unban you, please?

Hi there, my name is Mel and I'm the one who banned you. Yeah, it was. It wasn't just the disconnecting, though I can understand that reasoning. If you need to DC or happen to get DC'd for any reason, there are admins and mods on the main discord that you can talk to about it to avoid getting notes in the future on it. There were other things, other rule breakings that factored into it: Job Hopping was a big one. It felt as though you weren't reading the rules despite being prompted to at nearly every single turn to. If I agree to unban you, what guarantee can you give that you won't break the rules again?

There is pink there, you gotta zoom in real close though it seems. I think we'll be fine if one is accepted and the other isn't, honestly. Maybe a little sad, but otherwise, we'll be fine. As mentioned, I can't code my way out of a bag, so I have no clue how to seperate these on a DMI. Sorry!

Byond key: Melariara Discord key: Mel#6284 Character Name: Naledi Yutani Item name: modded atmospherics coat Item function(s): Essentially the same function as a normal atmospheric winter coat, just coloured pink instead of blue. Item description: A customized engineering winter coat sporting a number of professional modifications to accommodate a certain atmospheric technician's work needs. On the right breast pocket a nametape reads NALEDI YUTANI, NSS AURORA ENGINEERING TEAM in bold font. Why is your character bringing this item to work?: To show off how hecking cool it is, and to show how unique it is. Also to keep her warm in the depths of Atmosia. How did your character obtain this item: It was given to Naledi as a birthday present from her then boyfriend, Nikita Yutani. What value does this item have to your character, and what story does it tell?: As a birthday present from her now-husband, and the first birthday present she has ever received from him, Naledi treasures this quite a lot. It shows how far she's come in terms of development, from someone who would get defensive and ask to build a fort the moment red alert came up, to being a sassy atmospherics technician that is waaaay more relaxed than what she was. Sprites: coats.dmi Additional Comments: 1. A HUGE thank you to both the SEKRIT SANTA and Sycmos for spriting and requesting this to be sprited. 2. The above .dmi file has both Naledi's coat (coat1) and a coat for a sprite that Sycmos (Nikita Yutani)(coat2) will be applying for for his character also. 3. The above file also does not have the in hand sprites, so I'm sorry about that. 4. I couldn't code my way out of a wet bag so, again, sorry about that also.

Ok I probably missed this shit. Basic Information Byond Account: Melariara Character Name(s): Main ones: Adelina Valdemar - CMO/Surgeon Naledi Yutani (Formerly Ahmehlo) - Atmospheric Technician Zapper - Cyborg To Search The Black Abyss for Buried Treasure - Drill Tech/Cargo Tech Cleaning Up The Mess Of Others - Janitor. AI Name(s): N/A Discord username + tag: Mel#6284 Age: 31 Timezone: GMT +8 When are you on Aurora?: Sometimes early mornings, sometimes evenings, sometimes all day. Depends on the day really. Experience How long have you played SS13?: Like, just over a year. How long have you played on Aurora: As above, minus two weeks. How much do you know about SS13 (Baystation build) game mechanics?: I like to think I know a lot, but anything I don't know, I'm happy to learn. Do you have any experience moderating for an SS13 server?: Why yes, I've been a moderator on this very server before. Have you read through the criteria thread; https://forums.aurorastation.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=4198 - and believe that you mark off all the criteria?: Yush. Again. Have you ever been banned, and if so, how long and why?: I have not been banned. I have no warnings. I think I have about, five notes? Personality Why do you play SS13?: I play SS13 because it's a fun and enjoyable experience to play with friends and pretend to be someone you're not. Why do you play on Aurora?: I play here because I enjoy the high roleplay environment, the creating of characters and pretending to be someone you're not. Learning new things in the game always adds to the enjoyment and creating characters you end up loving are great. Also, some experiences are hilarious and stick with you for ages, and you retell them four hours later and people are still laughing. Its a great environment to be around and on. What do moderators do?: Look, I could say something here about babysitting the admins, but I did that enough last time. Moderators take the basic tickets, from dealing with griefers, self harmers, and so on, so the admins can take more important things. ("Whoops wrong loadout") What does it mean to be a moderator for our server?: Being able to help with the gimmick of the round, if any, and to ensure the round runs as smoothly as possible by banishing baddies, and providing ideas if they're needed. Being able to be strict with people is also needed, when its needed. Why do you want to be a moderator?: Because I enjoy helping out, and I really love this server and the people on it. The events are great and well thought out. What qualities do you possess that would make you a good moderator?: I like to think I'm patient, hopefully kind. Probably too kind and too patient but hey. I love learning and I've done nothing but learn for the past few months. How well do you handle stress, anger, or insults?: Vastly better than I did four months ago. Anything Else You Want to Add: I quit last time under my own steam. I was stressed due to real life things happening, but they no longer bother me as much.

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If you want to get unbanned, you're best to go over to this part of the forums and fill in the form. https://forums.aurorastation.org/forum/21-unban-requests/

Born does not have citizenship yet, and will definitely be looking into joining the TCFL in order to obtain it. The first 30 credits it earned went towards tagging, so at least it can say "Hey I work for NanoTrasen yay!" but otherwise I imagine custom lines are very long for it and it just wants to help out the place it was born. It was born during a chaotic time for space. It understands this. The galaxy is changing fast around everyone on station. It knows this and understands this and, being very young, its only experiences thus far are helping and listening to the song where possible to learn more about the current news. All life is equal and its just very, very young currently and not really had to experience the horrors that many of the other clusters have had, nor the life experiences they have had either. Mostly second hand knowledge. By busting into their place of work and chatting with people. Seriously, that was legit going to be my entire play. Follow people around that are in solo departments, chat, make friends like that. If needed, drag stuff around and so on. They don't want anything except knowledge. If given the chance to nibble for it, it will, otherwise happy to learn via word of mouth. If someone was to betray Born, then that would be an excellent story progression for them then, as it would be a chance for them to experience something for themselves.

Nymph uwu I was considering a few months old at month. Naive about the world around it, wanting to learn and wanting to make friends and help out. As an extremely young diona, the only knowledge it has is just talking to people. Its pay is probably barely anything, if anything at all, Someone from the Choir put in a good word for Born, and also gave it some pointers. It knows that, if asked, it will drag anything around that it can, and assist with what knowledge it has gained verbally. Born knows of the Choir, and frequently hitches rides back to it in order to learn more information from the Diona there. Born gives almost all of the credits it earns to the Choir, anything else it saves for shuttle rides. It feels a sense of home and helpfulness within the Choir.

BYOND Key: Melariara Character Names: Oh boy... These are the main ones I play. Adelina Valdemar - Surgeon/CMO Naledi Ahmehlo - Atmospheric Technician Arielle Matson - Drill Technician Nyoom - pAI Zapper - Cyborg Ashlyn Thermisto - Hydroponicist Thorkatla Yngvardottir-Bilrost - Lab Assistant Species you are applying to play: Diona What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Exempt Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes. I probably will a few more times over and over again, honestly. 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: Because I want to try a different approach to a diona than from what I've seen on the station, and that approach is going to be a nymph main assistant. I just want to try and make a cute character that's always around and that you can talk to. Nymphs are cute, right? The history of discovery of the Diona, especially their relationship with Unathi, has me in awe. I love the idea of the Unathi elders and worshippers believing a prayer for new life was answered by the ancestors in the form of Diona. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Humans are stock standard everything and extremely common throughout the spur. They also go to school. Diona do not, and gain knowledge via nibbling peoples ankles, essentially. Also, the idea of planet sized Diona (though we'd never see them in game) is impressive. Character Name: Born Amidst the Chaos of Space Please provide a short backstory for this character: Born Amidst the Chaos of Space was grown on the NSS Aurora II by a hydroponicist, as is common aboard the Aurora. It gained a knowledge in Tau Ceti Basic by gently nibbling the ankles of the crewmembers on that particular shift, before taking the shuttle to the Odin, then onwards to Mendell. Once on Mendell, it hitched a ride (but not absorbed) on another Diona, heading for the Eternal Temple in District 11 where it learned more about its people and the various religions. With the recent events in Tau Ceti, Born decided that where it was grown and, well, born needed help and a friendly face, so managed to hitch a ride back to the Aurora where it... doesn't do much except help out by talking to people, keeping them company if they need it. Born doesn't really seem to care, or is just naive, about the various relations between races and diona. It just wants to make friends and help people out. Also it may join the TCFL as a RECON Nymph at some point. Maybe. What do you like about this character? Its hecking adorable and makes me grin whenever I think about playing it. I already play How would you rate your role-playing ability? I like to pretend its highish. Others may disagree though. Notes: I'm horrible at writing things, I know. Please, let me know if you have any more questions and I'll do my best to answer them. Cute Nymph main kgo.

The problem with this as well is that it relies on having two command or just, anyone with the rights to do it. Which is somewhat impossible to do at dead hour.

-1 For this, for reasons others have stated but mainly the whole, forced conversion would make me extremely uncomfortable. I like being an antag when I want to be an antag, not when someone decides it for me.