Aticius

BYOND Key: Aticius Game ID: round before csx-bdOE Player Byond Key/Character name: Acstub/Bobby Kapoor Staff involved: N/A Reason for complaint: This complaint is primarily made as an alternative to an ahelp, since the ticket was never taken. During the round, Bobby Kapoor spent the round essentially greytiding: Getting repeatedly drunk, asking the pharmacy for ethylredoxrazine, getting drunk again, throwing themselves off a railing and making veiled death threats ICly and generally behaving without much consideration for the setting. Doing this while also having a character with a dark skin tone + large afro and getting mad at someone for "Snitching" is also fairly spicy, I think, when paired with everything else. Sorry for the lack of logs n' screenies, I hadn't considered to take them and I'm about to fall asleep as I make this. Did you attempt to adminhelp the issue at the time? If so, what was the known action taken by administration/moderation? Yes; but no staff ever took the ticket. Approximate Date/Time: 2/3/2024 12:30 AM~ CST

I will freely admit that I am far from unbiased when I give my little +1 to this whitelist application, as I have known Itelinee for a *long* time. While i'm quite happy to see her apply, I think it's important that it not be accepted lightly; even if I know she's got the RP chops and the interest for it. To keep up with the battery of questions, though, I will add my own. Given that Izekissha is an Ouerean, they have a more prominent and underlined opinion of both the Hegemony and Nobility, specifically. How has Ouerea's history impacted their view on both Nobility and the Hegemonic caste system as a whole?

Reporting Personnel: An'khaia Lun'azhak Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Xenoarchaeologist Game ID: crL-aFIY (round before) Personnel Involved: (Name, Job Title: Offender/Witness/Other. Only three witnesses other than yourself permitted, the rest go to secondary witnesses. Victims count as witnesses) - xxxInvolvedPersons - Ronald Monday, Security Officer - Offender Kaxto Szs'ska, Off-Duty - Victim Amelia Dresden, Physician - Witness Priya Patil, Security Officer - Witness Secondary Witnesses: (Name, Job Title: Short description of what they witnessed) - xxxInvolvedPersons - Sean Brianne, Captain - Provided Transcript, advised on IR filing. Meng Jie, Head of Security - Reported to by Security Staff, possibly provided disciplinary measures. Liu-su, First Responder - Present at time of incident. Zayn Sadar, Shaft Miner - Present at time of incident. June Dyer, Security Cadet - Present at time of incident. Time of Incident: 13/1/2466 - 01:17 Real Time: 7:30~ CST 13/1/24 Location of Incident: SCCV Intrepid Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [ ] - Neglect of Duty [X] - Harassment [ ] - Assault [ ] - Misconduct [X] - Other - Slander (Place an x in the box that applies. If other, replace line and specify.) Overview of the Incident: Ronald Monday approached myself aboard Intrepid, during a pre-expedition look over of Intrepid in preparation to undock and begin surveying. As a friend of mine, he requested to see my PDA and "message a friend". Given that I had faith in Monday to use my PDA for this purpose and that he lacked his own messenger, this was allowed. Submitted below are the logs of his messages as well as a transcript of a dialogue between I and Sean Brianne. I do not believe a further explanation is wholly necessary. Submitted Evidence: Below is a transcript recorded within the Captain's Office. Transcript: [00:00] Recording started. [00:17] Sean Brianne says, "Sean Brianne, Captain, SCCV Horizon, Timestamp baked to recording." [00:28] Sean Brianne says, "I am joined by a Lun'azhak." [00:46] Sean Brianne says, "Please, the nature of your meeting request." [00:55] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "Indeed. Doktor Lun'azhak, Horizon Sssienssse department, Archaeology divissssion." [00:59] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "Ah-- I am here regarding..." [01:16] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "Ronald Monday, and hisss resssent behavior towardssss myssself and the mis-usssage of my PDA." [01:31] Sean Brianne asks, "Officer Monday acquired your PDA?" [02:07] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "Mh. Monday hasss made it klear he doesss not karry a PDA for -- whatever reasson -- Ssso when he asssked to sspeak with a friend of hisss, I gave him mine. I konsssidered usss friendsss." [02:18] Sean Brianne says, "Make it so." [02:36] Sean Brianne asks, "And you gave him your PDA in order for him to send a message?" [02:50] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "Yess. He then took that privilege to sssend..." [02:58] An'khaia Lun'azhak asks, "Ssspiritss-- Rasssially charged jokess?" [03:13] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "I do not even know. I have the PDA available with me, if you wish to sssee them." [03:47] Sean Brianne says, "Please." [04:08] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "All messsagesss after Oh-One-Ssseven-Teen are not sssent by monday." [04:40] Sean Brianne (as An'khaia Lun'azhak) says, "I see..." [05:01] Sean Brianne (as An'khaia Lun'azhak) says, "The recipient seems relatively unphased." [05:31] Sean Brianne says, "Though it is still concerning." [05:33] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "...Unphassed, sssure. But I am aware of a fairly sssignifikant kultural barrier between usss. Thiss isss-" [05:56] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "I would have diffikult konveying the depth of thisss in konversssation, let alone a lekture." [06:16] Sean Brianne says, "I understand. The messages are slanderous in nature." [06:30] Sean Brianne says, "They portray you in a negative light, to someone who believes you may be the sender." [07:01] Sean Brianne says, "There are regulatory actions that can be lodged in order to make record of this, as well as the respective punishment." [07:03] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "Mh. Indeed. And it isss a- appalling attak againssst my charakter and even my sssstanding aboard Horizon." [07:36] Sean Brianne says, "I will instruct the Head of Security, Meng Jie, to charge Monday with the appropriate regulation breaks." [07:57] Sean Brianne asks, "Would you require any other assistance or escalation beyond this?" [08:49] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "Yesss. I would appresssiate thisss transsskript, if nothing elssse. I plan to elevate it to HR-- given that thisss iss not their firssst akt of irrational behavior and B. That I do not wish for thissss to be ssspoken of outssside of thossse who already know." [09:11] Sean Brianne says, "Very well. I will provide a copy." [09:24] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "Thank you." [09:25] Sean Brianne says, "If you require any clerical assistance in drafting a report, please let me know." [09:42] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "I believe I will be fine, but thank you for the offer." [09:44] Sean Brianne asks, "Will there be anything else?" [09:49] An'khaia Lun'azhak says, "No, thank you, Kaptain." [09:53] Recording stopped. Would you like to be personally interviewed?: [X] - Yes [ ] - No Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: Meng Jie, Head of Security & Sean Brianne, Captain Actions taken: Uncertain, stated as "Temporary Suspension". Mention of a fine for Slander. Additional Notes: HR Staff were present aboard this shift. It is likely that these messages were sent during an interview, to my understanding of the situation.

BYOND Key: Aticius Game ID: cro-aRrc and the two rounds previous which did not complete, but this is an apparent problem that extends well beyond these rounds. Player Byond Key/Character name: Dave Smith (Also known as Tim Bilbert/Dave Hilbin/John Jackson) Ckey: Quiet Cowboy Staff involved: campinkiller, YouJustGotOwened Reason for complaint: Essentially, Dave Smith, one of Quiet Cowboy's characters is a non-character. I have never, for what seems like a good 8, maybe 12, hours of sharing a round with the guy, seen any amount of roleplay that shows any interest in engaging with Aurora's community beyond targets for either antagonism or general trolling. He has a consistent behavior of playing an antagonist, largely only Traitor or Vampire, and minimizing anything that isn't directly necessary for antagonism's sake. On the occasions where he isn't a solo antagonist, this lack of characterization and interest extends even into Extended, where Dave Smith will simply rattle off insults, be a nuisance and generally behave without even a mild consideration to the setting at large or the passing thought of continued employment. His Antagonist play is also incredibly lacking. He plays exclusively to get kills and maximize mechanical success over the broader enjoyment of the server from what I have seen. While his antagonism involves many people, they are exclusively mechanics first and tell no story beyond what the mechanics allow for, beyond "That guy's an asshole, huh?" To seal the deal, this is a player who has atleast five antag unban requests, a previous player complaint (dated 12 days ago as of this post). While the previous complaint was rejected, I hope that this second one will stick. Did you attempt to adminhelp the issue at the time? If so, what was the known action taken by administration/moderation? No, however his actions on round cro-aRrc were handled in part by YouJustGotOwened, with an unknown outcome. In previous rounds, I have not made an attempt to ahelp, as nothing appeared in the moment to be worthy of it (though maybe I should have.) Approximate Date/Time: 12/22/2023 - 12:30~ AM, CST

I think it was more related to "The Job did too much", which is an odd reason to give. Maybe it was to streamline medical's job with That-One-Guy-With-Robotic-Everything? I can really only speculate. Even if Machinist is given the duties of "Build anything under the sun that comes out of a lathe", I'm still not sure they'd have enough to do. Giving mechanical organ repair seems fine, but the Machinist Workshop currently lacks anything that even counts as a sterile environment, so they probably shouldn't do it without being dragged to medical by the ear.

That seems like an awful change. Surgeons are already hilariously qualified (considering the amount of surgeries they need to know how to perform). Biomechanical Engineering seems an excess, and the one cool thing that Robotics got to do.

I literally didn't even know about this, and second, What? Why? They barely had to do that line of work, and it's right there in their lab? What? That's even more ridiculous.

Machinist is a little confused, conceptually. It's a job in Operations tasked with building things and operating lathes that is overseen by the Operations Manager. The confusion starts in the details, Machinists work on station shipbound units. The AI and it's units are the responsibility of the RD, which was quite fine on Aurora, when the job was called Roboticist and was directly under the RD. This alone, causes issues with Machinist as the Operations Manager has nothing to do with one of the major parts of Machinist, but the problems don't end there. Machinist also has a heavy reliance on Research and Development being staffed, though at time of writing, this is largely moot as they can get into the server room to build Tech Processors. The lack of a Destructive Analyzer is an issue, as we arrive at the single biggest problem with Machinist, and really, Robotics: Research Levels are not fun to get. Science rarely has a reason to give things out, and when they do, they are pressured by the items they make being "Prototypes" and "Experimental", thus the Research Levels they get are merely a formality that they really don't personally benefit from, and an artifact from the days of Exodus when the relationship between Robotics and Science was exclusively for balance reasons so you could robust the traitors more effectively. What can be done to address these two major problems? 1. Give Machinist Science comms and make them, atleast partially, under the RD. Why?: Machinist will rely on Science for Research Levels, and their work on repairing and maintaining Shipbounds naturally fits them under the RD. They're also a lonely bunch. This doesn't need to replace their Operations channel, if that's needed for some big reason im unaware of, nor does it have to remove their position under the Operations Manager, if, again, that's needed for some reason. 2. Give Machinist a Destructive Analyzer. Why?: Machinist is the only one who benefits from Research Levels, and this gameplay loop really has nothing to do with the current mission of Horizon, that being Exploration. Maybe I'm jaded after playing SS13 for so long, but I've not seen someone who actually enjoys Research and Development. Machinist would be doing Research exclusively to make everything about their workplace better. 2B. Map in Tech Processors at Roundstart. Why?: It lets Scientists occasionally break down the odd antag item for funny new research levels, and keeps Machinist unable to get all the shiny toys without help from both Mining and Science, rather than just Mining (Who's job is quite a bit slower, now that there's shuttle nonsense.) In short, Machinist seems to not do enough to distance itself from Robotics, and isn't independent enough to really justify being in a different department, or to even serve as support staff for expeditions-- or whatever their role really is aboard the Horizon as, ultimately, they're just Robotics with a Protolathe. Maybe I'm wrong, and don't see what the big picture is, but this feels like a change for the sake of it that doesn't fully commit. There are other issues, but these are minor, non-foundational things with Machinist that are only relevant to the previous edition of the Horizon map. I'm putting them here since I have all this typed up. - The starting amount of material is painfully low, for having to feed 5 machines (3 Mechfabs, 1 Circuit Imprinter, 1 Protolathe) - An Autolathe is present in Research and Development, and it's fairly easy to make one with some jank, why don't they have one? - They lack access to basically anywhere in Cargo, meaning they can't even give Cargo things without them showing up to get it. - The current lab is really, awfully, isolated, additionally, it lacks a Cyborg Charger or Mech Charger. Those are on Deck 2, but they're awkward to get to. - The lab also lacks directional access to allow for people that needed repairs to leave. It's slightly annoying. - The current machine placement has a lot of running around, which sucks if you happen to be slow. - There still isn't a call button on the lower half of the mech bay elevator. I cry every time. Yell at me if I posted this in the wrong spot like a big doofus.

BYOND Key: Aticius Discord Username: Aticius#1554 Character Name: Akara Seuseisak Item Name: steel face mask Item Function(s): A welding mask seems appropriate, but so long as it fits on the head slot and can flip between two seperate icon-states, I can live with it. Item Description: A mask made out of a single heavy piece of steel with a heavy backing strap to keep it in place. Seems lightly rusted. Why is your character bringing this item to work?: This mask, while deceptively simple (and distinctly uncomfortable) has significant religious importance to Akara, as it is an heirloom from their clan. More practically, it also serves to hide their face and eyes in a more culturally distinct way, while not abandoning what she believes to be her guardian spirit. How did your character obtain this item?: This item was passed down to Akara, from their clan. They've had it since her age of majority and worn it for about as long. What value does this item have to your character, and what story does it tell?: Firstly, it covers up a scarred face, something they'd rather not be open with. Secondly, she believes that their mask is inhabited by a powerful zo'zyola that watches over them, specifically. Her clan has several of these masks that have been handed down through each generation, and this one is specifically theirs. I believe that this mask helps to reinforce that this character is spiritual and deeply so, in a slightly uncanny way. It also serves to add a bit of mystery to what is underneath their mask, as they make no small attempt to keep it obscured. Sprites: akaramask.dmi Additional Comments: While a straight welding mask child can (and will) suffice, this character is expected to wear their mask essentially always. This poses a problem in that the darkness overlay is quite dark. I'd rather not strain my eyes, but I have no idea how to use the lesser overlay, that the superior welding goggles use. This is ultimately meaningless, but a big metal mask probably shouldn't be easy to see out of.

I don’t have any real arcs planned for 71-M, no. Beyond the intrinsic arc of emancipation that will likely, given my track record, end up becoming a thing. I have plans, however, to break the mold of generally bland mining industrials by putting some flair onto my own bland mining industrial, so that they’re not an automated roomba with a pickaxe.

Asking if someone's read the wiki page seems rather odd, given that's the best place to look for lore. I've poked fun at this question for a while. 71-M understands that Freedom is a plausible thing it could achieve, but being under ownership by Hephaestus means that repairs and electricity are always provided and there's likely to be a token rescue effort if something awful happens to it's chassis. 71-M is planned to be a contracted miner, shipped to the NSS Aurora as part of a minor agreement with Hephaestus for additional mining support given the shortage is showing no signs of slowing down. As such, they're still Corporately owned, by Hephaestus Industries. I'll reformat the story for ease of reading, as well.

These lines all stem from an interpretation from this section of the IPC Page: Which seems to imply, to my understanding, that "Freedom" means "Citizenship", unless this is incorrect, or outdated lore. Given what you've said, I'm certainly confused. My interpretation was that within Tau Ceti, Self-Ownership is the same as Citizenship, but this seems to not be the case. Wouldn't this create a Stateless IPC? Are there self-owned IPCs who are not citizens of the Republic, and also nowhere else? This seems to not have that answer. It's certainly caused confusion. I have, it's just that having played nearly a year, A lot of my information is pulled from what i've received from players. Determined Wiki reading has, indeed, occured. why is this a question even? I will be editing the main post with a short story, since it's really hard to drag out a simple concept as described without getting out a thesaurus and making the font bigger.

BYOND Key: Aticius Character Names: Tzarka Ssarzi, Skaria Atubal, Sharah Guwan Species you are applying to play: IPC Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Interestingly, before deciding to write an App, No. Most of this information will be pulled from interactions from players, though I am obviously taking time to look over the page specifically. 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: IPCs are, simply put, the opportunity to play a mechanical intelligence without the overbearing influence of Laws, like stationbounds and their associated mechanical issues. This detachment from life, as traditionally seen, is woefully underused. Both in game, and in fiction, and it's something I want to explore personally. The opportunities to be only adjacent to life as we know it have a large breadth to them. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Simply put, IPCs are merely reflections of Humanity. Similar at a glance and in the broad strokes, but only so because they emulate Humanity. Thoughts are mechanical, responsive and entirely the result of stimuli and processing and nothing else. Mannerisms are simply inherited by Humanity to make interactions more comfortable for them. As such, Positronics are essentially entirely rational in their behavior and when without the need to operate with organic life, their behavior changes drastically into electronic handshakes designed for efficiency. While an IPC and a Human may arrive at the same answer, their methodology is often times vastly different. Legally speaking, IPCs and other Synthetics do not have even a shred of the same legal protection as other organic life (sans Diona.), damage to an IPC quantifies as vandalism (If owned) or as assault (If self-owned) with no true equivalent to "Murder", the closest being Automacide which carries significantly less weight. Citizenship within the Republic is a difficult affair as well, as unowned chassis are defacto property of the State, which are promptly sold to Megacorporations as assets. To earn one's citizenship within the Republic, one must provide their own funding, a difficult affair at best. Character Name: HEP-71-M Please provide a short backstory for this character: 71-M is a simple, untroubled, intelligence owned by Hephaestus. A simple, first-generation model of the Xion make designed for Extravehicular Mining for extended periods. While completely understanding that, over it's operational lifetime, it is has extracted more than several times it's worth in raw minerals, It has independently decided that while loftier ideals of freedom and self determination are a possibility, the fact of the matter is, It's existence is continued without personal overhead nor responsibility. This, then, allows it to continue existence and further learn about the galaxy at large. Despite it's seeming simple behavior, 71-M has an acute interest in furthering it's own knowledge about any topic, fully willing to engage in conversation with organics that might be within ear shot, though conversations about mineralogy and sediment compositions are like to be intensely boring to all but the most academic of listeners. What do you like about this character? 71-M offers an opportunity to play a Character that underlines more than a few grim topics in a straight-faced manner, while allowing for an interesting twist on how SS13 is normally played with essentially most mechanics sidestepped or subsituted. How would you rate your role-playing ability? Since my last application had the great fun of people calling me out, I like to think i'm pretty good at getting into character and providing narratives to them. I'm not always personally happy with my efforts, but I do tend to put a lot of sweat and tears into the characters I make. Notes: p-pls i want to use *yes

Reporting Personnel: Skaria Atubal Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Cook Game ID: bOY-djDL Personnel Involved: (Name, Job Title: Offender/Witness/Other. Only three witnesses other than yourself permitted, the rest go to secondary witnesses. Victims count as witnesses) - Skaria Atubal - Victim Naomi Maxwell - Victim Ryan Barrett - Offender Ronald Monday - Witness Secondary Witnesses: (Name, Job Title: Short description of what they witnessed) - Taika Thomson, Xenobotanist; Character Witness: Can attest to behavior. Salita Mary, Visitor/CSI (EPMC); Character Witness; Can attest to behavior. Time of Incident: 22:00~, Station Time Real Time: 1:30~ PST, 1/6/2021 Location of Incident: NSS Aurora Arrivals Dock, Bar Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [ ] - Neglect of Duty [X] - Harassment [ ] - Assault [X] - Misconduct [ ] - Other _____ (Place an x in the box that applies. If other, replace line and specify.) Overview of the Incident: After disembarking the Autoshuttle from NTCC Odin to the NSS Aurora, Ryan Barrett was aboard during transit. As we disembarked, Ryan Barrett made his displeasure of having been reported to Security for numerous racially-charged epithets and a tresspass. To this effect, he threatened personal injury to myself, and would "Bide his time" and "Do more than a punch.", giving a rather poorly veiled threat on my life at large. While I may have been content to allow his crass behavior, a threat of violence is a bridge too far for me. Additionally, while asking co-workers about his behavior, I have learned of a possible sexual assault that was unreported, though this is unrelated to the case I wish to open. To my knowledge, he is under some obscure prisoner reformation program and has an intense track record with Internal Security for numerous offenses and, frankly, this kind of behavior is unacceptable from someone who ostensibly wishes to be reformed. Furthermore, Ryan Barrett made an additional threat towards Naomi Maxwell that I am unsure of the details on, and make his intentions to find me known to several crewmates. (Salita Mary can attest to this, as she has let me know this was the case.) In addition, he made several attempts to circle around both the Kitchen and Bar to make it quite known I was being looked for, (the term used by crew at the time was "Hunted", for reasons I do not know.) Thank you for your time and effort spent in this investigation. Submitted Evidence: None, personally. I do not make a habit of keeping a recorder active in my pocket. Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: Yhara Atiyeh, Chief Medical Officer Actions taken: Avoidance, Locking down of Kitchen, Reporting to Security. Additional Notes: (This Round was particularly chaotic on the antagonism side, and I'm tenuous on giving more details than what's here.)

While I can't speak to Faye's medical competence, They certainly play a pretty significant presence within medical, and a regular take-charge member of Command, when needed. I think they're nice, and would like to see them some more. +1