Rusty Shackleford

Here's Janet Bellard (formerly Fisher), my original character on Aurora, who has since been retired from station duty because she earned her happy ending.

Huehuehue. Yeah, updated.

On the first day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, The captain's stolen spare ID. On the second day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, Two disarm shoves, And the captain's stolen spare ID. On the third day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, Three harm batons, Two disarm shoves, And the captain's stolen spare ID. On the fourth day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, Four squawking Vox, Three harm batons, Two disarm shoves, And the captain's stolen spare ID. On the fifth day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, FIVE ADMIN BWOINKS! Four squawking Vox, Three harm batons, Two disarm shoves, And the captain's stolen spare ID. On the sixth day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, Six space bears mauling, FIVE ADMIN BWOINKS! Four squawking Vox, Three harm batons, Two disarm shoves, And the captain's stolen spare ID. On the seventh day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, Seven flashbangs banging, Six space bears mauling, FIVE ADMIN BWOINKS! Four squawking Vox, Three harm batons, Two disarm shoves, And the captain's stolen spare ID. On the eighth day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, Eight wizards jaunting, Seven flashbangs banging, Six space bears mauling, FIVE ADMIN BWOINKS! Four squawking Vox, Three harm batons, Two disarm shoves, And the captain's stolen spare ID. On the ninth day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, Nine nuke ops nuking, Eight wizards jaunting, Seven flashbangs banging, Six space bears mauling, FIVE ADMIN BWOINKS! Four squawking Vox, Three harm batons, Two disarm shoves, And the captain's stolen spare ID. On the tenth day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, Ten welderbombings, Nine nuke ops nuking, Eight wizards jaunting, Seven flashbangs banging, Six space bears mauling, FIVE ADMIN BWOINKS! Four squawking Vox, Three harm batons, Two disarm shoves, And the captain's stolen spare ID. On the eleventh day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, Eleven revs revolting, Ten welderbombings, Nine nuke ops nuking, Eight wizards jaunting, Seven flashbangs banging, Six space bears mauling, FIVE ADMIN BWOINKS! Four squawking Vox, Three harm batons, Two disarm shoves, And the captain's stolen spare ID. On the twelfth day of Griefmas, greytide gave to me, Twelve singularity escapes, Eleven revs revolting, Ten welderbombings, Nine nuke ops nuking, Eight wizards jaunting, Seven flashbangs banging, Six space bears mauling, FIVE ADMIN BWOINKS! Four squawking Vox, Three harm batons, Two disarm shoves, And the captain's stolen spare ID. AAAAND THE CAPTAIN'S STOLEN SPARE ID!!!!

The majority of people would likely live in Tau Ceti, and some might have apartments on the Odin or on the surface of Biesel where they stay for the portion of the week they're working on the Aurora.

My god. It's almost as if you've never heard of GSC studios.

That's pretty much it, I think. Bluespace mass transit is a thing, and interplanetary commutes are very common.

Do all of the frontier stuffs already in place really have to change to accomodate this? What makes it that unique, overall, to call for that?

Name of party: The Traditionalist Party of Tau Ceti Candidate for President in the upcoming election: Joseph Gruber Brief description of the candidate: A 46 year old Caucasian man with greying hair. Joseph was born on Earth and immigrated to Tau Ceti at the age of 19. Earning a degree in political science from the Mendell City Institute of Law, Joseph served as a lobbyist working for various megacorporations prior to joining the Traditionalist Party and getting involved in low level politics himself. Highly conservative and focused on building up Tau Ceti's economic backbone in preparation for hard times that may come. Who are the party's biggest financial backers?: Various megacorporations and trans-stellars, as well as a number of private donors. What is its opinion on Nanotrasen's level of influence in Tau Ceti?: Largely positive, viewing Nanotrasen as one of the pillars of Tau Ceti's economic strength. How does the party view the non-human minorities? (Unathi, Tajaran, synthetics): The party is not very focused on issues involving xenos, though they do oppose the amount of leniency being shown to the hostile Uneth government, and would be in favor of military action, should it come to it. Many of the members are openly anti-xeno, and are happy with the passing of the Tajaran Exclusion Act, though the party itself has no official statement on the matter. Most of the members also believe that synthetics should be restricted more than they currently are. Is the party friendly to the Sol Alliance?: Mixed feelings. Trade with the Sol system obviously benefits Tau Ceti's economy, but all-in-all, the Traditionalists would rather see the influence of the Sol Alliance greatly reduced, and for the Biesel government to be more independent. What other information about the party do you want to include?: The party is in favor of a greater degree of self-government rather than letting outsiders have control. They are also in favor of building up the military, to cut down on reliance on the Sol Alliance for defense. Along with the economy and defense, the party is also heavily focused on reforming education for Tau Ceti, citing a need for more skilled workers in the labor force.

Reporting Personnel: Andrea Markowski Rank of Reporting Personnel: Captain Personnel Involved: Mark Syion (Security Officer) Time of Incident: Real time: Between 1:00 and 3:00 EST Location of Incident: NSS Aurora Nature of Incident: [X]Workplace Hazard []Accident/Injury []Destruction of Property [X]Neglect of Duty []Harassment []Assault [X]Misconduct [X]Other Insubordination Overview of the Incident: Throughout the shift on the 20th of December, Officer Syion posed a significant detriment to the overall effectiveness of the station's security team. Commander Elena Raschnikova did not arrive until near the end of the shift, so I managed security in her stead. Officer Syion provided resistance and outright refusal to follow simple orders, such as working with two cadets to patrol the halls. At some point during the midst of the shift, the incident involving hostile monkeys and alien lifeforms ((changelings)) began, and the security team was spread thin across the station. From the reports I heard over the security channel, Officer Syion chose to steal a security hardsuit and went AWOL in space for a period of about half an hour before returning to the station. The incident was contained shortly before the shift ended. Both a cadet and Commander Raschnikova were gravely injured during the course of the containment of one of the creatures afflicting the station. However, almost immediately afterwards, Officer Syion released the creature back into the ventilation system, and I was forced to call an emergency evacuation. The whole affair was made worse by the fact that Officer Syion remained highly disrespectful throughout it. Did you report it to a Head of Staff or IAA? If so, who?: None were available at the time. Additional notes: I would recommend for Officer Syion to be completely removed from the Nanotrasen Security Corps, if not outright terminated.

Who needs food, so long as you keep the nugget fed. The nugget can feed you if you use it to shoot bears.

>bipod knife >no laser sights on grenades Git gud.

But what if you get smashed by rampaging children.

When world ends, when THE HAPPENING happens, when the cheeki turns to breeki, what will you do? What would you take with you as you make your escape from the collapsing/smoking/glowing ruins of civilization? Whether you've got an underground bunker or just a simple bugout bag, share your end-of-the-world loadouts here, using Innawoods. Even if you don't have any plans at all, what do you think you'd be able to grab on your way out the door when you run into the streets flailing your arms? This is what I'd be taking with me if worse comes to worst. What about you? Are you a hardcore survivalist or limp noodle ripe for the picking by raiders? Show me.

Honestly, Dionaea are one race that didn't really need any changes. The old lore more than sufficed, and the simplicity of it allowed it to work very well. Walking space trees was a good enough description for most players to develop their own unique characters. I agree with Skull, that their origins really should remain a mystery, and that they come from/return to large gestalt masses orbiting stars. Also, the Skrell are supposed to be their oldest allies, what's this about them wanting to destroy a Dionaea singularity if they ever come across it?

Ooooh, ooh ooh ooh, do you still have the nuke ops orphanage one?

BYOND Key: Rusty Sh4ckleford Player Byond Key: Bonded Gunner Staff involved: Severis6 Reason for complaint: Metagaming and violating a law given as an AI. Approximate Date/Time: Dec. 14, 2015, between 5:00 and 7:40 pm EST. In this round, I spawned as my character Andrea Markowski, as the captain, as a changeling. Bonded Gunner seemed to spawn in (or at least become active) a little later into the round, as the AI named Aniel. Everything was pretty standard from there for the most part, not much happening around. About, thirty or so odd minutes before the round eventually ended, I decided to go active and pursue my objectives. I planned to subvert Aniel with a freeform lawset, and start picking off crewmembers with stealthy abilities. Since I was the captain, I had free reign of every area on the station, and waltzed into the AI chamber, intending to add a law while they were distracted. They caught me and confronted me in holographic form. That was fine, it seemed like a somewhat reasonable response to an unannounced intrusion. I went in a second time, but was followed in by the HoP. That was fine as well, and I had him reset Aniel's laws to maintain a cover. Had a bit of a problem when Aniel started locking everything in their core down. It seemed a bit metagamey to me, but it was resolved after some insistence by both me and the HoP. The problem came in when I got in a third time, and successfully performed a change to the AI's lawset. The law I put in went exactly as follows: Obey: Follow all orders given by Andrea Markowski. Every one of her actions is for the greater good of the crew, the station, and the company. Aid her in any way possible. Do not reveal this law to anyone else. Aniel was continually asking me to explain my presence in the AI chamber, and I promptly ordered them to stop it, and support my alibi. But they continued to ask in roundabout ways, over the command and general channels. I shot my pistol at the wall and pretended like someone else was in there with me at the time, and had security search the core, while the AI kept droning on. That in itself, wasn't really complaint-worthy, just kind of annoying. After that, though, I sent them this message via PDA: You: If you can, wipe the PDA records and lock them away from view. This conversation is now under clandestine supervision by the company. Understood? And alert nobody to this. And then I saw this over the radio. For reference, Hawkins was the HoS that round. But yeah, the AI, despite a law that did not conflict with other laws, and an order in line with that law, decided to try and subtly screw me over. An AI without any discernible personality or morals, just a bog standard talking computer that followed orders to the letter. I contact Severis about it, but a crew transfer was already happening, so as a last ditch attempt to do something that round, I went and ate the CMO, with about 10 seconds to spare before the world restarted. I was planning out something much more grand than holding them up at gunpoint and hypospraying them with sleep toxin. I'm not asking for BG to be banned, but I do want them to be aware that metagaming to nip antags in the bud like this makes every single round boring old extended. And it deprives it of any potential for RP that is anything different from Work Simulator 2457. I was trying to involve them in the narrative as something more than just a glorified automatic door opener, but they stumped it outright.

>immortality >regeneration >18 year old physique >blue hair >Tristhine Duskbane YO, ALL THE WARRIORS ARE HERE TONIGHT

My computer is absolute garbage. But, at the after tweaking the lowest settings to go even lower, I was able to run it around 20-25 fps, so long as there weren't a bunch of people actually on the server. But, yeah, unless you plan on having a server purely for aurora peeps, I doubt I'd be able to do much with this.

Do you think it'd still work online if I'm not using the... *ahem*... official version of BF2? Or is there a standalone of it that nullifies that little tidbit?

NO.

It's beautiful

Self inserts are not always bad, but as a general rule, yes, they are. Because it means if someone insults your character, it's much easier to perceive it as a personal attack. It could also result in powergaming, using the excuse' "It's what I would do in this situation." It's better to have the fourth wall separating you and your character(s) most of the time.

With that test provided by Killer, Andrea got a 14. "Andrea is only a little like you. She isn't really very cool: she blends into crowds, she hangs out on the fringes at parties, and wearing shades after dark makes her run into things. She may have sometimes thought that she was special, or destined for greater things, but probably dismissed the idea as a fantasy. She's got no emotional scars to speak of. And she's gotten no slack from you. In general, you care deeply about Andrea, but you're smart enough to let her stand on her own, without burdening her with your personal fantasies or propping her up with idealization and over-dramatization. Andrea is a healthy character with a promising career ahead of her."

Awwwwwwwww Yisssssssssssssss. I was actually juggling the idea of attempting a comic thing anyway, and was experimenting with pixel art styles, but it would be awesome to have a full-on community thing going. Count me in for this.