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That could be a good thing, but also could lead to a slippery slope of checklists that must be completed prior to departure and stuff, which just wastes time ultimately. To expand on that the round is rather short at only two hours. Fully exploring a larger site could take even longer than that depending on complexity and how hard the players roleplay things out, so ideally the Intrepid will be fully prepared to take a team somewhere with only minimal prepwork to get an adequate team prepared.

I also think that having departments more prepared for EVA themselves would be a good touch. Security still don't get any GPS units despite being on a space ship which goes on Expeditions.

Their lizard is indeed a character and has a personality, which is more than most command whitelists get their application approved with. +1

It strikes me as strange the entire ship is a smoking zone unless otherwise designated. I think it'd be great if it was the other way around and smoking areas were limited. Smokepits bring people together, smoking casually while working just turns your workplace into a neckbeard nest.

This is pretty simple. We should encourage getting off the Horizon as much as possible for exploring shit, getting characters around. We should not empower command to remove that privilege without strong reason (ie red alert) and we should not empower people who are not outright antagonists the right to outright demand their removal from away sites without sufficient reason (ie admin intervention via higher power directives).

Oh also the new Zavod warden uniform makes you look less like an actual fascist and more like a 12 year old who discovered fascism via incel forum. I personally prefer the old one, the flappy long jacket is a bit eh to me.

The CMO labcoat is completely out of place being in medical. It actually matches the BC uniforms pretty well.

Just like the title says, mechanical skills. Some people dread them, folks like I love them. Discuss the pros and cons therein. I also have a brainstorm document for a possible implementation of mechanical skills should it be greenlit. To get access to edit the doc dm restricted#1337 on discord your google email, or post here if you really want to remain anonymous. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iyTVp8qLsYQkGt2_xI0bLGeDOMf_YtN4vMI_sgbBQ2Y/edit?usp=sharing Anyways. Why I want mechanical skills. Mechanical skills would serve to enforce the rules in place for reasonable skills for characters. We would need to set a hard limit on skill points for this, but I don't think a draconian approach like that taken by other servers with mechanical skills is very fun. The goal of this implementation would ideally allow for characters to still be reasonably skilled at their hobbies or possible previous employment but restrict characters down to a reasonable standard so we do not wind up with oddly skilled people who are capable of doing literally everything. Mechanical skills as well would additionally, in my view, add actual weight to our characters. Your Security Officer is a Security Officer, someone else can't just step in and do the job proficiently. This will also allow for characters to have distinction between each other. One Engineer can construct things extremely efficiently, the other can judge the status of gas in a room just by examining it. Rather than every character being a reskinned mechanical copy paste of each other everyone will actually be its own snowflake for us to control.

I tried joining just now with the VPN inactive and the ban is still in effect.

I've done some talking with my supervisor and I should be able to ditch the VPN for gaming. I believe the ban is still in effect from previous attempts to join with the VPN.

I'm not able to not use the VPN so I suppose I'll just have to let this sit until I'm able to not mask my location anymore. Thanks anyways!

BYOND Key: Teddybehr Total Ban Length: Until the heat death of the universe Banning staff member's Key: Melariara Reason of Ban: See attached Reason for Appeal: I am using a VPN for security reasons and caught someone else's ban off it. I am not able to not use this VPN, is there any sort of workaround I could work to not keep getting caught by other people's bans? Edit: I should also note this is the second time I've stuck to this same ban.

Thank you!

BYOND Key: Teddybehr Total Ban Length: Until the heat death of the universe Banning staff member's Key: Melariara Reason of Ban: See attached Reason for Appeal: I am using a VPN for security reasons and caught someone else's ban off it.

]Reporting Personnel: Karl Voigt Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Executive Officer Personnel in Question: Harmony Smith Job Title of Personnel in Question: Gardener Reason for Review: [x] - Extended Arrest History [x] - Grievous Infraction on Record [ ] - Other: ____(Place an x in the box that applies. If other, replace line and specify.) Notes: Harmony Smith shows zero regard for themself, others or the orders of command. They have zero place having any sort of gainful employment at all; I would not want them aboard the ship even if they were not being paid. Do note their record is from two total shifts of working. Oh, and to make things worse they're a self described drug addict. EDIT: Also the format for these is broken. The [b][/b] don't appear to work anymore.

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Vrow is a fantastic person and roleplayer and I am positive they would set an excellent example as command. +1

Rug is very enjoyable to play with! I would very much enjoy to see what Greed can do with a command whitelist +1

BYOND key: teddybehr Character names: Karl Voigt Kaxto Sss'ska Ssalisk Siosh How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Year or so Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? Few notes here or there for being killhappy. Nothing terribly recent. Allure of the valids. Fortunately it does not strike me often and I try to learn from my mistakes. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: Heads of staff provide guidance and set an example for other players. A good head of staff can be relied on to guide other players and utilize their character to create roleplay opportunities for others. Heads of staff are meat to be the players other look to for examples of a good character, and good conduct both ICly and OOCly. Ideally a whitelisted player will follow rules well and create well thought out characters that engage others. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: I really don't like this question, as it rings so closely to the above question. As a whitelisted player I should encourage roleplay that engages other players and ensure they have a fun round. I should strive to ensure rounds are fun for others and myself, and ensure the roleplay is compliant with whatever relevant lore there is (without being a dick), making rounds high quality and engaging. By playing command roles well I can create fun for everyone possible and do whatever possible to continue that fun. Ideally I will be able to make extended rounds entertaining, and accent antag gimmicks to maximize the enjoyment of everyone in round. Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau ceti and how it affected your character and their career? Recently the phoron has being not, Sol attacked, there was a Tajaran murder mystery/terror plot, Skrell came and said hi but with guns. This would affect Dayo personally as he has a kid so the general instability of the area has him worried for the future, ergo he is working hard to ensure that stability can be found. Despite origins as a Dreg on leaving Eridani he found gainful employment and a degree with Nanotrasen, making him place much faith in the megacorps outside of the Eridani sphere of influence. In general it doesn't really affect his career, he'd keep a job either way though the phoron shortage would make his position in Research not as locked in as with plentiful phoron, thus causing him to try and find fields of study not related to phoron or only tangentially related to phoron. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? OpsO (NBT), Research Director (Aurora) Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? Yes. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking.: Karl-OpsO for NBT (subject to change) Babajide Dayo-Research Director Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Oh yes. Extra notes: I love you. Dayo is something a bit different and not set in stone; I may scrap the character concept entirely. I just want to try to do something different with an Eridani that doesn't make them a copy paste of shooting out an annoying accent. I should also say that starting February work will pull me away from the game until Juneish, but I intend on playing up until then.

@Haydizzle please

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Got it. Thank you!

That's fair. Will you be utilizing the nonjudicial processes typically seen on most ships in regards to "Captain's law," or will it mirror the current corporate law we have?

I dislike the XO not being a second in command. Realistically they're a second in command in the sense that they are the CO by direction when the CO isn't there, and can take on duties for the CO to alleviate their workload as well as handing paperwork for them. They're a second in command, but in the sense of being them when they aren't there.

They are a very chad CMO. +1