NateStanley

Hey everyone! Just want some feedback on my characters. I'll probably link to this thread during rounds or something. The characters I play are: Dorian, IPC Xenohistorian Bareth Marhsall, Human Merchant Marcus Bloomdale, Human Phoron Researcher Kellian Brown, Human Shaft Miner

Updated history @niennab, reveal the spoiler

Almost finished with it, was going to finish it earlier today but had an allergic reaction

I made an audio book while I was writing other chapter. BASK in my character that does not yet exist as he is brought to life through sound.

Fixed the issue regarding the shuttle, working on another chapter relating to his journey to the Aurora- thank you for your help so far Sections edited:

Great points! I'm altering my backstory a tad bit to align with niennab's points, very much so in regards to the shuttle. Other than that they wouldn't have very much freedom. Dorian was one of the first true lifelike shell models produced and because of that scientists were, I imagine, eager to get their hands on them. Towards the end it becomes pretty evident that the university as a whole didn't have much care for IPCs or the shells gifted to them, but it was mainly the Xenohistorians who appreciated the monumental task that the shell was capable of accomplishing that gave any sort of benefit. As far as the university goes, they regarded these IPC's as nothing more than a new tool to experiment with.

Safe to say this is NOT a Skrell whitelist, so that is one thing I did not research too deeply, as far as the ping goes. Apologies for that. He did not travel into Skrellian space, as the research team were granted (read: bought) census data / tourist data in regards to Skrellians in nearby systems. I'll edit the story a tad to better fit your notes as well as expand on his eventual arrival to Aurora.

This thread is for all you who still have childlike wonder when it comes to astronauts I'm going now gush over my favorite (definitely a generic one, so please forgive me), Chris Hadfield, former commander of the ISS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hadfield I first began to idolize chris back in 2012, when he first became commander of the ISS. He, along with the rest of the crew at the time, started to upload really cool videos to the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) youtube channel (just google chris hadfield CSA) about questions I didn't even know I had about life aboard the ISS. So, how did he even gain my respect more? By making the cover of Space Oddity you've no doubt heard, which is, to my knowledge, the first music video recorded in space. The video recieved Bowie's stamp of approval, by the way. So that's my real life spess man crush, share yours!

Boring format for boring people, I tried a lot more on the stuff above, but this is a condensed version.:

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NateStanley Bareth Marshall (Independent Merchant) Marcus Bloomdale (Necropolis Industries) Kellian Brown (Civilian Shaft Miner) User has agreed to their rights and acknowledges they understand I.P.C. operations. During my life, I've found myself getting immersed into worlds very unlike our own, during roleplay; the sprawling dystopian metropolis of Half-Life, the vast fantastical realms of Dungeons & Dragons, or the cryptic research of Dino Crisis (among others). Throughout my tenure as a roleplayer (and writer, for that matter), I continually see the human journey in those far from human to be intriguing, rather inspiring -- before you laugh at me, I grew up watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, the idea of a world where I could truley be who I was left me dreaming. I shared my dreams with my grandfather while I sat on the floor eating breakfast and from that the core of who I am now developed. I still look back on the show and realize how it shaped me. When I rewatch the show, though, I find myself loving the characters like Data, again due to my love of non-human journeys to humanity, but more so in that I identify with the character, in a sense. My anxiety that I deal with, questioning everything I do /before I do it/, are personified in his character. Human replicant characters, while sometimes clichéd to ten-buck-two and back, are a wonderful vessel to represent the struggles that individuals face in a manor that don't intrude on the story. When I roleplay, I like to develop my character's story much like writing and, though I'm not sure why, I love playing background characters -- characters that compliment others and through my own actions, develop them. As far as I.P.C.s go, they're practically written to be as such, ignoring their personal journey for self-ownership (which I plan on avoiding). I have planned several traits and personal goals which, through Dorians journey towards these, would involve the garnership of other's cooperation, respect, and sympathy (though attracting the opposite, an inevitabilty, would set him back -- something which he cannot work around, having strict protocols). To put it short, the I.P.C. is naturally a tool to prop others up, which I intend to do. Roleplaying an I.P.C. is decidely different than roleplaying a human. Unlike any other playable race (ignoring special roles like Cyborgs and AI), the I.P.C. is a robot. All of it's actions, mannerisms, and quirks are immitiations of their human counterparts to put them at ease while working across from the uncanny valley. The Shell type I.P.C., Dorian's varient, is a human replicant. Perhaps to an untrained eye they aren't merely an automatron, but upon further observation their pitfalls are revealed: Grammatical sytax limitations, hard limits on inteligence, multi- -tasking constraints, but most importantly their trivial comprehensions of emotions. An interesting quirk of the positronic brain, though, is that it's similar to a pair of good work shoes. Starting out, they're restrictive, limiting in every sense of the word. But as you wear it in, it expands allowing you to accomplish things not originally in possible. The positronic brain, over time, creates new neural pathways, allowing for development of new skills and an increased knowledgebase. Though a limited thinker, they're perhaps the best at the few things they do work at. No I have not, and don't intend to. (Please don't link back to this specific post if I do get banned, thanks.) What I like most about the prospect of Dorian would be a driven, heavy roleplay oriented Xenohistorian role. Though I may be biased, I'd rate my roleplay to be good. I accidentally posted this as just the application format, so while revising the post to be an actual application I felt as though I had to go over the top to compensate.