TravistyRavage

Garnett, is my CMO character, I appreciate the feedback!

+1, it needs to be updated in some forgotten areas and this dude is a dude

If you can update robotics, chemistry and other heavily needed areas.... +1

I really do appreciate your feedback and it's nice to have someone finally see what I've been trying to express. I wanted to main HoS as security is my favorite occupation on any RP server. Whether it be MP on military RP servers, Cops, security, etc etc. It's always what I felt comfortable with and enjoyed. I have thought about HoP but during most of my trial Stev was on trial as well and they mained HoP so I was out of luck, haha. I don't know enough about engineering to be a CE and Imran is by far better suited for it anyway. I've dipped my toe with Captain and it was okay, but I didn't have enough to do. I like to be helpful and not just sit in my office all shift. I recently played CMO and really enjoyed it, You don't get the people who hate on security just to hate on them, you're not under a microscope and you actually get to help not only your staff but others. I will most likely focus on CMO for now as I feel it is a healthy medium between what I enjoy and what will keep me out of the microscope. Once again, thanks for the feedback and I hope to continue proving that I am a competent command, and provide substance to the station.

Just gonna stay away from HoS since that's what everyone seems to have an issue with

Appreciate the feedback, thank you.

Travis Black does not know much about Vaurca since they're fairly new to his expertise. The rest of security were just standing there, while the known assailant further advanced on the crew, they were not reacting to anything and when the Vaurca was attempting to lockdown Medbay to keep Security out, I opened the door between lockdowns, as medical was unlocking the shutters. So I sprung into action since everyone was just standing there instead of going for the arrest and protecting the crew. The safety of the crew is always Travis' first priority and after stopping the threat I let the arresting officers finish the rest. I'm not going to allow people to get attacked and injured and just sit back. My officers don't have access to Medbay, so I opened the doors for them, after I stopped the threat I delegated the officers to finish the arrest. They all decided to still stand there instead of taking the suspect to Brig, while others stood around watching, after being told to go back on patrol. It was a split second decision between seeing the Vaurca threat approach the medical staff and attempt to lock us out, to rushing and stopping the threat. I trusted my officers to follow my lead and a couple did. In the amount of time I stop and tell my officers. Okay, so I'm going to open the door, follow me, I'm gonna open this next door and attempt to stop the Vaurca threat. Okay, now you need to cuff them. Okay now pick them up. Okay now take them back to Brig and process them. No. I'm going to expect my officers to know what to do when a threat shows itself, I opened the doors, stopped the threat since I was already there, and then let them proceed. As far as "frontlining" I was already at/near Medbay when the call for Security was made. I'm not going to go back to my office and chill while I'm closest. That's neglect of duty as well as idiotic. I delegate the officers when able, and watch instead of acting several times within a shift. The one time I act instead of delegating was because of an active threat that all other officers were either too worried about talking, standing around or just didn't have access to Medbay. As soon as I opened the door at least one officer went through and assisted me with the takedown. I think the incident went extremely well given the circumstances and I commend that one officer who followed my lead and finished the arrest. As far as the flash goes, they were too close in range for a tazer as well as there being too many civilians right behind/in the line of fire. The flash was in my pocket and I had to act fast, Travis Black did not understand the extent of how badly flashes effect Vaurca and thought it was just a mildly more irritant than a normal human's reaction to a flash. After learning that the Vaurca was injured, while in custody, I told Security to get them medical care and then process them. Let's talk about the arrest. I was first/second on scene and saw the Vaurca behind Medbay doors, with the Captain's ID. I told them to surrender, and they didn't. Then I saw that another officer was talking to them trying to diffuse the situation. I walked behind all the other officers to allow them to take care of the situation. The Vaurca then proceeded to enter the Medical Office north of the lobby where there were civilians. THEN, the Vaurca attempted to lockdown the Medbay so we couldn't get in. Seeing how no one was doing anything, I wasn't going to just sit there and allow harm to come upon the staff inside the office with the assailant. Once the shutters popped back open, I rushed into action, opening the door to allow any other Security to come in with me. Attempted to have them surrender yet again, and they didn't. So I opened the final door, flashed the suspect, made sure the civilians were out of danger and then the Vaurca then summoned bats and we had to deal with that, all while the Vaurca was attacking one of my men. I then brought out my tazer, since all civilians were out of the line of fire and attempted to subdue the Vaurca again. Then everyone was blinded and somehow the Vaurca was disabled and was cuffed by another security member. I think the situation was handled well within the circumstances, I stayed back and attempted to let the officers handle it when appropriate, and only took action when civilians were in harm or the situation changed to more drastic measures being required. I have been HoS on several shifts now and have delegated, not frontlined for most of them. I do not believe I need to work on delegation or not "frontlining" as I let officers do their due diligence when there is no harm at stake. I even spoke with another Head of Staff at the time and they agreed that what I did was no issue and right for the situation at hand. I stand by my actions as I feel stun batons are more 'vicious' than a flash, in most circumstances. Travis Black has now learned however, how flashes affect Vaurca on a larger scale than he previously thought.

Thanks, 'Cap

Yea, honestly it could have been handled differently but it was all within RP, like I hold no actual ill-will towards the RD, I've seen command staff straight up have vendettas against someone or go off, I figured it'd be within RP to just have a little spiff with this RD due to the stress of the round and the amount of things going on, as well as Travis be a fairly new head of staff. After a few rounds more after this I did get some more feedback and tips on what a good way to carry/communicate while being command, and will be working on it. While this situation I stand by there are a few other things within communication that I need to work on and I will be keeping that in mind while working on my command RP. Thanks for the advice, I will be taking it with me with the ongoing shifts.

I will admit I was frontlining a little during that round, people kept escaping and things weren't being done right, so I did have to take things into my own hands. Though other instances I did frontline when I could have let my officers handle it, as there were a couple that were keeping up. As far as the instance with the RD goes, they weren't concerned with the individual that was "supposed" to be cyborged, they kept asking if a prisoner was HuT which they were told multiple times they were, and even the HoP could have replied that they were, while I was busy delegating and handling a situation between Monday and Medbay about to have a shootout apparently. I do need to work on sitting back and delegating, I will look towards that during my gameplay. Though I stand by the way I handled the RD being combative for no reason as soon as they got on the station, late, and their constant berating that was honestly out of nowhere. Appreciate the feedback, will work on the delegation and trusting my crew more.

Played Captain once and it was kind of hard to keep up with comms when chat moves so quickly, so that is one thing I need to get used to. However- The RD was being combative and insisted that I reply immediately while dealing with three HUT inmates, one being suicidal and nonstop attempts at escape, and another who kept escaping and injuring officers. You'll notice I answered everyone else's comms except the RD's. RD was combative, asking asinine questions or attempting to push themselves into security matters. Most of the time, while they were asking if inmates were HUT (which they were told they were several times) I was either apprehending someone, in a fight, or delegating to security. Appreciate the feedback; However, I think I'm fine on communication when it's necessary.

UPDATE: Decided to start with HoP to dip my toe in the water and RP out the contract negotiations between NT and Zav. Spoke with a Liaison today on shift.

Once again, appreciate the feedback. I will stand by the fact that OOC is OOC and I can differentiate between the two. I'm an adult and once again, have been admin and HoS on other servers for several years. I can see how some others might not be able to separate the two and I'm sure the status quo is that it affects IC motivations. On the matter of the working on the transfer early, that's actually a really good idea. The next time I see a NT Rep on station I will speak to them regarding my contract. Edit: In regards to the OOC, an example of OOC staying OOC. I have sense played with both the "clique" and continued playing security with the same people who I memed about. No issues, no bwoinking. I will be looking for a NT Rep today while on station to take care of it IC, since it seems to be a huge deal, if I can't get transferred IC by the end of the day I'll just say it was done off station. That's a really good idea, I will probably dip my toe in by being HoP. Get used to the command role and fill a position that seems to be constantly empty. Thanks for the feedback and suggestions, I appreciate it and will look into future options.

SoonTM

Thanks for you questions, I'd be glad to go into some things. He is currently a Zavodskoi contractor, I am aware that non-NT personnel can not be heads of staff, even Interim. Travis Black has wanted nothing more than to be the best security officer he can be, and to follow in his father's footsteps and be a high ranking security command. He joined Zav early in his years because they are the best in Private Security. Contracts have expiration and Travis Black has shown nothing but loyalty towards NT in his days working there. He actually spoke with a Corporate Liaison from NT in character regarding "buying out his contract" or just waiting for it to expire/transfer. Travis Black will do anything in his power to prove he's worth a damn as security and has grown fond of NT. His contract is a temporary contract, he negotiated for a paycut and buyout clause to be able to transfer/change corporations. I'm not going to lie, I haven't dived deep into the lore, I read the corporation lore, and any other lore that interests me. If lore is like, super important to be a good HoS then point me to what pages I should check on and I'll have them converted to my memory in a couple hours. I put in the main things that Travis has had issues with IC wise, being born under the Sol Alliance he doesn't have many interactions except secondhand racism towards other species/races. Which has been one of the things he has been trying to adapt to. I can go into a little bit more detail about issues that might be prevalent in his growth. Being used to the Sol Alliance way of Galactic Law from both being from Sol, his father advising him of how things are done in his area of security. As well as being temporarily contracted by Zav in the Sol headquarters for training. So getting used to the difference between Sol Galactic law and Republic of Biesel law has also been something he's been working on. As far as the OOC thing, OOC and IC are completely different. Anyone who knows Travis Black knows him as a man of few words, and when he does speak it's polite and courteous. He's calm-headed and caring. I have never once been actually angry in this game, it's just not who I am. It takes a lot for me to even get irritated. I have no notes on myself for grudging, griefing, bias, or bringing anything OOC into IC. I've been an admin on dozens of HRP servers across GMoD, ARMA III and SS13, I've been HoS on three other servers and Captain on 1. I might talk shit in OOC for the memes or stuff like that but as I mentioned in my admin application, I'm level-headed and unbiased. I'd love to talk to you in private if something I said in OOC rubbed you the wrong way. Just know for future reference, if I seem aggressive or angry in OOC, it's a meme. Thanks for the questions, I'm sure others must have had the same questions; Glad to lay those worries to rest. I'll also add more to the "What's happening in Tau Ceti" section.

Honestly, I don't play cargo tech often (somewhat for this reason), but I agree with some points here. My main issues are: Cargo ship is a bitch to get sent, and or send back sometimes. Ship is on a different floor, so you have to take buggy, aggravating elevator each time.

Just came across this: I have a few points I want to add. I was the Warden for that round, and I was around when things first started going down. The first big battle happened in the Chapel after a chase through the hallways, I did see the Captain but I did not see them do much more than witness what was happening. In the Chapel three officers went down, one ended up dying in medical. Breacher was the other, they went down and I went back in to try and save them, at that point a cadet turned on us and took me out, with the cultist chopping my leg off. So so far we had a :Warden, two officers and a cadet removed from active duty. I was unconscious for most of the following events. After waking up without a leg and being sent on my way in a wheelchair, I went to the Brig to get an update, and I did see the Captain in the Brig, but they didn't seem to be doing much; However, that was before the huge battle. After visiting the Brig I went to get a new leg. I got a new leg, and realized I had brain damage, so I went BACK to surgery. I spent the rest of the shift in Surgery. So all-in-all security had no Warden, was down at least one officer and we didn't have a full manifest anyway. I don't have too much to add to the Captain frontlining, but the few instances I saw them, they were just watching and not interfering, though I was out of the loop for 80% of the round

Anytime I see Robertson on the manifest I know I have no worries in the FT department. Active and a decent fellow. +1

I was actually going to quickly prototype this sprite to help out but you did it already. Since you already did the spriting I don't see what'd be so hard about implementing it

BYOND key:TravistyRavage Character names: Travis Black, Sarah Black, Alicia Black, Leon Black How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Just came back from a hiatus about two months ago Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: Every community I join I usually become extremely involved and absorbed into the community wanting to climb the latter. I've always been drawn to security/police/military roles in RP. I like structure, and protecting people in need. Also, I have seen a lack of Head of Security in times that I play, or just in general. Why did you come to Aurora?: I came to Aurora after searching for a new SS13 server since the two that I played on religiously ended up going under. I looked for a server that had a decent amount of players but not flooded with Sues or griefers. I also preferred one with a decent map layout, smooth coding as well as a welcoming and nice community. I found Aurora after testing a couple of servers and never looked back. Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: Yes, I've made sure to put in time and effort into all security branches and am comfortable with SoP. Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? I've been accidentally banned because of a miscopied CKEY. Personally, I have been spoken with regarding a round where I was a MALF and was working with Ninjas. I didn't do enough as a MALF and a lot of people didn't realize I was MALF. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about: It's hard to give a definition on roleplay as there are so many components. To some it may be a way to relieve stress and just relax while doing monotonous work. However, some may find it as a good way to flex and exercise their creativity. Forming a character, crafting a backstory, making new relationships while maintaining others, all while building their ultimate fable for their character. For me, roleplay is a way to interact and have a good time with countless of interesting characters; and mainly, contribute to the overall story and structure of a community. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: A head of staff's main job in my opinion, is to provide structure and assistance throughout the round. A head of staff should be knowledgeable enough about their department to not only help new players, but to help give directives or motivation to hardened experts. A head of staff should also be able to pick up slack in areas that may need some TLC that round. Pretty much, the purpose of a Head of Staff is to help move things along at a good pace, while also keeping things under control. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: A whitelisted player has an enormous amount of responsibility. When you think of someone being whitelisted, whether it be as a special race, or a Head of Staff, you expect them to be a role model. This person put in the work and passion to prove they deserved such an important and downright prestigious role. They should be not only professional but also be a good example of what to expect from an HRP server. Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau ceti and how it affected your character and their career? I'm not going to lie, I haven't dived deep into the lore, I read the corporation lore, and any other lore that interests me. If lore is like, super important to be a good HoS then point me to what pages I should check on and I'll have them converted to my memory in a couple hours. I put in the main things that Travis has had issues with IC wise, being born under the Sol Alliance he doesn't have many interactions except secondhand racism towards other species/races. Which has been one of the things he has been trying to adapt to. I can go into a little bit more detail about issues that might be prevalent in his growth. Being used to the Sol Alliance way of Galactic Law from both being from Sol, his father advising him of how things are done in his area of security. As well as being temporarily contracted by Zav in the Sol headquarters for training. So getting used to the difference between Sol Galactic law and Republic of Biesel law has also been something he's been working on. The biggest thing that comes to mind when it comes to my character. Is the recent influx of new species/unique humanoids. They all have such different personalities, and customs that you have to be adaptable when it comes to interaction. As a security officer, you have to realize that everyone acts differently of course, but certain species have issues with certain things and you have to stay on your toes and pay attention. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? Head of Security is really the only role that catches my interest. I've been HoP, Captain, CMO and HoS in other server whitelists, and HoS has just always been my comfort zone and my favorite role in all to fill. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking.: Travis Black will be my chosen HoS, I have been working on building rapport with the crew as well as getting a hang of how security runs on this server. And I feel as though I have a pretty good handle on things. How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I am nowhere near the perfect roleplayer, I have trouble being an asshole and my spectrum of character personalities lean on the "Good" side. I have above-average spelling and decent grammar. I prefer to act things out in certain circumstances and am constantly thinking of ways to improve my roleplay and am always down for constructive criticism. Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Of course, if I'm not up to the standards of a Head of Staff, I shouldn't have it. Have you familiarize yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? Yes Extra notes: I know I have only been back for a couple months but as I've stated before, I always throw myself into a community and have loyalty and respect for that community. Thanks for considering me.

I'll add to that $50 prize money

Lazer Rifle hit right will take a normal person down in 2-3 hits with massive damage and is a bitch for Medbay. -1 IPC Security are literal memes right now, we need to keep things as balanced as possible, and EMP or Ion Rifles are the main if not only weapons towards heavy/tanky machinery.