Carpe Venenum

I'll link the lore that I actively like and would like to be used as an example of my work. In no particular order: Skrell: humor, families, military (contributor), economy Venusian Illegal Surfacers The human lore navbox Guide to Citizenship Scarab culture New Gibson Eridani Federation rewrite, Oran, Akhet Mars rewrite, published by Borya An unpublished rewrite of Phoenixport, collaborated on with Pan and with Unathi bits by Sleepy. I think that's all.

It has been over the place, and that's why I like Zavodskoi - it's a very solid rework that further consolidated its themes and made it more popular. Zavodskoi is currently underrepresented in human space, with its only major outlet really only being Dominia. It's also underrepresented on station, it and Einstein Engines the only megacorporation without a recognizable IPC brand except NanoTrasen (Idris has IRUs, they count for me). To me, this presents a clean slate (especially since Zavodskoi subsidiaries were for some reason purged from the wiki) which can really be taken anywhere. I'd like to give it some non-weapon-related subsidiaries: maybe a shady fast food chain (wink wink at that lore canonization), maybe a particularly edgy fashion brand, all according to my plans of fleshing out day-to-day life via corporation subsidiaries. Given that it's my favorite, I'd like to work on it first. Then Einstein. I feel that Dominia is currently alright. Dominian characters certainly bring some vibrance to the station. If I had to name core ideas/themes for them, these would be: Unathi and human cultures mix to create... ...a system where space peasants and space nobles don't look out of place, while remaining human... ...all while maintaining a friendly exterior with a strong code of honor... ...but being ruthless and exploitative in their politics. All in all, it's a faction of flashy villains, my dude. I like them a lot, I think they're working well now that we have represented that the Unathi/human mix isn't really homonogeous and there are still people that oppose the new regime. A few clumps in the dough, if you will.

Ckey/BYOND Username: Carpe Venenum Position Being Applied For: Human Lore Maintainer Have you read the Lore Team Rules and Regulations wiki page? Yes! I think it's an excellent addition to how our lore runs, and something that the lore team has been sorely missing during my time there. Marlon's attempt to do the same thing was, frankly, bad, but the new R&R page is clear, concise and easy to both reference and follow. Past Experiences/Knowledge: In the past, I've been a Skrell lore deputy, Skrell lore maintainer, and Human lore deputy. I also have extensive experience with wiki editing. Examples of Past Work: While away from the lore team, I helped Borya and Schwann write things such as Silversun (my idea almost start to finish, ask Borya about it), Konyang (also my idea, including the Glorsh parts) and the Empire of Dominia rewrite (the history of which I helped proofread & edit). I'm quite proud of them. Additional Comments: My favorite things: My hated things: My main objectives:

ATLAS was a big political force with a lot of community input, but was (and still is) generally really disliked. In your opinion, what were the pitfalls of ATLAS and how would you avoid them in the lore you write?

Consider Lake Tricord on Biesel for Tricordrazine. I had an idea on it in the past:

I'm confused. What does bridging the gap mean, in particular? What kind of research do these people do?

Pretty cool, but that's not what Conglomerate means. I don't see it as an obstacle, though. Even Eridani Conglomerate by itself sounds nice.

These do not represent the themes unless you do digging. Eridani Confederation has the same problems as Eridani Federation - it sounds bland and doesn't represent themes of the faction itself, unlike most other nations we have. Strong themes are what makes in-game factions well-written.

But it does exist within the borders of Sol Alliance.

not bad

It not being a problem does not mean that renaming it to Eridani Trade Zone would not be an improvement. Our current human faction names more or less represent their themes (Republic of Biesel is liberal, so it's a Republic; Sol Alliance is militaristic, so it's an Alliance; Empire of Dominia is imperialistic and dated, so it's an Empire, etc.), and I fail to see how Eridani Federation does that. It's more intuitive that way, besides removing confusion. (I would suggest a similar improvement for Elyra, if I had any idea what to call it better.)

Eridani Federation causes confusion between Eridani and Jargon, which are both federations. Moreover, it nails the point of it being a corporate hell just one hammerhead hit further.

How come an outer ring colony is from Poland if Poland already didn't exist on the map at the time the outer ring colonies propped up? Moreover, even in the middle colonies, people don't generally come from a specific nationality - see Silversun: Outer colonies propped up way later, so how come there are only Polish people who decided to be colonists for this? This reads like a "Poland can into space" joke.