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Hephaestus Documents leaked; Protests and Rioting erupt on Ouerea Article 1 of the Titan Rises Yesterday morning, a day after the compilation of Hephaestus’s first Aquaculture Center, an unidentified leaker released what many believe to be classified Hephaestus documents onto the platform known as “64-tan”. These alleged classified documents reveal an inside report commissioned by Hephaestus Industries to theorize about the potential environmental and ecological damage to the Trizkizki Sea. The conclusion was that within the next decade, pollution from the Aquaculture centers, and the mass fishing to populate them will result in a downward ecological spiral that will eventually leave the Trizkizki Sea a disaster, bare of almost all complex life. Hephaestus has denied that these documents are real, stating that they were forged by those who wish to hurt the company and its reputation and have given the press access to several similar real classified documents, reports, and papers that show the Aquaculture centers will not adversely affect the ecology or environment of the Trizkizki Sea. Still, these forged documents have taken Ouerea by storm, being shared across the planet, and have resulted in an increase in civil unrest. Watchmen across the planet have reported spontaneous protests outside of Hephaestus facilities, some of which have begun to devolve into riots. Hephaestus Security personnel have been coordinating with the Watchmen to ensure as little damage is done to Hephaestus facilities and the surrounding area; dozens have already been arrested for inciting riots in an attempt to keep the protests peaceful. The biggest protests have occurred outside of Aquaculture Centers 2 and 3, which are still under construction, where Hephaestus Security forces estimate a crowd of fifteen thousand at each site have gathered to protest the construction of further Aquaculture Centers. While these crowds have remained mostly peaceful, there have been some instances of violence as individuals attempt to block workers and materials from entering the construction sites, or have attempted to forcefully enter the construction site. Hephaestus' security forces have however managed to keep the violence to a minimum, and only a handful of rioters have been injured in the past day; before being detained and handed over to the watchmen for their crimes. While these protests and riots rage on Ouerea, the situation is much different on Moghes. Many of the nobility have condemned the protestors and rioters, saying that they are endangering the future of the Unathi species by opposing the only solution to the rationing and specter of famine hanging over the Hegemony. Social Media networks such as Chirper have been flooded with support for Hephaestus by those from all walks of life across Moghes, who see what the guild is doing as necessary. A minority who attempted to form a protest outside the Hephaestus Branch Office in Skalamar found themselves quickly confronted by counter-protesters, peasantry mostly from Moghes who had come to seek a job with the guild, which quickly descended into a brawl. Watchmen intervened within minutes, and injuries were reported to be minimal. No arrests were made, and the crowd was simply ordered to disperse. We will keep our readers updated on this situation as it develops.

In my opinion, this backstory fails in a basic sense to show me that you are able to understand Unathi lore, and make a character with it. You have alot of the basics down but you're missing the meat that makes up a backstory, for example; What year were they born in, how did Unathi history affect Sathess, were members of the Tau'ha'nor clan who were more sympathetic towards her? If so, what were their names and how did they influence Sathess' life after the death of her father? What religion does Sathess follow? How does she view the Hegemony? Etc. Due to these reasons outlined, this application is being denied. Re-application will be allowed after a 3-day period.

Hi! Rusting already asked a lot of questions so I'll keep mine short. Throughout the app you make mention of Szehisro's Clan, but never any specific members. Were there any members of his clan or the crawler that had a significant impact on him? What were their names? Etc.

First Hephaestus Aquaculture Center Completed on Ouerea Prologue to The Titan Rises Translated into Tau Ceti Basic Almost a year after the phoron scarcity first began to truly afflict our great nation, a ray of hope finally begins to shine from the world of Ouerea. Hephaestus Industries proudly announced today the completion of their first Aquaculture center on the coast of the Trizkizki Sea, near the capital of New Skalamar. The new Aquaculture center - named Aquaculture Center 1 - is the first of the 17 planned to be constructed by Hephaestus Industries, with help from all the Hegemonic Guilds. It was opened with a grand affair managed by the Hephaestus Sector Administrator for the Hegemony, Yukal T’zakal, with the Hephaestus Director of Personnel, Brizio de Moze also in attendance. Titanus Aeson was sadly unable to attend but sent his congratulations to both T’zakal and all the workers who helped in the construction of the center. It is believed that once fully operational, each Aquaculture Center will be able to produce two hundred million tons of protein-based foodstuffs every year. Once all centers are fully operational, the numbers add up to around four billion tons of foodstuffs a year. While this is a great success for the Hegemony, it is still a far cry from the believed 6 to 8 billion tons of foodstuffs believed by scholars to have been produced on Moghes prior to the Contact War. Still, Master of River’s Hutay’zai and Hegemon Not’zar assure people that this will be enough to stave off the famine currently threatening the nation. However, not all are happy with this new beacon of hope. Many groups on Ouerea, still resentful of Hephaestus after the Ouerean Revolution, have condemned the company once again being invited onto the planet and promised to take organized action against it. The most vocal among these groups are environmentalists, who claim that these Aquaculture centers will cause irreparable damage to the ocean environments of Ouerea, causing a mass die-off of natural fish and threatening the livelihoods of the fisherman who work on the sea. Hephaestus has denied these claims, with several well-educated human scientists submitting reports that no ecological or environmental damage will result from the Aquaculture Centers. It is unclear exactly what these groups hope to accomplish by taking action against the food salvation of our Hegemony, or how they plan to do it. We will keep our readers updated on any situations regarding this new Ouerea.

Akhandi Temples Demand Reparations for Destruction Translated into Tau Ceti Basic In a surprising announcement today from the city of Mendell, 112 surviving shamans of the Akhandi Temples have demanded reparations from the Sk’akh church for the destruction caused by the Iron Crusade against their temples. The temples, which had stood for thousands of years, were destroyed almost entirely by the Iron Masks during their crusade against other religious groups under the direction of former High Priest Unzi, destroying an unknown amount of history and cultural knowledge that had survived the fires of the Contact War. The Akhandi have set a price to it however, and in total, they are demanding several billion credits over the next decade and an official apology from the church for the destruction wrought during the Iron Crusade. The announcement has immediately been met with a rush of reactions from the rest of the planet, with Overlord Hutay’zai - the Hegemon’s Master of Rivers, and a devoted follower of Th’akh himself - praising the announcement from the surviving shamans. In a public address from his seat in Kutah, Overlord Hutay’zai declared, "For centuries, those who keep the faith of the spirits have been persecuted. The courage of the wise and honorable shamans of the Akhandi moves me - and to those of the Sk’akh Church who still have honor, I implore you to listen to the words of these Sinta, whom your order has wronged. The Iron Masks dishonored the Akhandi, and all followers of Th’akh - and now you have an opportunity to redeem that vileness.” However, Overlord Hutay’zai’s position is far from common among the Hegemony’s mightiest. Other nobles, such as Lord Yu’huni of To’ha’dat have dismissed the demands out of hand, saying that the church has no obligation to pay for the decisions made by former members who were already punished by law. In a somewhat eerie silence, the church has not yet responded, not even issuing an outright denial of the Akhandi shamans’ demands. It is unclear when the church will issue its response and what it might say. As always, we will keep our readers updated.

Accepted. Feel free to reach out to me or either of my deputies if you have any questions.

This application is solid. Accepted. Feel free to reach out to me or either of my deputies if you have any questions.

Hey! Sorry it's taken me a while to get to this. I don't have any questions for you, the application seems solid. Feel free to reach out to either me or my deputies if you have any questions. Accepted.

Looks good! Application accepted. Feel free to reach out to either me or my deputies with any questions.

You mention this here, but then in your backstory, I don't see any mentions of Auk'lins Clan, Parents, important people to his development, etc. I would like you to expand your backstory to include things like that, because, as you mentioned, clans are ingrained and important. Any specific people? If so, how did they change his outlook on life? One more question. Does Auk'lin have any hobbies?

Hey! Sorry this took a bit, I’m out if the country currently and my service is kinda spotty for doing more than just typing on discord. As of now, the unathi team has already received a complaint regarding your behavior in OOC, and the behavior of some of your characters. Due to this, I do not feel comfortable trusting you with a whitelist currently. My fear is that I will grant it to you, then have to manage warning and or stripping it from you due to your behavior. application denied, you are free to reapply after 2 weeks.

Much Improved. Application accepted.

Hello, and thanks for applying! After looking over your application, I think I'd like you to expand upon your backstory a little more, right now it's not bad, and would work fine once you have the whitelist, but doesn't go into enough detail for the purposes of this application. How you want to expand on this backstory is up to you, a few ideas are expanding on her clan, immediate family, and religion's role in her youth. That's all for now!

A few questions that I wanted to ask before thinking more on this application: 1) While you have been a boon to the mod team, I am curious as to how you think you'll handle taking creative direction from someone else(in this case, lancer). You seem very passionate about lore, and write a lot about things that interest you, but I'm unsure how you'd react to having your ideas shut down, dismissed, or massively tweaked by the species maintainer above you, and I think it's an important part of being on the team. 2) What are your thoughts on cooperating with other teams, even in a case where synthlore may not even be involved? 3) Piggybacking off the last question, where do you see the boundaries of "that's another team/maintainers responsibility" starting, and if so how would you respect said boundaries? Feel free to reach out to me for any clarification, I just nearly a full 13 hours of driving so I might not be making the most sense, and good luck on your application.

Hey! Sorry this took so long to get to, I just got back home after spending a week in the woods. You're a solid Roleplayer and this application reflects that. Therefore, it is accepted. Feel free to reach out to me or my deputies with any questions you may have. Accepted.

Accepted.

Hey! Sorry it's been a few days, Finals week has been kicking my ass. This application will hopefully be handled by tomorrow. Rusting already asked a bunch of questions so I'll keep mine minimal. 1. What hobbies does T'sanis have? What does he like to do in his free time? 2. What are T'sanis's thoughts on the other(mostly hegemonic) Unathi that also work within Hephaestus? Does he face discrimination? 3. Lastly, how do you see this character developing while playing him on the Horizon? Do you expect his position to change? Or his thoughts on his commune, the Hegemony, or other factions? 4. What does T'sanis think about the corporations as a whole?

Hi! Sorry for taking a while, this past week was chaos for me. This app seems pretty solid, so we'll accept it. Just keep in mind Sexism within Unathi society is not as strong as you may think, with the Hegemony having a Female Spymaster, High Speaker, and even female Kataphracts. Beyond that, if you have any further questions feel free to reach out to me or my deputies, and I hope you enjoy playing your lizard!

Accepted.

Could you expand on this section? What things might you do differently in an example situation? That's all I have for now!

After deliberating, I've decided to accept this application. Congratulations and welcome to the team!

After thinking about this for the past week, I've decided to go with another applicant for the deputy position. That said though, I hope you will take some of your ideas and make them into lore canonization applications.

Hi! And Thanks for applying. I have a bunch of questions I want to ask. 1) How patient would you say you are when waiting on other people? Specifically, waiting on other people to finish their responsibilities/writing in a project? 2) How well do you take criticism? Do you struggle with anything specific when it comes to your work being criticized? 3) As a Lore Writer, even a deputy, you'll be expected to contribute to team projects as well, so writing for corporations, biesel, etc. Do you feel comfortable doing this? 4) Lastly, when it comes to writing, how do you fair about writing things you don't enjoy in the moment?

Hi! And Thanks for applying. I have a bunch of questions I want to ask. 1) How patient would you say you are when waiting on other people? Specifically, waiting on other people to finish their responsibilities/writing in a project? 2) How well do you take criticism? Do you struggle with anything specific when it comes to your work being criticized? 3) As a Lore Writer, even a deputy, you'll be expected to contribute to team projects as well, so writing for corporations, biesel, etc. Do you feel comfortable doing this? 4) Lastly, when it comes to writing, how do you fair about writing things you don't enjoy in the moment?

There is now a unathi deputy slot open. I am looking for an active player who can work with any of the following; write for a prompt, generate their own unique ideas based on current lore, help correct inconsistencies in the lore, or any combination of the above. Above all else though I am looking for someone who is a team player, who can work well in a small team with others, and who I can rely on as a deputy. Please follow the application format, as well as answering all of the following questions/requests: 1) Write a wiki page addition. This can be of any length, from a single paragraph addition to a whole new page. In this section please include at least a paragraph explaining your reasoning for the addition, why you think it’s important, and how it can be used to further the lore of Unathi. 2) What piece of Unathi lore do you like the least? Why? Should you get the position of deputy, would you work to change it? How? 3) Have you ever disagreed with a decision made by the Unathi Team in the past year? If so, what was the decision? Why did you disagree? How do you think we could have done better? 4) Give a rough outline for a Unathi-centric event arc to be run on the Horizon that pushes forward an aspect of Unathi lore.