BunkyB

BYOND Key: bunkyb Character Names: Oliver Kurtis, Lazarus So-Jal Species you are applying to play: Unathi What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Sandy-Brown Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Of course. Why do you wish to play this specific race: When looking for a new race to apply for, I was looking for a species that has ties to the departments I play/want to play whilst allowing me to create varied characters that fit the roles I wish to play them in, Unathi seemed to be the best fit, it's easier for me to understand as compared to the other complex species, Tajara and Skrell - although not to sound derogatory at all, I'd say Unathi is the entry-level species of the 'big three'. I'm interested in playing Unathi especially for their varied and unique regions, allowing for plenty of character concepts. I eventually wish to play a Ouerean alongside the character concept at the end of this application. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Unathi have a long history of struggle, be it from their feudal system of clan-ship or long and egregious wars with extreme consequences that can still be seen and felt by Unathi the spur over. From the feudal systems of the Izweski Nation to the raiders, scavs and ranchers found deep within the wastes, you can conceive hundreds of characters with different religions, ideologies, goals and values that all work towards creating a more enjoyable roleplay experience. The Unathi have a distinct code of honor, even those not bound by feudalism often find themselves looking up to the elders who have taught them, kept them safe and fed. Their honor system complements the gender roles that many Unathi follow; women having a much different lifestyle when compared to the man, each gender having their own code of honor, often influencing how you play the character. Character Name: Skaxa Dorviza Please provide a short backstory for this character Skaxa Dorviza was born to the Dorviza clan, at a young age they learned the basics of how to handle medicinal herbs and started to work alongside other clansmen as well as Dionae in a role that could be comparable to a nurse, they pursued traditional education by speaking with elders, eventually earning permission to operate as a healer in the clan. Despite working an honorable trade, Skaxa aspired for more, they applied for a Biesillian work visa and before long they started doing internships at small clinics for about a year and a half. Money was not the goal for Skaxa, they were working for the opportunity that the Izweski guilds would call a 'masterpiece' and Skaxa's masterpiece was right around the corner. In their D15 apartment, Skaxa awoke to a handful of extranet-mails congratulating them on successfully getting hired - Your NanoTrasen Job Application Has Been Accepted - this was the break Skaxa was working towards and they had finally made it. The spirits have graced me with good luck, how else would I have been accepted? Skaxa thought to themselves, either way they needed to get ready for their internship. What do you like about this character? This character allows me to develop my understanding of Unathi using a bit of lore I've already got down, I've contemplated making wasteland Dionae in the past but I couldn't ever commit, with this character I'm able to utelise the things I know about the wasteland before dipping my toes into the deep end of Unathi lore. This character allows me to develop my mechanical skills as they will initially be a medical intern, this serves two purposes as learning medical with entice me to play the character more, potentially avoiding a problem I had with my IPC and Dionae whitelist characters. While having a pretty solid backstory, this character still allows me to re-write it, I plan for them to have a Diona Nymph prosthetic when that eventually gets merged. How would you rate your role-playing ability? I'm not the best at roleplay, I'd give myself a 6/10, I tend to prioritize gameplay over roleplay and I think that wont change if I intend to play this character in a learner role.

What is this rooms purpose and why does it have a plant infront of the door? Why is there a window to space in the shitter? I enjoy how compact medical is now compared to the Auroras medical, but I do feel like it could get a bit hectic if it gets too full. I'm not a big fan of the positions of the full body scanners, they seem a bit out of place. Chemistry is shown here as not having reinforced walls to protect it, are the regular walls just placeholder, or are we moving forward with a less protected chem lab? I feel that how lofty and airy medical is may be detrimental on some roundtypes, These three shutters are all that is protecting the scanners and cryo cells from a breach, since there is no floor on the medical upper level, if a breach occurs it will most likely make all of medical uninhabitable as our emergency shutters aren't 100% efficient and don't always activate when they need to. If it gets vented, the surgery tables aren't accessible and I don't see any spare surgery tools available for ghetto surgery. One last thing for medical; where is the morgue? Having the radiation equipment inside the airlock can present a few problems, Would it be possible to move them out and have them against the wall? Which pipe goes to the radiators? Red or Blue? And what is the purpose of this pipe?

Is the custodial closet shown in the final image the primary one? Or is it a secondary for use on the sublevel? Another thing; will the hull walls have the same strength as reinforced plasteel, or are they stronger? Are they destructible? How do we replace them if they are?

I've been complaining about how the current Pilot Helmet sprite looks too much like a pair of NVGs. I want this to change, I've re-coloured a couple sprites and I to create a discussion about them, piloting will be an important part of the NBT and I want the pilots to get the freshest looking kit they can. This is the current Pilot Helmet Sprite (not including TCFL helmet) This is what it looks like on a Human/Taj/Unathi Races with abnormal head shapes or snouts don't look the greatest while wearing these helmets. We need a helmet sprite that fits the heads of most races while preferably not looking like NVGs. So I re-coloured a helmet I saw in head.dmi. This is a re-coloured version of chelm_mesons which can be found in head.dmi I have not re-coloured it to fit the basic helmet as that is what I used for the comparison. This is how the helmet looks on Human/Taj/Unathi/Baseline I am not a good spriter, but I'm willing to attempt making a new pilot helmet if this re-colour doesn't fit. pilot_helmets.dmi This is the .dmi where you can find both versions of the helmet.

@MattAtlas Been a couple days since my trial ended, I haven't played in command roles since, just pinging in case you've forgotten.

I have a handful of character concepts I play for one or two rounds and never touch again, I've had Kurtis for like two years between Bay and Aurora and is the only character I play consistently, they have the most writing and thought put into them. I'm confident at making concepts for characters but fitting them into the Aurora and actually playing them is something I struggle with. I'm not so sure about making a second command character as I have very little experience outside of playing security; I'm decent at engineering but not on a level to where I'd pick CE, the same goes for the rest of the departments, except for like, HoP?

While I do agree with you about my communication, I'd like you to give an example for me, I'm confused as to what you mean by 'playing from the front' as I've never done such in the rounds I've played, half of them are composed of me sitting in the lobby catting idly. I'd like to see where this is coming from.

A thing I don't think has been mentioned yet is: Are jobs not going to be locked by company? For example, Investigators can only be NT and Idris, will Investigator be locked to Idris on the NBT? It feels funny to just have a single corp able to take a unique job slot. Or is it undecided of now and we'll have to rely on lore fluff and other additions? I'm really happy with the dispersion of companies between departments, not having a singular corp that does all. I'm eagerly waiting for NBT.

Might've worded in a rough way, but the intent was to say that Oliver gained job security after getting a staff position in NT, thank you for the reply+feedback.

BYOND key: BunkyB Character names: Oliver Kurtis How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Coming on to a year of consistent play! I don't know the exact time, maybe 10 months? Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? I've only ever received two notes, one of them was recently. Both were warns. 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?: Ingame, HoD's acts as a leading figure, they are responsible for their departments personnel and in certain cases, responsible for the whole station. I frequently rely on Captains and Heads to give me directions and commands, I assume most other people do too; being in a Head of Staff position requires you to be able to handle all of these requests and more in a timely manner while also being clear and concise with it. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: People with a Command Whitelist have presumably committed a lot of time to the server, they may have a wealth of technical knowledge or be well versed in playing multiple roles. You may be able to rely on these players for assistance in OOC, LOOC or even possibly AOOC. I know I already fit a few of these bills and I'd be more than willing to help people with or without a Command Whitelist! Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau ceti and how it affected your character and their career? Oliver is a Sol immigrant, he immigrated before the invasion that took place in KOTW, he was upset with the path that the Alliance was taking, foreseeing it would collapse and took the choice to immigrate with his family to the closest, safest place he could find. As for his career; Oliver has always been in the criminal investigation industry, job security was never a real problem for him before he moved. Oliver applied for every job he could find that matched his experience portfolio, applying with the Biesellian Government and many private organisations before eventually landing a hit with NanoTrasen. Oliver is contemplating his choices and he's looking for a change after working in the industry for 15+ years. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? Head of Security, perhaps Consular. Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? Yes! I read Head of Security frequently. I have glazed over the other command roles, as I don't intend to play them - yet, anyway. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking.: Oliver Kurtis will go from Investigator > Head of Security. They will not take the Investigator slot if HoS is filled. Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Yes, I hope it never comes to that, though. Extra Notes: N/A

I'm not a big fan of the shape but I'm not a map designer. One thing I really want changed is the ability to see people seated from the cockpit, by adding windows in the areas marked in yellow. Maybe this is a bad thing if NBT has offmap hazards like Bay? Meteors and shit. Oh another thing I'd like to ask: What will be high traffic areas? This might be a difficult question to answer depending on the state of development the map is in but- Knowing how the map flows before it's released will help ease us into it a lot better.

I'd like to add that Arrow has already punished me for turning on the turrets w/o escalation. Might not be necessary to the complaint.

I'm trying to post a comment but it crashes every time I attempt, so I just took a screenshot

I'm not at all against having it as a loadout option! It'd be great to have this as an addition, but I'd like to try harder on the object sprite as I had never planned for anyone else to see it. I have don't have any other options for custom items however, so I'd say this is closed. Where should I put the .dmi if I finish re-spriting?

Would you have another suggestion for an item centred around Oliver? This is the best I could come up with.

BYOND Key: BunkyB Discord Username: bunkyb#3168 Character Name: Oliver Kurtis Item Name: holo-watch Item Function: It is a reskinned watch, I intend it to function as one. Item Description: A sleek and stylish watch featuring Elyran holographic technology! Snazzy! Why is your character bringing this item to work?: Oliver strives to show off his wealth while also being a great employee and colleague, choosing to wear a fancy watch with all the doo-dads and woo-jickeys needed for daily life at work How did your character obtain this item?: Oliver's wife, Emillia Kurtis had this watch imported from Elyra for his previous Christmas present, the Kurtis family has never really been stingy with money and often splurged out huge swaths of cash for the littlest things, this watch included. What value does this item have to your character, and what story does it tell?: Oliver loved the gift as he'd been eyeing it for months and has been seen wearing it ever since. To Oliver, the watch symbolises how far he's come since his immigration to Biesel; the birth of his second child signalled to Oliver that he should start settling down, acquiring this watch so close to that event may be a coincidence, however to him, it's a way to assure himself that his life - and his families life - are no longer in jeopardy. Sprites: holowatch.dmi (includes mob sprites) Additional Comments: I couldn't achieve my original idea when using the dream maker sprite editor, this was the best I could do.