Faye <3

i don’t really like any of these. They feel like something you’d find on an LRP server. They’re memey and I can’t see how they would better the round.

Your proof of my bias against you is one warning from a year and three months ago. Additionally, the ruling in your complaint decided that I was following appropriate escalation conduct and showed no bias. I think the fact that, as far as I'm aware, I've had no dealings with you in all the months since should be proof that I devote no special thought to your presence on the server. Additionally, you were warned recently by myself because you posted a webm of Wehrmacht soldiers from the movie 'Come and See' showing said Wehrmacht soldiers holding a gun to a crying teenager's head and taking photos for fun. This video later showed the Wehrmacht burning down a Church full of innocent people. This was all, of course, set to speed-metal and the words 'EVILMAXXING' in bright red lettering over the scenes. I could have (and probably should have) banned you for that, but I only warned you. That is further proof of my lack of bias. If you can justify this somehow, I'll happily admit my wrong. I temporarily banned you from the discord (for one week) this morning because you posted a meme about mentally ill men choosing between committing a mass shooting and killing government officials. Given the prior warning, I figured it was justified. There are some things you shouldn't post memes about.

speaking 100% honestly, i do not think it would be fair at all for you to receive this position. leapfrogging from LM to unathi writer when the unathi deputies have been working their butts off mostly alone just simply isn't right, especially when one of them wants the position. i think you'd be fine, however, as a deputy for unathi lore.

not a fan. if i want to play antag i will enable the role. i don't think i should have to resign myself to voting extended because i don't feel like playing antagonist. i am more likely to only latejoin and not ready up at all. i have zero interest in some types of antags, and would sooner give up the role or cryo than force myself to play 2 hours of something i do not enjoy. additionally, if you're playing antagonist, you have some expectation to stay the round. if i'm looking to play half a round and i get merc, i'm going to have a bad time. this is a bad suggestion and will worsen latepop issues. additionally, why should a latepop issue force everyone to play antag draft? we do not code or balance around latepop, so i see no reason to do it here.

I played medical w/you as my CMO, and I am not super impressed. I share the feelings from earlier that your characters are just not very present. It was quite easy to forget we had a CMO at all - you were seldom on comms, rarely gave orders, and just sort of didn't do much. I think the comparison to 'furniture' is a little harsh, but I think it is apt. When you did talk, it was terse and very minimal. This is more personal preference now, but a Biesellite CMO in default gear w/no FT doesn't super fill me with a lot of interest, especially when your communication needs work. You should focus on making sure you have more of a presence in round, as you kind of sit there and do little.

BYOND Key: PersephoneQ Discord Username: Faye#0558 Character Name: Shirin Abbasi Item Name: Medinan Mercenary's Plate Carrier Item Function(s): It's a plate carrier. Plates not included. Item Description: A flashy and apparently well-made plate carrier. This one seems well-maintained, if quite worn-in. It's design is reminiscent of the ornate and intricate patterns of Medinan make, though someone has written various colorful epithets such as 'AIM HERE' over the heart and 'KICK ME' on the back in Elyran Standard. A patch on the center depicts a golden jackal with a challenging and cheerful grin, a chunk of phoron held between it's teeth. On the left shoulder, a much newer patch is sewn in depicting the insignia of the SCC Chainlink. Beneath it is stitched 'ABBASI'. Why is your character bringing this item to work?: Shirin hates the corporate standard-issue she's given. It's uncomfortable, doesn't fit her right, and isn't anywhere near flashy enough to satiate her incessant need for attention. After getting approval from Sector Security Command, she's brought her custom-made plate carrier from her phoron hunting days. It's made for her body, breathes better and draws more attention to her. How did your character obtain this item?: When Shirin made a name for herself as a mercenary on Medina, she visited a shop in the capitol to have her measurements taken and custom armor made for her. What value does this item have to your character, and what story does it tell?: Shirin dearly misses her time as a mercenary on Medina. Money was plenty, booze was cheap and jobs were constant. But as her age catches up with her, she's had to slow down with a job ship-side. The plate carrier is a reminder of her youth, and the memories she made. It tells a story of her background, invites IC conversation and questioning, and draws attention to parts of her personality like her desire for attention and flashiness. Sprites: customplate.dmi

i hate mel she sucks do not give her the WL +1

Not a fan. We're not a navy. If a captain is needed and there is no captain, we have acting captaincy already. As well, it's too er, larpy.

agree with this very much. the guns are fine and being in combat scenarios doesn't make us milsim, but i think a lot of people are worried that it could lead to something more in that area which is something i feel many people would be against. (general quarters, etc). maybe cael / luca input on this would ease some peoples' worries?

i don't really think that the Horizon having the Leviathan (a gun that dumpsters small pirate vessels and light cruisers ala the ghost-role SFA ships, but would be mostly ineffective against an actual fighting ship) and being sent as auxiliary support to defend against people who want a nuke is going to be the slipping on a banana peel and falling down a slip-n-slide into tacticool milsim RP. aurora is pretty far from mil-sim, and i think that people being upset over character restrictions are going to have to give a little. it doesn't make a super lot of sense for some podunk engineer from jupiter or w/er to go "oh we're going to valley wherever-the-fuck to stop pirates from making a bomb? cool!" and not be understandably upset, but i don't believe that will be the norm going forwards and a big component of collaborative roleplay is suspending our disbelief. we do it all the time. how many shells and other expensive IPCs do we see in-game who were freed through unusual / uncommon ways act with independence and security and somehow have full-sized apartments on a robot's pay? a shitload! how does this compare to the rest of the IPCs in the Spur? way off! part of writing and collaborating as a community is suspending your disbelief for the sake of the people you're writing with, and hoping they'll do the same for whatever quirkiness you're writing with your deviantart ass OCs. (me included!) additionally, the aurora literally had gigafuck hellchungus commando frogs and a scooby doo monster in the maintenance tunnels, as well as having been boarded fifty thousand million times by a rogue's gallery to put batman to shame, and people still played saccharine-sweet-rot-your-teeth security cadets and uwu medical physicians, so i personally think it's only as big of a problem as you make it for yourself. i think the bad faith arguing here is super unwarranted and just like, high-school tier rude. frankly, some of y'all seemed happier not playing Aurora. personally, i was kind of bored by the current arc. it felt obtuse and opaque looking outwards-in, and i never really knew what the hell was going on. i also kind of found it hard to care. i think in the future, we should be more conservative with our gun-battles. save'em for key moments so it's a real "oh shit" moment when the guns are loaded. i think what's really exacerbating the milsim concerns is that for this event arc, we never really got to talk with anyone who weren't jarheads or bureaucrats supporting those jarheads. in the future, I think having some more friendly faces would be nice, or being able to talk to people without worry they'll fuck the crew over or stab us in the back. i don't think this is a condemnation of anyone or any team in particular - the NBT is still relatively new, and i'm sure that future arcs will be a bit more lowkey. sidenote: please, please, please for the love of god use the command sub-section to post command briefings for us command mains who miss an event. it felt like i never knew what the fuck was going on this arc and it was a pain to try and incorporate in my character when i missed a round.

I think it's personally, very poor form for paramedics to be taking butazolene or dermaine. Maybe if there's no one in the GTR, but if there's a physician then those wounds won't kill you as long as you bandage, salve and treat for pain. Encouraging FRs to carry non-emergency, if-i-don't-give-this-to-him-he'll-die chems not only make it more likely for them to step into the GTR, but infringes upon the physician's job. If there's a FR, physician and surgeon, and someone comes in with broken bones and brute damage from gunshot wounds and the FR already gave butazoline, they may as well be wheeled directly to the OR because there's nothing for the physician to do except for maybe getting a scan and making sure they're on an IV. in my opinion, i think what separates a good FR player from a great FR player is being able to understand that just because you can treat near everything barring surgery (not including fringe cases like damaged eyes, etc), doesn't mean you should. it's important to make sure you're leaving stuff for GTR.

i like this idea but not broadcasting 'general quarters'. no one outside of sec rlly has to worry about 'battle stations'. just say the gun is firing lol. makes us feel like a milrp ship it's also perhaps the dorkiest thing ive ever heard.

i would support and like this as long as the titles did not separate what the intern can do. a surgical resident still needs to learn their chems and stuff like a physician b/c they're needed in the ORs

always found it weird Zeng Hu didn't hire roboticists. they've created one of the frames we have in-game, and are one of the largest producers of robots in the spur. would make total sense for machinist to be in RnD or medical so that Zeng Hu roboticists could exist.

agree w/flpfs. i think this person can play cmo, just not now. i would say you need more time in the oven, so to speak. Hailey is not the kind of character I could see as a CMO, as well. she is too casual and kind of buddy-buddy with other characters, and doesn't really feel like anyone's boss. it kind of feels like she's a high schooler meeting her friends with some other characters, rather than a boss of the dept. i can see that you have a lot of your friends here in the comments supporting you, and that's great and i'm glad they're excited, however medical can feel a little bleh if you're not part of Hailey's friend group. I think you need to play medical as a doctor a bit longer and work on making Hailey feel more like command instead of just another doctor w/the premium hypo. i would not want to see you playing captain because i do not think your grasp of the setting is solid enough.

would rather die than have someone backseating me yelling in my ear

i see no reason 2 deny them and all the reasons to bring them on.

my biggest gripe as a command main who didn't play any of the events was that it was very difficult to try and play a command character who still knew what was going on. if you weren't on the event, you lost your chance to know what was going on after each event except through hearsay and recollection from other players. which is not reliable. in the future, i'd really appreciate it if each event had an "after action" post in the command subforum that describes what's going on, any changes in the horizon's external relations, ettc.

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I am not opposed to this idea but I would be reluctant to mandate that an expedition has to have a security presence. I play a lot of HoS, and when it's time to send an officer on an expedition, rarely do people ever want to go and I usually end up having to force someone. I think a lot of officers try to shirk expeditions because the antagonists are on-ship, and if they're missing all of the fun because they're escorting an anomalist and shooting simple mobs, well, that's not very fun and I don't really blame them for not wanting to go. I would much prefer the expedition shotguns be buffed, and just allow the expedition members to defend themselves.

FRs shouldn't be doing GTR things period. You can, and will be bwoinked for it if someone notices unless literally no one else (physicians, CMO, surgery) can attend the GTR. FRs who do GTR things shouldn't be.

nothing says psychologists have to do medical stuff. if someone tells you to treat someone, say you don't know how.

This is cool! Maybe the can could be packed and imported from New Gibson?

i think this would make FR'ing a lot less fun b/c trying to do it without sensors really sucks. IMO maybe the functionality could be added to the radio jammer? jammer turns on, and then anyone who's in the radius is either dropped from sensors, or their sensors freezes to what they were before entering the radius

u get suit sensors on your PDA and you can drag it over to an unused part of ur screen. i do this all the time on my FR b/c it lets me RP and eye sensors. anyone who's sitting in the lobby is either doing it by choice or is unaware of it being on your PDA.