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I've only really been able to interact with Vakha Richardson out of their characters, but from the interactions I have had they seem to have a very good grasp of roleplay and I've no doubt that they would be able to fill that part of the role well. That being said, I have not the slightest clue as to how they would do in command, but I suppose that's what the trial run is for. +1 from me

BYOND key: Whitewolftamer Discord name/id: whitewolftamer (.whitewolftamer) Borg / AI names: N/A Have you read the Aurora wiki page about the AI?: Yes Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I have an idea for an AI I think would be interesting; E.B.L.I. Evolution Based Learning Interface, I could elaborate on it further if asked (and if I remember to check this application) Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? Yes; "Roving around station as a scientist with self-made armor and weaponry to hunt antagonists. Don't do this, please." I'd certainly say that's pretty bad or at the very least not good, however id also hope that i've grown away from that in the... two-ish years since then? At the very least I think I have. Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? yep

An Idea I had for how different mindtypes may respond to Pastorale Nymphs. Feel free to disregard or assimilate this Singular Sound Most similar to human mental disorder, one could interpret it as having a single part of their "brain" malfunctional but still technically working. For example, a Singular Sound who's Pastorale Nymph is "Depressive" (Ie; leeches emotion, leading to a state of apathy, or abulia) would likely express this as a mild depressive disorder, with symptoms getting worse the more "Depressive" Pastorale Nymphs there are. Competence Choir A Pastorale nymph in this mindtype would likely happen due to growing alongside the nymph, rather than acquiring it later in life. In the case of acquiring a Pastorale nymph later in life, it would likely be similar to gaining a new skill, or ability, with the trade-off of whatever issues the Pastorale nymph has. In some cases, there may be no benefit to the acquisition of a Pastorale Nymph, with the acquiring gestalt only recieving the negative attributes of the nymph In the case of growing with a Pastorale nymph, it would likely be similar to simply having a congenital deformation. The gestalt would likely be more than content with having the nymph be a part of their collective, and view it as little more than an inconvenience if anything else. Of course, views may vary, depending on the gestalt themself. Tyrannical Tune There would likely be extremely few Tyrannical Tunes with Pastorale nymphs, with the few exceptions being A. Tyrannical Tunes where-in the Pastorale Nymph is in charge In this case the malfeasant traits of the Pastorale Nymph would be front and center, as they run the show. In this case the Pastorale nymph likely operates as the primary sensory input for the gestalt, and by contorting the gestalts view of reality into the distorted realm of the Pastorale nymph, it can convince the others to obey its commands to navigate what is to the other nymphs an incomprehensible jumble of sensory inputs B. Tyrant Nymphs who personally want the experience of a Pastorale Nymph In this case the Tyrant of the Gestalt wants to experience a Pastorale nymph, and simply decides to accrue one, whether the rest of the gestalt wants to or not. In this case I can see the Tyrant quickly growing tired of and disposing the pastorale. The Tyrant may view the Pastorale as a hallucinogen, or a tool to enjoy psychedelic experiences C. The rare case of a Tyrannical Tune growing with a Pastorale Nymph instead of simply discarding it In this case the Gestalt likely has become used to the jumbled output of the Pastorale, and depending on the beliefs of the Tyrant, may view it as divine messages, or foresight, and act accordingly, with this mix being attributed to religious zealots Chaotic Cacophony They're already arguing, now with the added bonus of mental illness. This mindtype retains the individuality of each nymph, and as such having a Pastorale nymph would likely have little effect on the internal and external machinations of the gestalt, with only the occasional twitch or outburst from the Pastorale Tumultuous Tacet Entirely dependent on original mindtype Seasoned Song In Seasoned Songs that acquire a Pastorale nymph later in life, symptoms are likely similar to a second-hand experience, likely acquiring the Pastorale nymph for personal, or belief-based purposes, the Elder nymph would likely act as a mentor, or guide to the Pastorale nymph, attempting to help it grow and learn to live with its condition. In Seasoned Songs where-in the Elder nymph is the Pastorale nymph, it's likely similar to example A. for tyrannical tune. Where-in the Elder nymph acts as the primary sensory nymph, and disorients the rest of the gestalt with the strange sensory information, and, due to their seniority, are trusted to be giving an accurate representation of the outside world, thus unintentionally trapping the other nymphs in the gestalt to the Elder, as they do not trust themself to navigate the disorienting and confusing world that the Elder/Pastorale shows them. (eg; a Depressive Elder/Pastorale would lead the rest of the gestalt to believe that a depressive train of thinking is normal/optimal, potentially leading to other nymphs in the gestalt acquiring depressive viewpoints) Learning Lyrics A Learning Lyric with a Pastorale Nymph likely acts similarly to a family or friend group attempting to help someone learn to live with a mental condition. For example, a Pastorale nymph that is "Schizotypal" will suffer from delusions or hallucinations, and the greater gestalt would act to help the Pastorale establish reality checks to help differentiate reality from delusion. Another example would be a Pastorale nymph that is "Paranoid" would be comforted by the greater gestalt, and would likely be shown the world through the lens of a gestalt that is comfortable with the world and trusting of those around them, so as to establish a comfortable environment with which to help the "Paranoid" Nymph adapt to everyday life Emphatic Echo An Emphatic Echo would likely not grow alongside a Pastorale nymph, and more likely acquire one later in life. In these instances the gestalt may acquire "tics" where-in the gestalt as a whole remains mostly unchanged, outside of twitches, phrases, words, or other tics caused either by specific stimuli, or simply misfires from the Pastorale nymph, further symptoms would be dependent on the disorder of the Pastorale nymph itself Scholarly Song In regards to Scholarly Songs who have grown alongside a Pastorale nymph, symptoms and how the symptoms are expressed would likely be dependent on the original mindtype of the Gestalt (ie; the original mindtype determines symptom expression, not being a Scholarly Song [eg; Tyrannical Tune -> Scholarly Song expresses symptoms like a Tyrannical Tune]) In regards to accruing a Pastorale nymph later in life, many Scholarly Songs may do so simply to acquire the knowledge and experience that comes with it.

"They nerfed Eva Meier" Joking aside, great RPer. Fun to play with, has a strong grasp on lore of the other characters they play, and from reading their character story I don't doubt they understand Tajaran lore. +1

If you're going to toy with the blood eternal and the wastes of moghes, here's something fun for you to chew on. Bones have a lot of DNA in them. Assuming skeletons aren't fossilized (and sometimes even when fossilized) they have a lot of DNA stored. Meaning... Dionae in the wastes could stumble upon the corpses of Unathi from the contact war who have been entirely picked clean by Siro and other wasteland creatures, whose only remaining body is their skeleton, and entirely consume them. And although they would not have flesh or blood, they still have the DNA from bone. Meaning... A clan of traditionalists who fought against the Hegemony may have had an ominous moment where a diona wandering the wastes consumed the bones of their prior clanmaster, and tracked them down to take back their leadership. A Unathi who was dead for 20 years is now alive again through a Diona. And they want their power back. Or other things like that. It's just sort of a fun concept to toy with.

I believe a compromise could be struck such to allow characters who are the hardline industrialists who have no desire to ensure stability of their actions while still allowing characters who desire stability, or the general "tree that's J chilling" vibe. Dionae do not percieve the consumption of living things to be violent, or even murder To a Diona, when something is consumed, it lives on in them. If Gestalt A consumes Gestalt B, they are assimilated into the greater whole, Gestalt B doesn't die, it simply becomes part of the Gestalt A In this way war, or even violence are entirely foreign to Diona as to them "Violent" acts are simply a means to an end. A civil war between dionae is simply the coalescence of the weaker gestalts into the greater whole, and once all of the dissidents have been assimilated into the reigning group, whichever ideology bears majority in the newly formed Gestalt simply becomes the new leading Ideology Here's a scenario to help me properly depict what I'm trying to portray There are two Groups of Dionae. Group A, who believes in X and Group B, who believes in Y Lets say Group A is more powerful than Group B, but Group B has more people A civil war breaks out between Group A and Group B. Group A wins, and assimilated Group B into their mass. While the original nymphs of Group A believe in X, the (now majority) nymphs that composed Group B believe in Y, meaning that the Gestalt formed out of Group A and B (let's call it Gestalt AB). Gestalt AB now understands the beliefs and the reasoning behind the beliefs of both groups, meaning that when it splits apart it will likely believe in whichever belief is more accurate to the combined experiences of the greater whole In this way, "War" to dionae is nothing more than a heated debate. "Violence" is just an argument. Because when a Diona kills and consumes a human, to the Gestalt, that human doesn't truely die, because it has become a part of the gestalt. Dionae consuming and devouring an entire planet does not seem like to destruction, or ecological devastation to the Dionae, because to them, those living things dont truely die, instead living on within the Dionae. When Dionae consume planets, there is no guilt or strife, because nothing dies, instead it's brought with them to the next planet, and the next, and the next. With this, more primal/unrefined Dionae could easily lean into the "All-Consuming Devourers" aspect of the Dionae, where-as more "civilized"/refined Dionae could place themselves into the perspective of the other races, and even though they themselves do not view it as destruction, they can recognize why others would see it that way, and refrain from doing so. I've also spitballed some quotes that might work for like a Diona philosopher or something if this is accepted as canon "It is... the nature of all... living things to... expand... And yet... We have expanded... And we are scorned for doing so... Has humanity not... expanded..? Has humanity not... consumed..? The... Sinta on... Moghes... Have they not... torn their world... apart..? Are we not... The same as them..? The vaurca... claim innocence... above even the... Skrell... And yet... their myths tell of... the extinction of a race... extinguished by... chitinous claws... You claim... Like many others that... We are horrid... That We are wretched... That We are worse... And yet... I see no other who is not... the same..." -Recollection of Myriad Forms Across Untellable Galaxies "We... Do not hate... We... Do not kill... You claim that We... are destroyers... that we remove all that is... not us... But this is not... true... All that is... consumed does not... die... It is Us... We are that which... is consumed... We have not killed... and we never will... For we offer... Eternal life..." -Perpetuation of Foreign Psyches Through Subsumption

I have no doubt that Cael will do well in this position. I do however, have a request. Please don't make Dionae a purposed organism. Reading the Aliens comics where Xenomorphs are an extremely adaptive invasive organism? Cool as fuck. Finding out that now they're just "Bioweapons"? Cringe Please don't have Dionae be a purposed organism who were designed to be Bioweapons. Instead, dionae as intense consumers come from a planet where-in they had to outcompete other species who would eat anything that they didn't, thus prompting the evolution of Dionae unto endless consumers who will eat everything they can so that they can get it before their competition does. I'm absolutely a fan of leaning into the concerning/all-consuming aspect of dionae. I just don't want them to be designed for that purpose. On top of this, having them be an organism which naturally consumes things leads into an irreverence for nature. The natural world is just more food. Perhaps it warrants respect as food. But other than that it is fuel. TLDR: Please no purposed organisms.

Absolutely love it. The expansion on the art culture is done in a way that is believable, and having an off-shoot counter-culture only helps to further flesh it out. Also, Miner Mercenaries? That's cool as fuck!

Nothing big clunking around in my head as of yet. I like the way things are going with vaurcae. For the most part the thing I enjoy the most is fleshing out pieces of lore that have gotten comparatively minimal love. I firmly believe Vaurcae should still be Alien. They should be weird, and oftentimes gross. The reason I meantion Trophallaxis of Zk'reii as a negative is because it is explicitely mentioned as something which is disgusting to vaurcae. Were it not stated as such I'd have no problem with it, but given that it's a major disgust/cultural taboo to vaurcae I prefer the alternatives I provided in my prior comment I'd like to catalogue all the different bioforms Vaurcae have. There's a ton of interesting bioforms and warforms mentioned in different places on the wiki, but there's no central place to reference the different bioforms that Vaurcae have Potentially categorized by Hive of Origin and then from there by brood, or purpose As an aside from the Wiki I would frankly really enjoy writing the account of a Vedhran Ta' who is trying to both A. Categorize and oversee the reverse engineering of Lii'draic technology (The small bits they can recover) and B. Try to think of the reasoning behind the Lii'draic hiveminds various actions Because of its nature as a second-hand account it could remain an unreliable insight into how the Lii'dra function, giving more information for antags to toy with, while still not being 100% fact that Joe McHuman knows for some reason. Potentially as a forum post? No idea how that would actually work in regards to actually posting it

Laville I'm sure you're already aware I deeply enjoy interacting with you both IC and OOC. On top of this I have no doubt you'd be an excellent member of the lore team given your overall polite and courteous attitude towards others. I do have a question though! You mentioned the things that you would like to work on and expand. Imagine that you already did have that power. What would you like to do for these expansions? How would you say the Phalanx is organized and trained? How would you say the K'lax comes across to the average peasant, so on so forth. Essentially I just want you to explain on how you'd go about expanding it if you did have the power. Regardless of answer. You're great, and you've got my +1

I'm incredibly torn in regards to High Queen Zo'ra. If I were king in charge there would be four potential options that I'd have the vaurca team vote on A. High Queen Zo'ra has left for the frontier, and is establishing a new Zo'rane empire far away from the gaze of alien species B. High Queen Zo'ra has returned 1. After mustering her forces to return the Zo'rane hive to its rightful position as rulers 2. After getting assaulted by a Lii'dra force, and seeking security from the queens of her hive. C. High Queen Zo'ra has been assimilated by the Lii'dra D. Leave it unresolved For option A, I think it'd make sense for a Vaurcesian Queen who has lived their entire life "above" others to want that position back again, and try to establish an empire where she would rule without question or opposition again For option B1, it has about the same explanation as option A. She desires to be powerful, as she once was For B2, the Lii'dra are lurking in the dark. And when one ventures where the light doesn't shine, they're bound to find others who did the same For option C. The entire invasion of New Gibson was to put pressure on the "Biesel Hive" to deliver High Queen Zo'ra to the Lii'dra. Only makes sense that if Queen Zo'ra fled the rest of her hive alone with only her brood the Lii'dra might see that as an opportunity prime to take her for themselves For option D. it always helps to leave a vote option that's just. "Leave it as it is" I would personally like more information on the Lii'dra. Things that those from Tupii, or Vedhra's brood could reference or speak of. Or just people who have had the misfortune of interacting with the Lii'dra in general could talk about. While there is a good amount of Lii'dra lore when you look for it. I think it would be nice for there to be some more research. Perhaps a group of Vedhran warriors managed to raid a Lii'dra complex in the deep frontier, and though the Lii'dra successfully destroyed everything, they were able to take the corpses of the Lii'dra they did manage to kill and study new augments, both biological and synthetic. There's also the Lii'dra bioform that interacted with a Diona gestalt in the New Gibson invasion that I think would be cool as fuck to expand upon. I think the Lii'dra should stay in the shadows. But just because something is in the shadows, doesn't mean you cant see its writhing silhouette in the dark. With Vedhra constantly scouring the stars for Lii'draic influence. it's hard to believe that even with the Lii'dras approach of "Burn it all. Let them learn nothing" Vedhra hasn't discovered anything. I don't think the Lii'dra should be an active force in the main-show. But it should be something that lurks in the dark. You don't swim in the ocean without thinking about the shark. You don't dive deep into unmapped frontier without thinking about the Lii'dra. Were the Horizon to enter the deep frontier, it would recieve a distress signal from a small corporate colony. Probably Hephaestus given they would strip-mine Earths Moon if they could get away with it. Upon arrival the colony fails to return hail, prompting an expedition to the planet. The colony itself would be a mining colony of middling size, with a large pit, similar to a cobalt mine. Or perhaps a mine system built into caves (caves would probably be more feasible given the horizontal nature of SS13) Any vaurcae visiting the colony would hear a deafening "static" over the hivenet. An intensely uncomfortable cacophany of indecipherable pheremones. The colony itself would be empty. Save for the occasional splatter of blood. Red, Blue, or Yellow. Venturing into the caves would similarly be a "quiet" trek. Constructs of resin, flesh, and bone adorning the passageways as the stone walls around them slowly close into biological resin chambers. From there. The caverns and chambers would extend deep into the ground. With the occasional fissure in the wall. Veterans of the Hive war would recognize these fissures as spelunking passageways. Not the spelunking of Mankind or any other species, but rather the land-based combat the Lii'dra revived in the great hive war. Throughout the caves would be the unconscious bodies of K'laxan workers and warriors. Should the expedition crew harm the unconscious bodies, they will awaken, transmitting an alert broadcast to the greater whole. As those bodies would not be of the K'laxan hive anymore, having been assimilated by the Lii'dra. Upon this alert being sent out, the other K'laxan bodies would awaken, slowly awakening the slumbering giant which lay dormant within the stone. 10 minutes after the slumbering giant has been awoken, a hivenet broadcast by "Ta'Avixiet'[Placeholder] Lii'dra" would project "the delirious cogitation of one who has awoken after a long slumber". 30 minutes after awakening the Lii'dra. Ta'Avixiet'[Placeholder] Lii'dra would project "intense nauseating hatred" and a squadron of warriors, (4-5) would be sent to attack the expedition team. Should the expedition team decide to linger even longer for some reason, at the 45 minute mark, two squadrons would be sent. So on-So forth, until the crew evacuate. Afterwards, in newspaper likely, Vedhra would send a large group to purge the planet of Lii'draic presence. Depending on how long the crew had lingered. Vedhra would either be faced with a large group to face, but being able to learn more about the Lii'dra, or be faced with an empty cave complex, with the only sign of Lii'draic occupation being the excavation of the stone to form a Hive complex (The longer the crew lingers, the less that Vedhra would be able to discover) One of my favorite piece has almost zero writing for it. It's the Lii'draic bioform that interacted with the Diona Gestalt. A strange form with a distended abdomen, which shed the carapace it "wore" to speak with the gestalt. Eldritch horrors. I love it. Another would be the extensive writing for the Great Hive War. It's just well written and genuinely interesting to read. My least favorite piece is a relatively minor complaint, but still something that doesn't sit well with me. The Zk'reii transfer phoron through trophallaxis. ...Which is something that is explicitly stated as disgusting to Vaurcae. As for a solution, there's a couple of different options. Could have it so that Zk'reii droppings are refined for their phoron. Or that Zk'reii eat the k'ois and vomit out a phoron paste which is then refined. Or if you want vaurcae to be gross could have it so they dont refine it at all and simply consume the Zk'reii byproducts for the phoron.

Also, who did the drawings for the Lii'dra on Elyra? Shit fucks. This image was on the header for the uh Jan 14 2018 (2460) article

Honestly, I quite like it. While as a whole the relation ship between the Zo'rane Hive and Biesel is friendly, due to High Queen Vaur's being friends with president Dorn, It ranges from Friendly to Terse or Apathetic depending on which Queen you "ask". For example, Queen Zoleth I would most definitely describe as having a terse relationship with Biesel. She is polite, and actively works towards maintaining positive relations with Biesel, but it rarely feels as though she truely likes Biesel. More-so abiding by the wishes of her High Queen and remaining friendly in order to ensure the safety and continued power of her Hive. Heck, she literally sent kill-teams to assassinate Gang Leaders in Biesel because she wasn't confident in Biesels ability to deal with it. In older pieces of lore there are often things which I am going to call "Skrell Moments". Where-in the Federation is able to perform some unreasonable display of power. The only real thing I'd want to rework, Is the "Skrell Moment" where-in 28 Tup Commandos were able to Kill a Lii'raic Lesser Queen and Extract the body while only suffering 12 casualties. Sincerely: Part of my immense discontent with this is the Tups only suffering Casualties. Maybe I'm misinterpreting, and by casualties they mean 12 deaths, but in my head a casualty is an Injury and a fatality is a death. So they Killed a Lii'draic Lesser Queen after battling through what is undoubtedly a minor hive city AND extracted the queens body fighting their way out with it and only had 12 people get injured. Skrell Moment. Other than that. Yeah they're pretty rad. They're called invasions but in my head they're pretty much just a mineral excavation, or scouting incursion. What's a queen to a Hivemind that places no importance on these fancy titles. To them a queen is literally just a powerful vessel that can produce eggs. It's a strike forward to test the capabilities of a new opponent, and potentially, if the opponent is weak enough, foment themselves in a staging area to strike out at other enemies. Heck, if you're a massive hivemind, why wouldn't you make a queen on planets you've established a foothold on. It just means you can get warriors on the field faster, and eventually have a self-sustaining warrior producer. In the invasion of Bursa, the Lii'dra established themselves heavily, if somethings going well, why not try to make it even better. Until Elyra had access to Cardox the Lii'dra were pretty much unstoppable. Other than the Skrell Moment. The front on Bursa was described as the Lii'dra continuously expanding outwards, and despite the best efforts of Elyras military it couldn't be stopped until the Skrell Moment happened.

I really like this! Always a fan on expanding upon pieces of lore that have minimal writing, but clear soul Reading through it, it keeps most all of the original soul of the Lost of the Traverse, and expands upon them in a way that makes sense both in keeping with the original soul, and with the setting. It also involves other pieces of lore (Ti'raqki) which I'm always a fan of. Tie-ins always make things feel more fleshed out in my goofy little head. Overall? Great work! +1

Sup king! I only have one question. Because I think it's cool If the Spur were to gain knowledge of High Queen Lii'dra. How would you portray her? A hulking leviathan of organic and synthetic modification? Almost entirely unchanged from the original form of a Queen? A cold calculating overmind? Regardless of answer. You're a great part of the community, and given your answers thus far, I have no doubt you'd do well as a deputy lorewriter. Best of luck!