Arbs

Point is that when you come out of surgery without an ID or radio, you will not know any of those events. What you do end up seeing however is a vaucra wielding a weapon in a firing position (two hand wielding) and i believe threatening either one of the IPCs or one of the investigators in medbay, i can't recall correctly, but irrelevant. Facing a person while wielding a weapon with both hands means you are in a firing position and are telling the person in front of you that you have taken in consideration shooting the person and will do so if need be. This is why most of the time you will see officers with the weapon either secured in armor/back slot or unwielded unless the chances are they are going to be shooting at someone, and it is something I've been taking the attention of officers to keep in mind even when playing as a warden before. Now as an HOS, seeing this happen, the threat of use of lethal force on someone who was either unarmed (there was no armed threats in the lobby) or the IPCs which are arguably immune to corruption by cultists or vampires, is seen as irresponsible and a threat to crew more so that maintaining order. On top of the fact that seeing the chaos of the situation, I wouldn't say order was effectively maintained anyways. The lack of information that you received is not my problem in this case, as you had you own separate chain of command. That is not for me to judge however. But all I can say is I do not see why you'd percieve my character has an antagonist when he was the whistleblower to begin with. Hence why the disarm of the vaucra. As for the quartermaster, he doubled down in this line of action, telling my character to put it down, while facing him with a wielded weapon. The line my character responded with wasn't a threat and was in fact irony, to remind him that his demand was not acceptable. The weapon in my character's hands was not wielded, and there was no intention of shooting the quartermaster, what you witnessed was just intimidation, because shooting someone like that would be completely unacceptable. At this point you could say there was tension, but no hostile action was taken. However the situation escalated when the vaucra, moved on to disarm and resulted in an engaging the IPCs. Not wanting to escalate, my character did not pursure the Vaucra, nor was any order given to the IPCs any order to engage or arrest the militia, so I'd assume that was their own initiative to reacting to something percieved as a threat after my character was pushed over. Which unfortunately led to your character's death and the Quartermaster opening fire. As for what happened next, I'd say medical aid was not denied considering your character went to medbay and the rest is simply IC dialogue in the form of psychological pressure to discourage the other members from taking similar actions, considering the example they just saw. Now if possible I'd like to move on from this particular scenario. I understand the unpleasantness of some, but in such situation there's rarely much way of undoing the chaos, so you can't expect me to be in control of every possible antag-related mayhem that happens during rounds. If you are unsure, talk, speak up. Make sure the action you are about to take needs to be taken. Make sure who you are about to shoot, needs shooting, because it can very easily lead to situations like these. Communication is the key here because otherwise it leaves space for mishaps like this to happen. And nothing was communicated to me.

Thank you for your feedback everyone, I am quite glad this thread is becoming quite lively. With that being said I'll be answering your feedback accordingly. Thank you for the praise goolies, ever since the early creation of the character, I have put some effort based on feedback from interactions to develop into what turns interactions into more conversational and engaging. So in that regard, I look forward to interacting with your characters like the other day. I understand that you may have had a bad time, but I would disagree with your statements. We had no warning, communication from the antags other than calls of armed threats from miners and engineers. When we arrived, you simply kept doing what you were doing while wielding weapons at the security department. I followed through bearing in mind gradual escalation, starting with asking you to put down your weapons and come forward. Obviously this was refused by both burglars, which resulted in us breaching in, and arresting both burglars with minimal use of force. Then I directed the officers to get both of you medical attention and instructed the Investigator to question both burglars to further the RP. Now outside my knowledge, as I appointed the officer to other emergencies and my character was processing one of the burglars, it turns out the investigator was abusing the prisoners. Which I later also had to deal with and apply charges along with a suspension. I understand you have high expectations, but I am not a superman. The department was horribly udnermanned and I had to personally deal with different separate issues in quick succession back to back. So frankly, I wasn't too able to sit in front of your cell, while there were more than three to four emergency calls in between that required my direct attention to it, Including disciplinary action for the investigator. Maybe it could've been better in different circumstances, but with whatever was in my hands I did make sure that you were not treated unfairly. Quite to the contrary this is a false claim because my character is very readily available on command communications, unless engaged in handling a security issue directly. And as for this round there was a serious altercation in the investigations area of security, where my character's radio and ID were taken while being in critical condition due to engaging in CQC with the vamp antag. Regardless, the first chance I had, I used a station bounced radio to deliver multiple calls to the captain over common channel to the Captain, informing him of the situation of what had happened, and identifying the threat of a rogue security department, which lead to the captain taking action on it. To continue on the previous, the AI being able to identify the hostiles and the Captain calling for the need of a militia, came only after I directly informed him of the security department being rogue, as the vamp/cult had infiltrated it. Furthermore my chracter was in surgery after making several calls on the radio. If you were paying attention, my character came out of surgery, to see the vaucra threaten one of those security IPCs or another member of security in the medical lobby. Hence the disarm of that individual who was incompetent in handling a weapon. Your quartermaster threatened my character with the use of force if he didn't drop the weapon, didnt ask say or ask anyother questions, and failed regardless. As for the Vaucrae and others being engaged, I believe it resulted to similar actions akin to ones taken by the vaucra, leading to a response by the IPCs, and not my orders. After this whole incident the main priority for me was to recover the HOS ID, which I eventually did so that I could resume coordinating security personnel, even the compromised members on what to do to de-escalate the situation while the IPCs were engaged with cultists. So all things considered, I believe things were handled pretty well for an HOS that spent a good amount of time in surgery, without gear, ID or a radio. Pavlovich was involved in an altercation earlier and refused to take any action to assist me and Luckaanen as we were fighting with the vamp. So inherently they were counted as ineffective or compromised in my character's perspective. As I explained, the ID and radio was stolen so I wasn't able to communicate to that point, in fact I was heading to the brig to get one. So what she does is run up behind my character and attempt to disarm him. So recognizing that as a threat, the appropriate response was to put her on the ground and into a submission position. Which is when she started talking and informing my character of some information. While it is a misunderstanding, I don't think running up to someone and pushing them over is the right way of getting their attention to engage in conversation.

Thank you very much for your replies. The characters I mentioned in the roster are my currently most active ones, out of five other written ones of different backgrounds, perosnalities and opinions. While I do have a tendency to main characters, this is mainly due to what roles I am more interested in playing more, and I am using the role of HOS for this application so that is what I am currently interested in showcasing. As for the topic of "RP vs Getting it done", I don't necessarily see it as "making it fun for everyone versus winning". In my opinion, the decisions made in such situations have to be sensible and as they would be expected by the character's point of view. If we win, we win, if it doesn't work out, oh well. I believe that the decisions made in such given situations have to be found reasonable and justified by all involved sides. From other examples mentioned here as well as from the example that Sneaky brought up, where out of all the ways we could've dealt with the AI problem, I decided to follow through with the gimmick and see where it would go. And I believe it was somewhere between hilarious, amusing and entertaining for others to watch as well. Thank you again for your feedback.

Thank you for your feedback Ramke, I appreciate it. I do try to keep players of the department engaged, as I find it important to keep subordinates in the currect with instructions, especially in moments when they are needed the most. An important aspect of this is that in keeps cohesion and organization to a higher level than what it would normally be, and since people are communicating more often, you are also aware of their status more as well. In the end of the day, you do feel some responsibility for the players who put their trust in you, and I would not lead them astray with that. Thank you for the feedback on the character too. There was a mixed range of inspirations and interactions behind this character that shaped into what it is. It's also quite likely that I may go on and create other command characters in the future as well. See you in space.😊

Thank you for your feedback and support. 😊

Hey, thank you for the kind words and putting some faith on me. I appreciate that. This is a very good question and I am glad you asked that. There are multiple reasons as to why I chose this character for the command whitelist application. Primarily, as briefly explained in my application, this will help in regards to character development. If you're not growing, you're just dying. So for a character that has been around for almost a year at this point, it helps builds up on that RP environment through natural progression. On top of that the character is an overall experienced person at his job that performs to a high standard and is considered a competent person by most colleagues. That means he is a qualified candidate for that position. As far as involvement in IRs go, I find your statement below incorrect. There has only ever been two IRs in which my character has been directly involved. In one as a victim and only in one as an offender. The character never had any administrative or disciplinatry action taken against him. The first IR cannonized the loss of a limb for the character, in which Bisenti is a victim. The RP situation was handled and resolved in a very clean way. The outcomes of that event are also reflected in the character's medical records, something which I see as character development. The second IR in which he is marked as an offender was yet again resolved with no administrative action ever taken on Mr. Bisenti. That means he is in the clear and the records as well are clean with no issues to be taken into consideration. Having IRs filed against you which have subsequently been closed and dismissed is not something to make up for valid concern in my opinion. If you have anymore concerns or questions, I'm more than happy to answer.

BYOND key: Arbs Discord Username: Arbs#0485 Character names: Mike Bisenti Eve Drosera How long have you been playing on Aurora?: More than a year and a half at this point. Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? Some warnings and a week ban once, i think that now it has been more than a year ago. Havn't had any substantial issues since. 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?: Maintain and promote the intended structure of the department they are in charge of, promote interaction on the expected level of roleplay and incite other players to enable them to follow that example. It also goes without saying that ensuring a good round flow is also an important objective for command roles. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: I believe that with the privileges of a position of power, comes the responsibility that you owe to other players who will expect fair judgement and just treatment from your side. I believe that being able to serve with that intention in mind would be a net positive in the outcomes of many situations that require the interference of a command player. I also do understand that HOS is one of the more difficult roles to play as part of the command crew, but I do believe I have the ability to handle it without issue, considering the experience I have gathered. Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau ceti and how it affected your character and their career? Currently the most interesting event in relation to the server development has been the launch of the Horizon ship. The way that has impacted my character is that under the premises of the Aurora station, the character in question was looking forward to biesel as a new beginning and over time developed more connections and ties so to get better settled in Mendell City. Working as a Warden under an EPMC contract, a transfer to the PMCG detail on the Horizon meant moving out of Mendell City and returning to a situation similar to the beginnings of their career in the Navy. As such it was seen as inconvenient and not how they were planning their future or career. As a result they decided to not follow through with the transfer to the Horizon and instead found an assignment similar to his work on the Aurora on an EPMC detail in Mendell City. However with the ability to apply for a position as a Department Head and the possibility of such a promotion, it meant getting ahead once again. This would be considered as a good compromise to make once again for career aspirations, along with better income and job privileges. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? HOS primarily, and perhaps HOP/XO at a later time or as a back up role. Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? Yes, I have thoroughly read them and I am familiar with the command structure as well as with the responsibilities, competences and limitations of each role. I also have quite some decent experience in the security department on this server as well as decent knowledge of other departments as well. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking.: Mike Bisenti - HOS Eve Drosera - HOP/XO Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Absolutely. Being whitelisted indicates a relationship of trust between me and the staff that issues the whitelist, as well as the players that will hold a certain consideration towards my character as an HOS in-game. As such I do not intend to break that kind of trust and I will treat the whitelist with due commitment. Have you linked your byond account to the forums? No, though I can do it if necessary. Just havn't bothered. Extra notes: I am very open to answering any questions, comments or concerns from other players of staff.

Reporting Personnel: Alan Jones Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Investigator/Visitor Game ID: ccc-dqQ7 Personnel Involved: D'Jar Sa'Kuate - Head of Security - Offender Razorak Szsk - Security Officer - Offender Alan Jones - Visitor - Victim Secondary Witnesses: Kolshsko Kuru - Investigator - They were part of the officer Szsk attempt to place a harassment charge on me by agreeing to be a fake witness to his accusation of harassment. While in reality what they witnessed was officer Szsk telling me to "get the fuck out you scum" from the security lobby unprovoked while I was waiting for Olphert to return. The HOS further supported his behavior. Angelica Olphert - Roboticist - They wanted to ask for their records at security. I was with them to help her ask for them. I was waiting outside as they had a meeting with the HOS. They were witness to how I was treated and regarded with disrespect and provoked by the Officer Szsk and the HOS Sa'Kaute. Valetzhronaja Nayrragh'Rakhan - Visitor/CE - They witnessed the HOS attempting to arrest me on false charges of harassment, and provoking me into an altercation which later escalated. They witnessed the HOS flash me and assault me out of nowhere despite me complying with their request. Jaquelyn Roberts - Physician - Performed surgery on me. Witness to the damage of the excessive force and near death beating I sustained at the brig by the HOS. Ana Roh'hi'tin - Security Officer - Also witness to the damage I sustained and saw me coming out of surgery. Also witness to the HOS' orders to deny me an interrogation and investigation by investigator Eva Meier. Eva Meier - Investigator - Attempted an interview with me which was denied by the HOS against all rights because of his personal feelings and interests. Witness to the HOS' misconduct. Iszaal Kizekraal - Security Officer - Witness to the HOS denying Meier's interrogation and investigation. Time of Incident: Around 23:37 Real Time: 00:14 5/25/21) Location of Incident: Brig lobby, hallway outside brig, brig processing Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [x] - Neglect of Duty [x] - Harassment [x] - Assault [x] - Misconduct [x] - Other "attempted murder" (Place an x in the box that applies. If other, replace line and specify.) Overview of the Incident: Angelica Olphert asked me to see if I could help her ask at the brig if she could see her security record. I went with her to the security lobby and asked whether such was possible. However I was met only by the slander of officer Szsk and HOS Sa'Kuate. Despite that, I did my best to avoid any confrontation with the two and just remained in the lobby as Olphert and the HOS had their meeting. It was during this time that I was continuously regarded to with complete lack of respect by officer Szsk, being rudely told to "get the fuck out of the lobby" even though waiting there is what it is designed for, being called deaf, scum and being told to fuck off. Officer Szsk threatened me with fake charges of "harassment" and wanted to use his friend Kolshsko Kuru as a false witness to it. He even threatened me with an IR such as this one, as he tried to file in a false one previously which yielded no results. This is proof of officer Szsk's consisten bias and personal conflict and interest in causing this situation. I did my best to respond only with dismissive remarks, to avoid conflict, so Despite these provocations I did not react to their insults with any aggressive behavior. However after the meeting with Olphert the HOS came out and as me and Olphert left the lobby, he decided to follow outside and arrest me on unbased "harassment" charges, to which in the contrary I was a victim of. Regardless of that, I complied with the HOS request and agreed to follow them inside the brig. They however purposely extended our interaction with multiple provocations, escalating it to assault by flashing me out of nowhere even though I was complying. At this point, being a victim of assault I defended myself and gave him a proper charge to take action on. Something that can also act as legal basis for a future legal process such as this one, to emphasize on the injustice which was conducted on me for barely any reason. Szsk was goading me into trying to fight them by insulting me in the first place, and they were trying to goad me into fighting back when I was flashed. After being assaulted by both the HOS and officer Szsk, I was taken to processing and kept in cuffs. Upon being searched and cleared completely, I removed the cuffs as I had no intention on violence nor had nay means to conduct such and was cooperating fully with the security team at this time. However Officer Szsk moved in with his baton again to once again use excessive force on me with the baton, to place cuffs on me upon realizing the handcuffs were off, despite me not showing any intent on resisting, let alone violence. However at this point I would no longer tolerate this second illegal use of excessive force on me due to fear of my life, since I was already assaulted into a critical condition that required medbay intervention. So I got ahold of their baton and defended myself by non-lethaly neutralizing Officer Szsk to save myself from assault, to which the HOS had a blind eye on, and the HOS instead of excercising non-lethal force shot me with the lethal setting on the disruptor and hit me repeatedly with the telescopic baton in the head beating me to near death. Medbay and Officer Rothin are a witness of my condition on medbay. It was only thanks to their assistance that I am here and still able to write this report now. This assault was purposely orchestrated by security as an excuse to use lethal means of takedown, as they had all the weapons and means to take me down without physical harm, they even outnumbered me three to one, yet the HOS chose the most lethal means at his disposal. Lethal disruptor shots and a telescopic baton to the head. Clearly this was an attempt on my life trying to be masked as procedure. Following this, the added charges on my person were not stated. And when I was moved to the cells the HOS personally denied all attempts of investigator Meier to dismiss any possibility on an investigation uncovering his and officer Szsk's misconducts. Regardless I managed to relay some of the information to investigator Meier and an interview was continued. After this I believe the HOS communicated with central command through exaggerated correspondence regarding myself, while all the conflict was caused by himself and officer Szsk, which resulted in me being detained by the federal agents. I have not shown any aggressive or any problematic behavior toward anyone this shift. I simply wanted to spend time with some acquaintances of mine and never though that a normal day such as this one would result in the ensuing chaos. I ask for nothing but justice on my name. And I wish for no one ever to encounter such biased behavior, injustice and misconduct by a department who is there to provide safety and not abuse their position and from a head of security who breaks their oath and caused me such injustice and pain. Security even though outnumbering me and in posession of means to non-lethaly take me down, chose the most lethal route. Officer Szsk was clearly trying to get revenge for previous confrontations by constantly instigating a confrontation to which the HOS joined in, desipite my dismissive remarks. I received constant and instant verbal abuse from the both of them from the very begining, while all I was asking for was if Olphert could see her record. I should have never been arrested in the first place, and just this fact alone shows an abuse of powers in doing so, and all my following reactions are because of this injustice done to me. Officer Szsk has had previous history of similar outbursts and threatening crew with violence and verbal abuse, and as such it is questionable that he remains trusted with the security of the crew on board the Aurora. Commander Sa'Kuate has followed on this path of insitgation and injustice and instead of being someone to be looked up to as a symbol of justice, he is the opposite. The image of a man that betrays all principle. Submitted Evidence: Personnel witness, the investigator Meier's transcript on my investigation being denied, Meier's interview and medical scans on my conditions on arrival. Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: Not possible as I was denied the possibility to consult the HOP. Actions taken: None. Additional Notes: I am available for any further questions or necessary input on my side.