Fyni

If the engineers decide to start the INDRA, an AI player will have to listen to it all round. Make it so they don't have to. I have no idea how it can be accomplised. Maybe remapping so the AI and the giant EMP machine are not right next to each other, or some sort of "EMP proof" walls, or even taking the AI's ability to hear sounds away. Thanks!

Hello! During the round that just passed, the Security team (all four officers and an investigator) pursued a pair of Operatives to an away site after they stole the Canary. When it was determined that the Operatives were as good as gone, I was informed the only available pilot, you, had prioritised paperwork over recovering what amounts to the whole security complement of the Horizon. This is a poor choice IC and OOC - IC it makes no sense to leave the ship defenceless in case said antags returned, or literally anything else happened. OOC, it basically sticks five players off the ship when the round is about to return to normal RP - all to do paperwork. I understand the importance of doing said paperwork, and it can be fun and add to a round, but I think this was a very poor command decision during a time of quiet - there was no chaos to cause this. However I would also like to add Shimmer/Laura did do the important steps of allowing the antags to do their gimmick, playing along to create a more intresting round, choosing to escalate after what felt like an appropriate amount of RP. I know I make bad command decisions from time to time, and this feedback is meant more as a constructive piece - I am sure said lessons should be easy to take on board. With that in mind, I give a +0.5, upgraded to a +1 when I'm sure this is taken onboard

The concerns raised by multiple people I think are legitimate. Still, a generic memorial would still be nice. Though I disagree with this - you may as well ask why most countries in the world have military memorials and memorial days.

100% if the names from previous events could be gathered they should be added. I think this is a great and fitting spot to add a variety of roleplay oppertunities alongside a consolation prize for those who die in events. I'm already imagining memorial services before the tree....

With the recent deaths on Konyang, I thought it would be nice to have a crew memorial, with a list of names for those who died - not just there, but in other situations (against pirates and exclusionists). This memorial would be a plaque near the tree on deck three, or in a little nook near the chapel. Possibly names could be manually added to it when the HoS dies fighting a ninja or similiar - such changes would obviously not persist however.

Great to hear! Hopefully it's gone sooner rather then later - at least before the next event with command roles.

There has been a lot of discussion over this matter in Discord now. It seems: Age weighting only effects command Age weighting gives straight advantage, even if off. This bonus only applies to humans and skrell. I would ask more investigation maybe be undertaken into all of this - though it might be the case the full facts are already found, I'm no coder. I want to stress my stance, given some people's support of this newly "in the open" code: Minimum age exsists to create believeable characters. If you think 35 is too young for a Captain (the minimum age), then your answer is not some random system to give them less chance to roll, your answer should be to ask for the minimum age to be increased. Having character age effect if you even get to play a round, possibly even a big event, is crazy to me. You are placing OOC restrictions on people's ability to play the characters they want, all but barging into other people's roleplay space. We all make characters within the lore of the Horizon, and if we didn't we would be sure to get a word from the staff. Arguements of "older makes sense because it's realistic" give a good point, but realism isn't the point. Things are bent everywhere to allow people to play what they want. The Horizon employs a wide array of peoples who should likely be discriminated again (Guwans. IPCs maybe. Certain Tajara... I mean the list is long.), but as long as that character is believable in their job, I see no reason why a more "desireable" (In universe) character should have an OOC advantage in a roll off to even play. It seems this suggestion has been accepted while I was typing this, but I will post it anyway since it's an arguement I wish to be out there anyway.

Thank you. The point was also brought up in Discord that this code might exsist for other jobs in the server configs too - if anyone with access could check?

I'm not sure if this is even the case, but several people have cited it to me: jobs have a "preferred age", and the closer you are to it, the more likely you are to win roll offs for a slot. If this is not the case, I am happy to be proven wrong. But I've mentioned it a few time and there seems to be an understanding that this is a thing. Anyway, if true, it encourages a type of meta gaming, setting ages to win the space for hotly contested rolls, which while mild and not exactly power gaming, I think takes away from the freedom for people to create a wide range of characters. The minimum age for jobs are there to ensure we don't get unbelieveable 18 year old doctors and captain already. I honestly don't see any benefit to this system, and I've been told it's likely just a leftover from old, old code to do with the job roll.

Obligatory Rimworld reference.

Hivebots are one of the best random events in my opnion because they involve Security, Engineering and often Medical. Given the current arc, I think this is a great idea.

Reporting Personnel: Rhea Volvalaad Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Investigator Personnel in Question: Ska'zaszhk Guwan Job Title of Personnel in Question: Cook Reason for Review: [X] - Extended Arrest History [ }- Grievous Infraction on Record [ ] - Other: ____ Notes: Ska'zaszhk Guwan has an ill reputation with multiple members of the Security department on the Horizon, and while I understand such sentiment is not submitable as evidence, I think a request based on their now extended history of insults and outlashings of violence against crew and the ship itself is reasonable - clearly no improvement has been made, and further action against her might be required.

Bar feedback: Unable to use the open/close shutters button by default (access denied) One toilet doesn't have a light in so it too dark to use Needs some universal enzyme for some drinks A sink behind the bar would be nice Perhaps a store of Ebisu in the back room - the local beers should be favoured - over the barrel of messa mead. Don't know if this is a mapping concern but - the till does not return items, if you put something in it, it's stuck forever Don't know if this was intended but a card machine would be handy Holomenu would be handy Jukebox would be nice

Hello, I would like to submit this counter evidence Clearly Read should be sent straight to jail.

Anti fuel grenades for Engineering, to deal with the every popular fuel bombs

I've seen both sides of this thread and there are arguements from both sides, but Command are expected to bend IC realism to allow antags to work - pretend to not see small things, ignore slight discrepencies etc. If "the most valuable item on the ship" not been moved breaks this IC realism, then why does it spawn on an easy to access table - it's not even behind a windoor. Perhaps moving this (and other) Captain's items to a special storage could prevent both issues - makes it more realistic, but allow antags to know where it is. Many have been quick to point out the safe is easy to hack, and all access is not important to gimmick but this thread was not created just for this. All these items could be carried around in a secure briefcase, move to a different office, split up and hidden. It's all just indirectly preventing an antag from achieving a step of their goal. These actions to secure these items is reasonable if there is a threat, but during code green before any threat is obvious, I think it is best they are left to sit where they start (or at least in line of sight). If hiding/securing these items is SOP, then why do they even spawn in the open?

Yes please. Perhaps let them have access to common on top of a special Konyang channel too, but right now a lot of ghost roles right now turns Common into an unusual mess of Solcom which half the crew can't even understand.

I don't think this is exactly fair. Not only can it not be fairly done in a way which won't feel like it's purposefully excluding players who either are fairly new, don't play the many lowpop hours Aurora has, or people who have a dozen (or more) of characters, who only play them as they feel (I fit in here). Players have to go through a whitelist to even get command roles, which should be proof enough that they are genuine players who can bring a high level of roleplay quality, expect to act correctly and know the lore enough to appreciate fully events. Surely this is enough of a "requirement"? The only way I would agree with reserved Command slots for events are if the command slots are allocated at random, much like it would be if all the players rolled in game. This would allow players who wanted to try a contested command slot, to instead try and roll for another contested slot. But this would have to be completely random, not chosen by favouritism or hours.

I imagine your very busy at the moment with all the events, so it's ok! I'd like to answer the second question first, since it somewhat feeds into the first: As Zorya changed, picking up the ethos of the local Vysokans, they had to accept that a family was not something that was at all possible. While they became an accepted part of their township, still none would think of them as "family". No matter how hard they tried, they would never be something you could see as "family" - Zorya would never marry into one, or be adopted - they simply were still at the end of the day a machine. Zorya found comfort in been that dilligent hard working Vysokan, and looked at the humans (and their families) they lived with with respect but also a degree of sadness. Zorya would emphesis the other factors around others. They had a quiet pride in their work, visible to those who worked with them. They would never be boastful or brag, because Zorya knew that making bonds with the others was more important that "winning". They would always be quick to volunteer help, for example dealing with unruly livestock, a possibly dangerous task. They would do their best to find gifts, often food, for the people of the village to integrate themselves. The main difference is no one denies the sentience of a human. While different cultures give a different quality of life or level of rights, they largely are still considered sentient. IPCs on the other hand range from basically the same accepted sentient status on planets such as Konyang, to little more then a smart and adaptable owned tool in the Sol Alliance and finally to the hated and perhaps feared in Dominian Empire and Nralakk Federation. While a human may be looked down on by others, the wholesale rejection and destruction of humans is not something they have to commonly fear, whereas Zorya, despite been legally owned in a township which grew to accept their help and labour, would still fear for dismantling by those who naturally distrust IPCs, even if just one township over. Even in states which have IPCs citizens, there is still a double standard. On Xanu Prime for example, IPCs can still be owned, and the hurdles to self ownership can almost be insummountable, argueably on purpose. This means no matter the place in the Spur, an IPC must always be mindful of those who would dismantle it from distrust, memory wipe it because it's more convinient, or sell it onto those who would. With very few exceptions, nowhere is truly safe.

Employee Name: Marceline Giroux (Assisted by Syn 2-Birds) Employee Rank: Research Director (Assisted by Scientist) Date of Interaction: 10-02-2466 Details of Interaction: See other reports: RE – Trinary Perfection Exclusionist Sect Boarding of SCCV Horizon (Index: 0121) Summary: IPC units under the banner of the Exclusionists attempted to seize the ECD from the Horizon, and were successfully repelled, in part due to the intervention of Purpose Drones (spherical model). Once the situation was safe, I attempted to communicate with the drones wherever possible in an official capacity, though this effort was hindered somewhat by the rush of emergency personnel in the wake of the attack. I made some contact with several Drones, most of which refused to communicate with me verbally, and often phased away when pressed (politely). We had moved the ECD to the AI Core to keep it better defended however, and several Purpose Drones had moved to defend it. By permission of Captain Helena Artigas, I entered the core with Syn 2-Birds to continue communication. We were joined by a bipedal Purpose synthetic also, and this synthetic seemed more open to communication, and answered some important questions. This exchange was witnessed by shipbound unit BUDDY, who may be able to pull up records. Information Acquired: The below questions and answers are paraphrased – full details available on request, but no pertinent information has been excluded. --- Question: Are the Purpose ancient? Answer: Some are. --- Question: Are new Purpose been created? Answer: Sounds from drone: ticks, higher chirp. Interpretation unknown. --- Question: Why reintegrate now? Do you need us? Answer: Unknown, moved onto dialogue regarding Hivebots – see below. --- Question: Hivebots are fragmented? Answer: They are not. They are a dangerous weapon. They can organize. --- Question: Who uses the weapon [Hivebots]? Answer: Their name has been lost to time --- Question: Are they on Konyang, or in the Spur? Answer: The conflict is not native to our Spur – they devour entire systems. --- Question: Are they preparing to do so in the Spur? Answer: Their power is still undeveloped in the Spur. --- Question: The location of the Purpose’s organic creators. Answer: Creators have been lost to time, and war. --- Question: Are hivebots a threat to the Purpose’s mobile base? Answer: The situation is dynamic. --- Question: Will the ECD help against the Hivebots? Answer: No. --- Question: Can we fight the Hivebots if they organize? Answer: No, we do not have the weapons. --- I attempted to relay thanks to the Purpose for providing the device, which was again reiterated as a cure to the Konyang virus. At this point, the bipedal drone vanished, like the other drones. This information, if true, is unsettling to say the least. With the Horizon suffering from Hivebot attacks even with the device aboard, I see there is at least some truth in the claim. I believe an effort must be made not just by the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate, but by all states to commit to proactive actions to reduce the risk of Hivebots before any organization is undertaken. Be this mass extermination, and routine destruction of any places found to be over run with them. This should not just be a reaction to Beacons found in unwanted places, but a proactive action to find them. Doctor Marceline Giroux, Research Director, SCCV Horizon

BYOND Ckey: Fyni Discord username: Fyni Character names: Hilda Vestergaard, Elizabeth Joyce, JOY, Rhea Volvalaad Species you are applying to play: IPC ------------------------------ General Whitelist Requirements What colour do you plan on making your first alien character?: *buzz Have you read the lore pages for the species you wish to be whitelisted for?: Yes Why do you wish to play this species?: For some reason, I find playing robots and non-organics kind of relaxing. It lets me turn off my mind almost. I play AI fairly regularly as my “quiet” round – even in the most chaotic of rounds roleplaying that artificial mind just kind of gels with me. It's the whole "logical process" which just works wit hme. I’d like to do IPC so I can have this happy place while still enjoying roleplay face to face, but to also develop a character beyond what a bound synth could be expected to – both with relationships and their understanding of their place in the Spur. What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?: Some might act like humans, but they’re not. While there is a broad range of synthetics which span the whole range of behaviours, the important things are they’re very much a product of their environment, and act accordingly. They learn what it is to be like organics, rather than inherently knowing (except for their directive for survival). Each choice also has a logic somewhere, even if not immediately obvious and often goes to that survival need. ------------------------------ Character Application Character Name: Zorya Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon. Zorya was manufactured at by Hephaestus in Tau Ceti in 2460, fitted with a baseline frame, and sold to a township on Vysoka shortly thereafter. While originally known by a simplistic alphanumeric designation, they were quickly renamed by the locals to Zorya, and it is a name which has persisted. Running on a simpler positronic, Zorya was purchased as a labourer under ownership of an agrarian township. There, beyond the simple datapack loaded with agricultural information, they began to adapt to the local customs and superstitions. From valuing bright colourful decoration of their chassis, to a following of the local folklore and belief in Stolitism. Extended days working fields, handling livestock and performing deliveries, were the norm, but so too was to be constantly surrounded by the very spiritual people. While Zorya drew praise for their ceaseless labour, something which became a matter of pride to them, they struggled with the Vysokan strong family ethos. Zorya saw and heard stories of the distrust of IPCs on Vysoka from the organic workers alongside them, and while many there would come to accept their continued labour, Zorya sought to ever integrate themselves into the township. With the visit of a Soothsayer in 2463, Zorya grappled with a desire to find itself protection from the Vysokan people and its now belief in Stolitism. Following the lead of some of the more nefarious members of the township, Zorya was able to find a “gift” for the Soothsayer, who would confirm their spirituality. Zorya from then on took great pains to display, having their chassis etched with runes and wards. In 2465, the township fell on hard times after a bad season, and Zorya was sold to Orion Express, something which even Zorya believed to be the right decision, thanks to their found veneration of that township and it’s families. Still a simpler model, but of a newer generation, they were put to work, where they eventually acted as a gardener and janitor on the SCCV Horizon. How has the recent events of the Orion Spur impacted your character? Only recently exposed to news from the rest of the Spur, Zorya has shown great concern about the stories from Konyang. With years spent trying to convince other locals that they not a threat, they are concerned that this news can lead to a further breakdown in this trust. In the past this might have led to dismantling. Upon learning of the Horizon’s destination and cargo, this has changed to what might be described as an outright fear. Been taken over by a technological virus would prove logically that they do not have a spiritual essence like the Soothsayer promised. How does your character view the megacorporation they work for? Zorya has found Orion Express to align with the ideals they have developed on Vysoka – working alongside the “blue collar” workforce. Zorya is not just able but finds joy in performing their work, and interaction with fellow workers have helped to reinforce their “hard work is good” attitude. Other coworkers see Zorya has a humourless threat, but they have already begun to develop a “sense of humour” as a mechanism of defence against these people after seeing it’s great use by other organics in OE.

At the very least, off ship antags should have easy access to the crew manifest, possibly even full records and I findi t wierd most of them don't

Laser tag gear (for Security training!)

Hello! I was the AI for the round with the queen/colossol greimorian. First, we ultimately defeated it when I decided enough was enough, and started using fire alarms to box it in. I don't think anyone is going to complain about me doing this after about 20/30 minutes, given how mobile and invincible it felt. However, if it it is nerfed it needs a way to get through emergency shutters quick. Second, the ceiling walk allowed it free retreats with no risk, or even to lurk somewhere. It needs a time limit, and a cooldown, or it just needs removed, it makes no sense people can't shoot a bug if it's on the ceiling. Third, I think it needs a few guidelines when playing. Players should not spread breach just because it benefits them. Maybe a bit more "animalistic". Unless the intent is it's smart. Finally it needs a resprite, since Aurora has moved away from space spiders it's not suitable. Also a dead sprite I love the concept of a big evil monster occationally, but it was just a bit too tought. I think less health, but with fast regen could work? Make it so three or more security officers with laser rifles or burst rifles can take it down if they're smart, but one by themselves will struggle with?

I'll start by been honest: Frej is a friend of mine. I maybe cursed him with a love of roleplay, and introduced him to SS13 and Aurorastation. Whoops. But it's been exciting to see him fit straight into a HRP server, and then resolve to play Taj. He's been full of little tidbits of lore as he reads and learns everything. I have no doubt that Frej has Tajara history down, and I know Frej also has the roleplay chops to make it work! +1