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Sterling-Red is awesome! I really enjoy my interactions with him! It's a great character very well role played! Thumbs up for sure!

Reporting Personnel: Irvine Drinkwater Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Reporter Game ID: cmg-ao87 Personnel Involved: Irvine Drinkwater - Reporter ***Victim , Claire Tarson(Off-Duty) , Keala Nalika (Hangar Technician) , Konstantyn Lovad , Semyon Chernov( Hangar Technician) , Rakka Kuhwinla, Vakki (Executive Officer) and Cassandra Navarre ( Warden, *** Acting HOS) From my point of view, offenders were security people involved , especially the Warden. Neglect of duty for not detaining all the people involved at the ambush. My charges should had been Slander or Verbal abuse and NOT Minor Assault. I ended up serving MORE time than the SINGLE person that ambushed me served. Secondary Witnesses: Hossl Suazra - Security officer Time of Incident: n/a Real Time: 07/02/2023 Location of Incident: In front of the Journalist office. Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [x ] - Neglect of Duty [ ] - Harassment [ ] - Assault [ x ] - Misconduct [ ] - Other _____ Overview of the Incident: Was a very quiet shift for a while. DW News wasn't active until armed robot units appeared around the ship. Irvine Drinkwater , anchorman, producer and journalist of DW News was checking information about the incident and decided to head to the bridge where a meeting with the robots was taking place. The whole security staff was there. Not much was happening there either since the bridge was locked so everyone was just talking and hanging out. All of sudden, the CMO passes through me and opens the door to the bridge, I suppose heading for the meeting. I never went inside but my camera was pointing to his direction. He thought I was trying to snag a picture and I don't remember his exact words but he made himself very clear he didn't want pictures of him taken. I then replied my lack of interest of having pictures that had him involved. The executive officer Vakki IMMEDIATLY threatens me, stating that I shouldn't piss off command otherwise he was gonna "have a talk " with me ( odd language and kinda ambiguous for an executive officer to use). After that, two regular crew members, Claire Tarson and Konstantyn Lovad states that Vakki was right. Lovad even mentioned that he just got onboard of the ship but said that Vakki was right even though he had no clue about what was going on. Both crew members weren't even present at the bridge. I made a crude joke( I admit, bad one) about the three (Vakki , Tarson and Lovad) having a relationship, also joking it's against the rules. I don't remember exactly what I said, but I also made crude jokes about their willingness to step up for the executive officer so eargely and over something that they had no knowledge of. I did use bad and suggestive language, I do remember that I used the expression "bending over". Again, this reporter admits it's a mistake. The whole security team and a couple of crew members, including Tarson, Lovad and Vakki calls me out and sends agressive messages. A few minutes later, a chaplain sends a message, some sort of ad about his services and Vakki says something to him but includes something such as "as soon as I deal with Drinkwater". Since I had nothing from the meeting with robots ( no pictures, no statements, no information) I decided to head back to my office. I was planning on meeting a VERY RELIABLE AND SECRET source there. To my surprise, I got AMBUSHED by three people. Tarson, Keala Nalika and Semyon Chernov. They used foul language and started throwing eggs at me. Security was present and one security officer did WARN them to stop, which they didn't and started to move towards my direction while throwing eggs! I, a retired investigator now performing journalistic duties, overweighted and with a bad left leg ( reason of the retirement), feared for my safety and defended myself at my best capacities. I traded a few attacks with the ambushers, no serious damage done to them or me. One more security officer steps in and helps deal with the situation. They used their batons on me and Keala and handcuffed both of us. Keala went first and I went afterwards. At first I thought this was done just to prevent more fighting, but I was wrong, I was being jailed. According to officer Rakka Kuhwinla I was gonna be fined for 800 credits, then officer changed it 400 credits and said my charge was minor assault. Despite my NUMEROUS protests of self defense and pointing out it was a 3 against 1 ambush and the fact that I have a bad leg, I still ended up in jail, cuffed at the cell bed serving more time than Nalika, which was the ONLY one of the ambushers that served time and served MUCH LESS time than I did. The one responsible for putting me cuffed at the cell bed and setting the timer was the Warden herself ( ACTING HOS of the shift) Ms. Navarre. Again, despite my NUMEROUS protests on the same fashion as before ( me being a cripple, getting ambushed by 3 crew members and just defending myself) all I got from the Warden was "If I wanted them to be charged with a minor misdemeanor". I just asked for my belongings, left to my office, and when I got there, I met another officer, Hossl Suazra, knocking at my window. THIS dialogue I remember very well, and in my opinion, is basically a confession of misconduct. His WORDS exactly as he said them to me: "I know that wassss sssshit for you, though you're getting off with a warning for thiss one." "But what you ssssaid could very well consssstitute verbal abussse." "Next time, there won't be a warning." "We do have evidensse of what you sssaid." "You called her, among other thingssss, f-word buddiess." "That'sss verbal abusssse." "And we'll arresst you for it." "I'm authorized to give verbal warningss for firssst offenssesss." My answer to the officer was a question : An AMBUSH by three against a crippled guy, ain't that a crime? Which he replied yes. I then asked why only of then served time, his answer was: "I have my reassssonss." Submitted Evidence: I have no provided forms, written testimony, recordings or anything of the sort to provide in this situation. Would you like to be personally interviewed?: [ x ] - Yes [ ] - No Did you report it to a Head of Staff or a superior? If so, who? If not, why?: I did many times. In person. The Warden was acting HOS and directly involved. Not only it ignored me and told me to shut up, but also was the one that imprisoned me, handcuffed and left at the cell bed. The same treatment wasn't quite given to the SINGLE ambusher arrested. Additional Notes:

Very solid representation of the character Zelda Zamora! I was playing my Cyntherean reporter and the rivalry was properly role played ! Had a lot of fun! + 1

I agree with the points brought up by Captain Gecko and they are very valid imo. Anything that could help a bit more is very welcome and I see his suggestion as a good way to spark interest from people to play. I really think it's pretty much obvious that is a lack of interest not just because of what was stated, but just the numbers speaks by themselves: check how many people Aurora has at the forums and discord, it's not a small community for SS13 standards at all and still the pop of the server is extremely low. I also agree with Montyfatcat: Reducing the ghost roles would be a good idea too but then I think the number of roles to pick should be increased. I would elaborate but then it would turn into another suggestion and for that I shall create a thread about it.

Thanks for the reply! I have finished reading the whole lore for the past weeks since I wasn't able to play. I created my character yesterday and played one round so far. After reading the lore for quite a while and taking the process of character creation, I have to say that my opinions about it changed drastically. You even said yourself, the best advice is to learn while you play, which brings back my point and what I have said before reading the whole lore and after playing my round and observing some rounds. I do think it's quite well written and insteresting, however there are many blanks that in my modest opinion it just shouldn't have taking into consideration the length. I won't get into specifics here since this is an area to suggest and not criticize. Therefore, all I will say again is that I do know the difficulties of doing what I suggested but I do believe it would be not only necessary but extremely needed , of course, if done objectively.

Thank you all for the very thoughtful and very well elaborated replies! It helped a lot! Im glad that you all understood that my objective is to learn and give constructive , thoughtful suggestions and feedback! I will surely apply everything I learned here and from the wiki and hopefully do things properly when creating my character! Regarding my suggestion, Im aware it ain't an easy one to put into practice and would take a lot of effort and time to make it happen! See you all in the game hopefully! Cheers!

I have seen some reddit posts recently touching the subject, which is the lore size, and imo some of the arguments made there are kinda valid regarding of how much of it is necessary. Im new to the server but I still haven't played a single round because I simply don't have the time to sit and read a bunch of wiki pages about the Aurora server's lore and then write a whole bunch of character background. Even though it's very well elaborated creative work and the Lore Summary page does help to understand the general points of it, it still, at least to me, left many questions unanswered and it's inevitable that in order to really get into it and FULLY understand the whole scenario, you gotta go through it step by step.... and that's the issue. I simply don't have the time. I could go into specifics about this, but again, the length of this post would be quite big ( unnecesarily big) and the time issue strikes again... but to name just a few: -What's the use of having a description of each race at the Lore Summary and not tell the newcomer their relations to each other in a more specific way? Do Unathi, Skrells, Humans, Tajarians, Vaurcea, Diona, Xenos and Robots (or androids) all get along just fine? We have brief lines but it's generally pointed to a single race. Is it ok for players to RP and generate disputes on this matter? ( Which is race differences) Does such a thing even exists or is it even allowed on the server? -So we have the major factions. They are dominant political players in Orion according to wiki. But then we have a list of political parties for each planet and capital to be found at the wiki? How do we relate them with the factions or vice-versa? How is this applied when playing the game exactly? What kind of difference does it make? Do they allow any race? - Many entries about cultural aspects from capitals and such. Why do I need to know that, what kind of music or/art or whatever they are into? Why do I have to know and understand if a certain place is into RB& Soul, and Rap and whatever? Is this really necessary? If so, again, how does it apply when playing the game? Am I allowed to create disputes for instance, if my character is into Heavy Metal and dislikes Rap and RB& Soul? -The way criminal records and psychologial evalutions works( how is this even done or work before the character even exists?) are very confusing. So, I mention them on the character background along with my character's education and general qualification in order to be accepted to play a certain job / role. But if one's criminal and psychological records are so important and play a crucial part on being able to perform the duty, why anyone that wants to play for example, security or medical roles , would add to their character background that they are criminals or suffer from mental problems? Kinda doesn 't make sense! And how exactly the characters will be evaluated on that regard? "Interview(s) with HR and department head(s)"? HR? Is that in game? Then after all of that still being left without answers TO ME ( so far, I still haven't read the whole lore) , I move to the guide/character creation page. And we are left with even more unanswered questions, even more things to read, even memorize and understand. So, here is my suggestion as a potential solution: How about a VIDEO ( or more than one) to explain the lore and character creation process? We could listen to it while driving, having lunch, during work breaks, bathroom and such ( for those of course, who could do such a thing) and learn more swiftly about it since it's supposed to play such a key role on the server?Also it would be nice to have an example of a character creation to serve as guidelines from someone that is quite experience playing here! That could do wonders and save a lot of time for those who struggle to find some!