EvilBrage

While I'm a proponent of the racial tension that enables you to make a few more personal choices for your characters, I agree that an hour was entirely too long. However, abuse of power against another race in and of itself isn't something I would frown upon OOC, as long as it's very clear that it's prejudice against the character and not the player. An hour of brig time is mostly a punishment inflicted on the player, as it essentially removes them from the game for the entire length of the prison time. That said. There's a right and a wrong way to go about abusing a character of a race your character dislikes, and again, Silver chose the wrong way in addition to being cheeseballish about it at the end by logging out. If he had taken Nasir to a dark corner of the brig and dished out some nonlethal corporal punishment, I'd praise something like that. After all, each individual has made their choices about unathi, skrell, and tajarans that may put them in a negative light, and I don't think that we want to OOCly promote "racial equality" because that will essentially remove a potential conflict (and by extension, an avenue of RP) from the game. Playing devil's advocate here for a moment, though, I can almost (emphasis on almost) understand why he would leave after Central Command gets involved; you're an administrator, and Central Command is essentially controlled by administrators. I've noticed you have a tendency to get rather irate when things don't go your way, Nightmare, and depending on how some of the LOOC talk went during that time, he may have been led to the conclusion that you were punishing him because he was interfering with your character. I'm not making any accusations, but what I'd really like to do is hear from Silver to see why he did what he did, regardless of his (un)suitability for the whitelist.

Whether or not something happens isn't my call. I stand by my own belief, but I also understand that yanking a whitelist status away for one incident is also hasty. This thread is here for posterity in the event that something else comes up regarding a lack of ability to emulate a head of staff, and that's really all I can ask for.

If I'd been borged, I would've had a hell of a lot more RP than I actually did, but that's not the point. This entire situation was completely fucked up, I agree with that, but not with your why. The reason it was fucked up was inadequate leadership. You skipped way too much for anything to be even relatively enjoyable - you skipped processing in favor of throwing me into the permabrig through a total of three firelocks you had to open, not even bothering to ask the AI if there was a breach in the area. The firelocks don't flip back up and down unless there is a breach. There was absolutely no reason to call the ERT in the first place, because there were only two problems: the vampire in the permabrig, and the breach in the permabrig. Both of these could have easily been avoided by using the holding cell in front, which is what's traditionally used to hold people temporarily instead of the permabrig. When you arrest a character, you take it upon yourself to ensure that they get in and out in a timely manner while still being relatively engaged in the game. Security isn't about arresting dem criminals and handing down something that might as well be a two-hour ban. If you were just going to pull Samuel out and let him go with parole, why didn't you? You didn't do it when he got out of medical, and you didn't do it when he got dragged back FROM medical, still in critical condition. Not once did you suggest it, IC or OOC, until the crew transfer had already been called, and by that time it didn't matter a lick. You didn't even have any business throwing me in the permabrig to begin with if you hadn't processed me, so walk us through that one, if you would? As for Greg Ryan, there is - again - the tendency to overstep bounds and skip procedures that a head of staff shouldn't only know, but stress to the entire department. Other players can chime in here as well, but the root of the problem seems to be your tendency to expedite things by skipping IC rules and regulations, only to fall back on those same regulations when you want something to go a particular way. Now, there's a fun way to play heads of staff who are corrupt assholes who want to bend the law to work for them, but this wasn't anything close to fun or intentional.

BYOND Key: EvilBrage Player Byond Key: Jackboot Reason for complaint: A complete inability to play the role of HoS correctly, including a very shallow understanding of procedure and laws pertaining to the job. Due to his "mistake" of throwing my character into the permabrig (a round which many admin and players alike did witness) while it was depressurized, I spent around two hours being either treated by medical or being toted around security. I was unconscious and handcuffed or straitjacketed for a very large portion of that time. The only interaction I was offered was a tribunal in which Constantine Augustus (Jackboot's HoS) then decided to try to hold an interrogation, interrupting the tribunal. Bear in mind he threw me into the depressurized permabrig BEFORE processing or even taking a statement. After the interrogation, despite my own character Samuel Avalon pleading Not Guilty to the charges, he took it upon himself to issue a guilty verdict singlehandedly. He then began to argue he should be stuffed in the brig for twenty minutes, despite Samuel's having served far more time than that in the process of being shuttled to and from the brig, remaining in critical condition, etc. It essentially took me out of the entire round. This was not the result of some extraordinary circumstance either; the only notable thing that even happened was a breach in the permabrig. That's it. Those kinds of breaches happen almost, if not every, game. Sheer incompetence was the only player in this game, and Jackboot held all of the cards. Furthermore - any security officer could have done this, but he was the head of security. I am not comfortable with people looking up to this kind of behavior and saying it's okay. His actions with both Constantine Augustus (HoS) and Greg Ryan (CMO) lead me to the belief that he should lose his whitelisted privileges.

BYOND key: EvilBrage Character names: Jaylor Rameau, Samuel Avalon, Seamus Vidic, Vong Si Hung, Declan McGrath How long have you been playing on Aurora?: My best guess is 4-6 months; I can't narrow it down much more than that. Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: Because admins keep bugging me about it asking why I'm not on it. Well, okay, I also think I could make a pretty good captain. Why did you come to Aurora?: Because Apollo was kind of lame. That, and there's an exponentially higher timeframe in which I can flesh out a particular character idea before shit starts to hit the fan. Have you read the BS12 wiki on the head roles you plan on playing?: I read the tongue-in-cheek flavor text on the wiki pages, if that counts. I've mostly picked up my knowledge in-game rather than sorting through a wiki. Please provide well articulated and argumented answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about: Roleplay is simply that - playing a role. You start with an interesting concept and eventually build up details around it like you'd build a lego house, and before you know it, you've got a character with strengths, weaknesses, quirks, and a connection (or intentional lack thereof) to the audience - the other players around you - who are also doing the exact same thing, and when it all comes together, it's one giant story. It is similar to Broadway, Hollywood, etc. in that you are essentially an actor in a specific role for the entertainment of yourself and others. Roleplaying should be about collectively progressing that large, convoluted story in a manner that's entertaining. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: To be a shitlord. To direct not only the departments, but to inspire events and action. Sure, a captain could wander around like an assistant with all-access, but it's much more gratifying (imho) to sit behind a desk or pace back and forth around the bridge, barking out orders and inspiring revolution others to jump in on an event or two. In essence, the heads of staff have the power to make things happen, and anyone with a lick of literary knowledge knows that conflict is what drives any story and makes it interesting to read. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: To maintain a certain level of competence and courtesy. Once someone is accepted, they're essentially a statement from the server's leadership: "If you do this, you will be accepted onto the whitelist." Chucklefucking is a good way to make everyone look silly and go from the whitelist to the blacklist. Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions. Character name: Jaylor Rameau Character age: 32 Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Living outside the boundary of civilized space tends to give one an increased appreciation for the simple things in life. Born into poverty on the backwater Tripoli Shipyard in the middle of a forsaken star system known as Sigma-17, Jaylor was bright enough to have made something better of himself had his circumstances been more fortunate. It was not to be, however, and by age fourteen, a young Jaylor left behind a broken home and joined a gang of salvagers and pirates known as the Junkers. Despite harsh living in the years following, it was during his time with the Junkers that Jaylor really came into his own under the tutelage of an old, miserly pilot by the name of Lyle Grant. A former navy fighter pilot, Grant was able to teach young Jaylor the skills he needed to quickly and effectively maneuver the ships he'd always dreamed of flying during his childhood of repairing them at Tripoli. He was a quick student, and after six years with his mentor, Rameau was a fierce pilot in his own right - he was at home in the nebula that blinded many others. The Junkers were a new family to Rameau and offered him their knowledge in exchange for his enthusiasm, and after the group had salvaged a strange old wreck rife with new technology, generous food stores, and tons of scrap metal, things looked like they weren't going to be so bad. However, Jaylor's is not a joyful tale, and had any of those Junkers taken notice of the foreboding text reading 'Rheinland Military' on the side of the vessel, they would have known it was better to avoid it in the first place. Rheinland is one of the four Houses of the Sirius Sector in which Sigma-17 lay, albeit in one of the oft-avoided corners due to its high nebula density and frequent piracy troubles; when the Rheinland Military had finally returned to the site of the crash, Rameau and Grant were among the junkers present at the scene. There was no hail and no insistence on surrender; a scant minute had passed after Grant was able to communicate to the others that a large Rheinland pursuit wing was inbound that they opened fire, destroying two of the four ships outright. Try as he might, fighting against six of Rheinland's state-of-the-industry Valkyrie fighters was too much for Jaylor's much slower cargo vessel. Predictably, the Rheinland pursuers merely disabled the cargo vessel; the last words that ever came in over its radio were the words of Lyle Grant. "What's that sound back in th- COOLANT LEAK!" A bright flash later, Jaylor was one of only three surviving members of the Junkers, immediately incarcerated in a Rheinland maximum security facility for piracy - Butcher Bay, located deep in the Keppler system. There was a reason for that, of course - the only way in and out of the Keppler system was a jump gate fitted with a faster-than-light transmission module. The only way in or out was on a prison shuttle with a Rheinland ID signature, and the border patrols made very sure of that. It seemed like the end. Days turned into months, into years. The prison was hardly controlled like most - but was rather a free-for-all zone under watch from the apathetic Rheinland Wardens. Boundaries were very quickly established - if the floor isn't yellow, you're fair game for the Wardens. A lot of the prisoners had been shot that way, and the fear of death usually kept the rest in line. Usually. The details aren't very clear on how Jaylor ever escaped that facility, but a few years later, he pops up far from the Keppler system and the Sirius Sector alike - not eager to end up in an early grave and fearful of the consequences of continuing on how he had lived before, it seemed like standard employment was the only answer. NanoTrasen? Sure, why not. They can't be any worse than the Rheinland or life at Tripoli Shipyard. Surely. What do you like about this character?: I have a lot of room to be cynical and crass due to his upbringing, but he still has a very firm attachment to his humanity, so he hasn't devolved into the realm of cruelty. His is a story of someone teetering on the edge of good, evil, law, and chaos. Where do we draw the lines? I get to employ other players to help him do that. What do you dislike about this character?: His crass methods tend to scare off some people, or they tend to treat him rather poorly. Not to mention he's got all of the scientific knowledge of a sponge, which can make life aboard a research station difficult at times. Do you think this character is fit to be a Head of Staff? (Please note that Head characters must be over 30, unless given special clearance): Major surprises below. Why?: Are you kidding me While I do firmly believe that pirates make good captains, I doubt that NanoTrasen is currently hiring pirate captains. Please provide (a) well articulated and argumented answer(s) to the following question(s). How would you rate your own roleplaying?: If I had to be humble, I'd say I'm the lord and savior of literary introversion pretty good. I shine during antagonistic moments, and my mission is to kill people in entertaining and exciting new ways that makes them smile and quizically ask me how in the world I did that (as opposed to, say, telling me what a shitlord I am.) I believe roleplaying isn't "rated" but rather comes as a yes or no. Can you roleplay well with others and contribute to a story, even just as a supporting or background character? I'd say yes. Beyond that, differences are simply in styles of play and are more or less equal. Entertainment value and believability can vary, but you can't say that Fantasy novels are better than Detective novels. They're just different. Extra notes: My head of staff will be an entirely new character; I haven't ironed out all the details, but he's probably going to be a slimeball.