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I'm not against this, but NanoTrasen feels like the more immediately obvious pick to allow into engineering. There's a thread that predates this one by quite a lot- but either way it would have to be NT or the PMCG, not both (per the 3 depts rule).

I have a couple of playlists dedicated to a few characters, but I've generally only imagined a few songs when it comes to themes for them. Like... Nietzschka: Kira Vazquez: Ungnyeo: ...and whenever I play my Imperial priestess (Svetlana Tvrglavac) I listen to Keygen Church and especially Tenebre Rosse Sangue. Characters I like but have no idea what to use for their theme would be GEVURAH, Zsokuzi Gawgaryn, and Kasa'an Drek'za.

I think The Ill-Fated is one of the best writers on this server, dating back several years of play with extremely well-made characters. Seeing their old whitelist get stripped was a huge surprise, and if they're reapplying I have no doubts they'll be able to satisfy. +1. I want to see how they impress this time around.

Another couple of questions: How different will representatives/execs/consular officers be? And will retired or player-killed characters be able to make returns, provided they aren't actually dead? (I.e. characters that were fired or extradited)

Out of curiosity, are there currently any defined "no-go" groups or characters that simply cannot or will not survive the skip, short of old age? Additionally, will there be sweeping changes to species as a result of the major shift? It's my understanding a lot of characters are really set in stone in the current setting (i.e. a vaurca or corporate IPC is more than very unlikely to end up anywhere else)—what do you think will be done with those characters or their species, provided their owners would like to see them persist? Unrelated: How do you and the rest of staff plan to tackle self-antagonism or character goals? Freelancer settings that retain a great degree of individuality in their characters—for instance, Sojourn—can inspire choices that are primarily motivated OOCly, lack tangible effects, and/or ultimately make someone's round worse without good reasoning. While Aurora can and admittedly does suffer from this on occasion as with any server, these settings, combined with the emphasis placed on character freedom, can exacerbate it. With respect to Sojourn and its mistakes (such as serious issues with meta groups, self antagonism, and an utter lack of crew cohesion), how do you think you can prevent those issues from popping up, assuming they're bound to? Oh, and how do you foresee CCIA sticking around? Will it just be the IAD for the new ship, or something else?

Aside from SS14's administration being a bag of fun (sarcasm), Aurora wouldn't survive because their (SS14's) policies are so horrendously against any kind of conflict or meaningful interactions. That, and every single server plays like /TG/. It's too fast, the mechanics are all wrong for a heavy roleplay setting, and it's just way too much work. I, personally, would never play on any server that migrates from SS13 to SS14; the developers for SS14 (who have final say on pretty much anything that exists within it) have goals that run antithetical to SS13 and its playerbase, and I will never support them. The reason I came over to SS13 is because the devs and administration of SS14 treat it like the new Garry's Mod. Enforce the rules, never make room for gimmicks, ban or kick at the slightest inconvenience, even on MRP, "RDM RDM RDM!". On SS13 the first thing that happened after I accidentally killed a couple people is we had a short talk, I was told how I did so and not to do it again...and that's it. On SS14 I did so by mistake, they were cloned in 60s, and I got banned for 3 days, with absolutely no explanation of what I did wrong. Allegedly, WizDen (the "main" servers) administration has cited nonexistent threats from third parties to justify penal action on servers they dislike. It's a mess. Besides, everyone who shifts over would need to get their notes and warnings redone, import each character with their charges or records, whitelists, not to mention all of the other backend stuff I'm missing. But I'm not a dev, and I hate coding, so I dunno how hard that would be. TL;DR Not that it was going to be the case, but yeah, please don't move to SS14 if you have the chance.