Owen

Trial started on 28JAN2024 and will end on 07FEB2024.

Application denied due to being largely incomplete. Additionally, @La Villa Strangiato provides some good feedback here in general, highlighting many of the same concerns that I and the rest of the Command WL Team share. We'd like to see you branching out a bit more with potentially a variety of characters and working to get them established. If you have any questions moving forward, feel free to reach out to me on Discord. I look forward to seeing a future application from you.

Hi. @Noble Row and I have spent a while deliberating over all of this. First, we want to address the idea of there being a “limb meta” which is allegedly being abused. This is not something that Noble or I agree with, nor do the other staff who we’ve discussed this with. While that does not mean that there cannot/should not be further discussion regarding the specific values, etc. of limb targeting, this is not considered an instance of powergaming in our view. The targeting mechanic exists for a reason, and just as how you could aim at someone’s hand to prevent them from using a weapon that requires both hands, or how you can aim at someone’s head to quickly kill them, aiming at someone’s legs functionally is no different. Regardless of where LynxSolstice was aiming throughout the round, firefights were certain to break out, simply with the way that the antags were approaching the round. However, that being said, we are taking an overall look at @LynxSolstice’s antagonist conduct overall here and what appears to be a more gamey attitude to the system as opposed to conveying a real story--these are glaring issues in our opinion. Additionally, your overall attitude toward antagonist-related situations has been consistently inappropriate. At the time of writing, you have two warnings on record for inappropriately aggressive/salty comments in LOOC, and you’ve been spoken to numerous times regarding the same issue. This recurring problem, spanning your entire history on the server, shows no sign of improvement on its current course. I’ve attached just a few examples from the aftermath of the recent round to explain what we are referring to here. The comments made on the Discord, similar to your prior instances in LOOC which you’ve been spoken to about, are not at all acceptable to see in our players. As a result, Noble and I have decided to place a permanent antagonist ban. You may appeal this decision when you feel you are ready. During this period, we strongly encourage you to reflect on your attitude and actions, especially when engaging in non-antagonist roles moving forward. We do genuinely hope to see a positive change in your conduct. We will be locking and archiving this in the next 24 hours.

@Noble Row and I will be taking this complaint. Give us some time to go through logs. In the meantime please post your side @LynxSolstice

Reporting Personnel: Helena Artigas Job Title of Reporting Personnel: Captain Game ID: crS-dm9p Personnel Involved: Essie Porter, Bridge Crew: Offender Logan Wright, Head of Security: Witness Ebele Mambwe, Executive Officer: Witness Secondary Witnesses: Lape, Personal Artificial Intelligence: Provided translations and record transcript of the events as they transpired Time of Incident: 21:50 - 22:10, Ship Time Real Time: ~5:30 PM EST - 7:00 PM EST (not sure on exact IRL timing) Location of Incident: Bridge, Helm Nature of Incident: [ ] - Workplace Hazard [ ] - Accident/Injury [ ] - Destruction of Property [ ] - Neglect of Duty [ ] - Harassment [ ] - Assault [X] - Misconduct [X] - Other: Failure to Execute an Order, Slandering a Head of Staff, Assault with Bodily Fluids, Violation of Privacy Laws, etc. Overview of the Incident: At the specified time and date, the mentioned individuals were present on the Horizon's Bridge. Following Executive Officer Mambwe's response to a hail over the vessel's hailing channel, Bridge Crew Essie Porter made inappropriate remarks, referring to the present individuals as "useless bureaucrats." Despite being asked to speak up, she refused, and both Mr. Mambwe and I issued direct orders, all of which she refused to comply with. Consequently, I directed Head of Security Logan Wright to charge her with i109 Slandering a Head of Staff and i111 Failure to Execute an Order, the latter already having two instances on her record. Porter became belligerent, expressing discontent in Freespeak, which was translated by Mr. Mambwe's pAI. She proceeded to throw her bag at Mr. Wright, resisted a calm disarmament request, and spat in Mr. Wright's face during proper detainment procedures. Following suspension by Mr. Mambwe, Porter continued obstructing processing in security's internal systems and refused to communicate in anything other than Freespeak. After she arrived in the brig, Mr. Wright reported ongoing intentional obstruction, including but not limited to, manipulating radios to broadcast her interrogation to the public hailing channel, belligerent behavior, refusal to cooperate, and continued harassment of superiors. Porter's conduct is deemed improper for an SCCV Horizon crew member, even more so for a member of the bridge staff entrusted with loyalty to the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate. Her actions raise potential concerns about confidentiality breaches and refusal to follow any orders, no matter how legitimate. Due to these issues, I recommend Porter's removal from the SCCV Horizon and a termination of her employment. Her behavior poses a persistent problem, as her security record reflects, and undermines trust in her abilities, mindset, and dedication to the job. Myself, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Mambwe are all more than willing and eager to discuss this matter with you further at a time most convenient for you. Mr. Wright, in particular, had to deal with persistent abuse and non-compliance outside of the incident displayed in the transcript. This was a persistent issue which lasted well over two hours. Submitted Evidence: Attached is a transcript of the interaction as provided by Lape, the personal artificial intelligence of Mr. Mambwe. The original fax that was sent to HR/SCCIA during the shift that occurred contained this transcript, as well as Porter's security records and another summary of events as they occurred. 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?: No, I was the captain on duty, and the executive officer and head of security were both present for the incident. I faxed the SCCIA with a preliminary incident report, prior to filing this one. Actions taken: Essie Porter was suspended for the remainder of the shift, and charged with i109 Slandering a Head of Staff, i111 Failure to Execute an Order, and i118 Violation of Privacy Laws. I believe she was also charged with spitting all over Mr. Wright upon her arrest, but I was not able to verify before the shift ended. Additional Notes: Transcript - 2466-01-21.txt

Accepted.

Alright. I'm willing to lift the ban then. Keep in mind what is appropriate or not moving forward. If you have any questions, feel free to ahelp. I'll be closing this in a bit.

This was the exact ban reason: You were spoken to several times in about 1-2 months about playing a believable character and advised to thoroughly read the rules. Can you explain to me what is wrong with the behavior you've demonstrated leading up to and resulting in the ban? I want to make sure you understand the expectations here. I also want to hear what specifically will be different if you are allowed back.

+1, Bear reminds me of the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal. Great mod material, better historian

Trial extended one week until 18 January 2023.

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Apologies for letting this sit for so long, it was somehow missed. Everything seems fine here except for your prospective promotion of Tal Yahalom to Coalition Consular. That is something that the Command WL team does not feel is an appropriate development. You are welcome to reach out to one of us to discuss it if you would like. On-trial from 3 January 2024 - 10 January 2024. Try to play your command character as much as you can during this week, and do not forget that you can post your application in OOC once per round to gather feedback. Good luck.

On trial from 1 January 2024 - 8 January 2024. During this time please try to play your command character as much as you can in order to gather feedback for this application. Remember that you can advertise your application in OOC once per round.

On trial from 1 January 2024 - 8 January 2024. During this time please try to play your command character as much as you can in order to gather feedback for this application. Remember that you can advertise your application in OOC once per round.

On trial from 1 January 2024 - 8 January 2024. During this time please try to play your command character as much as you can in order to gather feedback for this application. Remember that you can advertise your application in OOC once per round.

Hi! Thank you for applying. Before moving forward with your application, could you rewrite this section? We would like to hear about your head of staff character that you plan on playing for the duration of your trial

Apologies for the delay. Accepted 🥳

In the original ahelp, one of the concerns brought up was that they believed CL was attempting to slip one of the vaurca with a bar of soap. They mentioned that they were not 100% sure what CL's intent was there, but did state that they saw him drop soap and pick it up while right next to raiders. I planned on asking Fluffy about it after I finished talking to him about why CL was up there in the first place. With how chaotic and quickly everything was happening, it completely slipped my mind until I had already closed the ticket and issued the warning. I decided not to open another ticket since I had no real way of confirming it at that point and it would've just been a he said she said argument without me seeing it happen in the first place. I realize I probably could've checked CL to see if they were carrying soap at all at that point, but I unfortunately didn't think of to at the time.

Alright, just to provide my perspective of events here. I completely disagree that it would have been metagaming for you to have avoided the area where this was all occurring with your character. I also do not appreciate that you implied that I was suggesting you metagame, by using knowledge of your previous character, to know what was going on. Regardless of the situation, you had thrust yourself into the action--although you were not fighting--it is relatively simple from context clues. Now, I do not have the logs from the round on hand at the moment, but I know for a fact that it was continually mentioned over and over again on the radio that the Horizon was boarded by hostile intruders. Despite the lack of direct aggression toward your character by the raiders, they were still armed intruders (something which should have been readily apparent as they fired on the captain, and were engaged in a firefight with the crew right in front of you). Your character, being within close proximity to the conflict, continued to engage verbally with the raiders involved without prioritizing self-removal from the danger. Additionally, your actions of engaging in conversation and requesting that the raiders continually ID themself during and following the firefight were, in my view, outside the reasonable scope of your character’s self-preservation. It makes very little sense to me why your character would have continued to stay there, speaking with the antags. While you mentioned not receiving IC information about the identity of the raiders, or what the situation was, and your character’s lack of direct involvement in the initial altercation, the warning addressed the actions that you were taking afterward. Which, considering the ongoing fighting, were inconsistent in my view with the expected believable behavior of characters. I still strongly believe that this was beyond what is believable for a character to be doing, and stand by my decision to issue your warning. That is all I have to say on it for now, but will gladly clarify things if the staff member who takes this has any further questions.

On-trial from 22 December 2023 - 29 December 2023. During this time, please try to get as much play time as you feasibly can in the command role and try to gather feedback on the application. Remember, you can advertise your application in OOC once per round. As this is likely a busy time for people with holidays and such, if we're getting close to the end of the trial and you'd like it extended, just reach out to me on discord @owen2139

Ah, nevermind. My mistake. As @Spungus has already been banned as a result of this complaint, we will be locking and archiving this.

@Roostercat and I will be taking this complaint. We'll have a response once we look over everything.

Alrighty. After reviewing Quiet Cowboy’s history here, we believe that it is apparent that a majority of the reported issues relate directly to your behavior while playing in antagonist roles. After last night’s vampire round, Quiet Cowboy was given another antagonist ban with specific instructions on what to do in order to improve the quality of his characters/roleplay in-game. Consequently, we have not found it necessary to implement any additional punishments at this time. However, we are fully aware of these concerns surrounding Quiet Cowboy’s non-antagonist conduct. It is imperative to note that while an antag ban has been placed, your behavior outside of these roles requires a great deal of work. You have been playing on this server for a good majority of the year at this point, and it is expected that you should be well aware of our expectations for players. Interactions such as the ones outlined here are absolutely not enough to even qualify as the "bare minimum." In the aftermath of this antag ban, we strongly urge that you take time to work on fleshing out and developing your characters. While it might not be an easy task, simply playing rounds as a non-antag and actively working to establish yourself within the setting, will help you develop a stronger sense of RP as a result. To reiterate, @QuietCowboy. While we are not imposing any additional punishments at this time, we really need to see some actual efforts to improve your conduct here. If you are not already on the Discords, you should consider joining them and asking whatever questions you have as they come up. Likewise, if you are in-game, shooting us an ahelp is always a good idea as well. We are more than willing to give advice as best we can.