Owen

Yes. In my mind I consider the NT Liaisons to be a direct successor to the IAA. They should be able to do this. Though, I think there should be a caveat that the Captain or a Captain-level decision can overrule the Liaison's decision in the scenario that they deem it necessary. It could always escalate from there into an IR or whatever, though I doubt that would actually happen.

I would support the ability of NT Liaisons being able to sign off on avowals. As a Captain, I hardly have the time, nor the familiarity with many of the characters to know whether or not they are trustworthy and things. And often times, there is something else that is going on that needs to be attended to. NT Liaisons being able to do it would be a big positive in my mind. I could also see the Head of Personnel having the power to do it as well. I can see the justification for that one. As of now, they seem extremely difficult to get.

Server Moderator Application Basic Information Byond Account: YouJustGotOwened Character Name(s): Main: Valorallen Vitellia Less Frequent/Retired: Auralia-Fedas Ro'Suos Aviel Vierleq'Fedas Sebas-Regluk Vri'Shek Uelish-Mistek Ka'Qelip'Te Railo-Mestoqe Ca'Qelolisp I have a multitude of other characters, though they are hardly ever played, especially recently. AI Name(s): None Discord username + tag: Owen#2139 Age: 18 Timezone: Eastern Daylight Time When are you on Aurora?: Mornings and evenings EDT Experience How long have you played SS13?: ~6 years How long have you played on Aurora: ~6 years How much do you know about SS13 (Baystation build) game mechanics?: Fairly experienced in all areas of the game Do you have any experience moderating for an SS13 server?: In the past, I was a moderator on this server and have also held the position of CCIA Leader. This was back in the 2016-2017 times from what I can remember. Have you read through the criteria thread; https://forums.aurorastation.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=4198 - and believe that you mark off all the criteria?: Yes Have you ever been banned, and if so, how long and why?: No Personality Why do you play SS13?: I find SS13 to be one of the most unique games that I’ve played because of the depth of the mechanics and because of the RP opportunity that it allows. Why do you play on Aurora?: For me at least, Aurora is essentially the only server that I can play. In my opinion, the HRP aspect of the server is my only reason to play the game. I love the stories which can develop naturally over time, and the feelings of playing in what seems like a living and ever-changing setting. What do moderators do?: Moderators are a group of players on the server who have stepped up to take on the task of ensuring that roleplay can continue to happen on the server. Whether this is by making sure that griefers are dealt with, or even making decisions on OOC issues that arise throughout rounds in order to allow for RP to develop. It is not the responsibility of moderators to ensure that rounds go the way that they think would be best, but rather to allow players the ability to play appropriately and develop the story further. What does it mean to be a moderator for our server?: What I feel separates the moderator position on Aurora when compared to other servers is that on Aurora we are a server that does have High Roleplay standards, and in some cases, we must get involved OOCly if there are issues that arise. While it is important to be welcoming to new players from all different backgrounds of experience with this game, it is an expectation that people do eventually find themselves falling into the general RP standards that we expect on this server. The moderator position both allows for an official way of helping these new individuals acclimate themselves to our style of play and also ensure that these standards are held to the same degree for all players on the server. Why do you want to be a moderator?: I wish to be a moderator because I feel that I am adept at interacting with people and finding solutions to most issues while remaining level-headed. In this position, I feel that I would be providing a service to a community that has provided me endless hours of entertainment. I enjoy helping teach new players and sort of guide them in the right direction, while also dropping hints here and there to even more experienced players. I feel that in this position, I could take my years of experience in the game and use it to help other people. What qualities do you possess that would make you a good moderator?: What I feel in particular is a quality that is good to have in a moderator is that for the most part, I can remain rather level-headed in stressful situations (I am a Captain main after all lmao). I think that I have good communication skills and do not allow any bias to get involved in my decision-making processes. How well do you handle stress, anger, or insults?: I am pretty good in my opinion on keeping myself cool under pressure, and generally just have insults bounce off of me, especially in a setting such as this. I understand that people get fairly heated over things, especially involving OOC administration, and I am capable of not letting it get to me. Anything Else You Want to Add: I just want to touch on the fact that I was both a CCIA Leader and Moderator in the past. Both of these positions I left on amicable terms, and due to no reason outside of my lack of activity at those times. If I am remembering correctly, I left both of those positions due to my entering high school (I know, I was a youngin), and felt that I needed to focus more time towards my schoolwork.

Hi people. It's been about five years since I've last posted asking for character feedback and in that time it seems to have been lost to the void. Since Vitellia is one of my longest played characters on the server, and as I've recently gotten back into the game I figured I'd see what people thought about him. Just to give a little rundown on who he is, Valorallen is an 82-year-old Elyran Captain who has been working with NanoTrasen for many years at this point. Before becoming a Captain he worked his way up through the Medical Department where he served for some length of time as a Chief Medical Officer. He probably has one of the most extensive backstories of all my characters just because I've played him for as long as I have, so if you also have questions about him or anything, I'd gladly explain some of the more general things about him.

Wow. Surprised by how many of these names I remember

Hi everyone, this DiscordRP is where I've disappeared to for the past few months. You may remember an advertisement for the Republic of Sol/UNE from a few months ago. This is the next iteration of the game, and have many of the same players as before. A quick overview basically is that this server is the simulation of a government in a game of Stellaris. You can join a social class, government role, and political party and have a direct impact on the fate of our Commonwealth, and how the nation survives the game with roleplay mixed in. Every Saturday we stream for 15 in-game years to see the effect your decisions have on the empire. We have an automated character system. That includes social class, age, and money. After each stream of the game, we all age up by an appropriate amount of time and pay you for your work. After a while, you will die and have your character and stuff reset. You are then free to create a new character, be basically the same as the original, or try something completely different. We started in the year 2200, and have recently reached the year 2290. In those 90 years, there have been coup attempts, political intrigue, and religious strife to go around. Along with a few genocides here and there, but that's not the big deal. This nation is a Timocracy (Basically an elite controlled democracy with legalized slavery) governed by state capitalism and the principles of Machinism (an Industrial Cult that considers machines to be a gift of the divine Aether). Although change has been in the works for decades now. We've had civil wars, and have experienced coups through almost legal means. There are 3 important social classes The Clergy enforces the way of Machinism in Research and Jurisdiction. The Nobility leads the Executive Branch of Government and the Military. The Populus is the lowest of the free classes, but are the only ones who can lead the Legislative Branch. https://discord.gg/FzVuVfS is the link for the discord server. And if you have any questions about this, my discord account is Owen#2139 I'd be glad to help and hope to see you there!

After reading the application, I have found that the backstory is extremely bare bones and could use some work. There is not much too specific, no real details about who Rilumim is. A couple questions that come to mind are: How old is Rilumim? Does she have any family? Are there specific reasons that Rilumim distrusts synthetics? Does Rilumim have any notable experiences throughout her life before the NSS Aurora? How did the environment that she grew up in impact her? (depending on age, could be war-torn recovery, newer generations of skrell, discovery of humanity. There are many notable events that could be incorporated into backstory) Does Rilumim have any living family? Children? Those are just a few questions that I could think of off of the top of my head. You hopefully get the point though that detail is very nice to see in showing that you understand the species. As it is now, it is not a horrible application, but I'd very much like to see more substance. I'd like it to seem like Rilumim is a living character, rather than someone that has been thought up with very little explanation. There were a few more concerns that I had while reading the application. It is important to keep in mind that Skrell do indeed have a wide range of emotions, but many of their social ques are very difficult for non-Skrell to pick up. It can be simple things such as the change of inflection in their voice. They do show their emotion much better when speaking in Nral'Malic (Skrellian), as that is what they are more familiar with generally. It is not that the Skrell are lacking of emotion, or overall arrogant (while some may be), but it is just difficulties in displaying it to Humans. If you want to get an idea about how specific to make your application, I'd recommend looking back at some previous Skrell applications to see how in depth many would go. I look forward to see what you can do!

I like how you explored the situation with teaching the first generations born following Glorsh-Omega. I would've liked to see a bit more to 'X' regarding his upbringing and perhaps his parents and how his childhood experiences drew him towards the scientific fields as you said. I'd also like to know all the fields that 'X' has delved into, as it says here that he went into studying physics, but later on you mention that he has involvement in chemistry, biology, and engineering. Is this something that 'X' is still focusing on? As Bluespace was only discovered in 2413, before that there would've been no "bluespace technology" for 'X' to be researching. What led to 'X' getting up and moving his life to Tau Ceti following the discovery of Humanity. You stated that he was revolted by seeing synthetics used by Humanity, yet he eventually managed to adapt to the environment. I'd appreciate to see a bit more backstory on what led to his change of opinions, as it does go against the general opinion of his peers. Overall, 'X' seems like a fairly basic character with not much to him besides when he was born, and what he does. I'm genuinely interested in learning more about this Skrell though, as he was born in a time where there wasn't much hope for his species. The population was rather unsteady, and he would've definitely been shaped by the emphasis on making a better for himself than those before him. It would be nice to see who 'X' is as a person, get to know what his ambitions are. Just to see that he will actually be a well thought out character, not another Skrell who suffered through their life and now work on a space station in Tau Ceti. Don't be afraid to break out of the mold about, add some creativity and interesting details about his life. Does he value family? Does he have a Quualt'Shirapt? does he have children? I have no doubt that you will be able make this character more alive. I like the base that you have going for it at the moment. I am interested to see what else you have in your head Good luck!

Ooh, the old bar and bridge. You know what's up.

So it has been two years and I forgot I made this thread. A large amount has changed, and I am interested what people think about him again.

After reading over the applications posted for the Human lore dev application, I am really liking the ideas that Zundy has put forth. They all seem well thought out and I am excited to see what his ideas would be as he continues to flesh out Humanity if he gets the position. The ATLAS ideas are peaking my interest. A definite support on my part.

are you nursie? Biggest conspiracy of the century confirmed

I like the idea about having a general name for those types of colonies. I also like the idea of the Skrellian Frontier being known as the Traverse, and have talked about it with [mention]Wer6[/mention] in the past. Both things allow for us to create a more obvious separation between the Skrell and Human frontiers, which is always good to have.

Moved to the appropriate subforum. [mention]annoynat[/mention], please use the correct format https://forums.aurorastation.org/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=22

Ban lifted

I am willing to unban you before your ban expires. The issue with the entire incident in general is that to us it appeared as if you were just being another shitter who went up to someone after they did something minor to you, attempting to kill them. You may have ahelped before doing something which means that you knew what you were doing was risky, but if you don't get a response from an admin when you ask them to do something, it doesn't mean that you can go do it anyway. If you were seriously wondering about escalating the incident and you didn't get a response from the admins, you should wait a minute or so and then ahelp again. There are times during rounds where we are overloaded with multiple ahelps at once and may have missed yours. The reason that I banned you though was because you had multiple incidents in the recent past of having improper escalation or just generally bad roleplay. As long as you've read over the rules and realize that things don't always need to escalate to the point where people have a good chance of dying, I can lift the ban.

That would add a nice touch, I like it.

I've interacted with Sean Brianne multiple times in the past and support the whitelist. He's a good officer and follows corporate regulations well enough. +1

I purposefully let this sit for some time before I replied to see Xander get brought back into the sever and to see how he performed in interim Head of Staff roles again. I've seen him perform well as both an Interim Head of Security and Interim Chief Medical Officer and would definitely like to see Vivian Rival as a CMO. He was competent in the past and as long as he can control himself, I expect that he would be able to handle it again. +1

Reporting Personnel: Valorallen Vitellia Rank of Reporting Personnel: Head of Personnel Game ID: bPa-dlvR Personnel Involved: - Girard Smark, Scientist: Witness (Moom241) - Hannah Blackwell, Drill Technician: Victim (mcspizzy) - Dragan Grgurovic, Medical Doctor: Offender (banjaluka) - Raymond Hawkins, Captain: Witness (Aboshehab) - Viktor Komministov Chief Medical Officer: Witness (Jkol591) Time of Incident: 11:30 27/06/2459 Real time: Around 0030 GMT 28/06/17 (I hope that is right. It happened at like 8:30ish EST) Location of Incident: Operating Room 1, NSS Exodus Nature of Incident: []Workplace Hazard []Accident/Injury []Destruction of Property [x]Neglect of Duty []Harassment []Assault []Misconduct [x]Other Medical Malpractice Overview of the Incident: Ms. Hannah Blackwell, Drill Technician lost a hand during her time working out on the Mining Outpost. She received a prosthetic hand from Robotics to bring to Medical so she could have it replaced. Dr. Dragan Grgurovic was the assigned Medical Doctor to perform the hand replacement surgery. During this surgery, Dr. Grgurovic amputated the entire arm claiming that it was easier that way instead of just amputating the leftovers of the hand to replace with a full prosthetic, which was what Ms. Blackwell wanted. Mr. Smark reported this incident to me as he was witness to it occurring within the Medical Bay. He confronted Dr. Grgurovic in which Dr. Grgurovic stated that it was simply easier and showed no remorse for removing Ms. Blackwell's entire arm. After Mr. Smark reported this incident to me, I reported it to Captain Raymond Hawkins and Chief Medical Officer Viktor Komministov. I requested to perform an immediate suspension of Dr. Grgurovic for this severe medical malpractice, along with reporting this to the Central Command Internal Affairs Bureau for further investigation into the reliability of Dr. Grgurovic and the possible revokation of his Medical License. This sort of behavior should not be allowed by the NanoTrasen Corporate Conglomerate and I feel that this sort of purposeful malpractice should be dealt with at the highest severity, thank you for your time. Did you report it to a Head of Department or IAA? If so, who?: Mr. Smark reported the incident to me in which I investigated and reported it to Captain Hawkins and Dr. Komministov, but by that time, Dr. Grgurovic had already gone to cryogenic storage so we could not go for an immediate suspension. Actions taken: None during the shift as Dr. Grgurovic went to cryogenic storage shortly after the incident occurred. Additional notes: I find this gross negligence to be unacceptable and do not think that this sort of purposeful malpractice should go unpunished. It is doctors like him that give the Medical Department a bad name.

Alright well, you were banned back in the beginning of May and it seems that you've learned from this. I don't see an issue with unbanning you. Appeal accepted

Yes, this actually sounds amazing. I really support this.

Was this just left to die because I really liked the idea of having multiple Human languages. Especially since we are seeing a rise in other species having multiple languages.

While I understand that people come to the server to take off some steam, you are still expected to follow the rules of the server. You've been spoken to in the past about different incidents of breaking the rules and every time moderators have recorded that you were to reread the rules. This case was an extreme one as you attacked and killed the HoP with no provocation. You were a Janitor. You are expected to listen to the orders of your superior. No sane character would show such excessive escalation of a small incident. Because this is not the first time you've gone against the core parts of our server's rules, I will be leaving the ban in place. If you feel that you are too stressed to play the game in the future, simply go to cryo and get some rest. If another incident occurs like this in the future, you will receive a harsher punishment.

Hmm... I was honestly going to reply to this without reading the dates. I eventually realized that most of these people aren't even here anymore. But honestly, I like all of these except that glowing drug stuff, if people are still interested in adding them. We can just put some Latin words in there and add some fancy endings. There ya go.