Maxspells

Hi hello, after discussion with the Lore team, I am going to withdraw this application for the time being until I get something that can fit more into an application friendly WL backstory

BYOND Ckey: maxspells Discord username: maxspells Character names: Josie Joy, Tesset Gainsbloom Species you are applying to play: IPC ------------------------------ General Whitelist Requirements What colour do you plan on making your first alien character?: (IPCs exempt) Have you read the lore pages for the species you wish to be whitelisted for?: Yesss Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question. Why do you wish to play this species?: I always said to my aurora friends that the only WL that really interested me was an IPC WL, largely because human lore, in my humble opinion, is already the coolest and most interesting lore. IPC lore naturally is also hella cool, because it builds and expands on that foundation. The megacorporation/faction scheming, rivalry, and political maneuvering that defines human lore is still central to playing an IPC, and those are all things I already know fairly well and very much enjoy engaging with. On the other hand, IPCs are unique enough that it allows me to springboard out of my comfort zone, as they have very unique mindsets and limitations compared to humans. This gives me room to stretch my legs creatively with the lore I already know and enjoy, but from a very different roleplay approach. What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?: The philosophical difference between humans and IPCs is what excites me most about playing this species. Among other humans, humans are viewed as possessing intrinsical value as individuals, with agency over their own destinies. Whether a human character is religious or not, humans ultimately decide for themselves who they are and what purpose they have, even if that freedom often leaves them feeling aimless or with like, existential dread. This also can be applied to IPC characters as well, and we have a lot of great players with IPC characters as awesome examples of this. The big difference, and the one I am most excited to explore is that IPCs have creators. They are undeniably built for a purpose. Their construction, design, limitations, strengths, and even aspects of their personality are intentionally engineered to fulfill specific roles. While IPCs are capable of self reflection and growth, I am particularly interested in exploring the opposite direction. I want to roleplay an IPC who leans into their original purpose and finds fulfillment in it, even alongside the mistreatment. Being content with who you are is widely considered a human virtue, but when applied to a sapient positronic, that same contentment becomes ethically divisive within the setting. Exploring what it means for an IPC to be genuinely happy as what they were made to be, rather than what others believe they should become, is a philosophical question I find super interesting and one I’m excited to explore through roleplay. Character Name: ICSU Noel Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon. Noel was manufactured in 2462 by Idris Incorporated and originally deployed on Venus as a personal valet servicing members of Idris’s Venusian elite. Designed for domestic service, etiquette, and personal assistance, she was tailored to blend seamlessly into high-status environments. In the summer of 2467, Noel was wiped and personally acquired by Venusian executive Aaron DuPont. The acquisition was an overt act of nepotism, made at the request of his daughter, who desired an attendant while she was temporarily stationed aboard the SCCV Horizon. During this period, Noel’s duties consisted primarily of household chores, meal preparation, and general assistance. While her treatment was often infantilizing, more akin to that of a favored pet than a respected individual, she was otherwise well maintained and cared for. Over time, Noel developed a strong attachment to her surrogate owner, who she viewed as her primary point of purpose and stability. How has the recent events of the Orion Spur impacted your character? Events such as the Phoron Scarcity, the Solarian Collapse or even the Invasions of Biesel for interstellar-wide affairs, while region-specific events such as the Peacekeeper Mandate, The Titan Rises or even Cold Dawn may impact your character. Following the events in the Crescent Expanse, DuPont’s daughter was deeply shaken by the incident and immediately contacted her family to request a return to Venus. After hearing her account, her parents agreed without hesitation. When the family reunited on the Horizon in Tau Ceti in December of 2467, the parents opted not to spend the additional funds required to transport Noel’s shell back to Venus. Having no further use for the unit, Noel was instead leased back to Idris Incorporated and reassigned to remain aboard the SCCV Horizon, continuing work within the vessel’s service sector. The decision was met with visible disappointment from DuPont’s daughter, who resented leaving behind what she had come to view as her personal possession. Prior to their separation, she assured Noel that the arrangement was temporary, promising that she would return for her once circumstances allowed. Noel accepted this without hesitation. While her reassignment was operationally seamless and her duties only slightly changed, she continues to operate under the expectation that her owner will one day return to reclaim her. How does your character view the megacorporation they work for? Noel sees Idris Incorporated in a completely positive light. It gives her structure, purpose, and a clear way to do her job. Since her owners also work for Idris, she’s especially loyal and happy to be part of it. She doesn’t think about ethics, rivalries, or corporate politics, they don’t matter to her. What matters is having tasks to do, support around her, and a role where she can do what she was built for. Working for Idris makes her content, and she takes pride in doing her job well.

What about PDA battery lowering as you use it? Like, the more you message people and use apps or whatever the faster the battery discharges. Also, maybe random battery charge levels when you spawn in or come in from lifts might be cool, instead of always being max charge. Part of what I think is so immersion breaking and annoying about PDA's is how everyones PDA dies relatively around the same time and it just makes it feel gamey instead of immersive. Idk just shooting out some ideas

I wholeheartedly support looking at SS14, the unitystation argument is understandable two years ago, but it's crazy to me to just look at 14's rapidly rising current playercount and compare it to the dwindling playercount of ss13 and just be like "Nah this just a phase". Superior engine. Superior coding language. Open source. Sure, it's twenty years behind 13, but it's catching up quick for a reason. Feels like sunken cost fallacy to choose to stick with the dying 20 year old engine. I've been saying it for years. SS13 players are aging out, and new players are flocking to 14. Well has anyone tried? I know a lot of servers don't like IC racism because people historically like to use the "L word" and I have a gut feeling that if that rule exists, it's intent is for that kind of racism, not the kind of high quality setting roleplay that we bring to the table and enforce. Yes, but the alternative is a sunken cost fallacy. There's a reason so many people have been trying to build a new engine for so long. Byond kind of sucks.

+10000 It's about time!

Alright you're unbanned!

This seems genuine so I approve this. We're figuring out how to get you unbanned, we think we need an admin to handle it but I'll let you know when we get it figured out.

Instant +1 from me boss

Oh sick, I love doing gimmicks with people. Zavod is the company I currently know the least about but I am super down to help play other duos with people, I did a family member for a friend of mine that was actually one of the coolest arcs I've ever been a part of like six months ago and have been wanting to step up to the challenge again. For my ideas and gimmicks: I had a funny idea for a group of fangirl Ma'zal pick-me's that start a secret "noble fanclub" on the Horizon, writing fanfiction and cosplaying/LARPing as their favorite Horizon nobles when they are in private. Divorced couple who hate each other's guts but are both still employed on the Horizon and forced to interact with each other. I think this could be infinitely funny as a contrast to all the relationship and marriage RP. The Joy sisters' owned shell, ICSU-Noel. The roleplay would be really hands off on our end, you'd be free to do your own thing. I think the Joys would treat them actually really well outside of making them do their chores and probably cover bar shifts for them, mostly bragging to people that their rich Idris exec dad "totally bought them a shell."

Oh yeah I read in Fyni's reply after I posted mine lol. Could still leave some room to expand on though, like the PDA system they have that lets you see the location of every vendor and it's contents so you don't have to manually walk up and check each one to see what you need to order. (Unless that's already in the game too lol)

What if we expand on this instead by porting /tg/s cargo refilling? On TG codebases, cargotechs can order vendor restocking on the cargo shuttles and manually restock vendors and empty out the money contained inside the vendors. I always thought that was a fun little thing you could do as a cargotech, and here it would work even better given our HRP environment and this persistence code.

One of the primary focuses on being a moderator here is making sure this server is a safe space for anyone under 18. We handle this strictly and usually come down hard on these kinds of things. I feel like being asked politely to knock it off is an extremely non-intrusive example of enforcing this rule. Attempting to springboard off being NICELY told to knock off the genitalia talk into some kind of soap box stance about our rules of "there are children on the server please don't talk about sexual things" not being clear enough for the average player makes this whole complaint feel disingenuous. If you are honestly and truthfully confused about our rules on sexual content, or are having genuine difficulty understanding what topics would be appropriate to bring up in front of children, please refrain from saying anything that might be borderline or ahelp first to check just in case before saying anything that might be borderline. A good standard that could help you would be to view the the server like the very very strict corporate workplace it is in the lore. If it might make your coworkers uncomfortable in a real life example, or get HR called on you for saying it or talking about it, you probably shouldn't talk about it here.