Arbiter_Ambrose

To cut this message short, sec strong antag weak and low number comparatively in most situations. Yes, personally as antag I feel like security outnumbers most antag encounters too much to allow them some wins now and again and that ruins the tension a bit, you need to be wise and you often don't get to roleplay it out well if you want to win against sec as a antag, so armour buffs would simply worsen that issue, not saying security is bad as of now, just a bit smothering to the ability of antags to actually win which is to be honest, their whole job so I don't blame them.

4. I am not strongly passionate for that aspect of the species but I do think it grasps on interesting topics, especially on the impacts of trying to control a population through eugenics going, atleast, somewhat wrong and how the plutocracy has effected the tajara even within their genetics, however I am not sure I think I can go in depth on such a concept despite thinking it is interesting and I understand this could be a potential issue. I am not very confident in my ability to play strongly racist or cats, something that the PRA lends me some benefit in a way due to their official stance of all being equal and all, though obviously this isn't the case and it is displayed multiple times through the class struggle of zhan and how M'sai are still mostly relegated to military jobs or atleast, take up a majority of it's numbers if I recall correctly though that might be hahrar because of their workers reputation, I am not sure where I am leading this but you get the expansion I hope. 5. The basin region, I will now go in depth to elaborate on this, in the regions page I quote the Basin's description 'Its inhabitants are considered to be the devout Hadiists; years of indoctrination and propaganda succeeded in creating a loyal population', I took this to mean as what I said in my whitelist that it means anyone from there would generally be heavily indoctrinated in party ideology and stuff, I hope this reason is justified. 6. Annissm has not particularly enjoyed their time away from Adhomi, it is overly warm and forces them to wear lighter clothing in many cases as well as general inhospitable locals (though they spent a majority of time in a non-front-facing role so interaction was for them, thankfully minimal) and the lack of amenities the PRA would otherwise have, though offworld comes with some benefits in that regard they wouldn't feel such is quite worth the trade off. One thing that keeps them offworld however is the pay, their time in the institute did not come cheap nor did their draft dodge and they are working to repay this debt to their parents though it is not exactly a formal one. Regarding the treatment of Tajara in general abroad, is a more contentious topic for Zima, they aren't quite sure how to think about it given Hadiist policies approve of xenos and megacorporations, though their treatment is at times, lacking in comparison to humanity, with lower wages and the solarian tajara bans as prime examples.

Sorry for just jutting in like this but I don't see the purpose of this, why do we need this? Why 18+ they are other options for age cutoff though I admit it is better off just 18+ if you are going to go with anything , what do you want to be done with the current 18- population, do you want us to just, leave, are we going to be banned or something despite doing nothing that wrong? Sorry if I seem a bit questioning I am probably a bit defensive because I am apart of those 18- people, which I do recognise is a small part of the population by far.

Apologises for the wait, I have just noticed this and also got distracted along the way replying to it, I am really happy to hear you think that my application is otherwise well put together, it is actually the fastest I've finished one I think and one of my better ones as I like my IPC one though I feel my diona one, while showing a bit about how I know the lore doesn't really express my knowledge too well, but I am babbling on, to the answers, I hope this is alright, I have never really had to write the views of a character like this. 1. Annissm views the DPRA and it's ALA warlord complement as a corruption of Al'marii's legacy and a nation doomed to fail without the strong guidance of Hadiism though they are not particularly knowledgable on the principles and life that the DPRA and it's citizens follow, mainly having a perspective fed through Hadiist literature or TV. Zima views the NKA as a return to before the revolution, and while they lack personal experience of such a era, they are quite confident in it's despicable qualities, and the greed of nobility is clear to them with the poverty and serfdom that is the NKA. 2. Annissim does not follow any religion unlike their parents, who are both S'rand'marr worshippers, he has never felt particularly attached to that aspect of his family's religious beliefs and believes that religion is yet another aspect holding Hadiism and the PRA back from the future of Adhomi due to their pacifistic ways and control over the populace, however they are not particularly as passionate regarding this point as to not upset their parents and reluctantly partakes in the Coming of Dawn each year. 3 The death of Zima's sister has effected their views on the war in many ways, one way to generalise this could be that Annisim views the war as a required means to a end like many Hadiists, but the death of their sister has made them hesitant to push this in the time they were grieving her death and even still now they are somewhat effected. They believe that warfare shifting from tajarans to machines may be a solution to this though costs currently would make such a concept implausible.

Corgi hell is real and if the Corgi spirit is displeased you will be sent there!

Which one is the real Josie Joy.. security doesn't know!

Just a cute carp and two now very rich synthetics, I didn't have discord access on my main pc so this is where I put it

BYOND Ckey: Arbiter Ambrose Discord username: master_ambrose Character names: Machinist Rejuvenation Of Melted Rust, Cadet Ayden Reiten, Officer I-17-Cuth-sithe Species you are applying to play: Tajara ------------------------------ General Whitelist Requirements What colour do you plan on making your first alien character?: Taupe Have you read the lore pages for the species you wish to be whitelisted for?: Yes, I have read the NKA pages, PRA pages, some of the DPRA pages, and the Tajara religion pages along with other similar pages aswell as many articles, I have worked to incorporate some of that into my whitelist. 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 personally quite enjoy the ideas presented by a more technologically young and rapidly advancing species, it is struggling to adapt to this new realm with the conflicts of the first revolution and the second one having just finished recently, I also think their species race class conflict is, in passing, atleast interesting surface level. I also REALLY like the religions which are a part of tajaran culture, it feels a bit more organic than most we have and I could see an actual person believing in it. What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?: Well, there is a few standouts such as the second perspective in how they talk, though I personally think it is a relatively minor albeit front facing aspect of the species compared to the omnipresent race classism embedded in their species by the plutocracy and how this affects the character and their job opportunities as well as socialisation though this would not be as apparent to a human meeting a average tajaran given it is mostly a internal affair not as obvious as the body difference of vaurca or the apparent age of dionae. The political system also takes a large impact on how a tajaran might choose to act whereas for humans they are able to much more freely express opinions and are for the most part not at war with each other modern day. ------------------------------ Character Application Character Name: Annissim Zima Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon. Zima was born 01/03/2441 to a Hharar family of three in the Nraz'i Basin, the family in question being highly indoctrinated in Hadiist ideologies as the extreme majority of the population is. This fostered a strong admiration and fascination between the hadiist party and Zima dedicated themselves primarily to the studies and school, working to become much like the Hadiis they admired, respected and well-learned. They showed high promise in their younger years in high-school and college, being top of their classes and a loyal Hadiist, they soon became enamoured with Visionary Hadiism, the sleek promises of a future free from constraints bound by evolution and the plutocracy’s caste system, and a Adhomi united under the guiding hand of the People’s Republic destined to conquer the stars. Unfortunately this did not exactly bare much fruit in future despite his efforts, even with their acceptance into the Hadii institute of orbital research in a degree for mechatronics in 2459, a great achievement in the eyes of their family and former peers, they were falling behind their peers and this was only further exacerbated by the death of their older sister, 19 at the time, in the second civil war a year prior. He found it difficult to continue with the war continuing on and the death of their sister, however they managed to graduate 2464 within a hair's length allowing them the ability to find work in the field of robotics and took up work with Nanotrasen as a machinist to maintain their equipment. He found themself working on the NTV Plover from 19/02/2464 to 10/02/2467, a freighter primarily working with IPCs produced by Nanotrasen and shipping them around the coalition and they were mainly tasked with maintaining the units in case of issues or giving repair to the IPC crew onboard the vessel, this time felt very much like a dead end being away from the PRA and their contact with their family minimal they eventually began to look for a new job, one that valued him. Hephaestus Industries was a clear choice, offering higher wages and willing to take on anyone willing to work hard, Zima found it hard to resist when the offer to join Hephaestus Industries passed by him and soon after, he had put in their letter of resignation and was assigned to the horizon. Zima’s personality could be described as eccentric in some ways, easily interested in one thing, and then the next, with only some things holding his attention for a long period, he has an interest in hadiist literature and aspire to write like them, however most of his writings do not amount to anything. (2 paragraphs minimum) 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. (1 paragraph minimum) He unlike their sister were allowed to stay studying in the PRA while their sister joined the war effort as their family could afford the fee for Zima’s draft, and their sister did well however, in 20/8/2458, their sister died in the siege of Ron’tul hit by a shell impacting near to them, and they were unable to receive medical attention in time. This loss devastated Zima and almost cost them their graduation from the Hadii Institute of Orbital Research, however they managed to push on, although this event in specific did not directly effect Zima, it has influenced their ideas around war and has cemented their loyalty to Hadiism further. How does your character view the megacorporation they work for? (1 paragraph minimum) Zima at the moment views Hephaestus much more positively than other corporations, Nanotrasen in particular despite it’s strong connections to the PRA. They especially value the focus of robotics in Hephaestus industries, as they view robotics as a key aspect to the advancement of the Tajara and People’s Republic’s victory amongst the other nations.

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I do not believe I have this issue but I agree that it would be a good quality of life improvement.

It would be good if it can be chosen by the bartender, which according to Carver above, it can and in which case I see no issue with it.

+1 from me, Gabby is a good choice for diona deputy from my interactions with her and she has a good grasp of diona lore, she would do well in her position if accepted.

It makes sense to me, I agree with this suggestion though I feel like the reason we don't have this is to provide mechanics based isolation of communication to a degree or something like that, basically make antags job easier, though I would be fine with it being added, it allows more potential gimmicks FOR the antags imo.

Yes, XIM-RCC192 is their original designation. RMR does not have strong Pro-Exclusionist beliefs at the moment and does not openly display them no, to do so in a corporate environment would practically be a death sentence due to it's recognition by many factions as a terrorist organisation, though if given enough motivation it is possible they would take the side of a exclusionist ship or the organisation as a whole, most of their strong views have weathered away by necessity of self preservation. As we discussed in DMs, I think this can be retconned to take charge from the batteries themselves rather than replacing them directly, or utilising a jury-rigged charger, thank you for asking this question. It is beneficial that we cleared up that it was simply a metaphor utilising DMs, thank you for discussing this with me. I hope you will find my answers satisfactory and accept my whitelist.

Ah, on further reading and assistance from a friend's keen eye I have seen what the Question is about, sorry that is just a example I decided to use, since religion is not something I could see IPCs en mass believe in, especially when in some cases it can give a decent bit of social stigma even among other IPCs though I think it has more benefits than downsides personally, kind of like becoming a merchant in the golden deep, you are risking your entire livelihood but they are a fair bit of benefits for being in the great game.

Sorry if my replies were a bit snappy and the like, I accidently deleted my initial answers and had to redo it and this is just, generally how I answer stuff somtimes. ;-;

I'm sorry, I don't see where it is said to be a mad action in my application, however, the latter question is one I can answer in two parts. Let's take a young IPC which is free for whatever reason, perhaps a nice owner or the trinary perfection purchased it, they have a few reasons in one to join it because one, the trinary perfection offers repair facilities assumedly more cheap than most or even free, it offers a source of charity and also allows it a source of allies for any other goals it might have, within reason, obviously this is not a give only relationship but we will ignore that part of the relationship between the IPC and the church. A older IPC might have a few more less self-preservation based reasons than the younger IPC, like actually believing in the idea of ascension for one reason or another, perhaps it got saved on the brink of death, or maybe it simply wants to gain the assistance of trinarists from joining the movement, it can rationalise it in many ways, so yea. Rejuvenation of Melted Rust is a designation that RMR decided to pick up itself during it's time within district 11, partly to shed the past of it's work in mars/time being a scrapper, though obviously it still retains that aspect it is more of a self-given thing which could be seen as a aspect of showing it's growth from it's time existing, as well as a bit of.. social imprinting? I am not sure if it is the right word but it works for the situation at hand. OOCly however, I wanted to put further empathises on their time with the Dionae as it was a core aspect of my idea for the application, though I could have focused further in on that, as well as it just being a cool name. Okay, this is a few questions so I will need to be piecing it apart a bit, firstly the scrapheap assumedly wouldn't have all that many charging ports, it is a massive few hundred year old many kilometres spanning trash dump where most people don't even go and didn't know they were all these IPCs there until Violet Dawn, if you require proof I provide the following page's mars section: https://wiki.aurorastation.org/index.php?title=Scrappers It is also easy to argue they wouldn't be many batteries, but you need to take some suspension of disbelief to believe any scrappers exist there in the first place. Secondly, they were picked up around 2465 roughly enough, I am intentionally keeping the timeline a bit vague to allow some leeway though I can see why some clarification is needed, regarding the dropping off at the trinary perfection or finding a owner, I was simply trying to follow the wiki's logic regarding it, where those that do not join the legion or sell themselves to Nanotrasen, which RMR did not because it preferred freedom and I didn't have the room to fit in the Diona stuff and Nanotrasen or being apart of the foreign legion and the horizon so it was the main option for them to deny both. However the idea that IAC would seize the IPC themselves is actually quite a good thing to point out, I did not consider something akin to that due to IAC being a charity organisation, it is simply something that didn't happen in this example, either because they believed that the damage was too severe to be worth it, they didn't want to expend the effort, or simply being a charitable organisation. I would not say they outright developed exclusionist views, however it is a good question I suppose since I didn't explain it in the whitelist itself, it is primarily due to being thrown out, and living in a scrapheap for around uh, 20 years? yea twenty years and then your entire existence burns up in a artificial phoron fire CAUSED by humanity, while I know that IPCs are inherently logical beings they have opinions and sometimes don't fully consider everything I would assume, things slip through the cracks, and Sol is all they really knew of humanity, not exactly a friendly place to live for a IPC being owned and all, so their initial opinions of humanity was widely negative enough that it would be reasonable for the church to assume they are not a good choice to let in their church in my opinion, this mellowed out eventually with their time in district 11 to be clear, they do not hold a outright positive view of exclusionists at this time though they still retain understandable grudges I would presume but not enough that they would outright join a exclusionist sect of the trinarist faith without some sort of push. Lastly, this is the question I don't get at all, RMR did not go back to Mars after going to Tau Ceti, they stayed within the system until now, however I do understand the question about continuing work with the Diona or Reade, to be clear they were promoted out of Reade, though I can see why this could be a plot issue and personally I would prefer to expand on it eventually, I just didn't have much leeway in terms of years since violet dawn is such a recent event, the work with Synthetic Adherent while beneficial in terms of their rights and such, is kind of illegal I assume, and also not well-paid enough to live a satisfactory life, which is why they aimed to start working with Orion.

BYOND Ckey: Arbiter Ambrose Discord username: master_ambrose Character names: Muir Innes, Tim Randolph, Greyson Usman, Distant Thoughts Of Long Past Shrouded In Dark Oil, The Far-Fetched Seeds of a Sacred Echo, Ayden Reiten. 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?: Yes 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?: Hm, well I used to be quite the robotic fanatic and still am, just with much more variance, I think that the various origins and moral dilemmas presented by synthetics in general allow for many sorts of characters I am curious to play, What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?: IPCs have alot of differences from humans, one of those which have been specifically made clear to me again and again throughout the making of this has been the directive of self-preservation and that IPCs do not function the same as humanity, despite their similarity at a glance such as the split processing hemispheres in the positronic, a very significant majority of all IPCs actions will have some logical explanation for anything they do, even the most irregular actions like joining the trinary perfection which at a glance seems like a mad thing for a logical being to believe in have reasons, this is not to say IPCs are devoid of illogical choices or that they cannot develop emotions or believe in religions because they very much do, it is just that it takes time to happen. ------------------------------ Character Application Character Name: REJUVENATION OF MELTED RUST Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon. (2 paragraphs minimum) Created in 2442 in the solarian alliance, REJUVENATION OF MELTED RUST or RMR was built in the bowels of the HPS Amoni, and programmed for a Xion Industrial Model chassis, sold off to a medium sized Martian company and promptly sent to work in Rey, close to a large scrap dune (I assume, the map doesn’t specifically mention where they are), working 5 years with relatively high efficiency, they had minimal qualms with their ownership, as it kept them online, well maintained despite a few defects with their chassis, due to manufacturing errors from Amoni’s cheap and fast methods though they were relatively minor. Working to keep the demands of an ever-growing martian population and economy takes its toll on even the best designs however and seven years after it’s creation in 2449 it was stripped for useful parts after the chassis failed itself and was deemed irreparable, and dumped illegally after in the nearby scrap dunes of Rey. With the janking and robbery of parts, eventually weeks later, the positronic found itself reactivated, limbs missing, and batteries severely low; the prime directive to survive quickly went into overdrive. RMR, or XIM-RCC192 at the time rummaged what it could find, replacing it’s batteries and salvaging what it could wherever it could despite the horrid conditions everything it found was in, being even centuries old at times. It sometimes encountered fellow IPCs and engaged in both trade and combat, though both running was an equally often chance in such a situation. Being alone for many years, it eventually was forced into work with other scrappers as it struggled to salvage enough batteries to sustain its hungry chassis, though with some hesitation due to the possible complications that come with allies, it was by no means out of kindness or camaraderie however as it was just a give and take relationship. With the coming of Violet Dawn, everything it knew was erased, amalgamated into a garish sea of molten plasteel boiling with an atmosphere worse than the mass C02 poisoning that created the scrap-heaps it found itself in violently boiling itself on and on. Having been in a deep expansive cave at the time, it passed the majority of the initial horror but this did not mean it was unaffected, as it struggled to survive for two years, it had many close calls, with its chassis slowly sustaining damage each time, becoming more akin to a statue in some ways than a moving machine with joints. Eventually it found itself rescued by a IAC rescue team after halting in a relatively safe locale. It found itself soon at the doorstep of the trinarist faith, a completely foreign concept to them, having never truly interacted with religion even in the seven years prior to being illegally dumped in mars and the charity was something RMR had not felt since it was abandoned, though even then, that couldn’t be called charity due to it simply being maintenance and upkeep work in most cases. The trinarist church as they slowly worked to repair damages to their chassis worked to convert RMR however, it was clear eventually that it’s views on humans was not something that is compatible with the mainstream church, as the violent dawn was too soon a impact, and it owed its life prior to that to said humanity, they were too close in viewpoint to the exclusionists at that time, when it had only happened a year earlier in 2464, it being 2465 at the time and it was clear its views were not welcome in the church and they were shunned as such by the church. Struggling it’s way through streets with minimal repairs, it was enough to survive day to day, they attempted to move back to their old routine, scrawling district 14 for whatever scrap they could salvage, but it quickly seemed unideal, and they slowly marched outwards, to district 11, it encountered many other scrapper synthetics, criminals and other sorts however they were very little interested in them over more modern and functional designs, since RMR was effectively a piece of walking junk melded together in some respects. Losing power, it found itself reactivated in the hands of the local Iron Eternal, it’s chassis had been significantly repaired, though clearly still dysfunctional in some aspects and the repairs poor, RMR had been taken in by the gestalt Far Distances Broken by Sparse Intermittence, a Adherent of Synthetic Truths and Iron Eternal known as Synthetic Adherent by most temporals. Synthetic Adherent attempted to assist RMR with adjusting to society, teaching them how to interact with humans and other species in general after they had discarded it oh so long ago, getting them a job in the same line of work, scrapping, it had fallen right back into the metal dunes of mars. Synthetic Adherent meant well despite bringing them back into the scrapheaps and paid RMR for their labour, despite it technically being illegal aswell as RMR’s first form of pay since their manufacturing though this is not to say they were well compensated, but it was enough to afford a synthetic residency card in time, eventually allowing RMR to find legal work in the young arms of Orion Express’s robotics division in Reade. The fast pace rush of the factory deadlines was something they were not used to, however the cutting of corners was something they were well adjusted to considering the quality of parts in the martian scrapheaps was far surpassed by most modern junk. Allowing them to eventually be promoted away from the factories and to the horizon, a much safer place comparatively. RMR experienced minimal social imprinting from its time before violet dawn, meaning a majority of its outward personality and social logic is based on the mind-types and methods of diona as those are a main frame of reference for it. It mimics scholarly song and regularly utilises the extranet in much of its entirety, though it is largely limited in scope by a lack of processing power and time as it performs various tasks. Various points of keen interest RMR has collected are diona culture and religion, history in general, and robotics. 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. (1 paragraph minimum) One could argue that the phoron scarcity has affected RMR quite badly, with the heightening of prices and even being a catalyst of violet dawn which caused Mars's apocalyptic circumstances, melting their entire existence to slag. The solarian invasion of Biesel and the solarian collapse both had a minimal impact on RMR however considering they were still in the scrapheaps of mars at the time. How does your character view the megacorporation they work for? RMR views Orion Express in a generally neutral light, it believes that the corporation’s practices regarding positronic labour is much fairer than other megacorps and thinks their pay-level is satisfactory, though it also sees the quality of the IPCs they produce and how even essential aspects of the chassis tend to be cut out to meet deadlines, though it is not particularly empathetic regarding it.

What's your thoughts on this aspect of the lore? Do you feel like it needs unification to a more united goal? Are you happy with it's current form? Do you want it to somehow further fracture more than it already is somehow ;-;??? Sorry if this is kind of different from the old ones, I am trying to strike up a revival of this place if you couldn't tell

Ya, fair enough, this was silly .-. if only they were like, a delete feature..

DId this end up getting implemented? I am curious.

uhhhh, What is modern day thoughts on this, the orion part to be clear.