BYOND Ckey: RandomHomelessGuy
Discord username: elorgrhg
Character names: I have started playing on Aurora quite recently, so these might not be recognized at all, however,
Tadeusz Gawron (Orion Janitor),
Salvo Renn (Ringspire Officer),
Isaiah Abraham (Zeng-Hu surgeon) [deleted],
Julia Czajka (Zavodskoi Xenobiologist),
Tadeusz Kania (Bridge Crew),
Zakari Keita (Zeng-Hu Surgeon).
Species you are applying to play: Unathi
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What colour do you plan on making your first alien character?: Darakath Brown
Have you read the lore pages for the species you wish to be whitelisted for?: Of course.
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?:
As this is my first whitelist attempt (hello!) I was wondering which species would balance the familiar enough to play and alien culture, and I think Unathi are right in that spot. But beside that, I really like the idea of a species with this medieval/martial culture being thrust into a sci-fi setting, and how it affects the entire species. I was also instantly enamored by the lore of The Reclaimers, and the Dominian Unathi.
What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?:
With this question, one can of course focus on saying that the Unathi are a humanoid, cold-blooded, and very tall reptile species. But while the biology of the Unathi is interesting, the more relevant part is of course how they act.
Be it their view on the gender roles, and how a warrior and healer is synonymous to “male” and “female” respectively, with how the artisans, engineers, etc being the gender-neutral fishers. And of course the idea that changing their role in society a Unathi also changes their gender. The feudal culture, the honor, their animist religions, their propensity to stare intently at things that interest them, their vehement dislike of being pointed at, and its doomsday or tranhumanist (transsinta?) cults. And last but not least, their inability to say the word “busy”.
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Character Name: Ahirazh Eleksh
Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon.
(I think I wrote too much)
Ahirazh hatched in 2442, sired as the sixth child in the Eleksh clan. It was a minor clan, originating from the southern part of Moghes, around Darakath and Sahltyr, forging their reputation as a Clan with a strong martial tradition, being eager to fight for a just cause. The recent of which being aligning themselves on the side of King Don'zai Azarak and the Traditionalist Coalition, having sent many warriors to a war from which they would not return from. It became a clan in clear decline, the majority of it perishing during the nuclear exchange and the following battles, some still ongoing.
The clan leaders decided that this is not a war the clan will return from if continues like so, and so they fled into the new Wasteland, becoming one of the land-crawler-owning Reclaimers of Moghes.
Ahirazh was born to replace the losses of the war, expected to carry on the clan’s warrior tradition like a proper man. Though Ahirazh was a weird case, he didn’t speak much, he preferred to slink away into the depths of the land-crawler to tinker with its various components. When given a weapon for training, he of course wouldn’t disobey the elders, and trained like he was told to, but soon after the training concluded, he found some secluded part of the land-crawler and disassembled and (hopefully) reassembled his weapon instead of returning it. As the clan was recovering from its massive losses, it was tolerated. Young Ahirazh himself didn’t see much purpose to this life, hearing of how his supposedly great clan was brought this low, to be forced to escape unequal fights, to eat meagerly, to scavenge random pre-war technology. He of course, never voiced his opinion.
When it came to his education, Ahirazh listened to his elders, but didn’t see much point in things like writing, history and theology, he did believe in the Sk’akh like most of his clan, though like them, he wasn’t a devout follower. He did draw random, mostly-inaccurate blueprints of things he took apart but that was just a hobby. Though that changed when he started listening to various static riddled broadcasts from a radio he repaired with scrap. And he found something he really enjoyed, passionate sermons of repentance, of purification, of salvation in the era of extinction. Of cleansing nuclear fire, and of damnation. The teachings of prophet Juzida Si’akh didn’t sound mad, they sounded like truth, and resonated especially well to to a young member of a clan which was decimated by the Contact War. The belief that they achieved salvation, was one of the few happy thoughts Ahirazh could hold.
Since then, Ahirazh changed, he started respecting his education more, and he used it to write down the sermons he heard on his radio. He talked more to members of his clan, to tell them about what he heard, though he was usually rebuked rather than being genuinely listened to. He still pursued his interest in tinkering with everything he could on the land-crawler, and instantly volunteering with various repairs that needed to be done. This interest was respected and very helpful, and his heresy tolerated due to the low population of the clan.
With the war coming to an end, with the Hegemony proclaiming victory, the Eleksh clan finally had to admit that they lost, and cannot survive without external help, and so it lessened on its isolation. It began to focus on its numbers, on bolstering trade, and on finally accepting help. It started to move its crawler closer to more populated areas of the Wasteland, areas which had received help, or were stationed by either Hephaestus, or the colonies which the Interstellar Aid Corps was helping in.
One day, while doing various maintenance to the crawler on his own, while close to an IAC outpost, Ahirazh was approached by some...thing, someone? Curious thing, no scales, no tail… was that the humans the elders told him about? It started speaking. He didn’t understand so he just stared, which seemed to perturb the human. It called for someone, and a Sinta approached them, dressed in green. This one, he understood. They said they were observing him for a while, the couple weeks the crawler was staying here, and noticed how adept he was at mending the crawler all on his own. They talked for a while, and the green-dressed Sinta presented him with an idea, how the human still standing next to them could offer Ahirazh great opportunity working for Hephaestus Industries. Ahirazh called the elders to discuss this transfer, and after a long discussion they agreed, under one condition, that he would return one day to teach the hatchlings the crafts he learned from the aliens.
And so, Ahirazh went with the aliens, but he had one condition himself, that first they would take him to the Queendom, to find fellow Si’akh followers that could preside over the ritual of Ahirazh becoming a fisher, instead of just being a warrior that contributed to repairing the crawler, as everyone in the clan was expected to. They complied. Having packed some simple clothing, he now went with the aliens.
From around 2465 onward, Ahirazh was dragged around various Hephaestus facilities as an Engineering Apprentice. They brought Ahirazh all over Moghes, and eventually to Ouerea, culture shocking the poor young Sinta like never before. Though through socializing with the aliens, Ahirazh realized they weren’t as bad as the clan elders told him about, and with spending a lot of their days with them, it allowed Ahirazh to practice their Ceti Basic.
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.
Even though I don’t exactly think a Reclaimer clan could be directly affected much by things, I think the Phoron Scarcity, and the events from the end of the Contact War up to the Titan Rises arc would affect Ahirazh and their clan the most. As it happened around the time during which the Eleksh clan ended its isolation, during which food was hard to come by, arguably on the entirety of Moghes, up until the famine ended thanks to Hephaestus at the cost of Ouerean democracy and the corporation owning all the Unathi guilds.
How does your character view the megacorporation they work for?
I think Ahirazh would be between being indifferent and somewhat positive in regards to Hephaestus. Due to letting them leave the Wasteland, which arguably is not a good place to live in, and helping all of Sinta, with the famine relief, which also impacted their clan. Though, following the anti-corporate teachings of Judiza Si’akh, they would most likely be slightly apprehensive of their stranglehold of recovering Moghes.
BYOND key: RandomHomelessGuy Discord Username: elorgrhg Character names: I have a tendency to focus on one character instead of playing several, and do not use the relay so I fear these are not recognizable, however Salvo Renn - Dreg, Security Officer, PMCG Zakari Keita - Suit, Surgeon, Zeng-Hu (deleted) Tadeusz Kania - Visegradi, Bridge Crew, SCC Thirizi Kazhkz - Dominian Unathi, Paramedic, NT (current main) How long have you been playing on Aurora? Hopefully this does not doom the application, but I started in January/February this year, so about 5-6 months now. Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? None. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame? I see the Head of Staff roles on Aurora as a bit of a beacon for other players to follow and listen to. A person who has a command whitelist, can reasonably – through OOC means, be seen as someone who knows a thing or two, and can be trusted with more than a thing or two. To inform, to communicate, to help guide new, and experienced players if they need help with anything, to organize the department, to solve greater issues, and to give them something to do in the off-chance there is nothing to do, even if it is not strictly mechanically necessary. Ideally? A Head of Staff should enhance the round, and through their IC authority find stuff to do. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them? I may have overstepped into this part with my previous answer, but, a Head of Staff is first and foremost a managerial position, regardless of whether it is an HoS, a CE, or most definitely the Captain. To put it simply, a Head of Staff should do little beside ordering their underlings around and informing the other heads of staff about what is happening, and to involve themselves only in either severe circumstances, lack of staffing, or just being asked to replace someone (in their department) for a bit due to anything happening. A CMO doing surgery when there are two surgeons is not what they should be doing, unless both surgeons are dead or otherwise busy/in-disposable, however that happened. They, and hopefully I in the maybe near future, should believe that the characters they are managing are actually competent people that do not need help unless specifically asked. Explain how the recent events in the Spur changed your character and how they came to be employed on the SCCV Horizon. As someone born on Eridani IV close to the turn of the century, it always was an uphill battle. It always is for dregs, specifically if you end up in private prison for allegedly violating the Non-Aggression Protocol. Not the first time it happened, and it won’t be the last, but it is how the system works, and how it always worked. But instead of rotting in a cell, a suit comes up, with an offer to leave it all behind, and to redeem yourself, wouldn’t you take it? This is not much of a life after all. And so he listened, maybe out of morbid curiosity, but he did. His name and deeds forgotten, his hatred for corps wavering. A new dreg traitor was born. Arko became quite a stickler for rules and regulations just so they wouldn’t discard him and throw him back where they found him. Due to his… adaptable moral outlook, he excelled in Eagle Corp. In his off-time he studied, and through his excellent service he got into a Golden Fist sponsored program to study medicine. He passed, and through a mountain of paperwork, eventually was allowed to transfer to Sekhmet Intergalactic, starting as a young, inexperienced resident physician. He was good at his job, and did well for himself, though due to his reinstatement he was often kept away from suit coworkers, just in case. Nevertheless, he managed to earn some commendations and promotions, not exactly for exceptional service, but for his loyalty. His defining moments, however, was the aftermath of the Solarian collapse, with the incredibly predatory treatment of the victims of the Violet Dawn incident, and then the subsequent formation of the PMCG, and his re-assignment to the Corporate Reconstruction Zone. There he, and the small team under his command reinforced the middling forces of the Republic of Biesel after its land grab against the collapsing Alliance. Now completely devoid of any dreg-originated corporation hatred, Arko has grown quite fond of the idea of both the newly formed PMCG and SCC, though it took some time for him to gather the guts, and free time, to petition his superiors for a re-assignment. But he did, now only to wait for the SCC to consider his application for the position of a Chief Medical Officer on the ship he heard so much about. What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? CMO mainly. But I would also like to try the Corporate Liaison/Consular Officer, or even a Captain, eventually. I don’t yet feel comfortable with other departments to say anything about them yet, but time will tell. Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? I did, though I will most likely re-read them several times over. Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking: Arko Karikari, CMO Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Of course, hopefully it won’t come to that. Have you linked your BYOND account to the Forums? Seems like I did, I think. Extra notes: No shame in trying, and failing is the first step on the road to success, or I might just not be cut out for commanding, we will see. Also, if there are issues with a reinstated dreg Head of Staff, I can re-write them to be just a suit, though I found no objections against such an origin on the wiki. I hope you enjoyed reading my application as much as enjoyed writing it.