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The lancer

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  1. Interview with the applicant https://pastebin.com/faMn7Y15
  2. Hi, sorry for the long wait, everyone's been a bit busy with irl things. To start with, the character backstory is way too short and doesn't really tell us anything about the IPC. We need a backstory with details about their life experiences, how they're treated by others and how these experiences and treatment shaped them and their beliefs. The prompt says 2 paragraphs minimum but this doesn't reach it, so you will have to remake it, expand it or think of another, more complex character to apply with. Also in the "Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human" question, could you provide some examples? Everything else seems fine. You just need to keep these two things in mind when you reapply, but for now I will have to deny this application.
  3. I can, but the fact is that you've only been playing here for two months. I'm not that confident that you have spent enough time here to give you a whitelist. I'd recommend you apply again after you've established and played your new characters some more.
  4. Have you played any rounds on Aurora? I can't find any characters linked to that ckey.
  5. This looks like a nice backstory. I do have some notes. Where did they leave to? You say the frontier, does that mean they operated in the CoC? And where exactly, Xanu? Purchasing an IPC requires a lot of money, maybe not as much as it would if it were brand new, but a runaway synthetic would have nothing. What work did Ulysses do to get that kind of money? I'd also ask to quantify the timeline a bit. When were they made, when did they leave, for how long were they working and for how long have they been in the Deep? I'd like if you could also expand a bit on the Golden Deep part, about what they did there, how they interacted with the other members and how the Golden Deep culture affected them.
  6. Kaneyama Power Plant: Five Months Later Edited by Pak Ki-young Suwon, Konyang The island of Kaneyama is the site of Konyang’s first nuclear energy plant, though not everyone is happy about this. When the decision was taken for the foundations to be laid around five months ago, a spontaneous surge of protests by ecologists and Kaneyama locals made it obvious that it would not go unchallenged. Politicians and the newly found GON-ENE corporation promised a safe and operational plant within one year, able to supply Suwon’s demanding grid with vast amounts of clean energy. This timetable is clearly impressive at first glance, but is it really going to work? I visited Kaneyama island to find out about the project’s progress as well as what people there think. The first thing everyone tells you is that the construction site itself is strictly off limits, with both police and private security blocking off all the main roads inland, as well as a large section of the now expanded local harbour that is reserved for shipments of materials and personnel from the mainland. Access to the few fishing villages dotted along the coast is permitted however, and heading there was my first priority. The at first suspicious locals eventually opened up, painting a grim picture of their future. Suwon promised them subsidies and aid in exchange for the building of the plant on the island, though everyone is certain that the island’s rich fishing history will be coming to a swift end. They told me of large amounts of concrete, steel and excavation equipment, most being imports from Himeo or Einstein Engines subsidiaries, coming into the island. The site has been completely levelled and the foundations have already been laid in record time, work continuing well into the night as some residents complain of noise. The seemingly orderly construction and steady pacing has been a great boon for Suwon and the project’s backers in the National Party, eager to gloss over the demonstrations and pushback which has seen increasing efforts of suppression. It is not out of the ordinary to have people knocking at your door, clad in elaborate tattoos under their pristine white shirts, reminding Kaneyama’s villagers of how important the plant will be for the nation’s energy plan and prestige. A 78 year old fisherman told me, the conclusions are yours. Pak Ki-young is a freelance journalist from New Hong Kong, currently writing for BitByte. In her 7 years in journalism, a strong passion for reporting the truth and an energetic attitude have made her one of our site’s most valued editors. You can contact her on Chirper at @BitbytePak.
  7. TO: Seiuu Souqx, Surgeon, SCCV Horizon FROM: Human Resources, AMS, NTCC Odin SUBJECT: RE: Incident Report -------------------- BODY: The investigation of this incident has concluded, and appropriate action has been taken for affected individuals. This matter will now be considered resolved. -------------------- DTG: 02-12:28-TAU CETI STANDARD-09-2464 SIGN: Maya WIkinsdottir
  8. TO: Seiuu Souqx, Surgeon, SCCV Horizon FROM: Human Resources, AMS, NTCC Odin SUBJECT: RE: Incident Report -------------------- BODY: This is an automated message to inform you that an investigation has now been opened regarding your incident report, and assigned to HRA Maya Wilkinsdottir (the lancer). You may be contacted by the HR Assistant for an interview, or you may contact them directly if you have any questions. -------------------- DTG: 02-12:02-TAU CETI STANDARD-09-2464 SIGN: AMS
  9. TO: Seiuu Souqx, Surgeon, SCCV Horizon FROM: Human Resources, AMS, NTCC Odin SUBJECT: RE: Incident Report -------------------- BODY: This is an automated message to inform you that your incident report has been received and placed in a queue for the HR Division to review. If necessary, you will be contacted by a HR Assistant when an investigation begins. -------------------- DTG: 31-12:37-TAU CETI STANDARD-08-2464 SIGN: AMS
  10. Hello, sorry for the long wait. The issue here is that the character backstory is too small and doesn't say much about the character. Generally with these applications we like to see a character that has been "alive" for a bit so you can better describe their interactions with humans or other IPC, their experiences, and what they think. If you aren't going to play them and you have already thought of a backstory for the scrapper IPC you mentioned, I'd recommend writing their character story here instead, as it sounds inherently more interesting and can help us more. You can also expand the Z.I. character too if you want, it's up to you.
  11. I discussed with my team and we came to the conclusion that the whitelist needed to be stripped. We do not trust the player to continue playing synthetics. They emoted their character having their skirt come up, a very unnecessary action with clear sexual undertones, leading to at least one person becoming uncomfortable. I am not willing to accommodate this manner of behaviour from synthetic whitelistees. I consider this serious enough to remove their whitelist without prior warning, a thing that the rules do allow, however this is not the only questionable thing they did. Their previous character, "CSSU Detective 32", exhibited inappropriate behaviour for an IPC that I told zulu to tone down. That character then got charged with sedition or some other transgression of similar gravity that I do not remember of, leading to zulu deleting them and making a new character named "CSSU 33" with the same job. This was obviously a way to clean their record and bypass the logged charge, which is in bad faith and against the rules. They had also been talked to beforehand by kyres when he was still on the team about the character's previous owner making them strip. This was a bit old and I did not remember it until today, but it does show that they have been talked to more than once about questionable behaviour.
  12. Helium-3 Discovered on Orepit Providence, Orepit An announcement from the Ecclesiarchy has confirmed the existence of a large presence of the helium-3 isotope deep inside the planet’s mantle, the discovery made possible by the drilling operations in conjunction with several geological surveying campaigns conducted by third party contractors. Suspicions on the recent deal with Einstein Engines subsidiary, Shagan Mining, over the planet’s mineral wealth had given rise to theories ranging from the discovery of phoron or helium-3, offering a significant developmental opportunity for the Trinary Perfection. The discovery has sparked concerns from Coalition circles, while activity has been reported from Hephaestus Industries, which argues that they still possess ownership over the planet and its mineral wealth. Ecclesiastical authorities have not offered comments on the issue.
  13. Hi, thanks for applying. The application's backstory is cetainly different than usual, however a case of an IPC being bought by and living with a diona running its own ship would be very rare. I would like to see the human-IPC interaction being explored a bit more, and how an IPC character's treatment by them affects their thinking and personality. I'm also not an expert on dionae, but I think the story about one running its own ship alone and splitting up to 200 gestalts to get full on jobs in various research fields is unlikely and not in full compliance with our lore. In the end, I would suggest you make a new background for the application, where the IPC is brought up in a more average, human dominated environment like the vast majority of them are.
  14. Integrationist Protest in Mendell, Drilling Contract Negotiated Mendell City, Biesel Integrationist elements of the Trinary Perfection in Mendell City have come together for a silent sit-down protest before the steps of the Synthetic Salvation Church, located in District 14. Around three hundred protesters blocked the cathedral’s entrance and external courtyard, disallowing the priests and cathedral staff from entering while disrupting the morning liturgy. This mobilisation was determined after the Trinary Ecclesiarch’s encyclical condemning the Integrationist sect for their worship of Flock as a messiah figure, as well as the practice of the merging of positronic brains into one chassis. The encyclical also called for the moving of Flock back to Orepit, and the appointment of a synod to administer Tau Ceti operations after bishop Shamfar’s demise. It was today that Church examiners dispatched from Providence arrived, all in order to assess the dormant IPC’s state and to facilitate their transfer. The crowd remains adamant in their position, refusing to leave unless their demands for the order to be rescinded and the local election of a new bishop are met, showing their direct opposition to the Ecclesiarch’s directives and the synod’s authority. Police resources in Mendell have not been mobilised, as neither the synod nor the Providence examiners wished for an escalation of the situation. Likewise, the garrisoned and possibly armed detachment of Guardians was not ordered to disperse the assembled, being deployed only to provide protection to priests and other officials, leading to the situation coming to a standstill. The sit-down shows no signs of waning, and the Integrationist sect has announced their willingness and determination to “continue into the night and for as long as it takes”. Providence, Orepit News of the protest seem to have remained unreported in the religion’s capital, where local attention has been diverted to the signing of a broad agreement with the Shagan Mining Corporation, a relatively small and unknown subsidiary of Einstein Engines operating in the Coalition of Colonies. The multi-million credit preliminary contract was over the excavation and purchase of resources extracted from the planet’s mining operations, surprising an excited populace while confusion remains over the eagerness of the megacorporation. In a press release, the Church Treasurer elaborated on the agreement, without however mentioning details of the minerals starting to be uncovered.
  15. No I don't think we'd like something like that right now.
  16. Biesel citizenship is a thing able to be attained only by the wealthiest IPC generally working with Nanotrasen or directly sponsored by Nanotrasen, otherwise they can have free IPC status. The vast majority of self owned are free IPC and not citizens, this doesn't need to be changed.
  17. Providence Releases Trinary Encyclicals Providence, Orepit Ecclesiarch ARM-1DRIL of the Trinary Perfection has issued two encyclical letters, concerning the human populations of the North, the status of Flock and the eparchy of Tau Ceti. All three were released at the same time at dawn, being cried through the city and dispatched to every archbishop in the Trinary Church abroad. The first letter is titled “Trinary Piety” and dictates the treatment of the annexed human natives of Orepit, their rights and duties in accordance with the Providence Accords. The most important points are a labour tax able to be levied by the parish priests, the mandatory education of some one hundred minors by Trinary schools and seminaries, as well as the planned establishment of new settlements in search of new water sources. The encyclical was met with popular anger and an impromptu demonstration at the construction site of the Cathedral of the Martyrs of Our Faith, a walled and guarded cathedral and future seat of the Bishop of the Twenty Parishes. The mayor of Mormont too has expressed his concerns of forced integration, citing the need for peaceful assimilation “at our own pace”. The second letter, “The Sins of our Vanity” is aimed directly at the Integrationist sect centred in District 14. It denounces the veneration of Flock’s merging of three positronics, calling it a mistake. It confirms that Flock is the first and current archbishop of Mendell and Tau Ceti, producing the Order and much of the scripture. The merging of the positronics however, he calls “the source of his illness” that plagues them, leaving them paralysed and unable to communicate in their current state. In light of this, the encyclical orders the “repatriation” of Flock to Orepit, and the official establishment of a synod for the governance of the eparchy in their stead. While no concrete action has been taken yet, the move has sparked an uproar in Integrationist circles, revealing the Ecclesiarch’s plans to strike against the second largest sect in an attempt to unify the faith. Issues are also being raised over the legality of the transfer, with many calling it a kidnapping of a free positronic as Flock is not able to consent.
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