The lancer

I'll be closing it since you didn't respond. You can reapply in a week.

@Peenyu

Hi, thanks for applying. Could you shed some light on what Damian actually did? Both in their free time and in their work. You mention they're a psychologist, but there's little elaboration on that. Also, how did he manage to manipulate his owners into basically taking financial advice from a psychologist IPC? The other part I'd like some more input is how IPCs are treated in general by society, and Damian's place in all this. How can an owned IPC go on its own and make arrangements for its future with a different megacorporation?

Thanks for everything you've done all these years, I wish you the best as you move on.

Hi, thanks for applying. Your character backstory leaves some things to be desired. It seems more centered around the owner than the IPC, of which we get no background for. When and why were they made? What have their experiences been, etc. The only real information we get out of this is that they are a good nurse and that they are a follower of the Trinary (with again, little to no information on how they came across it or how it affects them). Also yes, the slime-dealing is a bit unrealistic and should be written off in my opinion. My suggestion is to apply again in two weeks, with a different IPC character that isn't tied to any of your on station characters. Talk about them, their beginnings, experiences and how they ended up on the station, but as of now I cannot accept this application.

People's accent doesn't really change within the span of a few months after being conquered or taken over by a different state, so I think the Biesel accent is accurate, same way we have New Gibson accent. As for the Republic's name, I always thought it was named the Republic of Tau Ceti. Turns out it's not but it would make more sense to be named that.

Application accepted.

Very good application backstory, accepted.

Thanks for the application, but at this time, we feel that more wiki content of this kind for the trinary perfection is not required. You are free to use this as headcanon though.

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Thank you for applying, though another candidate has been selected.

Thank you for applying, though another candidate has been selected.

Accepted.

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Yes it's all good, accepted.

Hi, nice application, I like Morgan. Some technical issues that come up: How will she own this substantial property, if she herself is owned by someone else? Psychology is a bit complex, I doubt she would have picked up on it by just living with a psychologist and serving his patients. It is also not standard for IPCs to receive education and degrees, instead relying on data packs that install the skillset they need for a particular job, which acts as their qualification. So yeah I would take these into account and change her owner's will a bit. She can own property if she is free, but then that would not force her to find employment with NT.

Along with the standard format: please provide an answer to the following. 1)How much time can you devote to lorewriting? 2)Do you have any plans for the lore? 3)Why do you want to join?

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Good HoP, does the job well.

I try to keep things stable, but not stationary. I will probably not be doing extreme and radical things, trying to keep a balance while maintaining the lore we already have and building upon it. I am not here to compare or pick out flaws or shortcomings, neither to hype up my advantages to overshadow others, but rather to offer my services to a community I've grown attached to over the years by trying out joining the lore team. I do believe I can come up with ideas and solutions to overcome issues that may arise, and I am confident that the team will do well with me. Other than that, I am of the opinion that it is ultimately the loremaster's choice. As a final note, I know I may not say as much as the other applicants, since I try to be measured in public without making huge promises I can't deliver. You can be assured though that I do pay good attention to the things I say, and that I do not necessarily consider this a weakness. I think that my previous work as a player on the wiki does prove that I can engage in lorewriting. I also do believe that in a more casual discord or DMs context, I am both approachable and helpful to a great extent (if this is a concern).

I like to write lore, worldbuild and have the changes mean something to players involved. That is the reason for my application here, considering that synthetics are also the ones I play most often myself. I do not have a specific thing which I'm super passionate about, as I like to view the whole of synthetic lore as one that I will have to work on and develop. I'm ultimately not a fan of them. I feel that they would bring up a lot more issues than overall benefits, such as complications in legal rights, distinguishing them from IPCs, etc. Positronics are already advanced enough, and many people do play their IPCs in a human like fashion.

I am fond of the idea of bioshells, and would be interested into looking into the whole thing and examining its potential future. There are going to be many issues to solve however, as this would be a pretty sizable undertaking both in the lore and code departments. As for their actual implementation, there would have to be a careful and stable approach for their introduction into lore as we moved to build upon their relations with society at large.

Purpose has never really been at the forefront, electing to generally maintain a behind the scenes presence. While I have not really thought about it, we could bring them out in a supporting role to main events. I think the current portrayal of shells is currently fine. If you are talking about the general view of other characters and factions towards shells, I think that it would be nice to revisit the theme of deception and suspicion of shellframes, supported by arcs and articles. The community is largely against paperwork in its current state. I do not see the need to expand on it with synthetic specific forms, unless they play a persistent and tangible role, like vaurca avowals. I believe this is for the loremaster to decide, they all have their strengths.

Not as of now. I'm open to ideas by all means, but apart from an expansion on the technical capabilities of positronic brains as mentioned before, there aren't any grand plans or reworks. Yes, I already have experience at moderating characters on account of my current job. All ideas from everyone are always welcome. Community feedback and input is important, be it for existing or for new content.

I would like to bring more players to make characters from factions that are either unknown or have little participation, such as Scrappers and the Golden Deep. While the latter has seen some characters and even consulars on station, there have not been any substantial events to solidify their presence. The same can be said about the former, where to my knowledge, there have been no scrapper characters. I would like to bring attention to them, as well as provide means of such synthetics to come and work on the Aurora and Tau Ceti. The event format that I feel works best is one that spans multiple rounds throughout a week, with regular visits. I would like to bring back some kind of antagonist synthetic faction directly opposed to megacorporate interests, in order to provide more friction and conflict within rounds. This would also work well with the already established presence of the Ceres' Lance agents that are able to visit from time to time. Said faction planting operatives that pose as ordinary characters, clashing with Lancers, as both of them attempt to bring uninvolved crew into their own side, would be a fun concept to play with. I would finally like to establish some groundwork for differentiating between positronic brains on their capabilities to process and mimick organics, as well as the intelligence they exhibit. I wish to expand on the hardware aspect of the brains, the complexity, cost and what each can achieve. This would provide an explanation of why some IPCs feel more robotic than others, while debunking theories and stereotypes (G2s being dumb giants, for example.) Megacorp IPCs are very different on account of which corporation they work for. NT is by far the most liberal in regards to its IPCs and their treatment. I do not really see any reason to change anything, except expanding on the relations Nanotrasen has with its IPCs, should there be a need for it. NT should still remain the "neutral" corporation for IPCs that allows a lot of character mobility, with the contractor factions being the special and restricted ones. I'm happy with the state we're in. This is generally up to the writers of the species in question. I will not go out of my way to demand IPCs establish a presence in other species' planets and capitals. That being said, I would very much like to collaborate with other lorewriters to further relations between IPCs and different species, because I think synthetics can find a potential home anywhere and everywhere. Artificial intelligence does exist outside of Tau Ceti, but is mostly undeveloped and of little significance to the general lore, generally used to show a species' technological level, and nothing more (AIs used to manage farms and infrastructure). Should the other developers wish, I'd be very willing to expand on those as well. I've done well in managing all these years. I do believe I can handle both positions, since I'm still involved with the server and community.