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Grade A Under A?

It would be kinda nice to have the quartermaster in the service channel as well, it seems like. I agree that assistants, miners, and cargo techs, as well as the chaplain and librarian, don't need access to the service channel. There's just no point, since assistants, chaplains, and librarians don't provide a specific service by default and the others work as the supply crew. I always thought the service channel was mostly for the bar/kitchen to call for the janitor or supplies from botany, anyway.

I sometimes have difficulty finding opportunities to actually talk to people as well, especially when my department is understaffed. You seem to be doing pretty good lately, after I spent some time hovering around a bit more. As for the personality stuff, that's always a tricky part of roleplaying. The best thing that I've found to do is keep an open mind and keep considering how the character would interact with situations as they become available to interact with in practice. I'm no expert, though, so just keep up the good work. You and the community have convinced me thoroughly, and I'm happy to give my approval, for what it's worth.

Name: Gerard Renalt Age: 59 Gender: Male Race: Human Employment Information ((Please list employment title(s) and levels, and the job tier. Refer to NanoTrasen Occupation Qualifications for further information)): Chief Medical Officer, Level 1, Tier 10 Is there anything that you are legally obligated to reveal, or anything that you wish to notify the crew about: I'll be bringing the missus, if things go according to plan. Signature:Gerard Renalt

I like UnknownMurder as a person, and feel like I've had a number of interactions, albiet not particularly memorable ones, with both Alex Graves and James Silver. Both of them seem to be reasonable and competent, at least while I was interacting with them. The biography that you've provided is colorful and interesting, with lots of detail. However, it does seem like it's either inconsistent with time or just vague enough that I lost track of certain elements. Either way, it's not a huge issue, and it's still a pretty good backstory. I also liked your evaluation of your roleplaying ability and may steal that format at some point, if you don't mind. Your answers for the questions at the top were good, as well. I can see Alex being a good head of staff, so I'll give my approval.

I've floated around Jan as a ghost and bumped into him during my own IC duties often enough to know that Jorge is a pretty good engineer and atmos tech, but I haven't felt like I've seen any strong interactions between our characters or anyone else's. That said, if you want to be a head of staff, I would like to see you take a more active approach to playing Jan. I can't disagree with the negative aspects of your roleplaying ability that you've already noted. However, Jan feels like a planned and deliberate character, which is good, and I feel like his personality could be made more apparent somehow. The biography that you've provided here makes me feel like Jan is more detailed than I'd perhaps previously assumed. As for the actual head of staff position, I'm not sure how I feel about it. I've played off and on with Jorge for quite a while now, and he seems competent enough to be in a command position, but Jan may not be a strong enough presence for the job. I would like to see him have a chance though. That's all I can say for now.

I think I've only seen you IC a handful of times, without any actual in-depth interaction, but you seem like a capable guy. I like the setup of your biography and the detail in the time periods, as well as James as a character. Due to these factors and your willingness to play IA, you've earned my approval for sure. Good luck.

I do have trouble being "mean" IC at times. However, it's something that I've done in the past with some amount of success, and I hope that Sebastian will give me an unadulterated, unwavering nice guy to balance out my roleplaying style. As for the Renalt stuff and all that, it's something that I've spent the last couple days mulling over in my free time while I've been busy with other things. I believe that I'll give it a go with Gerard being Morgan's father who is proud that his son has made a name for himself as a medical professional, but is struggling with Morgan's overzealous dedication to work and neglect of a real social life or definitive social identity. Which basically means that if anyone asks him about Morgan, he'll be happy that they've heard of him, ask them some questions, and then politely excuse himself to grumble and pace around. It should be fun, and a good change of pace. I have never played two characters who had/have such a close connection. Thank you for your excellent feedback, Loow.

Thank you both for your replies. I appreciate the positive feedback. I think I will be keeping the Renalt surname for Gerard, and just seeing how things go for a while.

This could be cool, but I seem to recall that bot patrols can cause a lot of lag. If it's viable, I'd like to see it eventually. This sounds cool too.

I'm not sure that I've got the right guy, but I think I watched you play for a little while recently. Either way, the majority of my judgement will be gathered from the information that you provided on your app. I like the answers that you've given the questions about roleplay and the heads of staff positions, and find that I largely agree with your views. Your biography is reasonably well written and descriptive of the character's life and experiences. I feel like Heinrich would be an appropriate character for the roles that you are pursuing. However, one part of your first paragraph did bother me. I don't know too much about security in SS13 or real life, but it doesn't seem like a security consultant position, interim or not, is an entry-level job. I was under the impression that security consultants had to be experts with security procedure as well as situations that commonly affect secure locations, but I may be misunderstanding your intention or the position.

Not enough IC interaction, yadda yadda. Now, on to making an educated judgement call from other sources. I read through your posts in the Syndicate Transmission Network section the other day and found them to be enjoyable. I've also crept around as a ghost and watched you play Alexa Lei, and enjoyed your interactions with other crewmembers as well. In OOC, you also seem to be a responsible and competent player, and your explanatory statements regarding roleplaying and the whitelist indicate that as well. Your biography was well written and pleasant to read, while also providing a strong sense of the timeline of Jacob's life. I especially enjoyed your choice of setting and the way in which Jacob was taught engineering. His lack of comfortable familiarity with command and social situations also feels well explained, and doesn't make it seem like you just want to be lazy. You have my approval, as well.

You're correct in saying that we haven't had any meaningful IC interactions, Owened. I try to RP with a lot of people, but it's sometimes difficult to spend any actual time with a character IC. Thank you for your time, your kind words, and the +1.

Whoops, that's the kind of thing that usually bugs me as well, but I failed to proofread thoroughly. Thank you for the suggestion. I am still wavering back and forth on my feelings about Morgan as a character, so I am also conflicted about whether or not to introduce another person named Renalt to the station. Thank you for your interest and feedback on the subject, however. I'll take it into account.

I can understand the reasoning that you're using to defend this character, but it has gone too far. When you begin introducing things that don't fit within the lore, you're encroaching upon the work of others. I suggest you find a compromise concerning the planet that your character is from (there are rim worlds, after all), and think of a way for Ames or a similar character to fit the style of play that you're attempting without including elements such as bluespace shrouding and metahumans. You've been given some pretty good suggestions by other players and I think your character could benefit from some of them. I still kinda like the idea of a medieval planet but also think that something like what Hatley is suggesting may make for a more grounded character.