[Accepted] A nifty bug (Itanimulli's Vaurca Whitelist Application)

[Itanimulli]

BYOND Key: itanimulli

Character Names: Sovereign Aegis, Mars Hall, Kardora Ma, Mumbee Wembit, Decisive Resolve

Species you are applying to play: Vaurca

What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): (RGB 55,0,120)

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Maybe. Probably.

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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 specific race: To put it simply, I've decided to expand my horizons. And my gaze has set on one of the less played species on this server: The Vuarca. The first time I took a look at one of those big beautiful bugs, I began to think: I can make a weird gimmick outta that. I also like the lore of the species as a whole. It's nice, verbose, and informative. It feels like the wiki for some old Orson Scott Card book. It's all really clear yet easy to get lost in.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Vaurca are the very bleeding edge of immigrants on this server right now. They're weird, they border a lot of ethical boundaries simply by existing because of how different they are, and they are still getting used to all things....human. Unlike unathi, who easily adapted with comradery and life that fits in with at least one human society in the past. The tajara, who are overall malleable, resemble humans of the soviet union, and can each stand on their own as individuals. The skrell, who are smaller, squishier humans with head thingymajiggers and idolize Spock's predicament too much. They're a bunch of basically pro-slavery euthanasia-indifferent cyborgs who live in hives and are hard to tell apart from an evil version of the same thing, some of who lack any concept of religion and have a hard time understanding abstract thought, some of them the complete opposite, and yet they coexist without incident.

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Character Name: Za'Akaix'Kiiv C'thur

Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs

Kiiv's ideal situation was not her current one, but to maintain good relations and to attempt to explain cultures to each other, the C'thur hive had essentially traded him for an equivalent ambassador to Dominia. It's worked with the other two sane hives, so it should, in theory, work with humans. The actual effect remains to be seen. Dominia, a land of easily angered humans who only tolerated her existence because of how she behaved. Speaking of that term, 'She.' It didn't make sense to Kiiv, but she'd accepted this term on the basis that it promoted unity. It took time, a very long time, but a close knit clique eventually formed, a group of 'freinds' who were more interested in trying to start debates into why Kiiv should believe in the goddess over her queens, why Kiiv was this, why Kiiv would be a she because most human ants are shes (even though ants can't talk in sound so why would it matter) and because Kiiv resembled a large ant. It became standard practice to follow them around, talked about as if she weren't even there. Though, it wasn't bad; the point of this, she reasoned, was to figure out the most common behaviors of Dominian peoples towards each-other, when faced with Vaurca, and how to fit in. Fitting in seemed to be achieved by engaging in conversations, entertaining the pious interest most Dominians took when confronted with her mere presence, and 'humbling' herself by feigning to care about their opinions. Technically, she did, but every experience she had seemed to say the same thing: A typical Dominian has never seen a Vaurca, and that meant lots and lots of questions. Leaving with this knowledge, but not truly affected by it other than the understanding of certain phrases that humans like to say, Kiiv completed the trade, returning home with a fair deal of memorabilia from the little clique she formed, while the Dominian counterpart assumedly returned with whatever odd experiences he'd have to try and describe. Half a year in human space. It wasn't so bad, either.

Eventually, Kiiv received her next job: learning about humans in a more passive light, watching how they speak to each other, watching how they behave in the workplace, learning what they like to eat and drink, learning all of the more simplistic traits that a stay in Dominia would assuredly not provide, considering being under armed guard at almost all times. Reaching out to NT, the C'thur quickly got Kiiv hired as a bartender. This way, funds could still be made for the hive while she began her long, somewhat final job as the eyes and ears of C'thur everywhere, returning to the Hivenet to explain the quirks and stereotypes she'd discovered to her kin.

What do you like about this character? I think it's going to be really fun to play a Vaurca that's primary focus is learning about others. She is on-station to find out who does what and why, to observe how interactions happen. So I've put her in the bar, a place where humans congregate and speak to each other. I like the idea of playing an outsider who's job is to get onto the inside, and provide others of her kind with the information needed to do the same. I also like the idea of someone with mannerisms and phrases adopted from the Dominian people trying to apply it to people who usually don't use it.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? 100/10, or more accurately, 7ish-8ish/10? I don't really have many IC issues. Sometimes I misspell things, but I ain't no dictionary. I do hope this application reveals me to be knowledgeable enough of the lore and intersecting IC factors to prove myself w o r t h y of becoming Big Bug Hot Kiiv.

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Notes: I will increase bug online.

Edited October 26, 2018 by Guest

[Wigglesworth Jones]

Generally speaking, the character I've seen on-station the most is Sovereign Aegis, who's a pretty cool synthetic. As well, more bug online is always a good thing. I can't say anything really insightful about the backstory or anything, but I like the general concept of an observer vaurca. +1, if that means anything.

[JamOfBoy]

Hi. Deputy lore developer for vaurca here.

 

And my gaze has set on one of the less played species on this server: The Vuarca.

...ahem.

 

who lack any concept of religion and have a hard time understanding abstract thought.

This is untrue. Most unbound see the Queens as deities, mostly due to the fact they literally harbour an afterlife for them. What you said is near enough a direct quote from the wiki - except it was in the context of bound, which your character is not.

 

Character Name: Za'Ka'Akaix'Kiiv C'thur

 

Za'Ka? Your vaurca is both a warrior and a worker?

 

A typical Dominian does not like a typical Vaurca.

Now, my knowledge of Dominia's inner workings is only what I have been able to extract from Pegasus and Zundy, but I don't see a particular reason for this to be true. As long as the vaurca in question adheres to the code of honor, there should be no reason why Dominians in particular dislike vaurca. The rule of Dominia is that if it is made to serve, but can learn, it will burn. Bound vaurca would be hated because they're similar to cyborgs, and cyborgs are similar to AI, and Dominia does not like these. I'm all for the idea that your character was sent to Dominia, however, little to no contact has been made between any of the hives and the Empire. The Aurora is one of the few places where the two would probably ever interact.

 

Reaching out to NT, the C'thur quickly got Kiiv hired as a bartender.

 

Was Kiiv ever trained to be a bartender? In fact, what was Kiiv born to do? Just be an information gatherer about Dominia? What brood are they from?

To be honest, it looks an awful lot like the "Maybe. Probably." reply to 'Have you read the lore section's page on this species' is true.

Here's a link to the C'thur broods. Read through each Lesser Queen. They're great for making backstories. Vaurca from different broods have a different colour exoskeleton, as well as different mannerisms or behaviours.

I'd provide a link to the naming convention, but it would be easier to just explain. Ka means worker. They're vaurca who are in not designed to work with or in association to weaponry. Za means warrior. While they can be born soldiers, they are not limited to this - warriors are born for anything in direct relation to weaponry - that includes other warriors. A paramedic vaurca with the backstory that they were a field medic for vaurca would be a Za. However, a vaurca born to install augments onto bound and unbound alike doesn't have to be a Za, as not all augments are weapons, and not all vaurca are Za.

In summary, your character should probably be a Ka, considering they seem to have been born to gather information. Your vaurca can only be one or the other.

I'd recommend contacting me, BygoneHero, or ParadoxSpace through the forums or Discord (JamOfBoy#5452, Syntax#1344, ParadoxSpace#6294 respectively) about your backstory so that we can ensure it holds cohesion, or if you have any questions. I'd also consider reworking the backstory and removing the Dominian aspect of it - however, it might be better to contact us about that later, as something might be figured out.

[Itanimulli]

Hi. Deputy lore developer for vaurca here.

 

And my gaze has set on one of the less played species on this server: The Vuarca.

...ahem.

 

who lack any concept of religion and have a hard time understanding abstract thought.

This is untrue. Most unbound see the Queens as deities, mostly due to the fact they literally harbour an afterlife for them. What you said is near enough a direct quote from the wiki - except it was in the context of bound, which your character is not.

 

Character Name: Za'Ka'Akaix'Kiiv C'thur

 

Za'Ka? Your vaurca is both a warrior and a worker?

 

A typical Dominian does not like a typical Vaurca.

Now, my knowledge of Dominia's inner workings is only what I have been able to extract from Pegasus and Zundy, but I don't see a particular reason for this to be true. As long as the vaurca in question adheres to the code of honor, there should be no reason why Dominians in particular dislike vaurca. The rule of Dominia is that if it is made to serve, but can learn, it will burn. Bound vaurca would be hated because they're similar to cyborgs, and cyborgs are similar to AI, and Dominia does not like these. I'm all for the idea that your character was sent to Dominia, however, little to no contact has been made between any of the hives and the Empire. The Aurora is one of the few places where the two would probably ever interact.

 

Reaching out to NT, the C'thur quickly got Kiiv hired as a bartender.

 

Was Kiiv ever trained to be a bartender? In fact, what was Kiiv born to do? Just be an information gatherer about Dominia? What brood are they from?

To be honest, it looks an awful lot like the "Maybe. Probably." reply to 'Have you read the lore section's page on this species' is true.

Here's a link to the C'thur broods. Read through each Lesser Queen. They're great for making backstories. Vaurca from different broods have a different colour exoskeleton, as well as different mannerisms or behaviours.

I'd provide a link to the naming convention, but it would be easier to just explain. Ka means worker. They're vaurca who are in not designed to work with or in association to weaponry. Za means warrior. While they can be born soldiers, they are not limited to this - warriors are born for anything in direct relation to weaponry - that includes other warriors. A paramedic vaurca with the backstory that they were a field medic for vaurca would be a Za. However, a vaurca born to install augments onto bound and unbound alike doesn't have to be a Za, as not all augments are weapons, and not all vaurca are Za.

In summary, your character should probably be a Ka, considering they seem to have been born to gather information. Your vaurca can only be one or the other.

I'd recommend contacting me, BygoneHero, or ParadoxSpace through the forums or Discord (JamOfBoy#5452, Syntax#1344, ParadoxSpace#6294 respectively) about your backstory so that we can ensure it holds cohesion, or if you have any questions. I'd also consider reworking the backstory and removing the Dominian aspect of it - however, it might be better to contact us about that later, as something might be figured out.

 

Funny you say any of this! I talked to Zundy before thisnapp even got made. I also talked to Bygone and have shown him this app. And...he likes it, a lot.

And yes, I've taken all the vaurca shenanigans into respect. Why is this one a warrior? Because the general stigma heading into Dominia was that they were going to need to fight someone at one point or another. Though that fortunately never came about, the idea was that Kiiv would win, and get the hell out of dodge before the angry lynch mob came smashing through wherever it was she was staying. As for what they learned, I've already explained that they've adapted to and and expect more Dominian-esque behaviour, and have learned to humble themselves and let others talk rather than speaking themselves.

Tl;dr a much more hostile environment was anticipated.

I assure you, talked to Zundy. Talked to Bygone. Made sure that it made sense in the first place. Picked the hive that has experience in this type of work. And now we are here.

[Itanimulli]

Also. I'll edit the religion peice.

[JamOfBoy]

I'll shorten what was in my first post since you seem to have missed most of it.

Remove the Ka in your character's name if you intend for them to be a warrior.

Currently, your character is in the High Queen C'thur's brood via proxy of having the default C'thur body colour. Are you certain this is the [LINK]->brood<-[LINK] you would like?

Dominians would not be aggressive or rude.

 

 

On the bright side, I have clarified that there should be no reason why the C'thur and Dominia reject ambassadors, so your character concept is feasible. Which is good; I like this concept, but you aren't demonstrating the right knowledge.

[Itanimulli]

Alright, everythings fixed up nicely. I think.

[Bygonehero]

I really like your character idea, and seeing a Vaurca colored by their interactions with Dominia is interesting. Application accepted!