[Accepted] Kermit's Command Application

[kermit]

Character names:

Ciara Chipperfield  (Psychiatrist)

Roy  (Stationbound)

Alexander Nietzsche  (Surgeon)

Faith Windsor  (Biochemist)

Vincent Lemmons  (Quartermaster)  ->  (Head of Personnel)

Rosa Marcello  (Chief Medical Officer)

Jack Welbourn  (Engineering Apprentice)

 

How long have you been playing on Aurora?: I’ve been playing since the 29th/30th of April, almost non-stop.

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I decided that I would apply for the command whitelist about two or three weeks ago. Initially, I came to this decision just because I had some ambitious characters I wanted to bring into play, some unique stories to tell; though more recently, my reasoning has expanded beyond that.

I've always enjoyed taking lead positions, helping a team advance, giving insight to people listening to me, and managing things from above- even if that means paperwork, as some know. This was a large reason behind me applying for this whitelist, it would allow me to manage the departments I know and love to play in and help those playing below my characters. It would accredit me as someone who can be trusted to steer someone's roleplay in the right direction. Even without a whitelist now, I tend to be relied upon to help those unfamiliar with the department I'm playing in (mostly medical) and to take lead, though without the title of department head, it sometimes becomes a problem which had led to some interesting but stressful scenarios that tend to leave one party flustered.

Another reason why I wish to be on the whitelist is that I believe I can introduce some interesting characters with real, believable yet unique stories to tell and draw someone into. A lot of my characters have traits that I leave for others to discover, or methods of interacting that are different to normal and all the more fun. With the whitelist, I'd like to introduce or further develop some of these characters to give more life to the shifts I'm playing in and to offer some more interesting interactions to those I roleplay with.

Finally, and the reason of least importance yet of most value to me, I wish to apply for this whitelist because it has been suggested that I do so by some friends, in character and out of character. This was what really pushed me to fill in this application when before I doubted myself.

 

Why did you come to Aurora?: I got involved with Aurora because I was new to SS13 and was looking for a roleplay-oriented community, Aurora was the first HRP server I checked out and fit the bill well. I’ve stayed since as most of the people I’ve met have been great to speak to. That and the lore is very detailed, browsing the forum’s lore sections have been quite interesting, especially some of the news articles which I’ve incorporated into my characters development.

Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: I have, several times.

Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? There was one instance where, when playing a surgeon, I made some drugs listed under the Advanced Chemicals section of the chemistry guide. I was given the heads-up that I should keep to basic chemicals else I’d be power-gaming, and have since when playing the surgeon. Asides from that, I’ve received no warnings nor have I been kicked out of a round.

 

 

Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each.

Give a definition of what you think roleplay is and should be about: Roleplay is a form of escapism and story-telling set in a universe with it's own lore, be it similar or completely different to our universe. You envision and create characters with their own backstories, traits and ambitions, and weave them together with other people's characters during interesting interactions to come up with amazing, emotional stories. These stories then weave into other stories to expand on the universe you’re roleplaying in itself, leading to a collectively crafted and maintained universe. Decisions you make can impact future events, from small things such as destroying your relationships with other characters, to being the catalyst of universe-effecting policy changes.

 

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: Having thought about this a lot, I’ve come up with four main purposes for Head of Staffs in game:

Firstly, a head of staff should act as a liaison between non-antag players and antagonists. They should ensure everyone in their department is not left out and that everyone can enjoy something from the round. No fun can be had if there’s a crisis going on next door in another department and you’re sitting around doing nothing, not even aware of what’s going on.

Secondly, a fairly important purpose of a head of staff is to ensure cohesion between personnel In your department. They are to make sure no one is left out and that everyone is contributing towards a successful round in regards to a good, functioning department.

Further expanding on the second point, a head of staff should ensure communication between their department and others, keeping in contact with other heads of staff and coordinating things from above so everyone is working together and, if done right, more efficiently.

And lastly, but not least, a head of staff should root out problems. This is mostly done by being approachable for those who are new to the department or looking for advice, so they can be mentored, but can also mean giving a stern but constructive talk to those who are experienced but have slipped up.

 

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: I haven’t been able to think of any responsibilities that whitelisted players have differing them from standard players, though given that a whitelist can highlight those who are experienced and well-versed in the community’s lore, two OOC responsibilities could be to mentor those looking for help and to also introduce those to our lore, integrating it into their roleplay.

 

Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau Ceti and how it affected your character and their career? I wouldn’t say anything massively impactful is currently happening in Tau Ceti, definitely nothing that would have a significant and noticable impact on any of my characters.

Something to note may be the recent recovery of a marooned Sol Alliance captain’s corpse and drone who my quartermaster, Lemmons’, miners (Krovajson, Dmitri- all credit to them) rescued as he co-ordinated their recovery. This isn’t major but could be seen as his first recognition, giving him confidence and ambition and motive to become even better. He spent a large portion of his life assisting the Sol Alliance in their conflicts in the human frontier, this serves as a glimpse back to his previous life before he moved to Tau Ceti.

Faith Windsor and Alex Nietzsche pay little attention to the news, living in their own worlds. Windsor, especially, deals with things immediately before her and doesn’t like getting political.

 

What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted?

The roles I hope to play once being whitelisted are: Chief Medical Officer, I’m confident in my abilities to lead the medical department as a CMO, knowing what it takes; and Head of Personnel, a role I feel will introduce me to more aspects of the station than just medical, which I’ve stuck mostly to. I also intend to play the Captain role a lot later down the line, I’ve not yet drafted plans for the character which would take this Captain role however . I have plenty to learn and feel that jumping into such an important role immediately would only cause problems, in-character and out-of-character.

 

Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking.:

Vincent Lemmons (pre-existing) - Head of Personnel - Lemmons has a large background in business administration, having been a quartermaster aboard a merchant vessel he was mentored on, and later a Hephaestus Industries vessel. He moved to Nanotrasen when employment at Hephaestus Industries bore no fruit and the merchant vessel he worked aboard was inherited by a son who disliked Lemmons. He’s worked as a quartermaster for some time, and now wishes to step up to a more general administration role; that of a Head of Personnel.

Rosa Marcello (new) - Chief Medical Officer - I’ve not got a clear picture of what she will be like, though I intend for her to be a slight amalgamation of all my other characters, yet still completely different.

 

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I’d rate my roleplay at around 7/10. I can be very detailed and particular when writing actions, being really descriptive and engaging for everyone involved, this is mostly seen when playing my surgeon who loves to teach interns/residents surgery.

I have noticed that sometimes I can be a little bit lacking when it comes to roleplay, offering no good me’s (this is a fairly serious problem depending on who I play), though this is a problem I’ve been trying to rectify so my roleplay abilities remain uniform regardless of my character and situation, once that’s sorted, I’d bump my rating to an 8/10. I’m always looking to improve, and feedback is appreciated on my feedback thread.

 

 

Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? That is what I’d hope.

Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? I have read the wiki pages for the command roles I intend to play several times.

 

Extra notes:

None.

Edited July 22, 2019 by SadKermit
Added characters.

[Spider]

I can’t say i’ve had many interactions with your characters aside from Faith and Vincent, but from what I know from them you are definitely a capable roleplayer who deserves a shot at command. +1 from me, good luck!

[Nekonyan123]

I interacted with several among Kermit's chars and I think they are a good roleplayer and their chars are different from one another, so I don't see issues.

 

+1 from me

[Achroknight]

From my several interactions with Faith, and the few with Lemmons, I feel comfortable to say, that they are fairly good at making interessting characters, and bringing them over well. Since I mainly had interactions with Faith, I can mainly recall events with her. THey played her well, very discriptive emotes you seldom see anywhere else done to this extent. And the implementations of their mental illnesses also always come over well.
In sort, I feel that you will do great so a biiiig +1 from me!

[ShesTrying]

So YOU play Lemmons! 

 

Kermit's RP is always rather enjoyable. All of their characters are believable and downright lovely, and past that, I think the player behind the characters is more than capable of handling the stress and coordination that command roles require. Huge +1 for me, and props for making new characters just for command roles.

Edited July 16, 2019 by ShesTrying
Hit enter too early like a lemon.

[TyrannyYT]

Being a medmain I’ve only really interacted with Faith and Alexander. I have memories of you in an OR room giving really good explanations to an intern as Alex and I’ve also interacted a lot with Faith. You know the department well and would honestly be a great fit for CMO. I can’t wait to meet Rose. +1

[Shadow]

Looking at your app and feedback we have decided to give you a trial.

Your trial starts today on 2019/07/20 and ends on 2019/07/27.

[SampleTex]

Ive played with Faith before, both as my CMO Taps and once while they were trying to keep Nikit alive after he was shot in the heart and it barely functioned. They know what they are doing and I love their characters. I'll give them a +1 and would love to see them in the medbay

[niennab]

This is a bit hard for me to bring up considering I tend to shy away from confrontation but having role played with Faith Windsor and somewhat Nietzsche, I am worried. When a player makes a mistake or is too slow, the bickering and ruthless criticism from Faith Windsor, is often a mood ruiner. I have also seen you turn autism into a means of an insult as Faith Windsor, causing for further concern from me.

It came to me as a surprise when I learned that you played Roy, considering that I learned a lot from Roy as a Medical Resident here and there and I am hugely appreciative of that. Although my -1 likely doesn't mean anything at this point, I did want to address my perception so far nonetheless.

[Cnaym]

I remember rounds with Roy and River interacting fondly, having seen Rosa yesterday I have no doubt you have the command role figured out. I also saw Faith getting salty, but I suppose we all do from time to time. Training two interns while the bullets fly and keeping your cool shows me that character behavior is not an OOC issue at all.

+1 from my side

[KingOfThePing]

From all I have seen and the single interaction I had with your CMO, I am sadly not in favour of your app. Your CMO is abrasive, rude, and outright assaulted one of my characters for no real reason. You also caused the death of an RD, that could've easily been saved. They are also (apparently) a super doctor, proficient in general medicine, sugery, virology, chemistry (no idea about psychology, though). I'm a bit suprised by all this, since I liked your surgeon, Alexander. There are still some days of your trial left and I'll keep observing. Still, I wish you good luck with the trial.

[kermit]

On 24/07/2019 at 05:27, niennab said:

This is a bit hard for me to bring up considering I tend to shy away from confrontation but having role played with Faith Windsor and somewhat Nietzsche, I am worried. When a player makes a mistake or is too slow, the bickering and ruthless criticism from Faith Windsor, is often a mood ruiner. I have also seen you turn autism into a means of an insult as Faith Windsor, causing for further concern from me.

It came to me as a surprise when I learned that you played Roy, considering that I learned a lot from Roy as a Medical Resident here and there and I am hugely appreciative of that. Although my -1 likely doesn't mean anything at this point, I did want to address my perception so far nonetheless.

Starting confrontations is also something I hate doing, so I hope to keep this light and brief. Windsor isn't meant to be nice, she's all about being fast and efficient and dislikes people who slow her down or critique her, there are huge IC problems stemming off that which have been entertaining for all involved. Ever since I noticed the tension between Windsor and Greyson, I've been meaning for Windsor to apologise, but it just makes no sense for her to, more so now that it's calmed down a bit; regarding Nietzsche, that's a personality conflict I don't know how to solve, personalities clashed and it sparked dislike for one another. I personally think this is just a problem in-character, but I'm happy to resolve it OOCly too. I'm not Windsor, teaching interns/residents and giving real, constructive criticism is one of my more favourite things to do in medical and has led to some really great interactions with other players. I promise that for every poor critique from Windsor, I've had my other characters give out a plentiful amount of helpful comments and I could easily refer you to some players who've benefited from them.
 

21 hours ago, KingOfThePing said:

From all I have seen and the single interaction I had with your CMO, I am sadly not in favour of your app. Your CMO is abrasive, rude, and outright assaulted one of my characters for no real reason. You also caused the death of an RD, that could've easily been saved. They are also (apparently) a super doctor, proficient in general medicine, sugery, virology, chemistry (no idea about psychology, though). I'm a bit suprised by all this, since I liked your surgeon, Alexander. There are still some days of your trial left and I'll keep observing. Still, I wish you good luck with the trial.

I'm sorry if you believe my character is rude and abrasive all the time, but I think the situation we were in demanded it. Your character was absurdly drunk, possibly threatening/insulting the intern my character was with, and, after hearing the intern insult you back, was committing battery against the intern. I do think I may have resorted to the flash too quickly, I'm sorry about that, but it's never something I've done before, I only ever retaliate and try not to make the first move - even with something so non-lethal such as a flash. I don't want to pick on this too much about it as I've noticed you've filed an IR, so I hope everything is cleared up in the investigation and it remains in-character from here onwards.

Regarding the Research Director's death, we treated them as best we could. I admit to making a mistake in regards to using a standard table instead of a roller bed to do a hardsuit removal in the heat of the moment, but otherwise, blood loss was the immediate concern (30-40% blood in her, toxins already high, time is very limited at that point) and I called for the appropriate equipment to deal with it, half of it just did not arrive on time.  From there on, my performance just dropped the remainder of the round because I could feel the eyes of everyone observing and ridiculing me, especially some of the players who I've noticed are very caustic, for that I apologise.

My CMO specialises in general medicine and surgery.  She refuses to do any psychology, and is only capable of basic-intermediate chemistry (she can't make anything under the advanced tab, nor does she touch the cryo mixtures).  The two times I recall going up to the virology lab as Marcello were both on changeling rounds and was to analyse a blood sample to see if it contained any pathogens, she can't do anything more than that. I do recall a recent round where I went up to cure a virus, but I really can't remember if it was as Windsor or Marcello. If I was playing as Marcello, I'm very sorry, I'll ensure it doesn't happen again. I said above in my application that the only administrative action taken against me so far (an informal one, at that), was because as a surgeon I was making advanced chemicals, ever since then I've always made sure my characters aren't know-it-alls.

 

To both of you: 

I hope your observations in these last days of my trial can change your minds, even if only a bit. I've dropped Marcello from the lime-light temporarily while I revise her a bit, given she seems to be the source of a lot of my problems; I've also been trying to find out where I've gone wrong OOCly and plan to ask for a few tips and some guidance from those who have had the opportunity to gain experience. I personally think that you've both missed some decent highlights of mine while playing as Marcello, but if given the opportunity, I hope to weed out future moments like those that you have witnessed and replace them with future moments that were similar to those that you missed. Both of your critiques wont be ignored, I'm going to make changes were possible to alleviate your concerns and start a fresh, clean page. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to change by raising and clarifying your concerns regarding me and my characters, I really hope this was a one-off thing and I don't present any more problems to you or anyone else for that matter (though it's inevitable I'll make some mistakes while I figure out how command works).

[Shadow]

You have enough positive feedback and have taken criticism well.

Congratulations, application accepted as per 2019/07/28