[Accepted] AmShaegaar's Aut'akh-Unathi application

[N.U.L.-D.]

BYOND Key: AmShaegaar

Character Names: N.U.L.-D.

Species you are applying to play: Aut'Akh-Unathi

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: airbrushed matte blue-blood #S560-6

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes

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: (One paragraph minimum)

While mainly a cyborg main, I have been looking around for a non-borg main to play around with, as well. The Aut'akh fullfill this in spades while also having a heavy basis of lore to construct a fun and inspiring character. Coupling this with my interest of playing unathi on other servers (coming from bay) I've always enjoyed their more feudal ways of like, honor systems and whatnot. I feel that the Aut'Akh provides a rather abstract opportunity into playing as a unathi, through playing as an outlying faction within an already well-developed species.

 

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: (One Paragraph minimum)

The unathi are large bipedal reptilian-humanoids coming from the planet of Moghes, a struggling place ravaged by war. While strictly carnivorous in diet, fruits and vegetables are used as a garnish on foods, though providing no nutritional value. They possess clawed hands and feet, making shoes and gloves unusable by their kind. While the normal unathi possess a sensitivity to cold and resistant to heat, the Aut'akh have a fair resistance towards cold, while possessing a lowered resistance towards heat. The unathi, originally nomadic tribes, eventually formed clan systems that both religion and lifestyles stemmed from. Like many other creatures to exist, the unathi are emotional beings, but while they lack the full facial emotions, they are expressive through their body via things like chuffing, thumping their tails and swaying or hissing. 

Not only are the unathi honor-bound in many aspects of their clan-based culture and lifestyles, they are a group of refugees simply seeking a life outside of the war ravaged world of Moghes. Coupling this to the stigma the Aut'akh face from hatred by their own kind on and off Moghes, their desire to socialize with others is often seen as unnerving, moreso when compared to the slightly more reserved and isolated sinta'unathi. Their history with their own kin has left many soured, as it is not uncommon for the Aut'akh to prefer non-sinta, alien company, if not with their own faction.

Character Name:(Character name) Please provide a short backstory for this character (Aproxomately two paragraphs)

Optikam Mhapikss

Being hatched in 2425, shortly before the beginnings of the contact war, Mhapikss was born into the city of Sahltyr. Being raised up as an herbalist and medicinal doctor of the city, Mhapikss was cultivated into the stuff of tinctures, brews and concoctions akin to that of an alchemist. His studies flourished during the ongoings and escalations of the contact war, as a fascination towards toxicology and their cures grew within the aspiring hatchling. 

The atomic exchange ravaged the lands of Moghes, and Mhapikss was afflicted by the fallout of the aftermaths, strickening his body with low radiation poisoning while claiming the lives of his parents. Over the course of the years, the affects of said radiation slowly ate away at the unathi, herbal medicines slowing the progression while the lack of access to proper medical facilities eventually taking it's toll, eventually being exiled as a guwandi due to a mortal illness. 

It wasn't until 2452, where the first recruiters of the Aut'akh found Mhapikss in a  fit of sickness, did he reluctantly accept their aid and joined their ranks. A dead fascination was eventually reborn as their prosthetic augmentations and enhancements brought his crippled body back to a functioning glory. With a deepened hatred of the Izweski clan, having suffered first-hand from the aftermaths of the contact war, Mhapikss devoted his life towards medicine to help save lives, as the Aut'Akh did for him, along with an obsession of radiation, toxins, chemicals and their grotesque affects upon organic matter.

What do you like about this character? (Describe what you like about this character)

I have always had a fascination towards characters that were once-stricken by something, often cast aside and left for dust. But despite this, they still seek out to help others while fighting with an internally fueled anger. He was raised during a time of chaos and disaster, seeing the world for it's bleakest moment, and near the end of it all, being lifted back onto his feet to be given a second chance towards helping others as he had once grown to aspire towards as a youngling. While never having been a warrior himself, or even wanting to be one, he holds himself to their own codes of honor. Loyal, courage, righteous, but most importantly integrity and mercy to act for the betterment of those around him.

 

How would you rate your role-playing ability?

I feel like I'm a 6/10. Hesitation and nervousness often hindering me, mainly due to foreign environments and situations. This tends to improve itself the more lax and accustomed I become of things.

Notes:

I feel like I did horribly on this.

Edited December 20, 2019 by Marlon Phoenix

[Gangstafary]

Wishing you luck on this, I have RPed with you sometimes as Fatima, I enjoyed the existential discussion we had yesterday, no doubt an enjoyable RP.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Hello!
Hmmm you have a pretty interesting character and a good concept for why they hate the Izweski as well as why they joined the Aut'akh. The only question i have is, was he part of the original wave of refugees from Moghes or is he a more recent arrival? They have different personality archetypes depending on if they are straight from the Moghes commune or the tau ceti commune.

[N.U.L.-D.]

He would be from the original refugees, having always been looking proactively to assist the Aut'akh community. When not researching chemicals, he follows his original desires as both a doctor and therapist, helping those around him physically and mentally.

He stayed in new gibson for quite awhile, doing charity work to keep the others in good health but has recently left to seek actual employment away from the aut'akh community. Only to see the same types of exploitation blossoming within the nanotrasen communities and companies. Access to new technologies, research and supplies has opened doors to his tact and ability, but at the same time opportunities to be dangerously close with influential targets.

He knows that reality is a grim place after witnessing the events and hatred towards their kind firsthand, and he only assists in optikam operations because he is good at it, infiltrating and assassinations. To him, the sad truth of a world of tyranny is that people must die, and he can bear this burden if it means a better future for others.

Edited December 19, 2019 by N.U.L.-D.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Sounds good! Application accepted.