[Accepted] Zer0's Unathi Application

[Zer0Winds]

I gave in.

BYOND Key: Zer0Winds
Character Names: Only putting in my most played/favorite ones. Others I have only played like one time, so feedback is nonexistant on them.
Alice Stratos (Captain)
Index (NanoTrasen Liaison)
Akoni Caladius (Dominian Consular)
Faithful From Vast Deserts (Dominian Consular 2: Electric Boogaloo)
Akhtar Rrahamrare (PRA Consular)
GERHARD (Barista/Chaplain)
SIGMA (Librarian/Corporate Reporter)
IA-39 (Xenoarchaeologist)
Kazhasta Sistavir (Engineering Apprentice)

Hey, can you tell my favorite job?

Species you are applying to play: Unathi
What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Sand Coloured
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:
Short answer: RP Opportunity, and it's the last race I am somewhat interested in. Longer answer, their lore, as usual, interests me, as does their way of life and the possibility for RP on the station. Been looking into the different aspects of the race, their religion, culture, and yes, Dominia. I actually started getting pretty interested by the race, and I want to see what I can do with them. I also am rather interested in the Aut'akh, but I don't know if I will make any for a while. Finally, I like diversity. I play IPCs, Tajaran, Dionae, and one human. I want to expand my horizons even more. Also I got this sudden obsession with Dominia, so I'm gonna make a Dominian Unathi.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:
The Unathi are a reptillian race, which tend to value honor above all else. They are highly segregated when it comes to male and female rights and expectations, in most Unathi clans. That isn't to say that Women do not have their own power, in Unathi life, it is just a different type compared to Male Unathi. They are a more martial race, preferring melee combat to ranged, they are large, and are.. Formal? Formal in their own way, rather. They tend to refer to each other by a last name basis, unless very close or family. They also show emotions a bit differently, with some examples being thumping their tail on the ground when angry, or chuffing when annoyed. Unathi are carnivorous, and can even devour entire creatures. They are traditional, and usually spiritual, and they almost always value honor above anything. Unathi who are especially dishonorable, usually committing some extreme crimes, may become a Guwan. These are exiles, who are looked down upon by almost all Unathi and are immediately valid.

Character Name: Rykor Ozeuoi
Please provide a short backstory for this character

    Rykor Ozeuoi comes from the Wasteland on Moghes, from Clan Ozeuoi. He worked with most of the engineers in the clan, but in his free time, he liked to experiment with different machines. He tended to make simple, makeshift drones, out of recycled parts. Eventually, he began getting more skilled, making more complex machinery, and drones.

    Rykor eventually began selling the things he made to Reclaimers that came by to repair their landcrawlers. This netted them some wealth, and eventually, he began thinking about the future. He wished to improve on his skills, and become of more use to the clan. With this in mind, he took the wealth that was accrued, and he set off to leave the Wasteland, at first with the Reclaimers, and then later, with some smugglers. He paid the toll, and they took him off of Moghes.

    He was taken to Tau Ceti, where he started by learning Basic. He took some time, to learn, before he enrolled in schooling for Robotics. However, he needed work, as the schooling was highly expensive. He looked to NanoTrasen, the megacorporation primarily in Tau Ceti, and he signed on in an Intern position, in Research. He took a contract with them, an apprenticeship, and was sent to the Aurora, where he would work, while also doing the schooling. Eventually, he sought to become a full-fledged Roboticist, to truly expand his skills.

 

What do you like about this character?
    So, the Wasteland intrigues me. Mainly the Reclaimers, but I didn't really know what to put with them for a backstory, so I went with the second-best. This character will let me play a job I actually really like, but don't often play. Well, eventually that is. They give me the opportunity to learn more in Science as well, on the side, since RnD actually would fit in with their desires. Other than that... It's new, for me. I don't really play in Science all that much anymore, and I want to get back into it, with something other than Xenoarchaeology.

How would you rate your role-playing ability?
    I like thinking I'm a 7.5/10. I've been improving. Probably. Most likely. I hope.

Notes:
    Okay, I'll be honest with you. This is likely just going to be a throwaway Application Character. I'll play them, especially for the previously mentioned reasons, yes, but in reality, I wanted to make a Dominian Unathi. However I also wanted to apply with a normal Unathi, with their lore. I do like the Wasteland though, so I will still probably make some more from there.

Edited February 18, 2020 by Marlon Phoenix

[WickedCybs]

Zer0 makes very believable characters that are a good fit for the universe in lore. it's quite fun to roleplay with them as well. I keep discovering they're the player behind many different characters I've had many positive interactions with, they're clearly capable of pulling off a wide range of backgrounds and motivations. Other than that, well. I'm not well-versed on Unathi lore though the application seems to hit the right notes to me at least.

+1

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Sorry for the delay, I will respond to this later today.

[Soultheif96]

I agree that Rykor Ozeuoi is a believable character but due to noticing that he would seek out to being a roboticist, that makes me want to ask a few questions about the character. Due to being in robotics, what drives them to work with the infernal machines and apply prosthetics to others? If the time comes, which it may not, will they perform cyborgifications? Final question, if they lose a limb or have an organ fail on them, will they consider prosthesis? 

Apart from these questions, I have no doubt about your role-playability as a player and adored your corporate liaisons/representatives.

[Zer0Winds]

He follows the Th'akh faith, and particularly he agrees with the view that while prosthetic limbs may contain no soul, they are necessary, at times.

What I mean is that say you lost your arm in an accident, and need a new one, it would be acceptable to want a prosthetic. However, if someone came up to him, and asked him to cut off their arm, and replace it with a prosthetic? Then they are willingly cutting off part of their soul, and that is not acceptable, and he would not do it without direct order from someone above him, and he would do it begrudgingly.

Cyborgification is tricky. He doesn't like it, for sure. He would probably do it if he has to. Say a criminal does such crimes that cyborgification becomes necessary, he would if he had to. Buuut, would definitely pass it off to the other roboticist, if he happened to be working with them. However, if he was working alone, he would probably not want to do cyborgification, without being ordered by someone above him. It is a fate worse than death, but he will follow orders. Do not expect him to be happy for a while after that though.

Now, for machines, it's only cyborgs he has a real problem with, since they are the ones with the brain that makes them what they are. He would still work with the, probably even pitying them, for losing their life and being put in such a state. Robots, and Androids (and IPCs), are not at all organic, and are just machines of varying complexity. He agrees that no matter how human a machine may seem, they are not, and will not be alive. He is making tools, to be used. They are just very intricate tools.

 

All in all, I kinda have him going in as a bit naive. He expects to go in, learn how to make some robots, and other machines, get some work, and eventually take that robotics knowledge and go back to the Ozeuoi clan and apply it to their normal use of machinery. He does not expect, at all, all the things that could happen on the Aurora.

[Soultheif96]

I am satisfied with the responses as they are in accordance to the lore and are well thought out for the character. I will provide my +1.  Good luck with the rest of the app.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Aw beans im sorry I have to get to this tomorrow. It wont be delayed any more than that!

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Hello! Sorry for the delay there; I don't know WHAT hit me yesterday but I was WIPED.

Hm, I had some questions I wanted to ask but they were asked already and  your answers seem fantastic. He's siding with the more tolerant side of the Th'akh faith but that's what it's there for - I hope you have lots of fun debating with your more conservative crewmen. The foundational agreement that synths dont have a soul is there so the prosthetic take is fine re: necessity.

Great questions and great answers and a good character. All around a wonderful application! Accepted.