[Accepted]maniacalFowl makes a Vaurca App

[maniacalFowl]

BYOND Key:
maniacalFowl

 

Character Names: 

Javiks Ryzsyk
Isaac Finch
 

Species you are applying to play:
Vaurca

 

What color do you plan on making your first alien character:
RGB: 55, 0, 120 (Unbound of the Xetl Brood)

 

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:

Vaurca are a very special race in my eyes in that every single hive has ties to at least one other race. They are not completely independent and each Hive has their uniquities, each battling their own deficiencies as a result of their parent species and environment they now find themselves in. Also I find them interesting for their species interactions within themselves: Bound vs. Unbound, Clan vs Clan and Clan A Bound vs Clan B Unbound. There is a lot of play that can happen within the Vaurca that are very alluring from a roleplay perspective. Along with what I will say in the other questions the Vaurca create an image more desirable than most other aliens available on Aurora.

 

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:

Vaurca are a species that has lived long enough and developed to a point where biological augmentation has become ingrained into their society. Many other species might see this kind of altering as inhumane or outright disgusting but to them it is literally a part of their life. They accept lobotomization, sterilization, and indoctrination in its most evilest of forms and simply go about their day. In simplest terms they’re super intelligent ants with spaceships and it's downright awesome. Obviously with some roleplay liberties taken with the existence of Unbound, otherwise Vaurca live to serve. Also, Vaurca tend to not rely on their emotions and can even to an extent be described as stationbound with more character.

 

Character Name:
Ka'Akaix'Xetz C'thur
 

Please provide a short backstory for this character:
Born to an Unbound brood under the lesser Queen Ta'Akaix'Xetl'jyatk'yatu, Ka'Akaix'Xetz was groomed to work under the Reclamation sect of their Hive with specialization of physically retrieving the bodies on many developing colonies or unfortunate accidents befallen fellow C’thur while working with Skrell in the vast Jargon Federation space seeing as how the Vaurca now once again had planets to live upon and not massive Hive-ships, the role of actual recovery workers eased back into use... During their maturation period and for many years in VR afterwards Xetz and his clutch would be trained and taught recovery and preservation of Vuarca augments with the assistance of Bound Ka and Za under their command. While in this learning phase the new brood learned to survive and enjoy the thrill that Xetl'jyatk would create for them in the ever evolving VR world, further training them on their specialty.
After this phase Xetz was sent to a multitude of Skrellian planets, first within the Glorashi system and once the effectiveness of their brood was proven, further into space where more C’thur would be found (or rather left unfound). For many years Xetz enjoyed the experiences that he would be exposed until he was given the opportunity of garnering a contract with Nanotrasen as an EMT aboard the Aurora and directed to take the job as the C’thur saw this as a venture to expand their reach into Human space. Of course their expertise would need to be proven first and an avowal given before full employment of Xetz could begin.

 

What do you like about this character?:

As I read over the many Vaurca articles the idea of a Reclaimer stood out to me and how the position could be expanded upon seeing as how the Vaurca are now once again living on solid ground and not confined to a ship in space despite how massive they are, evolving into a more physically demanding and dangerous job. Reclaimers can be explored and expanded upon here coupled with the lack of Vaurca I see in the medical department I saw it as an opportunity to increase their presence on Aurora and expand my expertise as a player.  And like I said earlier, Vaurca separate themselves from their feelings or rather lack of and I would love to introduce a cold little bug into the warm beating heart of medbay And maybe even a few interesting antag gimmicks.

 

How would you rate your role-playing ability?

I’ve been roleplaying for almost a decade now and playing SS13 for maybe half of that. I think I’ve also played here long enough to build some sort of reputation or atleast for people to form an opinion of my characters. I think I’m decent and strive to become a better player everyday.

 

Notes: I might be slow to respond to questions as I work late shifts for the next week so I apologize in advance.

[GreenBoi]

45 minutes ago, maniacalFowl said:

Please provide a short backstory for this character:
Born to an Unbound brood under the lesser Queen Ta'Akaix'Xetl'jyatk'yatu, Ka'Akaix'Xetz was groomed to work under the Reclamation sect of their Hive with specialization of physically retrieving the bodies on many developing colonies or unfortunate accidents befallen fellow C’thur while working with Skrell in the vast Jargon Federation space seeing as how the Vaurca now once again had planets to live upon and not massive Hive-ships, the role of actual recovery workers eased back into use... During their maturation period and for many years in VR afterwards Xetz and his clutch would be trained and taught recovery and preservation of Vaurcae augments with the assistance of Bound Ka and Za under their command. While in this learning phase the new brood learned to survive and enjoy the thrill that Xetl'jyatk would create for them in the ever evolving VR world, further training them on their specialty.

 

Note: Za'Viax are exclusively 'warforms' and giant battlebugs that come as Bipeds and Hexapods; they can't really help with extracting stuff or...anything, but fighting.

 

47 minutes ago, maniacalFowl said:

What do you like about this character?:

 And like I said earlier, Vaurca separate themselves from their feelings or rather lack of and I would love to introduce a cold little bug into the warm beating heart of medbay And maybe even a few interesting antag gimmicks.

This isn't exactly right. Vaurcae can feel just as much as a normal human- just in their own, weird hive-helping way. They kind of orientate their feelings around their hive and use the 'will of the hive/queens' as stopping points for emotional instability.

 

I like the idea of reclamation broods and enjoy seeing it done well, but I do have some questions:

 

Given the recent avowal-callback by Jargon, how would Xetz see Skrell publically and privately (that is to say, what they let on and what they really think).

 

Another question, does Xetz see the small group of C'thur who helped the Skrellian terrorist, Nliix, with the illegal AI Lyrii as malicious mutants who offer no benefits to the hive?

[maniacalFowl]

51 minutes ago, GreenBoi said:

with the assistance of Bound Ka and Za under their command

When I mentioned this bit I was under the assumption that the Reclaimers may be venturing into dangerous territory, places where Za may be required in order to allow the Ka to perform their ultimate duties. The Za exist to fight and protect, why not use them to do so.

 

53 minutes ago, GreenBoi said:

Vaurcae can feel just as much as a normal human- just in their own, weird hive-helping way. They kind of orientate their feelings around their hive and use the 'will of the hive/queens' as stopping points for emotional instability.

This might have just been a misunderstanding on my part and took like what you said as a stop of their emotions and actions. Unless I'm still mistaken I feel as though through this the Vaurcae can still be seen as emotionally and intellectually disconnected, with how simply they lobotomize their own people or how they otherwise go about augmentation. Despite their wide 'Human-like' range of emotions they themselves would have start contrasts in what is acceptable and what is not, unless pertaining to the well being of the Hive.
 

1 hour ago, GreenBoi said:

Given the recent avowal-callback by Jargon, how would Xetz see Skrell publically and privately (that is to say, what they let on and what they really think).

Publicly, Xetz would say to one that they think the Avowal Callback is an unfortunate but understandable event. Unbound and Bound alike represent a threat to many species by sheer amount of population and potential for easy labor. The Avowal and other Workplace restrictions are put in place to prevent Vaurcae from entirely taking over and replacing the Parent-Species workforce.

Privately, they see the callback as a harsh handicap placed on the C'thur and that it represents nothing more than old-world fears of automation. Ultimately Xetz is still grateful for the hospitality of the Skrell and appreciates the culture that they've built for themselves. However, with the Skrell's problems facing manual labor and the lack thereof, they find it hard to believe that the Skrell haven't come to the same conclusion as the Vaurcae and lobotomizing their own population for their own benefit. Xetz considers the Skrell friends to the Vaurcae but finds them to be morally troubled and trapped by them by their own designs.
 

1 hour ago, GreenBoi said:

Does Xetz see the small group of C'thur who helped the Skrellian terrorist, Nliix, with the illegal AI Lyrii as malicious mutants who offer no benefits to the hive?

Xetz believes that the C'thur are accomplices of the Terrotist, Nliix, and must be treated as though they committed the crime themselves as they violated the laws of their Host-Species by creating an Ai. That said he still recognizes their accomplishments and will accept them back into the fold easily on the whim of their Queen's judgement. Not seeing them as mutants of the hive, they are instead simply performing that for which they were grown for, if done in a different system outside Federation Space their efforts would instead be celebrated.

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