[Approved] DeadLantern's Command Application

[DeadLantern]

BYOND key: DeadLantern

Character names: Elim Al-Shennawi, Rharza Morahzaful, Oa'zu Mazer

 How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Actively since late 2017

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: To play command roles

Why did you come to Aurora?: To roleplay

Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: Yes 

Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they? Yes. I have been banned once, for poor Diona play. This was for 3 days. I have not been banned otherwise.

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 playing a character that you are not OOCly. It is fun for some people. Roleplay is about fun--If you have fun roleplaying as a rat scurrying around, hunting for food, good for you. Roleplay is also about bouncing characters off of one another, creating new intertwined stories from the interaction of characters.

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: OOC, it is to be someone who knows mechanically what they are doing. Someone who can teach their craft, at least for the 'mechanical' jobs. For HoS, HoP, and Captain, it is a bit different. Those are for facilitating round order and integrity within their respective departments. That is not to say that other heads of staff don't have to do these things, but it may be lessened. For a consular office, there is no OOC purpose, it is purely an RP role meant for interaction with IC characters.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: They should be a good player and follow the rules. That is why the whitelist is stripped upon a ban--you should uphold the rules and be a rule abiding citizen.

Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau ceti and how it affected your character and their career? I will choose Oa'zu Mazer, as I will probably promote them to HoS, but I will have to play them more. Tau Ceti is a haven for immigration, and Mazer came to seek opportunities for herself and her clan, like many others. But there has been trouble in Tau Ceti, most notable with the Aut'akh fleet arriving and dispersing among Tau Ceti. This has added racial tensions, especially with her history with the species. Tau Ceti is generally liberal, however, and allows such differing views to exist. She is quite the misandrist, and thinks of herself as a sort of 'protector' of men. Because of Tau Ceti's liberal views, it has allowed such a person to rise the ranks of the corporate ladder, similar to how it does to other people with other discriminatory views. This often leads to tensions and clash, but that is part of life in Tau Ceti.

What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted? Only HoS, Consular, and Captain,

Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking.: Immediately, Oa'zu Mazer to HoS. After that, I will probably make new ones. 

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: Average

Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action? Have you familiarize yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? Yes

Extra notes: I have not played Oa'zu Mazer in some time, but I will start playing them again.

Edited March 25, 2020 by ReadThisNamePlz

[NewOriginalSchwann]

DeadLantern is a good roleplayer that can create a variety of characters (look, for example, how original Mazer is - I've never seen anything quite like her as a head of security applicant), so I have no doubt in their ability there. However, the position of head of security is a very !!!FUN!!! one even on extended rounds. Thus, I have some questions. As per normal, there are no right or wrong answers here - instead, find the answer you believe best suits the situation at hand.

1). As a head of security, how do you intend to deal with departmental security?

2). Your entire armory, excluding your armor, has been stolen - right down to the .45 rubber rounds! Disastrously you have a full roster of security personnel too! What do you do?

3). How do you plan to deal with the oh-so-infamous problem of shitcurity, particular officers that commit minor infractions during an arrest?

4). How do you intend to roleplay being loyalty implanted?

5). Mazer is a very original concept, and an unusual one at that. How do you plan to deal with potential insubordination from more traditional unathi under your command?

 

Good luck with your application, and I look forward to your responses.

[DeadLantern]

1. I do admit, I do not know anything about departmental security. First, I will have to play security and see how it affects normal gameplay. Depending on how hard it is to communicate, of how separate we are, I would have to change up my preconceived strategies on how to handle that.

2. As Mazer, I would first scorn the Warden for not keeping an eye on the brig or the armory. But that would have to be short, because that is quite the emergency. Immediate change to blue. The question is a bit vague, so I'll handle multiple scenarios. If we only see that the armory is missing, I would send my officers/cadets in groups of two (not a pair of cadets though) to search every nook and cranny of the station. I would check the ports for any outside visitor, because stealing the entire armory is not something a normal employee could do. If the threat that stole the armory reveals themselves--let's just say it is mercs, we need to recognize we are obviously in a disadvantage. I would have to approach it diplomatically, attempting to find out what they came here for and how to satisfy their requests (if those requests are not ridiculous). If they attack, we would have to defend, no matter the cost. I would ask science to make us some weapons if it ever came to that. I would not go on the offensive in any case.

3. After the arrest, bring them into the office. Talk to them on how a warrior does his job, and how they were absolutely not that. Discipline then and carry on. If it is a repeat issue, depending on the infraction, I would threaten to demote them or demote them straight up. If they do something as heinous as commiting a crime during arrest (assault or something) it would be an immediate brigging and either a warning of demotion or demotion outright.

4. Mazer would think, "how would this change anything in my brain?" Generally. I already roleplay Mazer as a sort of mentor and is loyal to the company (or any lord she is bequeathed to). However, if I come aboard as visitor, I would be sure to make Mazer do different things. Be lighthearted, be more fraternizing, etc. Partly because they are off duty, but also because their implant is switched off, because they would not be in full "protect and follow the law mode".

5. It would be useless to attempt and convert them to her point of view, as they dont't understand her culture as they are not wastelanders. As security officers, they are contracted to follow the HoS--Mazer would make the analogy of being a lord. If they were tasked to do a lord's bidding by their clan, and even if they did not like or agree with the lord, would they do the Lord's work? Unathi are stubborn, and will probably not bend. So, if they step out of line and try to command for themselves or ignore Mazer, they'll be handled as any other employee if they attempt to rise up.

[NewOriginalSchwann]

Good responses, this has my support. I particularly like your response to #2, as you haven't jumped straight to the obvious solution of "GET MORE GUNS FROM CARGO AND VALID" and have instead opted to work around your situation in a very interesting manner. Best of luck!

[Toast]

After realizing who Elim Al-Shennawi is, I would definitely support this. They are among my favorite Tajaran players mainly because of how positive it is to just interact with them in the halls while they clean stuff up, and not be immediately blown off. +1

Edited March 3, 2020 by Toast
remembered like 1-2 others

[Zer0Winds]

Same boat as Toast here. I didn't realize Elim was Deadlantern. Elim is a great Tajara, and a fellow supporter of the Republic, thus Deadlantern gets my full support.

OOC, Deadlantern is also a nice individual, so, I support this on both an RP ability and OOC standpoint.

[Bear]

Ive had many positive interactions with deadlantern. His roleplay is fantastic and I think he would do just fine command positions. +1

[Skyglazer]

You know, I've actually been meaning this to support this for a while. I agree with NewOriginalSchwann that your answers to their questions were quite good, and we had a great back-and-forth during a round where you displayed a clear understanding of Aurora lore and how to engage with players in a unique and interesting way! I trust that you will be the type of head to really talk things out and get people riled up in the right ways. I promised I'd give a -1 for each time that you left and rejoined the Unathi chat discord, but I have to break that promise and give you a big ol' +1.

[ShadowGabe23]

Deadlantern has quickly became one of my favourite people to RP with especially with Zar'im, I believe that Dead will not only make an acceptable command member but also a character that excels in roleplay and any other duties they uphold via the job, the app is very good and I'd like to give one of my biggest +1s ever, especially because they are simply a great person in general too!
 

+1 without even a second thought

[Wigglesworth Jones]

DeadLantern is a great roleplayer, who is absolutely competent enough to play command well. 

+1, based gamer

[ReadThisNamePlz]

Hello, I will be running your whitelist process. 

You lost the whitelist back in November due to some massive rule breaks.

I want to know what reason there is to give you this whitelist once again, after what happened. While yes, it has been about five months, and you have not racked up any significant notes or warnings since then, I'd like to hear from you on why I should give this to you/hear any reassurance you can give to me, when it comes to this behavior repeating. 

-Avery

[DeadLantern]

Uhm, massive rule breaks?

I admit, it was my fault. I've stated this more than once, but this was a problem with my Diona playing, not my capability as an overall RPer. I ignored pain-rp as a Diona by disposaling myself and then reforming afterwards. I now see that was a stupid move to do just on a bet and would be something a Diona would never do. That is a rule break, but massive? 

Well, when it comes to reassuring that I won't do it again, I corrected the misunderstanding that I had when it comes to the Diona species. I would never disposals myself as another race in the first place, so problem resolved by not appearing. This is my first ban ever I believe, and only a few minor notes surround it (that are not several years old at this point).

So no, I don't think I will repeat what I did there again.

[ReadThisNamePlz]

14 hours ago, DeadLantern said:

Uhm, massive rule breaks?

I admit, it was my fault. I've stated this more than once, but this was a problem with my Diona playing, not my capability as an overall RPer. I ignored pain-rp as a Diona by disposaling myself and then reforming afterwards. I now see that was a stupid move to do just on a bet and would be something a Diona would never do. That is a rule break, but massive? 

Well, when it comes to reassuring that I won't do it again, I corrected the misunderstanding that I had when it comes to the Diona species. I would never disposals myself as another race in the first place, so problem resolved by not appearing. This is my first ban ever I believe, and only a few minor notes surround it (that are not several years old at this point).

So no, I don't think I will repeat what I did there again.

Yes, in my eyes, power-gaming, ignoring character preservation and lrp behavior is "massive rule breaks" 

And, this answer is enough for me. I will be giving you a trial, it will begin today, MAR/14/20, and end MAR/21/20

Best of luck!

[Zer0Winds]

I'm going to post this now, but I do have a minor disclaimer of I wasn't entirely paying attention the entire round and will edit this later if I see more.

What I saw, while doing a rare ghost session, was interesting. You did well, I thought, in a really hellish round. Mazer is a seemingly cool character, and I wouldn't mind seeing them more in command.

[WickedCybs]

Mazer does alright, though whenever I see them or hear about them It's always during the more hectic rounds, so its hard to keep up with all their actions. So, haven't been able to really get a good read on them, but as a HoS they seem to perform well enough.

[Shenaanigans]

I've played command alongside Dead as Mazer a few times now and throughout all of them I had a good experience with them as HoS. They communicate regularly, give updates on antag nonsense as it progresses, and aren't the type to bullrush lethals or shut down gimmicks without giving antags a fighting chance first-- which are all very important things in a HoS. 

+1

[ReadThisNamePlz]

I have decided that after this trial. You have..................

 

Spoiler

passed. Good job.