[Accepted] Sherman's Ant-Man App

[The7thLain]

BYOND Key: TheBurninSherman

Character Names:
Consistently Played: Song Sun, IRU-Dauphine, Mikoyan Turah’nrov
Less Played: Ran Sun, Tethys, Alexis Dramiel

Species you are applying to play: Vaurca

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: White (Mouv Brood Worker, RBG of 90,150,255)

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes, I have read the main page as well as the other supplementary ones and some on the various lesser queens as well.

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:

I want to play this race because I feel that the Vaurca are distinctly the most different from every other race in the game except for Diona, which is not a whitelist that I am ready to apply for yet, if ever, and I want to embrace that variety. Vaurca have a very long and very rich history as well as a variety even in themselves with different hives and broods within those hives separating them from one another. I want to explore some of these distinctions and differences through roleplay and see what interactions and development I can get from other players while I interact with them as a Vaurca, especially since I have not seen very many on the station as of late.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:
So much is different from a human in terms of mechanics, namely the need for phoron to stay alive coupled with the decreased bleed-out time, vulnerability to toxins, and inability to self-heal make vaucra much more fragile than their human counterparts in my opinion. This is all somewhat balanced out by their ability to EVA so long as they have internals. Outside of just the mechanics however, I feel that Vaurca are sincerely different and require a change in mindset to play. If playing an unbound, or even a bound to some extent, it is no longer what you want to do, but what is best for the hive. Even more so than playing a die-hard PRA Tajaran there is a heavy group mindset in how you develop and roleplay your character. I think that their other little quirks like disliking bright lights and sensitivity to smells could make character interactions distinctly different. The discrimination they face in human space is also an interesting element to incorporate into roleplay, in a similar way that Zhan Tajara face some discrimination, but more actively so I would think. 

Character Name: Ka’Akaix’Bazi C’thur

Ka’Akaix’Bazi’C’thur, or simply Bazi for short, has had a thirst for knowledge since before she was even born and fully matured. An unbound, her in-egg VR consisted of various independent attempts at the exploration of the code and data within the Recondite Queen’s ocean of information. While she did not get far in the progression through this mass of information, she took to analysis with enthusiasm both during and after her development. Within her VR state, she grew accustomed to analysing data specifically regarding DNA strands and various biochemicals. At first it was just memorisation, learning and studying the strands and sequences of life, but quickly it became more than that. Going from memorisation to assembly and even transformation and calculation of genetic changes through the further wealth of information that the Mouv VR provided. Her maturation came as a shock to him, jolting her from her pleasant time in the VR web.

Finding this new world most unpleasant with its physicality and odd constructs, Bazi almost immediately after her maturation returned to the VR ocean of information and data, machine sequences, simply crawling through the sequences and strands of code representative of the fabric of life itself. As she grew more and more engrossed with knowledge however, a side of ambition grew within him. While there was all this information here to learn about life, Bazi grew a desire to return back to the outside world and experience life while bringing her wealth of knowledge to the galaxy. Communing with some others in her brood, Bazi decided to set out for a place she was told had some of the finest research facilities in the galaxy, a place where he could put his knowledge to use, but also one where he could witness the variety of life first-hand in physical form and away from the endless streams of data, NanoTrasen.

Her arrival and employment was underwhelming at best. Being spoken down to for her caste and thoroughly frustrated at being relegated to the status of a lab assistant, Bazi felt as if her wealth of knowledge and her true potential was not being properly respected. Alas however, her new forray into the physical world from one that was effectively immaterial, brought its own challenges. Knowing what something is, is one thing, knowing how to do it and bring it to fruition is something else entirely. Thus, as much as she does not want to admit, Bazi’s learning is not over yet and may instead just be beginning.

 

What do you like about this character?

I really do like the dichotomy of the character being effectively a genius in terms of science but not being able to express it. In order to really be able to brought to his full potential, the character must learn how to “live” in a sense that is above just having a ton of knowledge. She must embrace the practical elements of the world and learn to control his range of emotions in order to fully embrace his potential and find the emotional difference between an Unbound and a Bound.

How would you rate your role-playing ability?

On a scale of 1-10 I rate myself at a 7 or an 8. I think of myself as very good with in character interactions but sometimes lacking in more obscure mechanical knowledge. I think that my character building and dialogue is proficient at least with mechanical knowledge being outstanding in areas like medical, but slightly lacking in engineering and science outside of toxins, something I want to potentially improve with this character.

Edited April 16, 2020 by TheBurninSherman
Added some extra words in the character bio for clarification and sentence smoothness. I also edited to fix a few small lore-related details.

[Soultheif96]

I would like to point out that your name would be this: Ka’Akaix’Bazi C’thur. Your hive name is separate. Additionally, your character is not a male, the only existing males in the Vaurca species are Ta’Viax’<name and hive>, breeders essentially. Lastly, you would be bred for a purpose so you would know that one day you will be taken from the VR to perform physical tasks and learn from others as your Queen values knowledge. Apart from all this, I enjoyed your application, you have my +1.

[The7thLain]

The feedback is really appreciated thank you a ton, I'll be sure to amend that a little.

[JamOfBoy]

Hello! Vaurca lore writer here.

Your application clearly has a lot of passion put into it. While I could pick at minor issues with it, instead I will be electing to accept the application and be there to correct any blatant errors you make as I feel there is little point holding you back when you could be getting a feel for the species directly.

So with that said, application accepted.