[ACCEPTED] ryog wants to push boxes faster - Unathi App!

[ryog]

BYOND Key: Ryog

Character Names: 

Lyhia Kyousa - Cargo

Fleeting Wishes upon Errant Winds - Atmos

Species you are applying to play: Unathi

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Probably a dark shade of green

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

 

Why do you wish to play this specific race:

I had a chance to dig into Unathi lore in the process of working on my first whitelist, which was a Diona. It let me get some organic interaction with Unathi personnel which then prompted me to learn more about it. After further reading, exploring the different factions and how they vary heavily can create some natural conflict. I found myself overwhelmed by the potential options for character concepts when figuring out what to start with while writing this application. I also just think Unathi characters on station are pretty interesting and it'd be cool to work on it myself.

 

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

Let’s break it down into a couple things since organic Unathi and Aut’akh Unathi have some notable differences. Between all of the organic factions, they value the honor code in a much more strict way in terms of hierarchy, action and the consequences of failing to oblige. In respect to Unathi honor, one might value their dignity in passing more than their life if that difference meant that they would continue to live as a disgrace. It can, and should, play a huge role in decision-making when dealing with the myriad of situations that can go on in a round. As Aut’akh, however, it’s a significant swing in the OPPOSITE direction.  Living as an outcast and being isolated from your commune would weigh heavily on the mind, and this trauma could manifest in erratic, desperate behavior. Decision-making for an Aut’akh focuses on your own longevity, whether through understanding your physical limitations, or the societal limitations as they are perceived by non-synthetic crew. Survival is paramount in both these regards in order to best utilize the second chance given to them, and to contribute to the Mesh. They don’t care much for honor compared to their brethren, they are here to be accepted, and over all, here to survive. When playing any Unathi, it’s important to understand the perspective between the various factions in how they would communicate with each other due to how parallel they are in their ideologies.

Historically speaking, with the dramatic recency of the Contact War, it’s an interesting aspect to roleplay accordingly for any Unathi PC, as any aboard the station would have experienced it in some aspect, some born in the midst of it, others perhaps before, having experienced society from before the collapse. While other races have experienced conflict certainly, the fact that the Contact War was specifically all Unathi personnel can create some deeply rooted issues in between characters.

 

Character Name: Kir’kizan Geiz, Cargo Technician

Hailing from Ouerea, and born to a modest family in 2440, Geiz was raised as the youngest of three siblings. His parents were among the earlier colonies of ships to depart Moghes in the wake of the Contact War. As the only member of the family who was not born on Moghes, he has limited knowledge of the events of the War, and attempts to learn and rectify this in order to more deeply connect with the rest of his family. Aside from this, they generally have a healthy relationship in their living space in New Skalamar, supporting each other in adapting to a new land while coping with the distress of the war. Being raised at the same time as the colonization of the planet resulted in an accelerated interest in the workings of the world, and Geiz eagerly set to follow the footsteps of his two brothers to begin work and discover. Through teenager years up until adulthood, Geiz would join his family in a variety of jobs to propagate the colonization efforts, but most of his work involved moving building materials more than any real construction effort. The berth of industries among New Skalamar presented a variety of opportunities, but Geiz found a nostalgic comfort in manual labor in the form of loading freight. A combination of physical exercise and the diversity of clients is a comfortable setting to get footing in the vast expanse. He would manage to travel aboard the NTCC Odin after a series of jobs, take up residence and finally take official work under NT for the NSS Aurora. 

 

What do you like about this character?

Writing a character that doesn’t actually personally know about the fallout of the Contact War is interesting for a roleplay perspective, mostly in dealing with other Unathi if it gets brought up. I would imagine most of his knowledge about the War comes second-hand from both his family and other colonists seeking refuge. 

 

How would you rate your role-playing ability?

I would rate myself at about a 7. (people told me to put 8 but self confidence is a myth) I had some recent experience in playing my diona so getting an alien perspective on things and adapting to certain quirks was quite a nice change of pace. Looking to expand my repertoire and having an opportunity to play an alien race with Unathi basing let me focus a little more on their racial history.

 

Notes: ;w;

Edited June 26, 2020 by SleepyWolf

[Vulcenus]

Don't know enough Unathi lore to ask smart-ass questions but I know she's a great roleplayer and been brainstorming about this for a hot minute. +1

[Sycmos]

Ryog very clearly has the respect for the whitelist roles to look into character development, and the chops to roleplay well. +1

[DeadLantern]

This is a good character framework, and your knowledge of the lore seems pretty good. However, you skim over a few parts of Unathi lore. Also, Aut'akh lore is being massively reworked, so keep that in mind.

1. What religion is Geiz? Religion is a controversial subject among Unathi, so his religion would also affect his opinion on other religions.

2. Sinta on Ouerea are usually more relaxed and more "in-line" with the rest of the Galaxy. How is this displayed in character? Does he have the same opinion on honor, on machines, or other things that are common with Unathi?

3. What country was your family from? One of the kingdoms in the Coalition? Were they Hegemonic? What is his view on how the Coalition was turned into Wasteland?

[ryog]

2 hours ago, DeadLantern said:

This is a good character framework, and your knowledge of the lore seems pretty good. However, you skim over a few parts of Unathi lore. Also, Aut'akh lore is being massively reworked, so keep that in mind.

1. What religion is Geiz? Religion is a controversial subject among Unathi, so his religion would also affect his opinion on other religions.

2. Sinta on Ouerea are usually more relaxed and more "in-line" with the rest of the Galaxy. How is this displayed in character? Does he have the same opinion on honor, on machines, or other things that are common with Unathi?

3. What country was your family from? One of the kingdoms in the Coalition? Were they Hegemonic? What is his view on how the Coalition was turned into Wasteland?

Hey, thank you for the feedback! @DeadLantern

1) Th'akh, likely being taught since it would be the more traditional with his family. He has a moderate acceptance of Sk'akh, and an outright fear or dismissal of Si'akh and Aut'akh due to the radical natures of the two, the limited access of knowledge he has of these two is probably mostly propaganda.

2) Since his family was one of the first colonizing ships aboard Ouerea, I would like to think that he was raised with the Moghes honor values for approximately the first ten years of his life, so he understands the Warrior's code as taught by his father. He would have likely learned much of the traditional honor in his early life as his family conflicted with their evacuation of Moghes as a cowardly attempt of survival. This is mostly shown as being an honest, hard worker, but he also does not fully understand the consequence of exile. Over time, the family's opinion started to smooth out as they became more associated with the other races taking residence on Ouerea. He holds reasonable concern for machinery, still viewing the majority as simple tools and objects without a soul, and is willing to cooperate with them with extreme caution.

3) Geiz's family was originally from Teht, living an average life. As far as he knows, the Contact War essentially "took" something dear from his family and views it as a great shame. I say his family are largely supporters of the Hegemony as they would have had to be in order to colonize early.

 

I hope this answers your questions, please let me know if there's anything I missed ;w;

[Shenaanigans]

All the various points of this application check out lore-wise and I know that you've put a lot of thought and care into crafting it, so I'm happy to throw in my +1! My only question (since Dead hit on all the general bits I would've asked after already) is more out of curiosity-- does Geiz have any particular long-term plans? Cargo technician is a very accessible, low tier sort of position to make some credits off of, but does he intend to pick up an education or try to advance at all in making a home for himself in Tau Ceti?

[ryog]

1 minute ago, Shenaanigans said:

All the various points of this application check out lore-wise and I know that you've put a lot of thought and care into crafting it, so I'm happy to throw in my +1! My only question (since Dead hit on all the general bits I would've asked after already) is more out of curiosity-- does Geiz have any particular long-term plans? Cargo technician is a very accessible, low tier sort of position to make some credits off of, but does he intend to pick up an education or try to advance at all in making a home for himself in Tau Ceti?

I haven't fully decided what kind of role he's gonna play so I decided to keep it open ended with the CT thing. I would maybe swing more towards a role in medicine for wanting to eventually return to Moghes and attempt to "help", so to speak. This would probably show up as an extended leave from the NSS Aurora to pursue an education in medicine, but I'll get to that when it comes to it.

[SleepyWolf]

you seem to understand Unathi pretty well! for your character, i feel like they COULD believe both The Ancestors and Sk'akh at the same time, if they liked - have a personalized belief (although still primarily Th'akh since it's not centralized in anything) that they both exist. you can usually bend Th'akh very easily to personal beliefs, and deal with this struggle of how to understand the Ancestors AND Sk'akh with a shaman in game if you really want that spiritual fun roleplay.

ok anyways ACCEPTED