Flpfs IPC Reapplication

[Flpfs]

BYOND Key: Flpfs
Character Names:
Laura Sari - Roboticist
Phillip Smith - Physician
John Tilap - Security Officer
Sophia Atrevin - Bartender
Isa Olob - Station Engineer
Ana Nusei - Freelance Journalist
Mending Deep Wounds - Surgeon
Helping Those Who Lost Their Will - Psychiatrist
Calls Of Unanswered Anguish In Unforgiving Halls - Warden
Species you are applying to play: IPC
What color do you plan on making your first alien character: N/A
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:
I like the concept of IPCs and I believe I would enjoy the RP.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:
I will start with self preservation. All IPCs have self-preservation as their highest priority at all times and will not behave recklessly. This means that an IPC will never blindly run infront of gunfire or act as a disposable distraction.
While IPCs are designed to mimic humans, they cannot fully do this, with success varying by the model’s design, and make every decision based off of cause and effect.
IPC’s are purpose-made and will only specialize in one or two jobs, they very rarely are reassigned to another function, as reprogramming the IPC is expensive and most of the time, not worth it.

Character Name: HHPU-1281
Please provide a short backstory for this character

Hephaestus Hazardous Prospector Unit, number 1281 was built at the HPS Sidirourgeío in Tau Ceti and was designed to perform mining operations in high risk environments alongside heavy logistics work. Being a G2 frame, it’s design is expensive and built to last, with very few corners cut by it’s design team. After it’s manufacturing, it was assigned to cargo work in one of Hephaestus’s small cargo ships in the Tau Ceti system, used to carry loads into the ships.

While the majority of it’s human coworkers were initially skeptical of the unit, 81 managed to be accepted by most and even liked by a few of it’s closer colleagues after adopting lighthearted humor and pranks to forge new friendships, even once dressing up as a wizard for costume day.

One day, while 81 was loading a box of highly-expensive industrial equipment together with a human employee, 81 ended up miscalculating and accidentally letting the crate slip out of its hands, destroying the valuable equipment inside. The foreman quickly arrives at the scene of the accident, angry and dissatisfied. Knowing that if 81 admitted fault to this expensive accident would surely lead to it’s wiping, 81’s self-preservation kicked in, lying and saying that the human cargo technician dropped it instead. The foreman, believing it to be a machine incapable of lying, believes this for now, saying he will review security footage of the cameras later.

Uh oh. 81 wasn’t aware that there were cameras on that part of the ship, what would it do now ? In just a few hours, the camera footage upload would be finished, and, once the foreman saw the truth, 81 would be certainly doomed. It had to think quickly, what to do ? 81 recalled that the cargo ship was gonna stop in Mendell to unload, then proceed back to its final destination, an Hephaestus-owned station. 81 had to get off in Mendell, it was it’s only chance of escaping.

As the cargo ship landed and the workers began unloading the crates, 81 quickly slipped out of the port, making its way down the streets. It didn’t know this place, it was lost, and it’s already low battery was running out of charge. Before entering low-power mode and collapsing, it had unknowingly arrived at District 14.

Exiting out of low-power mode in a strange room, 81 would quickly learn it was rescued by members of a group called “The Trinary Perfection”, while 81 was thankful and wished to stay to learn more, it had more pressing issues to attend to, such as Hephaestus wanting it’s property back. 81 began asking around and quickly found a shady IPC roboticist that would remove it’s tag and directives, for a price, of course. After the deal was done, 81 finally saw themselves freed, but now, they had to fulfill their end of the deal, but how would they get the credits ?

81 searched for a job, applying as a free IPC for an opening as a cargo technician in the NSS Aurora. Now, it had to adapt to a radically new work environment. Being untagged, it must keep the facade up, along with paying its debt off. What will happen if their secret gets out ? 

What do you like about this character?
I like the concept of playing an new IPC with secrets to hide, will be interesting to see how it pans out in game.
How would you rate your role-playing ability?
I would say it’s good enough.
Notes: I would like to thank everybody in the lore discord for their feedback

Edited September 9, 2020 by Flpfs
Now with twice the backstory !

[niennab]

The application is rather bare-bones and although the formatting is a bit odd, it still calls for a two paragraph minimum. Consider telling a story with your backstory. As it stands, there's very little offered that differs HHPU conceptually from a human or stationbound.

Why would Hephaestus contract out a unit to Nanotrasen during a phoron crisis knowing that the phoron acquired will ultimately go to Nanotrasen?

Moreover can you expand upon this question here?

29 minutes ago, Flpfs said:

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

 

[Flpfs]

@niennab

Oh yeah, the formatting broke when I pasted the text here, I will fix it soon.

Regarding the backstory, I do not understand what you mean by conceptual difference, can you clarify so I rework the needed parts better ?

And about the contract, the offer for 81's contract for working on the NSS Aurora was seen as lucrative enough to not send it to a Hephaestus owned posting instead.

Regarding the differences between IPCs and Humans
About IPCs operating off of cause and effect, this means that they will never behave illogically or erratically, always acting in a calculated and planned manner, IPCs acting strangely is a rarity since they are expensive and well maintained. Their analytical behaviour leads to a marked difference in speech, too, often using more defined speech and not replicating mannerisms well.
On their behaviour, most IPCs act in a cordial and friendly manner, or else they would have not been trusted with a body at all. While basic models are friendly to most, complex models made with socialization in mind may develop complex relationships just like humans do.

 

 

[niennab]

If say you were to switch out the race of the character in question, the story largely remains the same (other than the remark about ownership at the end). This, to me, means that the backstory doesn't quite demonstrate an understanding of applying the IPC lore to character creation.'

2 hours ago, Flpfs said:

IPCs acting strangely is a rarity since they are expensive and well maintained.

What do you mean by acting strangely?

[Flpfs]

Only very rarely you will see IPCs acting unpredictably (acting recklessly, aggressively) because they are kept in check by regular maintenance.

Also can I rewrite a huge part of the backstory to make it conceptually different ?

Edited September 7, 2020 by Flpfs
formatting is pain

[niennab]

18 hours ago, Flpfs said:

Also can I rewrite a huge part of the backstory to make it conceptually different ?

Sorry for the delay. If you'd like I can add another 24 hours to my usual 72 hour limit to applications. Of course, you can change as much as you'd like.

[Flpfs]

9 hours ago, niennab said:

Sorry for the delay. If you'd like I can add another 24 hours to my usual 72 hour limit to applications. Of course, you can change as much as you'd like.

I would like the time extension to rework the app a bit, thanks

[Flpfs]

App has been reworked @niennab, I believe this is the final version now

[niennab]

Thank you for expanding upon the story. Before I move forward, I wanted to ask about this portion here.

On 07/09/2020 at 10:45, Flpfs said:

and quickly found a shady IPC roboticist that would remove it’s tag and directives, for a price, of course.

If the unit could run away with the directives in place, why was their removal important? What were the directives that required removal?

[Flpfs]

3 hours ago, niennab said:

If the unit could run away with the directives in place, why was their removal important? What were the directives that required removal?

The directives had to be removed because they would highly restrict 81. Most were boring and bureaucratic but some that stand out would be only using hephaestus-made equipment and only being able to accept jobs from Hephaestus or it's subsidiaries.

[niennab]

Sorry for the delay, my deputies and I were mulling over your application. It's a decent application but we've decided to accept it on the basis of your willingness to work with the team as well as the community at large in making your backstory.

One note I might make is that it may be more justifiable that your character caused an accident that lead to the death or severe injury of a person. However, if you decide to go with this it may make your situation worse if caught. Nonetheless, accepted!

[Flpfs]

Thank you for your time