[Accepted]HunterRS's Dionae App.

[HunterRS]

BYOND Key: HunterRS

Character Names: Edgar Dawnguard (RD), Jordan Hudson (Captain) Praetor (AI)

Species you are applying to play: Dionae

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: (Color of your character; Dionaea & IPCs exempt)

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

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: Dionae Culture and the Species itself is very fascinating to me as I love how each cluster evolved differently all across the galaxy and each one has different reactions from the other species. With all the different religions involved around them it is amazing how many option you can go around for Dionae

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Dionae have a very different way of role-playing then base humans. Firstly with them all over the place you aren't restricted by a few areas and can pretty much have a gestalt formed anywhere, which can lead to some interesting situations. RP wise with them being most of the time a pacifist it's always fun to roleplay and try to deescalate situations instead of evolving them to direct gunfire. I think that also having each Nymph being it's own being can have rise to different ways of doing things, such as talking to oneself or just stopping to check on a nymph mid conversation or action. There is a lot of options Dionae can go down to interact with others.

Character Name: The Historic Significance of Ancient Arms

Please provide a short backstory for this character (Approximately two paragraphs): The Historic Significance of Ancient Arms, commonly called Arms or Historic, is a Gestalt that formed in the Sol Alliance on Earth (near present day Alsace-Lorraine) around 2430. Having formed near and old war memorial, they quickly were taken under the wing of an avid weapons collector and war historian. After being informed of the Rueltab incident, they were 'hired' by their now friend, Konrad Teller. Konrad helped Arms by having them travel the world doing deliveries for other historians to make enough money to pay of the Rueltab incident debt. Using this, Arms continued to help and paid off the debt in around 2445, but decided to stay in Sol Space until the death of Konrad in 2459.

Before Arms left Sol Space to move to Tau Ceti, they gathered up some remaining funds to attend school to obtain a criminal forensics degree, wanting to use their knowledge of history and weapons to assist in crime scenes. During their studies they tried to not cheat unless the situation was absolutely dire. During their studies they assisted the Teller family who they still held in good terms and always tried to find time to visit ancient battlefield or places of historical importance to learn more about it. After graduating in 2454 they kept working for historic museums and blacksmiths to acquire enough money to leave Sol Space and immigrate to Tau Ceti there they began work as a Forensic Technician before being hired by NT as a warden. 

What do you like about this character? Being a history nerd myself I really like Arms and their constant obsession of anything historical. However, they only know majority of human history, so anything Tajaran, Skrell or Unathi is really foreign to them which drives their motives to learn more about the past. I really hope that Arms will be able to teach people some historical things of the past, which is thier main goal, to inform people of history because their main motto is "If you don't know history you're doomed to repeat it"

How would you rate your role-playing ability? Recently my currently characters have become a little stale with how they are so that is why I am currently branching out into more AIs and borgs to RP more as them. I hope Arms will be able to really be a new main that I play along with my others. I currently think my RP is about a 7/10 with my current characters due to their decrease in activity and interest in playing.

Notes: If I don't respond, I probably forgot to check the forums, not something I check daily, so please message me at HunterRS#1506 on discord if I happen to be late on a reply

Edited September 22, 2020 by HunterRS

[Zundy]

Hey there, interesting app! A couple of questions straight off the bat:

- Having grown up in Sol, how do they feel about other Dionae and non-humans?

- You mentioned that Arms "tried to not cheat unless the situation was absolutely dire" when studying, does this mean Arms cheated during their studies and testing? Why was this?

- Why did Arms decide to move to Tau-Ceti?

- Arms decided to become a FT, why was this? Why not a Librarian/Curator or something similar if they like history?

- Has Arms interacted with the Choir Dionae? If not why and if so what did Arms think/do?

- Is Arms religious? Why/Why not?

- How did they end up getting work with NT. Why choose NT?

- Would Arms be interested in the mysterious history of the Dionae or purely other species' history? Why?

- How has Arm's experience of life within Biesel been? Are they a citizen?

Edited September 21, 2020 by Zundy

[HunterRS]

Most of these I actually expected funny enough, so lets start from the beginning

- Having grown up in Sol, how do they feel about other Dionae and non-humans?

Once Arms noticed that that all Dionae are 'hostile' like what happened during the Rueltab Incident, their opinion of other Dionae improved. This made them start researching other species and interacting with them more

- You mentioned that Arms "tried to not cheat unless the situation was absolutely dire" when studying, does this mean Arms cheated during their studies and testing? Why was this?

Arms only cheated when they felt that the situation was so dire that there was no turning point, which only happened once due to some racial inequality in Sol. Arms was pressured by the Teller family to keep pressing forward and offered their assistance in the matter, which pushed their determination in the matter.

- Why did Arms decide to move to Tau-Ceti?

Tau-Ceti was always a goal of Arms for the more equal racial equality over the Sol Alliance. The reason why they took so long is they still wanted to support the friends they made on Sol. Once Konrad passed they didn't have any major reason to stay in Sol and started the journey of leaving.

- Arms decided to become a FT, why was this? Why not a Librarian/Curator or something similar if they like history?

They wanted to use their knowledge of weapons and history to help armed forces (Police, TCFL etc) not repeat historical mistakes in situations by giving strategies to use. Using this and their knowledge of weapons, they were told back on Sol that they would make an excellent FT with all the different weapons in circulation.

- Has Arms interacted with the Choir Dionae? If not why and if so what did Arms think/do?

Arms has interacted very minimally with the Choir, while not fully involved with the Choir unlike other Dionae, they have given what funds and supplies they good to help maintain the Eternal Temple, curious about far off Dionae clusters.

- Is Arms religious? Why/Why not? Arms isn't the most religious dionae, but if they are every do pray in any means, they follow the christian practices of their Solarian friends from home. Just like them, it wasn't a daily occurrence in their life, just a small act in the play that is their life

- How did they end up getting work with NT. Why choose NT?

Working as an NT on Biesal, they caught the eye of NT the knowledge that they have at being able to determine what weapons were used in a situation. On the question on why Arms accepted the offer at NT, they thought the best way to travel the galaxy and explore new cultures safely was with NT, and interacting with crew on the stations always draws from the melting pot of culture that is Tau Ceti.

- Would Arms be interested in the mysterious history of the Dionae or purely other species' history? Why?

As said previously, once Arms first met xeno life other then human, they were intrigued by the history that they had, using this to catapult their way into exploring more cultures and other Diona clusters across the Spur, want to see how other cultures fought and the strategies they used.

- How has Arm's experience of life within Biesel been? Are they a citizen? When Arms first arrived in 2459 it was a rough time as they had no one in Tau Ceti that they knew, quickly finding a place to stay with other fellow Dionae as they looked for work. During this span they volunteered for the Legion for a year and a half and gained citizenship that way while working as a CSI in Mendell, managing to get a stable place and making multiple friends in the legion, but deciding to no longer volunteer and be a supporting member with their tactics and knowledge then in the front lines and breaching and clearing rooms. Using this Arms has enjoyed their life in Biesel drastically over Sol due to the harsh discrimination no longer existing as much.

If you need anything expanded just mention!

[Yonnimer]

Hello! After some discussion, we've decided to accept your application.