head of staff [Accepted] Camellia's Head of Staff Application

[Camellia]

BYOND key:
Dantzy

Character names:

In order of most recent activity;
Tavarr Batovv - The Ultranationalist

William Volvalaad - The delightful foreigner.

Nietzsche - The dreamer of electronic sheep.

Samsara - The walking statement.

Terra Zhou - The wild-eyed optimist.

Eleanora Rose - The cursed traditionalist.

Valery Weiss - The enigma.
 

How long have you been playing on Aurora?:
I've spent roughly three months playing Aurora, the 1st month was very much on and off while the second and third one (aka this month) is when I started playing definitely though generally during dead hours due to an awful sleep schedule I just fixed, thankfully.

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?:

One of the main reasons why I desire to be on the whitelist is because I feel like I can further extend my character, Tavarr who is now working up the ranks of NanoTrasen in the hopes of, again, pulling up the birches of many Tajara by showing that not all are brutes and not all are xenophobic and awful, despite his inner views on the world which haven't been RPed out for the sake of comfort.

Why did you come to Aurora?:

To quote Tavarr's backstory,

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Despite the armistice being signed, despite the wars more or less ending and a cold war now beginning, he felt hollow. Tavarr was a middle aged Tajaran with not much to his name. They were renowned by colleagues who were fascinated with the death cultists in the north. He could've written a book, further downplaying any activity he had there but, after dwelling on it.

Perhaps, it would be best to have the past be put into the ground and forgotten and so, he continued to build up his record as humanitarian aid worker in tandem with brilliant minds comparable to the ones found in the clutches of the Peoples Republic and so, with that, he sought a proper escape from his world.

"Tavarr will return,"

-- this is what he said to himself every so often once he had dreamed of leaving Adhomai but Adhomai wasn't just a home, it was a home to his horrors and so on, after making his way to Crevus, effectively leaving his home away after displaying his record as a scientist with credentials and, after convincing his colleagues, references for employment with a company.

NanoTrasen

Furthermore, as stated, the main reason why he came aboard the Aurora is because he wants to show people that his people - the Tajara, are hard workers, they are not to be exploited for that very RD that writes a commendation for you, is a person too.
 

Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?:
I have gone through the wiki and ensured I know all of the Science roles that I don't know in depth so that I have a basic knowledge, e.g Phoron Researcher and Telescience, other than that, I main robotics and scientist, I had a xenobotanist and I have a xenoarch as well.

Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they?

Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about:
Roleplay - the act of playing a role and enacting out said role. Simple, I know, though on Aurora, it's a bit different. You are here to be a part of a play, you aren't here to win or do anything similar, your here to tell a story. I myself have mapped out character arcs for all of my characters as well as their final scene/death. I believe character death should honestly, be a bit more common. I'd rather kill a character off then let them fester for months on end and go inactive with them.

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?:
The OOC purpose of a head of staff is clear, you are a role model for others. As a head of staff, your goal is to ensure everyone in your department is doing what they are SUPPOSED to be doing. If you see a roboticist just building mechas, that's an IR (and bwoink too probably), you need to ensure quality and general stability aboard the Aurora really.

Your a model, act it.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?:

As mentioned above, your a role model to other players. I myself, do my best to help out newish players when I see a name I don't recognize. I've also felt a responsibility as a head of staff is to ensure someone has an in depth voice regarding departmental changes. I'm very critical and heavy on myself so I strive to do not just the best thing but the best thing efficently.

Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau ceti and how it affected your character and their career?
As of now, Tau Ceti is reeling from a Solarian invasion. Cliques are more than likely forming along parts of Sol Space, it is grim and one can't tell what the future brings. My character, admittedly, hasn't been effected by it as they've been on Adhomai for a good portion of their life though one thing that has effected them is the fact that, there is chaos and glory to be made here, if he were to be hailed as a hero, only goodness would come from it.
 

What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted?

Research Director, PRA Counselor 

 

Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking:

Tavarr Batov - Scientist & RD

 

How would you rate your own roleplaying?:

Generally an 8/10
 

Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action?

Yup.
 

Have you familiarize yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles?

Of course.
 

Extra notes:
Nothing of note really.

I did get this from my laptop so I might've missed something in the text file transfer

[Shadow]

Your trial starts today and ends the 31st.

Try to get feedback regarding your command play, feedback that's about your non-command rp or essentially boils down to just "+1" will be not be taken into account.

[MagiqueForever]

I would rate his command RP a 8/10 .  He interacts with people in the department, so there is no problem regarding that and when it comes to role-play technicalities, he is good, proper grammar, spelling etc. ( He knows game mechanics well and he does know lore quite well too) Personality wise, I would say that Tavarr can be way too strict at times (in certain situations), as a research director, but he does show that he cares about the people in said department (Just loosen up a bit) and does what's best for said department (upgrades, RnD etc.) . If someone in his department is misinformed regarding something that is admin ticketable (boinkable) for example, he will prevent it IC, which is really good (explain in LOOC why it is boinkable), especially for new players. I would say the loosening up part is the only issue, rp wise.

[Shadow]

Due to the lack of feedback the trial will be extended by a week.

It will last until the 8th of January.

[Commissar_Drew]

Had the opportunity to play a round with their RD.

Communicated well. Worked with other command staff to address the issues on station. Seems to have solid control and smooth operation of their own department from an outside perspective.

+1.

[Bear]

I've only had brief interactions with their Director but from what I've seen they're engaging with their department and the rounds as well as inclusive so +1 from me.

[Astra]

I need to say: try to communicate more. The round ending directly before me writing this, you ordered science to close down, with no information to the department about why, nor did you tell when we could enter again, and you ordered a headcount outside the department you never called off nor conducted as far as I could tell. This resulted in the department simply ignoring your orders.

I know it was probably chaos from your end, but remember that if you close down a department, you're pretty much locking out people working there from doing much during the round, so make sure to tell people why, and don't do this lightly.

[Camellia]

12 minutes ago, Astra said:

I need to say: try to communicate more. The round ending directly before me writing this, you ordered science to close down, with no information to the department about why, nor did you tell when we could enter again, and you ordered a headcount outside the department you never called off nor conducted as far as I could tell. This resulted in the department simply ignoring your orders.

I know it was probably chaos from your end, but remember that if you close down a department, you're pretty much locking out people working there from doing much during the round, so make sure to tell people why, and don't do this lightly.

Hey so,

I'll explain all of this in a brief excerpt 

That round was.. 
One massive mess, I was doing my best to act in accordance with my character as he did have a mental breakdown at one point but I will say though that a code red is martial law and, I mentioned the head count because there was someone in science getting lab coats and stealing equipment though I don't blame you for missing it.
Sorry for the round being as hectic as it was though, not really in my hands there all of that was.

[VeteranGary]

+1

 

Cylean's been a pretty good sight to see, most of her characters and presence in the community as a whole. Pretty sure the first time around was their synthetic character, with a pretty amazing backstory behind it, as well as this character presented for this Command whitelist, I've glanced through their tajara app once it came out and have seen their scientist character around during several rounds; I've never really got to witness or interact with many of their escapades, but I've already had a pretty hectic round with them just recently. Hey, not everyone handles traumatic situations, and they aren't expected to, as the sole command member aboard, but they took the initiative anyway which is really just reflective of their character. As far as I understand they are an old war veteran, with some sort of scientific career, that managed to earn them some classic Tajara-War-Veteran PTSD. Personally, I like this, I don't really see it that often, it makes the character more genuine that they have flaws that they cannot necessarily control, and they still have the stubbornness to hold responsibilities, aside from the super-perfect or comically bad command staff we have around here.

[Chen Yakumo]

I can't say for certain if this is an isolated incident or a pattern that will need to be monitored. While my in character interactions with you have been pleasant and I believe your roleplay capabilities meet or exceed expectations, I have to note that your trial Head of Security in the round immediately prior to me writing this was...excessive. As someone who joined an hour into the round, medical informed me that security had a patient who was dead and then not dead a few moments later. About ten minutes later, I watched you as well as several members of the security department walk the handcuffed patient to medical to receive a scan and an evaluation, but would not leave the patient alone with the psychiatrist to do so. According to medical communications, you as the Head of Security denied allowing the psychiatrist to speak with them one on one, even when offered to have security on stand by outside.

Security then proceeded to cart the handcuffed patient back to security, where they remained for the rest of the round. At no point was the code ever elevated in regards to this apparent threat, and at no point was the crew ever informed of said situation as evidenced by a Central Command announcement acknowledging that a situation report had been received.

As command, you have a large amount of power over the flow of the round, and near absolute control over your department. As Head of Security, you can make or break an entire round by exerting more or less force. As a direct result of the overwhelming security intervention, the changeling was unable to ever truly escalate or create a narrative, as far as I can see. I admit that as a late joiner, my view may be biased in regards to the final hour and fifteen minutes of the round, and thus I won't give this application a plus or minus yet, but it IS something that needs to be mentioned. I do think you have what it takes to be a great Command-level staff, given the chance and experience.

For now, +/-0.

Edit: I saw the original responses to this post. As a result, I don't believe you're ready for Command. In the interest of not influencing others opinions, as well as to avoid derailing the topic with irrelevant posts, I won't make a follow up.

-1

Edited January 4, 2021 by Chen Yakumo
Not derailing the topic with a barrage of irrelevant posts.

[Camellia]

Hey so that was my first round as HoS ever so I'll clear up some misconceptions;
 

2 hours ago, Chen Yakumo said:

About ten minutes later, I watched you as well as several members of the security department walk the handcuffed patient to medical to receive a scan and an evaluation, but would not leave the patient alone with the psychiatrist to do so

The Changeling in question has shown violent tendencies in numerous instances.
Leaving a psychiatrist alone with someone who was violent isn't a risk and the entirety of security agreed that was not a good idea.

2 hours ago, Chen Yakumo said:

Security then proceeded to cart the handcuffed patient back to security, where they remained for the rest of the round. At no point was the code ever elevated in regards to this apparent threat,

In regards to the code, we were busy ensuring someone who was violent and almost killed the Warden was not able to escape. The threat was subdued so there was no possible threat, if they escaped then yes, sure. I was also there communicating with the CMO who echoed similar sentiments as well.

2 hours ago, Chen Yakumo said:

and at no point was the crew ever informed of said situation as evidenced by a Central Command announcement acknowledging that a situation report had been received.

Regarding the crew, we've spoke about it at length with the CMO, I even asked for advice regarding the whole situation and attached two documents regarding the whole thing showing they were alive and well despite being dead previously.
 

2 hours ago, Chen Yakumo said:

, the changeling was unable to ever truly escalate or create a narrative, as far as I can see. I admit that as a late joiner, my view may be biased in regards to the final hour and fifteen minutes of the round, and thus I won't give this application a plus or minus yet, but it IS something that needs to be mentioned. I do think you have what it takes to be a great Command-level staff, given the chance and experience.

And I believe there were talks of them being released though they ended up resisting and being uncooperative, you can ask the person who played the Warden about it.

I get that they're supposed to be given leeway but there is a fine line between being stormtroopers actually being competent and the Changeling didn't do himself much favors either.

At no point did the CMO really ask about a blue because it wasn't necessary, the threat was contained, CMO didnt do anything previously or mention it to my knowledge so it didn't sound all that bad.
 

I remember faxing cc about a previously dangerous anomaly and asking for advice about it yet nothing was said about that, I feel like it would've helped.

 

I get where your coming from though.

[Scheveningen]

+1. I think you've done pretty well. Playing HoS is not particularly easy, most of the big three heads of staff (CE, HOS, CMO) particularly aren't when push comes to shove. I don't think you're so inexperienced that you don't learn from rounds that go poorly. It's unfortunate that feedback from certain players seems to be lacking in sympathy.

[niennab]

An easy +1. Cylean's RD was communicative with my character in cargo when transporting an exosuit and assisted in answering a few questions that could have otherwise been neglected.

Seldom people play HOS during their trial so I applaud you for your courage.

[NerdyVampire]

From an AI perspective I felt that they communicated well with the rest of the team, partook in the incident (in contrast to other RDs that sometimes turtle), and handled the aftermath professionally. They seemed willing to engage in RP and took care of the antag player as well so they weren't left to their own devices (disembodied malf cyborg).

From an earlier round as a member of their department, I found them communicative enough, they took charge on educating our lab assistant but was rather quick to abandon me once it was clear I was an antagonist. I did miss some more confrontation from a superior towards a department member, if not immediately then at least while I was incarcerated. However I do feel such isn't the norm anyway, so that's excused.

All in all I have no objections to them retaining command, I think they will be a fine addition.

[DickFreedomJohnson]

+1 giving you a plus one so I can flip your killswitch later }:) in all seriousness I've seen worse RDs and you've already heard my feedback in DMs.

[SgtSammac]

Played a few rounds with Tavarr as RD, and for the most part I feel Cylean has done a pretty solid job IC and OOC and I share agreement with the view points expressed in other supporting comments. I've found them to be generally communicative, shows use of initiative and frequently attempts to engage. 

On a few occassions earlier in their trial I did find them to be a little bit overbearing in crisis situations, but that is still with the bounds of IC and could be understood in the situations. However I have still found this to have improved throughout their trial.

Overall from me it's a +1

[Faye <3]

I think that HoS is probably the most difficult command role aside from maybe Captain, and while IMO your approach on the ling was a little heavy-handed it was ultimately fine and with good intent. I definitely think this could be easily fixed and that Cylean will make a good commander. 

+1

[Daemon]

I think what Im about to say can be reitirated from the above posts - I interacted with their RD and had alot of fun, they are very proactive and Im sure can handle a command role! 

+1 

[Estoytrucha]

I enjoy Cylean's RD, though I'm not privvy to a lot of the inner workings of their other characters. I'd still give my +1, though, based on what I've seen. 

[CinnySuccubus]

Played with their RD as Captain. Responded to several issues quickly and effectively. They're a good RD!

+1

[SinfulBehaviors]

Played with their RD, and even in a situation where they'd been injured and everything was a shitshow, they were still communicating with me and keeping up on the repairs that I was doing in their sublevel. They also were the one to notice that the RD servers had been disassembled. +1 from me.

[Zer0Winds]

I haven't seen much of them, but what I did see was pretty good. Their RD was good, they RPed, and as far as I could tell, Science was managed well. I can not speak for any other command role she has played, but I believe that even if someone may not have done the best as one role, they aren't unready for Command. Head of Security is hard, and can be stressful, and a lot of people have overly high expectations for them, just waiting for them to screw up. From what I can tell, her RD is pretty good, and her RP, is just as well. So, I can confidently offer a +1 to this.

[geeves]

played a round with them a couple of hours ago, was also on the command team

they were pretty alright, my only advice would be to use comms a tad more and to be a bit more lively as a member of command

this comes naturally with experience, so i'd be pretty chill with them getting the whitelist

[Shadow]

Accepted.