[ACCEPTED] Murdoch's command whitelist

[CatsinHD]

BYOND key:

William Murdoch

 

Character names: (Notable Characters)
Kandaza Saif

Sabah El-Tusi

Alik Antonov

 

How long have you been playing on Aurora?:

~5-6 months

 

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?:

Command presents an interesting experience which I am looking for. In the times I have experienced command through being Interim or a random event it has been a position I have found a level of fun that is different than most other things. It is the joy of executing a plan and organizing a team to deal with a situation successfully or improve a section of the station in a quick and efficient manner.

 

Why did you come to Aurora?:

Compared to the other servers I played before Aurora, Aurora was the best for roleplay which is what I was searching for. My experiences on Bay were boring and Paradise Station was too chaotic for me to have any lasting RP so I came back to Aurora, which I had hopped on once in August 2019 or sometime like that.

 

Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?:

Yes. I also have some experience as interim CE (and technically HoP)

 

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

Two warnings. We mess up sometimes and the best we can do is learn from those times.

 

Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each.

Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about:

 

Roleplay can be seen as two things, the dictionary definition and the practical definition. Dictionary wise, roleplay is acting out the part of a person or character. This is a solid definition but also lacks the practical side of it. To have good roleplay the player needs to feel their character while playing as them. Roleplay ultimately is about acting out interesting situations and the chaos and adventure in solving them. The enjoyment is from characters who are not us, or who are, and are in a situation or setting that is not our own. The thrill and fun of roleplay comes from players who are invested in their characters and how these characters interact in these situations.

 

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?:

The OOC purpose of the Head of Staff is to further RP, or enhance it. Mechanically the station can run fine without any command staff but without them a level of rp and fun is lost. Security can deal with a threat and have fun but there is a charm with a commander leading his officers in a way that can successfully deal with a problem. They introduce a level of RP that is not needed but is cool and fun when it is there. Beyond that they also provide a good learning source for players. They can help out new players and give out suggestions to others.

 

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

OOC wise they are there to assist players who have questions about a department or who are new to the game. They are in a position to help and lead those who are under their command in game but this does not change oocly, except for the under their command part. I plan on keeping myself open to questions some players may have about the department or how to work in said department. If it is something I don’t know yet I will strive to learn that field and come back to teach them or help them find someone who does know the field better than I do.

 

Could you give us the gist of what is currently happening in Tau ceti and how it affected your character and their career?

Fahkr is a reassigned HoP to the Aurora after his retirement from the Legion. Before the invasion he served as a Quatermaster on the NCV Archimedes which experienced a large increase in activity with the phoron shortage. Loading and unloading had to be faster and more flights had to be made as phoron demand increased and increased. The invasion pulled him back to the Legion, though, as he was pulled in full time. His new position finds even more pressure as he has to keep a well supplied mining crew pumping out phoron on one of the major mining station producing phoron. He is also recovering from the war and his time fighting.

 

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

Head of Personnel and potentially CE.

 

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

Fakhr Al-Kandari – Head of Personnel (Created just for command)

 

How would you rate your own roleplaying?:

7/10

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

Yes

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

Yes

Extra notes:

I haven't been as active as normal in the past week or two because of a combination of school and holidays. Hoping to get back into it.

Edited January 7, 2021 by MattAtlas
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[BlueHuNTeR]

The bane of my existence and a good roleplayer.
Very meticulous when it comes to the game.
Def +1 

[Aticius]

Willydilly was around for my return from hiatus as Antonov, and absolutely helped me get settled back into the swing of things.

 

They're pretty cool.

 

+1

[Connorjg1]

William is an absolute joy to roleplay with across all their characters. I've no doubt that they have what it takes to be a good command player and look forward to hopefully seeing them on trial 

 

+1

[stevIII]

right, Unlike some people, connor I have a couple questions/hypothetical's to ask before giving any feedback (Especially since my only interaction with you has basically been antonov, like four times.)

Hypothetical one: What would you do if the station got attacked by say; Mercenaries, and you only had a forensic technician and cadet. Give me two examples, from different command perspectives (Or one larger one)

Hypothetical two: You're in a full team, with every role filled, including a captain. You see the captain doing something unequivocally against regulations, and the rest of command notice. What do you do? Example for the regulation break would be something such as drugging a prisoner to force them to confess to something.

Hypothetical three: Security revolts, such as in the case of a revolution, cult, or any other reasoning. Central is perfectly contactable, and you're fairly safe but weary. what do you do.

Fourth and final hypothetical: This is a rather common situation. Something strange happens, be it a failed cultist incursion happens; or some traitors blow something up. You're with one other command member, what do you do.

I patiently await your responses, so I can decide whether or not you matter as a human being.

also fix your fucking formatting you absolute heathen

Edited December 28, 2020 by stevIII
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[CatsinHD]

Alright, I'll answer most of these from the view of the HoP (with the exception of number 1).

1. Over all of the command positions the first things that I personally would try to do is contact central. Give an update on what we know and the options we are considering to deal with the issue. After all, an up to date Central is better than one sending announcements about not receiving faxes. Next is determine whether the intruders can even be contacted without having a bullet rammed through your skull and setting the code to blue. In this case, contacting them to figure out what they want and negotiating diplomatically would be the safer option. Should that fail, or they are straight up being hostile with no interaction, moving to red,  ensuring all the departments are locked down and updating Central to request some form of help would be in line. If Central is not being very helpful or just not responding, it would be time to consider calling an emergency shuttle or launch the emergency beacon. Until a response or the shuttle arrives, a full lockdown would be needed.

 

2.  (Assuming we are in a standard situation) Whether the infraction is high severity or not I would need to contact the rest of command. Personally, I would remind the Captain that they are breaking a regulation with their order and ask that they should look for other options that do not include breaking regulation. If they continue with the order I would fax central, with the other command staff being in agreement, explaining what is happening and the context. If central acknowledges it but does not provide any further info or orders we simply wait for the order to finish and bring it up to the captain afterwards. If it is high severity a discussion would be needed whether or not to remove the captain from power and replace them with an acting captain. Assuming it is successful a fax would be sent to Central again.

 

3. Considering the only department that can keep the peace and safety is revolting, the first goal is to ensure that crew are safe within their departments. If the revolt starts to shift towards science, inform them through the RD (If one is on shift) or through the PDA and ensure they are on lockdown. Same with the bar, kitchen, engineering (who don't have shutters for some reason), so on. The next step that should be taken ASAP is talking with the HoS, if one is there, about wrangling together security and calming them down. While they do that, or don't because they too are revolting, I'd send a fax to central along with appoint interims assuming it is safe for them to get their ID changed. An ERT would be necessary considering there is no other department that can effectively control a revolting sec (not legally at least and I'm not very fond of an armed cargonia). Without an HoS I'd join security radio to figure out what they are wanting out of this revolt and try to see if talking them out of it would work. Barring that, waiting for ERT or, god forbid it, arming the crew would be in order.

 

4. Delegate. Bringing us to code blue would be in order along with beginning to hand out interims to people who have records that fall in line with it. Get an interim chief to handle the damages that are inevitable, CMO to coordinate a medbay that hopefully won't fall into chaos once the injuries start arriving. HoS to coordinate the security department and save myself the trouble since I am no tactical mastermind (which is why I never plan on playing HoS). One of these spots, including RD, would already be filled as mentioned in the question. All of the interims appointed would also need to be cleared with that fellow command member before we have problems within the command department. From there I would operate as HoP (assuming that is my job) and try to help the other departments where I can. Assuming no one else does it, updating central is needed.

 

I might have missed something which I have no doubt you will find. Feel free to rip them apart as I expect you will.

I will never fix my formatting.

[stevIII]

Right, I see no glaring issues so I won't bother tearing it apart much beyond a few remarks. Admins get pretty pissy if you call for an ERT/EVAC without sec being completely/mostly decimated. Don't fax central to ask about clearly antagonistic But believable (Like mercenary or revolution) faxes, central won't respond. There is no reason to assume that central was hacked.

Neither of these technically apply in this setting, but it's just good advice in general.

The rest of this seemed rather good, so I don't have any criticisms with it. I hope to see you in command, as heavens know we need more HOP's.

+1

you absolute fucking heathen. -1

Edited December 28, 2020 by stevIII
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[CatsinHD]

Thanks for the tips, especially the tip about faxes!

Fine, I'll fix the formatting

[MattAtlas]

You have enough good feedback to let me overlook the warnings you've received. Keep in mind that if they escalate further, your whitelist will be removed.

On trial from 29DEC2020 to 5JAN2021.

[WickedCybs]

Based on a recent cult round, you seem to be capable enough as a HoP. Was good of you to delegate, trying to find an interim for sec and such. The main thing I can think of when it comes to improvement, is that It's fine to give the crew more information about an incident beyond "Sec is dealing with something." if its not too sensitive. Elaborating more is an appreciated action and tends to placate the crew if they start getting upset about not knowing much.

[Faye <3]

I liked pulling command with their HoP! They were involved in their department and I don't have any complaints.

[Jiamil]

Seemed to really help their department out and was training people completely new. Good sport. Would enjoy seeing more of it.

[Camellia]

Never really had any issues with Catsin and they've definitely gone up and beyond what's expected with an HoP with interaction and the such.

[Bear]

Everything I would have to add is already been said. +1

[Miracae]

Have been pleasantly roleplaying with Fakhr few times. Involved into being HoP and roleplay! +1

[Rushodan]

I don't usually comment on these, but honestly I can think of only positives each time I have interacted with your HoP. Super sold character that I enjoy talking to and this lad certainly deserves their WL!!

+1 

[MattAtlas]

Accepted.