[Accepted]D the Snek - Dionae Application

[DtheSnek]

BYOND Key: DtheSnek

Character Names: Alanna Thorley, P.A.L.

Species you are applying to play: Dionae

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Default due to their being raised on Biesel

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: The lore, biology, culture, and even history pages, yes

 

Why do you wish to play this specific race:

I have played this race before on other servers such as Paradise Station. I find that their unique mental states and pacifistic tendencies can lead to interesting roleplay scenarios that are a bit more fitting to my play style, as I tend to avoid fighting in game and can allow me to play with a unique mindset that can lead to prolonged RP due to a lack of players playing the race or knowing much about them. I have also found that due to their potential for mass learning through their nymph state, I can reasonably step into a differing department if an emergency arises and able to use at least basic knowledge to help get things under control, but still be able to do so in a way that wouldn’t necessarily break RP, such has playing a medical Dionae who happens to know some engineering skills due to a few of their nymphs gaining blood from someone who had that knowledge.

 

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

Their collective mind means that while they can work together and act as a single entity, they can also be slow and almost chaotic in how they speak, forcing you to take into account the experience of the individual nymphs that make up the diona you are playing when engaging with someone, especially if the specialties of the makeup overlap in different ways, potentially causing a disagreement within the entity, which could be expressed as a small manic episode, prolonged period of silence mid conversation, or maybe even something resembling multiple personalities depending on how they choose to speak. They also experience pain differently, with the members that make up the impacted section feeling pain and the whole acknowledging it differently from gestalt to gestalt, with some getting rather upset that one of them is in pain, with others seeming to shrug it off to continue on or not even noticing it depending on the group structure, but their plant based makeup can mean that they handle issues a bit different, such as hull breaches are a non-threat to them whereas a release of plant-b-gone would be a cause for concern, making botany a more potential threat to them.

 

Character Name: Singing The Song Of Radiation Among The Stars, aka. Radiant Star

Please provide a short backstory for this character

Formed from a group of nymphs grown at the Hongsun Park Engineering Institute, they were the main focus on a study to better understand Dionae physiology and psychology, with many of them being raised in a variety of conditions, ranging from being given blood of those in various fields of study or being taught in various forms, from lecture and theory to detailed “hands on” approaches. They were slowly integrated over several years, with numerous tests being done on them to examine the differences and how that affects them as they gradually merge into a cyclops. Once fully formed, it had become noted that the ones that had been exposed to lectures took on the more social roles, causing their speech to take on a more methodical and paced tone.

 

After their gestalt form had been established, they had chosen their name, Singing The Song Of Radiation Among The Stars, due to their ability and preference to work with the engines, particularly SM engines due to the radiation they would emit, and the results of the testing catching the eye of Nanotrasen, who offered them a job as Station Engineer, promising them steady work as long as they continued to submit to occasional testing. They have since worked on various ships and stations, staying in a primarily Engineering based role, but have done some research work when needed, eventually being scheduled to move to Aurora Station for the time being. Their experiences working with others have led them to coming up with something of a “nickname” to help make conversations with other people who are not used to the unique naming structure they use and to assist with ease of identification in times of emergency, instead coming up with the name “Radiant Star” to use in place of their full name.

What do you like about this character?

The type of internal structure can allow me to keep them a bit closer to standard races, but can allow for a more diverse style to emerge as I continue to play them, which can ease bringing them into a higher roleplay standard than would be expected on most other servers that allow them. Their background can also allow me to be a bit more diverse in my job role, being able to change from science to engineering as the rounds allow and able to play a bit more of what I know about the game without making several characters to do so, which would hopefully lead to better character recognition and development.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? Fairly well, I can be a bit more reserved when starting new things, but tend to expand and develop as I get comfortable.

 

Notes: I really like the Dionae lore for the server, much more developed than anywhere I have seen, and likely leads to better RP than “plant man that talks in third person”

Edited June 5, 2021 by DtheSnek

[Lmwevil]

VERY sorry It's taken so long, had IRL emergency that took me outta things. 

 

 

How far will you go with "medical Dionae who happens to know some engineering skills due to a few of their nymphs gaining blood from someone who had that knowledge."?

Why did Radiant Star Join NanoTrasen and not Hephestus, who are engineering experts specialized in their field? 

What mind type best fits Radiant Star, if none of them how is their gestalt structured? 

"Their collective mind means that while they can work together and act as a single entity, they can also be slow and almost chaotic in how they speak, forcing you to take into account the experience of the individual nymphs that make up the diona you are playing when engaging with someone" is both correct and not. Gestalts here are allowed to speak normally, chaotic speech is linked to particular communication methods, often if there's multiple nymphs wanting to speak up, or if they're all social nymphs but don't listen to eachother etc. 

Where do you think Dionae lore is weakest on Aurora? 

What would you like to see expanded in Dionae lore on Aurora?

[Yonnimer]

One more question to ask. You joined the server very recently. Do you have any concerns over issues that might arise from you not being familiar with something on server while playing a Dionae? IE a mechanic or maybe a rule. 

[DtheSnek]

Sorry for my delayed response, but I work long days, so I have no time to be on my computer at all during them, so this is both why I am responding on my phone and also trying to apply for something fairly early, as waiting a day is taking one of my day or two days off I have to be able to actually play during the week.

 

1. Not too far, enough to do the basics of needed, but not set up the most efficient design or anything like that.

2. Well, I did say they were approached by them, so likely because the deal they offered may have been better, although it's entirely possible for it to go the other way around, but considering that NT is the most powerful corp, both seem viable options.

3. The best fit would be Competence Choir, with the ones having more language exposure through lectures take the job of speaking.

- I am aware that they are capable of normal speech, I was saying they could be depending on the situation and makeup of the dionae, which can lead to a more interesting rp scenario if some right.

4. I find it a little weak around the more hostile and aggressive kinds of dionae

5. I think being able to maybe have a version of historical events from the dionae side of things, though I'm not entirely sure if it would be appropriate lore wise.

6. As an admin on another server, I understand the concern for understanding the rules well enough to avoid causing any real issues with breaking them, as far as mechanics go, I think anything that would be dionae specific I would have to poke at it myself to really learn, so experience means nothing if I can't even play the race, and other mechanics I'm not super worried about as I have played various code bases before, so unless you have one that is that radically different, I doubt I would have too difficult of a time catching on to the nuances that your code specifically brings.

[Yonnimer]

Hi, sorry for the delay with this, IRL got in the way.

After some discussion, we've deiced to accept your app.  If you have any questions or aren't sure if something is acceptable or not feel free to dm one of us or to ask it in the dionae part of the lore discord.