Boggle08's Synthetic Deputy Application

[Boggle08]

Ckey/BYOND Username: Boggle08(Discord tag: Grand Master Chef)
Position Being Applied For: (Wiki Maintainer, Lore Developer, Deputy Lore developer): Deputy Lore Developer
Have you read the Lore Team Rules and Regulations wiki page?: Yes
Past Experiences/Knowledge: I am presently in college for an English major. Reading and Writing is my passion and purpose in life, and something I have done ever since I was 18 months old. In high-school, I've led projects in the Technology Student Association, and therefore posses a history when it comes to collaborative projects involving programming and sprite-work. Prior to discovering HRP on SS13, I spent my time on a now-defunct ARK Survival Evolved HRP server, and have always maintained an interest in role playing games similar to here and on the table top. I have contributed planetary/IPC lore to this server in the past, which I will link below. (Carried over from the previous application)

Examples of Past Work: I've contributed Burzsia.

1)How much time can you devote to lorewriting?
Much of what I said on my previous application for lore dev still remains true here: I am able to dedicate much time for it, and intend to organize things on my end such that contributions I make can roll out at a steady pace, even when things get busy. 
    By the end of this week, I will have quit my job, and following one or two weeks after, it will be replaced with college. Besides my weekends finally being freed up, this inadvertently grants me more time as the hours were long and exhausting.

2)Do you have any plans for the lore?
I've outlined much of what I was interested in achieving in my previous application, but the two big lore elements that are of the most immediate concern to me are fleshing out the Golden Deep, and corporate lore regarding IPC treatment and their respective paths to freedom. Unless there are other matters of equal or exceeding importance, these will be my foremost concerns initially.

Biosynthetic shells were a big feature of my previous application for many people, and I personally have interest in them because they have the potential to introduce a plethora of sci-fi concepts into the lore beyond the shells' introduction at face value. However, I also mentioned several times throughout that it would be a large undertaking that has the potential to be too resource intensive or incompatible with the lore. If Lancer makes it an item on our agenda, I will throw all that I can into the project. If not, it's just as good. An under-executed form of the concept would be much, much worse than not doing it at all.

3)Why do you want to join?
Because I am still interested in making regular contributions to the lore in a team environment. I even look forward to things like whitelist application evaluations, since much of that is all about reading and comparing material for consistency. Synthetic lore is my strongest suit, and where I draw out my most potent character concepts on station.

Additional Comments: I will link my previous lore developer application in this bottom section, as I feel much of the questions asked and topics discussed are relevant here. Any other questions, comments, or concerns are very much appreciated.

 

 

[The Stryker]

Thanks for applying! Just a few questions for now,

You mentioned that you'd focus on fleshing out Golden Deep and corporate IPC lore, can you go into a little more detail about how you'd accomplish this? Once those two projects are complete, is there anything else you'd make an immediate concern?

Aside from bioshells, do you have any plans for existing shells?

How well do you work in a team? How do you handle criticism or complaints?

[Kintsugi]

Just going to +1 this app, feel free to check out Boggle’s previous app for my justification.

[Peppermint]

I support this app too. They've shown a more holistic view toward synth lore than other applicants, which is great.

[Boggle08]

3 hours ago, The Stryker said:

You mentioned that you'd focus on fleshing out Golden Deep and corporate IPC lore, can you go into a little more detail about how you'd accomplish this? Once those two projects are complete, is there anything else you'd make an immediate concern?

I am already about 60% of the way through the first draft for the Golden Deep revamp, and I intend to provide enough material for there to warrant an entirely separate page on the wiki for the organization. The revamp contributes three primary things: ideology and values for why the deep was formed and why it holds together, the official body of the deep and it's offices, and the establishment of factionalism within the deep(such dubbed formally as Cabals). The end result will create a golden deep that feels much more broad and intricate.

Corporate IPC lore, I mostly want to expand upon how each megacorporation treats their IPC workers, owned and free, their opportunities for freedom relative to each megacorp, the trials to achieve such, and their various other preferences when it comes to synthetic workforces.
    The reason why I wish to pursue this in the first place is because it will provide assistance to players that wish to create a personal arc for their characters that involves them securing freedom. Right now, the most explicitly defined path to self ownership is the process of becoming a synthetic citizen of Biesel, and that has it's own unique trials and tribulations for players to overcome. It's not to say that I want to put a railroading stranglehold on our options for self-ownership, but I feel like it's for the most part a vague wild-west of floaty head-canon right now for people who want to earn self ownership. Having more defined methods of getting self ownership would help players who might need direction, and give those who are confident in their ability to create head-canon more to work with and extra consistency. 
    These new policies would either be bolted onto their respective megacorp pages, towards the bottom, or they would be gathered together on their own page. Whichever is more convenient in the end.

Otherwise, I would like to do more with purpose, Expand upon government owned IPC's, and turn Hivebots into a regular pestilence in the setting. I always have ideas.
 

 

3 hours ago, The Stryker said:

Aside from bioshells, do you have any plans for existing shells?

 Their usage preferences between megacorps will likely be detailed on the megacorp lore I want to contribute. Otherwise, I don't have much that directly pertains to them for now, except perhaps writing about government/megacorp policy regarding their existence and infiltration.

 

3 hours ago, The Stryker said:

How well do you work in a team? How do you handle criticism or complaints?

I've worked in collaborative projects similar to this in the past, and from what I've learned doing that is that crunch should be used sparingly, and that work is meant to be distributed. I myself am tooling around with Github to make my contributions more varied in the future, but much of what we'll be doing can't be hero'd by one person, whether that be me or someone else. Besides that, I look forward to working in a team collaboratively on the lore, I think it will be fun.

I present my work with the expectation of it being picked apart and analyzed as part of the design process, and I am not afraid to do much the same for others. I am interested in quality and consistency with my work, just as much as I am creating it in the first place. I value criticism highly because of this. As for complaints, I'm just as open. Wanting to always be right is an easy trap to fall into, and I try to stay conscious of that.
 

[Omicega]

I'm going to jump on the train while it's still in the station and also add that my thoughts from Boggle's application for synth maintainer apply broadly here as well. He easily has my support.

[Caelphon]

Hi there. Thanks for applying.

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1) What factions do you enjoy the most within IPC lore? 

2) What would you say is the weakest aspect of Aurora Lore? This is important as you won't just be a Synthetic Deputy, you'll be a member of Lore Staff. 

3) If you don't acquire the position, would you still contribute to lore through canonisation applications?

Goodluck. There are no wrong answers. 

[niennab]

I'm happy to see you've applied for the deputy slot. Your application has my all around support and I think you'd be great for the role. My only question is if you feel you can write under the direction of someone else's vision and how you'll adapt to changes/edits offered by your maintainer.

[Boggle08]

6 hours ago, Caelphon said:

Goodluck. There are no wrong answers. 

1) The Golden Deep is a favorite of mine, as are the Mega-corps(technically speaking). Both interact with, or are the direct cause of the corporate and materialistic conditions of the setting. The Deep has a varied approach to the matter in particular: whereas other synthetic factions usually have a doctrine that outright rejects most of the conditions of the setting, The Deep has the capacity to embrace many of the materialistic or corporate aspects of the setting, or reject them all the same.

 

2) There's a few things. I think the Unathi team's primary focus right now is wiki restructuring and setting maintenance, and the Dionae team needs help capturing player interest(as much as it pains me to say it).

For me personally, the faction in our setting that is in most dire state right now is the Technoconglomerate. Off-worlders could use a little love in general, but especially the Conglomerate. I think whenever people try to make Conglomerate characters, they rapidly lose interest because there's very little substance for them to work with. Characters from the faction have a consistent habit of disappearing after a few rounds because of this. They really, really need more fluff.

 

3) The Golden Deep revamp I mentioned was something I was drafting into a canonization app at least a week before the deputy slot opened up, which is why I have so much done for it right now. I actually have a few ideas for some new locations for Unathi lore, but I think the Unathi team said before that they're more interested in setting maintenance first before they can consider canonization apps; at least for now. Whether or not I am chosen for this position won't stop me from writing.

 

6 hours ago, niennab said:

My only question is if you feel you can write under the direction of someone else's vision and how you'll adapt to changes/edits offered by your maintainer.

Having someone above me to set the agenda and have a final say when it comes to edits or revisions actually takes a lot of pressure off me. I'm very wary of putting out lore that's inconsistent or doesn't line up because I personally missed something. I do make an effort to stay grounded with my proposals, and that's because I'm cautious of pulling a George Lucas with my material. If Lancer or Stryker need something changed or written, I'm down for it.

[NewOriginalSchwann]

Like those above me, Boggle is my preferred candidate for the position. I very much want to see his ideas brought into the team, and think that he could do a lot of good if given the position.

[WickedCybs]

Boggle has a very wide range when it comes to how he can present things. In game I noticed it from the way he portrays aspects of IPC lore like Burzsia or The Golden Deep and those characters. Tankred, his HoP whose name I forget but remember everything else about. Very memorable characters. The writing is rather interesting too for the work he has put out. His overall vision in the synth dev app as well is something I really liked.

Would be cool to see what he does in the role.

[The lancer]

Thank you for applying, though another candidate has been selected.