[Accepted] Ants infest this Noobs brain, a Vaurca application

[Rabid Animal]

BYOND Key: 50_N00b

Character Names: Yasin Deamurr, Clement Sormirr, F-R.A.N.K.Y., Bjorn Rolaerr, Zukzi Zukarr, Azuah Kizyrr, ARIES.

Species you are applying to play: Vaurca

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Mountain Dew Green, otherwise known as (RGB 130, 150, 20), otherwise known as Vedhra lads

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

Why do you wish to play this specific race:
https://youtu.be/RpdscsPV1yE

I’ve had the pleasure of receiving a high dosage of ants recently, which has made me curious about their lore, which has resulted in my reading of said lore. I’m interested in what the future holds for Vaurca, and would like to experience it first hand. 

 

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

Quick rundown on mechanics; Vaucra breathe phoron, with oxygen being extremely toxic to them. They are unable to self heal and require treatment should they become injured, however their exoskeleton makes them resistant to changes in pressure and temperature – with further nuance depending on the caste. Of course things to keep in mind during RP.

Vaucra are often mistaken for having lesser intelligence by other races present in the Orion Spur, in part because of their speech patterns – the intricacies of their native language lost in translation. Even beyond that, they are considered a threat to some, who fear they may bring more of their kind to the spur; material shortages, particularly phoron, have set these people on edge. This all contributes to a thorough level of discrimination that one should be wary of in day to day life outside the hiveships.

Vaucra are also born with purpose in mind and a job to do, even the unbound are specialized in one a way or another, and the dedication one would feel towards this purpose and their brood, and hive, as whole is unwavering. It is highly unusual for a Vaucra to feel disloyalty. They are highly social, and connect with those of their hive easily, while workers in particular remain passive, avoiding conflict with those they do not mesh well with.

VR also plays a large part in Vaucra life, seen as a sort of paradise for the unbound that use it. Many feel vulnerable outside it, and even resentful when they’re cut off during deployments. Bound are essentially robots, lobotomized before their brain has even developed and used as the primary labor in hives and projects. Warriors are built for defense, however have been seen as less important in recent years.

 

Character Name: Ka'Akaix'Vioux K'lax

Vioux, like many of Vedhras brood, was born with the Ill’dra in mind. It despises them just as any other Vaucra would, however holds a keen interest in their history, technology, and methods. It considers itself an expert in this regard, and can come across as haughty in that sense. It’s time in VR has exposed it time and time again to this threat, giving it a distorted sense of danger, believing the Ill’dra are closer than they often are. Still, this has proved invaluable to its goals and has provided a wealth of knowledge about this enemy.

The first few years of its life were spent on Moghes and Ouerea, first studying the combat styles of the Unathi as a whole, and eventually moving towards a fascination with the Aut’akh and their profound interest in augmentation. Vioux spent some time with their version of shamans, coming to respect the technology they had come up with – crude and violent as it may have been – it was effective on a practical and cultural level. It has come to agree with Zumoks ideas regarding Unathi as a result of these interactions. Vioux itself possesses minor augmentation (beyond what the average unbound would posses), primarily an improved respiratory system, designed with the intent to prevent a black kois infection; the effectiveness of this is up in the air.

Having learned much from Unathite practices, Vioux was shipped off to Tau Ceti to take part in Nanotrasens phoron research, and of course, its application to weapon manufacturing. Now almost four years old, it remains thoroughly enthralled with its purpose and sees this change of scenery as an extremely important step in furthering its broods goals.

Vedhras dedication to Preimminence is not lost on Vioux. While not a shaper, it seeks perfection through its dedication to its purpose and encourages others to embrace this ideal as well. It's views on other races is very lax, respecting them for their strengths and weaknesses, believing strongly in their individual roles regarding Preimminence. Vioux sees the Ill'dras hivemind approach to be a bastardization of all purpose, hamfisted, corrupt, and ultimately a step backwards.

What do you like about this character?

I’ve always liked playing characters with a hyperfocus on purpose and what that means to them, in the past I have used IPCs to further this goal however Vaurca naturally fall into this niche – particularly with Preimminence. I also like playing contrarians, and while most broods are more or less focused on their own survival, I like the idea of the outright aggression towards a “greater evil” of Vedhra and her children.

How would you rate your role-playing ability?
Cool kids only beyond this point /10

 

Notes:

https://youtu.be/RpdscsPV1yE

[Desven]

Hello, thanks for applying. Just some observations and questions.

 

1. Just a heads up, the name is Vaurca. In the body of your application, you use Vaucra. Just be careful around that.

2. Could you please expand a bit on what is different when playing a Vaurca? More of what you think it'd be rather than just what you can find on the wiki.

3. It's a bit unclear on what Vioux did the first years. Were they a kataphract or some kind of Unathi researcher? Just to keep in mind, since as you said, they have a purpose and job when born, so that is somewhat important.

4. As another point, as of now in-lore the Vaurca-Aut'akh relationship is in-the-shadows at best, and null at worst. What I mean is that keep in mind that Vioux would probably find these thoughts about Aut'akh as something personal, or just as a Zumok sympathizer (and maybe even disciple). Zumok gets away with its opinion because of its Xakat'kl'atan status, but a regular Vaurca being too open about this might be troublesome for both Vedhra and their Hegemony arrangement.

5. Being a follower of Preimminence, how does Vioux relate to other broods, and more particularly, other Hives?

 

Good luck.

[Rabid Animal]

1. [...]

Thank you for the correction, a mixture of my established illiteracy and poor proof reading has led us down the evil path of temptation.

 

2. [...]

Vaurca are highly social, especially with one another, so going out of my way to talk to other K’lax and to a lesser extent, other hives, would be a common sight. Since they’re also purpose built, Vioux would be really dedicated and passionate towards its work. Since Vioux is young, ignorance towards the wider world isn’t unheard of – particularly when it comes to humans, as it has little experience with them.

Playing a buggy worker means no valid hunting for me sir v.v Though, more seriously, Vioux would be far more cautious about dangerous scenarios, keeping themselves at least out of sight when hostilities roll around. That said, it’s still very curious, and would likely be very inquisitive about said scenarios and how they were dealt with when its deemed safe.

Other things include, but are not limited to: Bugs talk funny. They are less individual than they are part of their hive, and brood. They prefer darkness, and would go out of their way to make it darker (if possible or reasonable). They need to be wary of their tank levels and eat to replenish it. VR is essentially heaven and acts as their afterlife, their sense of reality can be and is impacted greatly by this.

 

3. [...]

Vioux was a Unathi researcher, their role as a worker would have made it impractical to serve as a kataphract, however it did spend some time observing both Unathi and Warrior Vaurca in this role. The purpose behind this is not dissimilar to others of its brood, and its goals centered around learning techniques which could then be applied to the weapons Vioux was designed to create.

It moved around quite a bit, throughout Moghes at first, to observe as many styles as possible, working with members of its brood – composed of both researchers like itself and warriors intent on applying these new techniques to their own skillsets. Eventually they moved on to Ouerea with the understanding the culture on the planet differed significantly and thus provided new avenues for analysis. It was here Vioux would have started to establish an interest in the Aut’akh.

 

4. [...]

Understood, shifting things around to fix this; Vioux would have done a fair amount of research on the Aut’akh after coming to sympathize with Zumoks ideas, but struggled to maintain or even establish any contacts in light of the public image it was expected to uphold as a member of Vedhras brood. It’s still curious about them, and would like to see their technology first hand, but during the time it spent on Moghes and Ouerea its thoughts surrounding them were speculative and mostly based on Zumoks ideas.

 

5. [...]

Vioux believes that each brood has their own role in Preimminence, and while it relates most heavily towards those with a purpose similar to its own, it is highly respectful to any of those who fulfill their duties. The Zo’ra hive is treated with this same reasoning, however it can’t help but feel slight resentment towards C’thur. Still, it understands that they too have an important role in Preimminence, and makes an attempt at keeping its personal feelings about them in check.

[RyverStyx]

50 is great to roleplay with and I am sure they would do the bugs justice in their portrayal +1

[Roostercat]

Accepted. Pog.