Command App - Roaper

[Roaper]

BYOND key: Roaper

Character names:

Yorick Gallows, Cutter Sadar, Akira Kitano, Ferrier Hayduck, Theseus, Martin Myles

How long have you been playing on Aurora?:

Currently on a 3 month bender, but I've played on and off for 3 years I think? Usually for a month or so at a time.

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

Outside of being told that I was moving around roles too often on the same character, no, none that I can think of.

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

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

Heads of Staff are older, senior members of the Aurora, either picked from amongst the crew and promoted or shipped in from elsewhere who are trusted by NT to lead and be privy to certain information that is not otherwise available to ordinary crew members. They are considered competent at their job, likely with years of onsite experience, and are problem solvers and mediators.

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

OOC, Whitelisted players are expected to be known through the community as both mechanically able to preform whatever department they are heading, and are able to portray a fun and realistic character who another player could reasonably believe that NT would see fit to assign them to such a position.

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

The largest group of current events was the King of The World Arc, that involved and introduced much of the political machinations surrounding Phoron Shortage, The Solarian Invasion, and the Violet Dawn disaster. Each of these has had a wide ranging effect on the setting as a whole, and my characters within. The biggest factor this had on my characters was Gallow's ex being transferred by NT to Biesel to work on Phoron related projects. This lead to Gallows following her, and ending up on the station in the first place. Without the shortage, he would have likely never come. In addition, Martin was displaced by the Violet Dawn incident, which lead to his disillusionment with Sol, and his immigration to Biesel through NT.

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

HoP, and Liaison. I think HoP is good gateway Command position that will lead to me interacting with a large portion of the crew and acting as a middle ground between non-command and command. Once the application is accepted, since I can't play it during the trial period, I'm interested in giving the Liason a try. I think it holds an interesting position as a regular role on the station that is not considered a member of the crew, and is privy to different rules, allowances, and enjoys certain allowances.

Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles? I have, and I will continue to keep them open during play.

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

New Reade: HoP

Ferier Hayduck: HoS

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

[b]Extra notes:[/b]

Edited September 24, 2021 by Roaper
added another command character

[RyverStyx]

Roaper is a great roleplayer and their characters bring a lot of variety to the rounds! I think they would do great with a command whitelist +1

[Lmwevil]

roaper is my gf irl and he rped with a pAI gf for a long time (and it was me) and it was very funny 

 

in srsness big +1, competent roleplayer with a lukewarm iq

[Desven]

I feel you jobhop too much. Your main character at the moment, Yorick (which was called Yorick Graves at first, kind of an in-the-nose reference to Hamlet), has gone from miner/cargo tech to cadet, chef, first responder and now cargo again. My interactions with some of your retired characters have been negative, too, particularly those from medical. I think you're a nice person, and all of this has been IC in a way, but you ragequitting or just bending rules like jobhopping makes me weary.

[Peppermint]

 I tentatively support this. My only worry is that a lot of your characters tend to be fairly belligerent which in itself isn't a problem, but almost certainly would be as a command character that has much more impact on the round at large. Good luck.

[Faye <3]

i think my only issue w/roaper on command is that at times when u played medical, people often had to make sure you weren't SSD in round and you'd often overlook patients who were wounded and suchlike, i.e. returning to medical and ignoring someone was quite badly hurt. 

 

nothing that can't be worked on, tho. i think you're a good writer and fun to RP with, just work on attentiveness and presence. give em a trial

Edited September 12, 2021 by Faye <3

[ryder]

I think I understand peoples concerns with Roaper and his playing characters who are more often inciteful or not, especially on his main, Yorick. Sometimes rounds are hectic to juggle and things get complicated, but I have seen Roaper play some more outwardly serious and level-headed characters that are to the point and capable, who build a foundation on more delicate subtleties, like Ferrier Hayduck. I also understand and can pay credence to concerns about overlooking details in Medical, although I only have an outside perspective on such, mostly from security. I want to express that I think details in Medical versus any other department, in my experience, are a different beast, and I'm uncertain exactly how well those concerns can translate to a Command role. Jobhopping could, yes, cause some worry about assuming a command role, so I want to posit the question to him directly; Roaper, how are you going to ensure you have a clear, directed approach to a Command trial and show consistency for a server? Will you assume different positions with different characters, or will you be focusing on one niche, like HoP as said in your application?

Overall, I would say that IC behavior doesn't have much substance here, but that certain meta concerns are worthy of addressing. I believe Roaper has a good head on his shoulders though, and can make this work with a realized idea, and play a strong command role. +1

[Roaper]

2 hours ago, Desven said:

I feel you jobhop too much. Your main character at the moment, Yorick (which was called Yorick Graves at first, kind of an in-the-nose reference to Hamlet), has gone from miner/cargo tech to cadet, chef, first responder and now cargo again. My interactions with some of your retired characters have been negative, too, particularly those from medical. I think you're a nice person, and all of this has been IC in a way, but you ragequitting or just bending rules like jobhopping makes me weary.

All fair points although I would like to point out my perspective real quick on a few of these.

1) Yorick's name is a reference to Hamlet, IC. His father is a fan of Shakespeare and gave his some an embarrassing name. Two in fact, his middle name is Ashley because his mother wanted a girl. I would understand if it were a far more contemporary reference but I figured this one was enough of sticking point in human culture that it would be funny but not distracting.

2) I won't deny I've job hopped a lot. I've entirely stopped that with my last jump to Cargo Operations. However, it was cleared by an Admin that I was okay to play CargoTech/Miner/Chef at the same time since they were all lower skill positions. My jump to cadet was a one round affair worked out with an HoS character over the course of three rounds, during which two of them I was still in Cargo. All of it was in response to the Tup event and culminated in spending an entire round RPing with the HoS and an NT Liason. 

All that said the jump to EMT was probably the most egregious. My character was informed that although the restrictions on Security were very tight and that he wouldn't be accepted due to his background, EMT only required some certifications and would still allow him to 'help' people. What would have been the correct course of action was to make a new character and test the waters of Medical but I jumped the gun. I kept getting overly stressed OOC with player's rounds being in my hands and so I went back after working it out with a HoP, which is reflected in Yorick's CCIA records. 

3) Would you mind expanding further on the ragequitting? I think you mean in regards to my first character on the server who I played for less than a week, Saudade the Surgeon? I got an IR on them during an Antag round, it was tossed out or I was never contacted about it, and I deleted the character because I realized their organ thief back alley surgeon gimmick was not going to work out in this server environment.

Edited September 12, 2021 by Roaper

[Lucaken]

I have no hat in the above concerns, but I did wish to point out/ask about one thing that stuck out to me.

You only seemed to count HoP as the main Command staff you'd play, along with Liason which I view as more of a tacked-on option to the whitelist, anyway. Applications like these that only have one planned role in them worry me a bit, because it doesn't tell me how flexible you are within these roles. Yes, it's not a requirement, but it's been said on other applications before. That is not to discount HoP and Liason - they are both roles that I would rather play as well, I just think you could show a lot more competency with two roles.

Even if that doesn't happen, you seem like a positive player and a solid writer. I'm not opposed to seeing you go to a trial as is.

[Waff-AI]

Roaper's an excellent roleplayer and an inspirational player at that. I appreciate his commitment to what he wants to do as a Command player, and, being a Command player myself, see a lot of what makes for an excellent Command player in him. He has my endorsement, and that's even before I think about how much I like his characters. +1 from me, dog.

[Roaper]

On 12/09/2021 at 11:40, ryder said:

Roaper, how are you going to ensure you have a clear, directed approach to a Command trial and show consistency for a server? Will you assume different positions with different characters, or will you be focusing on one niche, like HoP as said in your application?

I think for the start, yes I will be using HoP as my first stepping stone into a command position. Likely for at least half a dozen rounds as I dip my toes into what command involves. I additionally have ideas for other characters including a Captain and an HoS, but I don't feel as though I've put enough work into them just yet to list them above. As it stands neither of my two characters that I 'main' are fit for command positions and so I don't plan on moving either up, opting to start from a fresh slate rather than try to force my existing characters into a role that doesn't fit them.

 

This server demands consistency in characters, so that is what I'll strive for.

[MattAtlas]

On trial until 23SEP2021.

[gladiatorgames123]

I gotta' give a plus one to the lad, I've only ever had really good, RP intensive, interactions with their Characters, specifically Yorick Gallows who's an especially good character of his. I've played with his HoS a few times and I've only had good things to say on that, so all in all, +1 for you! Good luck, my friend! Keep up the good RP!

[MattAtlas]

You played a single round as your HoP this week. What's up with that?

[Roaper]

6 hours ago, MattAtlas said:

You played a single round as your HoP this week. What's up with that?

I've been playing as my HoS instead, Ferier Hayduck. The one round of HoP I started with was /awful/ so I decided to branch out.

 

[Triogenix]

Minus one no pun in app

+1 Roaper's HoS Ferier is enjoyable to play with as security, and is pretty competent at giving orders and keeping everyone organized.

[MattAtlas]

Accepted.