[Accepted]Cinny is finishing the whitelist infinity gauntlet (IPC app)

[CinnySuccubus]

BYOND Key: CinnySuccubus
Character Names: Adannaya Kayeda, Xiang Zhao, Erri Sliszek, and a bunch of others
Species you are applying to play: IPC
Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes.

Why do you wish to play this specific race: There are a lot of neat things in IPC lore that look fun to roleplay with, like the merchant-guilds of the Golden Deep, and the Scrapper underworld. Plus, not only are robots heckin’ neat, I think there should be more G2 waifus, and plan to make several. You can’t stop me, nobody can!

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: The flesh is weak. Additionally, while IPCs are all essentially sapient, their decision making is entirely machine-based, so they make decisions based on logic and statistics. They don’t necessarily have any specific speaking quirks, being that this and their personality is essentially entirely based on their creator(s). Above all else, they prioritise self-preservation, likely because they are damned expensive.

Character Name: Juno
Backstory: Juno was purchased by an independent captain, Emery Sonnet, who owned a mining barge, the Orpheus, and a small fleet of mining drones. She was purchased to fill the role of an EVA maintenance unit, saving Sonnet the trouble of donning a voidsuit for every minor inconvenience. It didn’t take long for Juno to prove her worth, and earn her place as the first mate of the Orpheus.
After about a decade of working together, Sonnet and Juno had amassed enough credits to put a deposit down on a new ship, and purchased the Orpheus II, a much larger mining frigate, with space for an actual crew, and more drones. As the crew of the Orpheus II began to pay off the rest of their ship, the galaxy’s phoron reserves began to dry up, and mining became far less profitable without it.
Stuck in hard times, Captain Sonnet took to smuggling to supplement a dwindling profit margin. This worked for a time, holding off the debt collectors, but it wasn’t meant to last. The Orpheus was stopped by Tau Ceti authorities, and searched, discovering millions of credits of contraband in the mining hold. Sonnet and the crew were arrested, though the crew were only fined. Sonnet’s possessions, including the ship and Juno, were auctioned off. Sonnet is currently serving time in a prison in Mendell City.
Juno, rather understandably, was quite upset about being separated from her owner, and tried to protest this. This only resulted in her being mindwiped and sold on - to Nanotrasen, who are planning to put her to work on the NSS Aurora II. For the most part, Juno believes she is a factory-new model, but her mindwipe was not flawless. In most cases she remembers nothing, but she does sometimes have flashes of her past life.

What do you like about this character? Aside from the fact I was actually able to write what I think is an interesting backstory, I like the potential for conflict with this character. Emotional turmoil often makes for the most interesting roleplay, and I wrote the captain Emery Sonnet with the idea that someone (likely Xev) would play them in future once they get out of prison, potentially triggering Juno’s memories. Should be fun!
How would you rate your role-playing ability? About 8/10. I play a bunch of tabletop games as well as stuff like SS13, so I’d say I’m pretty good. I also have a bunch of other whitelists.

Ask questions. My weak ADHD brain makes me forget things, so if you're curious about something that I didn't write about, I probably just forgot it.

Edited November 4, 2021 by The lancer

[The Stryker]

Hi! Thanks for applying, just some questions for the application.

Can you expand more what makes role-playing the species different? In particular, their treatment in different areas of the Orion Spur?

How old is Juno? Can you talk more about Emery Sonnet's and their influence on Juno? How did this affect Juno? You mentioned Juno being a first mate, did it have any major interactions with organic crewmembers, especially being in charge of them?

Finally, could you talk more about Juno's behavior as a character?

[CinnySuccubus]

IPCs are generally treated poorly in most areas of the Orion Spur, with some people viewing them as nothing more than property, free to vandalise or damage with little recompense. On Biesel this isn't as much of a concern as IPCs, free or owned, possess more rights here than many other places in the Spur. In other places, especially Dominia and the Hegemony, synthetics as a whole, especially IPCs, are met with at best mistrust, and at worst outright violence.

Juno is roughly 14 years old, having been bought new by Sonnet. Emery had a significant influence on Juno's personality, leading to her being somewhat easygoing, but still entirely capable of getting what needed doing done. Naturally the two were close friends, with Sonnet not particularly caring that Juno is a synthetic. This shaped Juno's opinion of most organics, whether this is justified or not, she initially believed they were generally friendly, with some exceptions to the rule. The crew of the Orpheus was small, perhaps a dozen at most, but Juno was technically in charge of them. For the most part, this just involved assisting Sonnet with their duties, however Juno did also typically take the role in stride when Sonnet was away, or even just sleeping. Most crewmembers did not particularly mind this, they were all getting paid after all. However, with the rising tensions due to the Phoron shortage, some crewmembers did begin to question whether Juno truly deserved her role. While she did manage to defuse this situation, this also affected her view of organics, somewhat poisoning the childlike optimism she displayed previously. However, due to the timings of the new ship and the phoron shortage, Juno was only in charge of anyone for just over a year, so she has not had an enormous amount of experience with this.

Juno's personality is still coming back to her after her mindwipe, however she is rather industrious, always making sure the job is done before considering any recreation. With other synthetics she is quite easygoing, likely to trust them without question. With organics, her views have been somewhat poisoned by her experience of being torn from her closest friend and sold like a used car, although she is still optimistic that most people are not like this, she is just a bit more guarded.

[The lancer]

Accepted.