skrell Equairio - Skrell Application

[Equairio]

BYOND Key: 
Equairio

Character Names:
- Nadia Rana, Chief Medical Officer

- Lorelei Latel, Head of Personnel

- Ka'Akaix'Kiiix C'thur, Pharmacist

- Melannie-Celeste Risette, Pharmacist

- Ada Kimura, Pharmacist

- Sylvia Oswald, First Responder

- Zhisra Kha'alzri, Security Officer

- Cradling a Dwindling Light Amidst Whispering Shadows, Chef

- Curiosities Buried Beneath Blood-soaked Sands, Anomalist

- Lone Lights Singing a Faint Requiem, Station Engineer

Species you are applying to play:
Skrell

What color do you plan on making your first alien character:
A dark shade of green

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

Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question.
Why do you wish to play this specific race: 
My friends have had a lot of fun playing Skrell characters lately, and after I read up a bit more on Skrell-lore it seemed really interesting to me as well.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:
There are a lot of differences, and in my opinion the biggest one is their culture and upbringing. Everything in Federation society revolves around the social credit score, your wage, your living conditions, etc. Skrell put a lot of focus on education as well, seeing as you only really graduate at around the age of fifty. 

Additionally religion is quite a big part of their lives, as a skrell you're encouraged by the Federation to study the main two religions (Qeblak and Weiishi) and failure to do so or studying (Suur'ka and Kir'gul) can lead to a deduction of your social credit score.

Their language is also quite unique, some syllables even having to be sent psionically and others inaudible to other species.

Character Name:
Kes Qileliu

Please provide a short backstory for this character:

Kes Qileliu, was raised and hatched by their Qrri’Myaq in the year 2318, the Supernova era, in the underwater settlement of Eriuyushi. They were born into a low-class family who made their living by fishing the local aquatic life. They learned the majority of their basic skills through the Ukutanii and were enrolled into supplementary development courses. Over the duration of their first ten years they were prepared for the Untuk’mak, learning the basic motor and communication skills as well as reading and writing.

Following the Odurserr ceremony, which they easily passed, Kes started to attend Untuk’mak. They studied hard and were taught many subjects, like math, history, Nral’Malic and even learning about religion. Their social credit score is now sitting at a comfortable 6.5, and only rising. Eventually gaining additional subjects, like electronics and computer science. 

At age 30, Kes felt ready to advance into the Depth College. They moved to the capital of Qerrbalak, Kal’lio, in order to attend a prestigious Depth College, although they still frequently travelled back home to their home in Eriuyushi in order to visit their family. In the next two decades of their life, they earned a degree in Integrated Systems & Circuitry Design, as well as in Research and Development, while working aboard a research facility as a lab assistant. Their social credit score now at 7.0

For three decades they worked aboard a research facility orbiting around the planet of Qerrbalak, while getting their final degree in Weapons Engineering. Now a hardworking citizen and supporter of the Jargon Federation, Kes was granted additional privileges, their social credit score now at 7.7. They moved to the city of Qwklip where they acquired a new job as a scientist specializing in the development of new devices such as weaponry as well as medical equipment.

With their newly acquired job and stability in life, Kes adapted a new addition to their name: now, Kes’Xari Qileliu. They still visited their Qrri’Myaq, Qraa’Myaq and Myaq’Lak in the settlement of Eriuyushi on at least a monthly-basis even when their social credit scores were much lower than Kes’Xari’s. Outside of work, they frequently studied their religion, Qeblak, as well as visit the local Observatory Dome on a biweekly basis. 

Four decades passed when Kes’Xari, sitting at the social credit score of around 8.1, was offered a position aboard a prestigious research vessel, investigating anomalies in the region between the Badlands and Light’s Edge. Kes’Xari would be in charge of the Research and Development department of the vessel, producing custom equipment for the anomalists and archeologists.

When the vessel performed a short-range scan in order to find any anomalies, it triggered and activated an anomaly causing it to emit an ion pulse which heavily damaged and deactivated the ship. Even the emergency lighting ceased to function, which proved fatal for one of the dionae engineers stationed aboard the vessel. The anomaly seemed to act as a sort of tractorbeam, pulling the vessel into the star system it was located in. It emitted psychoaffective energies, affecting each of the crewmembers.

The deceased gestalt, a firm believer of the Weiishi, was taken to the onboard chapel where a small ceremony was held to draw out their various spirits, and finally they were cremated.

A month had passed, the crew running on the remaining emergency rations which often caused disputes and more often outright fights. The only remaining engineer on board had already gotten some of the vessel's functions back online, but there wasn't enough power in the thrusters in order to break free of the anomaly's tractorbeam. Kes'Xari was heavily affected by all that was going on, trapped in the middle of no-where, surviving on the limited rations, one of the crewmembers already being dead and the frequency of disputes only increasing.

Three more weeks passed before the engineer managed to bring communications back online and they were able to hail a nearby vessel who agreed to assist in repairs and offer supplies and the research vessel eventually returned to Federation space.

Kes'Xari, now back in the city of Qwklip, experienced a severe drop in their life's stability. The traumatising experience aboard the vessel affected their social credit score, over the course of months it decreased from 8.1 all the way down to 6.3, they no longer fit the criteria to be a part of their Research team and were forced to relocate from Qwklip. Additionally their rights were stripped, no longer having as much freedom in their research. 

Kes'Xari had decided to revoke their name addition, no longer feeling it was appropriate. Now, Kes Qileliu, was reassigned to Tau Ceti space and employed by NanoTrasen to work aboard the NSS Aurora as a Scientist, their job interview today.

What do you like about this character?
I believe I'll really enjoy playing this character because of all the hardships they went through, pretty much going from one of the more prestigious scientists to the bottom. I look forward to being able to develop them further.

How would you rate your role-playing ability?
I think I'm alright at roleplay, definitely improved a lot over the years and I do my best to create interesting characters.

Notes:
Additional information:

What ethnicity is Kes?
Axiori

Are they a receiver or listener?
Receiver

What do they think about the C'thur?
It kind of depends on the brood, I'd imagine they see most as valuable members of the Federation with perhaps the exception of unbound Xetl, who are just kind of odd.

What do they think about the Dionae living in the Federation?
Pretty much the same as the way they feel about C'thur, valuable members of the Federation.

How would Kes feel about working alongside other species?
I don't think they'd see much of a difference, as long as they're hardworking. Probably still have a slight preference for other Federation citizens though.

Where does Kes currently live?
On the Odin, once they've been here a bit longer they might move into one of the cities in Biesel.

What's their favorite food?
Aqoliz filet with some rice and a fresh herb sauce.

[DatSamTho]

As we can see in this excellent application, the trend of nothing wacky happening in and around light's edge, has been present for decades.

Shio is a great Roleplayer, and is always good fun to have around. Easy +1 from me. Phrog on.

[DekserBecauseILostMyAccoun]

Shio is a great roleplayer and an amazing player who I enjoy talking to even outside of ss13, they nail every character they play and I think they'd make an excellent frogge,
+1

[jrphoenix303]

I've primarily interacted with Nadia Rana, Kiiix and Lorelei, and I believe their characters are thought out and definitely nice to RP with. They handle command well as well as their current (at least Vaurca) whitelists as far as I've seen. I think Shio could do good with this species.
+1

[RyverStyx]

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