Lent23 Skrell Application

[Lent23]

BYOND Key: Lent23
Character Names: Sophia Cynthai, Kresshi Tau'ha'nor, Alsina Tau'ha'nor, Szekekiz Kiksuk
Species you are applying to play: Skrell
What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Cool Blue 😎
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: I've been seeing more skrell than usual lately, and it piqued my interest. I took a look at the main skrell page on the wiki and decided that I wanted to give it a try. Between their age, gender and psionics, I believe it would be an interesting species to play. Their advanced age is something particularly interesting to me, and I would like to pursue that further, by either being a longer-lived skrell who takes things at a slower pace thanks to their longevity, or a younger skrell who is more easily influenced by humans and their fast-paced nature.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: As stated in why I want to play the race, they are much longer-lived than humans, and as such would have a much different grasp on time and pacing. Due to their lifespans being triple that of humans, they are much less likely to feel the constant rush that humans do, having to get everything done before their life ends. Aside from this, there are the obvious mechanical differences. Skrell have psionic abilities like telepathy and access to Srom, a dream-like psionic subconsiousness where they can connect with other skrell. There are some other various differences like humor and emotion: Skrell humor gives mild pain equivalent to eating hot foods, resulting in chirrups where a human would laugh; skrell emotion is also much more nuanced than humans, where they lack facial muscles and convey emotion mostly through tones that may not be able to be heard by other species, resulting in a seeming outward lack of emotional display.

Character Name: Aiu Ola'qu
Please provide a short backstory for this character: Aiu Ola'qu, a young Xiialt Skrell, wakes up from a deep sleep in Srom. Their ship has docked. The travel from their home in the federation has been a long one. Stepping out past the airlocks, they see Mendell City for the first time. A bustling center of opportunity for a young skrell like themselves. The older generation, always stuck in their ways has fallen into the rigid structure of the social credit system. Out here in Tau Ceti? Everybody has equal opportunities. Walking down the lanes, Aiu sees many different branching pathways before them. Perhaps working as a chef or bartender in a Mendellian restaurant? ..Is Mendellian even a word? Who cares! There is so much opportunity here.
As they progress down the road, they stumble upon a news vendor peddling information. How exciting! The construction of the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate Flagship: The Horizon. A giant vessel made to house the interests of multiple super-corporations! ..The establishment of the Private Military Contracting Group? A security force to protect such a prestigious ship? Headed for a reconstruction zone outside of Sol? What an opportunity. They just had to get in a bit better shape to fight with the best of them. A Unathi security officer, poster-person of the ad that they were looking at. Could Aiu really hold up to that? There's only one way to find out.
(Ideally, Aiu is either a cadet on the Horizon or a freshly graduated security officer, depending on how long it took them to "get in shape." I haven't decided which I would want to pursue would the application be accepted.)

What do you like about this character?: I'm very interested in playing a young, fresh skrell officer who wants to change the galaxy for the better! The stuffy older generation have all taken things so passively and slow and look where we are! Maybe if they take action for once, they can actually positively affect things! I guess that remains to be seen!
Notes: *warble

[WhatsUpBrotendo]

Hi, thanks for applying and sorry for the delay.

 

Your backstory has no real details regarding Aiu's life in the Federation or as a Skrell. The backstory is meant to be a way for an applicant to show their knowledge of species lore and how their character fits into it.

[Lent23]

I'll be sure to add a more fleshed out backstory as soon as I can, expect it done today 😀

[Lent23]

Aiu Ola'qu is a listener xiialt skrell who was born on Qerr’Malic, the moon of the skrell’s origin planet, Qerrbalak to two other listener xiialt skrell. They grew up in Toqleq'wesi, the second-largest city on the moon. Aiu’s parents were poor secondary numericals who frequently found themselves in situations where they were losing social credit. Constantly finding themselves teetering on tertiary status, Aiu’s parents found themselves working more menial, physical labor professions like mining jobs. Their distinct lower status gave Aiu a lower opinion of the Jargon Federation growing up, something that would stick with them into the future.

 

Growing up, Aiu knew their parents worked hard. They were the hardest working people that they had ever met, and despite that, they were constantly in danger of falling to third numerical status. This instilled a deeply-seated core truth in them: The Jargon Federation had to be flawed. If people who worked so hard could still be such a lower class, then something was wrong with the system. Knowing that there was no hope, Aiu knew that their only hope lied outside of the federation’s systems.

 

Living in Toqleq'wesi gave Aiu the perfect solution: external employment. Idris Incorporated has a massive casino known as The Croaking Gambit. Due to the location being a special economic zone, the human corporation had incentive to hire local skrell. Aiu took advantage of this, and signed up as a security guard at the casino. Idris is one of the large mega-corporations known in the Orion spur, and perhaps if they spent enough time working for the casino, they could find employment outside of the Federation - They would not grow old under second numerical status like their parents did.

 

Through links established in their time working at The Croaking Gambit, Aiu found themselves assisting in a smuggling ring to export Xu’Xi Gas off the moon. The hallucinogenic properties of the gas made for a lucrative market, especially within the secondary and tertiary numericals. Thanks to growing up around secondary and tertiary numericals, they knew how to speak to “lower-class” skrell, and they were able to make a decent side-living whilst working towards their original goal of leaving federation space.

 

Eventually, Aiu was able to leave their smuggling behind, without ever having gotten into serious trouble, when an opportunity arose for a security officer position in the SCCV Horizon, a ship which Idris held partial ownership of. Having spent the past few years working with humans and already having some knowledge of their culture, speech patterns, and generally how to work alongside the aliens, Aiu knew that the switch to a primarily human craft would be simple. With little care for their social credit due to their little desire to return to Jargon Federation space, Aiu made their way to Biesel, before ultimately finding themselves transferring to the SCCV Horizon.

 

(Around the time of departure, Aiu had a Social Credit Rating of 4.31, with their little desire to stay busy in the education systems being the primary season for a loss of credit score, and they were in their fifties, young for a skrell.)

[RyverStyx]

Accepted!