Connorjg1 Posted July 3, 2022 Posted July 3, 2022 (edited) Ckey: Connorjg1 Position Being Applied For: Vaurca Lore Writer Have you read the Lore Team Rules and Regulations wiki page?: I have Past Experiences/Knowledge: Worked on Vaurca lore canon-applications in the past, wrote most of the Biesel Security Services Bureau and contributed significantly to the Hives Renaissance page. I also submitted fixes to update the main Vaurca page. On the less writing-related side, I've also worked on a handful of Vaurca PRs, including the introduction of the virtual reality projector. Examples of Past Work: Biesel Security Services Bureau https://wiki.aurorastation.org/index.php?title=Biesellite_Security_and_Law Hives Renaissance https://wiki.aurorastation.org/index.php?title=Hives_Renaissance Neutron-forge canon app https://forums.aurorastation.org/topic/17154-minor-suggestion-tret-orbital-neutron-manufactory/#comment-157048 Additional questions: What part of Vaurca lore do you enjoy the most?: To me, I've always believed Vaurca virtual reality is the most "enjoyable" aspect of the lore and was the one thing besides the very interesting flavour brought by the broods that really hooked me into applying to begin with. Each Vaurca can have such varied and unique experiences in the virtual realms relative to their Hive that it really is a species capstone in my eyes. Sadly, Vaurca virtual reality, despite being so critical to what it means to be one, gets very little representation on the server, which is something I would like to remedy. What part of Vaurca lore do you enjoy the least? How do you plan to remedy this?: Vaurca lore can, in my opinion, have a cohesion problem across the wiki, which is something myself and some other Vaurca players have noticed. For example, one page will say something which is inaccurate with the page beside it, which is then inconsistent with the main page due to many writers stacking lore atop one another over a long period of time. In my eyes, the fix is simply to go through and polish it all up with a big clean, ensuring the wiki pages are up to date with the information a prospective applicant or species player could want and avoiding needless confusion caused by things like one page mentioning K'lax as a vassal and another contradicting it. This is significant in my opinion because a wiki that contradicts itself can turn people off playing that species because they become confused about what is and is not accepted lore, making it appear more complicated than it is. Do you have any plans for any retcons to occur? Do you believe they’ll be kept minor or perhaps major retcons may be needed?: I have to concur with Desven that the Lii'dra invasion of Tau Ceti needs tweaking, if not outright removal. Information about it is sparse on the wiki, with the majority of it being contained in articles buried deep in the forum to the point where some people don't even know it happened. I believe it would be a good idea to move it to a wiki page and make any needed retcons or changes in the process, basically building the details of the event from the ground up. If you were able to change anything about lore, without any hinderance, what would it be?: There are some outstanding issues with Vaurca lore currently, in my view, such as interspecies relations being underutilised, Lii'dra remaining untouched despite being so essential to Elyra etcetera. Having given both these and some other pieces of Vaurca lore some serious thought, I've come up with a broad roadmap of how I believe these could be tackled: First I'd like to clean up the Vaurca wiki, ensuring the pages are internally consistent before adding some information on how the Phoron crisis is affecting Vaurca the most Phoron dependant species in the Spur. After that, move onto expanding interspecies relations, mainly the K'lax with the Hegemony and Zo'ra with Biesel to add some much needed depth in the relationships which can be lacking outside of C'thur. Finally, in the mid-term, an expansion of Lii'dra with that much needed invasion update accompanied by a general Vaurca military page expanding on the lore of what makes a warrior a warrior. Edited July 3, 2022 by Connorjg1
WhatsUpBrotendo Posted July 5, 2022 Posted July 5, 2022 I've got a few questions: Outside of what you've mentioned, do you have anything planned for Vaurca in the long term? Arcs, general lore additions, etc. How do you feel about Vaurca lore in terms of how it's tied to other species? Vaurca are in a similar position to Diona in that outside of a few areas you'll have to work closely with the other teams at times. How do you feel about working on non-Vaurca lore as part of the team? Sometimes as a team we need to work on something like Biesel or megacorp lore, which doesn't necessarily include writing about how our species fit into it. Good luck with the app!
Connorjg1 Posted July 5, 2022 Author Posted July 5, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, WhatsUpBrotendo said: I've got a few questions: Outside of what you've mentioned, do you have anything planned for Vaurca in the long term? Arcs, general lore additions, etc. How do you feel about Vaurca lore in terms of how it's tied to other species? Vaurca are in a similar position to Diona in that outside of a few areas you'll have to work closely with the other teams at times. How do you feel about working on non-Vaurca lore as part of the team? Sometimes as a team we need to work on something like Biesel or megacorp lore, which doesn't necessarily include writing about how our species fit into it. Good luck with the app! Hey! 1: Outside of what you've mentioned, do you have anything planned for Vaurca in the long term? Arcs, general lore additions, etc: A few ideas come to mind, such as expanding on some of the broods (Tupii and Vytel come to mind right away, Vytel in particular leaning heavily on the "Prime Means" which is entirely undetailed on the wiki), expanding the cities/planets where Vaurca live, such as Tret and an expansion on the role both K'lax and C'thur played during the Hive Renaissance that got them to their current political situation. Really, Vaurca are in a position where a lot can be done with them. 2: How do you feel about Vaurca lore in terms of how it's tied to other species? Vaurca are in a similar position to Diona in that outside of a few areas you'll have to work closely with the other teams at times? I think that Vaurca could really capitalise and expand on the relationships they have with other species considering how tied together they are, which is an element of the lore that, in my view, is a positive. It's really interesting to see how this species integrates with the nations of the spur that they're with and how it expands their flavour whilst matching the themes of the parent with the K'lax for example, having integrated into the Hegemony as a vassal, whilst C'thur has a more symbiotic relationship with the Federation. 3: How do you feel about working on non-Vaurca lore as part of the team? Sometimes as a team we need to work on something like Biesel or megacorp lore, which doesn't necessarily include writing about how our species fit into it: This is perfectly acceptable and comes with any project that is a team effort, I feel. Edited July 5, 2022 by Connorjg1
Caelphon Posted July 11, 2022 Posted July 11, 2022 Thank you for your application. We have gone with another applicant.
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