[Denied] ElizabethDame IPC WL

[ElizabethDame]

 

BYOND Key: ElizabethDame

Character Names: BORE GM-9

Species you are applying to play: IPC

 

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Exempt

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

 

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:

Robots or android, I’ve generally enjoyed both in most mediums for how they vary from place to place, but overall carry that certain charm of a synthetic creature. It’s why I gravitated toward playing Cyborg when I first joined, specifically as a robot, chip-brain, or what-not. Playing an unfeeling machine, that was my goal at first, but as I gravitated into the character I started playing them more friendly in a sense. Even though they didn’t consider anyone friends per say, they still kept those who considered themselves as such closer than most for their usefulness. I want to generally carry this over to my next character, presumably this one. I want to build on what I have in my head further while not limiting myself as much as a cyborg. I’ve had fun as one of course, but the lacking lore and possible removal has made look to other possible avenues.

 

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:

Unlike humans, robots, androids, and IPCs aren’t as limited by their emotions. They’re logical, and while they might mimic emotions, it’s generally for the satisfaction or comfort of living beings, which they themselves are not. 

 

Character Name: CILES NT-913

Please provide a short backstory for this character

(Approximately two paragraphs)

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CILES NT-913 was made during the year 2461 by Nanotrasen within the confines of the planet mars, specifically to assist with the ongoing research of phoron and the alternate means by which it could be procured. While generally reclusive outside of their department, they’d nevertheless work hard when within it to accomplish company goals. That is at least until The Violet Dawn Explosion occurred, and they had found themselves dislocated from a familiar place and into one more unfamiliar. That being said, this had hardly struck them deep, and they were back to working towards the next corporate agenda, whatever it had been.

 

Such was the routine for a good while, generally unchanging, much like themself. Their focus was purely corporate, and even as jobs shifted, they themselves specialized in one specific field, nothing much changed about their demeanor and overall personality. They were still as robotic as when they came off the production line, perhaps more than some. After all, why

bother socializing when it is an overall net loss for productivity as a whole? Work first, banter later.

 

What do you like about this character?

Describe what you like about this character

While generally not very fleshed out as of now, I do think they’d be promising to roleplay. The mere idea of roleplaying a work-focused, glorified corporate drone who’s more focused on the state of the Horizon and perhaps Nanotrasen beyond  is one thing that makes giddy, and the fact that they might eventually change through interaction is another.

 

How would you rate your role-playing ability?

Generally speaking, I would say that I’m rather good at roleplaying as I’ve had thousands of hours to practice it, specifically on other SS13 servers or games like Neverwinter, FFXIV, and Project Zomboid. Nevertheless, I am not a native English speaker and so my literacy does naturally drop by the time I usually play as an Eastern European. Overall I don’t think anyone would describe me as bad at it, though there might some criticism at times.

 

Notes: I hope to play this character as either a scientist/xenoarcheologist mixture, or maybe even xenobotanist/xenoarcheologist mixture.

Edited October 19, 2022 by The lancer

[Carver]

One of the best shipbound players around, I have full faith in their ability to play an IPC just as well.

+1

[EJJ]

BORE is epic and fun to play with. I wish to see them suffer from not having access to every part of the ship and this character sounds very fun!
+1

[JeffMomentRed]

Bore has been a constant, reliable stream of quality roleplay and fun gameplay. I can tell simply through my near daily interactions with Bore that this player is absolutely ready and capable of handling IPC. I am so eager to see this player take part in our crew in a more substantial and more creative way, than what Bore was limited by. 

Forget the +1, go for +2 as I know I speak for at least one more : )

[Sputnik5927]

BORE GM-9 is a great example of this player's roleplaying ability. When I played AI, BORE was always fun to interact with. I'm looking forward to roleplaying with this character seeing what they do with an IPC.

+1

[The lancer]

Hi, sorry for the long wait, everyone's been a bit busy with irl things.

To start with, the character backstory is way too short and doesn't really tell us anything about the IPC. We need a backstory with details about their life experiences, how they're treated by others and how these experiences and treatment shaped them and their beliefs. The prompt says 2 paragraphs minimum but this doesn't reach it, so you will have to remake it, expand it or think of another, more complex character to apply with.

Also in the "Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human" question, could you provide some examples?

Everything else seems fine. You just need to keep these two things in mind when you reapply, but for now I will have to deny this application.