CampinKiller - IPC Whitelist Application

[CampinKiller]

BYOND Key: CampinKiller

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Logan Wright

Jackson Zhao

Connor Wilson

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Species you are applying to play: IPC

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: N/A

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 long said that I didn't really have much interest in playing other species, save for IPCs. IPCs are in a very unique position in the Auroraverse, where they aren't exactly drones with no rights, but they also are not free and on the same level as organic species. I think this makes them interesting from a character perspective, and being able to explore that is what makes me want to play IPC.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: As I referenced above, they are in a unique position where they are essentially 2nd class beings, when compared to humans. Even in Tau Ceti, where synthetics can have citizenship and be, essentially, free, there is still heavy discrimination towards IPCs. The very question of whether or not IPCs are sentient beings, or just complicated computer programming, is a heated debate among various human cultures, with outcomes ranging from soulless automatons to a higher plane of existence that humanity should strive towards. This allows for a wide range of potential roleplay interactions with other characters and different backgrounds for IPC characters.

Character Name: Kija-37

Please provide a short backstory for this character:

Kija-37 is the 37th positronic assembled by the Terraneus Diagnostics facilities in January 2463. While initially scheduled for sale to an outside party, the party unexpectedly cancelled the purchase, and Kija-37 was in limbo for a short time until they were sold at a discount to NanoTrasen. Kija's original role was designed to be in the medical field as a physician, but with the sale to NanoTrasen, Kija was retrofitted to instead be a responder role on one of its stations, the NSS Canis Minor in Tau Ceti. Kija was met with the realities of life in the Spur as a synthetic, even in Tau Ceti, on the Canis Minor, with those less sympathetic towards synthetics showing their distaste, especially the medical students.

Kija grew to resent their work on the Canis Minor, given the wide variety of treatment it received from those who look down upon synthetics in general. Unfortunately, they were unable to seek a transfer to a different posting, given corporate policy, and instead had to wait patiently for a reassignment to a post that needed bodies. They finally got this opportunity when they were given notice they would be reassigned to the SCCV Horizon in a week, and to prepare the few belongings they may have for transfer.

What do you like about this character? I like that the character is in a position where they are not necessarily going to be liked or accepted by everyone, and they know it. Having come from a place where they were not necessarily accepted by all, and seen as lesser by many medical students in Tau Ceti, the prospect of playing a character that is going to have to deal with that sort of distrust and behavior/attitudes from other characters seems pretty interesting to me, especially seeing how a character would develop in such circumstances.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? I would rate my roleplay ability to be good. I'm not going to sit here and say I'm an amazing, 10/10 roleplayer, but over the years I feel that I have learned how to roleplay will, and respond to in game situations with characters of various viewpoints and background.

Notes: None

[Butterrobber202]

get this man a WL so help me god

campin is a good apple and one of our  prominent players, he’s got a long record of good RP and I know a good chunk of people certainly enjoy Logan Wright.

 

(apply for Skrell)

[Owen]

I agree with Butter here. Campin is an excellent roleplayer, and definitely has what it takes to be given an IPC whitelist. Reading over the application, it looks like he's read up on the different aspects of IPC lore and how to play them properly. Giving them a definite +1 

[The Stryker]

Thanks for applying!

Just a few questions for the app,

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

Could you expand on this? You've talked about how differently IPC are treated, but could you talk more about how IPC behave differently?

How does Kija behave? It would help to know a bit more about how the character behaves in the workplace.

[CampinKiller]

16 hours ago, The Stryker said:

Thanks for applying!

Just a few questions for the app,

Could you expand on this? You've talked about how differently IPC are treated, but could you talk more about how IPC behave differently?

How does Kija behave? It would help to know a bit more about how the character behaves in the workplace.

In terms of how IPCs behave differently, they are robotic in nature, and take analysis, calculations, and cause/effect into consideration when deciding on a course of action, how to respond to events that are occurring, etc. This means that although they can, to some degree, emulate human behavior/emotion, in the end, they will not be able to completely mimic those, and will rely on the cause/effect, calculations, etc. to determine the "proper" reaction. I think the best way to sum it up is that they are generally more "precise" in the sense that their behavior is carefully determined with the methods I mentioned.

Kija is mainly focused on doing their job first and foremost, and behaves in that kind of manner. They have the typical social programming for a sort of "crisis" role if you will, able to provide some level of empathy/comfort to people in distress, are generally pleasant to co-workers, and will cultivate professional relationships with them. While they can dislike various circumstances that may come about, they will typically attempt to find the best path forward where they just deal with it and move on, or otherwise (such as in the backstory) find an alternative solution, if that solution would lead to a more preferential outcome.

[The Stryker]

Thanks for the reply,

Just a few more questions,

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Kija grew to resent their work on the Canis Minor, given the wide variety of treatment it received from those who look down upon synthetics in general. 

Why did Kija grow to resent their work on the Canis Minor, especially when they're so focused on their work? How did they know that what was happening to them was bad?

[CampinKiller]

5 hours ago, The Stryker said:

Why did Kija grow to resent their work on the Canis Minor, especially when they're so focused on their work? How did they know that what was happening to them was bad?

I should clarify I meant that they grew to resent the work environment, not their work specifically. However, they came to this conclusion because, while at first they had no response to any of the commentary that might get directed towards them, eventually they saw one of their supervisors tell some people to knock if off, and made the connection that the behavior was not correct. While Kija maintained focus on its work, the resentment was a byproduct of many "incorrect" occurrences in the hyper-competitive environment of the Canis Minor.

[The lancer]

Accepted.