Guest Posted May 22, 2023 Posted May 22, 2023 (edited) BYOND Key: Rataca6060 Character Names: Oscar Tennent/ Adolf Belgum Species you are applying to play: Vaurca What color do you plan on making your first alien character: RGB 101, 0, 21 (if i have no choice, if i have a choice, either pure red, or a military green colour, need to run them through byond RGB to find what i like best) Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes, although i will need to reference it as my memories shoddy. And would need to have it open to reference to RP. 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 generally like the space insect hive mind motif. As well as them generally being highly specialised to tasks and having both a drone caste and a free thinking caste. They may also be the closest thing this server has to plasmamen and i enjoyed them on the servers that have them, as well as now and the enjoying playing as cyborgs/AI. (although im going for unbound at the moment) And honestly none of the other species really interest me that much, and human gets boring after a while. Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: They are effectively just space ants, highly specialised workers, the bound obey orders without question the unbound grow up in VR and can also think for themselves. And if i understood correctly they all put the hive above themselves? As well as their naming convention and how they speak. (kind of merged with the above one, messed up the format) And their anatomy and life cycle is totally diffrent, and their reproduction is. Character Name:Za'Akaix'Tek' Zo'Ra Please provide a short backstory for this character (Approximately two paragraphs) Za'Akaix'Tek' Zo'Ra was born to the glorious Ta'Akaix'Zoleth'akeh Zo'ra brood destined to become a warrior unbound for the brood. After the maturing process the neural socket was inserted and the virtual realty training in warfare of hive was started. While in VR Za'Akaix'Tek' Zo'Ra took a interest in the nuances of combat engineering and guerilla warfare. Preferring to design and manage the construction of fortifications and planning and leading the breeching of enemy fortifications in wargames. Backed with a healthy dose of challenging themself with wargames against superior forces. As well as campaighs related to these two functions. While also in VR Za'Akaix'Tek' Zo'Ra took a interest in building models of and researching various species weapons as a form of entertainment and to further their knowledge of how to make defences to better them. As well as being enthralled by the Battle of Kan'koor(and other battles), and its monument. Za'Akaix'Tek' Zo'Ra survived both the brutal training in VR and the famine to be a fairly new Unbound taken from VR, as well as getting a lucky position at Zavodskoi Interstellar, due to its relations with the hive, and the companies specilisms in weapons manufacture and guarding. They hope to learn as much as possible about how humans and the company itself make weapons and how they fight, and to bring the experiences and knowledge back to the hive. As well as enjoying the occasional re connecting with VR to deposit this information, as it means partaking in duels, wargames and camapigns. What do you like about this character? The slightly more than usual flexability, and resilence of the broods training. How would you rate your role-playing ability? 50/50, i can do passive ok. I used to think of myself as a good Cyborg/AI role player when i used to main them on other RP servers. Notes: I copy pasted some of this from my last app, as i dont see why the names should change and its easier than writing them out again, also going with a combat engineer motif. Manifested id probably flick between security, and maybe engineering intern to highlight comba tbeing the main specilism, and only able to do basic engineering tasks. (hacking doors, changing lights etc, not setting up a engine) I would also be willing to make and play as a Bound character to prove i can RP as the Vaurca right. I also used to main this server, and was forced to stop due to it breaking on a old laptop. Edited June 1, 2023 by Desven
Roostercat Posted May 22, 2023 Posted May 22, 2023 Hi. I used to be the lore maintainer for the Vaurca, and the biggest thing I usually see people mess up is the nuances to playing a Vaurca that are abnormal to other species. In other words, their weirdness often isn't played well. That being said, here are some questions for you. What does Tek think of the Ve'katak Phalanx? (If you are unsure of what this is, there is a search bar in the wiki you can plug the name into) How is the combat engineer angle going to work? Vaurca in general are extremely specialized, and swapping departments is likely to just be a flat no. Consider a scenario in which a racist crewmember insults the Queens and calls your Vaurca an overgrown Ant. How would Tek respond?
Guest Posted May 22, 2023 Posted May 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Roostercat said: Hi. I used to be the lore maintainer for the Vaurca, and the biggest thing I usually see people mess up is the nuances to playing a Vaurca that are abnormal to other species. In other words, their weirdness often isn't played well. That being said, here are some questions for you. What does Tek think of the Ve'katak Phalanx? (If you are unsure of what this is, there is a search bar in the wiki you can plug the name into) How is the combat engineer angle going to work? Vaurca in general are extremely specialized, and swapping departments is likely to just be a flat no. Consider a scenario in which a racist crewmember insults the Queens and calls your Vaurca an overgrown Ant. How would Tek respond? Generally positive towards the Ve'katak Phalanx, unless i overlooked some lore reason why they shouldnt be. They are a warrior and of a brood that has been attacked by the Li'dra. As well as their brood/hive being one of the runners of it. Willing to drop the CE angle. Its just kind of unclear of workers or warriors would do the more frontliney engineering things, as workers are meant to be adverse to violence. May have leaned too much into the engineering angle, i just have diffrent perspectives on what security skills are to other people. I am just going to re enforce it would be apprentice tier at best. (Hacking doors, welding and unwelding, using explsoives, but not touching electrics or engine construction or maintence etc) If it is to be dropped, i may just make a seperate bound worker, no biggy. Tek would let the insult go with a stern warning, as to not cause a potetional issue with the emplyer and the hive.. If the crew memeber continues, there may be a challange of a duel to resolve the matter as its a insult that cannot be let go. (unless they dont care about the opinion lore wise, then just ignore them unless they break a law) (unclear on what "Vaurcae are generally passive and hold more value in a groups opinion rather than their own.", does it mean they dont care about this persons insult? or they will try and appease a group? If they dont care then the above insult will just be out right ignored, unless a crime is commited)
Desven Posted May 28, 2023 Posted May 28, 2023 Hi. I have a few questions: How old is Tek? You mention its interests, but what was it designed for? What did Trek do before joining the Horizon?
Guest Posted May 28, 2023 Posted May 28, 2023 (edited) On 28/05/2023 at 06:41, Desven said: Hi. I have a few questions: How old is Tek? You mention its interests, but what was it designed for? What did Trek do before joining the Horizon? Without altering backstory above too much: Age: 1-6. (see before Horizion) Not clear on what you mean designed for? The intrests or the chracter? I got told in my last one to add some chracter with some hobbies etc, if its about the intrests objectivity, just to better understand weaponry to make themselves a better warrior. I can not see why just a general intrest in any and all weaponry wouldnt be a objective thing for a warrior Vaurca. [edit:] I remebered almost immediately after posting, they dont really have property without a objective reason, just dont like editing the posts(hence the delay), so will leave a addendum. The objective reason would be the last one i gave, to better understand thus fight with and against species weaponry. Asumption would be full spectrum anaylis as far as they can understand the information. ie disammbly, assembly, maintence and test firing etc. Jobs before horizion: Two ideas, which would require input. Either 1 or 2 years of age, and guarding the brood before leaving. Or number 2, either in the Tau Ceti Foreign legion, if every other sec Vaurca hasnt done it, or the Ve'katak Phalanx (if he can actually do this and leave) and 5-6, so still fairly young. If again, every other Vaurca hasnt done it. (or something else like this, i may not have seen in the lore pages) I dont want to be the umpteepth Legionarre veteran in security. Just to spice the backstory up into something other than new born warrior and these may require rewrites to the backstory. Edited May 30, 2023 by Rataca Making a addednum
Desven Posted June 1, 2023 Posted June 1, 2023 On 28/05/2023 at 05:31, Rataca said: Without altering backstory above too much: Age: 1-6. (see before Horizion) Not clear on what you mean designed for? The intrests or the chracter? I got told in my last one to add some chracter with some hobbies etc, if its about the intrests objectivity, just to better understand weaponry to make themselves a better warrior. I can not see why just a general intrest in any and all weaponry wouldnt be a objective thing for a warrior Vaurca. [edit:] I remebered almost immediately after posting, they dont really have property without a objective reason, just dont like editing the posts(hence the delay), so will leave a addendum. The objective reason would be the last one i gave, to better understand thus fight with and against species weaponry. Asumption would be full spectrum anaylis as far as they can understand the information. ie disammbly, assembly, maintence and test firing etc. Jobs before horizion: Two ideas, which would require input. Either 1 or 2 years of age, and guarding the brood before leaving. Or number 2, either in the Tau Ceti Foreign legion, if every other sec Vaurca hasnt done it, or the Ve'katak Phalanx (if he can actually do this and leave) and 5-6, so still fairly young. If again, every other Vaurca hasnt done it. (or something else like this, i may not have seen in the lore pages) I dont want to be the umpteepth Legionarre veteran in security. Just to spice the backstory up into something other than new born warrior and these may require rewrites to the backstory. Sorry for the delay. I wanted to discuss it with my team first. I think you have a good grasp of Vaurca lore, much better than your previous application, but some things still remain odd. For example, when I asked your character's age and purpose, it was exactly because Vaurcae are designed after a purpose. Overall, I think you've done much better, but I still think you would benefit from reading more and asking some questions. Don't be afraid to reach out to my team on discord or visit the Vaurca channels at the lorecord. That said, I'm denying this application for now. You can reapply in three days.
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