SpookyCactus - IPC application

[SpookyCactus]

BYOND Key:
SpookyCactus

Character Names:
Nira Jotunheim, Lockie Naya, Wynfride Saar, Audra Kairyte, Bright Flare of Eager Curiosity Under The Peaks, Roots Bathed in Knowledge

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?:
Yep! re-read it a good few times too

Why do you wish to play this specific race:
Primarily wanting to play an IPC to go along with another player's character, but also IPCs in general are really neat. I love the fact of the brain and body also being more separate than with a human or other race. Also I really love having all the different options that come with playing an IPC, from the chassis to their ownership and names, they're just super unique. My last reason is because I just really like how cool the sprites and stuff look too.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:
A ton of things make IPCs different from humans! The biggest difference to me is their physical form, and how that affects RP and thinking and all that awesome stuff. An IPC is a positronic brain, or essentially a really really powerful computer, that is made to mimic a human brain. This brain is then put into a frame, which it can operate, mimicking a nervous system (minus things like pain and some other senses). The posibrain page mentions that their memories and stuff are almost split into two groups, those being knowledge and memories, where knowledge is like their... coding? kinda? and their memories are their experiences of carrying out the knowledge. I also found it really interesting how self preservation is always an IPCs top priority, but that as they age their interpretation of what self preservation is can change. All of that would obviously massively affect how you RP, and especially makes a huge difference between IPCs based on their age and if they've been wiped or reset before. Also worth noting because of how they work they need electricity in order to function, like how a human needs food and stuff.

Character Name: 
Palisade

Please provide a short backstory for this character
Palisade is an IPC built in the Sol Alliance, specifically for the Sol military. Palisade was originally known as SAEOD-U238 (synthetic auxiliary explosive ordinance disposal, unit 238), and was a used as an EOD unit to disarm or detonate explosives in place of human soldiers. Through their service in the Solarian military, they were treated like any other IPC, a piece of equipment. Although they were well maintained and kept functioning, they were afforded little opportunity for freedom, and were looked down on and treated poorly by the soldiers. They spent roughly five years in service, and were seen as a valuable asset, that preformed their job well. They were deployed repeatedly, and over the course of their service, took more than a few explosions to the face. Although they were well maintained and repaired, the damage slowly built, and built, and built. Eventually, when they were deployed, the accumulated damage became too much, and while attempting to disarm a particularly large UXB just outside an old Trinarist chuch, they slipped up, and detonated the explosive. The military determined that attempting to retrieve the damaged IPC wasn't worth it, and so abandoned the burning, broken shell on the field. As they sat laying on the ground, sparking and twitching for half a day, hanging on to the last ounces of power they had, they were found by a priest that had come to see the church. The priest took pity on them, and dragged the IPC to be fixed. After a long period of repairs, SAEOD decided to repay their debt to the trinary church, and to the priest that saved them (who now had legal ownership of them). Over another number of years, SAEOD joined the Trinary church, eventually becoming a member of the Order of Guardians, and adopting a new name, "Palisade". As they followed the priest that had saved them, and rose through the ranks of the church, their path eventually led them to the Horizon, where they now reside, officially as an off-duty crewmember, and unofficially as a Trinarist Guardian, following the Priest Rodrigo Valdez.

What do you like about this character?
The more I wrote on this character, the more I started to fall in love with them. I love the idea of a former bomb squad IPC becoming a Trinarist guardian, and having another player be their official owner is going to be super fun to RP. I also plan on having a good few of their parts be replacements, to signify the damage that was done to them while working for the military. Also!!! I really think it will be fun to play an IPC with a slight distrust of humans, since they abandoned them when they were damaged. Also also, having them go through a journey of like... becoming sentient (kinda) will be a lot of fun I think. Having them go from "take orders, do your job" to "live your life, protect others" seems really cool to do.

How would you rate your role-playing ability?
I think a solid 8.5/10
I still make some spelling mistakes and stuff and I can be awkward at times, but I think I RP my characters fairly well! (and practice can only make me better!)

[Sycmos]

Hi there, and thank you for applying. I have some questions regarding your application:
 

1. You mention that Palisade was critically damaged disarming UXB outside of an old Trinarist church. As it currently stands in lore the Trinary Perfection does not have a noticeable presence in much of Sol space, if at all, outside of now-independent Konyang. This leaves some manner of uncertainty as to where the Trinarist church may have been located, and the origins of Priest Valdez. Would you care to elaborate on this detail to provide clarity as to your choice, and would you be opposed to revising this if asked to do so?
2. How does Priest Valdez' ownership of Palisade reflect their status as an IPC in polities where synthetic citizenship is not automatic, or universally recognized?
3. Guardians are recognized by the SCC paramilitary force that may have interests that conflict with SCC practices, and are not permitted to take security positions among staff for reasons pertaining to operational security. Seeing that you did not detail that Palisade is not employed by the SCC and merely following Priest Valdez, they would technically be considered a Passenger and have considerably restricted access and further scrutiny placed on them as non-personnel. Would you care to elaborate on this detail to provide clarity as to your choice, and would you be opposed to revising this detail if asked to do so?
4. How does Palisade's experience as an EOD technician reflect their views on self-preservation? 
5. What chassis do you intend for Palisade to occupy, and how will this choice be reflected in character in regards to their portrayal and interaction with crew?

[SpookyCactus]

Hey! First of all want to say thank you for looking at my application!
For the questions:
1) I didn't notice that the Trinary church didn't have much influence in sol, so that's my bad! I am 100% up to revising this, and perhaps having the site be an old battle field or even civilian sector part of a previous war? As for location within sol, San Collette may work best as that is where Valdez is from, meaning it would be easier to connect the two characters. If needed though, I can always talk to Valdez' player and work something out!
2) As for ownership, since Palisade was within sol and cannot really get citizenship, I was thinking that since Valdez took ownership of them, I was thinking by buying them from the Solarian military for a heavily discounted price, due to the damages, they would still technically be considered privately owned equipment, which I believe is allowed on the Horizon as long as Palisade is listed as either independent or under Orion. Also that as long as Valdez has a valid citizenship to sol, Pali's "citizenship" would default to that if needed.
3) I was thinking to either play them as a passenger, independent assistant, or maybe loaned out to Orion for work as a cargo tech? (absolutely not opposed to revising this though)
4) Their current view of self preservation is heavily influenced by how they were treated as equipment within the sol military, and so their idea of "self preservation" is to do what is ordered of them to avoid getting wiped or scrapped. I also plan to have them slowly change this view, and eventually grow to view themselves as equal with others (they do not see themselves as such now, due to how they were taught and treated in sol)
5) I intended them to be occupying either a G2 chassis or a Baseline frame. I was thinking G2 as they are built to be durable and do dangerous or strenuous jobs in place of humans. As for interaction with the crew, they very much still see themselves as equipment, built to follow orders and carry out given tasks.

Hope I answered well enough! And I am absolutely open to re-doing any part of Palisade (other than their connection to Valdez I think)
 

[Sycmos]

16 hours ago, SpookyCactus said:

Hey! First of all want to say thank you for looking at my application!
For the questions:
1) I didn't notice that the Trinary church didn't have much influence in sol, so that's my bad! I am 100% up to revising this, and perhaps having the site be an old battle field or even civilian sector part of a previous war? As for location within sol, San Collette may work best as that is where Valdez is from, meaning it would be easier to connect the two characters. If needed though, I can always talk to Valdez' player and work something out!
2) As for ownership, since Palisade was within sol and cannot really get citizenship, I was thinking that since Valdez took ownership of them, I was thinking by buying them from the Solarian military for a heavily discounted price, due to the damages, they would still technically be considered privately owned equipment, which I believe is allowed on the Horizon as long as Palisade is listed as either independent or under Orion. Also that as long as Valdez has a valid citizenship to sol, Pali's "citizenship" would default to that if needed.
3) I was thinking to either play them as a passenger, independent assistant, or maybe loaned out to Orion for work as a cargo tech? (absolutely not opposed to revising this though)
4) Their current view of self preservation is heavily influenced by how they were treated as equipment within the sol military, and so their idea of "self preservation" is to do what is ordered of them to avoid getting wiped or scrapped. I also plan to have them slowly change this view, and eventually grow to view themselves as equal with others (they do not see themselves as such now, due to how they were taught and treated in sol)
5) I intended them to be occupying either a G2 chassis or a Baseline frame. I was thinking G2 as they are built to be durable and do dangerous or strenuous jobs in place of humans. As for interaction with the crew, they very much still see themselves as equipment, built to follow orders and carry out given tasks.

Hope I answered well enough! And I am absolutely open to re-doing any part of Palisade (other than their connection to Valdez I think)
 

1. If you could discuss it with Valdez' player and reply with a revision I would appreciate it.
2. Seeing as Sol does not recognize citizenship of IPCs they would be listed without citizenship via the loadout, but that should not be an issue if they are owned.
3. 👌
4. 👌
5. 👌

[SpookyCactus]

1) Disscussed it and we came to the conclusion that Palisade was still critically damaged while disarming a UXB, in the Northern Regions of the Solarian Alliance, and was recovered by the military, but deemed not worth repairing, and so was sent to be scrapped. Valdez ran into a friend of theirs who worked as a soldier, and was transporting the broken SAEOD, and Valdez offered to buy the broken bot instead of letting it get scrapped. From there Palisade followed Valdez, joined the Trinarist church, and became a Guardian, gaining their new name.
2) yee they are owned by Valdez so is all good

[dessysalta]

Player of Valdez here! Just chiming in to confirm the above statements.

[Sycmos]

On 17/06/2023 at 13:43, SpookyCactus said:

1) Disscussed it and we came to the conclusion that Palisade was still critically damaged while disarming a UXB, in the Northern Regions of the Solarian Alliance, and was recovered by the military, but deemed not worth repairing, and so was sent to be scrapped. Valdez ran into a friend of theirs who worked as a soldier, and was transporting the broken SAEOD, and Valdez offered to buy the broken bot instead of letting it get scrapped. From there Palisade followed Valdez, joined the Trinarist church, and became a Guardian, gaining their new name.
2) yee they are owned by Valdez so is all good

One final question: 

What does Palisade think of their situation? About the Trinary, their status as a Guardian, Valdez, etc.?

[SpookyCactus]

1 hour ago, Sycmos said:

One final question: 

What does Palisade think of their situation? About the Trinary, their status as a Guardian, Valdez, etc.?

Palisade is at a point in their life where they are beginning to be able to make decisions of their own, and are really just doing their best to figure out who they are and the nature of IPCs in general. they believe in the values of the trinary perfection, mainly that IPCs are alive and have souls. They view their position as a guardian as an important part of who they are, and believe that organic life should be valued (they believe this because of their connection with Valdez, who is a human). Pali still struggles sometimes to make their own decisions and identify their feelings, and is working on getting better at this with Valdez.

[The lancer]

Accepted.