Ublicto - Command Application

[Ublicto]

BYOND key: Ublicto

Discord Username: Imata100

Character names:

Elwood Johnson, Anette Zhang, and Zakaria Khoshkam are the only ones which I have more than a few rounds on. Elwood by far is my most played and developed character.

 

How long have you been playing on Aurora?
About a month and a half.

Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they?
I have received some notes and an antag ban. One note is for not understanding the role of Warden well enough, another is for too aggressive antag play which I also received the antag ban for. None of these interactions were caused by me acting in bad faith, and I have demonstrated a willingness to avoid past errors.

 

Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each.

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?

A head organizes their department to respond to the round and is a primary driver of the story. They direct their department's response to anything that could happen and also ensure that the proper materials are available to help their department do its job. In the case of new players, command staff should ensure that they have the resources to become used to their assignment and aren't pushed out by a lack of familiarity with the mechanics. A head of staff does not need to IC know how every part of their department works, but they should be familiar with their role and be able to organize other players. The primary skill of a head of staff is communication and organization.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?

They must facilitate role play in a constructive way and do what benefits the people playing the round best. That means ensuring departments have clear objectives and in situations where there is a threat to the ship or its crew respond in reasonable ways that are conducive to telling a story. With regard to antagonists, command players should generally give them leeway and allow them to pursue creative gimmicks within IC reason. During extended rounds departments receiving objectives or otherwise being given goals that allow role play that is not just having twenty people in the bar all the time might also be good and make the round more fun, and allow more canon experiences for characters.

 

Explain how the recent events in the Spur changed your character and how they came to be employed on the SCCV Horizon.

Maximilian Burns is a career explorer and merchant who is 37 years of age. His mother Andrea passed away early in his life, and his father Herbert who was the owner of the small trading firm "Burns Trading Company" would raise him on his home moon of Callisto, although Maximilian would attend higher education on Earth. The influence of his father would permeate Maximilian's life and grow his interest in the adventure and profit of interstellar trade, which his Father would cultivate even more so by ensuring his son would be employed in his business and eventually command one of the family's five trading ships. With megacorporate competition forcing the Burns company's profit margins down and the stagnant Alliance economy further limiting their avenues for growth the company would resort to riskier and riskier enterprises to make ends meet. When Herbert Burns died and the company passed to Maximilian it had virtually no liquid resources and was barely able to pay interest on its debts. Maximilian would do everything he could to save it, and quickly find that he would have to resort to riskier and riskier expeditions to Interstellar war era ruins, alien wrecks, and high value transport to keep the Burns Trading Company alive. He would even have to cross ethical and legal boundaries at times. Regardless of his efforts it was inevitable that he would fail. The collapse of organized authority in much of the Middle and Outer rings of the Sol Alliance would doom the Burns Trading Company's future prospects. With the writing on the wall, Maximilian broke up the Burns Shipping Company in 2562 and auctioned off its assets to pay back debts and save what he could of the small family fortune.

He would find a way to do that through employment with the SCC. Being an experienced businessman and trader in difficult situations already he would find employment first as an operations manager aboard a space station before becoming the executive officer of the survey ship SCCV Advance that would be attacked on a mission to a deserted star system by Southern Solarian Military District raiders in 2564. The death of the SCCV Advance's Captain forced him to take command of the ship which he successfully guided to safety and prevented the capture of. This secured a chance for his promotion, which he took at the earliest possible time. He would be assigned to the SCCV Horizon, a much more advanced ship with a similar mission profile to his last posting.

What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted?
Captain

Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles?
Yes

Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking:
Maximilian Burns - Captain

Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action?
Yes, I expect to me stripped of the whitelist if I mess up in a major way or make a pattern of bad decision making.

Have you linked your BYOND account to the Forums?
I will hopefully have this done by the time this application is reviewed. I am having some issues with the linking system.

Extra notes:

Edited September 2, 2023 by Ublicto

[Nol4]

The first instant I met Elwood Johnson I thought he was an unrepentant meme.

I was delighted to be wrong. He has a strong personality and good dialogue, he spontaneously goes out of his way to train and engage cadets, and he's just fun to interact with. The fact that he engages with antagonists in flexible and varied ways and has experience as an antag himself is also huge. +1.

That's everything I could want in someone playing Command.

Edited September 3, 2023 by Nol4

[N8-Toe]

+1 Elwood is great and I love interacting with him as nash. You got great communication and RP skills, you'll do great in command!

[CampinKiller]

I'm going to be denying this for now. Feel free to reapply in about a month. I'll reach out on discord with more information.

Edited September 6, 2023 by CampinKiller