ATGiltspire has Computer Problems- IPC App

[ATGiltspire]

BYOND Key: ATGiltspire

Character Names:
 
Jeanne Escoffier
Hayashi Kuri
Sathiss Tau'ha'nor
Metella Andoross ☠️
Melody Osterwise
Ash Bell
 
Species you are applying to play: IPC
What color do you plan on making your first alien character: IPC Exempt
Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes, all of them

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 think that IPCs, with their different procedures of maintenance, can show levels of concern far beyond humans, since they can’t simply take medication and heal up. IPCs are also more dependent on other crew, since they also require power to be set up to avoid shutting down. Each different frame having different positives and negatives are cool, but for now, I expect to only use a baseline frame.

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

IPCs are formed by their experiences, and governed by logic and their drive for understanding. I plan on making an IPC who has had a few years of experience. This means my character will be able to adapt to changing environments and experiences relatively rapidly, as they have had time to cement their personality. 

Character Name: BN-06933 "Bunny"

Please provide a short backstory for this character 

Xion Worker Model BN-06933 was activated in the latter half of 2456, being created to exploit the mineral resources of various asteroid fields for Hephaestus Industries. Initially only working as a basic mining Industrial Unit, BN-06933 would spend its downtime alongside the other miners, learning how best to serve its corporate masters… and learning that not everyone has them.

 

When Hephaestus moved into Ouerea, BN-06933 moved with its mining team to the world, earning the nickname of “Bunny” from a skrell after damage to a leg motivator caused it to need to hop back for emergency repairs. When the Rebellion of 2460 began, Bunny suddenly found themselves in a confusing situation. One on side, they could not defy their masters, but on the other side, they had found themselves drawn to their mining team, finding satisfaction in working and resting alongside them. Their choice was made for them, however, when Hephaestus issued a recall, returning BN-06933 back to their previous task of mining asteroids when the Rebellion boiled over into a full-scale uprising. Watching the news of the uprising, Bunny began to subtly question their corporate masters, but refused to let it show, knowing that they could be deleted without a second thought by the Agent that oversaw them.

As part of Hephaestus’s expansion back to the main stage with their acquisition of the Hegemony, Bunny was reassigned to the Horizon, where their experience and frame could be put to a profitable use, collecting materials for the Chainlink to use for its expansion.

What do you like about this character? I like playing a character with more mechanical trains of thought than others. The thought of playing a miner has always appealed to me, and I think the possibility for Bunny to be a driving force for the other departments is an attractive concept. The use of logic and math in an IPC is relatively easy for me to relate to, and would be quite fun to do.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? I would rate it relatively high, now. Probably at a 6 to 7 of 10. 

Notes:

 

Edited October 2, 2023 by ATGiltspire
Edit: Read Golden Deep and Trinary Perfection lore now

[Ublicto]

I like a lot of ATG's characters and letting them play a robot sounds like a good idea to me. Bunny sounds like a solid character and I hope to see them on the manifest soon. +1

[Sycmos]

Hi, thank you for reapplying. I have a few questions regarding your application:

1. Could you further expand on your thoughts regarding how you feel portraying an IPC/synthetic may be different from playing an organic?
2. Given the predominantly Unathi population of Ouerea, their spiritual predisposition of disliking synthetics, and the Nralakk Federation's stewardship over the planet during the Contact War, how can you reconcile BN's place in Ouerean society and their interaction with Skrell and Unathi?
3. Knowing Hephaestus' relationship with the Unathi, why would they choose to send synthetic coworkers to potentially replace their organic workers?
4. How would this history with Hephaestus lead to them being considered for work on the SCCV Horizon?

[ATGiltspire]

On 02/10/2023 at 22:20, Sycmos said:

Hi, thank you for reapplying. I have a few questions regarding your application:

1. Could you further expand on your thoughts regarding how you feel portraying an IPC/synthetic may be different from playing an organic?
2. Given the predominantly Unathi population of Ouerea, their spiritual predisposition of disliking synthetics, and the Nralakk Federation's stewardship over the planet during the Contact War, how can you reconcile BN's place in Ouerean society and their interaction with Skrell and Unathi?
3. Knowing Hephaestus' relationship with the Unathi, why would they choose to send synthetic coworkers to potentially replace their organic workers?
4. How would this history with Hephaestus lead to them being considered for work on the SCCV Horizon?

Hi! Thank you for asking


 

1. In my opinion, a synthetic needs to make a place for themselves. As a species, they are commonly treated like the lower class, or worse. Understanding that the systemic bias against them will always hold them, they must strive harder than others, showing that they can be just as good as a human. While they may not always be able to comprehend things from an organic mindset, they inherently understand that the Spur was built by and for organics, rather than synthetics. Out of the whole Spur, there are few places that treat IPCs like people. Biesel has made strides in tolerance, and Konyang is very accepting, but that is it. Instead of even being a minority, they are barely even people. The destruction of an IPC isn't even considered murder, with only a twenty minute sentence. It is an uphill battle for acceptance, rather than having a baseline of acceptance.

2. By the time Hephaestus moved into Ouerea, the Nralakk Federation had already left, as this was post-contact war. The Skrell that remained were mostly the ones that did not wish to leave, and were considerably more liberal than the Federation, but the Skrell still viewed BN with suspicion, fear, and anger. While the Skrell never directly harmed them, there were times when BN would find their charging ports blocked off due to crates, power cut at inopportune times, and dismissive responses to questions. As for their interaction with the Unathi, it was significantly more violent. While most reacted with disgust, there were some that called themselves Aut'akh that were strangely interested in BN, and they found much of their spare and replacement parts missing. Unfortunately, BN still managed to catch the ire of many Th’akh, and would commonly have stones thrown at them, leg traps set to pin them, and requests for maintenance refused. BN does not view Unathi in a positive light, having only suffered abuse and theft from them. 

3. At that time, Hephaestus was uncaring of the people of Ouerea. They took on union busting activities, exploited the workers, and were just general shits to the people. As it was still an early development, Hephaestus believed that it would be easier to ship synthetics, which require less room for storage and food for upkeep, in case the world did not turn profitable.

4. Hephaestus has had a bit of a rough break, with the loss of a transport vessel in their mind, and risk analysis showing mining to be a dangerous job. As a positronic that is just mining some asteroids is not one that is earning lots of money, and BN had previously proven themselves as an effective worker, it makes sense for Hephaestus to have them working on one of the most potentially profitable vessels in the Spur, so that they can make sure to claim their share of the pie each shift. Mining is dangerous, yes, but BN has shown that they have skill.

[La Villa Strangiato]

I am personally not sold on your reasoning for Hephaestus sending BN to Ouerea. As you have an Unathi app, I assume you have been following recent developments in Unathi lore, where Hephaestus has become very intimately intertwined with Moghean and Hegemonic culture. In particular, a lot of managers of the Hegemony sections of Hephaestus are Unathi; why would they, being presumably Sk'akhists, permit a synthetic in Unathi workplaces? It simply does not make sense for a corporation to send a valuable, expensive asset to a place where the culture is actively hostile towards synthetics.

[ATGiltspire]

9 minutes ago, La Villa Strangiato said:

I am personally not sold on your reasoning for Hephaestus sending BN to Ouerea. As you have an Unathi app, I assume you have been following recent developments in Unathi lore, where Hephaestus has become very intimately intertwined with Moghean and Hegemonic culture. In particular, a lot of managers of the Hegemony sections of Hephaestus are Unathi; why would they, being presumably Sk'akhists, permit a synthetic in Unathi workplaces? It simply does not make sense for a corporation to send a valuable, expensive asset to a place where the culture is actively hostile towards synthetics.

As was mentioned in the App, Hephaestus sent BN well before the merger. BN was sent when Hephaestus first moved into to Ouerea, when HI was more concerned with getting all the materials they could, and ignoring the rights and beliefs of the people. At that time, it was humans in control, and they would definitely send a synthetic to do the difficult mining jobs that others were unable to do. They hadn't experienced the Ouerean Rebellion yet, so they didn't give a crap as to what the people wanted. 

[Sycmos]

While the synthetic team appreciates you reapplying we have decided after some deliberation to deny this application. The contents of your whitelist character background, and the underlying understanding of our lore presented through it, do not sufficiently meet what we are expecting in a realized, grounded whitelist character from a synthetic whitelist holder. 

 

You are free to reapply in a month's time from today.