[Approved] BoomerThor Vaurca Application

[BoomerThor]

BYOND Ckey: BoomerThor
Discord username: boomerthor
Character Names: Flynn Johnson, Jimmy Navin, Antoine Maes, Zayn Sadar
Species you are applying to play: Vaurca

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What color do you plan on making your first alien character?: Athvur's brood Bulwark (122, 31, 0)
Have you read the lore pages for the species you wish to be whitelisted for?: 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 species?:
My main inspiration for pursuing this whitelist is from the interactions I've had with other Vaurca players. Zohd, Avek, Zeevh, Nakoz, and Nangeren (to list a few) are all fantastic to role-play with. After diving into the Vaurca wiki pages, I've fallen in love with the species. I love the walking forklift/gentle giant aesthetic Bulwarks give off. It'll be fun getting immersed with other players in the Vaurca mindset.

What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?:
Vaurca don't get to decide what they want to be when they grow up. They are created with a defined task, whether that be a ferocious killing machine or a new-age da Vinci. Your Ta assigns you with a purpose and that's your life's goal. They spend perceived years in VR training and come out fully prepared for the job ahead of them. The way that technology and biology intertwine in Vaurca culture makes them one of the most alien species in the setting. Their hierarchal society demands respect for one's Ta and Hive. A massive part of role-playing a Vaurca is the Hive-net. This allows you to communicate anywhere with any other Vaurca in ways that differ from a radio headset. You can project feelings and ideas to your Kin which makes this species really unique (not including Skrellian psionics).

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Character Name: Ra'Akaix'Dax Zo'ra, Chef
Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon.

Ra'Akaix'Dax Zo'ra is of Athvur's brood, created to be good public relations for Nanotrasen following the fiasco in Phoenixport. Dax spent its time in VR training for the Biesellite service industry, learning human dishes and customs. Once out of VR, it began work at a Quick-E-Burger in Mendell, a short shuttle from its hive-cell. Due to its massive size, Dax had to enter through the delivery entrance to get to the kitchen. Its shift went from 6 am to 2 am, with a 15-minute lunch at noon, eating in the freezer due to k'ois contamination issues. Dax would spend the late hours of their shift cleaning and chatting with coworkers. Typically humans and IPCs were distant from Dax, but its charisma eventually won them over, referring to Dax as the 'big guy.'

After a few months of employment, Quick-E-Burger was sold from Nanotrasen to the newly founded Orion Express. The CEO was set on expanding the operations of the chain, so many of the coworkers Dax was familiar with were sent off to new locations. Its new coworkers didn't like Dax, massive size being blamed for an overturned mop bucket. It was often told to do menial labor, like unloading the delivery truck and mopping the floors. Thankfully, the Ta reassigned Dax to a separate Orion subsidiary restaurant along with a few others from the hive-cell. Dax was able to truly flourish in the service industry, able to work in cohesion with their Ka kin. With Orion noticing Dax's performance and Orion service jobs opening up around the Spur, corporate transferred them to the Horizon to represent Orion.

How has the recent events of the Orion Spur impacted your character? Events such as the Phoron Scarcity, the Solarian Collapse or even the Invasions of Biesel for interstellar-wide affairs, while region-specific events such as the Peacekeeper Mandate, The Titan Rises or even Cold Dawn may impact your character.
Though this was before Dax's time, the interactions that Biesel citizens had during the Court of Queens arc (particularly the Flagsdale riots) would have made them prejudiced to the Ra.

How does your character view the megacorporation they work for?
Dax is grateful for the chance Orion has given him. Now that it works on the Horizon, Dax's able to bring back more money to the Hive and able to experience more of the Spur's culture.

Notes:
I do know this is a bit short, but I've been sitting on this a while and would like to just get it out. I'm sure I can answer any questions below!

Edited February 3, 2024 by Desven
expanding the role-play paragraph

[La Villa Strangiato]

Hi! A couple questions:

1. How does Dax view Vaurca from other hives?

2. What's Dax's favourite k'ois dish? (this isn't a whitelist thing I just want to know)

[Jasorn]

Meant to post this a bit ago, the reply just made me realize I didn't.

BoomerThor is very exceptional in roleplaying all his characters and has been enjoyable to talk to everytime, I'm very confident he could play a vaurca just fine.

Just throwing a +1 in

[BoomerThor]

23 hours ago, La Villa Strangiato said:

Hi! A couple questions:

1. How does Dax view Vaurca from other hives?

Dax maintains a positive attitude with those of the K'lax hive, due to their support of Zo'rane rule, unless they are known collaborators with the Loa’mox, to which it would become strictly professional. As for C'thur, it would remain purely professional due to the K'lax and C'thur hostilities, with Dax showing more support to those of the K'lax over C'thur.

23 hours ago, La Villa Strangiato said:

2. What's Dax's favourite k'ois dish? (this isn't a whitelist thing I just want to know)

For Dax, everything is about presentation. The way K'ois roulade looks and its similarities to the human dish make it a favorite of Dax's.

[Desven]

Application approved. However, I think there's another Dax character, so you may want to change your name.