Aphelion Posted February 29 Posted February 29 (edited) BYOND Ckey: 1062 Aphelion Discord username: Peps2023/ "Asio Agent" on the Aurora Server Discord. Character names: Kaori Kari, Sato Josuke, Ketchzi Guwan are currently what I rotate most. Also occasionally Laurette Duoit Species you are applying to play: Vaurca ------------------------------ General Whitelist Requirements What colour do you plan on making your first alien character?: #83290B This sort of Reddish Brownish Darkish color. 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?: They are a species that are unique to Aurora and show the ability of this server's adequate depth in lore. Despite being fundamentally alien to any traditional concept we'd have in nearly every way, they have motivations, philosophies, history, and culture, combined with the need to place themselves within Human, Unathi and Skrell civilization for their own survival. They are desperate strangers in a strange land, where every day they are met with alienation, but must persevere in order to survive. What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?: Vaurcae are made for a purpose, even before hatching, through Imagotis and exposure to various chemical processes, their life is planned out for them. Additionally they are a Eusocial species, unlike Humans they are born from a specific caste, and the vast majority of them are never made to reproduce, but rather benefit the Hive, and the Queen. Vaurca are also either 'Viax' or 'Akaix', meaning they are either nearly brain dead and totally subservient, or more independant while still working however they can for the queen. They're really nothing like humans, except for in a few more recent cultural phenomena that have come about from attempts to integrate with human society, but even those are full of strange realities from their unique perspective. ------------------------------ Character Application Character Name: Ka'Akaix'Telk Zo'ra. Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon. (2 paragraphs minimum) Laid from Ta'Akaix'Athvur'Zezkt'azi Zora, in the year 2460 and grown in Phoenixport, Ka'Akaix'Telk Zora was programmed from the beginning with the strange new concepts that were common among humans, chiefly known as 'Journalism'. The idea of cataloguing information, and representing it in a way that maximizes appeal, while being informative and providing a convincing narrative to change the perspectives of others. Telk, and serveral others of it's brood were built for Journalism, and given the very strong concept, that the best way to help their queen and hive is to convince Humans that the Vaurca are good, kind, relatable, and in general very nice creatures who may just be having a bad day. Starting out it's career, Telk initially created countless scrappy independant journalistic videos and articles, documenting life as a Vaurca, showing how Vaurca lived, and what it was like, and uploading them to the Extranet. Eventually it began making some more authentic style journalism, it's 2462 video 'Buying Milk in Phoenixport' was a particularly moving film that gained some popularity. The film consisted of Telk, and two bound assistants going to the shopping mall in Phoenixport to buy milk. In it, there were various interactions with humans in this process, where looks of discomfort can be seen as many humans either stare or try not to stare, and say rather hurtful things. The timing of this video led to some criticism of how Einstein Engines enabled it's workers to be biased against Vaurca, and caught the eye of Nanotrasen. From 2462, to 2464 Telk would leave Phoenixport, and move to more around Mendel for it's videos. Gaining a nanotrasen sponsorship that led to it featuring NT products and propaganda on it's videos. Over these years it would become more biased to Nanotrasen documenting the worsening relationship between NT and EE, the press of the Solarian fleet into Biesel space, the formation of the SCC, the worsening phoron crises and it's affect on the terrified Vaurca population, and countless unboxings of Nanotrasen products marketed towards Akaix Zo'ra Vaurca. It did a twenty five hour live-stream about the SCCV Horizon, and how Chainlink with nanotrasen at the helm is the best hope for Biesel featuring exclusive interviews with various notable Zo'ra breeders, human engineers who helped design the Horizon, and a skrell scientist who was rumored to soon begin working there (though never actually did). Although there is some contention about Telk being a sellout in some circles of it's human fans, it maintained a large amount of interest from them, fans that it carried over when it was ultimately hired by Nanotrasen to work as a full time corporate journalist in their 'Ship Life' series. Telk and many other journalists would board with various Nanotrasen and SCC ships, documenting the luxuries of being an Astronaut aboard one of their vessels and the joys of exploration. As Telk continued to grow as an artist, it became apparent that one of the best ways to ensure value for it's Queen was to further improve the relationship between Zo'ra and Nanotrasen. The benefits of this increased public recognition from the corporation are undeniable, large portions of it's generous pay going directly to supporting it's hive and Queen, but also improving the way Nanotrasen interacts with other Vaurca. Eventually Telk would be hired to work aboard the SCCV Horizon as a journalist here to document the SCC's flagship and the single greatest mission ever led by Nanotrasen. How has the recent events of the Orion Spur impacted your character? Event 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. (1 paragraph minimum) On the invasion of Biesel It reported on the invasion of Biesel. Due to being a worker, it did not help the TCFL, although there was a brief period in it's career where it helped promote working with the TCFL, interviewing several trainees. On the Phoron shortage Hell yeah, it's scared shitless of phoron running out. That would mean an end to it's queen and hive. It keeps tabs on how everyone is running out, but genuinely believes that the best and only course of action is working through the SCC to ensure a greater supply of phoron for everyone. On the Corporate Reconstruction Zone/ Peacekeeper Mandate During the Peacekeeper mandates, Telk created several reports with SCC and TCFL forces, showing how the people working for change in the reconstruction zone were simply trying to build a better galaxy. It refused to report on the warcrimes that took place, instead only focusing on how the Biesel government was improving On the potential of a Vaurca Queen being in the Biesel Elections It's rather open contract with Nanotrasen has let it also provide commentary on free subjects, in the bi-weekly 'free format' video series known as Telk Talks. Recently Telk had an interview with the notable Zo'ra breeder Ta'Akaix'Kroozich Zo'ra, and a human xenoflourist who had been working in Avthur's hive. The video was discussing the prospect of Vaurca Queens obtaining political power, particularly focusing on how nice it is for humans to live in Vaurca hives, in spite of risks that present themselves. On the recent Virus spreading among Synthetics In another 'Telk Talk' it discussed the virus with a bound Vaurca and an IPC. The episode was not one of the best. It is naturally concerned at what the virus will do to synthetics, knowing that if it became wide spread on biesel it would hurt the Zo'ra hive and damage overall synergy between species in Biesel. How does your character view the megacorporation they work for? (1 paragraph minimum) Loves Nanotrasen, thinks that it's the best corporation. It isn't quite a fan of other corporations, and is encouraged by it's associates in Nanotrasen's media core to focus on how NT is helping people, more than any other company in the Chainlink. Ultimately it trusts Nanotrasen and believes that it has created a mutually beneficial relationship for both NT and Avthur. However it goes without saying that if supporting Nanotrasen ceased to be beneficial for the Zo'ra hive, it would become less of a fan. Edited March 4 by Desven Minor Corrections on re-reading it. 1
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