NG+7 Gael Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) BYOND Ckey: CriticalDuck Discord username: imperial_duck Character names: Aurelien Levasseur Species you are applying to play: IPC ------------------------------ General Whitelist Requirements 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? Exploring new angles to interact with people is fun, and IPCs provide a lot of different opportunities due to how diverse and versatile they are. Additionally, as a long-time Dominia main, I've been interested in the idea of playing a synthetic character for a while now. I've mostly played Humans during my time on Aurora, and the diverse array of options for Humans- even within a singular faction- has been enough to provide me with many different opportunities for characters who play very differently from one another. On the other hand, playing a completely different species, like Vaurcae, provided me with a completely different experience from anything that was possible to have with a Human character. What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human? The amount by which roleplaying an IPC differs from roleplaying a human largely depends on the specific IPC itself, due to the fact that IPCs are so diverse. Where an IPC was manufactured, what it was created for, how it was developed and by whom, whether it's free or owned, and various other factors can all affect how an IPC is roleplayed. Aside from those, however, there are common factors amongst all IPCs which will differ their roleplay from that of Humans; their synthetic nature and the fact that they are- in the eyes of the majority of the spur- nothing more than tools at best means that the way that IPCs see themselves, and how other crew see them, can have wildly different effects on their roleplay. Some people may interact with them as people, others may interact with them as machines, and other still may interact with them as if their existence offends them personally. ------------------------------ Character Application Character Name: Z.I. Edith Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon. Z.I. Edith is a standard Baseline model IPC created in 2464 by Confiance Technologies on Luna. Originally created to be an Engineering unit operating in local space for the company, Edith was initially installed only with basic functionalities, a basic engineering skillset, and the ability to understand Solarian Common. It was then grouped with a number of other newly-created synthetics in order to gain more engineering knowledge through hands-on field experience. Eventually, after a couple of weeks, Edith was removed from the learning group and sent to work in a nearby station orbiting Luna, where it continued its work. While Edith did manage to learn quite a bit about its work during this time, both from its own experience and from watching other synthetic workers, it still lacked any real experience interacting with others, and especially with non-synthetics. Due to this, what brief interactions it did have with other synthetic workers- whether obligatory or not- typically ended up being cut short by its own incompetence and lack of social experience. This, combined with the nature by which Human employees tended to treat Edith- which was primarily as though it didn't exist for anything other than their own convenience- worked to shape its worries regarding how its handler might see it; after all, an unwanted synthetic is certain to be dismantled. Its worries would be unfounded at this point, however, as- much to Edith's surprise- its handler had been sufficiently happy enough with its performance aboard the station and capacity to develop that it was suggested that Edith would next be sent to Biesel, where it would undergo some maintenance before being sent to work aboard the SCCV Horizon. This, of course, had the additional effect of making Edith's handler quite happy due to the additional benefits that could come with having a more useful synthetic working for them. Edith, seeing its handler's reaction to its success, suddenly found itself feeling rewarded for its efforts- its year-and-some of work had been recognized and praised to some extent, which meant that it would soon be receiving additional information for its operation in Biesel and the Horizon, and it was currently safe from being wiped, or worse- dismantled. Soon, its work would begin aboard the SCCV Horizon- the flagship of the SCC. It liked this feeling- one of the first positive emotions it had experienced naturally. Soon, Edith thought, it would have even more chances to improve its image in the eyes of its handler and Zavodskoi, which would result in positive notes from its handler, and- eventually- could potentially result in more benefits for itself. 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. The recent events with the Konyang arc would likely have the most effect on Edith of the more recent events in the Spur, due to the fact that Edith is, of course, a synthetic. While Edith wasn't around on the Horizon or Konyang for the events leading up to this point, due to the nature of the virus, I think it's safe to say that any synthetic that knows about it would be affected in some capacity. Edith- despite its distance from the events up until this point- is, of course, set to be sent to the Horizon, and thus would likely be told about the virus at minimum by its handler. This would likely result in a mixture of fear in addition to the positive emotions that Edith had experienced previously, which would likely be the first real negative emotions that Edith had experienced naturally. Given its lack of social development, this would be a big step for it in both how they may interact with other synthetics while in the vicinity of the planet- particularly as Edith's knowledge of the virus is likely rather minimal- as Edith may be more afraid of the virus being transmitted to it, and additionally its experience with fear would be a step in developing its emotional capacity. How does your character view the megacorporation they work for? Edith would likely view Zavodskoi Interstellar in a fairly complex way. It likely would view the corporation in a rather complex manner; given that Zavodskoi created Edith in the first place, Edith would likely be grateful to the corporation for its existence, while simultaneously viewing it with the utmost respect, awe, and fear, as it would greatly wish to please both its handler and the company- not necessarily directly for the benefit of either of them, but because those entities benefitting from its work does, by extension, result in benefits for Edith. It would likely believe that, as Zavodskoi created it and also holds the power to destroy it, that it is far beneath the company, and thus has to work as hard as it can to prove itself useful so that it may be allowed to continue existing without memory wipes. Edited March 11 by NG+7 Gael I actually, like, wrote the app this time 1 Link to comment
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