N8-Toe Posted April 4, 2024 Posted April 4, 2024 BYOND Ckey: (Your BYOND ckey): n8_toe Discord username: (Your Discord username) n8_toe Character names: (Names of the characters you play most commonly). There’s a big list. And it changes around currently “in rotation” Malika Hirron Nash Slater Za’Akaix’Slyp Zo’ra Czeck Mayfly Cezary Polaski Ta’Akaix’Agraz’Shua Zo’ra Species you are applying to play: (The species name): Unathi ------------------------------ General Whitelist Requirements What colour do you plan on making your first alien character?: (IPCs exempt) Razir Moss Have you read the lore pages for the species you wish to be whitelisted for?: I have, I also owe whoever wrote the unathi lore timeline a space beer 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?: I mean they’re cool, if I’m being honest. They’re alien, different in culture and biology with fascinating lore leaning more into space opera. I see alot of amazing Unathi characters on ship and want to try my hand at being part of that story. Also so I can eat mice whole to freak out the humans on ship. What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?: Their biology is massively different from that of a human. From a biological stance Unathi are cold blooded and more sluggish in regular movement, So no lingering out in the snow. Behavior wise the gap is larger. Unathi stare at objects and people of interest, perhaps maybe abit too intensely for others. Body language is much, much different to that of a human and takes advantage of their non human features. Tail thumping on the ground being one, showing intense emotion either positive or negative, and may be accompanied by other displays such as rattling in the throat. Beyond the physical is the cultural and behavioral, a species whose society is stuck in the crossroads of tradition and change, adherence to ancient spirituality and societal roles while grappling with the galactic stage and how the two fit together. ------------------------------ Character Application Character Name: Alrik Izli Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon. (2 paragraphs minimum) Hatched in the waning years of the contact war to two fishermen in Teht, within the Southlands. Part of a minor clan traditionally connected to the Fishing League. Their childhood was filled with the strife of the war, and its indirect horrors brought to the regions. Teht being spared direct nuclear bombardment, but the destruction of Oket bringing refugees to the city, bringing further demand for food the League couldn’t always satisfy. Their families proximity to food production meant they never felt the hunger pains common to Moghes during and after the war. But grew up acutely aware of the suffering around them, doing what they could to assist their clan from a young age. Their earliest memories being around docks or fisheries, accompanying their parents work, being schooled in what little downtime there was between the many voyages, long hours in a vain attempt to see all fed. Memories interspersed with ones they try to forget, of refugees wasting away from radiation exposure, air raid sirens, and the sight of thousands of fish dead, belly up in the waters of the south from waters contaminated by fallout. The capitulation of the coalition coming around their 10th birthday, though this did little to stem the flow of refugees, or the desperation to feed hungry, displaced masses scarred from war or slow the demand of their clan’s work. Their escape was immersing themselves in books and stories of spies. Pulp novels they could scrounge up, Imagining a life as a cunning, tactful spymaster in between unloading crates of fish and mending nets. Often seen sitting on a cleat at dock, snout in a book waiting for the trawlers to return. Conflict brings crisis, and crisis brings crime. Breaking from their families traditions as fishermen and sailors, She took an apprenticeship with a local investigator working with the Teht city watch. In doing so undergoing the transcendence of the Sublime Barrier, with a Sk’akh Priest, being declared a healer after their fast and meditation. The transition to such a career, with it very much not being what books of thrilling fiction made it out to be, was rough. But she persevered through it, completing her apprenticeship and working freelance on her own. Making just enough to keep food in her bowl, pay her old master, and contribute back her obligation to her clan. Her work put her in contact with Aliens from off world. Investigating theft of Corporate property, or actions against the growing number of Hephestus sites. Creating a healthy working relationship eventually leading them to make inroads with Dagamuir Freewater Private Forces, and as business began to dry up. From a mix of growing instability, and Hephestus’s purchase of the fighters lodge. She took a contract with them for their investigations division, Not to mention the pay they could remit to their struggling clan. 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. (1 paragraph minimum) The Phoron scarcity is a stranglehold on their home. The war destroyed much of Moghes’ food production, while the scarcity makes the import of food economically infeasible. Hephestus’s rapid growth in the Hegemony has also been a change in their life. From the major investment they have put in the guild her clan members almost all serve, to the dominance of Hephestus in the economy and as a client of private security and spy services before its purchase of the fighters lodge. Wherever she looks she sees its weight being thrown around, and more and more of her home under its banner. How does your character view the megacorporation they work for? (1 paragraph minimum) With mixed emotions. They dislike the lack of tradition, and lets call it “loose” way of seeing the warrior's code they have. Let alone the greater PMCG. But the money is good, more consistent than freelance work, and She’s still enamored with the romanticized view of the work of a spy, and sees this route as the way to stay in that dream and goal. Not to mention the good pay Lightning Round What religion does your character follow: They are a devout follower of the Sk’akh faith. They are firm in their beliefs, something which has given them some pause in their work in Human space. Such as needing some “coaching” on how to work with synthetics, and keep her belief in their lack of a soul to herself. How does your character view Hephestus: With resignation primarily. Moghes is in tatters after the war, and its economy was on a downward spiral. Hephestus is, or atleast promises it is, a relief from this. A way to pull out of this nosedive on a dying planet still simmering in the cinders of the apocalypse. But this comes with its control and power. Something she realizes she just has to accept, as to fight the influence of Hephestus and aliens on Moghes would be to fight the tide itself.
RustingWithYou Posted April 6, 2024 Posted April 6, 2024 Hey, thanks for applying! I like your app, but as I am cursed to eternal toil I do have a couple of questions. As a Sk'akh follower, how does Alrik feel about recent developments in the Sk'akh Church with the appointment of High Priest Azandar? Who did she support for High Priest? What are her thoughts on the current state of the Hegemony and the reign of Hegemon Not'zar in general? How has Alrik found adapting to a primarily non-Unathi environment, and one with many species which she may not have interacted with on Moghes?
N8-Toe Posted April 6, 2024 Author Posted April 6, 2024 20 hours ago, RustingWithYou said: Hey, thanks for applying! I like your app, but as I am cursed to eternal toil I do have a couple of questions. As a Sk'akh follower, how does Alrik feel about recent developments in the Sk'akh Church with the appointment of High Priest Azandar? Who did she support for High Priest? What are her thoughts on the current state of the Hegemony and the reign of Hegemon Not'zar in general? How has Alrik found adapting to a primarily non-Unathi environment, and one with many species which she may not have interacted with on Moghes? And toil you shall 1: She feels positively about the High Priest, having heard stories of their missionary work with the commoners in the southlands, something that appeals to her, a commoner. As well holds a very positive view of their humanitarian work they’ve organized. She supported them for High Priest. As per the developments of the church… mixed. She’s concerned about the rise of Si’akh, but is positive about the mending strength of the Sk’akh church. With the deadlock being mended, and a new moderate high priest at the wheel. She’s cautiously optimistic. 2: She sees the current state of the hegemony in the physical sense, terrible. The wasteland expands, fish and food are a finite resource, and while Hephestus pumps in money for more aquaculture, she’s unsure if it'll be enough to stave off famine. Politically She has a respect for the Hegemon, their ability to bring an end to the civil war, and their commitment during the assembly to try and terraform and fix Moghes, instead of bailing to Ouerea. They think he’s doing near the best they can with the deck the hegemony has. 3: Not great at first. They’re having to learn fast how to fit in, but they are taking too it, seeing it as almost a challenge to learn to navigate the social world of aliens with tact. While she’s a commoner, she tries to emulate a noblewomen so see’s it important to maintaining that to learn fast.
RustingWithYou Posted April 8, 2024 Posted April 8, 2024 This application is accepted, enjoy lizarding
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