NothingNew Tajara Whitelist (Tajaran Chefs Should wear full-body hairnets)

[NothingNew]

BYOND Ckey: (NothingNew)

Discord username: (glassofwater8642)

Character names: (Mira Adame, Juliet Island, Ashlynn Lowe, Dayana Solacia, Za’Akaix’Synn K’lax, Ra’Akaix’Vev Zo’ra)

Species you are applying to play: (Tajara)

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General Whitelist Requirements

What colour do you plan on making your first alien character?: #9f8b70 (Beaver Brown Hharar)

Have you read the lore pages for the species you wish to be whitelisted for?:

I have indeed.

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 quite enjoy Victorian-era history, historical sites and museums, and the mixture of that era with the often retro-science fiction theming of Aurora would be quite fun.

What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?:

Variations between each Tajaran is heavily divided, not only due to the differences in ethnicity and the separate nations which encompass Adhomai, but for each social class and potential political stance dependant on that character’s unique background, which makes for potentially very interesting conversation.

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Character Application

Character Name: Masha Mes’sir

Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon.

Born in 2443, during her early childhood Masha grew to see the country she was born into re-enter war at the age of seven, as she would spend the latter half of her maturation with her father volunteering for the war - A time period she remembers well, albeit certainly not fondly, with her mother often sending her out along with her little brother to spend hours waiting in line to gather what they could with the allowance her family were provided during what was felt to be everlasting shortages.

By the time of her maturation, and her own entry into the working world she found a somewhat steady position at a local inn that had managed to somewhat re-establish itself near the end of the rebellion as shortages began to dwindle and the regain of the agricultural sector, aptly due to the many nobles who could afford to travel through Nusinsk. At first serving tables and washing dishes, before working in the kitchen.

While she enjoyed the position, having received very little culinary education, it was of no high pay and as the economic gap between the commoners and the nobles grew, so did the surrounding pollution, equally altering the pricing and quality of locally sourced fish - A couple years after the passing of King Azunja the owners of the inn felt it could no longer keep up with the increasingly surrounding competition, moving their business closer toward the upper parts of Northern Harr’massir.

Having been born and spent the somewhat happier duration of her early life within the People’s Republic of Adhomai’s occupation, she often wondered what it was all for - The senseless violence that was all instigated, albeit originally by the PRA - As told by her parents, and a belief she very much held to be true, the re-establishment of the Monarchy was undoubtedly important - But what was the point of it all if the average person continues to struggle to feed their own young, let alone themselves?

For a lot of people, the newfound presence of interstellar corporations provided a newfound, otherwise unprecedented opportunity to find work - Being unable to afford a degree, and unwilling to repeat her cycle of poverty by finding similar work, she sought work with Orion Express, due to their lower hiring practices, and the hope of one day earning a better living than what could be found on Adhomai.

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. 

Outside of the effects occurring on Adhomai itself (largely outlined above), the consequences of the Phoron crisis has potential affects on illegal emigration, but otherwise fairly few.

How does your character view the megacorporation they work for?

Along with Nanotrasen, she views Orion Express with a set amount of positivity, due to their positive impact on the local economy and providing her with a potential escape from poverty, however true that may be.

[Girdio]

Hey! Noticed nobody had said anything for two days, so I decided to stop by. Have only a passing knowledge of your characters, so I can't weigh in there.

I guess the easiest questions are always the repeated ones. I know you mentioned what seems like mixed views on the monarchy itself by Masha. Is she someone who would find herself more in line with the Commoners' party?

 

Also going off that, how do you imagine her beliefs of the DPRA or PRA may be? It's intriguing, and it'd be interesting to hear more, she has views of the PRA having been relatively good to her,  but simultaneously is following in the teachings of her parents.

 

While not a necessity, religion is also a pretty big chunk of life for a lot of Tajara, but I didn't see it mentioned anywhere - does she have any particular leanings to/feelings towards the Parivara or the Ma'ta'ke pantheon?

[NothingNew]

16 hours ago, Girdio said:

Hey! Noticed nobody had said anything for two days, so I decided to stop by. Have only a passing knowledge of your characters, so I can't weigh in there.

I guess the easiest questions are always the repeated ones. I know you mentioned what seems like mixed views on the monarchy itself by Masha. Is she someone who would find herself more in line with the Commoners' party?

Hey, thanks for the post!

Since Masha holds some belief in trickle-down economics (even if she doesn't have the greatest grasp on the specific political terms) she finds herself equally split between the Royal Party and the Commoners' Party, largely depending on the policies each would be pushing at the time - She believes that the economy of the New Kingdom can be improved by further trade and integration with alien megacorporations and the increased wealth it would provide to the nobles will in part increase the living standards of the lower class, and while she certainly sees a lot of the appeal in the Commoner's Party since they're the only (named) party that promote themselves directly toward her class, she worries that an unchecked increase in democratic voting will lead to too large of a split in people's opinions, which may end in another war. For these reasons, Masha finds herself most against the Officers Party.

16 hours ago, Girdio said:

Also going off that, how do you imagine her beliefs of the DPRA or PRA may be? It's intriguing, and it'd be interesting to hear more, she has views of the PRA having been relatively good to her, but simultaneously is following in the teachings of her parents.

Considering the crime rates (and the likely exaggeration of such that would reasonably appear in the news) Masha views the DPRA as a nation unable to properly uphold its own laws. To her, it shows an example of how the Commoner's Party might lead to the New Kingdom returning to a political system they were trying to avoid in the first place in returning to their own nation. Her feelings toward the PRA are of course conflicted - It's important to bare in mind that her views toward that period of history is caused by the limited world-view of her age at the time - In growing older, she has somewhat of a better grasp on why the war occurred, at the very least the history of it. To her, the Tajaran caste system is just a part of biology, it's not something that can really be escaped or avoided and if treated wisely, intergalactic diplomacy could offer a lot of benefits to Adhomai. She wouldn't necessarily be against living in the PRA, although the nation takes a lot of blame in her own mind for the cause of the war in the first place.

16 hours ago, Girdio said:

While not a necessity, religion is also a pretty big chunk of life for a lot of Tajara, but I didn't see it mentioned anywhere - does she have any particular leanings to/feelings towards the Parivara or the Ma'ta'ke pantheon?

Masha and her family were fairly passive followers of the Ma'ta'ke Pantheon, in that its mythology is accepted and believed as a part of history, the existence of each god and what they represent is so, even if they weren't the most devout.

Well that was fun to write. I hope that answers your questions, let me know if you have any others.

[Alberyk]

Sorry for the delay.

Application accepted.