accepted LforLouise's Command Application

[LforLouiseeee]

BYOND key: LforLouise

Discord Username: louiseisnthome

Character names:
Ayishah Al-Ghazzawi

How long have you been playing on Aurora?
Since November 2023

Have you received any administrative actions? And how serious were they?
A few warnings for various minor things, though none are malicious or intentionally rule breaking.

Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each.
What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?
The OOC purpose of a head of staff is mainly to help the round progress. A head of staff, whether it's an operations manager, a chief medical officer, or a captain, is usually a high priority for antagonist interactions, and they are expected to facilitate this roleplay, and integrate it into the round if possible.
They also encourage interaction between departments, so that it's not just 'sec vs antag' or 'ops vs bounties' or whatever you want to see it as.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?
The responsibilities to other players primarily include being the first point of contact for any advice, or teaching newer players how to play department-specific roles. Whilst this is done via in character methods, there is still the OOC expectation that they will be there to help and guide, like a mentor.
Another responsibility includes helping roleplay progress, and helping rounds vary from each other, as there's many things a head of staff can do that a regular employee cannot. For example, Chief Engineers are the ones permitted to make/authorise more impactful changes to the ship, such as turning the vacant office into a minor medical extension or whatever realistic thing they can think of.

Explain how the recent events in the Spur changed your character and how they came to be employed on the SCCV Horizon.
Rajiya Majidi, born Heather Augustin is from Qamar Azraq, on New Suez, so she was exposed to the various foreign corporations in Elyra from a young age. Her parents are both Non-Citizen Persons, though have lived in Elyra for 2 generations, struggled to hold a job, causing them to constantly move around New Suez, where rent was cheap, and employment was at least bearable.
As soon as she was old enough, she adopted the name 'Rajiya' to further assimilate into Elyran Culture, and married into an Elyran Citizen's family, solely to secured herself a stable residence, and a less foreign surname. 
Her parents-in-law paid for a college tuition in a local Idris-hosted college, catering to NCPs, set up so that Idris would have a steady stream of less than minimum wage, but hopefully loyal workers. 
There, she studied, and graduated with a bachelors in accounting & finance, being pushed into a contract with Idris Incorporated, and sent off away from her family to wherever Idris wanted her. This employment was not stable, and she found herself scraping the barrel from time to time, still only barely able to get by with support from her husband's family. 
She performed well enough, and, within ten years, was assigned as a team manager at an Idris branch on Persepolis, another five, and she managed the branch itself. She was now making enough money to afford rent at her own place, without support from her husband's family, which she cut all ties with.
Still under the threat of termination should Idris find someone better for the role, and now with no family to support her, Rajiya pushes herself beyond her limits, taking additional duties just so that she might be noticed, and forwarded for promotion, which eventually she is. She's transferred to the SCCV Horizon as an executive officer, but she's still at risk as an NCP with little rights, and so is still pushing herself further than she should.

What roles do you plan on playing after the application is accepted?
Executive Officer, and Consular (if I pass the trial period.)

Have you familiarized yourself with the wiki pages for the command roles?
Yes

Characters you intend to use for command or have created for command. Include the job they will be taking:
Rajiya Majidi, Executive Officer
Potentially a Consular Character that I haven't made yet.

Do you understand your whitelist is not permanent, and may be stripped following continuous administrative action?
Yes

Have you linked your BYOND account to the Forums?
It should be linked!

Extra notes:
Hi!

Edited August 18 by LforLouiseeee
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[Decepter]

From what I've seen of Ayishah Al-Ghazzawi, LforLouise is a competent role-player! I'd be interested in seeing what they could do in the command area.
+1
 

[The_Ill_Fated]

I've thoroughly enjoyed roleplaying with Ayishah, she's a well thought-out character that's consistent and well done.  I'm confident that that they'll make an equally enjoyable command-staff character, and I think their application reflects that.  

+1

Edited August 21 by The_Ill_Fated

[Comet Blaze]

Ayishah is an interesting and fleshed out character who I've had the pleasure of interacting with in several occasions. I'm certain Louise has the roleplaying skills necessary to play a compelling head of staff and look forward to seeing what they can do in a trial.

+1

[arkoyle73]

From what I've seen from Ayishah, both in round and while observing, Louise seems like a competent roleplayer, and I believe that this application demonstrates that they would be able to combine this with the standards and actions expected from a whitelisted Head of Staff effectively.

+1

[Owen]

Apologies for the delay. On trial until 5 September 2024. Good luck, and remember you are allowed to advertise your application in OOC once per round! 

[Miracae]

I've had a lot of fun rp with LforLouise over long time, can't wait to see them taking bigger role. They engage others and seem to know game well +1

[CasualMemer]

Roleplays their XO very well. I can see them fit for playing leading positions. +1

[kermit]

Louise's XO has been great in the rounds i've played command characters alongside them. She's great at roleplaying both during the quieter rounds and some of the more hectic rounds for Command. She's not hesitant to make decisions that further the story of a round, which is always good - we're hot off a vampire round that segued into a mutiny, where Louise's XO had a pretty large presence furthering the overall story in a number of directions. she did great under the pressure of that round too, which was pretty tricky for command. +1

[FabianK3]

Ayishah's character features a lot of depth and is perfect proof of Louise's RP capabilities. Background, behavior and decision making all add up and it's very fun to play with them.
Rajiya Majidi clearly shows that effort has been put into it and the interactions with them felt very natural and sound.

Louise has my full confidence with command positions.

+1

[Owen]

Accepted!