QuestioningMark Posted March 15 Posted March 15 BYOND Ckey: QuestioningMark Discord username: chief.st Character names: Cam Mueller Marcus Federico Savoy Robot Time (Often a Engineering named 'Tyr'.) And I play offship pretty frequently Species you are applying to play: Skrell ------------------------------ General Whitelist Requirements What colour do you plan on making your first alien character?: Green with X'Lu'oa making their head tails darker green Have you read the lore pages for the species you wish to be whitelisted for?: Yep! 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 used to be a bit of Skrell hater due to my experience elsewhere when encountering the race, but as I've come to see the dude's here they're pretty chill. The story of Glorsh Omega, the federation's forcing of people into menial labour because of their restrictive laws and the presence of an overbearing and ostensibly benevolent federation are cool. And then the realisation that they weren't just some pristine frog like space elf but instead pushed into menial labour because of their fear of AI sort of just re-angled them in a way that tickled me. What makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a human?: Honestly, something that I quite liked was the fact that they're a non-gendered species, they have a distinct array of medical issues, and there's a lot of roleplay potential the 'otherness' about their biology. Mentally the Srom and Nlom, and especially the telepathy sounds like it's pretty cool and totally on brand - I've done a good read up on how that works. I've done a good read up on how all this works, but truthfully with the opportunity in hand I'm happy to say I'm probably going to have a learning curve on how to make a Skrell like fun and good. ------------------------------ Character Application Character Name: Suioq'tui Xushi Write a backstory for your character. This may include their origin, education, personality and how they arrived to the SCCV Horizon. Suioq'tui grew up on the east of Holai bay in Tattuqig, within a small fishing community. They had an isolated childhood, hatched as an only child by their F'ex'Qa and F'ex'Tra, as well as the only child produced in a decade by that specific local government subsidized sponsored family unit. A fate not too uncommon for those in a position like Suioq’tui’s. Schooling saw them sent off across the bay, transported through the fog into Ublureak’qwip bi-weekly to be taken to and from school and getting 2 day rest periods with family in the intermediary. The timing simply allowed them to take the resupply flights for more expedient air mail. Completing compulsory education with no particular distinguishment Suioq’tui found themselves back in their fishing community and studying part time for a degree in fishing ecology, their first degree being in forestry management. It was around this time Suioq’tui was struck by the misfortune of an abundant amount of Tuux growths and a bad case of X’Lu’oa disorder related Acne. Tui - where the ‘tui is joined to their name was their F'ex'Qa’s sister, and distinctly noted as an Aunt to them with a human gendering convention. She had been a member of the Qukala for a number of years as a liaison for anti-smuggling activity in cooperation with the Solarian Navy. Retired, she had become a forestry management agent and helped keep the wildlife populations in check that didn’t amount to Fog Crawlers. Her practical nature shined through on Suioq'tui as their relative academic mediocrity truly settled in - a middling-make-do life with no real hope of them ever becoming remotely like an Idol Suioq'tui wished they were when they were younger. Learning from her saw Suioq'tui picking up tricks, learning how to hunt Neaera and ward them away from the docks - clipping and chopping trees, and maintaining the local roaming route that led east towards Kanosak Point. Suioq'tui had their life trajectory dramatically change following the election of the 2463 election which saw Weashbi Jrugl confirmed as the Grand Chancellor. The employment of the Kala into the traverse saw Suioq'tui’s mentor Tui gravely concerned, and she assisted Suaqui in the political climate in seeking better ventures. An old friend of hers in commercial freight saw Suioq'tui on Biesel’s shores during the Exodus as an Asylum Seeker - a better fate than a consolidated military crackdown. Inducted into the TCAF for a 2 year period before qualifying for citizenship. By the end of this, Suioq'tui had little more skills than carrying guns and performing duties escorting people off of space stations, as they ended up stationed into a military policing unit. Finding residence in the Starlight Zone of District 8, and still keeping permanent residence there on paper, Suioq'tui had a harsh time upon first arrival. Ever battling frequent outbreaks of Tuux Growths, and with a lack of immediately provisioned private insurance a cheap cauterization job was given that left a bit of scarring due to a malignancy. Suioq'tui Xushi in the present day, now out of the TCAF found themself in contract with Nexus Corporate Security. By no means a veteran of any particular conflict, Suioq'tui eventually found themself assigned to the SCCV Horizon by having a rather unremarkable record, taking postings in a few contracted retail outlets in a mall in Phoenix Park in Mendell City and at one aquarium - specifically to fish people out the tanks. How has the recent events of the Orion Spur impacted your character? I feel I cover this enough in the main backstory. How does your character view the megacorporation they work for? Suioq'tui isn’t going to look down a corporation that’ll give them free medical treatment for their frequent battles of the inflicted Genetic Curse that is the X’Lu’oa disorder. Pragmatic in a style one grows up in the woods the cultural sensibilities of a ship settle them in well enough and stories from Suioq’tui’s Aunt softened many of the cultural barriers. As a result, Suioq’tui’s opinion of Nexus Corporate Security is one of a positive disposition. While disdainful for the encroachment that Zeng-hu Pharmaceuticals had on their home of Tattuqig and the damage to the job market. Nano-transen’s desire to use facility level AI was - for a time - really concerning to Suioq'tui. However the subsequent years of Bieselite propaganda on the topic and experience in the job has softened them to the topic to the point where they can ignore it but never find themself approving - except when the company asks if they approve. 1
Triogenix Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Hi! As we currently don't have a skrell writer - this is something the LTA and the remaining skrell deputy will handle. With that said - wanted to throw a few questions your way. 1. In the recent-ish past - the starlight zone has been the site of rioting as a result of tensions between the trinary perfection and resident skrell; did Suioq’tui participate in those riots? What were their thoughts on the riots as a whole? 2. Beyond that - what's their score on the Social Compatability Index? That's it for now!
QuestioningMark Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 1. In the recent-ish past - the starlight zone has been the site of rioting as a result of tensions between the trinary perfection and resident skrell; did Suioq’tui participate in those riots? What were their thoughts on the riots as a whole? With the events of the starlight zone happening on February 9th, 2464, during their 2 year stint in the TCAF for citizenship, Suioq'tui would have found themself probably deployed on an orbital at the time denying the, the opportunity to partake. What did happen however was a conversation over extranet between themself, a few other TCAF Skrell, and local residents giving some general advice that they'd picked up from anti-IPC policing techniques they'd be taught. Unable to directly participate in, in the eyes of Suioq'tui, was a rather egregious encroachment, instead they took to sharing about 10 stories over the course of a week on Viv-ID as a form of activism. Funnily - sharing these stories helped with their SCI a small amount. 2. Beyond that - what's their score on the Social Compatability Index? When still in compulsory education Suioq'tui managed to keep a SCI score in the 7s, mostly because as a child they bought up a lot of the propaganda and spending 12 out of 14 days in a week in a Federation School meant all of their extracurriculars were approved. Sharing school activities on Viv-ID also pushed up the score, and it was clear the school was really trying to foster a culture of people becoming Primary Numericals. They became a Secondary Numerical somewhere after compulsory education - their academic mediocrity was evident and the social pressure of that saw Suioq'tui find themself gradually hedged out of the academic circles. Losing access to the public transport stung the most, which resulted in a resultant angry rant on social media that only did more damage and a effective shadowban on Suioq'tui's posts for 6 months. Following their claiming of Asylum and becoming TCAF volunteer for citizenship they, after the paperwork was processed and the federation was notified, found themself having dropped from a 5.53 to a 3.53, two whole score dropped for the ordeal. Posting about their life in the Starlight Zone has kept them in the 3's and while they don't openly criticize the federation openly they did have a pump in score when sharing content on the IPC's actions during the Siege of Lekan. They currently sit at 3.11, but are a lot less active on Viv-ID.
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