Darvan Omega's cool leather jacket

[JoeTheBro]

BYOND Key: JoeTheBro

 

Discord Username: thebroseph

 

Character Name: Darvan Omega

 

Item Name: painted leather jacket

 

Item Function(s): Leather jacket.

 

Item Description: This leather jacket has been roughly painted cyan on the left arm and purple on the right arm. There appears to be an uppercase omega symbol on the back, drawn in the same paint from the respective halves of the jacket.  You can see a faint NT logo beneath the omega symbol if you look hard enough.

 

Why is your character bringing this item to work?: He thinks it looks cool, and it has a subtle anti-corporate sentiment (painted over corporate logo) that appeals to his Dreg background.

 

How did your character obtain this item?: He painted over his NanoTrasen leather jacket with a paint gun, hence the rough finish referenced in the description. He got the idea while attempting to remove the original NT logo in an act of defiance after he believed was becoming a bit too corporate lately. He's worn the default NT leather jacket a lot of times on many shifts, so it's also not out of nowhere.

 

What value does this item have to your character, and what story does it tell?: I think it’s a funny statement to show how Darvan Omega still values his heritage as a Dreg over his employment on a corporate ship even after a few years, so he would probably value it highly, especially since he decorated it himself.

 

Sprites:
 

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omegajacket.dmi
 

Additional Comments: I realised that the SCC might have a problem with openly wearing anti-corporate clothing on the ship, however I think it’s easily deflected by the fact that the Omega symbol doesn’t really have any official anti-corporate connotations, and also by the fact that Darvan would probably just lie and say the symbol had faded before he decided to paint over it. This is especially a good lie due to the timing of the Horizon’s deep space expedition- repurposing an old jacket is resourceful.

Also, I decided it’s probably time to commemorate a five or six year old character with a bit of unique kit.

Sorry if there's any problems with the sprites, this is my first time attempting to sprite something properly. The sprites attached include open and closed sprites, as well as the icons for the unworn jacket.

Edited August 15 by JoeTheBro
(changed item description as to not duplicate sentence starters)

[WickedCybs]

This is approved. I like the thought behind how this might let you express certain elements of Darvan's character further.

The PR to actually put this in the game is going to take a bit of time though (some backend stuff has to be done after that too). My main computer is having issues. Shouldn't be too long, though.