unathi [Accepted] Jasorn Unathi Whitelist Application

[Jasorn]

BYOND Ckey: Jasorn
Discord username: Jasorn
Character names:

• Leo Barnes
• Stacy Keeley
• CH-3FFFFFF
• Daniel Hayes
• Jackson Fernand
• Erik Russell

Species you are applying to play: Unathi
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General Whitelist Requirements 

What colour do you plan on making your first alien character?: Guzari Night: RGB 61, 47, 47: Hex #3D2F2F

Have you read the lore pages for the species you wish to be whitelisted for?: Yes, probably not all of them, but a lot.

Why do you wish to play this species?: 

Ever since visiting Moghes for the event arcs in 2024 I always had a blast playing ghost roles on the planet, interacting with other ghost roles or crew that happened to land. I found it a breath of fresh air from the usual human playstyle I'm used to. Something I've been wanting to get myself back into playing more rounds is the draw of something new. I've been playing human for the vast majority of my time on Aurora, only in the last year have I played IPC, but arguably they aren't too far off to play than just a human.

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

Other than being non-mammal, they drastically vary from human culture. Gender specific roles and sexism, naming conventions different where last names are very preferred and are clan related instead of just family. They have a very pronounced aspect of nobility as well as religious following. Since humans are the dominiant race in the setting, it's also just a different way to roleplay as they get subjected to more hatred and negative bias in general. I find their history with the Contact War and how suddenly they were slingshotted into the modern era from their somewhat "medieval-like" lifestyle and technology. I always loved watching media where a person or group is brought into the future to discover a wildly different culture/atmosphere/technology/etc and think this is one of the unique aspect that this species has compared to others.

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Character Application

Character Name: Szekan'kavum Guwan

Write a backstory for your character:

Born in 2431, adhering to the Sk'akh faith and only eight years old when the Contact War entered it's nuclear stage, Szekan'kavum Visimar was living on Moghes in the Izweski city of Da'ha'den. His parents were either living at home raising his siblings, or otherwise fighting for the Izweski army as his father mainly did. The Visimar clan was a tight knit group that focused on growing the finest warriors for the Izweski army. Most males sought to be the newest recruits, while the females did their best to provide for the trainers and trainees. The Visimar clan held a high reputation for producing excellent warriors, so normal training grounds were typically full most days. Szekan'kavum happened to be outside the city, somewhat far, to train in melee combat just like his father. During this training with his mentor, Grek'kel Visimar, they witness the bombs devastate their home city in the blink of an eye, causing them both to flee into the wild (soon to be wastelands). Many years pass, Szekan'kavum finds himself alone struggling to survive in the wastelands. He is now eighteen years old, it is 2449, barely strugging to stay alive the last decade, praying to Sk'akh every night hoping this nightmare would come to a balance, as everything always does. He has ran into other travellers of the wastes throughout the time, learned some helpful life skills throughout, some good but mostly evil tactics to get by.

Eventually Szekan'kavum found himself in Camp Integrity, due to its former Izweski nature he was drawn to it instantly for a new home. The decade spent in the wastes mostly alone took a heavy toll on his ability to live in a society again. Constantly getting into fights with others around him, or sometimes even with the guards. Szekan'kavum was unable to fit in, and had to resort to stealing food and medicine from a local home. He managed to do it, but unfortunately when he was back in his shack about to eat a meal, guards barged in and arrested him. He was considered Guwan for the stealing of food and medicine that lead to the death of a hatchling that would've lived otherwise. He was promptly exiled from the camp and to never return.

It is now 2467, finding this wasteland uninhabitable and sick of living day to day on scraps, but still holding true to his faith to Sk'akh, Szekan'kavum traveled to the nearest light he could find, hoping. What he found was a settlement many kilometers away that supported a large enough landing pad for a megacorporate ship to land on and recruit. Without anywhere else to go in his mind, Szekan'kavum Guwan met with the recruiter and signed himself to space and beyond. Spending months on various space stations, and space ships such as freighters or Orion Express transports, travelling throughout the spur towards Biesel and beyond. Eventually he found himself aboard the Horizon abliet a very low position, he will find out how he accustomes to an even more alien environment than before, but at least this one is habitable and there's plenty of friendly(?) faces to meet.

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.  

Because of the background of Szekan'kavum, there isn't much to be impacted to his character. His whole life has been on Moghes up until the recent months. None of the listed events would have any effect on him. The only thing notable that would maybe affect his character is witnessing the Horizon orbit Moghes a year prior during the New Blades, Old Wounds, unware of what was going on. Perhaps seeing shuttles rapidly enter and exit the planet with distant flashes would spark a curiousity about what was even going on.

How does your character view the megacorporation they work for?

Szekan'kavum remains hopeful about this unknown future. However the contracts he had to sign make him concerned about how the megacorporations operate. He wonders if the way he is selling his life away to work is better than his earlier life. He figures the compensation, little as it is, is better than praying each day to survive. Overall he is looking forward to corporate work, but is very reserved still about the unknown workings of it.

Edited Sunday at 02:03 by Lent23

[evandorf]

Thanks for applying for one of the best races (ignore the nukes), and I just had a few clarifying questions. Based on the character's background, somewhat recent guwan status, and faith, it seems like he has conflicting trajectories in life.

• You mentioned that he spent time on ships and stations and give examples of freighters and Orion transports but does this mean they will be taking work in Ops/Orion fields?
• His clan was known for producing excellent warriors and I assume he is also decently trained, if a little rusty, but Guwan cannot be employed in security; is he going to abandon this part of himself out of necessity?
• His Sk'akh faith appears to be unshaken by his loss of status but, as the Sk'akh church is a fixture of the Hegemony, does his removal from the latter affect his belief? How does he now feel about the Hegemony in general? Does he feel he deserves the punishment he's been given?
• Is he motivated to regain person-hood and how much of his clan even remains after the bombing he avoided?

He may not have answers to these questions and part of the fun of roleplaying the character will likely come from figuring it out ICly but I'd like to hear any of it you've fleshed out so far.

[Jasorn]

1. Yes, I intend for them to work for Orion, most likely a role as an assistant with an alt-title. Perhaps even a hangar technician or miner eventually then from there figure out what makes sense after playing for a while.
2. Yes and no. Obviously he will not be in security, but his skills may prove useful in working a job such as a Shaft Miner in the future. As he is just arriving on the ship he isn't going to jump straight into a career of combat, especially because of Guwan status. If not, he IS entering the later half of his life and it might just be that he has to retire these warrior skills and settle for something simpler.
3. He feels very tied to Sk'akh church despite his rough life and removal from the Hegemony, and has always held a positive feeling towards it throughout his life. Growing up he anticipated to join the army just like his father, and would die defending his clan if it was necessary. As for the punishment he does believe it was deserved, if not harsh enough. It was an act of survival but after finding out the consequences he was devasted.
4. Yes, this is very much a question he has no closure for yet. He very much would like to find out the timeline of events after the bombing and try to find the remains (if any) of his clan there are. Hopefully something to explore while playing the character in-game.

[Lent23]

Congratulations, untouchable scum. You will be hunted down promptly by all proper hegemonic sinta.

Accepted