Felkvir's Head Whitelist Application

[Felkvir]

BYOND key: Felkvir

Character names:Heinrich Eberstark, Garry Miles

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Not counting the irregular pauses from the server, around 7 months at least?

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I've only went through the whitelist process on one other server .. And I always thought being a head

on Aurora would be pretty interesting. Plus all the times I've played head I've had good feedback, so I'm hoping for the same here.

Why did you come to Aurora?: Good population + fairly good playerbase mostly. The staff is also very nice.

Have you read the BS12 wiki on the head roles you plan on playing?: Yes, I have. I haven't memorized yet .. I will eventually though.

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each.

Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about:

Roleplay is about choosing a role and character, and fitting that role in the environment you are

participating or contributing in. For me, you should be able to invest yourself enough to whatever character you've chosen without causing disbelief from others. It should be more

about managing a role that others can enjoy as well, rather than suspending the idea of common effort.

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?:

In my head, they're there to act as a form of moderation if you will.. People can't ignore the heads,

and if they can listen chances are they'll manage their roles better and in turn people will enjoy the round a lot more.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?:

I think the very basic responsibility they hold is that they should be capable of showing that they hold some administrative expertise. They should be able to make reasonable decisions when necessary, ones that don't affect the enjoyment of the round for others or potentially ruin it. If I make mistakes, then of course I can acknowledge them.. I would avoid going into a round if I did not feel up for it. Better to act your role out when you've got the energy for it if you ask me.

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Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions.

Character name: Heinrich Eberstark

Character age: 48

Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs):

Heinrich was born on Earth, in the Sol Alliance. He lived with a high class family.. A mother, father, and a brother. As a young lad he was taught mainly by his abusive father, Albrecht, on how to act and conduct himself. His mother died from illness at an early age. As he grew up he studied law and socioeconomics and by the time he was a young adult he had moved from the family, due to several conflicts and brutal beatings. He headed for Mars' orbital station, Nova Concordia. It is here he first attained some reputation, working first as an Interim security officer. Having grown tired of this period, he shifted his focus to further education.

At the still fresh age of 23 he had received a good number of commendations, which would help him later in his career. Most of his jobs after this point consisted of lower-middle grade security jobs, but it was at the age of 28 he had received his first real solid job in a contract as a Warden on NSS Cephus where he played a part in administration of secure containment. In his thirties he would work mostly in Nanotrasen's merchant navy, participating in everything from security detailing in long voyages to trade regulation and registration for vessels. He specialized further, seeking commanding positions in the operating force of the navy. He achieved his wish, and after being commissioned to commandeer a vessel of his own, worked fervently in anti-piracy operations for the next 8 years. At 38, he had dissapeared from track records after an incident with an unmarked ship on the frontier had caused him to lose regular contact with the company. After 3 more years, he re-appeared and made his presence known again. He re-established communication with old contacts, and by the age of 43 had moved back to an equivalent of his old rank.

Eventually founding his own security agency, Heinrich as of today works closely with Nanotrasen still. Though the relationship has been strained before, he is considered a useful member of Nanotrasens reserve in Tau Ceti nonetheless.

What do you like about this character?:

He is very well defined as a person, and doesn't compromise his own views even if he can be dishonest. He is pro-human to the core, holding some contempt towards the more uncivilized species.

He has a commanding presence, and rarely tolerates anything below the effective standard. He values his own life greatly, but also knows the ramifications of losing valuable assets such as crew all too well.

He is also good at speeches, though he may not hold them often (given the tendency of staff being busy.. >:L)

What do you dislike about this character?:

He is a bit of a sociopath, and can put others in an unfavourable position at times. He is also dishonest, but not in the way that it would affect his career.. But

likely enough to raise a couple of eyebrows. If there is a thing he lacks, then it is some permament friends or history on a station since I haven't invested in a community like this before.

What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?:

Experience, perseverance and uncomprimising will. He is a diplomat, commander, or even advisor when needed. He can participate in fights, but he doesn't risk his life unecessarily. In fact, he is a pretty good coward when he needs to be. Been called an 'aggressive coward' before actually, so yeah.

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Did I mention he makes great speeches?

 

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: Most of the time, anything from interesting to very fun IMO. I guess it depends on what is happening since I can be

a bit bad at just making stuff happen myself at times. But from all the servers I've played on, barring Hippie Station, people have enjoyed my RP.

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Extra notes: Obviously I'm planning mainly HoS/Captain/HoP mostly .. I'm not completely inexperienced with other departments though. These are just what I've played

the most.

ALSO ... I am very well aware of the other person playing with 'Eberstark'. We have agreed that our lore lines up, and I most likely will not actively play in the same time as them. This will be my /main/ head character for whenever I am up for a round, if I get accepted that is.

Edited February 21, 2016 by Guest

[ZeBlooShadowVirus]

I can attest to Felkvir's role-playing abilities. He's very competent in the roles he plays, which happen to be mostly security. I play the other Eberstark, but I don't think that'll be a huge problem.

[Owen]

Now, I wanted to bring this up. The NSS Cephus is a Nanotrasen processing station, which makes me question some things. The concern with this is this,

but it was at the age of 28 he had received his first real position of authority in a temporary contract as a Chief of Security on NSS Cephus.

Technically, in order to be a Head of Staff in Nanotrasen, you need to be at least 30 years old. Proof here. Also, as far as I know, there is no "Chief of Security" it would be Head of Security for the station. So, if you could clarify what was going on there, that would be nice. It is more of a minor issue that I doubt would be too much trouble.

Now that I got to that, I will bring up somethings you said about Heinrich, I too like that you have a character that does speeches, I don't know why but I rather enjoyed thinking about that

But, I have seen Felkvir's characters quite a few times on the server. Can't think of anything bad that comes to mind about them. I would definitely give you a +1 on this. Your character's backstory was a nice little thing to read. The application looks nice and I would like to see you in a Head of Staff position.

Again, +1 from me.

[Felkvir]

Thanks,

also yeah, I forgot to mention I wrote it a bit late so I botched a few tiny things up there. 28 just kind of lined up with the records I wrote for him I believe, but it would make more sense if it was a position like Warden instead .. It's okay if I change the mention I assume? Since it won't affect the story in itself too much IMO

EDIT: I changed it. Hopefully not too much of a bother like you said.

[Owen]

Giving this a little bump, think it was forgotten about. Not sure if you are advertising it in OOC but that may help. Would like to see you try out this Head of Staff position.

[Felkvir]

I probably haven't advertised as much as possible, so I'll keep doing that if it helps at all

[Owen]

It normally does because a lot of people don't come and look at the whitelist area unless they have a reason or are linked. At least from what I noticed.

[Thesir]

I'm not sure that I've got the right guy, but I think I watched you play for a little while recently. Either way, the majority of my judgement will be gathered from the information that you provided on your app.

I like the answers that you've given the questions about roleplay and the heads of staff positions, and find that I largely agree with your views. Your biography is reasonably well written and descriptive of the character's life and experiences. I feel like Heinrich would be an appropriate character for the roles that you are pursuing. However, one part of your first paragraph did bother me.

 

As he grew up he studied law and socioeconomics and by the time he was a young adult he had moved from the family, due to several conflicts and brutal beatings. He headed for Mars' orbital station, Nova Concordia. It is here he first attained some reputation, working first as an Interim security consultant. Having grown tired of this, he shifted his focus to further education.

 

I don't know too much about security in SS13 or real life, but it doesn't seem like a security consultant position, interim or not, is an entry-level job. I was under the impression that security consultants had to be experts with security procedure as well as situations that commonly affect secure locations, but I may be misunderstanding your intention or the position.

[Guest]

I don't like Felkvir tbh, in an OOC way that is. Never have had bad interactions with him, but not many good ones either, this is all OOC of course, Felk probably doesn't even remember me.

But ICly, Felkvir is skilled at both roleplaying and playing in general, he has great experience and would be a great Head of Staff in my opinion.

+1 from me.

[Felkvir]

I'm not sure that I've got the right guy, but I think I watched you play for a little while recently. Either way, the majority of my judgement will be gathered from the information that you provided on your app.

I like the answers that you've given the questions about roleplay and the heads of staff positions, and find that I largely agree with your views. Your biography is reasonably well written and descriptive of the character's life and experiences. I feel like Heinrich would be an appropriate character for the roles that you are pursuing. However, one part of your first paragraph did bother me.

 

As he grew up he studied law and socioeconomics and by the time he was a young adult he had moved from the family, due to several conflicts and brutal beatings. He headed for Mars' orbital station, Nova Concordia. It is here he first attained some reputation, working first as an Interim security consultant. Having grown tired of this, he shifted his focus to further education.

 

I don't know too much about security in SS13 or real life, but it doesn't seem like a security consultant position, interim or not, is an entry-level job. I was under the impression that security consultants had to be experts with security procedure as well as situations that commonly affect secure locations, but I may be misunderstanding your intention or the position.

 

I had a skewed idea of what that was before, tbf. Forgot to edit that.

[Felkvir]

I don't like Felkvir tbh, in an OOC way that is. Never have had bad interactions with him, but not many good ones either, this is all OOC of course, Felk probably doesn't even remember me.

But ICly, Felkvir is skilled at both roleplaying and playing in general, he has great experience and would be a great Head of Staff in my opinion.

+1 from me.

 

Eh, you're right I don't remember you. I remember the name XanderDox, though.

Thanks for the support.

[UnknownMurder]

Good community member.

Haven't seen much of you however... RP interaction with you were extraordinary.

I've had no issues with this man... Or woman... Or an Owl.

Sorry, if I was late yet you were in my quene of receiving a +1 for being a good role player in my eyes...and a fun Ex-Boss

By the way, to your question of not being able to get people to +1. I would recommend to start build up a reputation. It's not too late, not yet.

[TishinaStalker]

Application approved.

 

 

Glory to Aurora.