[Accepted] Kaedwuff's Head of Staff Application

[Kaed]

BYOND key: Kaedwuff

Character names: Kaed Maltivus

Ickthar Slithiss

Esisshesi Ssreshkor

Korassh Guwan

Inesski Sslasskir

Ssalashtar Intesski

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Uh. I forget. Probably over a year now. I've been hisslording a while now.

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: Because I'd like to play a head of staff once and a while.

Why did you come to Aurora?: For the promise of high roleplay times. And because hisslords are great.

Have you read the BS12 wiki on the head roles you plan on playing?: Yes.

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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 should be about the cooperation between two or more people to reach a goal via simulated interations. In general, the goals follow several tiers of importance, with meeting the settings standards (which is why no one plays an ancient rainbow dragon robot in human form on the server) being the highest, with meeting you simulated standards, and then with meeting your character standards and producing an event that is engaging for everyone involved. Engaging does not necessarily mean 'fun', or 'enjoyable'. One person's entertainment may be another person's frustration, but they are both participating in creating a scenario nevertheless, and they are engaging in roleplay.

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

The heads of staff don't serve a singular purpose, except perhaps to 'lead' their department. The HoS is responsible for making sure that all their officers follow regulations, and that the station remains as safe as possible WITHIN those regulations (though I think sometimes they stretch the 'stop the bad guys' bit past regulations at times, but that is a problem for security in general), the Chief Engineer manages the functions of his department, including making sure the engine is running, the station doesn't have breaches, and I guess the AI too. They all have rules dedicated to their department, plus a few additional things, such as the HoP's secondary job of managing access permissions and job titles. The captain is there to be an all-access rambo superhero with delusions of supreme power over everything from regulations to what to do with the AI, apparently. (I'm kidding, but I see it a lot...)

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

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

Character name: Ickthar Slithiss

Character age: 59

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

Ickthar was born on Moghes nearly six decades ago, and lived through the changes that occurred on Moghes after contact. He was part of a reasonably well off clan that became much more well off following the chaos of the contact war, and for most of his life he lived as a shaman of the Th'akh faith. Having a natural aptitude for administrative duties, he often found himself in positions of advisory or spiritual leadership.

With the advent of the Hegemony and the decline of the Th'akh faith among the inhabitants of Moghes, he found himself in increasing conflict with the Hegemony. His beliefs had been tainted and were no longer respected by the ruling clans, and after several attempts to affect change on this matter, he ended up fleeing the homeworld. For a time, he lived on Ourere, but as the Hegemony reabsorbed the colony, it became less prudent to do this, and he further exited unathi space entirely, ending up working for Nanotrasen.

What do you like about this character?:

I enjoy playing a crusty, old, and generally serious unathi with a limp. He's generally all business and has little interest in the typical unathi standard of rushing into battle with a roar, preferring the more quiet, administrative duties such as Warden or Chaplain. This is essentially his retirement.

What do you dislike about this character?:

Sometimes it gets tiresome limping (walking) everywhere and if no one is looking, I'll turn run back on to get somewhere. /scum

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

I intend to play him as a Head of Personnel, primarily, due to his aptitude with administrative duties and paperwork. Warden is honestly not too far off in responsibilities from HoP, except with more managing weapons than people.

 

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I think I do a good job roleplaying my characters, though sometimes I feel that people do not reciprocate the effort I make, especially when I am an antagonist trying to take them captive or do something that isn't murdering them violently on the spot. It's way to easy to shriek for help over the radio instead of interacting with the antagonist.

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Extra notes:

[Ian The Corgi]

+1 for diligence as Ssla-whatsisface

[DaBurs]

I RP'd with Kaedwuff as a raider, he was pretty cool.

+1

[Nikov]

-1, unapologetic downvoting of an Unathi Head of Staff, particularly Head of Personnel. The resistance that Unathi would face climbing to the Captain's right hand is not sufficiently represented, as I know three Heads who -hate- Unathi and could write some nasty letters. He's a good character and a fine warden I am sure, but the idea of an Unathi having that much power should turn some heads IC. Now, if the rest of your characters weren't Unathi? You'd get a +1.

So maybe more like -1/2.

[Kaed]

-1, unapologetic downvoting of an Unathi Head of Staff, particularly Head of Personnel. The resistance that Unathi would face climbing to the Captain's right hand is not sufficiently represented, as I know three Heads who -hate- Unathi and could write some nasty letters. He's a good character and a fine warden I am sure, but the idea of an Unathi having that much power should turn some heads IC. Now, if the rest of your characters weren't Unathi? You'd get a +1.

So maybe more like -1/2.

 

Hahah, like there aren't already unathi heads of personnel (there's a sandy scaled one I can think of) and no one questions it. I play only lizards, and that shall never change. I care not for thy anti-lizardism sentiment

[Jboy2000000]

I love Kead, I love his characters, I love how plays, and I for one hail our new lizard overlords. And yeah, Unathi already encompass every head role they can, and no one pats an eye. Its literally a none issue.

[Garnascus]

Application approved.

 

 

Glory to Aurora