[Accepted]Deridin's Head of Staff Whitelist App

[Deridin]

BYOND key: Deridin

Character names: Lukas Chapman

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: For about five to six months

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: Because I believe that I would be able to help progress RP and atleast maintain control in the Security department as a Head of Security

Why did you come to Aurora?: I came to Aurora because I always have liked to RP in SS13 but I have never found a stable community or server to do so in

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: I think roleplay should be about building stories. Relationships, hardships, and great achievements are all parts of a good and well thought out character in any sort of roleplaying situation. Roleplaying is made to allow us to live through characters we have created and do things that we would not normally get to do, immersing yourself into a character and putting real thought into a character and playing out the resorting situations is always a very rewarding feeling.

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: I believe a head of staff is very crucial to the game. Ordering their respective departments, coordinating with other departments, and getting down to the long amount of time spent doing paperwork for the good of the crew. Heads of staff are vital in bringing a department together in order to achieve a wide scale effort such as intruders, biohazards, or diseases as well as things such as sorting out riots, mutineers, or cults. Heads of staff are also a figureheads and people that are needed to answer questions or concerns that their subordinates may have.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: I believe that whitelisted players are obligated to help other players have a good and enjoyable environment to RP in. To help usher new players into wanting to join our community and bring new characters into the server bringing forward more and better opportunities for RP for all involved. The whitelists are made to keep certain roles closed, and for good reason. The whitelisted roles on the server can very easily make or break a good RP environment as a whole and it takes a certain degree of responsibility and dedication to fill those roles.

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

Character name: Lukas Chapman

Character age: 29 (30 if read on or after September 3rd, 2016)

Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Lukas was born on Mars and lived in an orphanage for the majority of his early life, Around the age of fifteen he broke away from the orphanage and worked moving cargo for merchants to earn his keep. After a few close encounters Lukas worked for a wealthy Merchant by the name of Xavier Koemel, Xavier offered Lukas the opportunity to go to a medical school for a few years. Lukas, during his time at the medical school, used his funds to secure an apartment and later worked at a private bar in order to help fund his life during school. After med-school Lukas decided to take up a Cadet-ship aboard the Brutus and worked forward to becoming an Officer. Lukas spent a large majority of his time honing his skills and working off the money that he wanted to pay Xavier in return for his kind offer. When it comes to working in the Security Department, Lukas likes to take a level-headed and non-biased approach to nearly all situations, trying to solve them without any unneeded violence and making an attempt to handle every situation at the lowest level possible.

What do you like about this character?: Lukas, being my only character has always been a fun character for me to play. Making relationships, over coming hardships, and just generally interacting with other people. Lukas cares for every race equally and believes that synthetics should be given near, if not the same, amount of regard that organics would and is open about his feelings on the matter. Lukas is generally nice towards most of the crew unless he is given a reason to act otherwise.

What do you dislike about this character?: The only thing that I really dislike about Lukas is that he is almost cookie-cutter when it comes to his personality, I try to make him an enjoyable character to be around but I am not so sure that I always achieve this goal with the people that I interact with.

What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: I believe that Lukas is fit to lead because if there is something he wants done, he will get it done. Lukas has always had a non-biased out-look on security work and often voices his opinions against others that carry bias into the workplace. I believe that he would be a good Head of Security and would be able to lead efficiently and effectively. Lukas is a dependable character that can get things that are asked of him done and can handle a situation without it leading directly to violence.

 

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I would like to think that I am pretty good at roleplaying my character in a believeable manner but I know that there is always room to improve on my roleplaying.

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[Synnono]

I don't get many chances to play with Lukas, but the few interactions I've had with him indicate to me that he is capable of displaying both reasoned decision making, and a touch of humanity at the same time. Also, he looks good with holographic cat ears.

Our wiki indicates any HoS candidate needs to have a decade of security experience, but it sounds as though Lukas spent a good chunk of his adult life in med school, and if his focus was heavily on that he'd only just be coming out of it around age thirty. How do you imagine him being considered for promotion in Security, when stacked up against candidates with more experience, or true law enforcement experience?

[Deridin]

Recently I have actually regeared Lukas to applying to more of a security role than medical, his medical school would have been for medical treatment that a paramedic would be able to give, I have yet to change the employment records to fit this but I am planning on changing them to suit the needs of the role. I believe he would be considered for promotion based on his actions in his current posting as a security officer and (hopefully) recommendations that other crew would give regarding his service as an Officer. (Also you know you love the holographic catears)

[Juani2400]

Yes. Definitely a +1 from me. I've interacted a lot with Chapman and I've played with you several times. You'd make a great HoS.

EDIT: I have been playing Captain and I have been giving Chapman interim lately, so he can train and I can get a better view on how he'd act as HoS. He has done great these 3 shifts he has been made interim. Great RP, as always, and good tactics and decisions. Again, +1.

Edited September 7, 2016 by Guest

[AWPen]

Spent some time with him, defo a +1

[Pyrociraptor]

Definitely a +1 from me. Lukas know his shit, doesn't fuck around and know RP.

[Coalf]

As someone who's spent quite a few rounds playing with Lukas I can safely say that he would be an awesome HoS.

He's polite, actually knows his procedures and the proper etiquette of a proper sec officer but at the same time he's not afraid to break protocol to help or save someone he really cares about.

OOCly, Deridin is an excellent role-player and I'm glad to have met him even before Aurora.

The only issue I know of would be his med school backstory but I see he already explains that in the thread.

So a well deserved +1.

[Mofo1995]

Hello! I just got out of the "Carogbois" round where Lukas had to investigate cargo because one of them allegedly grinded up Ian in the gibber. Throughout the entire affair, Lukas was mostly calm, and extremely regulations minded. Compared to nearly every other security officer, he was an angel, and at any point he could easily brigged all of cargo for suspicious conduct, or even obstructing security. I mean, many things really. While he failed to secure landing us in the brig, the methodical process by which he went through it demonstrated to me in overwhelming strength that he was a fantastic model for security roleplayers, and someone who would be a perfect fit for head of security. The fact that he was able to retain his composure through all of cargo being absolutely uppity to him shows that he's one of the few officers with a really level head and straight laced procedure. I would love to see him as Head of Security, even if it means being brigged for my regulations breakings in the future. He was above and beyond my expectations for roleplaying as a security officer.

+1

P.S.: He filed three search warrants to try and find incriminating evidence. I mean, hot damn, good work man.

[Roderick Grey]

+1 Awesome sec officer, very chill and professional.

[Omnivac]

+1 From me, one of the better members of security. Reliable and consistent.

[Tequilajoe]

I've always been a fan of Chapman and how he's played. RP is high quality and he seems to know his stuff. Highly reliable as far as security goes, he'd probably make an excellent HoS.

+1

[Blingx3]

Hello, i don't remember a time I played with toue character, altough I have some hard time understanding why your character is getting a promotion with such young age and a few years of experince, you have not mentioned that in your charcters backstory.

What I recommend is making him older with some experince behind his belt to add more authinticity to the character. Because a security office reaches higher ranks in the department with dedication and experince.

The rest of the application seems fine to, if you change the age some of the character that would be much better for it to fit in the position.

[Killerhurtz]

Someone contacted me to anonymously oppose this whitelist, with the reason "they feel that Lukas Chapman is too memey, dancing in the halls with someone during code red".

[Synnono]

Someone contacted me to anonymously oppose this whitelist

I feel as though the application should be judged on its content and the prediction of how a character will behave in a role with elevated responsibility. We have many regular players, command players, and staff who, at times, do silly things. It's part of what makes this fun.

In my view, a valid criticism of an application should focus on either the character as described in the application, or the regular OOC behavior of the player. And if it's the latter, I hope it would be a criticism focused on whether or not the player is prepared to follow the rules and make the round better for people. It's not necessarily wrong to find dancing around on code red absurd, but it's also not a great measure for how the player will do in charge of a department, either.

Also, people shouldn't be afraid to post in these threads. If criticisms are objective, they shouldn't be taken personally.

Edited September 9, 2016 by Guest

[Guest]

Someone contacted me to anonymously oppose this whitelist,

 

Seems legit.

[Deridin]

Im all for criticisms of course, they're just ways for me to improve. And yes I admit that dancing with someone during code red is a bit absurd but I have only ever done that on one occasion. As to Lukas being "Too Memey", you might as well not allow anyone to play a character with any sense of humor, I understand your criticism but there are plenty of characters that do much more ridiculous things. And you dont have to say "Someone contacted me anonymously" if you are the one with the actual complaint, I am not going to take it personally.

[Taintedglory]

Ima put my two cents (For how little its worth) in here

Lukas is a fantastic character the times I do interact with him, and I usually ask him to report for me if there isn't a HoS around.

So. He does well, he RPs well, Im not sure how well he would do in a Head position but the player seems alright and the character seems solid.

I'd just hate to lose a good officer to the never ending world of HoS

+1

[Faris]

As a Head of Security regular with Lukas, I can safely say that he is one of the more competent and calm officers out of the bunch, I can entrust him with tasks and expect good results in the end. I do not recall an incident where I've had to push him aside and talk to him about how he dealt with a situation and feel he would be an excellent addition to the command whitelist. I've also noticed that Deridin's has been trying to improve on his character in general, so I find no reason than to give him a +1.

[coolbc2000]

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes. +1

What can I say? Nothing really. He is everything you want in a HoS, great RP'er and understands how to fucking fill out warrents and all the paperwork (This makes my inner Warden very happy)

I wish you the best luck.

[Shadow]

Mind you, if he's going to be 30 and a HoS then don't play him as medical char as well, unless you make him even older.

[Loow]

Keep him strictly sec and keep your memes in your pants.

Application Accepted.