[Accepted] ClearThoughts' Head Whitelist App

[ClearThoughts]

BYOND key: ClearThoughts

Character names:

Hidashi Toda'keri - Scientist

Elor'orus Sarnorin-Peiros - Librarian

Inaaya Vihaan - Station Engineer

Baad-Meinhof - Android

Qimul-Omal Tju'Yullra - Security Officer

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: I want to say off and on for about two years.

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I think I've been doing good recently and I'd like to try my hand at a head role. I havent seen an IAA in a long while, and I think a CE other than Hayden or Finlay (Kidding, Kidding.)

Why did you come to Aurora?: Heavy roleplay!

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

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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: So, if there is one thing I have learned and, honestly, yet to master about Aurora is that it isnt always about winning. It is about telling a good story. It being defined as the game and environment set up by the long-dedicated adminery and dev crew. Roleplay is the telling of a story through multiple mouths and minds, all cooperating to produce the most engaging and heart-thumping story we can.

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

OoC? I think my first go around with this application i stated that Heads of Staff were people who had access to command communications such as the Command ID Swipes, the shuttle consoles, and the fax machines. I believe that those individuals hold a great responsibility in that calling a shuttle can end a round, calling an ERT can drastically change a round's outcome, or even just alerting CentComm about the situation can greatly improve the crew's chances of survival. I still hold true to this belief, on top of that they are supposed to be administrative paragons of their division. A head of security is an organizer of defense, the commander of the blue shield of the station. A Head of Personnel to handle the civillian district that seems so prevalent on this research station, a Research Director to ensure that the massive budget allocated to Exodus is put to use, a Quartermaster for ensuring the station is well supplied, a Chief engineer to organize the ins and outs of the station functions, and to keep everyone from being irradiated to a crisp.. and a Captain to head them all. A turnover vote for his or her Heads of Staff, and a final dictation of word, and the loyalty-implanted living will of NanoTrasen onboard the Exodus. Nobody cares about IAA. (Kidding.)

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: Heads of staff are to be held to a higher standard than other regulars, with the power that they hold to suddenly shift a round by joining in with near station-wide access, an increased authority, the ability to become Acting Captain during emergencies, and the fact that you can directly interact with CentComm via fax machine means that they really do need a standard higher than the average player.. And I believe myself to be ready for such a responsibility, as of making this application.

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

Character name: Inaaya Vihaan

Character age: 42

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

Born on Elyra in 2417 and taken straight to the stars, the only soil ever set firmly under her feet would be the soil in the hydroponics garden. She lived and thrived in a world of zero gravity void. From an early age she sought to dress her body in art. To become a living artpiece. However, art needed funding, and funding was hard to come by. She took up machine shop work, starting off as a welder's apprentice and working her way towards a tech school. Along the way, youthful decisions lopped off her arms at the shoulder for braced, industrial prosthetics. She engraved them from socket to fingertip, a la Dia de Los Muertos out of interest in Mexican culture. The prosthetics became an issue in the engineering field as she took up with NanoTrasen, the switchover to Supermatter reactors causing them to short out at random. Measures were taken to prevent this, moving her away from reactor work and into a career of maintenance, breach-reaction-teams, and station repair. Her casual affinity for welding had locked her into her career to fund her ever-thriving body-art passion.

What do you like about this character?: She's very alternative, at least to me. When i originally wrote her, I did so as an experiment to see if I could play an alternative-art character with a focus on the material and aesthetic. It was a very odd concept, to have a character whose mind was centered around her own body, but I think that is what allures me most about her.

What do you dislike about this character?: She feels a little snowflakey to me when I step back to look at her, and the prosthetics sure are hard to play with if I have to set the engine alone, but if Im smart, its not a problem. If I could pick one thing that I'd change about her, I think i'll mellow out her personality a little.

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

I feel like making a Chief Engineer would be a good fit right now for me. I've had my fill of security, of science, and of the civillian division. That leaves the CE, the QM, and the HoP. . .(nobody cares about the IAA. Muahahaha!)

 

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: Id say I came to Aurora with a six. Through altercations with the admins and refinement of the attitude i bring with me when I log in to Aurorajas brought my personal self-confidence to about an 8/10.

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Extra notes: Headbashing people against walls when?

Edited February 27, 2017 by Guest

[MatterL]

You know what's disgusting? This app.

The fact that no one has gone and approved it already and the fact that no one has thrown high praise at ClearThoughts yet despite their wonderful characters.

Characters that have interesting backstories, are written to be believable to each of their own race's lore while still being something new that stands out from the rest. Every character of theirs I've had the pleasure of interacting with has really helped set the bar for what I expect of other Aurora characters in multiple fields.

I for one entirely and wholeheartedly support their whitelisting app. +1

[ClearThoughts]

Bump!

[DatBerry]

Id just like the note, the QM wasn't, isn't, nor will they be a head of staff in the future.

Anyway, my first ooc impression and ny first interaction with CTs weren't matching, while he still makes an ass out of himself OOCly, they're atleast decent ICly.

Though as a heads of staff whitelisted person you're expected to be nicer to people OOCly too.

1+ from me as long as you try to improve on being nicer to other spessmen players

[Ornias]

+1 but please don't bully my snowflake characters in LOOC any more

[ClearThoughts]

Id just like the note, the QM wasn't, isn't, nor will they be a head of staff in the future.

Anyway, my first ooc impression and ny first interaction with CTs weren't matching, while he still makes an ass out of himself OOCly, they're atleast decent ICly.

Though as a heads of staff whitelisted person you're expected to be nicer to people OOCly too.

1+ from me as long as you try to improve on being nicer to other spessmen players

OOCly? Hm. Yea, I get what you mean by that. Not a shining feature of mine. It occurs when something goes completely the wrong direction than where I had intended, or when something occurs that none of my predictions of a situation steps in unexpectedly. I will say that I do require some emotional tuning in Handling my outbursts of frustration, and I will take your words with my salt and try my best to improve from there.

 

+1 but please don't bully my snowflake characters in LOOC any more

 

Who. . Do you play? I'm. . .Not sure I know any of your characters that I can place the Ckey Ornias to.

[TishinaStalker]

Application accepted.