[Accepted] Not megatron's head application

[Not Megatron]

BYOND key: Not megatron

Character names:Caleb Greene, Jenna Steele

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?:About a year and a half, maybe two.

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?:I want to be able to have a positive influence on the station. I'm rather protective of security and I want to see it do well. Also, snazzy outfits.

Why did you come to Aurora?: I like high RP, and I like Aurora’s unique atmosphere.

Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?:Ayup.

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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 cooperating with other players to make an exciting, interesting narrative that’s the most fun for the highest possible number of players. On the individual scale, it’s about taking a world you’re given, and adding something new to that world. Roleplay is a team building exercise, where the goal is to tell a story.

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

In game, heads of staff are role models. They’re the ones new players look to and see how they’re expected to behave. Additionally, they should be expected to be mentors to those new players, and be patient with them. Heads of staff have more power than anyone else in their department, and to quote, with great power comes with great responsibility. Another responsibility heads have is to coordinate their department, to make sure everybody is playing nice with the other kids.

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

The responsibilities of a whitelisted player are much the same as those of a head of staff: being a role model to other players, as well as a player that people can look to for guidance. In other words, they should be community leaders.

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

Character name: Caleb Greene

Character age:54

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

Caleb Greene grew up on Earth with his parents and younger brother. His father was an officer in the Sol Alliance, so Caleb and his brother were mostly raised by their mother, Jessica Greene. Despite this, Caleb grew up a normal kid, mostly. He went to college studying linguistics, and met his fiance there. He dropped out so he could work full time on the NSS Redemption, where she worked as a researcher, which was his first step into working for NT.

Following the events on the Redemption, Caleb took a few years off work, to focus on his personal life, after which he was hired to work on the NSS Aurora. He spent four years there- to Caleb, his work on the Aurora lifted security work from a job to a career. At the end of those four years, he felt it was time for another change. He left the Aurora, and moved out towards the frontier, in Nyx. Unlike Tau Ceti, the frontier did not have the benefit of a significant military presence to keep “job hazards” to a minimum. He was hired on at the NOS Apollo, where he received his command certification, and learned how to lead a department. So it was that Caleb Greene spent the brunt of his career managing security on an isolated station fraught with pirates, aliens, and disgruntled employees. After a long and fruitful career on the Apollo, he felt it was finally time to hang up his hat, and spend retirement revisiting his old stomping grounds, on the Exodus. After barely a year of sipping martinis and watching the sun rise, the old man, married to his job his entire life, realized he wasn’t ready to leave her just yet. And here we are.

What do you like about this character?:

I like a lot about Caleb. I’ve had him for a long time, so he’s extremely fleshed out. It’s easy for me to get inside his head, and knowing how Caleb would react to a situation (as opposed to what NM would do) has become second nature. He's also just a lot of fun to play. I like his personality.

What do you dislike about this character?:

He’s a bit bland, both in personality and backstory. I would compare him to a loaf of plain white bread that’s baked with all the love and finest ingredients. It’s really nice bread, but it’s just that. White bread. That, and he’s frankly a little bit awkward when he’s not talking about work.

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

Caleb makes up in management skills what he lacks in individual fighting prowess. He has years of experience as a leader and a teacher under his belt, which both necessitate their own skillsets.

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: This is going to sound corny, but when I’m “in the zone”, I’d say I’m about an 8/10. When things get especially hectic, or I’m distracted, I can drop down to a 5 or 6, but that’s unusual.

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Extra notes:

I left some bits out of his backstory that I either felt weren’t important, or wanted to reveal them IC instead of on a public forum. Also, in case anyone asks, my excuse for his not still being head is because all the relevant licenses and certificates expired. In other words, he can’t be in charge because he forgot to renew his driver’s license.

Sorry if the biography reads oddly. I had it typed up before, and lost the whole thing, so there isn't quite as much love put into this one.

[Scheveningen]

I was told I'd get gold coins for clicking. Do I win?

On a more relevant note, this application is well-written and displays of an understanding regarding what it is to be a head of staff. It's short and sweet but it doesn't get bogged down in nonsense.

Caleb's a good character, though they don't stick out a ton, they're a good subordinate and have more common sense than the average rando that joins as security these days. I'm confident they'll do a good job in adjusting to a leadership role.

[Raineko]

Caleb is one of my favorite characters on the server, his history as an Ex-Head shows that he's just right for the job. I personally believe that OP has a solid understanding of his character, and I support Caleb becoming our next head of staff.

[TishinaStalker]

Application accepted