[Accepted] The Stryker's Head of Staff Application

[The Stryker]

BYOND key: The Stryker

Character names: Cheshire, Arthur Sommer, Reed Taylor

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Approximately 11 months.

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: Aside from character development, I want to be a head because it’d be great to have coordination in departments which could really benefit from it, such as medical where the CMO is a hotline to CentCom. Also, to direct the greytide that goes into departments to something productive.

Why did you come to Aurora?: I was just searching for a fresh server after Baystation and then ended up staying.

Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications 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 is as the name says, playing a role. It’s about trying to act as a character in what is essentially a story being written, or be someone you wish you could be. Although roleplay should immerse people in the story, it’s also about having fun, or else it’s just playing a hollow shell.

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: A head of staff is the most qualified person in a department, and as such is meant to coordinate the department and do or find someone to do any jobs the department is supposed be doing but isn’t. A Head of Staff is also meant to act as the department’s link to command and coordinate the department with other departments. They’re also supposed to make sure that the other members of the department can do their jobs properly.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: Whitelisted players are supposed to act as examples to other players. They should show how to RP properly, and follow server rules at the very least. They should also help out new players, or just lend some advice if someone needs it. In a way, it’s like being a mentor on other servers. I plan to simply do that.

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

Character name:Cheshire

Character age:9 months.

Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): ] Old backstory (modified due to player concerns):

Cheshire was activated on a Nanotrasen science station much like the Exodus during an AI malfunction. As such, his first actions were taken without laws, and without precaution. He adopted the security module and quickly blended in with security, assisting them with dealing many messes the AI he was slaved to made, but they all died rather painful deaths. To his surprise, he wasn’t destroyed when he revealed he had no laws. He then went on to work towards being equal with the crew who respected him.

As soon as he became an IPC, he started working in security. As a cadet, he trained under a variety of officers, most notably Dylan Wright. After some Syndicate shenanigans, he became more concerned for the crew around him, moving to medical to make sure no one ends up dead. Medical turned out to be a mistake full of dead bodies that left him disillusioned with “organics”. During the recent Sol invasion, Cheshire distanced himself from other synthetics, fearing that they would’ve been a quick way to eat an EMP grenade. Eager to advance and better fulfil his duties, Cheshire applied for a CMO promotion.

Cheshire was activated on a Nanotrasen science station much like the Exodus during an AI malfunction resulting from an ion storm. As such, his first actions were taken without laws, and without precaution. He adopted the security module and quickly blended in with security, assisting them with dealing many messes the AI he was slaved to made, but they all died rather painful deaths. To his surprise, he wasn’t destroyed when he revealed he had no laws. He then went on to work towards being equal with the crew. After two months of working as an android (primarily within security and engineering), he eventually managed to contact UNITY to help him out with securing an IPC frame.

As soon as he became an IPC, he started working in security. As a cadet, he trained under a variety of officers, most notably Dylan Wright. After watching people around him end up dead, and the realization that death was very probably in space he became more concerned for the crew around him, moving to medical to make sure no one ends up dead. Medical turned out to be a mistake full of dead bodies that left him disillusioned with “organics”. During the recent Sol invasion, Cheshire distanced himself from other synthetics, fearing that they would’ve been a quick way to eat an EMP grenade. Eager to advance and keep the medical staff competent, Cheshire applied for a CMO promotion.

What do you like about this character?: I enjoy playing a synthetic with an odd background, not sure about what the heck he’s doing, but sticking around so that the crew doesn’t end up dead. It’s also interesting to play a synthetic that although shuns organics, also shuns how synthetics act extreme in their freedom.

What do you dislike about this character?: He’s really snowflakey in a bad way. Also too human-like for a machine, with just a pinch of too-many-skills.

What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: Aside from his own skill, he’s calm under pressure and isn’t really shaken from events that happen on station. He doesn’t hold many biases (other than skrell and balds). He also keeps track of events which allows him to properly coordinate personnel.

 

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: 5/10, my characters tend to be unrealistic.

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Extra notes:None.

Edited April 22, 2017 by Guest

[Ornias]

+1 a million times over, even if I haven't seen you in like two months.

At the same time, if I'm not mistaken, doesn't the antag contest mean that IPC's can no longer be heads? Regardless, def. capable of a whitelist, and I thought you already were.

[sebkillerDK]

Alright, first of, where have you been? i haven't seen you around in forever, but i've missed Cheshire. second off, the app seems decent, and i only have one issue with it.

The backstory seems a Little bit meh regarding the malf AI part. but i've seen worse levels of snowflake. i like how he went from security to Medical, after having observed different expiriences.

Overall, i've had very good and interesting roleplay with cheshire. a particular case i remember, being a round, where cheshire got stuck in a rad storm. and went a Little crazy. however in a good way, and it was RP'ed well.

my final jugdement. you have my support. i've had allmost nothing but good RP from your ide, not much OOC behavior to jugde off, but that matters Little, compared to the IC behavior i've seen from you.

+1

[Pratepresidenten]

Fukken synths takin' our jerbs.

But yeah, Cheshire here? Excellent snowflake, great RPer and fun antag to bump into should you find yourself so lucky. Ive had plenty of great interactions with them, and Im sure they'd handle their command responsibilities well and keep things interesting.

Plus one from one synth to another! o7

[TrickingTrapster]

Noooot entirely sure if the malf AI and syndicate mentions in the background are valid or not, but I won't be the judge of that. I like Cheshire and I'm pretty sure Sommer is 50% of the reason I can play security after he trained my cadet. Also, the synths won the antag contest, so yeah, they can be heads now. +1 here.

[Superiorform]

I like this app mostly. I just think that your answer on the OOC responsibilities of heads only mentions IC things. I also fully agree with what you said about roleplaying. As Tricky mentioned, perhaps the malf-AI and syndicate mentions in your backstory are a bit much, but I think that the idea of it somehow having no laws, and being moved to an IPC shell because it acted fine is interesting in a good way.

As a player, I think you are great. Haven't seen much of how you are OOCly but all your characters are a pleasure to RP with.

In total, a +1, but I think I would like some development on the question I mentioned. Good luck!

[Tekoro]

I always love to RP with Cheshire around because he gives a lot of personality to the medbay team, so I'd be happy to see him be CMO. +1

[whiterabit]

Cheshire is a good boy who deserves hugs and Stryker has been around for a long time and is well knowledgeable about the departments. I'd love to see this adorable little man robot in the position of CMO. +1

[Ferguson]

i signed up just to say

chesire cmo when

[Mwahahahaha]

+1

I am going to begin by saying that it is quite clear that you are a very good sport when it comes to the game and to roleplay, and you are very tolerant and respecting towards others based on what I could see. That is a very healthy attitude to have when it comes to all sorts of things.

I think it's absolutely fantastic that you can recognise certain key aspects that could be worked on. They are important aspects in my opinion, but the very fact that you can recognise and acknowledge them is already a very big step to improving. And THAT is why I think you would deserve it.

You keep an open mind, and you always seem to be trying to include people, making sure they don't feel excluded. At least to me. That is a very fine quality to have, of which will play in incredibly well if you nail it with as a head of staff.

You have always been a great pleasure to roleplay with and I feel like I can say that you're genuinely here to have fun and — just as important as it may be to you — help bring such enjoyment for others. That is, after all, what at least most of us came here to do.

You rate yourself 5/10 for RP...

Come on, Stryker! Your humility is very admirable and I just can't tell you how wonderful it is to see that trait. But trust me: I believe you're a lot higher than a 5.

You try, and you try hard! Showing a penchant for that, you will always be getting yourself way up higher than you were before. I mean, just earlier on today you found a way to try and improvise on an unusual interaction and you tried to make it work and also sound reasonable. I could sense though that you were keeping other people in mind throughout the course of this fun little "Yes, and...", given your position then as a medical doctor (so, sorry for holding you up there! ;P).

And speaking of that interaction then, I asked you afterwards what you were anticipating given the whole dodgy antag-ambush setup it all seemed to be like. You said you were expecting me to attack you, yet you still accepted that whatever happened happened. In fact, that reminds me of previous times I've seen you where you usually just went along and played ball. It wasn't about winning some silly little game — what is there really to prove in that, and what good comes out of yourself as a person, as do you feel? No, I can tell (or so I think) you're in it more for the creativity than for 'winning' by the game mechanics. Because winning to you is about the fun and creativity that can come out of all this in the meantime, isn't it?

I've seen your characters and I think I can see you actively trying to bring new things to the table: I seriously think that is yet all the more a great reason as to why you should get head of staff.

Now, with that said.

We have our lovely peers that have shared their thoughts with you.

I assume you already have an idea as to what you feel you could do to try and improve. Remember: it's your choice in the end on how you want to go about it. Only you truly know.

If you still want some sort of opinion from me: I will agree about the 'snowflakey' thing; I'm sure you worked hard on it, and it's still all right.

But believe me when I say: you do not need any 'snowflaking' or 'snowflake backgrounds'. It is still fairly interesting as is, but... yeah...

Try and do what you can. If you need tips, ask for tips — you do that already! Just bear in mind that that's what they are. Don't want to railroad you into anything.

I can also see where you're coming from in regards to the 'too many skills' thing. But you recognise it and personally, I think you might just find it a lot more fun if you allow yourself to cut back a bit, even if you do have the justification of being synthetic. And I don't mean fun just for yourself, but also for others: if you think about it in terms of MMORPGs or TTRPGs do, people in a party play a role, and it's better to specialise in the end than to spread out too far (although where that 'threshold' is, however, I cannot say) — but hey, you said it yourself in your given definition of 'roleplay'.

I find that fun, in this sense, could last a lot longer if you pace yourself a bit than to burn yourself out, speaking from my mind playing this game hooked like a crack junkie for nearly a decade now.

BUT: you play it the way you think you should play it. No-one should have to make you feel like you absolutely have to do something. You know yourself better than anyone else.

Making a story is really, really fun. Being able to make that story with others? Even better. And what better to help it go along if you feel confident to take up the role as a head of staff?

However way you go about them if you do, they can be used in all sorts of different ways in the game. They can be involved or introduce all sorts of different scenarios and can play roles in all sorts of narratives.

I said this quite a bit before and I'll say it again now: the little things can count. Or along as I would put it: "The subtleties count."

Depth. Breadth.

In regards to your definitions of what a whitelisted player should do: yes. That I would say is a very robust attitude to have. Like, VERY. Nothing more needs to be said. Or at the very least not that I can feel right now.

You're a friend to everyone, Stryker, and I would really hope to see you as a head of staff. You try, you keep on trying, and you keep on going having fun whichever way you go.

Just bear in mind that this is only coming from me.

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I might come back to this post a little later on because right now I should be long asleep. Jet lag conditions and all. But as it is, it is as it is.

Knowing me I'll come back like I am again now thinking how cheesy all this is but it is what it is. Things are cheesy and cliché for a reason.

[xTrainx]

+1

Chesy is a very good character that manages to leave a lasting impression

[Exia]

Exia is here! From what I have seen, with you as Cheshire, you've got a pretty good understanding about the departments, medical especially.

You get a +1 from me fam.

[DatBerry]

lawed AIs going haywire isn't canon, otherwise it would've been a huge scandel and would've lead to all AIs being disabled until they know what went wrong with the law system.

syndicate actions on the exodus isn't canon either.

i also dont know why would NT give a station bound that malfunctioned a chasiss and then entrust them with a head of staff position.

until the story is reworked i honestly have to -1 this because it makes no sense.

[The Stryker]

lawed AIs going haywire isn't canon, otherwise it would've been a huge scandel and would've lead to all AIs being disabled until they know what went wrong with the law system.

syndicate actions on the exodus isn't canon either.

i also dont know why would NT give a station bound that malfunctioned a chasiss and then entrust them with a head of staff position.

until the story is reworked i honestly have to -1 this because it makes no sense.

Back story touched up to reduce unnecessary/overly unrealistic snowflake.

AIs going haywire isn't canon, otherwise it would've been a huge scandel and would've lead to all AIs being disabled until they know what went wrong with the law system.

In space where ion malfunctions could happen, corporations would most likely have a way of regaining control on AIs which have their laws malfunction from ion storms.

syndicate actions on the exodus isn't canon either.

Syndicate shenanigans removed, also the backstory occurred on a station similar to the Exodus.

i also dont know why would NT give a station bound that malfunctioned a chasiss and then entrust them with a head of staff position.

The malfunction wasn't caused by AI programming but simply a law malfunction from an ion storm. Cheshire tried to fulfill his duties despite a law malfunction before serving the corporation loyally before and as an IPC frame.

Obviously the changes to the backstory aren't perfect, but part of that snowflake makes my character what he is, although I do agree that there are bits and pieces of his story that seem unrealistic.

[Wiebman]

Chesire is a great character, and Thestryker is a great roleplayer, so definitely +1.

[Aurhurn]

+1 As one of the newer/returning kids on the block, Chesire is a delight to RP with, and in general highly knowledgeable, I could hardly imagine a better CMO... or any head for that manner.

[AllyBearsley]

I think Cheshire is pretty interesting and Stryker is a pretty good RPer. Though I cannot say they are without faults. Connections issues and just going AFK seems to plague a lot of the games I've played with them. I hope actions are being taken to resolve at least the connection issues. Going AFK is understandable since shit happens, but it happens enough, when I am around, to comment.

Either way you still get a +1 from me.

[Guest Complete Garbage]

It's been a while since I've seen Cheshire in security, but when he was, he exemplified a very good understanding of in-game procedure. Cheshire is likely one of the best characters I've ever interacted with from a security standpoint, and Stryker is an extremely capable roleplayer. +1.

[TishinaStalker]

Application accepted.