[Accepted] SirCatnip's Unathi Application

[Catnip]

BYOND Key: SirCatnip

Character Names: Dylan Sutton, Abigale Hurlock, Kelly Price, Tiffany Richards, Celeste Antolini, Lukas Hardie.

Species you are applying to play: Unathi

What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): #112800/17:40:0

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes, multiple times. Hopefully I didn't miss anything.

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question

Why do you wish to play this specific race: Of all the alien races available, I find personally Unathi lore to be very interesting, and their history, way of life, etc. is something that I have enjoyed reading into.

I've had a lot of people tell me that I should apply for Unathi, and have shown interest in them myself, but I've never really found the time to apply, so I'm finally doing it now.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Residing from a different system, with a harsher climate, completely different biology and culture, as well as the various social mannerisms they display as a result of their evolution and culture, roleplaying an Unathi requires that you adopt those mannerisms in-character, and react to situations how they would be expected to.

Being part of a clan based society that is fairly new to Human space compared to most other species is a breath of fresh air and has great opportunity for building fun and interesting characters.

 

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Character Name: Uzakri Ikhesh

Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs

Born in Imas'hi, Moghes in the year 2436 with one female sibling, three years after first contact with Humanity. Leading a fairly 'average' early childhood for somebody born in this time and place, without much direct personal focus on the contact war during the earlier days, hoping it would be short and without further bloodshed, but grew accustomed to it growing up during this time, however holding a clear support for the Izweski nation.

For most of his life, primarily as a result of the growing wasteland, as well as a deep personal interest in working in space to observe and work among the other spacefaring species, plans were made to leave Moghes to persue a career within Nanotrasen space, supported by their clan.

Early in the year 2454, he along with a portion of his clan moved semi-permanently to Skalamar for work, particularly working with freight/cargo. Five years of this, off-time mostly spent studying Tau Ceti Basic and the ins-and-outs of working in Human space; employment with Nanotrasen on the NSS Exodus/Aurora II Cargo department (hopefully) begins.

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What do you like about this character? It's something new, and fresh. The character isn't exactly familiar with Human space, but is eager to make a living in mining, and use the money earned to make frequent trips back home throughout each year.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? I don't like to rate myself, however I try to hold myself to as high a standard as possible, and based on what people have told me, it pays off. Maybe around 7-8/10?

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Notes: If there is anything I missed, please point it out. I understand that the backstory is fairly vague, as a result of the fact that the character is still new and (obviously) hasn't been played yet, but it is something I've been looking to do for a long time, and I intend to build up upon anything that hasn't already been looked over, backstory-wise.

[TrickingTrapster]

Hmmmm. Catnip, I know you're one of the better roleplayers on the server. I know you will do your best on the character and stuff. However, the backstory is very... Lackluster. Not in terms of what happened, but what really does this tell us about the character? We don't get much info on how they think or act, just what they did, but not why or how. I'm leaning positive but you really need to expand the backstory a bit to be more personal to your character instead of just making it a timeline, as it looks like now.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Hello!

While I've always been flexible when it comes to whitelist applications, I would appreciate if you wrote an additional paragraph to meet the 2 paragraph approximate. Your backstory is very short. In application where there aren't a lot of key words dropped in on the 'describe the race', the backstory usually shines the strongest. It's only been a day since posting, so you have plenty of time!

[Catnip]

I appreciate the feedback, it presented me with some good questions to ask myself. I'm aware that the backstory is fairly weak at the moment, and the main reason for this is that there hasn't been much room for development after leaving home to work in Human space, due to the fact that I've not played the character yet or had any chance to simulate interactions onboard the Exodus. If you would like, I can modify the backstory a bit to incorporate having already been working in Human space for some time to add a bit more personality in that aspect.

Unfortunately a trait that commonly comes into play for me is that I tend to keep things vague outside of IC interactions, and while I do have a backstory built up further than what I've written down, it's hard to bring a lot of that to words.

As for going deeper into the reasoning for wanting to work as a Shaft Miner; the entire aspect of it had always been where the character would be more comfortable. The tranquility of being out on the asteroid sealed away from what's going on outside of the suit, exploring and harvesting the caves.

If more work is needed to be put into the application, I understand, and I am happy to do so within the next couple of days when I can find the time to.

[Guest Marlon Phoenix]

Hello again, I apologize for the considerable delay; my college career has reached its end and I was very busy with finals and wrapping all that up.

As it stands, I'm willing to trust your reasoning for your reduced backstory. I am sure that you have good intentions with your character as I've not seen any red flags in your application nor have I heard of any issues.

Application accepted.