[Denied] rankdiRty's Head of Staff Application

[rankdiRty]

BYOND key: rankdiRty

Character names: Cliff Donovicci, Fleance "Interim Mad Scotsman" MacBride, Vra'ik Seshka

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Used to play here a while ago, just started getting back into this style of SS13 a few days ago.

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I played interim HoS several times and quite enjoyed it.

Why did you come to Aurora?: A more interesting RP experience and pace than something like Paradise or Colonial Marines

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

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Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about: Roleplay is taking on the conscience and identity of a created person, acting as they would based on their character traits, and interacting with others to expand your character's depth.

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: To organize and guide their department, resolve internal conflicts between its members, and make sure their department is running at maximum efficiency.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: To be professional leaders who their subordinates can trust to guide them through situations where they may lack the same experience or capability. I have seen many command staff on this server behave with no sense of professionalism or respect to their fellow employees, and I find it frankly unrealistic and annoying. I strive to be a more civilized and professional leader.

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Character name: Fleance MacBride

Character age: 43

Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): He is a Scotsman born in the Sol System, serving fifteen years as an infantryman in the Sol Alliance military and being honorably discharged after an encounter with Vox pirates that resulted in the loss of his right leg. After leaving the military, he had a prosthetic installed, and signed a contract to work security for Nanotrasen, where he has been for almost 10 years.

What do you like about this character?: He's a seasoned veteran, getting up there in years, but also in experience. He's not one to put up with bureaucratic bullshit, more one to see to it that the good guys live, and the bad guys are in the dirt. While he is a hard man though, he does have the capacity to be understanding and agreeable with people.

What do you dislike about this character?: He can be stubborn when he doesn't see the logic in things, which often gets him in trouble with superiors decades younger than him. He has a long fuse, but the temper at the end of it can be wild.

What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: He's been interim Head of Security on multiple occasions, one of which he risked life and limb, charging into a phoron leak to extract a handicapped captain. Additionally, his combat skills are more than adequate. When boarded by Vox pirates, he hunted down and neutralized the threat, even after being wounded by the enemy. Aside from his exploits in the field, he also is a mediator. One shift as interim, a security member felt discriminated against for not being allowed to speak Sol Common on comms. Instead of suspending her and tossing her out the airlock, he invited her to his office to talk over it. Explained to her that he too was a Sol native and that the reasons for this were merely regulation and important regulation at that. They reached an understanding and the officer kept her badge. I think this ability to talk things through instead of being a tyrant makes him an outstanding candidate for this position.

 

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How would you rate your own roleplaying?: Very good as a result of my experience as a DM and player of tabletop games like D&D and World of Darkness.

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Notes: I've served I think 7 shifts as interim HoS already.

Edited July 23, 2017 by Guest

[UnknownMurder]

Don't take it the wrong way. You are very new to this station. I'll tell you what I've witnessed as Head of Security, Drake Bond. You had two violations in one day regarding your conduct as interim head of security trying to lash back at head of security who just took your spot. You need to face it, you're an interim head of security. You serve the position of Head of Security until Head of Security arrives then you step down. The first violation I have witnessed was you using meta knowledge to suddenly gaining the knowledge of what a nuclear authentication disk is. When I questioned how you knew about the disk, you responded to me, "because I am the head of security, it's my job to know about these stuff" along these lines. I later adminhelped. The second violation I've witnessed from you was you gaining the meta knowledge from prior round with officer Ravi Shah. I'll just put the screenshot here and let it explain for itself. I don't take too kindly to people who do not read the server rules, although I hate to pull a popular quote from Colonial Marines. Ignorance is not an excuse.

 

The third violation was you ICing in OOC regarding the ninja in question being captured at the same time as the ninja being arrested. Note, this was mixed secret round. "OOC: RankdiRty: In my opinion if a ninja got arrested this fast it's his fault lol" These two concrete evidences are in game key: bPv-aAFW if the administrator wishes to investigate his skills as an Interim Head of Security.

Just going to put this out again, you are new to this. Even your forum account says so. You don't have what it takes to be part of Command positions. I wouldn't personally want to work under Head of Security MacBride with these attitude.

[rankdiRty]

If it means anything, my answer to the admin was a simple apology and accepting of my mistake so. Live and learn right? Also I didn't disobey you, I finished talking to the captain and then came to your office to give you your gear back. Plus, the IC in OOC, I was not the first to talk about that, and was simply defending someone accused of validhunting. I would also like to add that our encounter only lasted maybe 45 seconds, so I feel that you haven't had enough time to truly know me as a character or a player.

[hivefleetchicken]

I like MacBride. He's the kind of warm-hearted flexible HoS who's not completely bounded to guidelines and "IF YOU TAKE A 2 MINUTE BREAK UNANNOUNCED ILL MAKE AN INCIDENT REPORT", so he's instantly got my support since we're in dire need of more guys like him.

From what I've seen I like his character and the player.

[FlameCow]

I'm an OOC friend of rankdiRty, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

With Fleance MacBride as the interim Head of Security, the round often goes better than with an actual Head of Security. Most - if not every - shift I've played under him usually ends with a crew transfer as opposed to an emergency shuttle with the entire station in shambles. I think the character MacBride suits the HOS position well and I've never encountered any drastic internal issues when he's the interim.

I think there's a big problem with heads on this server being disrespectful and inattentive, then blaming their subordinates when things go wrong. I've seen very few HOS white-listed characters that actually keep the officers in check. Paul Jonson is one of the few HOS characters I've seen who commonly stays the entire round, reasonably sorts internal issues, and treats his officers with respect. MacBride is one of the few interims I've seen who actually fills the role of HOS well enough (in my opinion) to not need white-listed HOS. He's not overly strict or disrespectful, and he will listen to his officers and discuss things with them instead of blaming them.

Regarding the post by UnknownMurder, I don't personally think "IC in OOC one time" or "broke character canon one time" are really mistakes drastic enough to down-vote this application over. In each occasion, all it took was a simple "hey, don't do that" and it was already dealt with. As for him lashing out at the HOS, I don't think that's even applicable. 90% of the time a real HOS comes out of cryo and replaces the interim, they are disrespectful and rude for literally no reason. Such was the case with your character, Drake Bond, who came out of cryo 20 minutes before round end to simply tell MacBride "you fucked up" without ever explaining anything. That round, we had peacefully negotiated with some heavily armed mercenaries and nothing went wrong.

[ShameOnTurtles]

Application denied.