Zero's Head Application

[ZeroNetAlpha]

BYOND key:ZeroNetAlpha

Character names:James Huff, Mikeel Ka'Best, Zartajr Kaytam

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: 2 months or so now?

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?:

It seems to be a thing to put in head applications lately so hey, Bandwagon time. Also I've seen a lack of heads of staff at times when they could be really needed, so hey, here I am.

This reason's changed in the month or so that I've had this application up now. Instead of trying to follow the crowd and that shit, It's more for my own self gain to be honest. I'd like to eventually get a whitelist for Heads and the rest of the Xeno races, just to have access to them.

Why did you come to Aurora?: For the roleplay and the Respawn. Seriously. Aurora was the only populated server that I saw that said they were a rp server and that they had respawn on.

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

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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:

In essence, roleplay is the interaction between two or more individuals, all pretending to be people they aren't. It's that game of pretend that we would play when we were younger, it's the interactions between characters on SS13 now that we're older. Roleplay is the escape from reality that we all crave, and for some, is the reality we spend more time in than actuality. Roleplaying is meant to be fun, however it can be stressful. Supposed to be exciting, but can be dull. In the end however, roleplay should be about building common experiences with other people and players. As a way to make friends and build communities.

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

The out of character purpose for a head of staff is fairly simple. The same as a regular player. To be there. To be a part of the community that has been built and to help that community along. There's a well established line between out of character and in character stuff, and whenever that line gets crossed, people get upset. However, re-reading this question again and again makes me wonder if it's not meant to be answered as follows. A head of staff's OOC purpose ingame is to teach newer players the ins and outs of their departments. A chief engineer showing an apprentice the supermatter. A CMO teaching an Intern the basics of Triage and Cryotreatment. A HOS teaching a cadet how to uphold the laws of the station. They're the leaders. The teachers. The guides.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?:I may have answered this in the last question, but again, I think it's to set the example. To show others how it's supposed to be done. People that go through the whitelisting process are asking for the responsibility and the permission to lead entire sections of the station in game and in extension smaller groups within the community. This isn't something that should really be done lightly, and the people that do take it have the responsibility to try and be part of the glue that holds the server together.

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

Character name:Mikeel Ka'Best

Character age: 47

Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): This will be partly the bio from the taj whitelist app I did, partly new stuff that I've added to it since then. Not plagairism if I wrote the original, right?

Mikeel Ka'best started life as a doctor's son in the Adhomai Capital city of Nal'Tor with his Father, mother, and two siblings. Even as a Hharar Tajaran, his family was known for producing good doctors. Growing up he watched both of his older siblings be conscripted and invariably come home with postmortem honors. Hoping to avoid this fate, Mikeel acted out in an attempt to seem unstable and avoid conscription. His father, however, saw through this ruse and was a devout supporter of the PRA and nipped this behavior in the bud before it could cause too much danger.

Mikeel's father was a doctor and taught him the basics of medicine and first aid. It wasn't until Mikeel was conscripted into the Republican Army that he truely started his own medical career. While serving the glorious army as a corpsman, Mikeel took every spare chance he could get to better himself and progress further along his chosen path in life. Day in and day out when he wasn't patching up the wounded he was learning more and more, even going so far as to learn some basic Human and Skrell anatomy and physiology. All seemed to be going well for him. For a while during his service he enjoyed a relatively comfortable position behind the front lines. Though as anyone who's been a soldier knows, the lines of war are constantly shifting.

On a day that seemed like any other on the battlefield, the ALA decided to ambush a column of PRA troops that Mikeel happened to be a part of. The end result of this was Mikeel losing both his left arm and leg as well as being discharged from the army. Having been taught from a young age to always strive for improvement he decided to try learning a new language. Most of the humans he'd seen always spoke this odd foreign language so what better way to work on improving self than learning what they spoke?

Another thing done out of sheer boredom while in rehabilitation was applying for any and every medical job he could find an application for, even one for a company called NanoTrasen. This application was mostly filled out as a joke due to the location of most of their facilities. It was this application that bore fruit however as once Mikeel was out of Rehab, NanoTransen offered him a job as a medic based on his experience as a medic in the army. Stunned and suprised, he took the offer for two main reasons, one was to distance himself from Adhomai and the other was the sweet, sweet credits.

Having worked with Nanotrasen for several years now has brought a new strain of boredom to Mikeel. Instead of being bored for a lack of things to do, it's now a boredom stemming from being stuck in the same position for several years with little to no advancement in duties or pay. Having seen other Tajara rise to positions of command and having worked with Nanotrasen for at well over the minimum time required to even be considered for promotion, Ka'best decided to finally push his name forward.

What do you like about this character?: I like that he's capable and willing to stand his ground if threatened. He will however know when enough is enough and to admit defeat.

What do you dislike about this character?: He's stubborn and racist towards unathi, generally. He also doesn't really know when to quit when it comes to "defending" his patients after he's subdued the threat. He's also a dirty catbeast that will try and smoke in medical if nobody is watching.

What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: On a technical level, he is qualified for the position. He doesn't have any major psychiatric or psychological issues that would cause him to be unstable. Personally, he's capable of directing people and resources and keeping track of where people are at, usually at least.

 

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: 6/10. Generally average with some good points here and there alongside my own fair share of failings and reliance on mechanics instead of words.

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Extra notes:

Edited August 15, 2017 by Guest

[Munks]

First and foremost reason for wanting to play a head of staff: "Everyone else was doing it"

And defining trait of the presented character is that he's a fearless vigilante doctor who "doesn't know when to quit" when it comes to self-defense and is willing to fight and shred people with surgical instruments as long as they don't have a gun. Being unwilling to flee or back down (this is generally referred to as fear RP) isn't really a positive trait in a meta sense, especially when there's a significant lack of people who AREN'T stoic fearless heroes

[sonicgotnuked]

I interacted with the character a bunch, I decently like them. You know, I am fine with vigilant doctors as long as they are not powergaming and make sure to actually take a look to see of things are escalated to that. I like the character, the character actually has a internal struggle if he killed someone. I personally believe Zero is a good role player. Just don't run around filling your hypospray with death chemicals. +1

[calion12]

Just finished a round with huff, didn't get much interaction before he was brigged (none at all) but while I was keeping watch over him he did a good job of not only making it enjoyable but also playing the batshit insane character without making it too over the top or irritating to handle. I'd give him a +1 based on that round alone.

[Espa]

I had a really fun experience with this guy's kitty character! I thought for sure they had a locker full of bombs to kill me with, but they just wanted to see if we'd sell our backpacks to them for moneys.

A cute RP Would play again!

+1

[TishinaStalker]

Application denied.