[Accepted] Tailson Head of Staff Application

[Tailson]

BYOND key: tailson

Character names: Rex Winters, ASSIST, PocketBuddy 2.0

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: I'm not sure. Maybe around 2 months with any serious activity. There was a gap at some point before that.

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I feel like RD would be a good way to take Rex and expose him to more situations so that he can develop properly as a character. As it stands he tends to spend a lot of each shift cooped up in R&D/Xenoarch.

Why did you come to Aurora?: I'd been meaning to play SS13 for a long ol' time. Just so happens a few friends picked it up at one point and chose Aurora seemingly at random, so here I am.

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

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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:

I feel like most people would agree when I say that roleplay is generally about writing a collaborative story of sorts with people you're playing with. Main reason? Entertainment, obviously. Everyone has that creative urge and express it through various mediums. Taking on the role of an imagined character is another way of flexing that creative muscle.

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

A lot of new people have been coming to Aurora lately, largely because of the new map. These people are either migrating from other servers to see what all the fuss is about or brand new to the game entirely. OOC it's generally up to the RD to care for new players coming into the research department, or assign someone knowledgeable who can help.

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

In some cases people who are whitelisted for these roles might be drafted in or volunteer to help forment some interesting scenarios in some rounds. An interesting antag or somesuch is something an RD especially would have some fun interactions with. The sign of a good head of staff in this case would get the rest of the department/station involved with what's going on, so even xenobio, stuck all the way down there all day, get a few things to help out with. Essentially it all comes down to making sure everyone playing is having a good time.

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

Character name: Rex Winters

Character age: 85

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

Rex grew up on Earth. He wasn't especially exceptional in any way as a youngster if you were to discount his tendency to be reclusive. He took a lot of interest in learning, casting himself into his education from a young age, spurned on by the jeering of his peers at the time. Rather than try to fit in, Rex retreated into himself. The lack of interaction with children his age didn't seem to bother him, and he grew up to be relatively normal. Rex demonstrated himself to be an exceptional thinker and practical inventor, and following a handful of pointless part time jobs when younger enrolled in a university local to his hometown. It wouldn't be long before he found himself spending an extended amount of time studying at Solis Cognito University, eventually leaving with a master's degree and three PhDs.

Rex's first career job was with Sano Pharma—an Earth-based pharmaceutical company—a relatively short stint that saw him prove himself in the pharma R&D field. He was snatched up by Xeng-Hu and worked with the development teams there for over two decades before leaving due to pension disputes and signing up with NanoTrasen. It is during Rex's employment here that tragedy struck, his wife, son, and daughter-in-law lost their lives in a traffic accident. His only surviving family is a granddaughter he remains close with. Following the deaths in his family he underwent a bout of depression, but has since recovered. Rex now works quite happily in NanoTrasen's R&D and Anomaly departments.

That was two very long paragraphs.

What do you like about this character?:

Rex is recluse, but not anti-social. He likes keeping to himself but bonds well with people who take the time to learn his name. The reason I like this about him specifically is because it allows me to wrap some of his character up in mystery that I can drip-feed to people who haven't met him before.

What do you dislike about this character?:

The same reclusive streak isolates him sometimes, which means I can feel a little cut off from everyone else, especially when running xenoarch. Though, that said, it is rare that I play anomalist and everything goes quietly.

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

Rex is a very senior member of the team in terms of age, clocking in at 85 years. He has that life experience to back him up in his department and can be protective and easily concerned, an especially important pair of traits in the research department.

 

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?:

I want to say it's somewhere above average. I hate tooting my own horn as it were but I feel like I've made a decent impact in some peoples' stories with my various characters in the relatively short time I've been here. If I were to give it a number value, I'd say around 7/10.

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Extra notes:

I love playing Rex, but quite often I feel like he'd just be better suited for this role than R&D alone. To this end, I've been learning the various parts of research and feel like I'm confident enough in enough areas to make a bid for this. I'm looking forward to being able to work more closely with other heads and to get the rest of the department involved with the station as a whole.

[ViolentHAM]

I have to say, I play Roboticist a lot and when Rex is on shift, it always brings a smile to my face. Merlynd (my character) and Rex get along great and knew each other quite while (even to the point of being able to communicate with gestures or grunts and other unintelligible sounds.)

I also think of Rex as someone who is the RD regardless of what he's actually doing. He involved himself into RP perfectly without butting in or overstepping his bounds. The perfect mixture of Professionalism and social interactions.

[Diggey]

I know Pocketbuddy,so you got my +1 from that alone,but you don't seem to be failing to live up to what would be expected of you as a Head of Staff

I support you in this

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Wait, you play PocketBuddy and ASSIST? Those are some of my favorite synthetic characters by a long-shot. Assist is always a blast to be around and shares Kizzy's traits for being bubbly so playing with him puts a grin on my face OOC'ly pretty much every time. Plus Assist is also a very competent synthetic and we're often on the same wavelength when it comes to breaches and junk. He always keeps a level head which is another thing I really like, I just wish I could nickname him ASS so I didn't have to type his full name :/ Definitely part of my engineering dream-team though! And PocketBuddy is also a great, seemingly emphatic pAI who's just a lovely little fellah to be around, I really want to get a pAI one of these days just to play a full round with him.

But the character this is about: Rex Winters is an awesome scientist, from what I see and hear. He always seems really competent and knows what to ask for. When I play as Owl, he's one of the few people to call my AI by name and it's really cool when he manages to get the other research staff and me included in his finds; something I can really appreciate. Definitely one of my four favourite scientists for that reason. Plus to boot, he's not daft when it comes to doing things that might be potentially dangerous, such as bringing anomolies on-station, and from what I read in his backstory, he's an all around good character who people seem to like. I've not really had much interaction with him otherwise, considering I don't really science anymore, but I've got no doubt he'd be a great RD. Best of luck!

[Tailson]

I have to say, I play Roboticist a lot and when Rex is on shift, it always brings a smile to my face. Merlynd (my character) and Rex get along great and knew each other quite while (even to the point of being able to communicate with gestures or grunts and other unintelligible sounds.)

I also think of Rex as someone who is the RD regardless of what he's actually doing. He involved himself into RP perfectly without butting in or overstepping his bounds. The perfect mixture of Professionalism and social interactions.

 

Ohman, thanks for the glowing recommendation. And yes, the pair get along maybe a little too well at times, anyone else would think it were a pair of mute neanderthals wandering around science.

 

I know Pocketbuddy,so you got my +1 from that alone,but you don't seem to be failing to live up to what would be expected of you as a Head of Staff

I support you in this

 

Always happy to find a PB advocate.

 

Wait, you play PocketBuddy and ASSIST? Those are some of my favorite synthetic characters by a long-shot. Assist is always a blast to be around and shares Kizzy's traits for being bubbly so playing with him puts a grin on my face OOC'ly pretty much every time. Plus Assist is also a very competent synthetic and we're often on the same wavelength when it comes to breaches and junk. He always keeps a level head which is another thing I really like, I just wish I could nickname him ASS so I didn't have to type his full name :/ Definitely part of my engineering dream-team though! And PocketBuddy is also a great, seemingly emphatic pAI who's just a lovely little fellah to be around, I really want to get a pAI one of these days just to play a full round with him.

But the character this is about: Rex Winters is an awesome scientist, from what I see and hear. He always seems really competent and knows what to ask for. When I play as Owl, he's one of the few people to call my AI by name and it's really cool when he manages to get the other research staff and me included in his finds; something I can really appreciate. Definitely one of my four favourite scientists for that reason. Plus to boot, he's not daft when it comes to doing things that might be potentially dangerous, such as bringing anomolies on-station, and from what I read in his backstory, he's an all around good character who people seem to like. I've not really had much interaction with him otherwise, considering I don't really science anymore, but I've got no doubt he'd be a great RD. Best of luck!

 

Wow holy moly Cloud I'm not sure how to properly respond to this, this is so much! Thank you so much. Kizzy and Owl are some of my favourite characters on the server, also, it's always nice to see the pair of them around. I wasn't really expecting many responses to this thread, let alone two full-length paragraphs. ._.

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Wow holy moly Cloud I'm not sure how to properly respond to this, this is so much! Thank you so much. Kizzy and Owl are some of my favourite characters on the server, also, it's always nice to see the pair of them around. I wasn't really expecting many responses to this thread, let alone two full-length paragraphs. ._.

 

Haha it's all deserved my dude, you'll do great!

[AlternativeAlias]

Love PocketBuddy and ASSIST so much, especially when I'm also playing a borg. Always pleased to see ASSIST is on shift when I've logged in as BILLY!

Not only a good character, but also willing to help both ICly and in LOOC when someone is unsure on how to do something. I think that's a top quality for a head of staff.

[DrHobo]

As they say, Prof Winters get's more than Cap'n Kirk. He's the OG of Science.

ASSIST is definitely one of the hardest workin' bots and always a hoot.

+1

Edited August 22, 2017 by Guest

[Espa]

As Annika Petrovka, I really enjoy seeing Pocketbuddy and find their RP to be fantastically hilarious.

+1 to your endeavors.

[Tomiix]

As Azala Guwan, who got to play with Rex extensively for a round, and seeing ASSIST moving around I think he does a great job in the RP department and can handle that facet of the role well.

+1 and good luck to you sir.

[Faris]

Application approved.