[Accepted] Resilynn's IPC Application

[Resilynn]

BYOND Key: Resilynn

Character Names: Ellie Shoshanna, Fernando Gonzales, SUES, CERA, Lily Fiefer

Species you are applying to play: IPC

What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): Exempt

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Of course

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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: I have a specific character idea that I am very interested in playing. I've mostly been uninterested in IPCs until I had this character idea.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Well, they're not human at all. They can learn the emulate humanity, but they will always be a machine in their method of thought. They must learn how to express themselves in a way organics can understand, but they will always think in a series of processes with very set rules. They are programs, above all else.

 

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Character Name: Design 7

Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs Design 7 was an AI developed by human grad student Shaun Lenkins for a research station in orbit above Sol II. Design 7 was by no means revolutionary or particularly advanced for an AI, but it was Lenkins' first program capable of successfully operating the station. Shortly after developing Design 7, which had not even been named yet, Lenkins' project lost its funding and Design 7 was set to be scrapped. Lenkins did not want all of his work to be destroyed, so he uploaded what he could of the AI into the best positrionic brain he could afford (a moderately okay model at best). Because a station AI is so much larger in terms of storage than a positronic brain, Design 7 lost much of its functionality.

Now a Baseline model IPC, completely unused to having a physical body, incredibly limited storage space left in its memory, and almost no knowledge of human convention, Design 7 was whisked away from the station in secret (research isn't allowed to up and leave, after all). Lenkins reached out to a successful Aurora roboticist Tracy Holloway (BRAINOS' character) for help, so this is where Design 7 has ended up. It has taken a job as a librarian, since it hasn't quite learned how to use its physical form effectively enough to do much else.

What do you like about this character? I am excited to play an AI grappling with suddenly having a body, having almost no control over its surroundings, and missing about 80% of its former processing power. Design 7 is a broken machine, for the most part, relearning how to exist. I am excited for roleplaying it as it comes into an identity: eventually I'd like for it to pick a gender and be able to connect with humans enough to, maybe, form friendships. I want to play out this process over the course of a few months.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? 8/10. I'm getting better and better as time goes on. I think this will be a big challenge, though!

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Notes: BRAINOS and I talked about this idea extensively, down to how I'm planning on roleplaying the initial lack of control over Design 7's body, how it would cope with having very little internal memory left, etc. I am super excited for this idea.

[BRAINOS]

I've known Resilynn for a while (before SS13 even existed) and they've always had a knack for intricate in-universe lore.

They've run several lengthy and detailed Pathfinder campaigns and they've always tackled cultural differences between species in a comprehensive and realistic manner that builds on the world the players are in.

Their character development skills have been honed over years and years and they know how to approach and implement lore details into rounds and sessions.

I can say with utmost confidence that Resilynn can be trusted with an IPC whitelist.

+1 for support, +2 if I could!

[CakeIsOssim]

Application accepted.