JMJ_99 Posted August 20, 2017 Posted August 20, 2017 BYOND Key: JMJ_99 Character Names: Ashley Jaeger, Security Officer Species you are applying to play: IPC What color do you plan on making your first alien character (Dionaea & IPCs exempt): N/A Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes 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: IPCs are the most apealling species to me, I just really Like the Idea of playing a cold heartless machine and the RP that can be done with this; Also the ethics of Artificial intelligence has always interested me. IPCs are unique to all the other species in that there is more freedom in what can be done with the character; each different type(base, industrial, shell) are wildly different, as well as the possibility of having inbuilt directives or laws. specifically I want to play as a shell the most as the mix between Organic and synthetics seems interesting Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human: Unlike a human, IPCs are not slaved to the horrible concoction of chemicals we call a brain, this means that IPCs are do not react based on emotion and are unable to have irrational thoughts. IPCs only have their Body and Their programming. They have a completely different thought process to organics and their morality is based purely on calculations preset by their creator. Understandably other species do not look very kindly on IPCs as they are well not like anything organic or they try to emulate something organic, This means that IPCs have limited rights and often face discrimination based on the fact they are not organic, this is especially true in sol alliance Character Name: Mika Please provide a short backstory for this character, approximately 2 paragraphs IPC shell frame designation "Mika" is a prototype shell developed by Hephaestus Industries. The plan to create a IPC that could look like a human and understand and emulate Human emotion better than any IPC current on the market started in late 2457 with a deadline of two years for the prototype to be finished. The positron brain was developed by a team of researchers at the HRS Lemnos and her body outsourced to XION manufacturing group. Her positronic brain Incorporates heavily modified emotional emulation coding typically found in Personal AI personalities as well as experimental analysis software to give her the desired level of emotional prowess. It took one and a half years to get this working as intended and this meant that almost all other modules of her positronic brain were rushed or outright ignored. When she was finished and activated in December 2458, researchers found in testing she was infact able to understand and simulate emotion to the level that was originally intended, the problem however came when testing for critically thinking and control over her prosthetics, she completely failed all quality control standards in this regard and she was completely unable to act on her own accord. Prior to this point the body and Brain had never been one in the same; The researchers concluded that the lack of attention given to other areas of her positronic brain were entirely to blame for this. After experimentation was concluded, Mika was given the choice of being terminated or to live on the research station as Hephaestus property, she chose the latter. After several months of living on the station and being subject to exploitation by the crew, Nanotransen found out about her creation and offered Hephaestus 500 thousand credits in exchange for rights to both Mika and her valuable programming code. The offer was accepted and Mika was moved to accommodation on the NTCC Odin where she was given several upgrades to make her employable. Firstly She was given directives to deal with her inability to act, on her own, 1. When threatened in any degree, you are to escape and Hide until the threat has passed 2. You may only act in self defense if you are unable to enact the first directive. Next she was given a upgrade to her positronic brain to enable to understand situations and make choices at a basic level that are not emotion based. This meant she was finally able to think for her self, even if it was difficult. Nanotransen has recently promised her a position at the newly opened NSS Aurora and gareenteed that she will get regular upgrades to her software and hardware. What do you like about this character? She is a misunderstood character with many flaws. Essentially she understands emotions alot better than most IPCs and can fake them but any complex thought or decision making is very hard and time consuming. she is made to run at any sign of danger, to protect her self from her own stupidity and only allowed to defend herself if backed into a corner. I believe I could make the struggle of her fighting over her flawed brain and Inability to feel emotions but complete ability to understand them work and also there is alot of potential for character progression. How would you rate your role-playing ability? 7/10- I have a lot to learn both in game and about role playing but I believe I am decent at it Notes:
CakeIsOssim Posted August 24, 2017 Posted August 24, 2017 There are many inconsistencies with the lore in your application. Artificial intelligence cannot understand the nuances of human emotion and interaction. Artificial intelligence masters mimicry, and while it does display some type of emotion, it is foreign to humans and is not displayed in the same way as human emotion. Hephaestus Industries is better than NanoTrasen at making artificial intelligence and robots. It does not really sound like Hephaestus to ignore such important parts of AI development, and then choose to just let it waste time aboard a research station without fixing it themselves. Additionally, while they may sell units to NanoTrasen, it's kind of weird for NT to just "find out" about some half-functional unit and then want to buy it and then even fix it themselves. Obligatory "he/she/it can understand things better than other IPCs" backstory. This is a personal irk of mine. What is wrong with just being advanced? Why must it be described that any specific IPC character is better than all others in any sort of way? The first and last inconsistencies are the most important, and I urge you to address and/or amend these issues. Rather than edit your original post, you should just post a reply with the character backstory, for comparison. I will be marking this as author attention needed until then.
JMJ_99 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Posted August 24, 2017 IPC shell frame designation "Mika" is a prototype shell developed by Hephaestus Industries. The plan to create a IPC that could look like a human and understand and emulate Human emotion at a advanced degree started in late 2457 with a deadline of two years for the prototype to be finished. The positron brain was developed by a team of researchers at the HRS Lemnos and her body outsourced to XION manufacturing group. Her positronic brain Incorporates heavily modified emotional emulation coding typically found in Personal AI personalities as well as experimental analysis software to give her the desired level of empathy. The experimental nature of the algorithms meant there were many issues getting the software integrated in a way that they would work together, often in early testing her personality would change wildly and would interpretation something said in a completely wrong way. This resulted majority of development spend on fixing this and not on other parts of the positronic brain. When she was finished and activated in December 2458, researchers found in testing she was infact able to understand and simulate empathy to the level that was originally intended, the problem however came when testing for critically thinking and control over her shell, she failed all quality control standards in this regard and she was completely unable to act on her own accord. Prior to this point the shell and Brain had never been one in the same; The researchers concluded that the lack of attention given to other areas of her positronic brain were entirely to blame for this. After experimentation was concluded, Mika remained on the Lemnos as Hephaestus property while the project was attempted to be salvaged. After several months of minor improvements. Hephaestus after learning everything they could from her, decided the profit lost on the failed prototype was too great and funding was cut for the project. The creators not willing to terminate her made a offer was put out for anyone willing to take Mika. Nanotransen decided to accept the offer as firstly, a chance to finally gain a hold on the IPC market by combing the useful aspects of her programming with their own IPC products and secondly that they could use Mika for cheap employment. She was moved to accommodation on the NTCC Odin where her programming was downloaded and sent off for analysis. After this she was given several upgrades to make her employable. Firstly, She was given directives to deal with her inability to act, on her own, 1. When threatened in any degree, you are to escape and Hide until the threat has passed 2. You may only act in self defense if you are unable to enact the first directive. Next she was given a upgrade to her positronic brain to enable to understand situations and make choices at a basic level that are not emotion based. This meant she was finally able to think for her self, even if it was difficult. Nanotransen has recently promised her a position at the newly opened NSS Aurora and gareenteed that she will get regular upgrades to her software and hardware to improve her performance.
CakeIsOssim Posted August 27, 2017 Posted August 27, 2017 You touched off on the major issues quite well. I will accept your application. A quick note, though, there are only three N's in NanoTrasen.
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