[Accepted] Lordfeather's Head of Staff Application

[KaiserFeather]

BYOND key: Lordfeather

Character names: Tsemir Von Khei, George Beresford, Lawrence Young, William Beresford

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: 4 weeks

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I want to expand my responsibilities and be able to organise a department and delegate tasks within that department.

Why did you come to Aurora?: I came to Aurora because I wasn’t happy with a lot of the other servers I’d been playing on and Aurora just seemed to fit.

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

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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: Roleplay is all about becoming someone else. It involves assuming a role and doing what that person would do, not what you would do. Roleplaying is a way of telling a story, characters have their own depth and stories and you get to use your imagination to shape that story and that character.

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: Heads of Staff are there to guide newer players and create a sense of order within a department, if someone is unaware of how to do something, they know that they can ask their head of staff and they will almost always have an answer to their question. They also help to make a department more fun and interesting by including this aspect of a “boss” that hands out tasks to their subordinates.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: Whitelisted players are meant to know their department in every aspect, they are there to teach other players things that others may not know. They also set an example, they provide a role model for how other players should act when roleplaying. Their main advantage is the ability to explain things either OOCly or ICly.

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

Character name: Tsemir Von Khei

Character age: 36

Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Tsemir, aged 36, was born in Kaltir, his parents labourers, primarily aiding in construction projects throughout the Capital. For the most part, Tsemir was left to his own devices due to his parent’s busy work schedule, despite this, he looked up to his father and saw him as his hero, the man who could build and construct almost anything! Of course, this wasn’t as true as he believed, but the fantasy helped him deal with the loneliness he faced daily. When his father had time, he’d be showing Tsemir how to build, starting small with furniture items, before moving onto some more complex things such as small engines. As Tsemir continued to grow, so did his interest in engineering, he followed in his fathers footsteps, starting off with small jobs for family friends, before working on his grander projects. His enthusiasm paid off for him after many years of hard work as a junior non-combat engineer within the Kingdom’s army, the Army CE referred him to a NT recruiter to offered him the chance to study engineering at Hongsun Park Engineering Institute.

During his stay there, he interacted with a multitude of students with German ancestry, as a way of fitting in, he began to converge his attitudes and culture slightly, taking a liking to beer and legally altering his name to include the German pre-fix “Von”. He got his bachelors and then immediately went back to university to get his PhD in Engineering. During his time there, he particularly made friends with other Tajara despite the split in races and his upbringing, he went out of his way to attempt to befriend them, although at first he was met with quite a bit of hostility, he was eventually able to get onto good terms with some of them. His education also meant that he interacted with the other races, gaining an insight into their culture and way of life. Once he was finished with university he was recruited into NT, and eventually placed in the staff roster of the NSS Aurora.

What do you like about this character?: Tsemir is a very calm individual, and is fairly hard to piss off. He gets a lot of flak from other Tajara due to his heritage, but doesn’t allow himself to get angry or retaliate, he instead brushes past it and simply tries to get his job done.

What do you dislike about this character?: His passive tone can sometimes come across as dismissive or rude at times due to the fact that he doesn’t like to dwell on issues that he can’t even begin to hope to control. Even outside of a command role, he can be fairly bossy, giving out tasks to fellow engineers.

What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: I think his ability to stop and think before acting makes him a very suitable candidate to be CE. He is already familiar with a lot of the regular engineering staff and has never butted heads with anyone from his own department. His ability to assess multiple situations and give out tasks to engineers, such as needing to fix several breaches, makes me think that he is the right fit to be in a command position.

 

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: On a scale of 1-10, I’d rate myself at an 8. I’ve been playing SS13 for around 5 years and still have a lot to learn not just about the game itself, but also in how to roleplay.

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Extra notes:

[Vizendel]

Dunno if my newbie opinion counts for much, though I do think that Tsemir would make for an excellent Chief Engineer. He's diligent in his job and sticks in character always unless he has to be OOC, which is rare and brief. He seems to understand the responsibilities that he'll undertake as a Head of Staff.

It's a wholehearted +1 from me.

[MattAtlas]

Alright, I've interacted with Tsemir enough to give some feedback now.

Your OOC conduct is pretty good. I don't have anything particular to say other than you're a good person OOCly.

Your IC conduct and roleplay are also very good. You're very good at roleplaying, and Tsemir feels like a believable character. Having spoken to him ICly, I can say that you roleplay him very well. I wouldn't mind seeing him as a CE. +1.

[AllyBearsley]

I'll be honest here. There are not many good CEs on Aurora. There are many amazing engineers who fill that role, yet they have no leadership abilities. There are some who are not even good engineer nor are the good leaders. And then there are a couple that are actually capable at both. Anyway being an Engineer where your lead CANNOT lead, sucks.

I've seen Tsemir on the manifest a few times, but haven't properly interacted with him. I don't usually do a +1 or -1 one on apps anyway, so this one will be no different. Yet I'll give a detailed opinion on Tsemir when I am able to properly interact with him anyway. Still I have some questions.

1. I see you have been here for about a month. I don't think that's too early to apply for a lead role if you've got the gumption and knowledge of department. What is your opinion on engineers not using the engineering channel to communicate? I mean proper on the job communication: Who is going where? Who is doing what? What supplies are needed? These are questions I see unanswered most times I play engineering and it makes it hard for me to come back to the department I enjoy playing.

2. How would you rate your own leadership abilities? Playing a character is one thing. Being a leader something else entirely. Being able to play a character and being a leader, is not easy and why I feel most CEs (and some heads in general) really fail at taking on their head roles.

Well just two for right now. Thought I had more, but I woke up extremely early. Don't take my scrutiny as a hope you fail. I don't. God knows I wish for more competent CEs. I'm just cautious.

[KaiserFeather]

I'll be honest here. There are not many good CEs on Aurora. There are many amazing engineers who fill that role, yet they have no leadership abilities. There are some who are not even good engineer nor are the good leaders. And then there are a couple that are actually capable at both. Anyway being an Engineer where your lead CANNOT lead, sucks.

I've seen Tsemir on the manifest a few times, but haven't properly interacted with him. I don't usually do a +1 or -1 one on apps anyway, so this one will be no different. Yet I'll give a detailed opinion on Tsemir when I am able to properly interact with him anyway. Still I have some questions.

1. I see you have been here for about a month. I don't think that's too early to apply for a lead role if you've got the gumption and knowledge of department. What is your opinion on engineers not using the engineering channel to communicate? I mean proper on the job communication: Who is going where? Who is doing what? What supplies are needed? These are questions I see unanswered most times I play engineering and it makes it hard for me to come back to the department I enjoy playing.

2. How would you rate your own leadership abilities? Playing a character is one thing. Being a leader something else entirely. Being able to play a character and being a leader, is not easy and why I feel most CEs (and some heads in general) really fail at taking on their head roles.

Well just two for right now. Thought I had more, but I woke up extremely early. Don't take my scrutiny as a hope you fail. I don't. God knows I wish for more competent CEs. I'm just cautious.

 

So! My response:

1. The engineers have their own channel for a reason, it's so that they can communicate and let the others know what they're up to and which call they are responding to. It's where the CE can tell specific engineers to go do a certain task, it's absolutely essential to keeping some order within engineering, otherwise you're going to end up with a disaster, especially with how hectic the round start can be when no one knows which gas will be used for the engine, without this channel, everything would get really jumbled. It's also perfect for doing multiple things at once, letting everyone know that you're getting the phoron tanks, someone else is doing the shields, someone else doing the waste system, it's a fantastic tool and I always make sure to use it myself when going out on call, or I'll use it to ask what someone is doing and where.

2. This connects slightly to my last sentence, despite the fact that I am not playing a CE, I will still take that role if there is no CE. I like to delegate tasks to the other engineers, within reason of course, I don't slack off and get someone else to do it, but if I am setting the pumps in the engine room, I'll ask a specific engineer to get the phoron tanks. I also know that I have no authority in a lot of cases, but if I see an engineer wandering off with a jetpack without having said anything, I question it and ask them to explain why, and if possible suggest an alternative like using magboots and a ladder because jetpacks are so situational that they barely ever get used.

If you or anyone else has any questions, please feel free to post them and I'll respond ASAP.

[AllyBearsley]

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I like these answers, A LOT. I can't say I'm in full support of your app. I haven't properly interacted with the character, but your OOC has made me very hopeful. I wish you luck!

[Candelaio]

+1 From me, the guy is an awesome dude OOC and IC Tsemir always tries to get the interim CE position when there is no CE, so that shows he is willing as a character to take the extra strain and hardship of a command position. I hope ya get it man, we need more kitter command. :3

[Coalf]

Application accepted.

Locking and archiving.